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J wise guy, mm Knew Just What to Do With That f Little Book. Recital of Tragedy in the Gibbs Home-1 stead Decided His Course of etian Without Necessity of Long Thinking. heard that Mrs. Gibbs is going to leave home." was the spicy bit of gossip with which Mrs. I'arlin met her husband after he had parked his little motor car in the back yard. ^"No!" gasped Parlin, dramatically. P"Yes!" came back his wife. "Until Gibbs gets the house decorated?which will be about a year from now, at the speed he is traveling on the job. And I J PJ don't blame Mrs. Uii>l>s. it you ai- i tempted to do wb.it Gibbs is doing I'd . leave for mothers for an indefinite | period. "The Gibbs family always called in j expert decorators to do their work { until this year. Now Gibbs is suffering j from an attack of economy, and he : figures he could do the work himself-j and put the saving into Victory bonds, or spare parts for his car. "He bought a book called 'How to Do Tour Own Housecleaning,* for ten , cents, and began to memorize the j th|ng. The book was so full of statis- j tics and specifications that he soon i became addle brained trying to figure , Jt out. "One chapter was devoted to paint- j ing. It explained minutely how one > could figure out the surface of the j walls and by multiplyihg the diinen- { cirmc hv cnmothinp- or nther find out I exactly how much paint would be ! * needed for the job. ' "GIbbs figured out that it would take j 55 gallons of various colors to do the j ; work. He ordered up a wagon load \ of paint and began. "When Gibbs got through painting j he found that he had 37 gallons still ' untouched. But as he had opened all- j the cans as soon as he got thein, he j A j. J.1 4. ? *1^ ^ ; r-. i COUlU noi reium mem to mc jmhh ; *> man in exchange fpr anything else. "Gibbs lost a tidy sum on llie paint ' job, and even more on his wall paper- ! v ( ing. He ordered enough paper to cover j the side of a warehouse, and when he ; got through papering, his living and dining rooms he had them matched all wrong and the 8S rolls left over were j in tatters: He mixed 23 gallons of j . paste, basing his figure on the book, and had 19 buckets unused' when he fell off the ladder and broke his shoul- j * ? der blade." x i "So jM'N. Gibbs is jroins Jto leave poor Gibbs alone with his broken i shoulder?" ' | "She will?unless he changes his I mirwl ohnnt. thf> wnrk. Tf lie I persists she isv likely to do anytliiug, j ?for she is in a, desperate frame of 1 mind." ^ Parlin reached irtto an inner pocket and drew forth a little hook called j "How to Do Your 6wn Houseclean- I ing." He tore the book into small \ scrfps and threw them at the cat. He | didn't look at his wife, for he knew she woald -understand. _'. \ ' / Airplane Surgery. Great interest has been aroused In | Ports hv tho tH?l flight of a new air- I plane, invented by the engineer Nerairovsky and Dr. Tilmont. The new machiue, which is called the **aerochir," is designed to place promptly at the service of men wounded in warfare, or persons injured in serious accidents, all the resources of medical science, and if necessary to ? carry them back to the hospital. Everything required for surgical and X-ray work is provided on board the airplane, including an operating table, and even an Ingeniously constructed collapsible tent which can be erected on the scene of an accident within two or three minutes. Two models of the "aerochir" have nnu /<onnh)o nf parrv uccn uroi^u^u, vnv vuyM?/tv v? %I . ing four injured persons in addition to | the necessary apparatus, and the other j much larger, capable of carrying a medical and surgical staff of ten persons, and bringing back. If necessary, as many as twelve injured. Anxious to Please. The mistress of the house engaged a new servant and gave her instructions how to behave when answering > her bell. One evening she rang for o fflaoo r\t millr and w?<5 snmrisefl ! a v* - ? - j to see Martha appear with the glassgrasped in her hand. "Oh, Martha!" she said, "always bring the milk to me on a tray." Martha apologized, and promised to remember In future. A week later the bell rang, and the same request was made. This time Martha appeared with the tray and the milk emptied into it. Anxionft to nlease, she curtsied, find , inquired: "Shall I bring a spoon, ma'am, or will you lap it up?'?London Answers. Teach Sailors to Swim. Merchant mariners must know how to 8 win*. The United States shipping board has addod lessons in swimming to its course for apprentices. It is said that a?y number of seamen^ picked at randoui. and compared with an equal number of men picked from hind industries. will show about 25 per cent fewer men a!>Ie to care for themselves in the water. Many sailors are unable to iwirn even a few strokes. G?*at Vegetable Crop. value of farm vegetables Hi 1P18 f* t*e farms Of the United States weu fl.24fc000.000, or 7.6 per cent of ,*11 tana cr??ps. ? > THE TROUSSEAU IN CHINA I How It Figures When Pians Are Made for Marriage of Daughter of Family. WliPti I was ten years old my serv- | ing woman made a mark here in the middle of my forehead. It was made with red face paint and had to he re- 1 newed every time I went outside the coinpounil. That sign meant that I was old enough to become engaged, and that my parents would consider offers for ine. Soon after, an old woman came to see me. She made my serving woman remove all my clothing. Then she looked me over. She made'me thread a needle?to test my eyes. She made mo sew a seam?to try my skill. She looked at my reern. and pinehed my body nil over?to see if I was healthy. Tlu?n she went away. One day, when I was twelve. I heard my mother talking about me?with the % old woman who had been to see me before. They were talking: about my ! clothing. The middle woman said I should have four p:iirs of silk trousers iinri three of cotton. I was also ; to have six white undergarments of. cotton, and four linen for the hot weather. My outer garments were all to be of silk, ami all must have1 embroidery about them. Two heavy j garments were to be lined with silk, j and padded with new cotton. These i were to wear in the cold weather. They i talked Jialf a day about my trunks. ! The middle woman held out -that I j should have four, all covered with pig- , skin, but my mother was determined j I should have only two. At Inst it j was agreed that I should have three J pig-skin trunks and two boxes eov- | ered with plain cloth. When they j came to an agreement about anything j a teacher wrote it down, so there j would be no forgetting after. He \ would read it over to them often and had to change the writing when one ! or the others said they did not so under- j stand. The middle woman grew very i angry when they were talking about \ the bedding I should have, and left j the court. A servant/ called he'r and j she returned. All the while they were : talking about me I felt most impor-.; tant, for I Tv'.d never before. had a { value placed <ui me. Ph< n I thought , I hadrnot understood my mother all I my life. She had always treated me with unconcern, because I was not a j boy, and now she was pointing out all my good qualities and setting a value , on each of them. Then they told me; I was to be married. I was to marry j a man I had never seen and they would ; not even tell me his name. I asked my -mother if he might cone to our ! court and play with me. She scolded i :ne. lie lived ei.uiit miles a\v.\v, and j c<.\ul(l not coine that distance just to see me. Silly child.?Asia Magazine, j j Plenty of Room Behind.; ' ? A mule tvas brought and tied near: the group.head headquarters and some one asked to whom it belonged. One of the young second lieutenants sug-j gested that It must be the chaplain's mount. At the officers* mess that J evening the joke was sprung on the! chaplain, a aignineu conege ya?ic?wi in civil life. "Where did you get yonr fine mount we saw tied up out there this afternoon, chaplain?" queried one of the young officers. I "From Missouri," was the prompt! answer, and without a flicker of a j smile. "I think we ought to have the chap-J lain head our review tomorrow on that j mule, and we would all come parading j along behind him," said the mis- j chievous lieutenant. "There is one thing certain," replied the chaplain, "you would not crowd: him." Radium Production in United States.! C. H. Viol, writing in Science, states j that the total production of radium I element in the' United States down to 1910 is about 55 grams, which is probably more than half the total radium produced In the world. During the war, with no carnotite exports, j the greatest part of the world's ra-i diuin supply has been produced in this country. In 1918 the United States produced 13.6 grams. With regard to a discussion that has occurred concerning the amount of radium that can be produced from the carnotite fields, Mr. Viol says that the carnotite holdings of the Standard Chemical company, which comprise about 350 claims and are the largest holdings under the control of a single concern, are estimated to be capable of yielding at least 500 grams of radium.? Scientific American. Twins Six Time#. Mrs. Dowinton, a resident . in Guernsey, has given Dirtn 10 six stusi of twias in 11 years. She also has, ten other children. , Of this remarkable family 18 are living, and the case was reported to the king and recommended for special notice. Seeing that the record was so remarkable and that the family was a deserving one, his majesty sent a donation. This is not to be confused with the "king's bounty." which Is claimable only in the case of triplets.?LoikIod Chronicle. Makes Pine Needles. * h.iC >mpn nntfiitfd which I A UIOV\M^i; MU.j ?v^.. r Is of jrreat interest and value in connection with the textile industry. ISy the process patonted there is obtained a useful substitute for cotton and jute from pine needles. The needles are first of all rendered chemically solit'ole and- then thoroughly mixed by mech:;nical mer.'.is, whereupon the fibrous innterial thus obtained can be spun on any ordinary cotton-spinning machine. DEFIED MORALLAWj i l Why Kaiser and His Huns Were Defeated. ; Like Every Thing of Evil the Seeds ?f It# Own Destruction Were Born With Autocratic Madness, Pastor Believes. A group of men were standing round the fireplace at the country cUib after their game of golf. They were discussing the cause of Germany's defeat. One laid it to the food shortage, another to American forces, another to the diplomacy of the allied governments, which had ranged against Germany virtually the whole of the civilized world. Just at that point, Dr. Edgeworlh, the pastor of a local church, joined ho crmii) Vim! tliev tnrned to him for his opinion. The good doctor thought a moment, and then he said slowly. "You meo know me well enough, I think, to feel that I am not so narrow that every thought I have ends in a church spire. And so you won't think me guilty of a pious platitude when 1 say that I firmly believe that the determining factor in Germany's defeat was God. "Do you remember," he continued, "what Victor Hugo said about Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo? It runs: this way: 'Was it possible for Napoleon to win at Waterloo? We answer, No. Why? Because of Wellington? No. Because of Blucher? No. Because of the rain? No. Because of God. It was time this vast man should fall. He had been impeached before the throne of the in- j finite orwi luc fnll hjwl been decreed.' i And then Victor Hugo adds, 4Xapo-1 leon bothered God.'" "But I don't see how Hugo can! prove it," replied one of the men. "No, he couldn't prove that the in-J tc-rvention of God defeated Xapoleon at Waterloo," answered the doctor, "not with mathematical precision. This sort of 'evidence is the most ticklish ! in the world, but I henrd an ofiicer j from overseas say thai lie could lay j his finger on 110 less than three in- j stances where nothing but a miracle; saved tli<? allies. "There are certain historical inci-1 dents that ?;et written down as bear-j 'ng marks of the intervention of find.! _i* - .......7 Cy*OM!c*1I ' 1 no storm mm ut'iHuni mc oi/an . pumada is one. and men are begin . i r.ing to look at the first battle of the j Marne as another. (Competent authori- j ties tells us that the German defeat! cannot be adequately \ explained 011 j human grounds. If it is,' true, as Herbert Spencer savs, that we live in tlie presence of a moral order, then something must happen when that order is violated. That Germany violated that order no one doubts, and when it did so it was fighting against the 1 stars in their courses. "The text that has been running) ttirou0i my 110:1(1 ever smw uci mmi,! crumpled is, 'Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts,' and I get a lot of comfort as I think of it. Ours is a wonderful world. Wonderful for its chemistry, wonderful for its geometric precision, wonderful for its vital processes, but most wonderful of all for j the moral purpose streaking it like | veins of gold. The world is pitched I to good? Its movement is that way. j Eve/y evil thing has, therefore, the. seeds of its own destmction born with j it. Your Pharaohs, ' Swnaeherihs. i Neros. Attilas, Mohammeds. Alvas, Na-! poleons and Kaiser Willielm II's continually arise, putting the nations in f^ar and threatening to uproot civilization itself. But there is always some rock on which their armadas! split; some Moscow in which their ar-j mies perish."?Youth's Companion. I Answered. Mrs. Hughes, wife of the Australian j premier, is very fon<f of children and j has a fund of anecdQtes concerning I them. One she is fond of telling concerns a visit she paid to a certain elementary school in Melbourne shortly before starting for England. j Among the questions put by the mistress to her little pupils was the following: <CN*nn/>cirio- too had hnnrrterl a shiD " V >mv. - " last nlglit and steamed a hundred miles due southwest, where should we he ?ow?" the correct answer being, of course, 'Off the coast of Tasmania.'" There was a moment of breathless silence, and then a tiny girl in the front row, who had just recently. It transpired, returned from a rather rough and stormy sea trip, piped out shrilly: "In the cabin, ma'am, sick."?TitBits. I- CkU Cat** I crcviUf gmp UMWVI. Although it was declared that wooden ships could be built fast enough and strong enough to outwit the submarine, they cannot be built to escape their own most deadly enemy, the shipworm. or teredo. This animal or worm eats away the wooden ship in much the same manner that cancer eats awa.v the human body, but it Is so small when it first inserts itself into the wood that the closest inspection fails to j show the'warning pin bole. Once'in. the wood, however, it eats its \v;iv! along. growing steadily, and when aj nmnfitv of these tiny worms g?>t intr? vr" a slnp they turn it into a veritable' sponge honey combed by tunnels. The teredo is more common on t)je; western cnasr than on this, and co:>, per or. '?-ealled copper paint is sa;r: to be the ojh> way to protect woodes:i ships from becoming infested. Ti E E E ATTEND SUMR At WIN June 1 / Faculty of exper Courses of Stuch and College. n:.i: l 1 _ J LSiSLiiiguisueu ru surroundings, large, i swimming pool, tenn For bulletin, add jjMWiMBMiiPiB; | $500 mc | of a Mas | mere siz< m devic its p: The oil size?a few 50 pounds i 1 things tha j? Then y jj a car as a jj For it i IS car and an =-= B The' ch; real merit | The M; * all of one r f" / [ That m I I "temperan j| tain, and a jj A largi i| smaller cai :?? | CAI / I?? WINTHROP COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE EXAMINATION. The examination for the award of vacant scholarships in TVinthrop College and for the admission of newstudents will be held at the countv court house on Friday, July 4th, at 9 a. m.. and also on Saturday, July Vi .,t O o m fr\r tVinso whrt wish tC /ill, ill. U. , 1**., AVTA ~ Tl A A vs make .ip bv examinations additional units required for full admission to (he Freshman Class of this institution. The examination on Saturday, July 5; SACHER SETTER POSITIONS SETTER WORK? IETTER SALARY? dERSOTHROP C< 7-July 25, Rock Hit W ' ienced teachers. j\ Primary Work, Grade ucators rfor short lectur cool dormitories, library < is courts. ress D. B. JOHN 9 w?? >re than the pric ;well will buy yoi b only IP a Maxwell has every sing je that any car selling .witl rice possesses. ly thing an extra $500 will r inches of wheelbase, 2 in( i more of engine, and 5 c t a $20 note would easily c< ou run the risk of not getti Maxwell. \ 4 N is one thing to build a 10 -^1 ^ cn nnn tt, LUIIICJL IL> UUJLLU <x cl yi ances are in favor by far of in the latter. ixwell has a'record run oi nodel?behind it. eans sureness of design, frc lent," reliability plus, econc: lways a ready market valu ar car costs more to mz r has less luxury. SOLINA AUTO NEWBERRY, S. C. will be used only for making admission -units. The scholarships will be awarded upon the examination held on Friday, July 4th. Applicants must < not be less than 16 years .of age. When scholarships are vacant aftor July 4th, they will be awarded to ] those making the highest average at this examination, provided thev meet i | the conditions governing the award. Applicants for scholarships should I. write to President Johnson for scholarship examination blanks. These blanks, properly filled out by the applicant, should be filed with President I !S >? 1UUL 3LLEGE !, S. C. i Work, High School e courses, pleasant af 20,000 volumes, [SON, President. ft I. M ore gallon ?H A/or? Mtfc on iiru = !&r p? ; ' I ' " ;le modern jj , lin $500 of procure is I >1 ;hes of tire, f ] r 10 other H j over. jjj | ng as good jj 1" 1 * f I ' ,000 a year 1 j . 3ar car. a J fc *j n 5=3 >. finding the . | i f 300,000? ^ | | I ?edom from K ; Tiy for cer- I .e. ; H ' 3 'IS untain. ?)l * iWf, 1 r*r\ m I' * 1 " 1 ! Johnson by July 1st. Scholarships are worth $100 and? free tuition. The next session willopen September 17, 1919. For further information and catalogue, address President D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C. ( \OTTCF. Xo jury cases will be heard at the May term of court, hence jurors who* have been summoned need not come. Jno. C. Goggans, 5-6 2t C. C. C. 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