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One of a Lotr Made for Uncle 8am' Troopers-Only Three Left. An. interesting exhibition of weap ons tny be seen in ie Free Librar; at. Newark. It consists chiefly of mil itary weapons from the collections o James E. Coombes, who is an enthus iastic amateur collector of* sucl i ings. Among the rare weapons, to b shown is a lever cross bow gun of th fifteenth century. Another is Sharp's carbine with a coffee mill il the stock; a third is a flintlock hors pistol made in Sprinlgfield in 'ISIS b, I le g(overiieit. It is sai( tllt only three pistols 4) Ihis type are in existence. The issu wus 500 pistols inl a time if peace 'T'hey were used in fighting Tudian (il (he frontier and in the first Semi Imle war. This pistol is 1 inches long, i iroi nil-nted 11hroughollt and carrie. al1 l n 110unc .round hall. I1 weighs near ly five pounds and was almost as f(V iilable as a himdgeonl as a firearn. The original hickory rramilrod is inl place. On the inisi(le of 1the lockplae is tIhe name "S. ihe,'' who was prob ably t(e maker of the loek. Both lock 111 barrel are (atmd and (he former hears (he initied Sites stalip 1111(er a1 spreal eagle. '(he proof marks on the left of the breech are a V an() a P (" Viewed' and " Proved '') wit'h aln eagle head bet,weenl the letters.. Ie(- S. North horse pistols, whicli are highly valued by collectors, were madlte in the Springfield armory the sai( Yei.. North Ihad movetl 1mii from NIi'd0leton to enter upon a eon tract with thie g-1vernmenit. Ilis pis IAs have his na-ome (i the lockplate. This is not a North pistol, but is sal to be much rarer. It is much laner tihan the North type and has no hrass abhot( it. The weap11n belon.gs to a Newarker, wh,, has a small col leetionl otl arms. FASHION IN DRINK. Absinthe Frappe Made Popular by a Song, Scotch Whiskey by Golf. "Atranlge Ihil.gs govern peoples' taste in tlie matter of (rinks.'' said the old time. white-haired barkeeper. ",efore the 'Absinthe Frappe' was sig inl Nordland' we very rarely had a oall for absinthe inl that form. "The time ai(n words of the song were catchy, people got to learning it, they caught the song's sentiment and began to think about the drink. Then they begani to try it. " 0ew e.11rme for the new deecoetion the first tie. It tasted like (issolv d cugh dr iops. but like the olive hfh it. it Joesn't (ake lolng to get it. The 'absinthe V1rappe' is nw a mos.t pop - ular1 ditrink in t he Tienderilini. "Scot ch whiskey camne toi America with goltf. Before the thuminIg ofi thie littIle wite b'all hleme 14 a popular Amican'~'ii spor)t someli Sct dch whiiskey wats d rnk. It was usmal le taok en hot ats ai winter d inik. "Then c'ame t he hiighbanl1 l nd every body drank Scotch. But Scotchm is pamllinig onl the11h pbic' taste. Af(ter months he ge'ts so that the peculiam smoky flavor is lost, and lhe fhinds his drink a strong, rather rough whiskey without the smoke that was thei re dteemning featutre when thle habhit was "Blesides, so manyi~4 tigs thatI i are not Sc'otchi at all, t hat neve'r crossed Ihe ocean anmd never saw at distillery are sold tfromi retil led hot ties, t ha t one hardly kniows what lhe is 'xetl ing. It is alw ays thaet way withl a ,triimk thatn hieeomes p)opuiar. "The lad f'or fo reignm dtrinks t'ol lowing thle intI rodunct ion of Scotch, led to I rislh whiskey, Kimmnel wvhiskey, va rious bitt(ers antd swecet co ril s fo,i the woeni. "But all these lads are dying out, and we have fewer eahis for unusual~ drinks. People are gett.ing back it good old Kentucky and Pennsylvanii grades of 'whiskey.- Straight red hi. quor wvith plain water for a chase1 is getting more popular every dag anid the mon who stick to that sort o: .liquor diet will live longer, die hap pier than the fellow who follows fad, and fancies in his boozing." TAX DEIJNQUENTSi ,This is to give. notice that Mayo A. T, Brown, of the Town of Newber ry, has put, into my hands for collee tion the uipaid Town Taxes for th year 1905, and I ask all person who have not paid their tax. to come forward at once and do se and thus save themselves they coat o: ex.ebtion. V U. K, Buford, N Seri Agricultural Deparioet to Test tho lower as,a44tnt Bait. The use of choice roaes as rat bai - is to be.experimented upon by tu biological-burbou of ithe departmen - of agriculture, says the Washingtoi IPost. The bureau has been informe - of a number of caser..whem rodent that spurned tempti.ng cheese ani crackers- were easily entie6d by a rose 3 and it is believed'that the result of the experiments proposed by,tho bureau will be to show conclusivel) that these fowers surpass eheese crackers, rinds of bacon and othe baits that are uncoinionly used to en tice the rats into the trap. It is explained that it is not so much the taste of the rose that. at tracts the rat as it is their fragranc for -this reason roses are expected t<: be the popular bait for the future. Cases have been known where ro dents attracted by the sweet perfut (f a rose inl the house, have gnawed through doors to get at the flower, Htats have been known to become sus picious of traps with familiar bait of cheese and bacon rinds and easily evade a trap for a long time. From experience it has been found that white roses, such as the dainty bride rose or the snowy nephitos, have proved preferable in rat catching. One or two (f these fragrant flowers are placed in the wire eaged trap, and it is stated that it will not take long for Mr. Rodent to be tempted by the enticing and sweet smelling bait. The power of a rose as a rat bait is said to lave originated in California about two y6ars ago, but it was not until recently that the flower was used to any extent. Now that the --overnment has offeially recognized (he rose as a rat catcher and will doubtless indorse it the flower will probably beomle a t commlon method of, eiticing rats to the death traps. Big and Little Tim. New York Sun. hii, Tim Sullivan, the Tamimany kiin-g o the Dowery. recently took.a cvonlstittuent into an East Side restau nie. II was the coistituent 's first appeAeance in the public eating shop. lie was hmungry, and Iig Tim saw hiii load in with three bowls of soup, three (odlish steaks, eight chops, three beef steaks, and four bowls of coffee. Now said Big Tim. "what 'Ill yotu have for dessert?'' "liessert- What's that?'' "Oh, soniething to top off wilh," repIlied the congressman. Tle constituent languidly scanned tie bill of fare. " guess I'll have a beef' stew, lie replied. Little Tim Sullivan's resourceful ness as at politician is acknowledged by his tellow members of the board of aleremen. W~heni a lad, on test ive oe (eins. Little. Tinm and C~ol. Mike Paddteni, secretary of state in the Sul fiv-an cabinet, were at an~ East Side ball with two of .the rosy-ehecked hassies of thtat neigheborhood of peachy young women. little Tint andl Col. Mike had be tween them exactly oneo dollar; e more, no less. Supper time came. lie fore taking the girls into the suppem reom Little Tim and Col. Mike secret ly scanned the bill of fare and found that four- oyster stews at twventy-flye cnseach would just fit their pile. LitleTi blandly and innocently im p)ressedl this conclusion upon th( young girls. Anythting Little Tiin said was neceptted as the top) notch of hos p)italit.y. Thle four stews were befort the little party. One of the girls likei catsej. While adlminstering a (doA of, the condhiniment the stopp)er shot ine to the stew and with it haltf of the boht tIe's contenets. "Tlhere Il've spjoiled my stew,' Iii Ied the beauteous oneo. ,' "Illihav toc have another..'* i tthe 'Time alert to thme size of th .ioint wad (f a dollar, reached for thb girl 's ruined stew, plumiled it befor C'oh. Mike, grabbed Col. Mike's uen Itasted and unadorned stew, and plae ing it before the girl, soothingly said "No, no, girlie; Col. Mike neve eats an oysterstew without dousin it with catsup. Hie likes 'em the way--don 't you Mike?'' - Mike said he did. A Prohibition Ttolley Line. Aiken Journal anid IReylew. it has been charged g the prohib: r i onists thate the .trollef 'line betwee - Aiken and Augusta wgan evil be cause it furnished such quick conne< lion between this coutidt and the l;a rooms in Augusta, and we are, ther4 ' fore, disposed .to believe this mnoY 5 mont to build i trolley line from All en to Glenn Springs is inspired Iby ith prohibitiodist.e h o1hrish the beli4 ~that1 Genn Sprin wte* and& the li quid forrisow AgtM wi)mc Platation Xo *Aid, than = Capt E. Anderson n the Amerlean. Monthly Aev. of Re ViewS. The pay of the pIv1 .oler is $l per month, or 43 .ents per day, 1y adding the , aveiea llow anoe of 15 cents per dayfo clothing and 1 cnts for the ration" we have the total of 76 1-3 vents Pe'r, day, Jwhieh is less than any class 'f, labor, Squot't. Even a general laborer, with out any special skill of any kind, Comands an average wage of $1.30 per day, and the ordinary farm laborer, 92 eents for poor mouths, and $1.53 during harvest-tii. The lowest wages paid to ainy class of labor in the United States, so far as I am able to find from the statistics of the de partinent of labor, is that paid to the plantation negro laborers of the cane fields of Louisiana. For the years of 1889 to 1901, the average wages paid to thent at Calunet. La., were as fol lows: Cultivating season-men, with outl board ........$0.15 pe. day Grinding season- -men, with out board .-...... .1.25 per day Gfeneral average..... 1.00 per day The laboreps are furnished with houses, gardens and given other priv ileges, besides being allowed Saturday afternoon off two or three times per month. From this it will be seen that the lowest and most ignorant class of negro labor in the country is better paid than the private soldier in the army. The negro requires little cloth itung, whereas the soldier must alw ays fbe decently dressed. The negro gets his Saturday and Sunday holidays, whereas the soldier is for duty at all times. by night. as well as by day. In adlitionl. the soldier is at all times subject to orders which may aise him to -ive up his life in their execution. This should be worth sonethinig to him, as insurance companies recogngize this risk by charging him extra pre miums. It is true that tlt, -overn.1 m1eit lroovides for tihe retiremtlent of a soldier, after thirty years' service. withl three-fourthls of his pay on the ct ive Ii4t, a privilege which the or dinaiy' laborer does not enljoy. but the pereentage of men who avail themselves of this benefit is so small under present conditions, and tile re .ard so distant and remote, that it lo-s not figure largely in the actual computation. of the soldier's pay. Even hospital aecomrididatins and medicines, which are furnished to the solier free, are now being prqvided by inny of the large industrial cor porations without- charge to their em ploy(-es. Medical attention is provid ed by miiny for the sick, schools main tained for the young, comfortable (Im rters constructed for living pur po1s, hours of labor reduced, and oth er~ intdutcemen ts offeredl which make the lot of the laborer far more easy and attractive than ever b)efore. Blut the Pay of flhe soldier remains prae tiqally the same as it was: thirty yearis ago. This prosperous period in our country's history as yet makes no correspondinig betterment for the pay o thas iodier, and lhe is the only one wohsnot shared in thme, general prosperity. The pay of. the.i'ivate, corporal andl sergeant of the line is the same as that fixed by congress, July 1, 1871., What wonder that non commissioned oflicers or privates who are discharged with excellent cbarac ter do not re-enlist, when they can ':h,14 otheu r employment. at higher wages,fewerrestrictionis, and- more Hogs As Ready Cash Products. Prof. Andrew M. SoulIe in, Sonth eeni Farm Magaw.ine( of Italtimore( for March: er' the small farmier the hiog is the animal pai' excelh-ee to grow, as he matu res in from in to 12 months and has a' ready camshi value on the market. Furthiernmore, hogs can be - raised cheaper thn any other class - 'of stock, 'for under the modified sys :temn of practice outlined below hogs r may be made to weigh 180 to' 200 g pbunds in*'0 to 12 month',6xy .a ii t itnum ration of graini, say fo i to ten bas~h6s of Corn. 'hIis/doraa Ad withy tha 'exclusive cornefattenimig - racticed denerally, Wo'iIkt."ivolue tionigt~he w mois business frg4 'a- f. Mancial standp6int. Theieou,th dee hiot gr&4vO6itt'on anythirigilike th4 -bsalo flloW6 irt the wdstig'tb ith m been elhel'fy 'demonst rated' haf sub+ stitutes of..euual valuie Wtth can ~ttilized 'im\ the southm ata ;iinlmt r of cost,so' that the comniprating ik hi ences of 'nature ha've placed .e ,l southern farmer onl a plarko whie hid catt cotz'apote -successfulig ewith 'the S.westerni'hog-aiser. t 0 , Thes hdg has long been 'roe ghied t q aolt4es a# often igd r4/~ use th~ua wn1hichth eas 14t bt ad eA at4 i th yed by- butng t lg pq ct of te:' ho6s raised ar4 allowei to -range at will, and shoild Ane die the ea-eas is:16ft just whore it, fell;ifibzards and other birds soitter theftms hero'. and, there.' XIanY f thi' hogs thpLt die.contari 0. altR. ithistrieams, and animals farther dowi contract the disease in this way, n The mai who hopes to make money a out-of hogs'must look after the sani- I 1a ry condition. of his animals, .disin- n feet them properly, see that tpe pena 01 are well cleaned and cared foi', r4nd jl that wiolesome food is'provided." At- w tention to these details will generally r. be found- effetual in protecting the tj herd. Not A PMliceman. Chicago Inter'Ocean. General Lee, commanding the de partment of Texas, tells a good story upon himself. Leaving his office one afternoon af ter closing hours, he was stopped at the sally port by one of a large num- lie ber of visitors attracted to San An- br tonio by the recent faih 1' "Will you please tell me what car h1 I take to the springs?" asked a dai sel. The general, paused and with his customary courtesy, removed his hat N bofore replying that he was n9t very familiar with the destination of tha various car lines. - ''But you ought to know,'' said his fair inquisitor, allowing something of of impnatielce to appear in her tone. A ''Aii't you a policeman?'' The general replied sadly that "at. one time in his life he had aspirations a to becon.e a member of the force, but a, lie feared it was too late.' The maiden's look of impatience of gave way to one of admiration as she tei contempIated the gentleman's figure. And with a sigh ishe said: ''Well, if ylu aini't ai policemni, you sure ought th to be. let W A pair of embroidered, fancy look- Cc inx suspenders hun: in front o)f a sh Alichigan avenue store yesterday, and a young man- stopped to examine th them. ''Something new?'' he asked as the prolprietor came out. of ''Shust okud, mine friendt. Dose ish 4 batent suspenders.'' "Are you the sole agent?" sh ''I vhas. Dot batent came oud N< about two veeks ago, und my brudder in in New York sends me a shob lot yes- El terday. You can't .buy 'em no blace W else."-e er ''They don't look very strong.'' to, VhIat ! If you can preak dose Ti suspenders by shlumpling nine fene'C I gi f you teni bairs !' ' * ' heC "I wonider how they'll wear?'' "Shoots like iron. Here is a bair i of. doit patent,'' he replied. as he tun~ 1 buttonued his vest. "'dot I haf worn e otter two years.-D)etroit Free 'Press. er Disappearing Hotel Towels. ; Philadelphia Bulletin. th "We lose money enough in stolen ni towels every week to board half a i dozen porters,'' said a hotel clerk. "We never know exactly where they Ft go, but they certainly disappear, and that right fast. If s'ome of the pee. plhe who take our towels would exert their energies in a more laudable vo-. cation they would have been rich' many month's ago. "'rThere is scarcely a room in the hotel that does not lose a towel at N Ieatst thriiee tinmes a week. Of course, we' place several kinds- -Cace towels, bathl towels aund just plain towels-in each one, andI Sone one finds themi so A at trauctive that they are dropped into a gr'ip and hust.led tint with the ie mauuidter- of the luggage. t "VWheni you fIgure that a good b)ath towel costs from -ten to twenty cents and other towels anywhere from three. to hive cents, -you probably ea'n esti- a mate the dead 19ss tog a hotel. It is very convenient to .drop them -into' satchels, suit eases ort trunks, and they are right handy to wrap shoes or otha er articles of clothing in''. -Who Got Into the Firm? Judge. -F Once there were two lade~ Paul and William, who entered the employ of a groat mnanufactit- at the same tim<cs Paul devoted himself assidIuous ly to his. work, and so' did William; and in time they wvere "familiar with all the operations of the concern by wthich they wyore employed. Paul. had the interests of :his employer et heart, and after inyn yeai's '(thong~ht and' experiment he devise ap)an-for het~ terin' 'the prod.nett ht1eippras. seyeral years o n d hougl4N '. 00~ goo4 t9t is to oe it~~ o ~ ska 4, a woll.kVQwe ' w yer of the i eity ",*0o f0 as fo 'li n y idge o :a A e distri6t> One ight Thornas d hiipelf in shaby little towo which . had hotel. Desiring to Istay all ght, he asked a .lounger in -'front a grocery store Where he.,might id.accommodations. The lotuiger ent'inside of tie:store,which was iti by an Indian. Whenf inforped tat there was a man outside who anted a place to spend the night, the idian asked: "Who is the fellow? "Judge Thomas," was the reply. ''Well, if that's the fellow, he'pad tter Pay me what lie owes me be. re asking mo foi any favors." '"How'is that?" queried the loung . ''is he in debt to you?O' Yes," replied the Indian. "When was Judge at' Muskogee I was ought before him for selling liquor. .vas convicted and in sentencing me said, 'I will give you 00 .4ays and DO.' I got the 60 days all right, but a never came across with the $100.'' 6 )TIOE 01 APPLICATION FOR e CHARTER. * Notice is hereby given that the un- r rsigned will make application to . 3 Secretary of State,. for the State a South Carolina, on the 31st day 6f o ireh, 1906, at 12 o'clock M., at his 9 ice, in the Capitol, at ' olumbit, P uth Carolina, to grant a charter for s railway company..to be known as 3 5partanburg & Glenn Springs Son 3rn Railway,'' the Line of railroad 1 vhieh proposed company shall ex id from the City of Spartanburg, C., to the.-City of Aiken, S. C., rough thd City of Spartanburg and Townships of Spartanbuig, Paeo Fair Forest, Glouin Springs, oodruff,- and Cross Anchor, in fhe unty of Spartanburg, and the town. ips of Jonesville, Bogansville, Un 1,. Cross Keys, ,dnd -Goshen Hill in' a County of Union, and the town ips of Scuffleton, Laurens, Jacks, 4 inter, and Cross Hill, in the County Laurens, and townships No. 1, No. No. 5, No. 6, No.7, and No. 8, in e Couity of Newberry, and town ips No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, >. 6, and No. 7, in the County of Sa la, and the townships of Blocker, mwoodi Moss, * Pickens, Johnston, ards, Shaws, Wise,- and Merriweth in the County of Edgefleld,. and the vnships of Chinquapin, Wards, Me er, Shaws, Aiken and Gregg in the ~unty of Aiken. all of said counties ing in ther State of South Carolina, the most tfeasible route, the 'total igth of which road shall be about 0 miles, which corporatioh,'if said arter is granted, will have the pow to condemn! lands for rights-of-way. A written declaration and petition, accordance with Section 1,917 of e Code of South Carolina, will be 3d at or before the time of the mak E o( said application. Witness our hands this 24th day of bruary, A. D., 1906. J. B. Lee. 'V. M. Montgomery. 'A. L. White. W. S. Montgomery. Aug. W. Smith. T. B. Thackston. D)TIOE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. Noined ihereby given that the uin indwill, on the twelfth day of pril, 1906, make a final settlement i the estate of John J. Mayer,' do ased, and will immediately, thereaf r aplily to the Judge of P'robate for .ters dismissory as administrator of id estate. All parties having claims rainst the said ehtate will present me on or before that date and all LrAts due the said estate will make 'omnpt payment. John M. Suber, Administrator. ASH ION4 ABL E Does not only apply to stylish, c weti . httn good, clea bave ad anup-o-date Hair Cut awe. norder to make yotir toilet completc call at my TonsotIay 'Parlor. Wi~rat-claan work guaranteed. IHot.ed, cold batis, arreo i~ ~ I h W Ago '0a1d aM NP1i sn 9 o9 ;,In Viuyl4Taioow 'inoro~oyo~~ in por ar u 1o othori Virginia- Ca_ot Chemical Richond va. Atlvs4a G. 0luth. N 0. 'molotgomo~ l ~rlest*ni, S. 0. Mompbli. ~ ImdeM( Shroviipom.,L(6 PIANO OR ORGAN Fo Yo5 To the head of .evety family who U" mbitiois-for the,future and educt* I f his children ie have a Specia"NPOV. osition to thae. - No Article -in the home shows thei vidence of culture that does a Piano or' 1an. No 'accomplishment gives ,as h &'leasure or is of as feat Value in fter life-as the knowle5g of music nd the ability to play wel Our Smoll Payment Plan makes the wnership of a high grade Piano or Or. an easy. Just a few dollars down and a mall ayntent each month or quarterl or emi annually and the instr'ument Is, ours. u Write us to-day for Catalogues and ur Special Proposition of Eaty Pay rients. -Address Malone's Musie Hopse, Columbia,, C. ALL KJND,S Df Plumbing Djone- on, Short Notice; J. w. W HITE. 'Whiftis B001fidA1,aVr" Rpad4tlip following carefully: If yow:' have consumption or some of the contagious forms of blood poisoning we c*nnot c4re you. We don't prtend to cure you.. You need the .'idividua4 treatment of' some skilled specialist; but if' you are run' dpwn in general health if you have d.gpcpsia, are subject to fainting spells, a victim to in somnia, biliousness, kidney or liver trouble, catch cold easily, if your. sy,stem is in that condition that. you may become an easy prey .to the disebse germs of' pneumonia, Ia. grippe and the various epidemics,, .if you are ,bothered with constant' headaehe, lIost of Iemory, generalE ly "impaired 4itality, we can 'help' yod,4 and, if you follow our direc2 tions, render you immune a'gainst sickness.. Mosi skin disease can b cured by the use of "4BROML NIA.' "'BROMONIA" is to the hnman.' systemlf wbrit the scrubbing brush~ andl soap are to the dirty wash bowl. It aids Nature to resume noi-mal action.. WV. E. 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