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SATAJNf AND FLOWERS. Diabolic Action of Certain Plants in Mythology. Tlio 1 raditioiial association of the personified power of evil ami a garden is, of course, familiar lo all* ami the kindred of evolved traditions form one of the mr?t fascinating studies of comparative mythology. But it can scarcely be contended that it is in any way due to this association that we lind his Satanic majesty figuring so frequently in the folk nomenclature of flowers and shruibs. lint such cases are by no means common; bnt far, tho greater number of dialbolic appellations refer to some physical popularity in the Haul which is either attributed lo M. le I liable, or suggests its employment by or effect on that potentate. Ami when avo come to consider the names in finest ion we realize, says I lie London (ilobe, that it is by no means the IWiltouic devil I hat is referred lo, but rather the malevolent and sometimes rather contemptible buffoon of the old miracle plays. And wlial is still more remarkable in some cases we find plants the subjects, so to speak, i I' a joint or disputed ownership. one claimant to which is the devil. while oilier is often a canonized saint named in llie christian calendar. It is not easy for us of the present age to conceive the me.ital phase which names, for example, a hand-shaped flower al'ler a saint or devil indifferently, as in the case with one of tho orchid family, which by some is styled "iMary'e hand" and by others "Satan's hand." There does not seem the same violence of absurdity in the custom of associating flowers or plants with elves or fairies a.-- their originators or employe rs. 11 would be impossible within reasonable limits lo give all the instances of the devil among the flowers, but enough may lie cited lo show thai, as has been said, it is the grotesque, mediaeval devil, rather than the awesome fiend of the ology or poetry. The familiar scabious, owing to the shape of iis root, surges live of a mouthful having been taiken out of it. is called the devil's bit-e. Explanations are by no nutans wanting. The "bile" was taken in jealous rage, because the root in question was thought to be of great medicinal value, and the arch enemy naturally begrudged mankind every fraction of it. One of its herapeutic uses is as a soporific, and the atmosphere of his abode rendering such an age.it quite unnecessary the devil bit off a piece in a dog-in-the-mai wr spirit. Another tradition lias i! that with this root the evil one was wont to perform all sorts of marvels till our lady deprived1 if of the power, whereupon in impotent rage he bit it. Some of the devil titles doubtless date from the time when, as Shakespeare 1 ells us, to many plants with a decoroue appellation, "liberal shepherds give a grosser name," and these can be found in plenty in oldfashioned herbals. Some plants owe their diabolic prefix to the same moral idea that has been noticed in the case of the "devil's apples" of lilie mandrake. The berries of I he briony. for instance, are the devil's cherries, and those of the deadly nightshade devil's berries par excellence. But if is not quite easy to understand why the pretty campion should be the devil's bower, nor the ox-eyed daisy his daisy\ still more puzzling is it to account for the garlic being his "iposv," when \vC|Call lo mind the universal attribute to the garlic of hostility to the powers of ovil?especially when manifested in the vampire form. But this apparent contradiction is noticeable also in tire case of the mystic vervain, which, according to some, .is eminently anlivenctic, but which old gerarde Iclls us "Ihe devil did revoal as a secret and divine medicine." This association of the vervain with diabolic action reminds us that there are i- microns plants with which, "though it be not written down" in I heir names, the devil is connected. The devil is said lo exercise the strides! guardianship over the magical fern-seed (which gives the power of being invisible). and I he only time il can be obtained from his custody is on Si. .Jolnv's eve. not her legend has for it<s subject the favorite sweelbriar,' or eglantine, always associated with the well known references lo it of Shakespeare and Milton and Tennyson. The thorns point downward and the reason given ..is I ha 1 after his lull the devil essayed lo clamber up to heaven.by means of il, the eglantine then being a sla.tely tree. But when its proportions were reduced to a bush, "out of spile he placed its thorns in their piosent I . [; j lA'i-ouh'ii* I'omI n?it. * Siii ' si ranker is liio countiyside kg( ml that neonates "our gentlemen ia black" with the blackberry. A'Ftcm* Michaelmas day?iiiiti' I ho folklore rocords include both old and new styles?if is I wrong, or at least imprudent to pick | blackberries, lor on Mint, day the devil-?according to locality?spits on them, treads on them, casts his cloak over I hem or throw*; his club at thorn ?the last injury being" one of the j very few occasions on which the four j fields' is assigned a weapon other, perj'haps, thnn the "pitchfork" of some I old pictures. Hero and Lover. 'New York World. Take Soberer and Florence llnrt inan, aged f). are the best playmnles land friends ever. They h^ve lived J for several years in on apartment 'house al dO Fast One Hundred and 'Forty-ninth Street, and each to the other is the sum of perfection. J' Jn'ke and Florence didn't seem to |'gybe with the rest of the youngsters | vi their block yesterday afternoon ! 'an 1 went oil' t?. take a long walk, j'lake s)i icsletl Maconi'rs Dam River I'ark as a line place for a ramble, j'Florence said that suited her, so |'away the liwo little folk went, j Florence has that in her soul which I'is characteristic of mosl women?a j 'love for green tilings and for danger 'when somebody stronger is at hand. I "She spied' some beautiful ferns 'growing on the edge <?l' the creek in 'the park ami wanted them because they were out of her reach. Jake stood by, warning her to be careful, j If she would only return to safe | ground he would pluck them green things for her, eveai if he had to i swim to get them. j Florence answered .lake with a ' laugh. " There no danger," she j said. ; I'll'1 nexl instant Florence lost lior ' balance and was screaming for help in 1 lie .sweeping current of the creek. I .lake loosed off his cap and jacket and took a "lieader." Tie came, up tbeside Florence, pulled her over on ; her 'back and kicked out for the shore. The boy got (lie girl out of iho j wate" safely just as Sergeant Mickey, of the High I'ridge Police Sta| lion, came to the rescue. j 'No. you can't do anything," said j the boy to the policeman, aaul turnling to the girl, he added: "Come, | along, Florie, and let 's 'ret some drv I duds." Nobody Stood Up. No wherry Observer. If the question were put loud ! enough for all white men to hear, j and if they could vote so loud that j they might be heard: "All in favor | of reducing tlie 200,000 negro majority in South Carolina will vote ,'avo,'" there would be an almost j unanimous '' aye.'' l>u! iliow i< it to he done? Kill | lliem off? No; the law and humanity I forbid that. Run them out of the I slate? The law provides a big fine , for any one who tries to persuade them to leave. Natural increase of | population will not do it. bnt rather makes matters worse and vorse. There is only one way; lhat is to ! induce white people to come here j from other sections of Ibis country | and from the old country. That is why immigration is advocated. Nobody is advocating "undesirable" immigrants either?which reminds us of an incident that happened at an evangelistic/ meeting down near Trenton some years ago. The evangelist, as the custom is, was making divers "propositions." At last he said: "Let all who want to go to heaven stand up." This was too much for a good old steward of the church, \<dio was already tired of so much bobbing up and down, and he rose from his seal and made Ibis proposition: "Now if there is anybody here who wants to go to hell let him stand up, I'll j like to see him.'' But nobody slood up. In God \Vc Trust. ! New Ym l< American. ; * As a mailer of fad, how many of I tlie excellent gentlemen w'ao protest I so violently are familiar wilh Iho I eioiiage of the Cnited Stales? II lavas not until 1804 that the words whose disappearance agitates them first appeared on the two-cent piece, which has long since been withdrawn from circulation. In 1800 the motto was first stamped on the eagle. Can any of the clergymen now so bitterly condemning I'rosiI dent Roosevelt say off-hand, witliI out examining the coins, on which I pieces of currency the motto, "In God We Trust" is not to be found? Is there a single one (hat knows as an actual fact Mint it appears on tiro quarter, half-dollar and dollar sil i \ >". pieces ;ilid on : i5 the jiold. and x* ' il'iis n it appear imi liii' ouc-H-eat, p i live-cent ami ten-ceni. pieces/ llow i many practical nion in cvery-ilay life ' can describe correctly ilie designs ami letlerinjfeon one and all of these 'coin*. Here is a simple lest as lo itlie effect of llio motto upon the t daily life of the averaue person. One Result of Hard Times. !Nerv York World. Harry Payne Whitney mortgaged ' his Fifth avenue mansion to lire United States Trust Company for $300,000. lie will pay ~> per cent i:i; tcrest for live years. The mansion, a massive Romanes 'que structure, on the southwest corner al Fifty-seventh street, was a ^ jiil't lo llarry Payne from his fath- J er, the late William ('. Whitnev'. ll aw .was the elder Whitnev's home until % T) 4 lie In::!; a no ti:e; f< r himself on tilie ' :iorth cuncr of Fifth avenue ami Sixty-eighth street. The new house was sold after Mr. J Whitney's sudden death to James Iles'rv ( ilvMit ) Smith l\:;- a little ov' er $ 1.500,000. i ~ Al hou^h llarry Payne Whitney | y ha- lived in the old Whitney mansion uT( ' for several veai.;, he did not acquire line in his ow:i name until last week. ! ^ when the deeds of jjil'i from William ! ^ j (Whitnev were ) laced on record, lie married a daughter of the late ?x Cornelius Yandei'l.-ilt, wliose urea t i i .' 1 mansion was on t!ie northwest cor- ^ tier a' Fifty-seventh street, opposite ^ the old Whitney home. NOTICE. ** On liecember 4, 1H07. at 10 o'clock all of the household roods of Mrs. ^ , A in l\. l)erricl>, decease.I. c?::isi>:in.v ' 'of furniture, heels. ta'des. chairs, wardrobes, bureaus, cols, and everytlrn'A' in dinintr room and kitchen al<o cveryl himr <n place, will be s< Id i :it I Si e "Derrick" place one mile ! n:?rt!i of IV.maria <u Decmker l. I l!M)7. at 10 o'clock by a.i antionecr. I Olin W. Derrick. Adiministrator. ^ ei Anyone sending a skctrli nud description iimy | quickly nacortnlti our opinion free whether nn invention ts |>rohiibly pnlentnbln. Communioni tiouBHirleilyconildentliil. IIANDtlOOK on I'utonta IBont froo. Oldest nuoncy fur tmcuniiK putents. I'ntonte tnkon through Munii & Co. recolvo tpeclal notice, without clinrgo, lu tlio i Scientific American. n I A hnndaomely llluatrnlcd weekly. J.nrpcat clr- I ! culatlon of ,?ny flclentllic lonriml. Terms, f3 a i year: four months, $1. Sold by all newsdealera. j MUNN & Co.36,o"?to>' New York j 1 Branch Ofllco, 626 F 8t., WnsliliiKton, D. C. | JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION. j Rates from Newberry S. C., as fo|-1 : lows: | Season Ticket $10.5"). Sold d.'ilv' j April 10th lo November ItfJi!>. 150 Day ticket Si Id dai , j April l!)lh to November iUMIi. i5 day ticket .^1-1.lit). Sold d.iily ' h: ! April l!Hh lo November .'it)ih. !? Coac!i recursion -tS.Soid each Di Tuesday; limit 10 da.*.-. .Kndo? sed.! ai j ' * Not i;ood in parlor .ji sleeping j i cars.'' Throiiii'ii I *u 11 him i. sleeping cars, via| | Atlantic Cost Line Railroail company.! Write fur a beautifu! illustrated I folder containing maps, descriptive ex j mater, list of Hotel, etc. I js I For reservations or any infotma- (,> tion, Address, (]j A T. C. Wfiite, j.\ General Passenger Ajrt. W. J. Craig, I Passenger Tmflie Manager, Wilmimrton, N. C. T ! CHARLESTON & WESTERN OAR- y OLINA RY. Schedule in cffcct Juno 9th, 1907. I Lv. NewberryiC N & L.) 12:40 p. m. J j), Ar. Laurens 1:52 p. na. j er Lv. Laurens (C. & W. C.) 2:15 _r?. rn. j y ! Ai'. Greenville '1:40 p. in. j Lv. Laurens 1 : p. m. ' u. Ar. Spartanburg |>. m. j Lv. Sparldnbui!: (So. Ry.) M: h) p. m. ! ,|. i Ar. 1 lendersonville ti:Jf) p. m. j (.(i I Ar. Asheville 7 :;!(? p. m. | Lv, Laurens (C. & W. ('. > ;ilO p. tn. .A j | Ar. Clrccnwood '.J:f)t> p. m. [ j,, A r. MeCormick :5n p. m. Lj. 1 Ar. Augusta 5:-10 p. m. | |V Pullman Chair Cars between An-!,,', v'tista, Laurens and Ashevillo. iriiveekl.v. Leave Augusta Pui'sdnvs. ij, Thursdai' and Saturdays :ieii\e i,, ville Mondays, Wednesdays uoi! l?'ridays. tn j Noto: The above arrivals and .!<* ,,f I partures. as well as connect n>n- witt: other companies, are riven m.- inmr j (J, mation. and are not {fiiarami.-i-.i ! m, F.rnest William-. mi Ceil. Pass. . ill Amrnsi:i. ('h lc Oc<?. T. Hr\:ui da Greenville. S. < Gen. Ayi^ or OHTHANKSGIVING Celery. | Head Lettuce, j Cauliflower, Cranberries, Raisins, Nuts, Ph'.ne to rheo. Lambry.| maw umm j issenger Train Schedules (Revised) ! FtTeclivo 12.01 a. m. (Fastern time' | inday, November 24th, 1907, the j ii111lime for passenger trains out j Newberry I'nion Station will be follows: Southern Railway. l?. 1">. for Greenville .. 51.07 a. m. , .12, for Columbia .. ..10.35 a. m. i>. 19. for Greenville .. 3.25 p. m. o. IS, for Columbia .. 1.40 p. m. i). 11, for Greenville .. 5.IS p. m. i). 10, for Columbia .. .. 0.47 p.m. C., N. & L. Railway. Co. S5, for Laurens .. 5.19 a. m. To. 22, for Columbia .. S.47 a. m. o. 52, for Greenville ..12.46 p. m. 0. 53, for Columbia .. 3.10 p. m. To. 21, for Laurens .. ..7.25 p. m. To. S4, for Columbia .. 8.30 p. m. Daily, except Sunday. The foregoing schedules arc given dv for information, are not gunrlteed and are subject to change ithout notice. G. L. Robinson, Station Master. ; r'iLE or PERSONAL PROPERTY j We will soil at the bite residence A. Cromer, d< eased. .Friday, eeeniber (>, 1907, beginning at elevi ?: ' lock, l!.e personal properly of s estate, except household and ii'lien furniture, consisting of: 1 horse, 3 mules, 1 cow and 1 shote, ower, rake, harrow, wagon and farm lpleuieuts, eorn and c.dti.n seed, iv, fodder and peas. Fine gun and id dog. Terms: Cash. Daisy F. Cromer, Geo. B. Cromer, Kxecutors. v. OWN ? DOWN ? LUMBER and building material of all kinds. Flooring, ceiling and shingles of all grades, sash, doors, blinds, laths, roofings, etc. C. IT. Cannon will give the very lowest prices and meet all competition. He is in for small profits and large business NOTICE OF SALE. I will sell at public outcry, to the . best bidder before the court house or, at Newberry, on sales day in I'cember, 190/, one nice brood mare id one mule colt, seven months old. Terms: Cash. 2t 1',. T. Bishop. 10,000! Agents wanted at once, previous perienee is not essential, territory going fast, write soon if you wish make money faster than you ever d before. Whit today. Address J Clark, Conway, Ark. OIIEAP RATES Via Southern Knihvay. Jamestown er-C!p.ntennia) Exposition, Norfolk. A. On account of the above occasion e following instructions will govn the sale of round trip tickets to orfolk, Va. from Ntwherry, S. C. Season ticket?$19.;">5. This ticket ill be sold <1 lily April 19th to and eluding November 30lh, 1007, final tie to leave N'orilok n'lurning IV-j m'er 15th. 1907. GO day ticket-- $10.30. Tiiis ticket! ill be sold daily April 19th to in,] J eludinir November 30th, 1907, final i lie Jo ' ?; .(> Norfolk relurnintr siv- I (00) d.iys from (Mite o| sale ;iml >t IntO'l 1 ban dece:n'?"r 15th, 1907. Fifteen day ticket?$14.30. This cket iwll be sold daily April 19th' and including November 30th,j '07. final date to leave Norfolk rerning fifteen (15) days from ,1atf j sale. Coacn Kxcnsion ticket ?$^.55. This' ket is not god in sleeping. Pull- j an, or Parlor cars, and will be sold i Tuesday of oaeli week during per- j <1 of the exposition, final dale to] ave Norfolk return in'/ ten (10)1 1.Vs from date of sale. For routes, stop-overs, etc., write! call on us. Q. f RESOLVED/ I THAT THE ART OF BEING WELL \ PRESSED 15 TO BE DRESSEP FOR / /^\) EVERY OCCASION-EVEN IN THE c f kitchen. Turkey, .salad or anr DAlNlYDI5H SHOO LP &e wflu dressed, wh1v" -v ~ ?^ v ^ " '*" ^ * PKl'PA^^" oP fft co?y?i??T not MTtn HUSIIK 0?0WNt0.tnic??0. THMJK.^blViN (n will your turkey TASTE good if you sit down to the table shabbily clad? some people think it 1-5 unnecessary to eat To live. eating will n'.ake you "exist," but you must wear good clothes also if you wish to "live." these things will help / you to enjoy your turkey: / a cood wool suit $10.00 A BETTER " " \ 2.00 THE BEST " " 25.00 A new lot of browns just received. respectfully, ewart-perry Co., cor. main and college sts., the up-to-the-minute dealers. iGetthe Real Flavor I ? r^E I hom your Coffee W'flf p "if ::r!- JiiiS fa ' s ;t'Y}'- ."Vi 'lr ft li.w1* Wi3? < k V*v v 1 ISii! i-...:su H S JQMeor'XojSce jPera&yior | fig ,':iv'S you the /.V,:/ ; Vi- > fi > yv.tir cotfec. Tlie c3 II'/'< '!'bitter injurious priiici;U- is '.-atrc.lyeliminated,mule- ? ^SHgygrtaBSflCt MUM iiwulilly itijylliecof.ee nlv.v.ys tlie sr.::i<; ?siUvtiVS tic!.. :v' frafTaiil.^ 'i/o l.i r U^foirc 1 iv> V' making Over no :i ir.:?l'r>l:.cs t ? i.; iect from. ,j THE For bjf j <Sc E'OIxT, I !MT,Ayjwtiiv.tiWinii???uar/ivi1?B?HUiJmT4jixjanav/..'jumvjnrim,,"?r.??iRnTi'j(ifrAr?i*rtiHflfi)Ainr.' rMrsncsuxawm^m / NOVv' s the time to visit ?: THE :? Jamestown Exposition. It is complete in everv department The War Path-Air Shijo-Naval Display Will interest and instruct you. Do not fail to go at once. For beautifully illustrated folder containing maps, descriptive matter, list of hotels, etc., write W. J. CRAIG, P. T. M., T. .J WHITE, Wilmington, N. C. Gen. Pass. Agt. atlantic coast line The Short Through Car Line, VERY LOW RATES TO NORFOLK AND RETURN Account Jamestown Ter-Cenienniai Exposition . . . via . . . SOUTHERN RAILWAY Season, Sixty Day and Fifteen Day Tickets on sale daily, commencing April 19th, to and including November 30th, 1907. Very low rates will also be made for MILITARY and BRASS BANDS in uniform attending the Exposition. STOP OVERS will be allowed on Seasor.. Sixty Day and Fifteen Day TicKets, same as on Summer Tourist Tickets. j*0 For full arid complete information call on Ticket 1 Agents Southern Railway, or write J. C, LUSK. Divlsion^Pass. A^nt. Charleston. S. C