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WILLS IN ENGLAND. Interesting Documents That Are on File in Somerset House. In the heart of London, facing on one side the famous thoroughfare known as the Strand and on the other looking on the Thames, will be found Somerset House, once a pri vate palace, but now devoted to var ious departments of the inland rev enue of Great Britain. Perhaps the most interesting gov ernment department in Somerset House - is that devoted to the filing of wills, and, as might be supposed, the collection is immense, varied and extraordinary, ranging from the will of Sheakespeare himself containing practically 'the only known auto graph of the world renowned poet) right down. to mere curiosities in wills, such, as those carved op the lid of a desk or contained within sec- c ret cabinets or escritoires. c Here for 25 cents one may inspect t the will of any British person. There t are wills leaving immense sums to cats and dogs: wills written in human f blood. But the most interesting one c has quite a Yrmantic history. f It is the will of a British official who died in Cairo of the plague. Be fore his' death he took care to pre- ij pare his will- upon parchment pro- s cured from the skin of a freshly kill- s ed goat, but as he handled this skin himself it was thought later on that a the will might have the power of c transmitting the dreadful plague from c which its writer died. Accordingly, 1, after having been passed from hand to hand-with somewhat disastrous re sults in the way of -plague and death, the will - was :put into a bottle of spirits. Arrived at Somerset House, 1 the will was read to the next of kin and deposited among the archives of the department. e POWER OF THE "EVIL EYE." d C Strange Story Told at a Trial For v Murder in France. I The superstitious belief in witch- r craft in France is stronger than is c generally thought. A bricklayer nam- v iinamed Merot, living in the village of a Saint George-sur-mulins, was so t firmly convinced that a neighbod had s the "evil eye" and had cast a spell 1< over him. that one day he could bear i it. no longer, and beat the presumed S sourcerer to death. Merot was put on--ial for murder. The accused told the court that what exasperated him most was the I nerve-shattering in(luence the deceas- f ed-possessed..-The dead man was con stantly predicting misfortunes that c iniariably befell him 'as foretold. t Several times the pris'oner declared 1; the' parish priest had tried to exor- t cise the evil spirit from his neighbor, a but 'without avail. One day, when Merot met his victim, the latter said, I "Hullo, not dead yet You have only i: onle more week to live." Flesh andd blood, declared the accused, could I stantI these predictions no longer, a anid he there and then, it is said, de-v spatched his neighbor. To.show his belief in the reputed sourcer's power was not due to merec intagination, Merot related a number of instances which he deelared proofa of the dead man's uncanny gifts. Thus one night, while in bed, Merot t said, he was about to expectorate on a the floor, when the voice of the evil I genius, zwho -he could not see, was heard..from without to say: "Spit on the right side of the bed." "How I then9"'-:asked the accused. "could he I have known I was about to spit?"c On s-everal occasions, asserted the prisoner, the sourcer ~had given him I stoma-ohaches. and twice he had 1 brought on 'partial paralysis. He af terwards came and reveled in hise (lierot's sufferings. Several villag- I ers of Saint'- George-sur-Moulons a werea'ealled 'as witnesses and a re sponse -to - the .judge's question that while.:they had not absolute 'belief A in the -dead man's power of evil, they-wer4 none too sure that he had not the evil eye. - The jury were so greatly impress ed by the evident sincerity of both the prisoner. and his peasant 'wit nesses;' that they eventually brought 4 in a vti-dict of acquittal. . 4 Madge-A-Physical culture is just slendid:'-I'in taking beauty exercises. Marjorie-You haven't' been taking 4 them 'long, have yut? ANY STYLE. All Goods Gu ROBES, WHI money if you ons for your I QuattlE Two Strange Ailments. Aphasia, or the loss of memory or omprehension of speech, is a queer I omplaint. A man who had forgot en his sister's name always referrea o her as "that other woman." A erson apparently otherwise in per ect health will substitute the name i: f one article for another totally dif- c rent in the most ludicrous way. c Amusia is a form of aphasia which c revents the patient from remember- c g music. One amusiac, uncon- t cious of the oddity, sang the "Mar- p eillaise" throughout to the syllables c tan, tan, tan." On the other hand, p nother aphasiac, also a Frenchman, a ould speak not a single word, but a ould sing the "Marseillaise" correct- C A Frank Comment. P larper's Bazaar. Housekeepers will appreciate this e ttle story of Dean Stanley: During , visit to America, not long before v is death, he was invited to dine with -j certain college president in a south- 5 rn town Early in the meal the e ean inquired of his hostess: "Mrs. s -, would it be impertinent to ask b h.at is in this gumbo soup?" "Perhaps 1 can besL answer." was the amused e eply, "by telling your lady A--'s y omment on the dish when she dined ith us once on a time. She leaned f cross the table and called to her hus- v and: "You would better try the 1 oup. It's nearly as nasty as it '] oks!"' "Ah!" said the dean, smil- j! g, "that was exactly like Lady A-. c she is a cousin of mine!" i r Followed Instructions. i: M. Marsel Provost, the well known ( trench novelist, is fond of telling the ollowing story: "Whenever I see an English bish p," says M. Provost, ".1 laugh a lit-t le myself, for the good man's state y presence reminds me of a mishap g hat once befell me. I entertained a ,certain bishop last year at dinner. I vIy butler, an elderly man, hadr irought in from a friends a house an nexperienced lad to help him in the ining room, and it seemes that this ad during the laying of the cloth nnoyed the butler beyond endurance vith questions as to his duties. "'How shall I hold the plates?' C " 'Do I serve the dishes on the t >r second?' "So he continued interminably, a nd at last the impatient butler said: "'All you will need to do will be a o stand behind the bishop's chair, C .nd whenever his lordship puts down I lis glass, you must reach over ana vipe his mouth with a napkin.' c "That, as the butler expected, si- t enced his assistant. But the young nan actually took the butler's ironi a] remark for a serious order. As oon as dinner began he stationed i imself behind the bishop, waited un-c l his lordship had drunk and put own his glass, and then, as delib rately as his nervousness would per- I t nit he opened out a large napkin .nd wiped the dignified old gentle nan's mouth. Imagine my horror!" PINO -AND - ORGANS * a and Lots of Them. WE SELL THE BEST MAKES *Our prices are about ten Iper cent. under Northern prices * ( Every Piano or Organ we se11 is fully warranted by the Smakers, and backed up by us. Write us at once for catalogue, Iprices and terms. # entOiUMIA. S. C.A We ANY ] iranteed to be as rel PS, &c. ever shown will see us before yoL iorse or Mule. ,baum AN ORDINANCE. 'Ixing the Rate and Prescribing th Time For the Payment, of Tow Taxes for the Year 1904. Be it ordained by the Mayor an, Lldermen of the Town of Newberr3 i the State of South Carolina, ii ouncil assembled, and by authorit: f the same: That for the purpos f raising a revenue and in the exer ise of the taxing power of said Tow: ie following taxes are hereby im osed for the fiscal year ending De ember 31st, 1904, upon all real an, ersonal property within the corpor te limits of said Town (except sucl s is exempt from taxation under th :onstitution and laws of this State pon the valuation thereof as assess d for taxation for County and Stat oses, viz.: Section i. That a tax of sixt ents on each one hundred dollar rorth of real and personal propert: ithin the corporate limits of th 'own of Newberry, in the State o ,outh Carolina (except such as i .empt from taxation under the con titution and laws of this State), i ereby levied for the purpose of rais ig a revenue to defray the ordinar xpenses of said Town for the fisca ear ending December 3ist, 1904. Section 2. That a tax of three urths of a mill on each dollar' rorth of real and personal propert: rithin the corporate limits of th 'own of Newberry (except such'a exempt from taxation under th onstitution and laws of this State ;hereby levied for the purpose c aising a revenue to defray the bonde idebtedness of said Town for th )pera House. Section 3. That a tax of two an half mills on each dollar's wort f real and personal property withi lie corporate limits of the Town c lewberry (except such as is exemp rom taxation under the constitutio nd laws of this State), is hereb vied for the purpose of raising evenue to pay the interest on an reate a sinking fund for the bonde idebtedness of said Town for th Vater Works and Electric Ligh lant. Section 4. That a tax of one mi. n each dollar's worth of real an he purpose of raising a revenue t ersonal property within the corpoi te limits of the Town of N.ewberr except such as is exempt from tam tion under the constitution and law f this State), is hereby levied fo *ay the interest on the create a sinl: ag fund for the bonded indebtednes f said Town for the Sewerage sy: em. Section 5. That all taxes herei nposed or levied shall be paid t aid Town in lawvful money of th Jnited States between the 15th da f October, 1904 and the 15th day c ~ovember, 1904, and that after the 15t .ay of November, 1904, a penalty c en per cent, is hereby imposed upo nd shall be added to all taxesi rrears. Section 6. That execution issue ac ording to law for the collection c 11 taxes, fines and penalties past du nd unpaid for 15 days, and the cos f said execution. )one and ratified under the Corpo rate Seal of said Town thi Seal) the 25th day of September, A D. 1904. J. WV. EA RH ARDT, 'Iayor of the Town of Newberry, S. C Thos. 0. Stewart, Clerk and Treasurer. n n 6t 0 W. g11$ PRICE. A >resented. Best Line of I in this section. We car buy. Will trade Buggies & Schu1 RUBBER STAMPS Are my long suit. * except bad ones. stamp and an indel ing linen for 40 ce other good things. 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