Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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By Way Of Comparison At the bottom is a picture of a farm on which our fertilizers wore nor used. Notice the very poor growth? At tho top, there is a photo graph of the field of a planter who believes in tie Uborai uso of only Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers, See the good, even stand, and tall, luxuriant plants ? You can see man}' otherlnterestingr pictures of farms like these on which the crops of poor and good yields aro compared, in our large, pretty almanac, Aa& j-our dealer for it, or send us (to. in stamps to pay the cost of wrap ping and postage. 44 Increase your yields per acre " by using Virginia -, Carolina Fertilizers. Buy no other. Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company, Bichmond, Va? Norfolk, Va. Durham, N. C. Charleston, S. C Baltimore, Md. Atlanta, 6a. Savannah, 6a. Montgomery, Ala. Memphis, Tenn. Shreveport, La. .may think you^know what a Phonograph is; youmay A think you have heard one; but you do not know what a Phonograph will do?you ^do not know how 'good it can be until vou have heard the Improved Edison Phonograph^ Thomas Alva Edkon Jiu vented the^Phonograph idea. The Edison is his own best development of the Phonograph idea. It possess: s the marvelous quality of' giving you "your kind of music" better?that is more clearly, more entertainingly, more musically?than *any other talking, singing or playing* ma chine. "Your kind;" that- is the keynote of the Edison Phouograpk. | You don't have to learn to like it. It plays what you, like. Sold either for Cash or on Easy Payments By ^ # 0 # % f The Marcbant Music Go. $ j s. c. % Watch Tli is A civ. Real Estate For Sale! Country Property Ml acres about 1-4 miles w. of 66, on Branchville and Orangebu'-T road, known as place of Electra A. Fairey. About 125 acres cleared, balance tim bered. 8 room dwelling, barns, sta bles, tenant houses and pasture. 75 acres and 2 building in corporate limits of Branchville, bounded by Fairey Edwardsand Sou. Ry. 143 acres I mile E. of Branchville, on N. side of Sou. Ry., part cleared. 81 acres and building 2 miles E. of Branchville, on B. & B. R. R.. and bounded by lands of Dukes, Rnoad and others. 76 acres and building 1 2 mile N. of Stilton, bounded by O'Cain, Wolfe and Bell. 1-2 cleared,balance timbered. We also have several other tracts. 77i acres 1-4 mile of Norway. All cleared. Fine land. Will produce bale of cotton to the acre, 161 acres In Elizabeth Township, near Raymond. 3-4 mile from Lime-' stone Graded School, 1-2 mile from LimestoneJChurch. 120 acres cleared, balance timbered. Good land. City Property 5 room house with lot 75x100 on Windsor street. 6 room house with barns, etc., and lot about 75xlF0 feet on Dibble street. 1 lot on Amelia street, about tiSxLsQ feet. 1 lot on Dibble street. 5 room house and large lot on South Windsor street at a bargain. House and lot on Johnston streef. Large lot on Dickson street. Large lot on Maxwell street. 1 lot 105x331 feet on Whitman street. Fine location. A bargain. 1 house and lot on Sellers avenue. New, modern conveniences. 3 lots on S. Broughton street. Each U0x230 feet. Can arrange terms tolsuit purchas ers. WOLFE & BERRY, Attorneys, ORANGEBURG, S. C, A One 25-horse power Talbott, second hand engine in stock which has recently been overhauled. This engine is in iirst-class condition and will be a great bargain for anyone who is in the market for such a size engine. fife are headquarters for anything in the way of Machinery Supplies, and prompt attention will be given to all inquiries and orders entristvjdto our care. Write us when you are in the market for anything, and be sure to get our prices before placing your orders elsewhere. COLUMBIA SUPPLY CO., - Columbia, s c. i BiRDS WITH COLORED HEADS. Curious Mistake in Classification Caused by Pollen. Many birds frequenting flowers for honey or Insects are thus liable to get their heads covered with pol len, says the London Globe. And since the pollen of different flowers varies In color a bird may become yellow-headed, red-headed, blue headed, etc. This led to a curious mistake in the cape of a New Zeal and bird. This bird was a honey aucker and a haunter of flowers. Now, in the early summer It visited most frequently the flowers of the native flax, and later in the year fed chiefly on the fuchsia. The pollen of the former Is red. and of the latter blue. Hence in the early summer the bird appeared with a red head, and was named the red-headed honey seeker. But when later in the year it went to the fuchsia its head was stained blue, and it was called the blue-headed honey-seeker. Thus, for a long time this bird was thought to be two distinct species, and only re cently was It found that the red headed and blue headed were one and the same, and that the real color of the head was blackish brown. For Delivering Mail. Devices whereby express trains collect bags of mail at stations on the road without stopping have been In use extensively for a number cf years. Naturally, those first used were not entirely satisfactory, and inventors have been endeavoring to improve upon them. .Many of the devices patented, although success ful In every way, have been so com plicated in construction that their use became Impracticable. This can not be said of the one shown in thr! Illustration, which comprises, a sup porting frame in the center of which Weight Operates Shovel. Is pivoted the shooting mechanism. The latter consists of a shovel hav ing at one end a large bowl in which Is placed 'lie mail bag. On the end of the frame opposite the mail bag Is a pivoted weight. This weight is very heavy and Is released by a pro jection on the passing; train. As1 thft weight descends it strikes the handle of the shovel with great force, swing ing near the ground the mall bag continues on Its journey through the air. entering the open door of the mail car as It passes the station. Mirrors That Flatter. "It Is noi enough to make trtie mirrors," the dealer said. "If that were all, ours would Indeed be a simple business. "Dressmakers and milliners re quire mirrors of all sorts. They need, for example, a mirror thai makes one look taller and thinner. When they dress a fat. short patron in 3ne of their new hats or suits they lead her to the mirror, and site is so surprised and pleased with the change for the better In her looks that, straight, off she buys. "For masseurs I make a mirror that, like a retouched photograph, hides blemishes, wrinkles, scars. The masseur" takes the wrinkled lace of some rich old woman, steams It, thumps it, pinches it, and smacks it for' an hour, and then holds up to it the mirror that gives a blurred blemish biding reflection. The wom an thinks her wrinkles are gone, and Is happy till she gels home to her own true mirror. "Altogether I make some twenty varieties of false mirrors. Salesman and saleswoman in millinery and dressmaking establishments can dou ble a?d quadruple their business If they are* quick and deft in their se lection of the mirror that flatters each patron best." Etiquette in London Clubland. In some of our ultra exclusive clubs It is a serious breach of eti quette for one member to speak to another without obtaining a cere monious introduction b"forehand, says the London Chronicle. A painful case has just occurred In a certain old established and ex tremely respectable Pall Mall cara vansarle. It appears that, a newly Joined member, in callous defiance of custom, ventured the other after noon to make a remark about the weather to a gentleman with whom he was not personally acquainted. I The recipient of this outrage glared stonily at Its perpetrator. "JJid you presume to address me, Blr?" Jj.e demanded, with an awful frown. "Yes. I did," (?38 the defiant reply. "I said It was a n?e day." The other digested the observation thought fully. Then, after an impressive pause, he turned to Its bold exponent. "Well,.pray don't let it occur again.'' he remarked, as lie burled him&elf once more in bis paper. i *! egg g um! . ? I Take Laxative Bror ? Seven Million boxes sold in past 12 r Illustrated Song F OUR BOYSAND GIRLS ? ? ? Big Cannon Shots. The 'Russo-Japanese war was so full of bis, things that a little remin iscence like mine may seem very trifling. But I will tell rt because it conveys some interesting truths about the wonderful power of big guns. I took a merchant vessel into Port Arthur by running the Japanese blockade one; night. The next day the Jap warships opened a furious attaclc on the outer coast defences of the port and as I had landed close under them, I was in position to study the effects of great gun fire. Well, the bombardment didn't do much harm. Most of the projectiles buried themselves in sand and even when shells exploded they did little except kick up a lot of dust. But one big 900 pound projectile from a 12 inch rifled cannon did strike a plate of nickel steel Krupp armor straight and true, and it went through the fourteen inches of steel as easly as a drill would go Into soft pine. It cut a round hole into the plate the edges of which were as smooth and sharp as if they had been bored by the fin est tools. When I went up to look at the plate about twenty minutes alter the shot had been fired, it was so hot that I could not bring "my face near enough to it to examine It. For half an hour it continued to sing and crack from the heat that had been engendered by the fearful Impact. Later on we discovered nnother queer thing. For an experiment, one of the Russian ollicers had the shell dug out of the sandmound in which it had buried iiself, and after sol diers bad swung it on chains and raised it with a crane, they tried to force it through the hole that it had made, it would not go In. In other words, It had bit the plate with such tremendous might that it had not even made a hole as big as Itself. In that moment, of striking, both the hard steel of the shell and the nickel steel of (he armor had been com pressed and thus the shell had actu ally passed through a hole loo small for it. After the hole in the plate had cooled enough so that I could put my head in. I found a bit of the soft copper banding that Is put around the bases of projectiles .to make them follow the rilling of the guns. It Is very soft copper?so soft that a man can roll it up in bis lingers. But the force of tin- shot had been so vast that i his soft copper had actually been driven lulu tie- hard steel armor as a toothpick might be driven Into cheese. Tag. Sally Spry and Leonard Lagg Played a little game or tag. Leonard lost, and Sally Said, "Face tag!" as she turned her head. Thunderbolts. "Did you ever see the diameter of a lightning flash measured?" asked a geolopist. "Well, here Is the case which once Inclosed a flash of light ning that fitted it exactly, so you can see how big it was. This Is called a ?fulgarite.' or 'lightning hole.' and the material II is made of is glass. "When a holt of lightning strikes a bid of sand It plunges downward into the sand for a distance less or greater, transforming simultaneous ly Into glass the si I Ida In the mate rial through which It passes. Thus by Its great heat it forms a glass tube of precisely its own size. ?'Now and then such a tube, known as a fulgarite, Is found and dug up. Fulgarites have been fol lowed Into the sand by excavations for nearly thirty feet. They vary In Interior dlameir>r from the size- of a quill to three inches or more, accord ing to tlib Port-' of the flash. But. fulgarites are not produced alone In pand. They are for. ml also In solid rock, rhough very naturally of slight depth, and frequently existing as a tfiln. glassy covering on the surface. "Such fulgurites occur in aston ishing abundance on 'lie summit of Little Ararat, in Armenia. The rock Is so soft and porous lhal blocks a foot long cau In- obtaiued, perforated In all direction.- by little tubes filled with bot lie greeu .^lass formed from the fused iock. "Some wonderful fulgarites were found by Humboldt, on the high Nevad.t ?!?? Tolucsi, in Mexico Massr-H of the rock wer?- covered witn a thin la>er of gren ^lass. I is peculiar ?himmer in ilie sifti led Humboldt to ascend the precipitous peak at the rlflk of Iiis lite" _ _ no Quinine Tablets. ^ ionths. This signature,^' ost Cards 5c each at Siou CAUSE OP DOMESTIC TRAGEDY. His Brave Wife Tried to Sustain Him for Another Chance. He fairly tottered into -the room like a man reeling under the effect of some terrible mental blow. Hla wife looked on aghast. "What is It?" she asked in trem bling accents. "it was not my fault." he mur mured incoherently. "How can I tell you? We are penniless!" "Penniless!" she repeated, in a half-dazed way. "Oh, but my dear, brave boy, I can still be your own true wife. I can work; I can keep the wolf from the door. But, tell me this, have you been gambling or speculating on that dreadful Stock Exchange? Tell me you have done nothing to tarnish your honor." "Nothing?nothing," he replied. "My honor is unspotted." "Oh, thank goodness for that!" she cried. "Now I can brave any thing. Where has your money gone?" The wretched, grief-stricken man placed his arm around her, and, drawing her close to him, gasped out: "I have paid the gas bill." Cause for Rivalry. Beggar fto lady)?Ah, but your husband is a kind gentleman. He has promised me his old overcoat, as he Is going to buy a new one. Lady?So?Then send your wife to me and I will give her my autumn Jacket. He Couldn't Walt. When All Mudvllle played Little Slopton, both elevens were doing their level best for their respective villages. Mudvllle surpassed all pre vious recjrds. Nine men had been sent from the wicket, but they were still hopeful, for they only needed 321 runs to win the match when Podgers went In. Only the umpire looked uneasy. A swift ball from the bowler flew past Podgers, struck the ground, and was caught by the wick et-keeper. "How's that?" yelled the opposi tion team. "Out!" said ttie umpire. "Out?how out?" protested Pod gers. "I don't know 'ow; but It's out," shouted the umpire, with a glowing face. "All I know Is that my house has been on fire for the last, 'alf hour, and I'm going to see if that's out. Good-day, gentlemen!" The Irishman und the Mule. General Phil Sheridan was at one time asked at what little Incident did he laugh the most. "Well," he said, "I do not know, but I always laugh when I think of the Irishman and the army mule. I 'was riding down the line one day when 1 saw an Irishman mounted on a mule which was kicking its legs rather freely. The mule finally got Its hoof caught in the stirrup, when. In the excitement, the Irishman re marked, "Well, begorra. If you're goin' to git on I'll git off.' "?Home Chat. Shocking. "Site Buffers a mysterious pnln. and the doctors are going to oper ate." "What, do you suspect?" . "Why, the symptoms seem to In dicate that the coats of her stoniauh are out of style. Of course, they In timate nothing of tills to her, for fear of the shock It might give ht:r." ?Puck. His Sinecure. The Farmer?My son Reuben, who's In Noo York, tells me there'? a hank down there thet keeps open day an' night. The Storekeeper (turning to his clerk)?Hear thet, Jason? An' sometimes yew growl bectu yew have tew work only frnui 6 A. M. tew 10 P. M.?Puck. Get Busy, Young Man. Miss Yerner?Mr. Ilus?el was go ing to call ou me th|a evening, but he heard you were to be here. Mr. Sloman?Ah! perhaps you would have found more pleasure In his visit. Miss Yerner?Well, I don't know that his visit would mean *o much plea-ure, but I'm sure it would mean business. Inclusive. Miss Coldart- No. f CHn never many you. All our family Is op posed to you. Mr. Nervey ? But, If you ure not? Miss Coldart--I said all our fain ; ny. Kxpert Testimony. Dottle?1 wonder If a blonde Is more attractive to men than a bru nette? Lottie?Ask Tottle?sbe'a been both. Cleveland Leader. ^ Book Store. i AVe?elablePieparatioaforAs Siinilating ihEToodandRegula ting ?ieStomachs andBcwels of Im An is M hildkkx PrrnnotesTliifestioh.Cijeeiful B?ss andResr.Contains nfiitter OpiumjMorphirte nor "Mineral Not Narc otic. Acv? VOldlirSAM?limCIIER PuntfJan StcJ,' Abc. Senna * Exh-.IUSr.l? - ?rdit Sttd * Rjpsrmint ? f?Cartana?SUm* f?rvtSttd - rturihtd Sogar . Whtfrpwi FUnvr. Aperfect Remedy for Constipa tion, Sour Stomach.Diarrhoea, Worms .Convulsions Jeverish ness and Loss of SLEEP. Tac Simile Signature of NEW "YORK. Alb months old j5 Doses - 33Cents EXACT COP/OF VBAEP6B1 For Infants and Children. iThe Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORH TMS CENTAUR COMPANY, MCW'ORR CITY. A Few Suggestions For Christmas Shoppers Any of Which will Make Useful Xmas Presents. Pocket Knives Razors afety Razors Carving Sets Knives and Forks Spoons Silver Table Pipcea Fine China Pieces Cut Glass Vafies Lamps, Water Sets Brass Fire Dogs Lap Robes Guns Carriage Heaters Saddles Arthur Hardware Co., St. Matthews and Elloree, S. C. DRAGGING down pains are a symptom of the most serious trouble which can attack a woman, viz: falling of the womb. With this, generally, come irregular, painful, scanty or profuse periods, wasteful, weaken ing drains, dreadful backache, headache, nervousness, dizziness, irri tability, tired feeling, Inability to walk, loss of appetite, color and beauty. The cure i* WINE OF Woman's Relief that marvelous, curative extract, or natural essence, of herbs, which exerts such a wonderful strengthening Influence on al! female organs. Cardul relieves pain, regulates the menses, stops drains and stim ulates the muscles to pull the womb up Into p.ace. It is a safe and permanent cure for all female complaints. WHITE US A LETTER la strictest confidence, telling us all your troubles. We will send free ad vice (in plain sealed envelope). Ad dress: Ladies' Advisory Dept., The Chattanooga Medldne Co., Chatta nooga, Tenn. "I SUFFERED AWFUL PAIN In my womb and ovaries," writes Mrs. Naomi Baki, of Webster Groves.Mo., "and my menses were very painful and irregular. Sine? taking Cardui I feel like a nrw woman, and do not suffer as I lid." BEST BUILDING MATERIAL "Write.lor- Prices <m Blue Bell Wood Fibre Wall Plaster, "Flint.Coat" Finishing,Plaster, Composition Rooting TileJ Write to-day. GUIGNARD BRICK WORKS, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CA I?? )I.1\A. 1-3 3MOS* The Edisto Savings Bank, lOUANttKRUUG, S. C. Capital.8100,000.00. H. IK-Moss, President. Surplus. O.000.00. J. M.Oliver, Vic. President. F. S. Dibble, Vice Presidert. Wm. L. ("Hover, Cashier. DIRECTORS M o. Dantzler J. M. Oliver W. R. Lowman W. F. Fa're? B. H. Muss T. C. Doyle ?6 Sol Kohn X. W. Sraoak Money saved is money made, and the way to save is'to deposit ; our money in the savings department and draw interest on the fi'st 1a*.'? January. Apiil. July an<-' Octooer at the rate of four per cent oe? ????:? This bank's absolute satety is best attested by its capita' tock, It. surplus and by the character and standing of its officers ana board of directors. Money loaned on'good security. c^co^occa ?dccocggoccoccc30j:ccccc-2ccc-c: