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Delightful Baby Boots Made From ? Wornout Glove Tops. BIDS WASHED BEFORE USING ?On* Pair of Gloves, if Carefully Cut, , Will Do For a Pair of Tiny Shoes. Illustrations Show How the Work Is Accomplished. Delightful little boots and shoes can be made out of the long ends of worn out kid gloves. The ends should be first thoroughly washed in beii-oline. a half pint of which will do half a dozen pairu easily. When quite dry pull as straight as possible and cut up the aide seams. One pair of ends, if care fully cut,, will do. for a pair of tiny shoes. For the pattern take a soft French kid shoe (old, but not worn out of shape) and cut it carefully down the back and away from the sole, mak 8hoe made from glove top. lag two pieces like Diagrams A and B. If liked, the strap may also be in a separate piece. Now lay the patterns carefully ou the opened out glove end, pin in place and cut out, allowing turnings only at the back. Then cut out a lining of flannel if for winter wear, silk or cot ton for summer. Carefully baste t^e lining and kid together to keep either from slip ping out of place. The sole may, if liked, have au ln s o I e of card board, but for a wee baby's dain ty foot simply the kid and its cov ering is quite suf ficient Now, take the vamp. gome half inch wide ribbon, cream or white, to match the kid, and bind the sole all around, sewing firmly, though neatly. Join the back of the upper shoe and bind care fully both top and bottom. Now stitch ?on the upper to the sole, turning In side out for the purpose. The two top surface edges of the binding are seam ?ed together, care being taken to get the upper exactly right on the sole. A pin or two to keep both in place is useful. When finished, turn right side snd sew ou strap If made separately, which should also have been bound around with ribbon; sew on button and make either but tonhole or loop to fasten with and ornament front of s b o e with pompon or bow of ribbou. The?e shoes, if daintily m a d e. form a pretty and inexpensive pres- tu;: sole. ent for a baby and can always be easily washed in beuzollne whenever they be come soiled. Tiny boots c::u be made in exactly the same manner, but they fit better if the uppers are made in two pieces iuslead of one. A tiny brass ring inside the sewing around the eye let holes strengthens the kid and pre vents the lace tearing It Crawling shoes for older babies can be made lu the same way out of thick cloth and save the wee mites much discomfort as stiff leather soles are too hard for the wee feet, which at that age are almost as pliable as the tiny hands. Oh, Dear! How Discouraging! Among the many small annoyances of the housekeeper not the least Is the quiet little bedbug, said a woman recently. If the washwoman comes to your hosse she brings r!io bugs in" her ?clothes: If she t:kes your wash home ?he brings them in your freshly ironed clothes. You have not only to eount your pieces, but you must look careful ly iti every tack and ruthe, for If even the very tiny ones escape your notice they will grow, and in the warm da^rs they keep busy, and you have them to fight I wish I could toll how to pre vent the nuisance. But I have found a sure destruction. Don't tell me kero sene or Insect powder will do the busi ness or even turpentine. 1 know bet ter. Take your bed and springs to a safe place, pour a little benzine on a small part and touch a lighted match to It Immediately. Nothing will burn but the l>en7.ine and the bugs. Now. do not be careless and wear a lawn dress and velvet on a windy porch and ?et yourself afire?tuat would be worse thau the bugs?but work sensibly and be comforted it Is death to the enemy and freedom. Haw to -Keep Olives G=od. Purine the warm mouths there are many timo* when just two or three olives are used for dressing a sand wich filllug or some fancy sauee. Aft er the olives which are needed have >>een removed fin the bottle with a good quality of o'lve oil. The contents will be kept in a good condition for weeks. The little attacks of stomach trouble and stomach disorders will undoubtedly lead to chronic dyspep sia unless you take something for a sufficient time to strengthen the stomach and give it a chnace to get well. If you take Kodol in the be ginning the bad attacks of Dyspep sia will be avoided, but if you allow these little attacks to go unheeded it will take Kodol a longer time to put your stomach in good condition again. Get a bottle of Kodol today. Sold by A. C. Dukes, M. D., A. C. Doyle & Co. TO PIERCE A PIN. An Experiment That Requires Nicety In Balancing. ' Place a pin in the end of a cork in each side of which n penknife has been inserted obliquely, as shown in the en graving. The knives should be as near ly as possible of equal weight. By opening one or the other of them they can be made to balance. In order to bring them to the exact position required?that Is, to bring the pin, the cork and the knives to a hori zontal position?place the head of the pin on the end of your finger and as certain if the two knives are on the same level. If not, adjust them until they are so. Then take the cork In your hand and lay the stem of the pin on the point of HOW THE THICK IS DONE. a needle, the head of which is fastened in the cork of a bottle. You must carefully change the point of support of the pin until you have found that position in which it remains perfectly horizontal when left to Itself. Now blow upon one of the penknives, at first gently and then more strongly. You will thus cause the whole to rotate rapidly. After a time the needle, be ing harder, will have worn a tiny.hole in the pin and if you contiuue the ex periment will finally pierce it entirely. Game of Sheep and Wolf. Tear a piece of paper into as many pieces as there are players and on each piece write some number representing an hour In the day. As there are only twelve hours, there can only be twelve numbers, but' if more than twelve are playing you can make some of the numbers half hours, says McCaH's 1 Magazine. On, one piece of paper mark a cross and then shake all the numbers in a hat. each player drawing out one. The one who gets the slip with the cross on it is the "wolf," while the other play ers are called the "sheep." A ring is then formed by the sheep, the woir standing in the middle. The sheep then call out, "What time will you dine tonight, old wolf?" and Mr. Wolf calls out any hour he happens to think-of. Then the sheep who holds the slip corresponding to the number called by the wolf starts to run. If he can get round the ring three times before bel?g caught by the wolf, be is safe; if not, he must be wolf. The game keeps up until all have had their turn at being wolf. The Weeping Willow. It stands for grace. Why call it a weeper? It is simply lithe and supple. It is famous since Bible times. Do you know how it came here? We have it by way of "Merrie Old England." It came to England from Smyrna in a drum of figs. It was sent to Alexander Tope, who planted it near his villa at Twicken ham, on the Thames. A twig from It was brought to Bos ton by a young British officer in 1775. This twig was presented to Wash ington's stepson, young Custis, who planted it at Abingdon, Va. General Gates admired it, took a slip and planted it at the entrance to his farm, the spot being now Third avenue and Twenty-second street, New York city.?Philadelphia Record. Fruit Sculpture. Fruit sculpture is a new amusement. The picture shows how a hen may be made out of a banana. The nest on which the mother bird sits with out stretched wings is formed from a scooped out dinner roll lined with flowers. A banana is the hen's body, the wings, tail and topknot being of plaited white paper. Black shoe but tons form the eyes. Extinguished. "The boy stood on the burning deck, whence all but him had fled"? When Tommy Gibbs stood up to speak he had It In his head. But when he saw the schoolroom full of visitors he knew From his weak knees and parching tongue the words had all fled too. "The boy otood on tho burning deck"? a second time he tried. But he forgot about the boy or If he lived or died. He only knew the burning deck was something nice and coul Beside the rostrum where he stood that awful day in school. "The boy stood on the burning deck"?he felt the flames and smoke. His tongue was thick; his mouth was dry; he felt that he would choke. And from the far back seats he heard a whisper run about: "Come back. Tom, and take your seat. They've put tne fire out!" ?Youth's Companion. The Best Pills Ever Sold. "After doctoring 15 years for chronic indigestion, and spending over two hundred 'dollars, nothing has done me as much good as Dr. King's New Life Pills. I consider them the best pills ever sold:" writes B. F. Ayscue, of Ingleside, N. C. Sold under guarantee at Dr. J. G. Wannamaker, Mfg. Co., drug store. 25c. Wromen frequently jump at con clusions that are anything but alarm ing. An OU Maids Soliloquy Miss Jemima sat in her room, the most pleasing object in the midsi of pleasant surroundings. It was i large, well-lighted apartment, hand somely furnished with articles for use as well as ornament. Hsr geraniums and Ivy filled the window with a beautiful greenery and the air with perfume; the bird trilled merrily as a slanting bar of sun shine fell across his cage; the tire glowed like some gigantic ruby be hind the polished bars of the grate, and over all was the serene influ ence of combined refinement and precision. Miss Jemima closed the book she had been reading, and put it in Its place in the bookcase, by the side of other volumes of its exact height "An old maid! The wrlterr of that book seems to think that is a dreadful term. That is because he Is a man and doesn't knov anything about it. Now, I have been an old maid these many years, and rather like it. I look around and among all my acquaintances who dropped o ff with c ompanlons into the by ways of life leaving me alone on the highway. I see none any better pro v i d e d for, and a great many not so well. I never had an offer In my life, for which .( "She takes him oy tha - m duly ear, ? thankful for, I don't assume to be a better or more strong-minded than others --f my sex, and I suppose if anyone had come and begged and coaxed me to allow him to make me miserable I'd have consented, and been in the mire with the rest of them. "I never had but one lover?Jonas Whitcomb was his name?and .'-.o married a girl up at the North vil lage and moved out West. I haven't heard of him for years, I wonder what became of him Speaking of marrying, what a fail ure Ellen Lane's wedded life has been in thte way of making her hap pier. Sucn a bright pretty girl as she was! She chose for her hus band an honest mechanic, or he chose her, or they chose each other, 1 don't know which it was, or prob ably it was all three combined, and they started life with such high hopes and brig-ht anti ipaUons.His wages were good, and they calcu lated to work hard at first and be saving, and after a few years 'je able to rest. I went to see them the other day, not forgetting to take with me some serviceable present for the children, to insure my wel come. They flocked out to meet me, say ing they had a baby at th-dr house, which they seemed to consider some thing - wonderful, as If u were not an annual event. "They all tell me their secrets be cause they know I have nu one to re peat them to. I noticed she seemed nervous, as though she had some thing on her mind, but did not'con sider it anything more serious than the fit of her dress, or a stain on the dining-room carpet; out I inadvert ently touched the jarring chord by speaking of Ellen and Cousin Mattie. and contrasting her lot with theirs. I ? " 'Ah, Jemina,' she said, 'the heart that knows its own bitterness, and then she told me that another he sides herself shared her husband's f wealth?a bold, flaunting beauty, who spent his money with lavish har^v>and was sole possessor of the hejrl that had promised to love and cherish his wife only until death parted them. '"That is the way, there is a skele ton in one closet in every house hold, and the master of the house generally carries the key; and so I shall continue as I hav* lived so far, happy and singba. I am not work ing my fingers tn the bone for chil dren who follow so close upon one another they seem likely to over whelm you. "I'm not going to grieve my life away because a man married me when 1 was young and pretty, and loved me until I faded, and then coolly cast me aside for some one I who suited him better, leaving me to solitude, my heart eaten out by jeal ous fancies,while he basked in smiles for which he paid a good round I price. No, I am free from all such. "Ah! there is the postman and -d holds up a letter for me. Let me see, where is it from? Illinois? Yes; I guess it is from sister Jane or some of her children. "Yours hopefully, Jonas Whitcomb.' What can it mean? And where did I put my glasses? "I feel so flustered ahd the paper shakes as if I stood in a strong draught. He has been left a widow with six children, with no one to care for them. He says he is not very well off in this world's goods, but hopes to be able to make a liv ing, and, hearing from sister Jane that I was still single, writes to ask me to marry him. "Yes, there it is in black and white?my very first offer. What shall I do? But of course that is easily decided. I must do my duty and my duty is clearly to look after those poor, motherless children. 1 will write my answer immediately, so It may go out by the afternoon mall. DeWitt's Little Early Risers, safe/ easy, pleasant, sure, little liver pills. Sold by A. C. Dukes, M. D., A. C. Doyle & Co. It is permissible to blow your own horn if you are a member of a brass band. There are many imitations of De Witt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve but just one original. Nothing else is just as good. Insist on DeWitt's. It is cleansing, cooling and soothing. Sold by A. C. Dukes, M. D., A. C. Doyle & Co. THE SLANG OF TODAY. Wil! It Be the English of George Mere dith or Gccrge Adc? If the slants of today is the correct speech of tomorrow, what language will, our children speak a generation hence? Is the pertinent question asked by a writer in the Boston Transcript Will it be the English of George Mere dith or the English of George Ade? Shall we talk in the flowery hyperbole of the Bowery, with which our news papers of today, and even onr books, are filled, or must we be content with the speech that has satisfied many generations of our forefathers? As we saunter along In enjoyment of the Invigorating spring air on a bright Sunday morning, whether we have been listening to the words of the preacher or merely taking our Sabbath pleasure in the open, shall we say to our children, "You kids hike along home," or shall we tell them, "Run along, and we'll follow?" Of course It will be needless to express ourselves in such grandiloquent phrase as "Chil dren, Journey home and behave your selves decorously," for the youth of today would be 111 mannered enough to laugh at us therefor, but there is a happy mean between the vulgar and the stilted, and correct and Informal speech will fall upon childhood's ear like the words of an unintended ser mon. As a matter, of fact, a little slang is an excellent thing, but in the present era of slang more than the smallest quantity Is a great deal too much. The English language may fairly be said to be the most pic turesque and most expressive In the world, and It does not need the ver biage of the slum or even the catch words and catch phrases of the street to add to its vigor and variety. As a rule, the use of slang is Indicative more of paucity of thought and idea than of susceptibility to the humorous and the graphic. If we tell our friend "to get on to his Job." "to get on to himsslf," "to get busy," "to get a move on", or any one of a hundred other things, we certainly reveal our tendency to move with the tide of the hour, but at the same time we clearly show that we are more imitative than original. We speak slang frequently through sheer laziness. It was the last word In the mouth of a companion, and It becomes the next word In ours. It is echoed by the speaker, the teacher, by the lec turer, by the writer, but with rare ex ceptions it never becomes anything but slang. After all, It is only the best of slang that survives, but even then we need not excuse ourselves for be coming proficient in its use. We should think of the present as well as the future. Why use slang when we can speak the speech of our heritage equally well? Why become the blind leaders of the blind? A GENIUS IN SHORTHAND. Mrs. Bryan Has Her Own Steno graphic System. Mrs. William Jennlng3 Bryan Is the only woman on record who has in vented a stenographic system, and there Is nothing Impractical about the method, for she has proved its value in acting as secretary to her husband. Of course lu the event of Mrs. Bryan becoming the mistress of the White House she will resign the work to a staff of secretaries of the Loeb order, but it Is safe to predict that not a man will be found to give the same satis faction to the great commoner. Mrs. Bryan's system Is the growth of a dozeu years or since the stirring day in 1890 when her husband won his first presidential nomination by his "cross of gold" speech. At that time the Bryan purse was so lean it denied the luxury of a paid secretary, and Mrs. Bryan elected herself to the post. At first the work was slow and dis couraging, but gradually Mrs. Bryan In vented a stenographic code until now she easily follows her husband in his swiftest moments. Bryan Is one of the quickest talkers before the public, and his wife's success seems almost Impossible to expert users of the Pit man and other standard systems. Only one professional stenographer has been found equal to the task of reporting accurately all of Bryan's words on the platform, and this man Is put to a harder strain than Mrs. Bryan. Every morning after breakfast Mrs. Brynn takes a dictation from her husband; then when he busies himself with other duties she runs a typewriter with nimble fingers. It has been said that Mrs. Brynn has refused a large amount of cash for a complete chart of her system, the chief merit of which lies in its simplicity. Beautiful Haic. The secret of beautiful hair Is in knowing how to make the most of it, how to coax and coddle It Into grav ing and to arrange It to the best pos sible advantage, says the New York Press. It Is the natural frame for the face, and whether or not this frame is be coming remains with the woman her self. It is wonderful what terrible things a woman can do with her own head. Combs are set In crooked, and in many cases a head of hair looks more like a bird's nest than a coiffure. To have pretty hair you first of all must have cleau hair. This means that you should shampoo It every two weeks. The hair catches even more dust than (he face. To Remove Furniture Dents. To remove furniture dents wel the scar with warm water. Soak in warm water a piece of heavy brown paper, double It about four times, lay It over the dent and press with a hot iron. Leave the iron on the paper until all moisture Is absorbed. If the dent Is not then removed, repeat the process. While Kennedy's Laxative Cough Synip is especially recommended for children, it is, of course, just as good for adults. Children like to take it because it tastes nearly as good as maple sugar. Its laxative principle drives the cold from the system by a gentle, natural, yet copi ous action of the bowels. Sold by A. C. Dukes, M. D., A. C. Doyle & Co. A hot-headed woman and a stick of a man ought to make a good TBE DRUG STORE is the one place on earth where it is unsafe to look (or "Bargains." If you are satisfied with getting the worth of your money, the best Medicine it is possible to compound from the highest grade drugs, d the services of an experienced Pharma cist you will send your Doctor's Prescription to '? J. G. Wannamaker ffl'fg. Co. STERLING SILVERWARE t . Did yon know t nor* can place before yo-i i of dependable goods in '?rlins? Silverware? We do not toncn ?nything that we are not glad to <TTl??ra"" tee?and handle ?????!?????? hn? the output of the ? ^ '"ummis makers. Now, it ought to e th a good deal to yon i . this/ You need never bv**r about the probable quality p* ?-jthinjf in this line if yon '?one *re for it?because we zs-a:u< U re* sponsibility, an'' )rtr4*ivelf guarantee our Sterling ~uyot? ware. There may be su: i Jg as Silverware uncertiirtiec br* yon couldn't get d e??' 5, ac matter how badly yon wanted them. H. Spahr & Son. 46 W. Russell, Street. ORANGEBURG, S. 0. Wra. V. Izlar. J. Stokes Solley. Fire Insurance. IZLAR & SALLEY We represent the The Home Insurance Co. Liverpool and London and Globe German -American ? Continental ,.. Northern Assurance Phoenix and Georgia Home. The Strongest Combination in the State. DOING BUSINESS FOR YOUR HEALTH. That's one of the things we are doing business for, and of course incidentally, to get a living. In buying our drugs,&c we get those which ure pure and patent, even though they often cost us extra.We buy them for restoring health?yours and all our customers.' You may not be able tc*. judge the quality of drugJF but our long experience en' ables us to discriminate. Trust us when you need medicine and your confi dence will never be mis" placed. A. Calhoun Doyk & Co. "THE POPULAR DRUG STORE." Rheumatism I havo found ft tried ?nd te??e1 cure tor Rhen toatism I Not? remedy that will straighten th. distorted limbs ot chronic cripple 1. nor tum bony growths back to flesh again. That is impossible. But I can now surely Ida the paioi ftnd pangs of this deplorable disease. In Germany?with a Chemist In the City ot Darmstadt?I found the last Ingredient with Which Dr. Snoop's Rheumatic Remedy was made ft perfected, dependable prescription. Without that last Ingredient. I successfully treated many, many cases of Rheumatism: but now, at last, ltunl formly cures all curable cases of this heretofore much dreaded disease. Those sand-like granular wastes, found inRhcumatlc Blood, seem to dlssolrt and pass away under the action of this remedy as freely as does sugar when added to pure water. And then, when dissolved, these poisonous wastes freely pass from the system, and the cause of Rheumatism Is gone forerer. There is now no rea* need?no actual excuse to suffer longer with out help. Wo sell, ftnd in confidence recommend Dr. Shoop's Rheumatic Remedy DR. J. G. WANNAMAKER. DO YOU KNOW? r Do yon know why cur store is growing more popular each day? It is because we make a special study of the wants of oui customers and save them from 10 per cent to 20 per cent on every bill they buy from us. We have a fnll stock of fresh and stylish Spring goods at prices that are sure to please. Give tu a call and we will do you good. THE ORANGEBURG MILLINERY PARLOR is now located at our store and Mrs. George Fairey and Sirs. Angie Wilson can supply you in fine Millinery at prices cheaper than the very cheapest. Seeing is believing. Come and let as show yon. Foreman-Rickenbaker Co. grand excursion ?mem CHARLESTON isle of palms SOUTHERN RAILWAY WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26TH. For further particulars see notice on eighth page :: :: :: FIRE INSURANCE Not cheap insurance but in surance that insures you against all loss by fire or lightning. I do not represent small mu tunls with no capital, who have to assess the policy holdicrs to cover each loss, but ten of the oldest and strongest companies doing business, wortli more than $100,000,000 and who have paid more than Si,000,000,000 in losses. . Country dwellings, barns and outbuildings, together with their contents all written, and I have satisfied customers in every sec tion of the county. Improved gins insured and al so cotton on plantations. Office with "?TESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO., next door to *Dr. J. G. Wannamaker Mfg. Co., where you will find me from 8 a. ui., to 8. p. m. Ollice l??h pi < ue No. 21. Residence Nr. 1812. W. K. SEASE. Geo. S. Hacker & Son, Charleston, S. C. pike's Special bargains for the week = = 2,000 yds bea.utifull'ginghani dress good,|10c quality at 5c very thing f orlschool children. See our 10c chambreys 61-4 New lot of 5c calicoes, light, navy and redj?c. 25 doz. aprons worth" 35Ian? 50cc choice at 25. Children's half hose in black, white and tan at 10c GoodhandkerchiefsFat 2 1-2 each. "TikfsT MANUFACTURERS DOORS, SASH AND BLINDS. BALUSTERS, COLUMNS AND ETC. WINDOW AND DOOR SCREENS. SASH WEIGHTS AND CORD, Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup C0HTAIS8 HONEY AND TAK ! Relieves Golds by working them eat ?I thm system through a copioui and Jsealthg action of the bowels. Relieves Coughs by cleansing the mucous membranes of the throat, ehastj and bronchial tubes. "As pleasant to the Casts as Maple Sugar" Children Like W For BACKACHE?WEAK KIDNEYS Trj bWltft Kldnej and Bladder Pilii?Sun ud Sift Sold by A. C Dukes, M. D., and A, C. Doyle & Co. J. STOKES SALLEY, Attorney at Law. No. 11 Barton Building, Law 1 3-2 7-3 m Range, Oraugeburg, S. O. A man feels awful 1 yrich when he's got a few dollars his wife doesn't know about.