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CeNGLANDS; NO A LUM In Food and strictly prohibits I the sale of alum A baking powder? So does France So does German has been made illegal in Washir bia, and alum baking powders injurious. . . To protect 3 when ord< Sap plaint ROYi and be very sure you get F ^ Royal is the only Baking Po ^ Cream of Tartar. It adds ? someness of the food. [ ANIMALS UNDERGROUND. Burrowing as it is Performed by Various Spccies of Mammals. f A ontilatiou. nr. rather, tlie want of it, must be a ditlieulty in the* undergiound liio of almost all mammals, llit* rabii and tlie rat secure a current of air by forming a bolt hole in connection with their system of passagos, but (he fox, the badger and many o(: tiie field' moles and mice seem indifferent to any such precaution. There is 110 doubt that whatever iiaw the lirst impulse to burrow, many animals look ?pon (Iiis to us * most unpleasant exertion as a form of actual amusement. It also confers a right of property. Prairie dogs constantly sejt to work to dig holes merely for the love of (he thing. Tf they cannot have a suitable place to "exercise their talent in they will gna>w into boxes or chests of drawers and there burrow to the great detriment ol the clothes therein contained. In an inclosed prairie dog "town" they have been known to mine until the superincumbent earth i collapsed and buried the greater number. A young prairie dog let loose ( in a small, gravel floored house instantly dug a hole large enough to sit in. turned around in it and bit the first person who attempted to touch him. Property gave him courage, for before he had been as meek as a mouse. It is noticeable that the two weakest and least numerous of our mice, the dormouse and" the harvest mouse, do not burrow, but make nests, and that these do not multiply or maintain their numbers, like the burrowing mice and moles. -!ui the fact that there are members of very closely allied species, some of which do burrow, while others do not, seem t<> indicate that the habit is an acquired OU?. fin this connection i| is worth nothing that many animals which do not wtirrow at other times form burrows Hi ij\ which to conceal and protect their I^^AMMing, or, if they do burrow, make a gmflSittereni kind of a more elaborate HM^Kharacter. Among" these nursery burare those of the dog, the fox and ^^Bandmartin, the kingfisher and the ^^ shcldrake. Foxhound litters never do H so well as when the mother is allowWb ed to make a burrow on the sunny |V side of a stra<w stack. Tn time she B will work fhis five or six feet into the stack and keep the puppies at the far end", while she lies in the enK trance. Vixens either dig or approB printe a clean burrow for their cubs, which is a natural habit, or, at any 1 rate, one acquired previously to the use of earth by adult foxes.?-London Spectator. SLEEP IN THE DESERT. Impossibility of Keeping Awake In Riding Across Gobi. } Hitherto I have thought that traveling in carts over stony roads and slaying in Chinese inns at night was the hardest thing a foreigner traveling in China was called* upon to endure but since T have traveled >wi|h a caravan of camels I haw clifltjpd niy opinion. The monotony <5f desert by day and the bed of c^mf ?l*a saddle at night, the evil sme'fl ol L, / ' ' / igton and the District of Colum! I are everywhere recognized as 5 yourself against alum, I ering baking powder, H to the digestibility and whole- If camels and tlie slowness of' their drivi ers and t lie acrid' choking ,,f the ]i11 le lire on which one's food is cooked none o| 111< .-,? thi'i:?s are so trying to the 101 eig'iieers as (he sleepiness which attacks one in this iii'-i'h region. This l<i me was a real torture. Traveling the cold night with no other companion than dull Chinese. who seem to sleep while walking alongside the camels or while sitting- on their hacks, and being weighed down bv I heavy sleepiness is the worst thiult 1 j have endured. Von sit on your horse and. in spit .' of every effort, fall asleep. Presently you wake up and find yourself on the ground, with your horse standing be' wildored at your side, wondering . whether you are alive or dead. Then you try to keep yourself awake by walking; and talking* a bit to the camel j drivers, hut you soon find that they | are just as sleepy as yourself. A few words are exchanged, and then you are too tired to open your mouth to I talk or even to think of anything but j sleep, sweet sleep. Oh, for just a few minutes there at the roadside in the soft sand! But, no; you must go on and fight against this desire. It is : too dangerous to sleep by the roadside on the ground. The caravan cannot wait, and your servant would not watch over you. lie would soon fall I asleep like yourself. The wolves would then have an easy time. ( Yet in spite of all this reasoning j you feel as if you were drawn in the ground by the power of a thousand strong magnets and soon yield to sleoji awn. Suddenly your watchful hor>-.\ whose reins you have kept slunv ;iround your neck?this is a wise thi-nr to do-?pulls up, starts and jerks von wide awake. You jump up, not know:'!-.- where yon are for some) seconds but y see your horse trembling and realize that datr.cr is near. I" or a few minutes yu are fully awake and feel glad and refreshed, i on jump on your horse and catch up with the caravan, which has .:< no a few 1; (a li is (>.")4 yards) ahead. After another ten li or so sleep i creeps on again like a huge boa constrictor embracing" you in its irresistible grasp. T!ie same fight has then to be fought over again. Then at last the caravan arrives at the halting place for the night.?North China News. Dogwood and Persimmon. The supply of dogwood and persimI mon shuttles in the Southern States is nearly exhausted. This statement will not appear significant to the average man when he first hears it. Hut when he is told that the entire supply of shuttles, bobbins, and spindles used in the cotton and woolen mills in all parts of the country is furnished by the dogwood and persimmon growing in the Southern States, the seriousness of the situation is apparent. The textile mills of the country represent a. capitalization of nearly a billion dollars and bobbins, shuttles, and spindles are just, as necessary parts of those mills as the throttle is to the locomotive. Fortunately th shut11 manufacturers have found another source of supply in the dogwood stands in the far northwest part of the country. Two I a rye companies manufacturing I spindles, shuttles, and bobbins have "(erected plants in the Cascades in Ore 'Jf?n> whose dogwood forests arc tlr;|di ,greatest in the world, the tree often n attaining a height of 75 feet and a [ dc diameter of one to two foot. Tiro1 th southern dogwood is rarely more than ' (i inches in diameter. Kxlcnsive a( stands of dogwood are also found in ci California and Washington. Up to she present time, lumber users in t/ie A Pacific northwest have tound dog: Wood valueless except for fuel, and jits utilization for the manufacture of 2t j shuttles will bring about a considerJ able increase in stumpagc values of this tree. These companies, at their Oregon ^ plants, will not only manufacture the | articles named but will utilize every i part of the tree turning to account the waste wood and producing such m? by products as pvroligenous acid, ace- ., tie acid, prolacetafe of iron, acetate p jot lime, methylated spirits, solvent J* naphtha, wood tar. wood pilch, and t {various forms of charcoal. Dogwood ' ' :'s indispensable in the .naiut;nctlire i" jof shuttles, bobbins, and spindles be- j" cause it is the only wood which takes ' j a 11i'-11 polish and wear* perfectIv ; sim '? li bv friction under water .... .. . ' so j I lie discovery o| I he adaptability of i j |, j Hie I'acatic dogwood, however, lias nor ] aid 'd th..* eastern maniilad in:-; -s, and , ].( hey have hen obliged to look for ! b\ i substitutes nearer home. Tite most J fj. i proniisi.it>' ot these are mcMpiite and ]\f t'lpelo mmi. The ,*-ur . f (he in. s- I n, j quite is heavy nmf very hard, close |,,j "ruined, and has ;i compact structure.!].) I It is probable that it would be eniin- ' ||| I - illy adapted for the maiMiPacture of jsiiutth' blocks, as it appears to have I all the requisite qualities of wei?ht,' ;n ; hardness, and susceptibility to m hiyh ;tjt 'sncoth polish. Already ii lias proven I ?| | well lilted lor the maniifaclure of! ; spools n ml bobbins for which white! birch i- now so larirety used. The lu-in pelo "itin is medium hard and heavy. ' and has a compact fibrous structure.: ! It has not yet be??n uHli/ed to much ' ; extent in the textile industries, thoiiuh j 11 is quite probable i| will play an [ important part in tlie fin re. since i<JC j combines with several necessary ipiali-I ties | In> exacting property of wearing I smooth by friction. | Scholarships. I | The South Carolina Division offers j tin* following two scholarships available for use Sept. 1st. 1009. I' irst a scholarship of free tuition ' i and $.{.>() to be used at Teacher's colI leire, Columbia University, New York , Cilv. This scholarship is open to a j young man or woman in South Car[olina, at least twenty years old. able ^ | to pass the entrance examinations for 1 eacher's 'College, a lineal descendant of a ( onfederate veteran, and whose application is endorsed by the presi- ,)i dent of a chapter of the Daughters of ol the Confederacy in South Carolina. j,n Second a scholarship at Winthrop college. Wock Hill, S. with board land tuition worth if 10-1. Applicants J lor this scholarship must be at least ' sixteen years of aj-e. be able to enter j the Freshman Class at Winthrop; j must pledge themselves to complete the lour years' course offered bv the | division: must present a certificate! jstatiiiu- tiiat their family cannot af- '! ' jtord to pay for their educat ion; must |li' j he the daughter or lineal descendant j ^ jof a Confederate veteran of honorable | record (in the cases of equal attain-I nienls offeied preference will be giv-I Jen daughters of widows of Confeder- | Sr [ate soldi-i ) and must be endorsed by j j the president of a chapter of the U. D. i | C. in South Carolina. si Applications for these two scholar- I! j ships must be filed with the under- a? I signed not later than .lune lf>fh, Ap- cl i plicants are reminded that they must K t <pialifv on every point named to be sa considered as duly eligible for the I scholarship. Afary H. Poppenheim, ) j Chairman Scholarship Committee, S. <Div. 17. I). C.. Charleston. S. C. p, AN ORDINANCE. To Regulate the Erection and Estab- ! lishment of Blacksmith Shops in the Town of Newberry. Ic< HK IT OHD'AI-XIED by the mayor and \ aldermen of the Town of Newberry, in council assmblcd, and by author- _>( ity of the same: I. That from and after the publication of this ordinance rt slinTl be un- m lawful for any person, firm or cor- ,|| porafion to erect or establish a black- s| smith shop within the fire limits of (.( the Town of Xewberrv, tlie same bo- (.( ing as follows: namely, that part of )] said Town bounded by the C. N, & I,. 0, railroad, Harrington street, Thompson street, Wilson street and Friend street, and including the south frontage of Friend street from the C., N. & H. railroad to Wilson street. (' II. That any blacksmith shop erected or established within the said limits contrary to this ordinance may T be abated and removed bv the Town ' council as a public nuisance. TIL I hat any violation of this or- j nance shall subject (ho offender to fine of not more than one hundred dlars or imprisonment for not moro an thirty days. Done and ratified under the corpore seal of the said Town on the sevitli day of May, A. I)., 1908. J. Lanyford, , nr?yor. Kuy. S. Werts, C. & T. T. C. K. f&t EXECUTOR'S SALE. IUT10 OF SOUTH GAiKOljl-NA. COUNTY OF NKWiBERRY. Rv virtuio of t'he authority eonferd in the undersiyncd, h.v the last ill and testament of Mrs. Sallie dwv.ll, deceased, I will proceed to II to tho hiyhcwt bidder, for cash, il'ore ?'>< court house door in NewTry, S. on f!i0 first Monday in no. 1 MIS, (the 1st day of ' the onth). the following real estate bo-j nyiny to 1 ho estate of the said Sal- i i I idwell, deceased, to-wit: All that ceo or pared of land Iyiti.tr and bj -iin.iic in Township No. 1. an I nth ot the !\.w? of Newberry, in ic State and county above nicntioni. and bounded on tIi.? north by nds i>!' Holly liroyden ; on the vast ' l??t riyht-of-wav loading m I he properly el' the ' Mollohon ansufael uriny Company to a public |a<l 'y'm.ir it) I'. .ml of the residence Autine Bnzhardt: on the soulh bv nd el said Autine liuzhardl, and on e west by lands of nlaininy Ihirt v-one one hundred)lis | 11-100) ot an acre, more or less, lie-1 " b?t <>l land upon which j e deceased was residing at the lime her doath. | 1 'in chaser l<> pay for pa'-ers J. lirooks Win yard, ualilied Kxeeiitorof the last will and I est anient of Sallie Tidwcll. deceased. ay l.VJ-J-2!). HARLESTON & WESTERN CAROLINA RY. shcdulc in effect February 1G, 1908. v. Xewhorry ((' X & |j | |U1|> T>n,nV'IS _>.() _> p ,n k". Lanreus (<"' & \y (') _>:;{2 ' Crecnville .J:0() k'- ^aureus p ,,, j Kparlanhury d :0f> p.m. r. Sparlanbnry (So. Ry.) r?:00 p,m. r. 1 rendersonville p.m. A she vi He 8:.10 p. m. *' Lauren.* (C ? W (") '2:32 p.m. r. Ci re on wood :) :.|o p m r. MoCormick p m' i'. Ausrnsta 0:20 p.m. Note: The above arrivals and deirlures, as well as connections with her companies, are yiven as inforation. and are not yuaranleed. Ernest, Williams, Hen. Pass. Ayf., Augusta, fin. ftco. T. Bryan. Oreenville, S. 0., (Ten. Ayt. Excelsior Union. Excelsior union will meet on Thursi.\ niidil, May LI, a I early candle 'ill. All members are requested to i present. Tno. M. Seiiumperl, President. rOCK OF MERCHANDISE FOR SALE. Hid* will be received by the under-Iu'd until the lS|,h ,|'ay of May, ION, .it twolve c> (dock, iionn, for lire siyne.l stock of dry yoods, shoes, ?>lhiny, etc., forineriy belonyiny to . L. liailcs, the appraised value of id merchandise heiny $12.SS:i.0f>. This notice of sale is yiven, subcl lo withdrawal without notice, at, ic option of the undersigned, and the glil le reject any and all bids is exresslv reserved. Terms of sale: Cash. Stock may be inspected upon npplii'ion to the undersigned. Cole. L. nien.se, Assignee & Agent of Creditors cf 2t. NOTICE TO DRAW JURY. Xolice is hereby yiven that, on the "I' <biy of May, 100.8, at 0 o'clock 1"., in the office of the clerk of Mirt, we the undersigned jury comissioners will openly and publicly raw the names of thirty-six men who mil serve as petit jurors for the >?irt of yen era I sessions which will Mivene at Newberry C. II., S. C., on IC Slh day of June and continue for re week. Jno. L. Epps, Win. W. Cromer, Tno. C. Ooyyans, fury Commissioners for Newberry rninly, S. (!. May 7th, 1008. RY THE "RIBBON WINNER," Best, pencil perforated tablet on the market, for 5e. Broaddus & Ruff. Summe The Place Weeders, Plows, Fenders, Hose, Sweep Cull L Garden Plows, Grain Cradi | Lawn iV I W I I Ice Cream Free Rubber Hose, jScreen Doors c I Binder Twine, Paints, Oils an( Steel Roofing, Metal Shingles Doors and Sasl Lime and Cemi Mantels, Grate: Brick, Etc., Etc Summer JOB P l'A? LI I Herald F1VB r Bros Co to Buy Your s. :ivators, Jttle Joe Harrows, les, lowers, ater Kegs, Water Coolers, izers, ind Windows, i Varnishes, h, ent, 3 and Tile, Bros. Co. 'RINTING 5 YOU CE IT" and News