Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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AUTHORS' HANDWRITING. Jules aJuin Would Rather Rewrite Than Read His Manuscript. Charlotte Bronte's handwriting seemed tQ have been traced wibh a needle and the penmanship of Bryan-t was aggressive, well formed and de cidedly pleasing to the eye. Thack eray's writing was marvelously neat and precise, but it was so small that mieroscopio eyes were needed to road it. Longfellow wrote a bold, open backhand which was the delight of printers. . * The handwriting of Caption Mar ryat was so microscopic that when he resteQ from his labors lie was obliged to mark the place where lie left off by sticking a pin in the paper. Na polconl's ha.n1dvritilig was WorsO thanl illegible. It is said that his letters from Germany to the Emipress Jose phine were at first inkei for rough niaps of the seat of war. Much of Carl.* 's temperament may be read in his handwriting. lie wrote a patient, crabbed, oddly em phasized hand. The chirography of Walter Scott, Leigh Hunt, Moore and Gray was easy to read and ran smoothly. It was not expressive of any especial individuality, however. The writinig of Dickens was minute, and the author's habit of writing with blue ink upon blue paper with frequent erasures and interlineations, made his copy a burden to his pub lishers. Byron's handwriting was a mere Sera11wI. His nAditions ill his proof offon exceeded in volume the original copy. To one of his poems which coltailed only 400 lines inl the original 1,000 lines were added in the proofs. One day a destressed copl)ositor appeared at the honie of .1iles Jaim and besought him to decipher some paIges of his own ma.nscript. Jalnin replied that lie would rather rewrite than attempt to read over What lie had once written. Few printers could read the copy of Balzac, anid those who coild invaria bly made a strict agreleent witi their eniploy,yer that they would he re quired to work at. it only one hour at a time. 1ven after the hierogIyplics had been translated into print. tire proof sheets came back more illegible than the original copy. While having his house repaired Rufus Choate had promised to send to the builder the model for a carved mantelpiece. Failing to obtain exact ly the kind of mantelpiee that lie waited, Choat. wrote to his work m1ianl to that eflect. The carlpenter eyed the mnlissiv-e fron all sides aid finally decided that it murist. be tire promised plani. Portlwith he set to work to I'ashion what would hrave been the iost original mantellpiece ever iarde. ---New York Tribune. A Lawyer Should Know Much. " An aittornrey is likely to findl ev ery kind,or4 knrowledge of rise to him in hris practHice1,' saiid a Kansas (City lawyer. 'Ain illrustrartionl oft this is affohrdedl ini a very ext raord inary' ceiriinal1 case thiat Iwas ent irely decid ed try tihe knowledge of inaulticall at lair- whichr ihe lawyer for t he de tenice had1 picked nyj while ming a ru sea1 voyage. "Tw~o sa11ilors were on trial foe tire capltalin was inl ihis cainl whein the4 twoV4 sarltirs mrildered Inimi. At tha1 timec t here was gretat confus544 ion upon thre shir wllicfi was in irruril jperrI soi thait it re<jnrired all1 thre att Iention ofii tire o4ther~ sailmb1s to keep lier fromi iZo '.14:h21 A tlollinsr , 2 i ii ineut llur sailors whlo were upon40 trial. Ilie a1s ('d 544 untni1 (11141 ions ars I o I he urn-~ hree ,'f. ihre1w, w uhere cat-it nialu i was ami11 w'1mt eniggd ill droing that at1 1last thre judrge, thinking that tile timew of thIe court was beig wvast ed, rebuik cr1 him mildly. Aftree the( ma12te had4 2144 4111ted tor every\ 11111 On boa rd Mr. .\dlurs tixeud Ihis eve steadhily "'Thei.~n,i ho a- at the hehl'' "Tire matc was2i so1 tatkeni abacuk flint he' (could not anrswer. He t urrned pale arid (1roppe)td ini a1 it. Up41 1onloing to huiself h e coinfessed imiiselfI tIhe mur'dercer. in Iris failse t e-t imonbiy lie pon01 tire shrip and11 1had4 orgotten the most material pla2ce, (or rather, had left none1 to fill it. 'It was lhis knowledge of a ship that' enabled thre lawyer to eat ch thre Fl false witiness in that ease and save Athe lives of two innocent men.'' "Emerson,'' said thre Boston moth or, sternly, ''you've been ini the pan try. I found your school bootcs there.' "Mate '' replied the wise boy, 'I'm surpris~ at your buck of acumen. You have frequently observed that I gtas far away from my books as a. possible during the recreationr hours. Ergo, if my books were in the panitry, I must have been elsewhlere.'"-Phila de1 bia Press. EXPERT IN RAISING OBEOKS. This Man Never Swindles any Baike Howevr-He Has Prepared a Valuable Ink. Indianapolis News. Stanley J. Morrow, of 17 West Pratt street, is perhaps the most ex pert and accomplished check raiser in the country. His work, however, is done only in honest experiments. For twity-flve years Mr. Morrow has been working in an effort to per fect an ink that cannot be removed without leaving t0aces of its having been there, and it is while thus en gaged that he raised thousands of checks and acquired proficiency in his work. Mr. Morr.ow says lie has at las't made the discovery for which he has so long souglht, and that lie now has a paper and an ink that, if used, will effectually protect banks and others against the doings of the cheek rais er. He has applied for a patent on the process, anld the application is now pending before the Patent De partment. In his laboratory at his home Mr. Morrow has a vast array of bottles of chemicals lined up, all of which lie has been using in his efforts to discover a non-eradicable ink. "I have made this matter a study for twenty-five years.'' lie said, ''and I have here everything known to chem istry for the removal of ink from pa per. I belie,'e I know more about inks than any other inian, and there is no chemist who is better informed on the subject of inks than I am. I have been able to remove perfected hut I have not been able to 'remove this ink and when used,in a check or draft it affords perfect protection.'' The array of bottles contained these cheniicals: Acetic acid, oxalic acid, alcohol, amonia, perchlorode of da, pyhioplosphate of soda, hyposul phate of soda, Cream of tarter, chlo roform, ferro eyonide of potassium, peroxide( of hydroden, chloride of tin, aqua regia, nitric acid, tartarie acid, and a combination of these agents. These, lie said, are all the substances know to chemistry for the removal of inks. There are no others, lie says. And lone of these will destroy the traces of the ink that lie has just produced. ''If I had turned my knowledge of hoiw to raise checks to dishonest pur pose," said Mr. Morrow, ''I have no doubt. that I could have been the most dangerous man the banks of the coun try would have had to deal with, but my aim las been to produce an ink andi a paplr that would Ir-evenit banks from beingr swindled in that a11111ner. During tihie years that I havp been.at this:w(ork T have astoni ished ma balkers. with the ease with whicl I was ae to htange their cheeks that had been Vritten with wha th(ev vall saetv ink and (1 onwhat wa.~ unsumed to lbe safety paper. 'Even hee cini Ind1ianatopolis I have demonuust rated( this. One bank ill par tiular pa iys .95 a (<par1 for ink t hot it uses' in writi ng c'hieeks and( d1rafts. The cashier' tolt secure and told mue I couhld not take the ink frVom tihe pa per. I did it just the same and show ed himn how it was done and proved to hiim ihat his safety ink was onei of no valute ini the0 handt(s of (onewh kinew whtat to~ do withI it. IIeore is the ehoek t hat I raised fo r Ihim as an cx ample ofl what I coiiuld do with his iink.' atnd heo held ou't a cheek that, t hiont-h i t had been ra isedh, bore0 not eveni the sI ,~lhest tevi dence ut' the Illuminating Bombs. itt. experiments wvith anu "ilhninat ingt. homeb."' socalled. which in reality is not1 0 hiombt at all. butl a sorlt of pyrottechniie contr ivanlce attac~hted to shells Itrown by riflIed uns and( mfor' iiars. The homb11 is a small e'ylnder of brta. tu inchIes in lenthtl. whichh is tl. It is filled wilth perhaplls Itwo 01nne0s ofi a Ot comi stion'i thti burn1ls with hiigh illumitinatntg power'. Whien he shell is di secharged the evplosion of thie piowder inl tile guni ignites aL liise alltahd to(1 ( the compitit on iln lie y liltd~er, wItich is thleu conisumedC( withI a hbright light andtu 0 coniiderabhje smoke. Thiough the( quanitity oif the mixturo in11 tecylintder is so small, it burns long enough to last until the projec lile strikes the target, -though the latter should be several miles dis tant. A t night its combustion makes a brilliant spot of flame, accompany ing the projectile, enables the obser ver to see exactly the course taken by the shell. In daytime the smoke serves an" equivalent,purpose. Though important for attidy, where brduanoe ofleers are taking note of the flight of projectiles, the .illumi nating bomb seems likely to prove useful in actual wvarfare, enabling the, omer in charge of a gmun orhattery to see how the shells e wether tbey hit or mis the o Jetiled at. Thus, either by day or by 'iIght, judging by the smoke or by t iflame shown, the range can be 'ludd, the elevation of the weapon modified, and tie aim adjusted with accuracy, even though the target may be far away. Recently somue attention has been excited in Europe by experiments with illuminating -bombs of different kinds, one of which, when east among the enemy at night bursts and immed iately lights up the darkness. with a power, of one hundred thousand can dies, thus revealing tile situation of an opposing force. Not less remarkable arb the smoke krenades, filled with Chemic'al sub stances, which on explosion produce clouds of dense black moke. These are designed to be carried in advance by skirmishers and thrown so as to conceal the troops following. Didn't Think any More of Him for It AnPEnglish excursionist who was up near Balmoral on a certain oc casion, went into a cottage to get a drink of water. "So the queen is a neighbor of yours?'' he said to the housewife, while she was serving him., 'Yes.'' "And she is quite neighborly, isn I't she, and comes to Visit you in your cottage?" "She's weel enou.'' Look here ma'am, you don't seem satisfied with her majesty. May I ask you why?'', "Well, I'll tell ye if ye wish. The fact. is we don't leik the gangin's on at the castle. We don't leik the way they keep or don't keep the Sawbath t -goin out. in boats on the Sawbath day.'' The excursionist tried to, appease her and said: " Oh. well, after all 1 ina 'an, you know there is a precedent for that. You remember our Lord, I too, went out on the Sabbath-'' She ( interrupted him:i "Oh. ave! I keii it weel eneich. You cann11a tell me aught aboot J hen that I dinna ken arcadv. An' I can teel ye this: We don't think any t 111001 o' hem for it, either.'' The more of his own money. he has in his pockets the less use it seems to be to his. wife to be married to him. Our Sen Of Fall an ALL OUR SU11 All Men's, Boy 's, 25 per cent, off a day. And you he either Suit or C Here is I Men's Suits and $20.00 Suits and Overcoats n 18.00 SuIts and Overcoats r 16.50 Suits and Overcoats n .15.00 Suits and Overcoats n, 12.50 Suits and Overcoats n<( 10.00 Suits and Overcoats n 7.50 SuIts and Overcoats n Also 25 Pe New Arrivals broideries, Come Dii 'cop' COP1. rr the Nw tor FIS' Gro'ery. TAPLEAND FANCY GROCERIE TRY OUR DOFFEES, TEAS AND SPICES rhey are all fresh ari good. canned Goods. Pickles, Mackerel, Fat and Juicy Full line nice, fresl jandies. Fresh Brea rorn Columbia ever; Jay. Phone No. 212. 'TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. IN THE PROBATE COURT. James F. J. Caldwell, as Execut< f the last will and testament of Ma ha Caroline Caldwell, decease 'etitioner, against Francis W. Higgins, Martha Car, ine Hardy, Elizabeth King, Harri, or Hattie) Trail, Hayne W. McCa Dy, Annie M. McCarley, John V 'lary, Mrs. Sarah A. M. Russell, Wi ian C. Gilliam, Sarah C. Clifto lary E. White, Francis Z. Wilso ohin 0. Caldwell, and all heirs i iw and distributees of the said Ma ha Caroline Caldwell, decease ,hose names and places of residen re unknown, Defendants. lo the defendants above named: You are hereby summoned and r nired to answer, on or before tl i=Annu4 d Winter Cl IS AND OVERCO Youths' and Oh n reliable mnerc tve January, Fe )vercoat and low You Save Overcoats. ow - - $15.00 ow - - 13.50 w - - 12.35 w - - 11.25 w - - 9.35 ow - - 7.50 :w - - 5.65 r Ct. Redu Every Day~ Laces, Whit -et to C Yours F I,. thirteAn $ba 907I tho Spetit.lon hp eeding, which is t -filed inf tho robate 0ort for the said County alvd y which is hern with -served upo yo and you are notified thqt on that day, beginning at ten o 'cloak in the, forenoonj a trial will be 'had. in 'the,; said Qurt of Probate for the snid Cout, ty and State of .all inatters do scribed and all issues involved in the said petition te.establiph in due fort: of law certain Instruments of writing 4 as the last will and testament of Mar tha Caroline Caldwell, deceased. Hunt,,Hunt an(d Huiter. Petitioner 's Attorneys. (Seal.) . J. C.. Wilson, J. P. N. C. I To the defendants: Mrs, St,rah A. M. Russell, William C. Gilliam;- Sarah, C. Clifton, Mary E. White, John 0. Caldwell and all heirs at law and distributees of the said Martha Caroline Caldwell, de ceased, whose names and places of residences are unknowi You. will please take notice. th4t the summoni of which the foregoing i a cpy, and the petition in the ab9ve title action were filed in thi Probate Court of Newberry County on the. tenth day of ,Big 10 Dog Beginning Feb continuing for ( o sell at actua,) cosi Woolen Goods, C] niture. We are ,these goods anc them into money Yours for bu, THE. SET2 ie Pomaric i Cleara othing at a SA iTS AT 25 PER CEI idren's Suits and 4 :handise is not pi bruary and Marci d.so the coming at 25 Per-Cent R Boys' and hildren's $7.50 Suits and Overcoats 6.50 Suits and Overcoats 5.00 Suits and Overcoats 4.50 Suits and Overcoats 3.50 SuIts and Overcoats 3,00 Suits and Overcoats 2.50 Suits and Overcoats ' 2.00 Suits and Overcoats etion on All ~-A Big Line of e Goods, Gingi opeland 'B r Every LLa r ood Vaues, ND RI )eeember, .1900, ad is ow on file here. "Hunt, Hunt ntul,B~unter. Petitioner's Attorneys wood'e Seeds 'ee Choice, 'Seed i: Oats Reclane We have thousinds of bushels In stock, selected om the best. crops grown In this country; all th etand toost produativ kinds. Burt, or 90-Day, #Black Tartarian, Swedish Select, Red Rust Proof, White and Black Spring, Vir. ginla Gray Winter, etc. Write ror prices. WOOD'S NEW SEED BOOK for1907, tells all about Seed Oats and all SFarm and Garden Seed&. Mailed free on request. T. W. Wood & Sons, SoodsmonR, RIGHMOND, . VA.O Cost soje! ruary 4th and ) days, we will all Underwear, othing and Fur overstocked on 1 mean to turn ,iness, LER CO. ., S. C. ice Sale ORIFICE IT DISCOUNT. )vercoats MUST 60. cked up every i, 1907, to use, winter months. eduction. Suits a nd Overcoats.. now - - $4.95 now - 475475 now - - 3.75 now -- - 3.45 now - - 2.65 ~ow - - 2.25 now - - 1.87 now - - 1.50 OddPants. Pretty Em jams, Etc. ros. For OSS