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THE PACIFIC MUTUAL Life Insurance Cnmpany of California Organized 1868 on "Old Line" Plan. Read what one who is recognized au thority on the subject, has to say: "Of late the magazines and daily paptrs have had much to say by way of criti cism of certain Life Insurance Compa nies, and especially with regard to the Legal Organization of such Companies, and of the manner of their controL These CRITICISMS do not apply io The Pacific Mutual, but DEMON STRAI E the Truth of the Assertion that 'for POLICY-HOLDERS The Pacific Mutual has the BEST Legal organization." It is not controlled by ONE or Two men, having no pecuniary interest or responsibility save as policy holders, or recipients of salary: But it is contro'led by a BOARD of fifteen Directors, not mere dummies, but Stock holders in their own right, holding a large amount of the Company's stock, and Policyholners as well. The Direc tors of the Company are men of high Financial and Commercial standing, and are by LAW made RESPONSIBLE for the acts of the Officers of the CORPO RATION. "The Company has a capital stock of $500,000 Fully paid up in GOLD coin, but while this Capital and the Stock holders' responsibility afford to Policy. holders the GREATEST possible Secur ity, it Costs participating Policyholders NOTHING, but every dollar paid into the C,mpany by them and the ACCU MULATION thereon, is applied to their BENEFIT. There is no Other LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY trans acting business in America whose Pol icyholders, by Legal enacfment, are so Safe-guarded as are the Policyholders of The Pacific Mutual." Ol on or write to me, ROBERT NORRIS, Genl. Agt. for S. C., Newberry, S. C. Office over Post Office. Thik it Over We have what you need, if it's A piece of Silver, A piece of Cut Glass, A piece of China, A fine Picture, A fine Mirror, A Pretty Orna ment, You need to call at Just received 2car loads of Buggies. 1 car load of Wagons. and a lot of up to-date and first class Harness. All to be had at REASONABLE PRICES at A T. BROWN. Dr. R. M. Kennedy, DENTIST. Newberry, - - S. c. NII SHIMA A NEW ISLAND. Nature Adding Another Island to the Japanese Archipelago. New York Sun. Volcanic forces have added a new island to the domain of Japan7 It is 4S0 feet in height and nearly three miles in circumference, and its ap pearance was witnessed by the in habitants of a neighboring island. Its advent was announced two months ago without the interesting details that have just come to hand. Five hundred and fifty miles a lit tle east of south of Tokio a number of small islands rising above the Pacific are known as the Volcano Islands, for they were evidently formed by the outpourings of subter ranean volcanoes and emerged from the sea at a comparatively recent period. The islands lie along a line of weakness in the earth's crust ex tending hundreds of miles from the Fiji to the Bonin Island- This line is dotted here and there with volca noes. The Volcano and the neighbor ing Bonin Islands have an area of only about 40 square miles, but the fires that lifted Iceland and the Azores above the sea pale in com parison with those that created the scores of volcanic rocks that are strewn through this part of the Pacific. Up to November 14 last there were four islands in the volcanic group, but now there are five. The inhabitants of Sulphur Island say that on that day they heard the most awesome rumblings and groanings and saw a great deal of smoke about 120 miles distant. The clouds, which were doubtless clouds of black ash and steam. continued for about two weeks and then they cleared away and the natives saw what appeared to be three little islands. While the smoke lasted the sea appeared to b on fire. Vulcan was evidently hav ing a fight with the ocean. On Decmbr 12, when everything had quieted down, the natives decided that wnat had appeared to them to be three islands was one island about half as large as their own. They did not muster courage, however, to ap proach their new neighbor for about six weeks, for they could see that the still unconsolidated material of which the island was formed was changing its shape a little from day to day and they were afraid that a new outburst might catch them if they ventured near. At last, on February i, ten men ventured out in a boat and a canoe on an exploring expedition and the next day they landed on the islandl. On the south side of a towering precipitous coast had been formed by the fast consolidating rock, but on the. north side was a gentle slope where they had no difficulty in moor ing. Here they found a boiling lake from which steam ascended. All the rest was volcanic dust that yielded under their feet. They planted a pole which they had brought in their boat, raised the Japanese flag and named the island Nii Shima. Japan was the first of the powers on the ground, and probably not even Russia could dispu:e her right to the new posses sion. So the new islands formed by vol canic agencies are coming now just as in the oIdeCr days. Some of them soon leave us to mourn their loss, because the sea storms wash them away bef re they have time to get a firm tootis above the waters. Three years ago Falcon island, which had main-ained a precarious existence above the waters of the mim-Pacific luntil Ilitt le trees had rooted in its soil, gave up the struggle and was seen no more. Two years ago two little is lands rose up in a night about ten feet above the waters of Walfish bay on the coast of Africa, but they lasted only a few days. It is the survival of t,h.e fit:est. The lusty young volcano New Bogaslov, which joined us about fifteen years ago, is still among our valued Alaskan possessions; and Ja pan's latest addition to its large fami lv of islands stands at the outset so high above the sea that it has a fair chance of becoming a permanent part of the empire. Practice Makes Perfect Philadelphia Press. "I suppose your friend Tittlebat stutters as badly as ever?" "Oh, no; he's quite an adept at it What Shall We Have for Dessert? This question arises in the family every day. Let us answer it to-day. Try JeH0 a delicious and1 healthful dessert. Pre pared in two minutes. No boiling! no S baking I add boiling water and set to cool. Flavors:-Lemot, Orange, Rasp. berry and Strawberry. Get a package at your grocers to-day. zo cts. bx Coldest Place in the World. Brooklyn Eagle. D "I've received about a thousand at letters of late from indignant citizens R all over the United States," said one of the weather bureau chiefs the se other day. -Some of the writers ap parently hold me personally responsi ble for the cold weather that has been pretty general all over the.coun try of late. a.nd some of their 'com munications are actually abusive. - One was so particularly obnoxious that I wrote him the following brief 4 note: 'Mv dear Sir: You should be very thankful you are not in Jerchajansk.' Incidentally I have not heard from him since, and 'he proba- 4 bly is putting in his time studying a map. "A good many people are unfor tunatelv interested in the cold weath er just now, and it may be mention ed. in passing, that Jerchajansk is the I coldest inhabited spot on the face of * the earth. Compared to it the usual weather on the Arctic circle is as mild as a Florida springtime. The average temperature over there just U now is 75 degrees below zero, and it 4 often gets down as low as & or go below. The terrible cold is fortu nately not accompanied by wind, and the weather is unusually dry. The lowness of the temperature is due tu the fact that Eastern Siberia is not influenced by oceariic depressions, and a very high atmospheric pressure, with calm, clear weather and a dry atmosphere, prevails. In this way the warm currents are aided in their escape, while the high mountain regions in the north and east tend to imprison the masses of cold air. "Very remarkable effects are pro duced upon living organisms in Si beri-a by the intense cold. When the thermometer is more than 40 degrees below, old tree stumps burst with frost, rocks are shattered with a noise like thunder, and deep chasms form in rhe ground from which streams of water gush forth to be turned into ice the next moment." Roosters do a lot of crowing, but the hens egg them on. Fire Insurance! 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