Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SAILOR'S TRUNK. There is no Difference in it the World Over. 'The sailor's trunk," said an old 'ait to a New York Sun reporter, "is -a canvas bag cylindrical in form and about four feet long and eighteen mches in diameter, and'when he's got .hat bag packed with his stuff the whole outfit, bay and all, constitutes his kit. He couldn't carry a regular .runk even Fi he wanted to, for there would he no place for it in a ship's Lorecastle. But a dunnage bag takes Up only so much room as the stufi mside of it takes up-that is to say. ii it's only half full you can fold it dtwn to half its space, and then if the bag is full you can press it. and ou can twist and bend it. von can make good s:owagc with it in the place where it has to go and so you san get it. with as much stuff in it as a trunk would hold, into a space I - where you could'nt get a trunk at all. "And then this bag is a mighty sight handier to carry than a trunk would be when the sailor man goes ashore, or when he goes from his 'earding house to a vessel when he ships for a new voyage. He can just 4pick that bag up and sling it over his sAoulder, and it's flexilble enough to fit there easily, and sag down a little forward and aft, making it easy to -carry. "'In the days when deep sea sailing ships were commonly used, before the day -of steam kettles in the old days when the jibbooms of ships ilong the waterfront used to stick out across the street in long rows for -blocc after block you cold see a ship captain walking down South street with a dozen men trailing after him, -his new crew, each man with his can -vwas trunk, or dunnage bag, his kit, on his shoulder, making for a vessel lying out in the stream ready to sail. "You can't see such processions -much nowadays, for the days of the square rigger is more and more wan ing, but still you can even now oc casionally meet a man walking along South street with his dunnage bag ,over his shoulder. There are still some ships, and the sailor man hasn't -quite gone out yet. "You can buy dunnage bags in any of the sailors' outfitting stores, and you can also buy them second hand, -just as you can anything else in the world that I know of. And then - some sailors make their own dunnage ibags, many sailors being mighty anay with the needle, and every -sailor carrying in his bag a house -wife, with needles and thread and 'buttons and such things, just as every soldier everywhere carries in his Aknapsack. -"If the sailor man makes this bag '2t sea he gets the material for it of new canvas from the ship's canvas supplies in charge of the sailmaker. --maybe the captain gives him for iit a piece out of an old wornout sky sail-one that perhaps the sailor has :more than once furled himself-the -canvas fromn the bigger !' wer sails b)e ?'ng too heavy for it. '"The bag is made wth a shirring string at the open end, by which it -can be closed there. Sometimes if ~his bag is packed so plumb full that he can't close the end the sailor puts over his stuff, on top, a v'ancas disk for a stopper, and then draws the -shirring string on that. Sometimes the sailor carries his 'dunnage bag always just as it was ~made, in the plain canvas, and then ~sometimes he paints it to make it 'waterproof. And sometimes they or ?namenrt them. 'A common way of doing this is to -'aint on the butt or closed end of *the bag a star, maybe a double star, on:e imsik' o the other and in difer 'ent 'colors, the innerstar in a ring, tand outside the ring the rays of an other star, running around like the panhi> of a compass. Somtimes they -pdint pictures on them, maybe pic lures' of ships. "A sailor might paint on his dun nage bag a picture of his favorite ship, just as he might have a picture attooed on himself. Or if he could -?t do it himself, and he wanted such a picture, he might find somebody in the forecastle who could do it for 'him, and paint a very pretty ship, 'too; how he came by his art nobody lcnows. "But whatever they may do about -s 'details .s thane the sailors of Horses, The best the State. F ceived. Pric ua, C whatever country use a dunnage bag in which to carry their persoial be ngings. The world over. in the -hsps of every nation. a dunnage bag serves as the sailor's trtnI Which Was Right? :outh's Companion. Just before the election old Pat rick McGibben, an enthusiastic demo crat, took it upon himself to see that his neighbors voted the right tick et. His effort with one of them brings out clearly an important dif ference in the way two foreign born men may consider the race qi4estion. "All us Irish is for Parker," he said :o Mike Flaherty's son, who had de clared his intention of casting a re publican ballot. "You are," replied Flaherty. "But I'm an American." "You're an Irishman!" thundered Pat. "Your father and mother were both born in Ireland." "And I was born in America." "What difference does that make then? If them kitten there was born in the oven, would you call them bis cuits?" Empress of Japan's Pipe. A silver tobacco pipe with a stem ten inches long is used by the Em press of Japan. The bowl is small infact, only a quantity of tobacco suf ficient to give the smoker two or three whiffs can be put into it. Then the ashes are knocked out and the pipe is carefully cleaned before it is refilled-a process gone through with many times in the course of an after noon. Peculiar Disappearance. J. D. Runyan, of Butlerville, 0., laid the peculiar disappearance of his pain ful symptoms, of indigestion and bili ousness, to Dr. King's New Life Pills. He says: ''They are a perfect rem- dy, for dizziness, sour stomach, headache, constipation, etc." Guaranted at W. E Pelham & Son's drug store; price 25c. His Awful Threat. A Tennessee conuressman tells of the financial straits of a man in his ,Iate who. saddled with a large and :rodctive farm. was compelled to .! to his slender resources by tak igup the practice of law in Mem l)iring a to::r of inspec-.ion the frme.r lawyerT was one day making of I . hi:e elephant he was maddened tthe point of frenzy by chancing to r-m across several of his field hands .lmly resting under a tree singing away for clear life. "Here, you black rescals!" he shouted, shaking his fist at the cul 148 "Get back to work this instant! IThe first thing you darkeis know I'll ei t the law and let vou all starve!" Afraid of Strong Medicines. Many people suffer for years from rheumatic pains, and pre fer to eV' o rather than take the strong rendiemas usaally given for rheumatism. not knowing that quick relief, from pain may be had simply by app'ymng Chamn berlain's Pain Balm and without taking nv medicine internally. For sale by Smith Drug Co., Pelhamn & Son, W. G. Mayes and Prosperity Drug Co. NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice is hereby given that I will make a final settlement on the estate of David I. Fulmer, deceased. on Wednesday, March I, 1905, in the IPrabate Court. and will immediately thereafter apply for letters dismis sory as Administrator of said David L Fulmer. Thomas J. Fulmer,. AdAministrator. ,lueS, assortment resh Car Loa es and terms tlebaum SU CCE S, tuattlebaum Prosperif His Solitude. ''Hold (:!" ~shioted one of the on o(WkerS, rushing toward the balloon just as ic left the ground. "For heav ens' sake, hold on!" The aeronaut heard the wild yell, and, realizing that his balloon was torn or on fire, released his hold on the trapeze and dropped with a d. s. t. twenty-five feet to the earth. "What is it?" he gasped. "I fear I am badly shaken up, but it might have been worse!" "Just what I was afraid of," re plied the man, shaking his head. "Why did you tell me to hold on?" gasped the aeronaut, as he saw the balloon serenely sailing through space. "Because I knew you'd get hurt if you let go." replied the excited indi idual. Why is a dog biting his own tail a good manager: Because he makes both ends meet. Cabbage Plants. From the best tested seeds. Now ready for shipment, large, strong. healthy, these plants are grown in the open air and will stand severe freeze without injury. Early Jersey Wakefield, Large Type or Charlestoi. Wakefield, which are the best known varieties rf early cabbages, also Hen derson's Succession, the best large, late and sure header, Augusta Early Trucker, also a fine type of late va riety. Neatly packed in light baskets. $1.50 per r,ooo; for five thousand or over $1.25 per 1,0oo F. 0. B. express office. Special prices made on large lots. Chas. M. Gibson, Young's Island, S. C. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF NEWBERRY, By Jno. C. Wilson, Esquire, Probate Judge. WHEREAS Jno. M. Suber hath made suit to me. to grant him Let ters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of John J. Mayer. THESE ARE THEREFORE to cte andl admonish all and singular the kindred and Creditors of the said John J. Mayer deceased, that they be nd appear before me. in the Court ofProbate, to be held at Newberry -Tuesday, January 3! next after p'tb!ication thereof, at 11 o'clock in he forenoon, to show cause, if any tey have, why the said Administra tin should not be granted. GIVEN under my Hand, this 17th day of January Anno Domini, 1905. Jno. C. Wilson, J. P. N. C. NEW YEAR-***NEW PLACE. We have Moved into our Handsome New Store Building on Caldwell Street, Near the Postoffice, and are Now Ready to Begin the NEW YEAR in a NEW WAY. We Wish to Express our Sincere Thanks to Those Who Have Patron ized Us at the Old Stand, and Confi dently Trust that the Patronage Will Continue. J. W. W HITE. 9SENT FREE to ani Dr. Wool|sy's users or morphine. large book of par ticulars on home or pie sanatorium treat ANment. A&ddres, D. fL!AND B.n P-. BOLL287, iles,Wigons,etc. to be found in this part of d of Live Stock just re to suit anybody. & Langford, ORS TO Schumpert, 'Y' S. C. ____ QUIT COUGHING There is no need of wearing your Lungs out, when you can get a bot tle of Murray's Horehound, Mul lien and Tar. A few doses of this Household Remedy will give immediate re lief. A positive cure for Iufiu_r,za, Bronchitis and Diseasses of Throat. Anti-Spasmodic in Crup. THE MURRAY DRUC CC. HAVE YOUR HOMEGROWN CABBAGE. Cabbage Plants, All Varieties. Prices: 1,000 at $1.50, 5.000 at $1.25 per 1,000. 10,000 at $1 per 1,000. Shipped C. 0. D. if desired. Plants arrire at your Fxpress Office in good condition. WRITE FOR MERCIIANTS' PRICES. Cabbage. Beans. Sweet Potatoes erd Turips~ in Season. Orde'FS for shipment of Tomato Plants, S a Island Cotton Seed and Swees Po tato Draws should be booked in advance. Jas. Ray Geraty, Enterprise, S. C. y . a",s c. Cured by Keeley lInstitute of South Carolina, DR. JAMES' IRON BLOOD The only Iron Tonie which does not constipate AH D hesitate, but commenee ti peOIn80n= LIVE TONIC pound at once. Ao sal DbyTT The Bet Tomic 25CNS Nothing More Nothing Less Will buy from us until the 28th day of Feb ruary. 1905. Not a Day Longer, the followingOCANNED GOODS-3 CANS OF A KIND OR ASSORTED. Tomatoes, Cabbage String Beans, Syrup Apples, Pie Peaches, Blackberries, Beets, Lima Beans, Boston Baked Beans, Red IKidney Beans, Mackerel, Mustard Sardines. Every can guar anteed or money refunded. Our line of E :rua~ 2ea-:hs, ?i: Apple, Cherries, Straw berries, early June Pears. Corn, O)kra ard Tomatoes, Van Camps Big Hominy, Chippci Beef. Saus::g., P :tted Ham, IRoast Beef and Ro :st Mutton are or the finest quality at the lowest prices, and wil please the n:o:t faistidious customer. n every purchase we giarantee your money' s wcrth or we don't want you to buy fro:m us. Ycurs for more business in 1905. O- KLETTNER.