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AifV&dd LooMf^ Chinese Drum. Eon Is the Chinese ?word for drum, of which many kinds are used In China. Japan and Burma. Eastern drums dif fer from those of Europe in having their heads nailed on, not kept mova ble, aa ours are for tuning purposes. The body Is usually made of sandal wood, cedar or mulberry wood or else of baked clay. They are used for many purposes? on state occasion5!, to tell the hour dor THE KOU, OB DBTJX Ing the night, to scare away evil spir its as well as to invite visits trom good spirits and to play the "amens" at the end of verses in the Confucian services. Tiny drums are also carried by peddlers when hawking their wares. Etiquette insists that on any occasion when the emperor is present all drums must be muffled by being rolled In folds of cloth. -/ A Boy's Composition. Girls is sisters of boys and has long hare and wares dresses. First girl was called Christmas Eve, though 1 nev er could tell why. Most every family has one girl, and some of 'em that is In bard luck has two or three. We have a girl in ourn who is my sister. Fat girls want to be thin, and thin girls want to be fat Why girls were made nobody nos. out I think it were to go to church and eat Ice cream. Tbere is two kinds of girlsj brunet girls and'blond girls. Girls are afraid of mise and bugs, which makes it fun to put 'em down their baks. Performing Matches. Get a basin of water and arrange a number of matches on the surface in the form of a star. When the matches are all together in the eenter of the basin rake a piece of soap and touch r the water, as In the illustration. The matches will make for the sides of the basin, repelled to all appearance by the soap. Lay down the soap and touch the water with a piece of sugar. Im mediately the matches will return to the center. A Simple Microscope. If you bave need of the enlargement of writing which is small and Illegible or if you desire to increase the size of any other object, why not make your own microscope? Cut out a piece of thin cardboard. Ink one side of this until it Is entirely black. Make a pin bole in the center of the sheet ? Looking through this pin bole, you will be surprised to learn what a good microscope you bave manufactured. What a Wind! Mr. Froggie thinks it must be what they call a blizzard. He is in a hurry to get home, but for the last ten min utes he has uot been able to go even a step forward. He doesn't see what you sec?that there is a tree In the way. The seats in a theatre may remain stationary, but the curtain is first down and then up. Of the retired church bell it should be said that it always tolled the truth. One bat in a room will make as much commotion as all the files at a baseball game. The active watchman has a right to say of himself that "that's going aome." If little Pete is named after his father, does that make him a repeat? For Sore Peek "I have found Buckley's Arnica Salve to be the proper thing to use for sore feet, as well as for healing burns, sores, cuts and all manner of abrasion," writes Mr. W. Stone, of East Poland, uiaine. It la the proper thing, too,'for piles. Try it! Sold finder guarantee at J. (if. Wanna maker's drug store. 25c. j. ?- 1 S?id -the magician to ihis rival: "I know a trick worth tow of that." As soon as yon fall in with some people, they bigin to prepare for a falling put. Key to the Puzzler. No: 275.-Bldd1e: A Table.: No. 276.-Wine Merchant's Puzzle: The wine merchant must have drawn thirty quarts with the three quart measure, six quarts with the two quart measure and the remainder of the bar rel, ninety quarts, with' the five quart measure. The problem turns on finding quan tities in the ratio of five to one, divisi ble by two and three, and of a sum total which, deducted from 120 quarts (31 Vz gallons), leaves a remainder divis ible by ?ve. / No. 277.?The Postman Knocks: 1. Bryan, Bryant 2. Joe. Joel. ?.. Penn. penny. 4. Cain. Caine. 5. Poe, pope. 6. Jude, judge. 7. Lover, plover. No.27S.-HIdden Fish: Shark.dolphin, gar. smelt, skate, flying, gold, cod, mul let No. 279.?Word Square: 8 C A P B CAMEL AMEND PENCE ELDER No. 280. - Synocopations: St(o)op, fo(u)nt to(n)es. mo(t)or, na(v)y, dr(e)am, mar(r)y, pi(n)es, sbfomt, dl(n)es. W?i?rs~ BACKACHE The- back is the mainspring of womatfV organism. It quickly calls attention to trouble by aching. It tells, with other symptoms, stich as nerv~?t?ne387 Jfeadache,' pains in the loins, weight in the lower part of the body, that a woman's feminine organism needs immediate attention. 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Pink ham's Vegetable Compound, made from root^s and herbs, has been the standard remedy for female ills, and has positively cured thousands of women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, ulcera tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that bear ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges tion, dizziness,or nervous prostration ?????? Cotton, Oct. 17th, 1907.11 J$c Cotton, Oct. 17th, 1908 . 8&c Nearly $13 a bale less than a year ago. Do you want to sell yow cotton at present prices? If not, store it in the Orangeburg warehouse and protect it from dam age and fire. Do you owe debts and want to pay them without having to sell your cotton? If so, store your cotton in the Or angeburg warehouse and Mr. It. E. Wannamaker o r.Mr. Geo. A. Shifflcy will tell you how to get money on it from the Farmers Loan &. Trust Company, of Columbia. T. B. STA Civ HOUSE, President. Where Pem-na Is I Reliable Fam Fountainville, Pa.,'Feb. 16,1902. S. B. Hartman, M. 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No. 11 Barton Building, Law iE HOME sed As An All-Round ily Medicine. time, as I do not need any. When I take cold I take Pernna and in a short time I am all right. My wife is subject to asthma. She takes Pernna at that time, and she has bad no need for a doc tor for some time. With many thanks for yonrjmedlcine, we remain, Sincerely yonrs, PHILIP KRATZ. Fountainville, Pa^ April 16,1906. Dr. S. B. Hartman. Dear Sir: We hare Pernna in the house all the time and when we think j we need it, we take it. We are about -sixty years old and have not called a i doctor to our place for some years. [ We go ont in all kinds of weather and sometimes when we go on a trip we take Pernna1 along. A preventive ii better than a cure. That has been our experience. I had poor health some years ago and when I found your medicine I hit the right thing. We both thank you for your good medicine. | Sincerely yours, PHILIP KRATZ. Witness to Signatures. I, John Donnelly, Mayor of Doyles town, Pa., have been acquainted with Mr. Philip Kratz for 25 years. I know him to be an honorable and useful citi zen. He, in my presence, signed the above statements concerning Pernna, which I have every reason to believe are true in all a&rtlculars. signed. } JOHN DONNELLY, Esq. Fire Insurance! First Class Com panies. Careful Bctsmess. APPLY TO Stiles P. Mellichamp. PHONE NO 7 <3 STATEMENT OP ORANGEBURG COUNTY DISPENSARIES FOR THE QUARTER ENDING SEPT. 30, 100?. Dispensary at Gross Bales. Fort Motte, S. C.$ 3,563.00 Branchville, S. C. 5,27S C6 Livingston, S. C. ... 4,043.00 St. Matthews, S. C... 8,019.13 Orangeburg, S. C. .. ... . ._ 20,914.59 Springfield, S. C. 2,830.93 Elloree, S. C. 5,774.65 Central (Amts, apportioned). Expense. $ 260.85, 329.26 %245.48 399.34 676.01 233.17 288.47 9,311.04 Breakage. $ 24.78 13.44 ,9.16; 17.43 34.39' 12.07 13.43 Net Profite. * 808.70 S3 .,. 1,439.73 . 1,090.4') 2,226.8!* 6,090.80 748.89 1,649.64 314,065.14 Total.$50,423.34 $11,743.62 $125.19 State or South Carolina. County of Orangeburg. * Personally appeared L. A. Carson, J. G. Smith, T. R. McCants, mem bers of the Orangeburg County Dis pensary Board, who being each dul y and severally sworn deposes and sarvs that tne- foregoing statement Is true and correct. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 9th day of October, 1908. J. H. Claffy, Notary Public S. 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