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GLEANINGS AND GOSSIP. It has been estimated that rats is England do damage to the extent oi 975,000,000 annually. French theaters receiving govern ment subsidy are obliged to give a free performance every year. Germany, Great Britain and the United States produce four-fifths of the world's supply of pig-iron. The figures! of the London police courts show a very decided increase during recent years in serious crime. Cigar boxes.of glass are.coming more and more into use. They are cheaper than the wooden boxes and Seep the cigars fresh a longer time. One of the Boston papers 1b talcing solid satisfaction over . a story of a bunch of ambergris found in a sword fish. Popular opinion has ambergris linked with whales. According to official .figures, the number of merchant marine steamers of Japan at the end of last year was ; 16X8. .Of-these, .101,were &teamers ol ?nore than 3,000 tons. . An old Scotchwoman was advisee by her minister to take snuff to keep awake during his sermon. She an swered briskly: "Why dlnna ye put Che snuff in the sermon, mon?" Mrs. Lillian O. Hoag, of Los Angeles <2aL, is believed to hold tLe record for fasting. She was ill, and thought ? Chat fasting would do her good. She is said to have, gone without, food foi 49 days. She say* that the cure wai a .complete success "That the war on tuberculosis pays Immediate dividends in human life ? proved by a report of Dr. Bosley health commissioner of Baltimore. Iz the monthly health bulletin for July 11 3s shown' that the number of death: Srom tuberculosis occurring in the cits was 92, as compared,with 123 for th? same month last year. "? It'is curious that the British nava. 'authorities should have abandoned oi: ?uel at a time when in foreign fleets 11 Sias been decided to substitute oil foi coal. The British empire has very llm j ' Ited resources of oil fuel, and at pres ent the navy's supplies hav* to be im Sported. These supplies mlebt be cui off la time of war,' and it is probably -'" for this reason that oil'fuel is being ' given up. A woman who recently applied tc the Lambeth guardians for relief said that for the last three months she and bar five children had lived srent free (by ^squatting in the rooms of empty bosses.'' In Lambeth there are many such houses which have reverted to the duchy of Cornwall, and the people are permitted to occupy the places un til the premises are demolished. There will shortly be opened In Switzerland the.Wieser viaduct, on the route from Davos toFilsur. It is en tirely constructed of stone, at a height of 90 metres, or 292 r/ feet, and has a ?central arch of 55 metres and six ?others each of 20 metres, the entire length of the bridge being 175 metres. . It is, according to a Paris contempo rary, the most beautiful bridge in $he ' wbrldV -. '. The institute of marine engineers is XiOndon recently discussed the subject and K. A. Mayor, of Glasgow, said that fthe prospects for electric propulsion, for ' ships is very hopeful. .Leading shipbuilders have been considering it for seme time. W. P. Durtnall said that in the all-electric Paragon method ?of driving vessels, the electric motors are coupled direct to the propellers and run at equally" high efficiency in s ?Ither direction. Since the setam tur bine can only run inone direction, the sew method saves the expense of a re werslble turbine. A young man la bringing an action against a graphologist in Paris foi substantial damages. A pretty heiress, to whom he was engaged to be mar tied, showed a specimen of his hand writing to the grapho.ogist and asked for .Information. This is the reply she sot: "If you should meet the man who wrote these lines upon your way through life avoid him. e is an ego . tist and a fool, he has a bad tempei and a despicable nature. The exist ence of the woman who has the mis fortune to marry him will >e a Cal vary." The marriage has be?n broken off. Hence the action.?London Ex press. A minor drawback connected with the use of the electric flariron has "been found to be in the fact that the temperature varied considerably as ii ?was passed from one piece of work to .another containing more or less mois ture. This has now been overcome by an automatic means of control by which the temperature is maintained at one point within a fraction of a de gree. When the flat:'on is in use a large amount of current is permittee to pass through the heating coils, bu( whenever the heat rises unduly a -switch automatically introduces th? ?resistance necessaVy to cut down th< ?current. The battlefield of Waterloo, writes an American tourist from Brussels, is rapidly being divested of all its inter nesting features. The houses which aheltered men who helped to make /history there are being torn down, the roads and paths are being obliterated, and soon there will be nothing left to remind one of Napoleon's last stand but the great mound capped by the Waterloo lion. The museum, where ?all the battlefield trophies are on view, uniforms, arms, drawings and pictures, was never a pretentious institution, but no visitor failed to look with in terest at the many exhibits behind the ?iass doors. This also is to be dis mantled, and the articles which have "been carefully kept for years will b? -distributed among the provincial mn seums of Belgium, where as individua' exhibits they will lose much m value Prescott's Locals. Cut prices all along the line at C. "W. Prescott's. Best granulated sugar, Franklin (brand, 18 pounds for $.1.00 at Pres -cotts. It will cost you money to give us the "go by." Prescott's. We are not chasing big profits; ?small profits will satisfy us. Pres cott. We still have plenty of Mason's Jars, all sizes, jar caps and rubbers at cut prices. At. Frescotts. . j T7^ ? I ? RECIPES, "flU*!.'' ' Egg Rolls?Two cups flour, one level teaspoon salt; two level tea spoons baking powder, two level tablespoons lard, two level table spoons butter, one egg, one-hair cup milk Sift together the flour, salt and bilking powder, work in the shorten ing with the Angers. Add the egg . well beaten and mixed with '.he milk. Mix well, toss onto a floured board and knead', lightly. Roll out and cut .In two-inch' squares. Place ft half Inch apart in a buttered pan. Gash the center of each with a sharp knife. Brush over.; with sugar and water, and bake fifteen minutes in a hot oven. - Stuffed Prunes.?-One pound of prunes, the white..of one egg, one quarter of a teaspooaful of vanilla, and as much confectioner's, or powd ered-sugar as the >egg will take up. ' prepare the prunes to resemble jsttiffed dates, stew the prunes-until they are soift- but not mushy, then split them lengthwise on one side and 'remove, the stones. When they have cooled etuff with the following mix "ture: Slightly beat the white of the egg, . add the vanilla', and rub in powdered sugar until the . mass is .solid enough to be molded. Pill each prune with the mixture and pack In small tin boxes, dusting .eachxlayer -with powdered sugar. .These will not keep long, as the mixture used for filling is^ not cook ed, but they are much-liked by child ren for their luncheon baskets,, and form a simple and healthful confec tion. v Lemon Cream Jelly?Soak one fourth of a box of gelatin in one cup ful of cold water; put one cupful of sugar and one cupful of water in a saucepan, add the" rind of one lemon and the juice of three; add the soak ed gelatin, and when it has dissolved remove and strain \\; when it is cool and begins to .thicken add .two cupf uls of whipped cream; turn into a mold and let stand.In a cool place twe hours. ?? ? Coffee Custard?Make a good strong extract of coffee by dripping it as slowly as possible through a percolator; for six people you wil want., one cupful; take four of tbt same measures of milk and beat in to the milk the yolks of three eggs; add two ounces "of powdered sugar; mix into this the cupful of coffee; as ?coffee differs in strength, taste to see that it is strong enough; pour the mixture into cups, and put the .cups., in a not too deep pan witlf boil ing water; the level of the water , . ought not to stand higher^ than half "the cup';; do not boll the water too hard; about fifteen minutes of boil ing Is-necessary; turn out on a dish. They may be eaten hot or cold. Apple! Meringue?Slice any kind of 'stale cake,;put the slices in a baking dish' and pour a little milk over; pare and core four or five apples; cover the cakes with the. sliced ap ples; sprinkle cinnamon of a little -irated, nutnieg_nA >c. and - a . ha l?.-cup. of granulated suga.*; put the dishv In a quick oven and jihen the apples are tender make a meringue by beat ing the whites to a stiff froth; to each white add one tablespoon fill of powdered sugar;- using two or three whites to this quantity of apple, heap lightly over the pudding and, brown slightly in a quick oven; serve with sweetened cream. . To Corn a Small Piece of Beef?: Sometimes it is difficult to get good jorned beef, or it is desirable to save a piece of fresh beef in this way. The easiest method is to stir coarse fine salt into cold water until a brine is made strong enough to float an egg and expose a spot as large as a 10 sent piecel Put in the beef, lay a plate oh it. and a stone to hold it down. After two days; or four" at .[he most for five or six pounds, the beef will be ready to use, and is often relished better with early vegetaoies taan fresh meat. Eggs Portuguese?Peel a ripe round tomato, cut out the stem end; in the hole thus made put. an uncooked egg. Dust it with salt and pepper, sprinkle with finely grated cheesed add bits of butter and some finely niiueed pars ley. Bake until the egg is set and serve hot. - Prune Fluff?Soak a half pound of large prunes until soft, then cook slowly until tender, letting the juice cook down to about half a cupful. Pit them and rub through a colander. Whip the whites of four eggs to a soft froth, and gradually a half cup ful of sifted powdered sugar and beat to a stiff meringue. Add the prune pulp, a spoonful at a time, beating hard. Fill glass sherbet cups with the mixture and serve cold. Women Preachers. Twenty-five women lay delegates attended the general Methodist Epis copal conference in Baltimore. All worked like beavers to induce the conference to declare in favor of li censing women as preachers, as sev eral other denominations 'have done. For some, tinie.women have preach ed~'as evangelists in the pulpits of the church, and the -women delegates declared that the time had come for the conference to take action in the matter. They submitted several me morials and saw to it that they were properly considered, but the confer ence adjourned without taking any action. Instead of giving up. the women are working harder than I'ver. and declare their intention to ?itirk at it until they gain their point Just Received Car Load of Fancy Driving Horses, ?ALSO? Heavy and Medium Sized Mules ?-AT? ?. N. Somite's Stables. 44 W. Russell St. Orangebarg, 3. q. To Make Candy Fondant* Fondant is the basis of al! goofl eandies and it is easily made, in making candy at home it is advis able to prepare a little at a time. Two cups of granulated sugar and one-naif cup of water, placed In a saucepan and'cooked until It threads, Is the simple means of making this fondant dough. It must not be dis turbed during the process of cooking, nor must it be too rapidly cooked. As it decreases in bulk, little gran ules of sugar will adhere to the Bides oi the pan; wipe them off with a cloth on a knife blade. Test by put ting a teaspoonful of syrup in ice cold water. When It forms a thick wax, pour it out upon a buttered plate, add flavor and coloring, if the latter is eslred, and sprinkle over the top one-fourth teaspoonful of cream of tartar. This makes it form, pre vents it from returning to sugar and., lightens the candy. Beat it with a silver fork until It forms a 'white creamy mass, then' dtp the finger tips into butter, take up the candy and work it as you would pie dough. If It crumbles, it has cooked too long and it Is useless to attempt candy making with It If it is like dough, it can be kept in a wet cloth for several days and made into cubee, balls and other shapes as desired. Do not use too much coloring. After one has learned the rudiments of making fondant, finer candies can be made by the addition of citron, chop ped raisins; currants, orange peel and the like, i Candied cherries, aimonds, English walnuts, dates, figs, pecans and peanuts are used to fill candy balls or decorate fancy shaped pieces. Freshly popped corn, if run through a food chopper and mixed with ground, peanuts, is very dainty when covered with brown fudge. Put the nuts and pop corn in a greased pan, pour the fudge over it and leave un til it is almost cold, then score with; a heavy knife. When cold it can be broken into squares. A good candy for a present is made of fondant in which chopped raisins,' currants and English walnuts are mixed," the lat ter broken jand not powdered. Have You a Hand Mirror? Perhaps there is not a home in the universe where there is not a mir ror?if' women are Inmates of the 'household, you may rest f assured there . are mirrors from sizes is which they can see themselves from . head to foot, down to little hand mirrors which will reveal an erup tion on the chin. But sometimes one wonders of what use these mirrors are, especially the hand mirrors, when a woman roes forth and the left side of her collar extends about one to one and one-half inches above the right side.. The next woman who comes along will show the first two or three buttons fastened down che back of a thin waist, then two at. the lower edge,.while the capln; space reveals a corset cover, and of ten the flesh. The next woman '?saunters by with the books off her ofilrrrjlackec. "lTy?? "ever" sft "in * the" ' rear of. a church and the audience is requested to stand, juot watch' the women when they rise. One would never suppose their dear minds were on the sermon or the singing, for the. ones who are not fussing with love locks- or loose hairpins are adjust ing, the belt or trying-to fasten the dress placket. It doesn't look nice and it would not be necessary if ^these hurry-up women would take the time to use the hand mirror. Onlj a few days ago an elegantly attired woman' entered a street car and laid her fat. plump hands in her lap, re vealing jewels that would keep some ?of you your natural lifetime. Bui tbe manner in which she was sit ting,- revealed a white lace petticoat on which the lace was dirty and de cidedly ragged. Before her sat o wash' 'woman dressed in piain, sim ple garments,^ the pink of clean per fection. Always have good shoes gloves, a presentable dress and bat When you go: from home don these articles as carefully as you can. Take up a hand mirror and convlncevyour self that your -garments are proper ly hooked, buttoned and neatly plao ed. Small Fur Articles. A patch of fur. some lace, a ribbon or two, and you have a stylish neck ruff. An abundance of black satin ribbon is used this season in thlt capacity, and it is either shirred ano pleated, filled in with a shirring o\ finest black tuile. and'edged or bouno through the center with a strip ol fine fur. By no means are these rufft inexpensive, for the material is the very finest, and whether made or pur chased ready to don. the small neck fixture is ac expensive as it Is beau tiful. One recently seen was fash ioned of white satin, white tulle and ermine. 11 was quite large and was made 10 fit closely to the throat Flat stoles are worn with coats, having a military air. a Good Breakfast Dish. Break ibree eggs into a bowl and beat them light with the,, egg beater. Stir into the. ege one-haldcuji^?f-flue. ly shredded dried beef, one cup of fresh milk and two roiled crackers, season to taste. In the frying pas put a tablespoon fill of butter and one-half tpaapoonful of lard. Let 1? ret very hot, then pour in the mix ture and stir constantly until it Is done. It should not be allowed to get too hard or brown. When eggB are scarce, this makes a very appe tizing breakfast omelette. D. P. O'CAIN Land Surveying Correct ly Done. . Prices Mod ate. Orangeburg, S. C. R. F. D. No. 4. Tis often said to marina sale % just as good as LU23ANN1? Let no such argumeiitpre va?,to wean voc from your tune-tried friend ~ Write for Samples Try ?s on a mail order Make our Store your home when you come to the City "Satisfaction or Your Money Back3 '{MANNE COFFEE 322 and 234 King and 203 Meeting St., Charleston- S. C, Charleston's Great Department Store Largest wholesale and retail mail order house in the South OYEZ School Principals. District Trustees Rand, McNally & Go's Maps and [Globes and Map Cases H Are acknowledged to be Tbe Best la The World Made in America Prices Reasonable. Write to V. C. Dibble, Jr. Charleston, S. C South Carolina Agent New Fall Tailored Suits In exceptionally Smart, up to-date models, e for ladies and misses. Prices range from $100.00 to $100.00 a Suit Ladies and Misses Walking Skirts in chiffon Panama. All new models. Plain tailored or trimmed with taffeta, silk or satin bands. Prices range from $4.75 to $25.00 Newest of Waists for Fall and Winter Wear All pure white Linen Waists, Plain Tailormade, with lau nd red collars and cuffs $1, $1.25 and and $1.50 Ladies Taffeta Silk Waists from $15.00 to $2.98 eachv Ladies Messaline Silk Waists at - $3^75 Large line of Novelty Waists in Plaid Silks, Chif fon Over-net or Persian Teffeta Silk Silks and Dress Goods We are showing superior lines of Plain 'awl Novelty Dress Goods and Silks. Write for Samples Get our Price* At wholesale Prices ; We offer new lines of Blankets, Comforts, Dry . Goods, Notions, Shoes, Millinery, Gents Fine Fur nishings, Upholstery Goods, Floor Coverings of aft kinds. Agents for Dr. Jaeger's Sanitary Woolen Uuder^ . wear and Ladies Home journal Patterns 10 and 15c each ' ! [Ladies and Children Ready to Wear Garments a Specialty "Moore's Modern Methods'1 will improve your office methods , AND SAVE MONEY. Let us send on approval this equipments Tw? 5 t S Baden Y 1000 Record Sbaets I (ctatatf 40forau) I frl CC ing booki) 1 ' ?0 AlpSwbc&al IkW/ II yea irii then pay o : f/ Mt rrtva ttab SIMS' BOOK STORE B. giaSPJL 3T, .-? CLEARANCE SALE We have several good second hand Pianos ranging in "price from $25.00 to $100.00, and twenty second hand Organs ranging in price from $10.00 to $40.00, either of which is worth three times what we ask for them. These instruments must be sold to make room for new 'Stock. Come quick and get a Bargain. [THE MARCH ANT MUSIC CO. 53 East Rossel? Street. WITH DOG AND GUN and lots of game, the most exhlllar ating of Bport is afforded over Au tumn field and hillside; but if your gun and ammunition is not of the best, the keenest of sportsmen will only suffer disappointment:' In view of this fact we wish to call atten tion to the high quality of rifles and shot guns to be had at\M. O. DAN* TZLER'S, who also carry a full stock of the very best makes of loaded and unloaded shells, black and smoke less powder, shot, etc. M. O. Dantzler A QUEER THING that anyone should waste any time hunting for an Al piano when there is such an excellent instrument at the Knabe, the Krunich & Bach or the Haines Bros, right here in town. We have them and 6ell them for cash or on easy payments to responsible people. There are no better make* on the market for the money as professional players will attest. Her? you pay for the piano?not the name alone. Marchanf Mask; Co. ORANGEB?RG. S. 0. Little Things in Furniture count for much in completenescs and value. You'll find chairs, tables, beds, etc., etc., bought from us have had every attention paid to the smal lest detail. That more than makes up the difference in price when on? piece of furniture "looks as good" at another, yet costs half. Yet our prices are low, quality considered. DANTZLER'S Furniture DVp'i THE PEOPLE'S BANK ORANGEBUG, S. C. X. CAPITAL STOCSL......$80,000.0? SURPLUS ._....... 20 000.0? STOCKHOLDERS' .LIA BILITY ..,.?... 30.000.-00 PROTECTION TO ! DE- ?:"??*' POSTTORS ,.......... f80.000.00 D. O. Herbert..Preaidcni B. P. Mnckenfusii...... Vice-Presidena' J. W. Caller.............. Casbie? A. T. Wannamaler..., .Asst. Cbsbier DIRECTORS. W. a Cram A. M. Salle? J. T. Rickenbaker " W. L. Glaze G. L. Sslley IRobt. B. Copes. D. O. Herbert B. P. Muckenfnxs H. C. Wannsmaker. 4 per cent Interest paid in {Savings i Department. Absolute security guaranteed to Depositors, WANTED MEN'S OLD SHOES WE will pay 50 cents a pair next week for your Old Shoes, pro vided you will wear them into our store and purchase a pair of our shoes. J. E. Glover Orangeburg and Rowesville, S. C. A fcadevlt?/ei. ^mUern^ in your home , Q will force water to kitchen, bath room, laundry, barn, an< anywhere about the place. ?You may have both soft anfif hard wafer, and have it hot as well as cold. No elevated or attle tank to freeze or leak. ? f ft'' f Columbia Supply Co/ ^ .Columbia, S C]