Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TRADE MARK Hi mm -'??":< SECHSTER EO "Imitation is the Siiteerest Flattery 99 The unprecedented popularity of Royster's FARMERS' BONE fertilizer has induced some of our competitors to advertise Fish Guano, claiming theirs to be "just as good." FARMERS' BONE is the original Fish Guano, and. to prevent being imposed upon, buyers should be sure that our trade-mark is on every bag* Tills is the only guarantee that you are getting the genuine Farmers' Bone Norfolk, Va. Columbia, S.C. Made with Fish ROYSTER GUANO CO. Tarboro, N. C. Macon, Ca. ?8? 4* ?ft ? 4? ?ft 5 ?ft ? A A * the word Mammoth Means a Great Deal When Used in Connection With Dantzler's Furniture Store. V I have about one solid acre of floor space for Furniture exclusive <?? ??> <?> ?> ?& ? <?> S o ? ? ? ? 4> ? ? <? 4 ? a ly, and yet not space enough to display my entire stock, which consists of <?, ? ? o ? ? ? ? <?? cheap, medium and high grade Furniture of all descriptions. ^-? _ %-?? ? $ Carpet, Matting, Art Squares, Linoleum, Oil . j * Cloth, Rugs, Window Shades, Curtain Poles t ? And lots of other things I have not space to enumerate. ? ? ? ? ? Now it tou are looking for VARIETY, QUALITY and BARGAINS COMBINED, you cannot go <ft A * A A wrong by giving me a caU. v c^ A - <ft ? ? A 2 ? ?ft ? Dantzler's Mammoth I Furniture Store... ? ?ft ? ? ?ft RUSSELL STREET, ? ? ? ?ft ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ORANGEB?RG, S. C. "t5 ? ? ? AAAAftAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAftAA The new Laxative [Hi iCf) jj puf fn] Cures that does not gripe (U ?fg ? ? i| |J Stomach and Liver Pleasant to take, laxative Fruit Syrup Chronic Constipation. For Sae by Dr. A. C. DUKES. I IIIK1I II Hold the Record Against Those of Any Other Country. NO CHAMPION IN FRANCE Great Weight of Cars and Enginea Facilitate High Speed?Fastest Trains in America Run Between Camden and Atlantic City?Time Lost by Grade Crossings. Shortening the time of running on the Zossen Road in Germany so that the regular schedule makes it neces sary for the trains to maintain a speed of sixty-two miles an hour, or twelve miles an hour more than the previous speed, has again raised the Question as to what countries have the fastest service. For years the railroad men of Germany, France, England, and the United States have laid claim to the champion speed transit ,the contro versy narrowing down to the,Amer ican and German fliers. W. A. Schulze, in a compilation of statistics, would make It appear that the fast service in Germany is considerably superior to that of the roads in the United States, while George G. Tunell, the champion of the American trains, asserts that Mr. Schulze arrived with out warrant at the astonishing con clusion that the trains of Germany average better In point of speed than those of any other country. There Is no champion for France, which for some time held the record breaking train of the world, and even Great Britain is not represented by any one to uphold her claims, as was done some years ago. "One thing, and a very Important factor not generally recognized In dis putes about the fastest trains, Is that the Americans are seriously hampered by the necessary slowing up at grade crossings and that our people do not observe or nave laws saving them from danger and gi7ing the trains the right of the road. Abroad if a man walks on the railroad treck he is ar rested and heavily punished. Here if he walks on the tracks the railroads have to pay for his supposed value. Even with these handicaps we still beat them. "The Empire State Express of the New Tork Central^and Hudson River Railroad has been in service since Oct. 26, 189L It makes the run from New Tork to Buffalo, 440 miles, in 8 hours and 15 minutes. The average speed, including four stops, two of them being made with a ohange of an gines and with twenty-eight slow downs for crossings. Is 49.302 miles on hour. In certain places the speed Is terrific. "One reason why these remarkable speeds con be made with safety is because of the great weight of the engines and the cars. It is interesting to note the difference with the filers on the other side. Oa our train the weight of the cars in 227 tons, loco motive ISO tons, tha total being 427 tons. The average number of passen gers carried each day is 400. "Of the fast ones abroad the South ern Express leaving Paris by way of the Orleans Railway for Bayonne makes the distance of 488.01 miles in the running time of 9 hours and 54 minutes, the average speed being 49.303 miles an hour. The weight of the cars is but 110 tons. This is the principal train between France and Spain, and on an ordinary trip does not carry over forty passengers. This Southern express was for a while the fastest train in the world. At that time it completed its run in a little less than 8 hours, the average speed, involving stops, being 54 miles an hour. About two years ago, this ex press, owing to the lightness of the cars, met with a fearful accident and the time was reduced for safety to the figures I have given. Similar ac cidents on English roads caused slow er time. "The East Coast Express of the Great Northern and 'Northwestern Railways running' from London to Edinburg, a distance of 393% miles, makes the journey in 7 hours and 45 minutes, the average speed per hour being 50.77 miles. "The West Coast Express, via the London and Northwestern and the Caledonian Railways, runs from Lon don to Glasgow, a distance of 401% miles in eight hours, at an average speed of 50.18 miles an hour. "In England one of the fastest en gines is known as La Franco. She was built in France for the Great Western and has a record of 84.9 miles an hour on the dead level, with out any aid from gravitation, while drawing a 120-ton train, but her long distance pulls do not equal some of the special speed trains. Yes, Sir, the fastest trains in' the world are run over the American roads. "Let us see how the service be tween Chicago and Milwaukee, which Mr. Schulze deems unworthy of no tice, compares with the service in Germany, in point both of speed and of distance. Of all the German trains that find a place in Mr. Schulze's comparisons of German and American trains, only one, that from Witten berge to Hamburg, shows a speed greater than 79.1 kilometers per hour, the speed of the fastest train be tween Chicago and Milwaukee,"?New York Times. Real "City of Homes." Philadelphia is well named Jthe "City of Homes." Last year nearly 6,000 new houses averaging les3 than $2,000 in cost were built That city has nearly 290,000 dwellings, an aver age of about one dwelling for every five persons. The United States contains 3,000,000 mules. The other kickers number about 74,318,2?. No Secret About It.3_ ?ills no secret, that for Cuts, Burns, Ulcers, Fever Sores, Sore Eyes, Boils, etc., nothing Jr m effective as Buok len's Arnica Salve. "It didn't take long to cure a bad sore I had, and it is all O. K. for sore eyes, "writes D. L. Gregory, of Hope, Tex. 25c at any drug store. For Sale, -t A 000 SOFT SHELL PECAN Ivi trees. Trices from 10c to 25c according to age and size. Jude Robinson, Rowesville, S. C. JAPS IN SAN FRANCISCO. Have Entered Into Lively Competition with Americans. Satisfies gathered m San Francisco in regard to the Japanese engaged in business show that they have entered lively competition with Americana in a large cumber of occupations which the Chinese do not invade. There are 85 Japanese hotels in San Francisco, 60 restaurants, 16 intelligence offices, 9 shooting galleries, 11 billiard rooms and 75 housecleaning offices. These are all licensed; and there is a large num ber of unlicensed cobblers, butchers,] Janitors, porters and domestic servants, | ?Exchange. . How Meerschaum la Mined. "Meerschaum is mined like coal," said a pipe dealer. "It is a soft, soap lifce stone, and in Asia Minor its min ing is on Important industry. "The crude meerschaum is called hamtash. It is yellowish white In color and a red ciay coat or skin envelops it The bloess cost from 825 to $200 a cartload. They are soft enough to cut with a knife. "These blocks in summer are dried by exposure to the sun. In winter a heated room is necessary. "jcflnally, the meerschaum blocks arj sorted into twelve grades, wrapped In cotton and packed in cases with the greatest care. "The bulk of all this meerschaum goes to Vienna. There the best pipe makers in the world live."?Philadel phia Bulletin. Cheap Cottage Exhibition. A "cheap cottage" exhibition was re cently held at Letchworth, in England. A number of comfortable cottages were shown, which, including the builders' profits, cost lees than $750. They were intended to make a wholesome, com fortable home for the workingman and his family, and not to be "glorified pill boxes," to quote the Duke of Devon shire, who is one of the foremost ad vocates of the "cottage city" idea. Beauty was sacrificed for ultility and beolthfulsoas. "The laborer's wife cares a great deal more, or should, for sixpence a week lass rent than tor all the art in all Ruskln's. Vlgorita' Is New Explosive. ? A new explosive is exploding in Bavaria about ten times as explosively as the most powerful of any would-be rival eoneoc?ons, and has been chris tened vigorifce. Prof. Schultz and Mr. Genre are responsible for its existence and use a naw type of nitron* \com pound in its raaannfactaTs. ?Whan eombteed with saltpeter it is parti entert/ soaastiooal; it is not af fected by friction or impost, by damp or by frost "When ignited in the open air visonts does sot caplode, but burns slowly. Works will be constructed be fore long at Lohr-on-the-Main for its mamria stare.?Exchange. Th? Smallest Coins. The natives of the Malay Peninsula hare in use the very smallest current coin in the world. It is a sort of waf er, made from the resinous juice of a tree, and is worth about one-ten-thou sandth of a penny. The smallest metal coin in circulation at the present day Is the Portuguese three-reis piece, worth tweive-one-hundredths of a pen ny. The smallest coin circulating offi cially in any part of the British empire is the flve-millosima piece of Gibraltar, about half a farthing.?Lahore Trib une. Great Depths of Ocean. A French writer in a scientific mag azine tells of the great ocean depths of 28,0o0 to 30,000 feet, the tempera ture tending toward zero, the perpetual darkness ranging below depths ol about 1,280 feet At that level plants, deprived of light, cannot exist. The organs of sight, not being used, have become atrophied and disappeared. Yet there is light even in that sightless world. A German exploring ship found a fish with enormous eyes at a depth of 6,400 feet?Exchange. Eccentricities of the Shah. Recently he came upon a kitten that Immediately charmed him. For a while the shah played with the kitten, and at last he picked It up and present ed it to the grand vizier With the in structions to take good care of it Its owner, the wife of a gardener, ven tured to protest. She loved the kitten, sho could not part with It; but the grand vizier threw her a piece of gold, silenced her with an awful look, and walked off with the kitten under his arm. India's Mounted Nurse Corps. India has a staff of mounted army nurses. The Indian government allows these ladies of the Indian nursing serv ice 30 rupees a month for the upkeep of their horses, and free conveyance of their animals to and from active serv ice. This corps of nurses are all ladies of good social position, and have to un dergo three years' training in a general hospital before qualifying. A Valuable Crown. The Pope has ordered a firm of Flor ence jewelers to manufacture a crown set with imitation stones for the image at the Virgin in the basilica of the Vatican, in place of a crown containing gems valued at $7,500,000, which is to be deposited ia the vaults of the Vati can. Hindu children are remarkable for their precocity. Many of them are skill ful vorkmen at an age when European children are learning the alphabet A boy of 7 may be a skillful wood carver, while some of the handsomest rugs ar? woven by children not yet in their teens. Fortunate Is the man who Is a hero to his wife. SOUTH UAKOLlJNA VIAVA Offices, 8, 9, 10 Scoville Building. Hours 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Consultation Free. Ladies in attendance. Call for "Health Book's Women love a clear, healthy com plexion. Pure blood makes it* Bur dock's Blood Bitters makes pure lood. The only form of food made from wheat that is all nutri ment is the soda cracker, and yet?the only soda cracker of which this is really true is Uneeda Biscuit The The The only only only only 3 soda cracker scientifically baked. soda cracker effectually protected, soda cracker ever fresh, crisp and clean. . soda cracker good at all times. jj$ In a dust tight, moisture proof package. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY ? SOUTHERN RAILWAY. I T he South's Greatest System. UnexceUed Dining Car Service. Convenient Scheao nil Local Trains. Through Pullman Sleeping Cars on all Through Trains. Winter Tourist Rates are now in effect to all Florida Points. I For frill Information as to rates, routes, etc., consult near est Southern Railway Ticket agent, or I BROOKS MORGAN, R. W, HUNT, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Division Passenger Agent, f Atlanta, 6a. Charleston, S. 0 NEW FURNITURE. We are ready to sell you now the best furniture ever brought to Orangeburg. We have been in business h ere .'long enough, to understand the wants of the peo ple hereabouts and to know the kind of furniture that lasts longest and looks best. Among the new arrivals we offer a three piece suite that is the peer of any on the market and the best ever offered for $30.00. Ooher good bed room suites at $7.75, and up to $100. Splendid Rockers, solid oak, for $1 and up to $15. Brass beds and Iron beds in great variety. Best made for the prices $2.50 and up to $10. HARDWARE AND TOOLS. Wo have a nery complete stock of all needed hardware and building tools and farm utensils. If you buy it from us you know you get the best to be had. We handle only the best in every line. ??THE BEST GUNS MADE.? Orangeburg Hardware & Furniture Co. COURTHOUSE SQUARE. Sewing JVdEacliine@e NEW DROP-HEAD MACHINES sold on easy payments. Good prices allowed for old Machines in exchange. Second-hand Machines from $5.00 to $15.00. Also parts and attachments furnished for all standard makes. Prompt attention to mail orders. New Bicycles Sold on Easy Payments. Also Bicycle parts and sundries furnished for all standard makes. General Repair Shop for Sewing Machines, Bicycles, Guns, Clocks and Watches. Give me your work. Satisfaction guaranteed. J. H. SMITH. Market Street Opposite New Postoffice. p????????< .NOTICE. I I am buying Hides, j Sheep Skins and Bee3 Wax, and pay the Ehighest market price for same. See me at Cotton Plat'orm be ] fore selling. :R. N. OWEN Terrible plagues, those itching, pes tering diseases of the skin. Put an end to the misery. Poan's Ointment cures. At any drugstore. DENTISTS. Drs. Perryclear & Sifley Office in New Dibble Building. We will attend |all calls in the country. B: SIFLEY, Specialist in Dental DProthesis, Crown and Bridge Work. Hay and Grain. MERCHANTS IN THE neighbor ing towns, buying Hay or Grain will save money by buying through me. I represent an old reliable dnn of Nashville. Respectfully 1-104-m Fred F. Pooser