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FATAL RIDICULE. Youths of Ancient Alexandria Paid Fop Their Caustic Wit. In ancient days the impudent wit of the young Greco-Egyptian dandy was proverDia?, says Armur jti. r. rn-uuie Weigall in "'.I be Life and Times of Cleopatra." That was especially true in Alexandria, whose people were characterized by the Emperor Hadrian as "light, wavering, seditious, vain and spiteful, although as a body wealthy and prosperous." No sooner did a statesman assume office or a king come to the throne than the wags of the city gave him some Jl 1- 1- A.. scurrilous nr uue mat siut-a. iu uiui throughout the remainder of his life. Thus Ptolemy IX. was called "The Bloated.'* Ptolemy X. "The Vetch" and Ptolemy XIII. "The Piper." Seieucus they named "Pickled Fish Peddler." and in later times Vespasian was named "Scullion." When King Herod Agrippa passed through the city on his way to his insecure throne these young Alexandrians dressed up an unfortunate madman whom they had found in the streets, put a paper crown upon his head and a reed in his hand and led ^ 4Kw/s?i/?k +Ksv f/\rrn h a 4 i ? r* rr Kim Q Q JJ1LL1 IUIUU5U LUC ivnu, uaiuu^ uaui us/ king of the Jews and that in spite of the fact that Agrippa was the close friend of Caligula, their emperor. Against Vespasian they told, with delight the story of how he had pestered one of his friends for the payment of a trifling loan of G oboli. and some one made up a song in which that fact was recorded. They ridiculed Caracalla for dressing himself like Alexander the Great, although his stature was below the aver age, but in that case they had not reckoned with their man. His frightful revenge upon them was the almost total extermination of all the well to do young men in the city, whom he collected together under a false pretense and then butchered in cold blood. . SOUTH AMERICAN SAVAGES. A Tribe That Represents the Lowest Type of Civilization. In his book. "The Roosevelt-Rondon R/HAnHfip Exnedition." Mr. L. E. Miller describes a primitive tribe known as the Nhambiquara, who probably represent the lowest type of civilization to be fonnd anywhere on the South American continent. "As we drew up on the river bank the natives gathered about and stared at us curiously, but betrayed no hostile feelings. Colonel Rondon had but recently succeeded in establishing amicable relations with them. On his first visits to the country numbers of his men had been slain by their poisoned arrows, and they had resented his every step into their stronghold; but hav ing Deen persistently treated wnn smuness, they have learned to look upon him as a friend and always glad to see him. "In stature the Nhambiquara are short, but well built, and of a very dark brown color. Clothes are absolutely unknown to them, and virtually the only ornaments in their possession are strings of beads that they had received from Colonel Rondon. "Their huts, or malocas, are rude structures of grass or leaves, and they cultivate small areas of mandioca, but wilu fruits, game and wild honey form the principal articles of their diet Both in hunting and in warfare they use bows six feet tall, made of palm wood, and long bamboo arrows. Frequently hunting parties will go on long tramps through the jungle, subsisting entirely on the fruits of their prowess. At night they build a rude lean-to of branches, eat the game, which they roast in a roarincr fire, and then stretch them selves on the bare ground to sleep." The Frenchwoman and Hats. It is said to take much less money to start a millinery shop in France ibm in England, because it is not necessary to the French milliner to curry a stock of trimmed hats. The F ^ 'iwoninu it seems, cannot buy a In. + .itiytliinir else without seeing it co...,iieiely tin ished. The Frenchwoman lias imagi nation enough to picture the complete 1 article to herself and knows just bow she will look in it.?New York Tribune. Fortunate. "1 W1SD 10 tnailK you lor your great forbearance," said the departing guest. "Oh?er?don't mention it.'' answered the proprietor, with a slightly puzzled look. "I'm glad you're pleased." "Yes." continued'the d. g., "considering the rapacity of,the attendants in this hotel, 1 deem myself fortunate in not being locked in my room and held for ransom."?Birmingham Age-Herald. Blood Stains on Silk. To remove a blood stain made by a - ^ -ill. priCKea linger on any siu>. material place about four inches of white sewing silk in the mouth and moisten. Then roll into a ball and rub the spot gently, and the stain will disappear as if by magic. Just try it and see.?Woman's Home Companion. Tough Luck. "What kind of a husband did your sister get?" "Aw, she got a lemon. He makes her economize on clothes to pay for the candy and flowers he sent her before they were married."?Kansas City Journal. Why She Goes. "If T-rm don't likf hpr^ whv do YOU al ways accept her dinner invitations?" "I like to go and find fault with ev? erything she does." ? Detroit Free Press. Thrift muft be oar servant, not our master. r WET GUNGOTTON. i l/lore Stable Than Dry and Explodes Only From a Severe Shock, j Owing to its high percentage of nitro gen oxide, guncotton when exposed to I air in a dry state rapidly absorbs oxy! gen from the air and becomes very ; dangerous, exploding spontaneously or ; from slight shock. Dry guneotton in i unconfined mass merely burns with a I ] flash like gunpowder, onlv A^m-h uioiv j j rapidly; it does not exert *,>losivt* ef I ; feet unless confined, as in a shell. In I its dry state guncotton is seldom used for primers and detonators, as ii is too I unstable and will explode with a slight ! V-V1 ATJT OiiVt rk VI U?vn, The guncotton carried aboard war i ; vessels and submarines for the ex j ; plosive charge of torpedoes is always { wet guncotton. kept in air tight con-1 tainers to prevent evaporation of moisture. Wet guncotton can be exploded only by a severe shock; hence primers or detonators of some more powerful explosive are necessary, these exploding on impact of the torpedo against a ship's side and in turn exploding the 1 guncotton in the war head. Fifty to 100 j pounds is the usual charge of a tor; pedo. ; uramaiuy sare lr properiy biuweu i I away from heat and kept moist, gun- j j cotton becomes dangerous from liabil-1 1 ity to spontaneous explosion when a j j slight excess of acid is present, and | | constant and regular tests for acidity j ! are part of the duties of ordnance offi- j I cers of war vessels and ammunition | ; depots. Guncotton giving a high acid j | test is promptly condemned and eitber.i destroyed or reworked and washed.? ; American Druggist LAW OLD AND NEW. A Cynical View of Past Methods and Those of the Present. Law, more especially criminal law, has usually been an occult science. It is still the practice in Burma, we believe, to give two disputants candles of ! tlie same size, to be Jignted at tne ! same time. The one whose candle j burns longest gets judgment against : the other. I Less than 100 years ago a defendant ! in an English criminal trial appealed I to the ordeal of battle, and the court was more or less surprised to find that rhe ancient law on which he relied had j never been repealed. Determining a man's guilt or inno- | cence by his ability to walk on hot j plowshares or carry a hot iron or j ! drink a poisonous decoction or by j j throwing him bound into water has been practiced for ages among many I peoples. The medieval method of let-1 | ting accused and accuser fight it out j i with weapons was common over Eu- J ; rope. t Our modest ancestors confessed their inability to find the merits of the cause and so relegated the whole af-! fair to the intervention of supernatural agencies. The main difference is that ; we are less modest. Instead of the ordeal of battle or the old key and Bi-: Kirt, ?-ao+ tho "eipvo witch.'* we have UIC 4C^?l VI www . v - the defendant play a game of trip the court. If he can catch the judge put ting down an "i" dot ov<?r an "e" he ' wins and is pronounced innocent?Sat urday Evening Post Snuff and a Crook. Robert Pinkerton once told a storyi of his father, the founder of the de-j tective agency, which illustrates the | elder Pinkerton's caution. A noted 1 criminal was detained in Pinkerton's i Chicago office. The elder Pinkerton I left the room and when he returned took the precaution of holding a rei volver in front of him ready for use. i He saw the criminal standing by the j door with a snuffbox he had picked i up from Pinkerton's desk in his hand. "This is good snuff." affably re- j marked the crook as he took a sniff. ' "For the eyes or the nose?" asked Pinkerton, who knew that the crook j had intended to blind him in an effort ' to escape. "Well." remarked the criminal, "I'm sorry to say that the nose gets it this i time." i I ----- , I Flexibility of English. English is not only, as Richard Jef; feries asserted, the most expressive and flexible or' tongues, but also, in j ! Swinburne's opinion, the most musical. ; He proclaimed the lines? , Music that gentlier on the spirit lies Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes , to be unmatched for melody in any . ianguage. And few would venture to J contradict such a master of music and ! tongues. But surely French ranks next j i on the roll of languages. For clearness , | of diction it is unrivaled, and, thanks , to its aDunaance ui vuweis ^iusc uu one for every consonant), it flows rhythmically from the tongue. An Odd Apology. This is the classic apology of a celebrated. statesman of the last generai tion: "Mr. Speaker, in the heat of de- i bate I stated that the right honorable ' gentleman opposite was a dishonest j and unprincipled adventurer. 1 have now, in a calmer moment, to state j that 1 am sorry for it." One Lesson Learned. "In this practice to become a soldier ; your first lesson must be of prompt 1 and unquestioning obedience to your | superior officer." "That's all right, captain; I'm mar- j ried. What's the next lesson?"?Balti- j more American. The Old Family Tree. "What a lot of men get jobs on the ' strength of their ancestry!" "Yes. A good family tree has produced many a plum!"?New York Telegraph. j SALE OF HOUSE AM) LOT. The undersigned will sell at public outcry, to the highest bidder, before j the court house door at Newberry, S. j C. on salesday in December, 1915, be- j ing the 6th day of said month, immediaiely after the sales of the master,! the following described real estate, to-wit: All that piece and parcel of land in j the town of Newberry, county of Newberry, State of South Carolina, containing one-half (%) of one acre, more or less, bounded on the north by Boundary street, which street it fronts, on the east by lot of W. B. Timmermann, on the south by lot of James F Epting; and on the west by lot of Thos. E. Epting; said lot has located thereon five rooms. This house and lot is well located in a good residence section of j the town of Newberry. Terms of sale: One-half of the purchase price to be paid in cash, the balance on a credit of twelve months, the credit portion to be evidenced by note of the purchaser, bearing interest at eight per cent per annum from date of sale, and containing the usual stipulation of 4 en per cent attorneys' fees, in case of forced collection, which note is to besecured by the purchaser's mortgage of the premises; purchaser to pay for the execution of papers, required revenue stamps and recording fees; purchaser shall have the right, if he so desires, to pay all or any part of the credit portion in cash. Purchaser will be required to deposit with cur attorneys, Blease & Blease, immediately upon bidding in said property, the sum of one hundred dollars as an evidence of his good faith and as a guarantee that he will comply with the terms of sale within five days of the d2te of sale. The above described real estate is covered by mortgages to J. L. Burns, the Commercial Bank of Newberry, S. C., and the Newberry Savings Bank, TTrvrwn oAmnlion/>a -urffh the* forms r*f VUUIpilttUVV T* 4VU WUV w sale by the purchoser, 'the amount or the purchase price will be applied to the discharge of said mortgages and the purchaser will be given possession of said premises free of all liens and incumbrances. Amy further information desired as to the said property, or as to the title of the same, cs.n be had from Blease & Blease. MRS. LENA WHITMAN, E. M. SCHUMPERT, IMRS. LIZZIE SCHUMPERT. Newberry S. C., November 12. 1915. NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE Having decided to devote my whole attention to my shop business, I will sell on salesday in December, 1915, which will be the 6th day of the month, in front of the new court house door, in the town of Newberry, immediately after the master's sales, a public auction, twenty acres of land, situated and being in the town of Silverstreet, Newberry county, South Carolina, adjoining the lands of D. G. Livingston, Mrs. B. M. Havird, H. 0. Long, D. L. Ham and perhaps otherwise. iTerms of Sale: One-half of the purchase money cash on the day of sale and the residue thereof payable twelve months after date, with interest from date, the deferred payment to be evidenced by the note and mortgage of th? purchaser. Purchaser to pay for execution of the papers, proper revenue stamps and recording fees. G. TOM BLAIR. November 15, 1915. .NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned as administrator of the estate ci Geo. W. Glymph, deceased, will make a final settlement on said estate as such administrator in the office of the probate judge of Newberry county on ^Thursday, Decemger 2, 1915, and immediately tnereaiter appiy ior letters dismissory as such administrator. All persons holding claims against said estate will present the same duly attested to the undersigned on or before that date and all persons indebted to said estate will make payment. WM. H. GIST, Administrator Geo. W. Glymph, Deceased. Nov. 1, 1915. SALE BY ADMINISTRATRIX. By virtue or tne autnoruy xo me given in a decree of the Honorable Thomas G. McLeod, special judge presiding. in the court of common pleas for Newberry county, South Carolina, in the case of J. D. Wheeler, plaintiff, against Willie May Matthews, et al., defendants, and by virtue of an order of Hon. C. 0. Schumpert, judge of probate for Newberry county, I will offer for sale, and sell, to the highest bidder, for cash, at the late residence of John W. Mathews deceased, in No. 7 i township, Newberry county, South Carolina, on Tuesday, the 7th day of December. 1915, beginning at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, the personal property of the late John W. Matthews, deceased. consisting of and including the fol1/">Tvin cr + n_Tcif Six (6) mules; two hour-horse wagons; eight sets of wagon harness; plow stocks; one buggy and buggy i harness for same; farming irnple i ments; houst-hold and kitchen furniture, etc. : J WILLIE MAY MATHEWS, * ^ ^ ??Jv aP f V> a T7 L'to f A r\f I Ilia 11 ail 1A Ui tlic uotu.^ vy^ | I LA>D SALE. If not sold before at private sale, the following described lot or parcel of land will be offered at public auction before the court house door at Newberry on salesday in December, 191"), to the highest bidder, immediately after the master's sal^s: "All that lot, piece or parcel of land situated, lying and being in Newberry county and state aforesaid containing two and one-half acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of Maggie Brown, Tom Shealy and the estate of Jacob Perkins." Terms of sale cash. For further information address Box 26, R. F. D., Prosperity. Nov. 15, 1915. 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This is Number of Serbs Invaders T I IIAIC t?{>IUICU< Berlin, Nov. 27 (by wireless to Sayville).?"The number of Serbian prisoners taken by the German-A.ustroHungarian and Bulgarian troops/' says the Overseas News agency, "is 101,000 officers and men. if he invad ? ~ olc/\ Vicuo rocr?ii*v? 2000 Jtl^ IUI ICO aiov/ uu.> v/ * v/wvwvv. ? Austro-Hungarians who had been made prisoners by the Serbian:, but later abandoned durinf the hasty retreat of King Peter's forces. "With the cap'-ure of the Serbian towns of iV'itrovitsa and Pristina," the news agency adds, "the last section of the railroad from Uskup to Mitrovitsa was wrested from the Serbians. CHARTER RENEWED BY C? N. & L. RAILROAD Secretary of7 Stiite Has Issued Renewal of Their Charter in Perpetuity. Columbia", Nov. 27.?The Columbia, Newberry and Laurens railroad today secured a renewal of their charter, from the secretary of state. 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(I i =^=_= e Family?Both Leaders m i Line RjJS?3i| I I 3us to - -A <rV>T|^Vt^ ih that ? - -k. a ? - :j -| sense, farm help, fiction, fashion, e entire family at i PRICES 1 ) AND NEWS 1 :lean-cut, live, up-to-date county ret you all the local sows and the I le great war. great bargain. M 1 .50 skly?52 big issues 1.00 .50 $3M ARGAIN OFFER I aeh lor only $198 1 or all three). V at once to > Aisin NFW.fi? I r i A v v w RY, S. C. I SMALL VERDICT GIVEN 1 >! >egro Gels One Hundred. Dollars in 9 Lexington. ? .." '? Le..rgtou, riov. 20.?Jno. C. Counts, ^ a negro, wae today awarded a verdict-J| of $100 in the Lexington county court 1 of cr.tcn.c.: pl-a> against the .Parr* Shoals Power company. Counts sought to recover the sum of $15,000 alleged \ finmaires to h's p:? r^^ty lying along Canr.f.i;'.-: c/eeV:, in this county, occa- I sioned, as he claimed, by reason of'the M i construction of a 35 foot dam across Broad river at Parr Shoa's. . ! 'The jury reached an agreemnt at J 12:15 last night, after deliberating for more than -six hours. At the suggestion of R. B. Herbert and Judge C. M. Efird of counsel for the Parr Shoals Power company, the jury visited the lands of the plaintiff, leaving Lexington : at 9:15 yesterday morning in charge of M Sheriff Sim J. Miller and three depu ties, four automobiles having been I brought into use to convey the jurors. ! By an agreement between the at tor-J neys for the plaintiff and defend^XjUi^B ? - "Jo. reached on Wednesday aneruwu, m | Beverley Herbert, representing the de- I fendant, and George Bell Temmerman, if. representing the plaintiff, accampanied JH the jurors, each representing their re--?B spective sides. The entire trip uras fl i i made without incident and the jurors seemingly enjoyed the long aad tire- H some drive, the occasion affording them an opportunity to view, perhaps, the greatest development of water ever , attempted in this state, and most of the jurors had never been upon the I grounds before. m. ! Encircle Globe With 'Wireless Phone, li j New Rork, Nov. 27.?Wireless telei phony soon will extend around the world, Secretary Daniels told to guests i M I at a banquet at Lotus club in honor of I John J. Carty, who recently extended the uses of the wireless telephone. j At Fnp hanauet table were telephones fl connecting with the wireless stations ifl at San Francisco and elsewhere. mH The HeroH and Itew'g and four good maarazine for obIj $L40 for a year.