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ALL JEWELRY ONCE AMULE'1 Originally Connected <With Varioi Magical Practices. amulets or connected in ame w:n xwIth dhe m iclpraclicceZ and sp -ays the Chicago Chr.nicle, a cr ntA Pr .f. Ridg-r:ay. who recem deivered a ect re before the Br M pst peiple have the idea hat: earing of jewelry criginated in a .1 sire to display gems or minerals unusual value. the pro.fessor said. doubt that impulse had its inluen but it does not accom.t for the cu tom entrely. The wearing of ha bles has also been laid to the zei of the vanitv of the fair sex. The morsel of quartz glittered pr( tily as she passed. it was thought. al by a natural instinct she was niov to gather it up. to string it upon slender strip of hide for a necklace Small stones of peculiar form. col, or properties were, he says conside ed miracle-working long before thi were adopted as ornaments. In Australia and New Guinea cry tals are used for rain-making. t though the natives can -lot perfora them for use as ornaments. In Uga da these same rock crystals are fa tened into leather and worn as am lets. In Africa the sorcerer carr:es small bag of pebble- as an esenti part of his equipCet. Mode cylindrical glass beads are descendi from the bervl and uartz cryst; Babylonian cylinders. Egyptian sea abs and Mycenaean gems are nct. has been generalily tzuppoed. prlima .ly signets. but amulets. Ancient writins give a clear a count of the special Crtue e( ea stone. and it is plain tha: they act chieyfl by sympathetic magic-Zh is. green a sper and tree a'ates ma the vegatation grow. etc. Mithridat iad a whnle cabine: gems as an dotes to poison. To enhance the natnral p,ower the stone a devicC was cut on it-th the Abraxa cut on a zgreen a per the speci amlet of the Gnostic The use (, the stone for sealing w; simply secondary and may ha arisen first ior sacred purposes. Cowrie shells arL worn as amule by the moder:t savages in Afric Similiar she!!s were worr Strabc time to keep off the evil eye. R coral was a potent amulet to the se farer. as it is a: the present day Mediterranean lands. If powder< it kept rust from the grain. Pearls are still potent medici: in China. Seeds oi paints have mag properties. the banana seed having e pecially value in Uganda. Clav of lions are such important amule of Africa that they are guite general count erfei-ted. So with the teeth of jackals. whi< are im'ittatedl in wood if the real thit is not to be had. When gold nrst became knoiwn was regarded exactly as the ston mentioned above. Thus the Deba an Arab tribe which did not wo: gold, but had an abundance in the land. used only the nuggets. stringit them for necklaces alternatelv wvi perforated stones. Magnetic iron and hematite we particularly prized, the belief beit that the former was endowed with living spirit. It is thus clear that tI use of all objects still employed modern .ewelry has arisen primari irom the magical po .vers attribut< to protect the wearer, says the ne 'theorist. BOUGHT A QUICK LUNCH. Examined at Leisure. Orleaniatr Repast Was Chips and Bones. New~ Orleans Times-D'.mocrat. "Speaking of being swindled. of the smo.othvs. ,mali gzames er worked on me wa- at a railroad si tion. andl it inv'lved no more than t. price of a chicken sandwich." ai t: man. 'andl I may add at the very set that thie experience Thcw. j how important the rush racket l the case I f the man who is ekn make his way by dishAnes: Kaare The cr'"'k hati d- :in(ii hurrv. at leas: in crtan I>raunes the bustin1e~S. anid in the ca-e I ha in mindl I gave the fellow who sw: dled me a chance to hurry up in h1 'S> ',.rk. I had inly a fev minutes in w!:.ke7h catch m irain in a certain is arge -ombero city. and had miised n mm I rshed! nip to thle r- ,, 1 hmi me Ku a chicken 1 i1n the thing <uickly w: r - nern1ed. I re rve the right: I I K v. . .TI Il l*!: rmr a m y rw vp uo av tt1 r C -:et her hi e bered inst ruct i n the reSpects I nt. A short while r after th t rain had pulled tut I re marked it, a couple of friends onl the e- train1 that I had miSSCd my suppe and had been forced to buy me a sandwich at the lunch stand by way re of apology fr unrolling the small package I held in my hand. 't- Two thin pieces of bread as dry as Id Saratogo chips and a wad of bones d You can imagine my humiliation and a indignation in the presence of my friend. The- laughed heartily.. I r Iicouldn t see anything but tragedy in the Iituation. 1 had not only missed my supper. but had been swindled be sides, and in about as cheap a fashion as one could imagine. And do y%ou I- know I have always had a sneaking te nion that the wad of dry bones shoved off on me were not even chicken bones. and I was sorry after I had thrown them out of the window ltat I did not keep them for a more a arefiul scrutiny. All if which goes a! t, sho\w that the rush business is a rn good thing from the standpoint of d the man who wants to (t) V li1p. i- Moral: G sl,w. Railroad Fatalities. -~ Iortland Oregonian. Recent iatal disast-:rs 1 rairoads are calculated to send us back to the record. ol these earto losCs of life d . , amtd 11m 4 as presented Iu tile o'cial repo rt. The Inter-tate C mm . -e C;mmision in its rav statistIcs . tIe ascal year ending June 0,o. 00. ives the m:mber of persIS killed at ,40o. and those inj,,red at 76.z;8. making a total of killed and a w.un1ded at 86.398. Ti is a shocking record, taken by h it but It is even vet more appal ng when we compare it with losses in ba tle. This annual sacrince the locomotive juggernault exceeds the los in any oi the many bloody battles of our Civil wvar. In the fight ing from Port Gibson to Vicksburg -the losses sustained by Grant were in I-223 killed and 7.632 wvounded. The d Confederate loss is still unknown, but w as not far from 10.ooo in killed and xe woundled. Tihe loss on both sides ic as less than one-foutrh tihe killed and wxoundedl of one year of Ameri -can railroading. The Union losses tat Gettysburg are given by General h.Meadle for tIhe thrmee clays' engage ment at 2.S34 killed and 13.709 hwounded. The Confederate loss was somewhat larger. but all tihe loss. es of thlat mlemorab!e anld sanlgunary engagement did not compare with thle Inuterstate ,Commerce Commis sion's record of disaster for one vecar. These losses are in fact. ii nit a necessary, at least an inevitable. cconcomitanlt of swift travel. TIhe h numlber of passengers carried in the year wvas 694.891,525, and it is only il re contemplation of this inconceivably great number that the comparative a smallness of tIhe losses appears. Inl 1deed, wvhen one rerlects upon tIhe care in lessness anld inexperience of many Itravelers, tihe wonder, perhaps. is dgreater that not mlore are injured. 'AV' "Wh en is your wife coinlg back?" "O.during tihe latter part ofa thousand dollars."-Life. "I suppose. senator." she said. ,"thlat you try to keep in touch with tlie financial interests of the country. "If I didn't, my dear girl. I'd have to cut dowvn my livin' expenlses or practice lawx a good "I.al hlarder than *C I(1 between 5Cessions --Exchange. aLazy Haskins-It's no uise. lady. F.C very whe re I go I'm 'e fused, an' de foldks San m-:f storyv wo't washl. Irm WVellmeamt-Well. perhaps v our -tory' savors t<o lmch of vauir Passenger (an ocean liner of thle fu tine \-Wi vou please dirsct mie to my Vstiat e-room? I t's No. 727. e Clerk-It's about half a mile aft. 1Take trolley car on starboard prome Wood's Seeds. Crimson Clover Sown at the last working of the Corn or Cotton Crop, can be plowed under the following April or May in time to plant corn or other crops the same season. Crinion Clover prevents winter leaching of the soil, is equal in fer tilizing value to a good application of stable manure and will wonder fully increase the yield and qual itv of corn or other crops which follow it. It also makes splendid winter and spring grazing, fine early green feed, or a good hay crop. Even if the crop is cut off, the action of the roots and stubble improve the land to a marked de gree. Write for price and special cir cular telling about seeding etc. T.W,Wood & Sons, Seedsmen, RICHMOND, - VIRGINIA. Wood's Descriptive Fall Catalog, ready about August 1st, tells all about Farm and Vegetable Seeds for Fall plant ing. Mailed free on request. SPECTACLES Carefully and Accurately Fitted at Daniels& WilioMsoi, JEWELERS. Illinois Central Railroad DIRECT ROUTE TO THE ST, LOUIS EXPOSITION, TWO TRAINS DAILY. In connection with W. & A. R. R. & N. C. & S. L. Rv fom Atlanta Lv Atlanta 8.2; a i Ar St.Lotis 7.08 Leave Atlanta 8.25 A. M. Arrive St. Louis 7.08 A. M. Leave Atlanta 8.-o P. M. Arrive St. Louis 7.36 P. M. With Through Sleeping Cars FROM ROUTE OF THE FAMOUS "DIXIE FLYER" Carrying the only morning sleeping car from Atlanta to St. Louis. This car leav es Jacksonville daily, 8.o5 p. m. Atlanta 8:25 a. mn.. giving you the entire day in St. Louis to get located. For rates from your city, WVorld's Fair Guide Book and schedules, sleeping car reservations, also for book showing hotels and boarding houses, quoting their rates, write to FRED D. MILLER, Traveling Passenger Agent. No. 1 N. Pryor St., Atlanta. Ga. OF Newberry, S. C. Organisiec1 1896. Capital - - - $50;,0 Surplus - - - 19,500 Paid Stockholders since organization 21,000 Paid Depositors in Savings depart ment since or-. ganization - - $9,200 A man working by the de v is paid for the time he puts in at w ark, but when that tmn saves a dollar for his day's labor it works for him nights, as well as days; never lays off on account of bad weafber and never gets sick, hut ttoes right on earn ing 'jim an income It's a niice thing to \\.ork for mfoney, bu.t it's much r.icer to have mioney working for you. Tr:y it- open a savings account with us and get so;me money working for you. M:tke a deposit in the Savings depart :uent today and let it begin to work for you. Interest computed at 4 per Cent Januaroy iand TJ11y io eac ye,,ar. Limestone Colleg Gaffnev. S. OINTS OF EXCiLI.ENCE:-Ilii- t:itidarti. AI sV Metllod . Fille E in:ct SlflelldidI L~ a Uin!om,as , I( Ifealith me.-. 1How v. t Iit D e-ce- 017 A. It. all! A. 'M. Winm~It.Siz 1 I .end or cata.ogue. 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Tickets good to return on any trai Columbia, Newberry and Lau For Reservations or any Informs J. W. DENNING, Agent, J. F Newberry, S. C.. ANNI Southern I WEDNESDAY, Augu FROM NEWBERF Old Point Comfort, ) Ocean View, Virginia Beach, Tickets good to return u For full informnation as ing car reservation, apply Southern Railway, or Division F Broad & 9tby Sts., RIClh t s the leading BusIness Colge sot of gthe "When I reached Rlchro,d.I Iinquired of several bus nthe city. aod, without exceptloo. tbey all recoin e for Women, C. :-*XC11C11 Be.atijful St NA andnt Ar:z,, titic~ C dge, A. M.. Ph. D.. President. ,7 GREiENVILLF, S. C. I% , E McNFAL POTEAT. III Y3 President. Jt. H. Tr. C110%. i : 1 11"1 o-. in7n,i~ ... All Drug and Tobacco it, iHabits of South Carolina. Con fidental correipondeice %olicited. LntiC Railroad ooga Louis Railroad. ts West and North Daily with Pullman tianta to 1. Louis, ce, Atlanta to Chica Je at Atlauta with the y, Central of Georgia i Railway trains. information write to 3, T. P. A., - St., Atlanta, Ga. ias. E. Harmon, Gen. Pass. Ageut. 17TH. 1 Rates /I BSPERITY, S. 0., I $9.00 rs from Newberry direct to M., August 18th, 1904. n until September 1 st, 1904. rens R. R., via A. C. L. Ition see or write '. LIVINGSTON, [S. A., Columbia S, C. Giop Ita tes Railway, sI |7th, 1904, tY, S. C., TO $9.00 ntil Sept. 1st, 1904. to schedules, sleep to any agent of the R. WN. H UNT, 'assenser Agent, Charleston, S. C. MAOND, VA. pts. L adles a gentlerreo. No vacations. mess rOen fr th best Busines Coleg