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A GREAT GAME COUNTRY. Thibet Will Prove a Treasure to the Daring Hunter. London Mail. When British troops have opened the mysterious land of Thibet to civilization travelers will be able to see at close quarters many dnimals rare and curious. If Thibet offers no attractions to the tourist who re quires luxurious traveling, to the sportsman and the naturalist it is a veritable raradise, though far from Edenic in some respects can be found here for only a brief survey of some of the more remarkable an imals of this strange land and these are all of exceptional interest. One of the largest of the mammalia is the yak, or grunting ox. Standiig between five or six feet high at the shoulder the bulk of this strange looking creature is not a little ex aggerated by the enormous growth of hair upon the lower part of the body and tail. Beneath the outer coat, moreover, there is a layer of fine wool. known as "pushim," which is highly prized for the mak ing of cloth. The extraordinary tail ' is one of the most conspicuous fea- P tures of Thibetain monasteries or lamaseries, being suspended on poles t as streamers. Throughout the east d these tails are used as fly whisks, and in China they are dyed red and fixed : to the roofs of summer residences C as pendants. Living near the reg ion of perpetual snow, and of fierce, i disposition, the hunting of the yak s is not to be lightly undertaken. In i spite of temper, however, it is easily t domesticated, and forms an invalu able beast of burden, being wonder fully sure-footed and capable or car rying great weights. It is, however, C unable to eat corn, and forced a marches, exhausting alike to man and beast, are often on this account nec esary. Barren and inhospitable, the high a table-lands of Thibet harbors yet an- b other hoofed animals as remarkable :s the yak-the chiru antelope, for example, which, like the strange b saiga, has developed an enormous swollen nose. It is supposed that c this enlarged nasal chamber is di- t rectly due to the need of some special t adaption for breathing the highly c rarified air of these regions. The lit- a tie goat, or Thibetan gazelle, and a magnificent wild sheep, the argall,a manage, like the chiru, to thrive S where in summer the sun scorchesa by day and icy blasts prevail at night and herds of wild dogs are ever on the prowl. More difficult to stalk than any other Thibetan game, the argali still further allures the sports man by the fact that it carries su purb horns, which, may attain a t length of forty-eight inches, and a girth of twenty inches at the base.C Old rams will leap from a height of thirty feet with confidence. - The ibex and a remarkable animal known as the bharal, or blue sheep of Thibet, but which appears to be a more great than sheep, also deserve i mention here. The show deer, a beast E nearly as big as the great wapiti, has t very seldom fallen to the gun of the European. No complete specimen has yct been sent to Europe. In this country it is represented only by five skulls aend horns in the British mu- r seum, and as many more in different private collections. The horns are of great size; the record in the num ber of points-thirteen-is in be tween the tips of the horns is over three feet and the width between arched feet nine and three-quarter r inches-. Of the three species of wild ass f which occur in Asia, one, thet kiang, ] is peculiar to Thibet. Perhaps the i mose curious of the large animals of t Thbet s te great panda, a bear- a like creature, whose exact affinities< yet puzzle the expert. In coloration I it is remarkable, patches of jet black I being set in strong contrast by a I cream-colored ground. Little is< known about the creature, but it is conjectured that his coloration is pro tective, harmonizing with the patches I of snow and black rocks among which it lives. One of the most bri!-'t liantly colored of all monkeys occurs in Thibet, known as the orange snub nosed monkey. It lives in troops 1 amid the taller trees. After the col or the next conspicuous feature about this animal is its "tip-tilted THE CUNNING FOX. :ndian Legend of Why He Is Hated By the Wolf. The wolf hates the fox. According o the Iroquois Indians., this is why: )ne cold, wintry day a fox who was )rowling about looking to see whert ie might steal his dinner saw a wagon :oming. It was loaded with fish and vas driven by some fishermen who vere taking home their day's catch. Ah, ah!" said the cunning fox. Here comes my dinner." And he ell down and pretended to be dead. ['he fishermen, seeing him, picked iim up and threw him into the vagon among the fish. Then the ox slyly threw out some fish and vhen the fishermen were not look ng jumped off himself and made off vith the fish he had thrown out. )retty soon afte--ward he met a wolf, vho -said, "I am hungry, and I guess will eat you for dinner." But the ox said, "Would you rather not have ish for dinner?" The wolf replied hat on the whole he thought he vould prefer fish. Then the cun ing fox told him of the trick by which e had just got his dinner and ae ised him to try it. The wolf was leased with the idea, so he ran hrough the woods and headed off he team which the fishermen were riving, falling down in the road be or it and pretending to be dead. But he fishermen, who had by this time iscovered the trick-the fox had play d upon them, instead of taking him to the wagon, beat him with clubs o that he barely escaped with his fe. And on a hillside near by sat he fox, who laughed and laughed. A Fortune in Tobacco Ashes. As everybody knows, the ash left n burning tobacco is considerable, nd, as a mater of fact, the mineral iatter of the tobacco leaf frequently mounts to as much as a fifth part f its weight, says the Lancet. Thus ton of tobacco leaf would yield 400 wt. of ash, which represents valua le mineral constituents withdrawn rom the soil, which have to be re laced by abundant fertilizing. It has een calculat d that a ton of tobacco ;ithdraws over ioo cwt. of mineral onstituents per acre of land. In 1901 he home consumption of tobacco in he United Kingdom was at the rate f two pounds per head, or a total of bout 40,000 tons, which represents, t what is anow a probably low con umption, approximately 8ooo tons of sh annually conmmitted to the winds r dissipated in some other way. On he face of it there would seem to be fortune in store.for the individual rho could devise a successful means or the collection of tobacco ash, and is a great pity that so much valua ~le material should forever be lost o the soil without any attempt at irect restoration being made. TEETHINA" as its name implies is usedi by every mother wise, To stay convulsior s that coi:e on When teething time begins to dawn. or Nausea. Vomiting and the weak, irri abie Stomaeh cf children, nothing equals r. Moffett's "TEETHrNA," (TEething ,owderse* It Aids Digestion and Regulates se Bowels. Diseases Peculiar to vWomen. If Acid Iron Mineral is used ac ording to directions as an internal emedy, or as "A wash," and no ben fit follows, after utsing one .50 cents ottle write us -and we will refund our money. Sold by Druggists, Acid Iron Mineral Co. Columbia, S. C. Acid, Iron Mineral is not a patent medicine, but t., wonderful combina ion of Health Giving factors, mined rom the earth and compounded in the ,aboratory of Nature. It is of such ~reat strength that it only takes a "lit le to do the work." It cures such .large percentage of chronic dis ases after all else has failed, that it as won for itself great fame almost rom the first dose. Nothing will luild up the broken down system so uickly and permanently as A. I. M. Vhy complain and suffer because of ome disease which undermines your iealth and robs life of its charm caus ng you to lose hope and succumb to !espair and finally premature death. let A. M. I. at once. It may suit tour case exactly. It has suited housands of others. Trade A. M. .mark on every bottle. Sold by )ruggists. Acid Iron Mineral Co. IT'S A WONDERFUL REMEDY COSTS NOTHING TO TRY Local Druggists Guarantee Its Efficacy or Make No Charge We want everybody suffering from I any disorder of the stomach, bowels or liver to call at our store and get a full size bottle of 'Seven Barks"-the great German stomach and liver regulator. As an evidence of goodfaith, we ask a deposit of 50 cents-but if after taking according to directions, the remedy does not accomplish all that is claimed, return the empty or partly used bottle and your money will be cheerfully handed back. We could not afford to make a guar antee of this kind, were we not positive of our position. "Seven Barks" is not an untried remedy. It has been on the market for 35 years with astonishing success. There is no remedy on earth that keeps its friends longer than "Seven Barks." There are thousands of Amer ican families never without a bottle, nor have they been without for 20 years. Grandmothers, mothers and children are all enthusiastic in their praise. Don't postpone calling for a bottle. You will not regret it. MAYES' DRUG STORE. "Your children seem to be very well behaved," remarked the friend. "They're not my children, then," replied Henpeck. "My wife only ad mits they're our children when they're bad; when they're good 'her children.' "-Philadelphia Press. Telephone Subscribers. Telephrone subscribers: Please add to your directories the following new subscribers: 85 Cline, Mrs. H. F., Res. 72 Cannon, C. H., Lumber office. 179-2 Dominick, F. H., Lawyer. 104 Farmers Oil Mill, Uptown of fice. 29 Higgins, F. W., Res. 57 Kennedy, Dr. R. M. Dentist. 71 Langford, W. S., Private office. 115-2 Newberry College (building.) 179-2 Sease, Thos. S., Office, lawyer 104 Sligh, W. K., Office. 22-4 Todd, Jas. F., Broker. 7 Wells, Mrs. C. T., Res. Please change 156 Farmers Oil mill to 155 Farmers Oil mill. In the onward march of progress nothing will play a more important part than your telephone; it is gaining friends every day and keeping all it makes. Speak with your lips close to the transmitter, and oblige Southern Bell Telephone & Tele graph Co. R. G. Spearman Mangr. Advertised Letters. Remaining in post office for week ending November 5, -904. B-Miss Annie Bo,.zer, Mr. J. H. IBrown (2) Mrs. Frank Brown, Mrs. J. E. Brooks, Miss Philla Brown, Mr. W. W. Broadwater. C-Mr. Harry Clarke, Miss Mamnie Coleman, Miss Iola Carpenter, Mr. J. C. Cagle (2), Mr. Henry Counts, Miss Janie Connor. D-Mr. T. N. Dallas, Mr. John L. Davis. F-Miss Mary Fowler, Snill Fair. G-Frank Glen, Miss Minnie Grif fn. J-Rachael Jones, Lilla Jones. K-A. L. Koon, Mr. 3. Irby Koon. L--Miss Susie Longshore. M-Sena Moon. P-D. S. Pleasant. R-Miss Sssie Rice, Miss Annis Reliford, Mr. Nelson Ruff. S-Miss Mary Salter, J. A. W. Smak, Mr. John W. Shepherd, Mr. Mack Smith, (colored) Mr. Blake .Sullivan, Mr. H. Suber, Mrs. F. Suber. T---Miss Annie Taylor, Mrs. Fan n-ie Todd. Mrs Henry Todd, Mr. Coy Tomvedon. WV-31iss Cohha Wilson. Persons cal!'ng for these letters will please ask for ad1vertised letters. C. T. Purell, P. M Iron Making in Early History. Iron was tsed before history was written. The stone records of Egypt and the brick books of Nineveh men tion it. Genesis (ix. 22) refers to Tu. balcain as "as instructor of every ar tificer in brass and iron," and in Deuternomy (iii, IT( the bedstead of C the giant Og was "a bedstead of v iron." The galleys of Tyre and Sidon . traded in this metal. Chinese records -z ascribed to 2,ooo B. C. refer to it. s< Horace speaks of it as superior to I bronze. The bronze age came befor% n the iron age because copper, found as " nearly pure metal, easily fuses, and with another soft metal-tin or zinc- t: alloys into hard bronze, while iron, d found only as an ore, must have the 3 impurities burned and hamered out s by great heat and force before it can b be made into a tool. Charity leaves enough sins uncov- s ered to prevent gossips from acquir- g ink lockjaw. y STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. By John C. Wilson, Esquire, Probate ti Judge. WHEREAS, Dan Metts hath made suit to me. to grant him Letters of Administration de bonis non of the a Estate of and effects of Carrie Metts. THESE ARE THEREFORE to si cite and admonish all and singular D the kindred and Creditors of the said a c1 Carrie Metts deceased, that they- be 1c and appear before me in the Court of D Probate, to be held at Newberry on w 8th day of November next after pub lication thereof, at ii o'clock in the I forenoon, to show cause, if any they D have, why the said Administration Ix should not be granted. Given under my hand, this i9th day of October, Anno Domini, 1904. f< J. C. Wilson, ir !. P. N. C. tI TRESPASS NOTICE. st All persons are hereby warned against trespassing upon the land of the undersigned in No. 6 township by hunting, fishing, or any manner k whatever under penalty of the law. 0 Sam Trible. B A i< TRESPASS NOTICE. ti All persons are hereby warned not & to trespass upon any of the lands of L the undersigned, located in Nos. I and 8 townships, by hunting, fishing F or in any manner whatever under penalty of the law. Mrs. James F. Epting. ti TRESPASS NOTICE' it All persons are hereby warned y against hunting or trespassing in any manner whatever upon the lands of the undersigned in No. z. town ship undir penalty of the law. lE HOMESTEAD NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that Mrs. Kate K. Boozer, the widow of Thorn as Q. Boozer, deceased, has applied to me to have her homestead ex emptions in the real and personal estate of Thomas Q Boozer, deceas ed, set apart to her and her children according to law.I H. H. Rikard,t Master Newberry County. November 4, 1904. POSITIVE TAX NOTICE. The time for paying Town Taxes a will expire on November 15th. For 15 days after that date the supply or dinance fixes a ten per cent, penalty il on all unpaid taxes. Positively there will be no deviation from the law I and the penalty will be added after the 15th instant on all unpaid taxes, and after the fifteen days expire withc the penalty, executions will be placed in the hands of the Sheriff. This notice is postive and final.t J. W. EARHARDT, Mayor of Newberry, S. C. T. 0. STEWART, C. &T. T.C. N. ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE. r All persons holding claims againstt the estate of Pope L. Havird, deceas ed, will please present the same t properly probated to me at Havird IBros., and all persons indebted to his estate will make payment to me. e Eddie G. Havird, Administratrix. HINDIPO HE NEW NERVE TONIC AND KIDNEY CURE. leanses the Kidneys and B1adder, purifies the lood. Puts F;esh on thin people. Strengthens ie Nerves. Ck-ars the Brain. Cures Nervous ebility, Insomnia, Falling Memor7. Restores ne Vim gor, it an Strength of Youth. This New Remedy works like Magic. but Is ab. lutelybarmlesa. Weigh yourself before taking. Price, 50 cts.; 12 boxes, $5.00 by malL e will cheerfully refund the money ff you arV t benefitted. Try It and be convinced. If there is any happiness in public! r beyond that of any dozen other istinguished brides of the season [rs. Pauline Astor Spender Clay iould now be in a state of etherial [iss. "Do you know you are fearfully de )ondent of late? Why don't you et your physician to prescribe for "I did." "What did he say?" "He told me to try writing poe y.".-Denver Post. Disastrous Wrecks. Carelessness is responsible for many railway wreck and the same causes -e making buman wrecks of sufferers om Throat and Lung troubles. But nce the advent of Dr. King's New iscovery for Consumption, Coughs id Colds, even the worst cases can be tred, and hopeless resignation is no nger necessary. Mrs. Lois Cragg, of orchester, Mass., is one of many hose life was saved by Dr. King's ew Discovery. This great remedy is iaranteed for all Throat and Lung seases by W. E. Pelham & Son, ruggist. Price 50c, and $1.00. Trial >ttles free. Judge-What reasons can you give ir thinking that this lady did not .tend to hit her husband when she trew the flatiron at him. Witness-Well, she hit him, didn't ie?-Chicago Daily News. Not a Sick Day Since. "I was taken severely sick with dney trouble. I tried all sorts of edicines, none of which relieved me. ne day I saw an ad. of your Electric itters and determined to try that. fter taking a few doses I felt re ved, and soon thereafter was en rely cured, and have not seen a sick ty since. Neighbors of mine have en cured oft Rheumatism, Neuralgia, iver and Kidney troubles and General ebiity.'' This is what B. F. Bass, of remnont, N. C., writes: Only 50e, at .~ E. Peha & Son, Druggist. The cussed things about the sea ns is that there is too much ventila. on in winter when you don't want and not enough in summer whea u do. A Runaway Bicycle. Terminated with an iagly Cut on the g of J. B. Orner, Franklin Grove, I. It developed a stubborn ulcer n elding to doctors and remedies for >ur years. Then Bucklen's Arnica alve cured. It's just as good for urns, Scalds, Skin Eruptions and iles. 25c, at W. E. Pelhamn & Son's brug Store. The Fiancee-Jack. The Fiance-What is it, darling? The Fiancee-Are you quite sure am the only girl you ever told about ie other girls you-ye been in love rith ?-Brooklyn Life. Doesn't Respect Old Age. It's shameful when youth fails to iow p roper respect for old age, but 1st the contrary in the case of Dr. ings's New Life Pills. They cut off ialadies no matter how severe and aundicevFever, Cnstiation alyied this perfect Pill. 25c, at W. E. elham & Son's Drug Store. Kate-Do you believe Mrs. Dole is apable of an impartial act? Eunice-Oh, I'm sure of it. Evea hen she plays solitaire she never akes an unfair advantage of herself. -Boston Transcript. When You Have a Bad Cold. You want a remedy that will not nly give quick relief but effect a per ianent cure. You want a remedy that will relieve be lungs and keep expctoration easy. You want a remed that will coun eract any tendency toward pneumonia. You want a remedy that is pleasant nd safe to take. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy meets 11 of these requirements and for the peedy and permanent cure of bad olds stands wlthout a peer. For sale y Smith Drug Co , Pclham & Son, W. ~Mayes & Prosperity Drug-Co.