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* * * * * * * * * * * * ** ** * * * WILL SEABROOK'S TRAVELS * * * * **,** ** (By W. B. Seabrook.) (Copyright. 1909, by W. L. Seabrook.) Special to The Herald and News. Rome, Italy. May, 1909,-A very long time ago. not a mere matter of twenty centuries, not in the age of the Imperial Caesars. but about in the spring of 1890, which seems to me an epoch infinitely farther distant, I became deeply interested in that mon umental work, "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." Though searcely five years of age, I frequent ly forsook toys and playmates to spend long hours in my father's li brary with an appreciative mind con centrated on the ponderous volumes of the great English historian. They made such excellent building blocks! In that same epoch of kindergarten kilts and carls, it occurred to me one afternoon that it would be nice to have a red roof to the top of the mar vellous palace I was constructing on the rug before the open fire. and for this purpose chose a gorgeously bound volume of Plutareh's lives. It made a splendid architectural effect. but the title puzzled me (I used to read all the titles because they -were in big, shiny capital letters.) Why was it 'lives'' instead of "life?'' Who wah this Plutarch whose biogarphy had to be written in the plural? That night I lay awake in my little crib, vaguely pondering the question, and at last a great light broke upon me: a man has only a "life," but cats have "lives' '-nine of them, so I had been solemnly assured; ergo, Plutarch was a cat! Now wasn't that a. tri umph of logic for a five-year-old ? And it was evident from the size of the book, that Pluta-rch could be no common nursery-rhyme feline, no ding-dong-bell-pussy 's -in- the -well" kind of a beast, but rather an animal of high degree. possibly a bewitched prince. From that moment, I became the admirer of the mysterious Plu tarch and secretely cherished the hope that some day I might make his acquaintance; every time a strange cat arrived in the neighbor hood, I spied upon its habits to see if it might not be Plutarch in dis guise, out I was always disappointed and at last my hopes of meeting this wondrous king of eats were buried cwith other childish dreams. Well, yesterday I met Plutarch! I reeognized 'him instantly by the no bility of his countenance and the su perb dignity of his surroundings. He was enthroned upon a broken marble column, in the centre of Trajan 's. Forum; his tail was elegantly carled among the acanthus 'leaves of the Co-. rinthian capital; his black fur gleam ed like onyx in the golden Italian sunshine, and his green eves were contemplating with sphynx-like grav ity the glorious ruins strewn around his feet. It was quite easy to distin -guish him from the forty or fifty1 common cats who were prowling among the classic relics with their . vulgar minds bent on fish-scraps. The Forum of Trajon is a large ree tangular pit, possibly 150 by 300 feet -in extent, in the center of a modern 1 public square. It is eighteen or twen-I ty feet deep, and is suerrounded by 2: an iron railing. Its soil is covered< 'with Tuxuriant grass, and down there,t imbedded in the verdant sod, are countless inassive broken columns and .picturesgte fragment of the splen-9 did temples which formerly stood on the spot. This foram has been for yea'rs the abode of all the homeless .~ cats of Rome. Any day, rain or shine. winter or summer, scores of them are visible, and on .bright spring 1 mornings during the hours when the sun imparts a momentary warmth to; t.he mossy stones, they become the chief featurre of the landscape. They do not seem iueongruous or out of' place, and, indeed, the forum wotld' -loose half its desolate, impressive1 beauty if they were chased away. t ''They say the Lion and the Leopard keep The Courts where Ja.mshyd gloried and drank deep. wrote Edward Fitzgerald, describing the ruins of Babylon 's departed gran deur, and poets have always agreed that it is necessary to have some kind of a menagerie roaming wild among the verses in which t'hey depict the sites of buried cites; now lions and' -lizards are more alliterative than plain cats, but t.he latter are better adapted fo'r decorative purposes to a. spot visited every season by one hun dred thousand fat German tourists. Two or three dozen lions roaring around loose on the Palatine or in the forum 'would undoubtedly impart a certain tone to the picture, especial ly by moonlight, and might even be made practieally useful if t>rained to devour professional guides on sight, but it is possible that nervous old la dies might object to the innovation. The cats. on the other hand. lei:we evyody. Visitors hav'e often won-, Fabrics and Delicate Hdands by removing the injurious influences of hard water and strong soaps. Makes any water cleanse anything better and easier, so that wear-and-tear rubbing is unnecessary. The most harmless, most helpful cleansing powder ever known Lavadura "It Softens the Water 0 Z Lavadura makes it easy to wash woolen goods soft like new without shrinking and colored goods without fading. Use it i the dishwater and your hands won't get so red and rough-and1 the dishes will be cleaned sweet and bright with half the work. Lavadura is fine, too, for bath and Ask fo riat. shampoo. Destroys perspiration odors gI Sc. ,and 1e. and dandruff. Delightfully refreshing. Package. LAVADUA CHEMICAL CO., Savma=. Ga. dered why there are more of them in the child labor law of 1903. This see Trajan's Forum than in any other tion goes into effect June 1 of each spot in Rome, and, indeed, there is year; that is to say. its provisions a special reason. which I lea:ned last begin to apply at that time. ight from my obliging and intelli- The section provides as follows: ent hostess. Signora R-. This for- "That any parent. guardian or person um, she tells me, is the Roman cats standing in loco parentis, who shall oorhouse. the felines' foundln:; furnish to the persons named in sec hospital. the kittens? orphans' home. tion 4 of this act (to magistrate or It has been so -for half a century. clerk of court) a certificate that their hen a Roman wishes to get rid of a child or ward has attended school for cat, instead of ty.ing a stone around not less than four months during the its neck and throwing it into the the current year, and that said child or Tiber, he simply carries it to Trajan's children'can read and write, may be Forum and drops it over the iron rail- permitted to obtain employment in ing; it could, if it chose, climb out of any of the textile establishments of e pit with greatest ease, but it - r does, a'nd never goes back home. JuyadAgs,ndtempo et "Irmemer nce henI wsao lsc chilan urngthe uringth couin,wholivd a Tioli prsen eu.rrht suceairn thtr a child e rt me itha.fin Matee ct; y moF enide schoo ra aoresit, shal not Sidnt ikeanial, bt yeled opermitte ofit withi temprovisint of my entreytoestandtletimeekeepathesthistact. pet ' evr, t trne ou tobe t:h ish Sate ofr-n 1903 wasth act reu-e wrog. indof ca, ad gt ito Juelatn uut n the employment hlrni "Iy remebt ohn kien every aores, chindend marnuftersig >uin wks ivdaio, presented thlablsuhmentsirn orhild htate Into e fids like amaes, ut ad to der to elc with the provision of ty antrate mand bet hme okeep k thetion atheems.esett o ethevehrd ittre outrtoved punc forThe incthi ofection wasnth ao onegu ron tind sfacne, and mothe ost the aiatints undoyenh etat ofrni nlpaince hacked tfhevn cattendkt evr fthes ner a ndmby reatngfacin en find andset hn pamteskeigt nd e ocm ihn h rvsoso ft, am, maned by pin k nornero setn6themut be sentintoetCom et rd o thefirt twfailie,b thissobect Wa.o th scetinisato allowet henathe ythifr lite wasrived pune-frhiVhsscto n looeo al crie whe Isnering mther bas- the coingit under the rovisntc of 1 paiene, ad t firt an it the hl laora actmbly.wolatinrooidec nst in th baet,n t.eyghave beent to schooinspections yarm, every morninkit littlnet pac- hetfu obt of the ensoar.o Thr ates kitnya chiu,forot wasehmnthelden uner hil has ofattee othe May ue hc eemn, and setatof oth orm wsco mingl funr oth.e pravse came hre ed o k while I l erinted bas-fo Genvlehr the child lbratt okpoie trn the iin and alle 'Pirst Pentphe hae been to school inn week )ak Peppe'ry ain cia ruigtoc- ofeast four months bu ther ear. Ther altee ainsd a I coutl ot l."- h cidha tene h ther andI culdn-t tll t al.'- relief. How tihe custom of abandoning cats Emmsioner Watson will shortly this part-icular spot originated, Ipraeastemnshwghote tre ot een bleto earn Tobor new act creating the factory inspee w a phrase from the archeologists' I tors has been working. There has history is silent on the subjecet.'' butbenvrlite-oue,alherds ~a nuegroodec tht wso i-this of the inspecto.rs being obeyed with meypa emplebofho that soeof the Ilittle friction. In a number of cases ypti teple of Iial oe, inth all necessary were minor orders as wiictestagos of tiahoe, Nile to sanitary features and in some ases hiehthestrngegod oftheNil the mill managers had 0already put eplaced those of Olympus. Cats, aschildren not entitled tobe in the -erybody knows. were held sacred mills out of the same. T.here have y the Egyptians and by converts tobenafwasshreteipcos eterpcl. indwic theupsed aiteals had to order children out of the- mills. te tmplein wichthes anialsIn the course of their visits the in vere worshipped makes a peculiarlyspcoshvmewihoeunua -ingefug of the rnldey.rn efere cases and have had to enforce the lins o th Etrna Ciy, reugelaw strictly in spite of the seeming which. though not worshipped as of hrsi.Frtems atsc d.hy r at least wel fe In cases were those in which widowed molested, for every day people mothers were involved. ring them seraps of food. which they brow down into the pit for the fun of eing them scratch and seramble. LIGHTNING KILLTS FARMER. udeed, feeding the ceats in Trajan 'si ~orm has become a public pastime, William Camp of Spart,anburg Coun >mething like feeding the swans in ty Struck Dead by Bolt-Sim New York 's Central Park and the mons Family Shocked. ngeons .at Venice. Spartanburg, May 31.-William ~HT.T LABOR SECTION Camp. a farmer .residing near New OF THE PRESENT LAW Prospect in this county. was killed this afternoon by lightning, and Wil How Commissioner Watson Receives liam Simmons and his whole family, Reports From Inspectors-Sec- living in t.he same section of the e'oun tion of 1903 Law Recalled t y. were severely shocked by a bolt - - which came near demolishing the barn ?olumbia State. .and smoke house oni his place. Commissioner Watson has received Mr. (Camp is survived by a wife number of statements and affidavits 'and several children. He will be bur from parents of children who come ied Wednhesday at North Paeolet under the provisions of section 6 of church. fIME TO TUNE UP! jet Into Your Summer Togs. If you haven't any except those )f last summer vou will find here :he kind you'll find necessary to .eep the tone of your personal ap :earance up to that of the best iressed men hereabouts. Thin Suits, Featherlike in Weight, Like Iron in Wear, Underwear, Shirts, Hosiery, Neckwear, etc. Look us over before buying. Ewart=Perry Co. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given that on Monday, June 14th, 1909, at eleven o'elock a. in.. I will make a final set tlement of the estate of J. Calvin Neel. deceased, in the probate court for Newberry county, and immediate ly thereafter apply for a discharge as Executor of said estate; and all persons holding claims against said estate are notified to present same duly probated to the under signed on or before said date. Samuel P. Crotwell, Executor of the estate of J. Calvin Neel, deceased. May 10, 1909. 5-11-094t-1taw. VETERANS SPECIAL. To Memphis, Tenn., Via Southern Railway. For accommodation of the Confed erate Veterans and visitors to Mem phis, Tenn., on the occasion of the reunion June 8-10, the Southern rail way will operate a special train known as the "Veterans Special'' leaving Columbia at 1 p. mn., Monday, June 7th, running via Newberry, 3reenwood, Belton and Greenville bhence Atlanta and Birmingham ar iving Memphis about noon Tuesday, Tune 8th. This special will be comn osed of first class coaehes and Pull nan sleeping cars and will be in ~harge of Brigadier General Zimmer nan Davis and staff accompanied by he State sponsors and maids of hon ir. Southern railway passenger rep 'esentatives will give personal atten ion enroute. For further information, apply to icket agent Southern railway or W. E. McGee, T. P. A., Augusta, Ga. J. L. Meek, A. G. P. A., Atlanta, ELUE RIDGE SCHEDULES. Eastbound. 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