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FACIAL. PLASTER CASTS. Halving One of Them Made Is a Mighty Disagreeable Process. V Perhaps nothing can be imagined V more disagreeable than the process of V taking a plaster impression of the feajp| tures. * B The person whose face is to be "takpn" is nlaeed flat mion his hark. I his hair smoothed back with pomatum to prevent it covering any part of the face, and a conical piece of paper, a straw or a quill put in each nostril to breathe through. The eyes and mouth are then closed, and the entire face completely and carefully covered with salad oil. The plaster, mixed to a proper consistency. is then poured over the features to the thickness of one-quarter or one-half inch. In three or four minutes this plaster can be taken off as if it were a film, but they are very long minutes. The f victim must not sneeze, smile, cough or otherwise move a muscle, or the i whole process will have to be repeated. When a cast of the entire head or of j the whole human figure is required, either a cast of the face is added to a mass of clay which is to be modeled to the entire figure, or the whole figure Is modeled from drawings prepared for the purpose. This is the work of the sculptor. When the clay model is finished a mould is made from it A thin ridge of clay is laid along the figurg from the head to the base, and the front is first completed up to the ridge by filling up "* ? XI s l I tile depressions two or iurw ijjciiws deep. The ridge of play is now removed, J the edges of the plaster are of.ed, and the other half is done in a similar way. The two, halves are then tied together with cords, and the plaster poured in. In complicated figures, like-the Laocoon. the statue is oiled and covered with gelatin, which is cut off in sections by means of a thin, sharp knife,! each piece serving as a mold for its own part of the new statue.?St Louis Globe-Democrat HE WENT BY THE RULE, j ????? | But He Should Have Halted a Moment !and Noted the Exceptions. j It te not bewildered foreign erg alone who fall into the traps for the unwary that onr confusing grammar and orthography ' lay. Many a despairing American with no natural aptitude for spelling hesitates or flies to the dictionary long after his student days are over because, although be remembers the rule, he does not remember the exceptions. "And in our rules of spelling," protested one unfortunate professor?not of orthography?"it isn't even a <*ase of Majority rules;' it's merely plurality. Sometimes, I'm sure, the minority of exceptions to a rule isn't beaten by the words that comply with it by more hon r.na " / I A correspondent of the New York Sun recalls an illustrative incident of his school days. His teacher was self j satisfied and young, thought he knew It all?but did not j There was in the class a young lady who rejoiced in the good ^Scots name of Gillies. When the class was organizing tl\e "professor" read her name as "Jillies." The young lady protested. I but in vain; " 4g' before *i' is soft." Well, of course an eighth of a quart is a Jill, but what of a fish's gill? And the "know it all" teacher should have been hanged on a g(j>ibbet. but even he would not have asked the hardware man for a jimlet. Not in his jlddiest moment of pedagogic authority would he have said, "Jilbert. jive me a jilt "wheeled jig." if he wanted the liveryman to supply him a gig with gilded spokes for his holiday diversions. Not even he, snapshot arbiter of l.nguistkniceties, would have asked at the library for Jibbon's "Decline and Fall.'* And if he has a daughter will she be a j ^'*1 ^ rnno+ Vua />o 11 T? 11 ioo I [JU X U U L \JUIJICS? iUUOl VUilVU tlilttvo because "g" before "i" is soft?Youth's Companion. ?_?___ Napoleon III. " Kinglake, the British historian, gave a curious explanation of the origin of the title of Napoleon III., assumed by Louis Napoleon. He said that when! Louis Napoleon's adherents were| manufacturing public sentiment to re-j eeive him a subservient minister, who was preparing a proclamation, wrote these words: "The people's cry will be *Vive Napoleon *!!* M The printer mistook the three exclamation marks for three I's, and the proclamation was tT. 3 j mi.:~ ? ,3 [PWO issueu. Xins. was fuiisiuciru a $wu ?tory when it was related, but it has lacked confirmation. i Chicago. The word Chicago is taken from the Indian word "Chacagua," the redskin /.word for thunder and name of the Indian thunder god. The name was given by the Indians to the "Chicago riv-1 er," an inlet into Lake Michigan, and this gives its name to the city?Indianapolis News. The Change of Mind. "What's the baby's name, Bill?" "Algernon." "What? I thought you were going to name him John." "Oh, that was when I still thought I had something to say in the matter!" ?Philadelphia Ledger. Cause and Effect. ^ She?I don't see why you can't dress as well as Mr. Jinks. He is always in L the height of fashion. He?Well, that's not remarkable either. I saw Jinks' tailor yesterday, and he was in the 1 depths of despair.?Richmond TimesW Dispatch. Habit tends to make us permanently I wkat we are for fbe momeat.. Palrr $7 Sumt Clot II 7 ? THE BITE OF A SNAKE. How to Tell if It Is Poisonous and the Way to Treat It. If you should be so unfortunate as to be bitten by a snake and were not quite certain what sort of a snake it was. whether poisonous or of the so called harmless variety, look at the injury. If there are four punctures or even three the chances are that it was not a venomous snake,'but if there arc only two punctures it is probable you have been bitten by an extremely poisonous snake. While this does not always hold good, as a nonpoisonous snake may have had opportunity to make only two incisions with his four biting teeth, it is best to take no chances at all. The poisonous snake has but two deadly fangs, generally in the upper jaw. But, no matter what sort of a snake bites you, the head of that snake should wherever possible be kept for identification. If, as is generally the case, the bite is on an extremity, tie ? ? ? K1 tr UXie ur LLlUitf li^aiuic? jjiciciauij v/A broad rubier bauds?above the injury. Incise deeply, cutting across the puncture for at least one inch and well beyond the depth reached by the fang. Next wash in running water, manipulating the part to promote free bleeding. If running water is not available suck the wound; then rinse the mouth thoroughly with a solution of potassium permanganate. Now wash the wound well and use in and around it the potassium permanganate solution or inject a 1 to 100 solution of chromic atiUy uriAii, vaictui w ^uuiuu w w**pletely not only the wound, but also the surrounding tissues. Do not give ammonia. Stimulate with small doses of whisky if indicated. but do not overdose, as more persons have been killed by taking large quantities of whisky than by snake bite. When positively certain the poison has been removed from the wound loosen cautiously the ligatures, that nearest the heart first, but do not remove them so that they may be again tightened if symptoms recur. In all. cases the victim must have the best surgical care. The wound should be packed with antiseptic gauze.?Chicago Tribune. THE BETTER MAN. Story of Two Aspirants For a Place on the Boat Crew. A few seasons ago, says a prominent crew coach in Outing, two men were competing closely for a seat in the "varsity" boat One day I called them together and said: "Just now you two men are working equally well in the boat, but one has a better scholarship standing than thi other, and to me that seems to indicate that One of you has a little more personal, pride than the other." i Beach 1. .00 to $8. mer Bros. thing Departm as ? 'matter of facfflie man who was not up to the scratch in his work was a bit the better of the two as far as smoothness in the boat was concerned. 1 thought the incident might cause him to pick up in his classes. It did not. When the time came to make a final selection of the eight I again called the pair 111 to see me. "It's still haijd to decide between you two. I would just as soon have you throw a coin to decide the winner," I said. The man with the poor scholarship record was the first to speak. "That's all right with me." he said. The other man thought for a minute. I saw h&:UK>ttth go tight. Then he said: >' "No. sir*-that doesn't suit me. One of us must be the best man. I want to know which and to know why I am not the best man." Some people would probably have thought that -fellow conceited, but not if they knew whatsit means for a youngster to put in months and months of hard training fo? a crew. The sec-v ond man was of a quiet type, but after he spoke I knew the.thing that every coach is most anxious to find out?that he was the kind who would be pulling hardest when his lungs were feeling like bursting in that last hard half mile. You can guess which man got the place. The man who did not tow too easily satisfied. Detecting Erasures. If paper upon which erasures of writing have been made is exposed to the vapor of iodine the roughened surface takes a different tint from that portion which has not -lieen tampered with. If the erasure has been lightly made, only the ink or pencil lead being rubbed away and the mark left in the fiber of the paper, iodine vapor causes the writing to reappear. This is because wherever the paper has been roughened more iodine is absorbed than by a smooth surface. This test is effective within three minutes i of tor tho mnlHrKr nf thA a Iteration.? ) Exchange. J A Veritable Scheme. "How do you get your daughter's I beau to go home so early, Bjones?" "I have a trained phonograph, which plays 'Home, Sweet Home,' at 10, 'Tramp, Tramp, Tramp,' at 10:15 and 'Johnny, Get Your Gun,' at 10:30."? Seattle Star. Man's Advantage. One advantage a man has is that whonovor hc? wants nnvtliinf in thf* I house he can always call to his wife and she'll tell him just where it is. but when a woman wants anything herself she has to hunt for it.?Detroit Free Press. 1 ' I Suits 50 Co., ent. DEGREES OF COOKING. What Is Meant by Rare, Medium and' Well Don* Meat. Perhaps a word may be said about the degree of cooking, as indicated by the words rare, medium and well done, used in reference to the cooking of meat Cnmo nckrmia infprnrpt "rare" as mean ing meat seared a little on the outside, but with the whole interior raw. This is far from a correct interpretation. The albumen should be coagulated, the fibers really cooked, but the juice may be yet red or pink, in "medium" there is still some pink left in the meat, though the red color has left the juice, while well done means no pink color in either juice or fiber, but not the stringy, overcooked, tasteless product so often served as "well done" meat. The quantity and kind of meat used by any family depend upon its living habits, its appreciation 01 xuuu vmuw and the money available for food. The excessive use of meat means an unwise expenditure of money a* -well as an unnecessary tax upon the kidneys and liver, but in any case the preparation of it is a most important factor.? Woman's World. its Class. "So old Billings, supposed to be so rtcn, did not leave a cent to nis pretty young widow." "No: hers was indeed a dead loss." ?Baltimore American. Australia's Stony Desert. The great stony desert of north Australia was discovered by Captain Sturt, an Australian explorer, in 1845-6. It is north of the river Darling and is about 300 miles long and 100 broad, consisting of sandy dunes or ridges. Its want of trees, except along the creeks, gives the country a sterile appearance. These ridges were probably formed by the joint effect of winds and a gradually retiring sea. One on the Blower. "Can't open the safe this morning." said the clerk in the theatrical manager's office. "Well," said the manager between puffs, "wait until the press agent gets here. Perhaps he can blow it open." ~-Yonkers Statesman. On the Other Side. "Is Mrs. Gaussip a friend of yours?" "No: she's a friend of my wife." "Isn't that the same thing?" "Not at all. She feels very sorry for my wife."?Stray Stories. Then Silence Was Profound. "Did you ever see a company of . J? J-1 women pen ecuy snent: "Yes, once. Some 6ne had asked which of those present was the eldest."?Boston Transcript. ...TC Atlanta ...VI/ Souther PREMIER CARRIES THURSDAY III ^ V V ~~ FRC Columbia, Rock Hill, Blac burg, Greenville, Greenwoo Westminister, and all interim Lv Newberry Excursion tickets will be g cial train and regular trains train as mentioned above. Excursion Tickets will be regular trains except New Y ited No. 38, to reach origina night Tuesday, June 22, 191 A RARE OPP< To Visit Atlanta tl the So BASEBALL At Atlanta with Mobile, J Birmingham June 21 and 22 Five Days i For further information app W. E. McGEE, S. H. Met Asst. Gen. Pacs. Agt. Dist. Pass. Columbia, S. C. Columbia, J. R. ANDERSON, Supt. B. R. R. R. Anderson, S. C. y Juvenile Logic. "Come, dear." said rbe mother of a little four-year-old miss: "it is frettinjz late, and you should be upstairs in bed." "But mamma." protested the little j nnp "it won't bp anv earlier up tbere than it is down here."?Exchange. Open to Any Offer. Young Mnn?So Miss Ethel is your eldest sister. Who comes after ber? Small Brother?Nobody ain't come yet. but pa says the first fellow that comes can have her.?Stray Stories. / The bee that gets the fcpney doesn't loaf around tbe hive.?Chicago News. Tommy'i Excuse. "Why did you stay away from school. Tommy T "Me mudder broke her arm.'* "But why did you stay away two days?" "She broke it in two places."?Boston Transcript Truly 80. "Something shocking happened to school this morning." "What was it?" "The galvanic battery got overCharged."?Baltimore American. No. 666 Thif is a prescription prepared especially for MALARIA or CHILLS & FEVER. Five or six doses will break any case, and if teken (hen as a tonic the Fever will not ( -- * ? > luHw than I return. n uu uu uiv utm u.-? , Calomel aod does not gripe or sicken. 25c DR. F. C. MARTIN Eyesight Specialist Examines the ^ Without the Use of Drugs Satisfaction Guaranteed , Office over Anderson's Dry Goods I Store. The Quinine That Does Net Affect The Head ' Because of its tonic and laxative effect, LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE is better than ordinary Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor ringing in head. Remember the full name and look .'or the ?y?3iature of E. W. 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