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KAFFIRS AND SNUFF. A Grave Breach of Manners to Take A Pinch Standing up. In South Africa among the Kaair snuk taking is universal, and it is a grave breach of manners to ask your host for a pinch when you are stand ing up. The reason for this is found in the treacherous practices of former times. When one man wished to kill another a favorite device was to ask hn foy a pinch of snuff, and then, whi,, the ansuspecting victim was fumbling for his snuffbox, the murderer had a splendid oportunity. As this trick for taking a man at a disadvantage be tame familiar it naturally grew to be a point of good manners to make your request when squatting on the -ground, when clearly you were in tending no evil. The Kaffir snuff is made from crude tobacco grown at every kraal, which is powdered up and mixed with the 'ash of the aloe, carefuly ground on a -store and damped. It is always ett quette to ask for snuff, and the donot grants your request grudgingly, lest he should be suspected of pressing upon you bewitching medicine with it. Largest Searchlight. A German firm has completed a searchlight that is said to be the larg ,est in the world. Some idea of the great illuminating power of this in, strument may be gauged from the fact that it is of 326,ooo,ooo candle -power. If it were possible to set the -giant upon a hill or tower 300 feet ihigh its rays could be easily detect -ed seventy or eighty miles away. In <deed, it is almost impossible to tell 'how far its rays could penetrate, as no actual demonstration has been -made. The searchlight is fitted with :an Iris shutter. It has a diameter of six feet six inches and was adopted in order to make the projestor light tight at any momnent desired. It is 'operated in much the same way as a shutter in modern cameras. The leaves of the shutter slide with a fix ed diaphragm located in the axis of the ray of light. The whole device is electricity con 'trolled by two levers. One of these controls the motor mounted in the "base of the searchlight, which oper ates the projestor in a vertical direc tion through a train of gears; the oth er starts or stops the electric motor 'which controls the horizontal move anents of the beam of light. The 'same firm built the 30,oo0,000 candle -power searchlight recently installed in the Heligoland Lighthouse. Birds and Their Songs. .Harpers's Magazine. it may well be doubted if birds are - tixsical connisseurs, or have any ih'ing like human appreciation of dhirown or of each other's songs. -<My Treason for thinking so is this: 11 have heard a bobolink with a defec tive instrument, so that its song was broken and inarticulate in parts, and yet it sang with as much apparent :joy and abandon as any of its fel 1lows. I have also heard a hermit k~.rush with a similar defect or im 'pediment, and yet, too, appeared to sing entirely to its own satisfaction. It would be very interesting to know if these poor singers found mates as readily as their more gifted brothers. If they did, the Darwinian theory of "~sexual selection" in such matters, ' according to which the finer songster 'would carry off the female, would fall ao the ground. Yet it is certain that iit is during the mating and breeding -season that these "song combats" oc ~cur, and the favor of the female would seem to be the matter in dis *pute. Whether or not it be expres sive of actual jeoalousy or rivalry, we *have no other words to apply to it. A Helpful Spirit. There had at first been six names on the list of candidates to be sent iby popular vote from the litle seaport town to the great fair, but 'gradually 'the list had dwindled, for two of the candidates went so far ahead of all the others that it became a farce to 'retain the other names. It was when affairs had been at this point for three wveeks, and wvithin twenty-four hours of the time set for caunting the last votes, that Miss Mat tie Hawley met one of the cardidates -on the street. * "I don't know what to d.o," said Mi:s Mat+;. with a distressed look in WEP YOL You can save a few Long run, or good se always know it until Mr. "EARLY BIRDS" M Quatti her eyes. "I want you to go, and I want her to go, so at last I bethought me how could I help you both. So I went into Jones' and bought ten dozen cakes of soap and put half the coupons in for you and half for her." Youth's Companion. When the cheeks begin to glow with cold it is time for stoves tr glow with heat. Herb W. Edwards Injured. Herb W. Edwards of Des Moines, Iowa, got a fall on an icy walk last winter, spraining his wrist and bruis ing his knees. "The next day," he says, "they were so sore and stiff I was afraid I would have to stay in bed, but I rubbed them well with Cham berlain's Pain Balm and after a few applications all soreness had disap peared." For sale by Smith Drng Co., Pelham & Son, W. G. Mayes and Prosperity Drug Co. "We's got a dandy college yell now." "What is it?" "We give four Russion batleships. a siss-boom-ah, and then two Japa nese generals. The Exact Thing Required For Constipation. "As a certain purgative and stomach purifier Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets seem to be the exact thing required, strong enough and safe for children and without that terrible griping so common to most purga tives," say R. S. Webster & Co., Jdora, Ontario. Canada. For sale by Smith Drug Co., Pelham & Son, W. G. ayes and Prosperity Drug Co. Pearls Increase in Value. Owing to the increased demand, rather than a diminished supply, the value of pearls on the Persian Gulf has risen greatly in recent years, a price of $1o,0oo for a rosary of fault less pearls not being considered ex cessive at present. Just The Thing For Weak, Pale Children. Columbia, S. C., November 2, 1903. Dear Sirs: I have been giving.Dr James' Iron Blood and Liver Tonic to my little daughter. She was pale and weak, and had no appetite. She has been benefitted by your tonic a great deal; and is much stronger, eats well, and looks healthier. I cheerfully rec ommend Iron Blood and Liver Tonic as a splendid medicine. Yours truly, J. J. HANDCOCK, No 19 S. Sumter St. For sale by all druggists. Publicity Bureau Missed. Ohio State Journal. A clerical friend of Mr. Charles M. Schwab says few know the multi plicity of the good works of that no ble man. There does appear to be considerable popular ignorance on this score since Mr. Schwab aban doned a literary career. When you want a pleasant physic try Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They are easy to take and produce no griping or other unpleasant effect. Sold by Smith Drug Co., Pel ham & Son, W. G. Mayes and Pros perity Drug Co. REGISTRATION NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the books of registration of the Town of Neberry, S. C., are now open, and the undersigned as Supervisor of Reg istration for said town, will keep said books open every day from 9 a. in., until 5 p. m. (Sundays excepted), in cluding the 1st day of December, 1904. T. 0. Stewart, Supervisor of Registration. September 5, 1904 4t T and F. I BUY A CARK dollars by buying a "Cl nse in the Short run. \A afterwards. We have ill be best served. Full ebaum Wabash passenger trains from the Union station in St. Louis to the fair grounds are made up of cars designed so that they may be converted into standard furniture cars after the ex position. Automobile Whistles. A European inventor has converted the spokes of an automobile into whistles, which are operated by the air action. The whistles are controll ed by a series of small rubber balls in connection with the seat, their re lease opening the valve in the spokes and producing a peculiar whistling noise easily heard above the sound of traffic. The Best Medicine I Have Ever Used Columbia, S. C., November 10,1903. Gentlemen: I have suffered a long time from chronic liver complaint and find that Dr. James' Iron Blood and Liver Tonic gave me more relief than anything I have ever used. I recom mend it to all who suffer from consti pation. Yours truly, J. S. SHEHAND. For sale by all druggists. No woman can wear a fiew dress without in some way advertising itb newness. The Best All-Around Tonic-Can't Be Beat. Columbia, S. C, November 5, 1903. Gentlemen: I have taken one bottle of Iron Blood and Liver Tonic, and I have just bought the second bottle, It has done me a great deal of good; I am stronger and feel better in every way, my appetite is good, and I digest my food. As an all-around tonic Dr. James' Iron Blood and Liver Tonic can't be beat.Yours. B. TAYLOR, Columbia, S. C. For sale by all druggists. *.. ..WE SELL.... PIANOS - AND - ORGANS + * and Lots of Them. g WE SELL THE BEST MAKES Our prices are about ten+ + per cent. under Northern prices * Every Piano or Organ we + sell is fully warranted by the * + maers,and backed up byus Wie us at once for cataloge * prices and terms.# + I100Es JUSIC IIOUSE + *91~41COLUMBIA, S. C. *The Union WAREHOUSE COMPANY OF Columbia, S. C., is Prepared to STORE COTTON IN Standard Ware houses and to arrange Proper Cash AMvances if you desire to hold your cotton details will be gladly supplied if you address Columbia. S. C. IAGE, BUGGY 01 ieap John" vehicle, but it re save you money on vel a full line of the Lates line of Whips and Winter & Schui Lty :RUBBER STAMPS Are my long suit. except bad ones. * stamp and an indell + ing linen for 40 ce * other good things. Typewriters', Office * 1334 Main Street, Lime, - Cemet Terra Cotta Pipe, Roofi Car Lots, S Carolina Portland Cement Co Southern Lime a CHARLEST( Building Material of all Roofing "RU Write for WikyMorp#iueGi Habit, Habit, K cureA by Keeley Institutc 13:9 Lady St. (or 0. Box 75,)Columbia. S. C. QUIT COUGNINI There is no ne Lungs out, wh te of Murray'4 lien and Tar. A few doses of this Household lief. A positive cure for Influe Throat. Anti-Spasmodic in Cr THE MURRAY DRU4 Co,luzzbia, S. The Sm Is the place to save money. E ready to buy your brand, brand n to be selling at The Smith Co., or know you and you all know themr money by trading with them. We have just put in a nice stol and Notions. No old stock < around the door for the last twer all bright and new, which we will: We will continue to carry our We are selling full Cream Chet Four boxes Star Lye for 25 cer Two pounds Keg Soda for 5 ct: U. M. C. Loaded Shells 40c. p We carry a large line!o sorts of ammunition. We have the largest an ing and Smoking Tobac< the leading brands. in fe you need, as we have merchandise. STHE SM] HAMS / Not those mentio but a fresh lot jus Kingans Relia Kingans Porte Kingans Dried Try our Pinac] DAVENPORT & Phone 110. I WAGON isn't economy in the hicles, but you do not t Styles, and all the Lap Robes. I make any kind I furnish a new+ ible pad for mark nts. I have some J.WILSONGIBBES, + upplies, etc. Columbia, S. C. - Plaster, ng Paper. mail Lots. Write - Charleston, S. C. nd, Cement Co. )N, S. C. kinds. High Grade BEROID." Prices. arette _ _ All Drug aud TobaccO ibit, HabitS of South Carolina. Confidental correispondence solicited. ed of wearing your n you can get a bot ; Horehound, Mul emedy will give immediate re za, Bronchitis and Diseasses of 0p. ith Co. o come along and get you w goods, for they are going the Mittle corner. They all t, so you can and will save k of Shoes, Dry Goods f stuff that has been thrown ty years, no old stuff at all, sell as cheap as the cheatest. nice and selected stock of se at 1 5c. per pound. r box, f Guns, Shells and all d nicest line of Chew o in Newberry-all of ct we carry anythin i full line of genera T H CO. (GAIN. ned heretofor t reCeived. :le. Beef Hams. i Flour. CAVE NAU Main Stre