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^ x u^ouajf f xuaivii xj xv?* EASY TO BAMiSH THE "BLUES" Undue Despondency Can Be Cured by Attention to Diet and Cultivation of Optimism. A fit of thp i* ns mnrh an Intoxication as a drunken spree, and > a bad attack may disqualify a person for wise and efficient action as thoroughly as alcoholic intoxication. A person subject to the "blues" should in his most lucid and optimistic moments resolve to make no important decision, and to set a special jniard over his conduct, while under , the influence of the flood of poisons to which the condition is due. The real ev.re for the "blues'* lies in prevention ?y removing causes. The foul breath and coated tongue notin these cases are abundant evidence of the poisonous origin of the "blues." The adoption of a poison. free diet is almost invariably followed quickly by a change in the mental state. It is important, then, that we culti vate optimism and forcing the mind into optimistic- channels of thought. This can best be accomplished hy reading optimistic authors and talking k with optimistic people. An excellent ? jkkm is to set oneself the task of curing some other neurasthenic suffering from his pessimism, by deluging him with optimistic ideas and expressions. Atlopt a diet that will introduce poison-free foods into the dietary and assist the elimination organs in carrying -out as rapidly as possible the poison? that may be formed in the natural body functions. These things are not miraculous, but can be adopted into one's daily life with the utmost ease. ZEfcOUS OPPONENT OF DYES Objection Made hy English Quaker Was That They Led to Concealment of Dirt. John Woolman, tlie Quaker, refused 4a timnM - liin/? Kn/J Ka/mi iv ucaii Aiuuuug tlid t tuui urru dyed. He earrled his scruples so far that he* wore a bat that was of the natural color of the fur, thereby presenting, as one of his biographers remarks, Hie asp?fct of a sort of Robinson Crusoe. One of John Woolman's / objections to dyes was that they concealed dirt. Traveling often in wet weather tUroHglr narrow streets, he ^as frequently distressed by various Impurities-?especially when his journeys took film to places where cloth had:'" been dyed, so that at sundry times he hod to 'walk over ground where much of their dyfcstr.fTs has drained aw^y/' This produce.! in his mind a great1 longing "that [reople > might eetme into clennness of spirit, ^ cleanness of person and cleanness about their houses and garments." As a further reason against dyes he argupd that the'spirit that would hide <nrt -tenns rortne concealment or anything tlmt may be materially or morally disagreeable, ami is therefore contrary to sincerity. He contender! r tttat if the money spent onvlyeiug were demoted to tlie promotion of cleanliness | much good in every way would result . Carrier Pigeons in. Warfare. The use of carrier pigeons is very ancient In the Orient and was brought > t? the attention of Europe at the time of .the First crusade, when the Saracens were found to have the birds in regular use for the conveyance of information. The Christian commanders employed falcons to chase and inter^ f cept this pigeon post on several oeca( siuns, and on others caught the tired \' birds, substituted misleading messages \ for those they wert? carrying, and sent \ them 011 to deceive the enemy. The JUobammedan sovereign Nureddin used carrier pigeons for welding together tho uninil'P Al f- though, the use continued, it was not until the Franco-Prussian war of 187(1 y ttmt pigeons were again -of conspicuous public service. During the siege of-.Paris constant communication was maintained, between the besieged city ami the outside world by means of t&e carrier birds. Subsequently the Cj?j*maii, French and other European ^pyernnients established regular pigeon cb^ps and thousands of birds were trained and kept for use as messen* V F:rr*er Points of Everyone. The Argentines have carried the use of finger prints further than perhaps aay other nation, writes Harry A. Frunck in the Century Magazine. Eveu school eiia'dren taking formal examinations must decorate their papers ' . >aatli thumb print as a protectiou against forgery. Both photograph and "cedula*' are produced by a welltrained public stafl' in well-arranged public oiilces, in which the prints <>f all ten fingers of the applicant are filed away umler the number inscribed ou bis "librcto" (identification papers? v every citizen of Buenos Aires lias a booklet of identification), and wliert courteous attendants bring him into Contact with* the lavatory facilities which he requires before again displaying his hands to a pulchriiudiuoiw public. I? Thursday (Trior's Day). Feople born on Thursday will live to a good old age, and obtain great wealth. They wi.l be successful in marriage and business, though some4. what liable to accidents. Honesty, discretion, and piety will be theirs, and th<\v will stand high in church and state. They may umrry twice ami there ?> little doubt they will have mai.-** rb'idieu. Their health will be geod throughout ihelr life and thej *ua\ liv?i to "be ovgr eighty. r SOME OLD LONDON THEATERS District of Slioreditch Had the First Building Erected for Purely Dramatic Purposes. was a tinip shortly :iftor th<* [ | first theater was opened in London, , when the opposition to the new form . of entertainment was so great that an ordinance was passed by parlia> ment for the compulsory closing of , these "palaces of amusement," and making it a crime to be present as a [ spectator at a play. This was In 1G42, when only two theaters existed in London. The first building specially erected for dramat; 1c purposes was built by an actor, James Burbage, at Shoreditch. in 1576, , and called the Theater. A year or so later a second theater known as the , Curten was opened, also at Shoreditch, and these two playhouses catered to London audiences until the 'OS>lUll ??l inr: liivinvi.-'. When plays were once more permitted several new theaters opened, I including the Globe, fat Southwark, { which was built by James Burbage, j the Rose and the Blaelfcfyiars and j Whitefriars theaters. ! Probably the most luxurious of these . | early theaters was the Fortune, built | by Edward Allevn, an actor, in 1590, | and so christened because it cost its j owner the then fabulous sum, includ! in** thp f?rnnml it- stood on. of ?1.320. j O- r ! The only illumination during the per.! forinance was that afforded by cv.ndlej light, gas being unknown until 3S17, J when the first performance by gasi light was given at Drury Lane. I DOCTOR SERVED COSTLY DISH ; Unexpected Guests Caused Sacrifice of Blooded Pigeons to Set Forth Required Meal. I | The favorite avocation of a widely j known surgeon is his model farm near ! Chicago. It pays no profit except^reat ! pleasure. He is hospitable, always askj ing friends to dinner. One Sunday ; about nooii 14 unexpected guests ar| rived. His wife was aghast. "My i goodness," she said, "we haven't a i thing to give them." | "Oh, anything will do;" said the docJ tor. . i Kn tins indv of the house consulted ..j the cook. j "What about that crate of pigeons I out in the barn?" asked the cook. ; "How many are there?' 'asked the ! iad.v. . i "About eighteen." was the answer. ! "Well, wring, their necks and fix i them up." i "Dinner was served and the large ! platter of squabs was brought to the j table. ' j "What's that?" exclaimed the doci for. j "Now. Fred,' just go ahead and i serve," said his wife. t "Jttut wnai are uieser lit; trai?watu lated. i "Jv.st some pigeons we found in the i barn." she answered. , i "(ireat Scott!" he exclaimed, "those ,! pigeons cost $23 apiece!"?Journal of ' the American Medical Association. ' / Ben Frarfklin Took Poker Into Parrs. In Paris poker* was first introduced ! by Benjamin Franklin, ^ first United : j States ambassador, who taught mem? . Wore nf the* rniivt tlmt nrttpr lint! ' | inoes beat a mile. To this day a group i of u*hite-haired Frenchmen, descendj auts of the club Franklin founded, j meet every nighiat six o'clock on tlse ' j first floor of the Tavern Royale and j play poker, with many ejaculations ; and the most absorbed seriousness un* ; j til it is time for dinner. They numi ber among them two millionaires, the ! ( head of a famous dressmaking linn, a ; senator and a famous Socialist author. ' j and they play with sous as chips and j a limit of 50 centimes?about 7 cents j at present rate of exchanj#?#11 the j game. ? One of Franklin's peculiarities was ! a contention that a flush beat a full I house, and even now (lie majority of f Frenchmen play that way. Wood That Docs Not Rot. The wood ox" tfle mangrove tree, which is found in French Guiana, is considered by the French as a wood that will not rot. All exposure and j efforts to break 'down its fiber in four years' experiments by the French railway service have been useless. ! The grain of the wood i* so close ! as practically to exclude all moisture. Its density is placed at 110, as against i "?0 for fir and 70 for oak. In addition to this closeness of fiber the man? grove has a large amount of tanning i in its composition. This protects it 1 from insects and such blights as molt! and damp. While not as brittle as I oak, it has twice the resistance to I flexion and has about the same poi | tency against crushing and twisting. '! ?: No Exchange. 1 "There's one thing about selling postage stamps," said the tired ' druggist. ' "What is it:" asked the customer, "Theve's no protit in the deal, ot' ' course, but it's one thing I sell that my customers don't bring back and want to exchange for something else." ?Detroit Free Press. M : j Embarrassment. 1 "Of course," remarked Senator Sor ghum, "I was proud to have a vote so . overwhelmingly in my favor. And yet > it has its disadvantages." ' "In what way?" "I am compelled to feel a sense of 1 obligation toward everybody who ! votes for me; and u landslide makes ' the number so great that I can scarce1/ keep up vvitii the responsibilities.'^ ?-r-? )? . . 4 I LYDIAfJS HAD FIRST COINAGE I ! | j Treasure Deposited In the Temples j Ws.s Impressed With Badge op ' Symbo'. of Divinity. I . " So far as 1^ known, tim> i,yui:ms. ! says Herodotus, first Introduced g<>ld ! and silver coin. The invention was j not far to seek. Treasure cam? to be 1 deposited* for safety in the temples, i ; where it was consecrated to the care | j of the divinity by being impressed with j i a badge or symbol. The sacred sym- | i bol being accepted as guarantee of j value, the pieces of metal so inip^ssed i found easy circulation. The earliest j Lydian coins extant, deriving, probably from the reign of Gyges (about 700 B. j i are bean-shaped himjw of native ! j Lydian gold, blenched with silver, j i Each coin bears on its obverse nie j j figure of a lion and on its reverse the ' j impress of the nail-head serving to j i keep the in eta 1 in place, while being j i struck. From Lydia the one-sided coin i j spread throughout the coasts and islands of the Aegean sea, each city issuing coins bearing the symbol of its divinity. In Greece the earliest coins of silver, with the figure of the tortoise on the obverse, are said to have j been struck by Pheidon of Arjros. To ! Solon, about ">90 B. C., Is ascribed the j ! introduction into Alliens of the tetra- ! j drachm, on its obverse the head of Athene, on its reverse an owl. Sparta i enjoyed all to itself the luxury of a !, j purely iron coinage. The Greek coins J j from 4S0 to 300 It. C. marked a great j I advancement in the ?*a.v of art, and j j Anthenian money was the chief medi- i ' *? rr ^ V?i c nor!A/I I Ul!i <n r.\uir.ii^r j.v ....... , Other nations later adopted their own j coinage, which ha* continued to iin- I prove with the advance of civilization, j i HAVE BEER ALWAYS ON "TAP" ] | Beverage Free to All Members of Af- | rican Tribe, but Little Drunkenness is Reported. j Anions the Madi or Moru tribes o? : the White Nile in Africa, there ex- j J ists a form of municipal brewery that ; j would make a great hit among the ; j thirsty in America. A special house j I is set aside for. it, and all the women ; of the tribe spend part of their lime j in making beer from millet seed, j White men who have tasted it de- j clare it to l>e a first-rate drink of ; fine flavor and heady results. The ! beer is kept in enormous jars, and i I to each jar is attached a number of ! gourd dippers. The beer is free to j anyone or everyone, the uflly re- j striction being that it be drunk in ; | the brewery and not with meals. In ; spite of this freedom the tribe mem- j bers seldom get drunk. To make sure their women will stay j on as brew-masters and riot go running j off with other m^n from nearby tribes, ! the girls are taken when ten or twelve j years old and laid on the ground while | a sharp stone is used to pry and knock j * !?.? */.?! imiwif ntwl Iftn-OP lnpi?firs I J i/Ul Uic XUUL (iUU IV?? V4 j The resulting effect is anything but ! beautiful?as the intention was. The ! clothing of the women consists of a ! string worn around the waist, and j changed only when it gets so dirty j that it cannot be seen against the i dark skin.?Detroit News. I , i The Human Species. The human species, according to the j best theory I can form of it, is com- : po?ed of two distinct races, the men j i who borrow aim tne men who ienn. I To these original diversities may be j I reduced all those impertinent classifi- j j cation* of Gothic and Celtic tribes. ! white men, black men, red men. All 1 the dwellers upon the earth. Par- j thians, Medes and Elamites, flock hith- j j er jind do fall in naturally with one | or the other distinction. The infinite j superiority of the former, which I ; J choose to designate as the great race, ' j Is discernible in figure, port and a ' j certain instinctive sovereignty. The i i Intftjr nrp lirvm flpyraripd. Ho shall ! r ? , serve his brethren. There is some- j thing in the air of one of this cast, ! lean and suspicious; contrasting with | the open, generous manners of the j ' other.?Charles Lamb. i ! i Credit Belongs to Franklin. [ Everybody knows that the versatile ' Franklin was the originator of many things. But few realize that he was [ the first American cartoonist. "Join J or Die." the familiar sketch <>f the ; chopped-up serpent, with each piece 1 representing one of the Colonies, was | j entirely the work of Franklin. Even : ' the cutting of the type-metal was j J done by his own hands. This lirst j j newspaper cartoon appeared in the ! j Pennsylvania Gazette, May 0, 1734, j I and was a device for urging united j ' action upon the Colonies lit the time : I of the French ami Indian wars. It j j may hp noted also that he engraved a j i map of the siege of Louisburg rnd j published it in the Gazette. This is ! said to have been the earliest attempt j at illustrating news.?Asa Don Dickin- ! son in New York Times. i Weight of Air. Until very recently nobody knew j i how much air weighed. ! We cannot see the air, and. except I when the wind blows, we do not feel ' it. Hence it seems to u* to have a!- j most no substance. Yet it is a rather substantial fluid. ' When it moves at a rate of one hundred miles an hour it uproots great forest trees and throws the waters of rtie ocean into turmoil. If our ! bodies were empty of air the pressure i of the atmosphere surrounding us | would crush lis to an immediate pulp. A ro.)? leu feel long, (en feet wide aod ten feet high contains 75 pounds 01' air. 1 IWT T-T .1 ... We are on the \ Main Street i King's Sash Karry | w " " 8 Grocery || 11 JACK LONDON STORY ^ AS SCREEN THRILLER!| "Burning Daylight," Jack London's H novel, has been turned into a motion j | picture and will be produced at the j 3 opera house Tuesday. \ "Burning Daylight" is ihe name by} 3 which Elam Harnish is known in the ] | Yokon, where, as a prospector, he dis-; w ^ i , covers a gold field that makes him a millionaire. ' The early scenes of the gold stam-j pede in the little Arctic village, wiihiH the desperate crowds of adventurers |? making their headquarters in the Tiv-jS oii dancing hall?the center of |j itive passions controlled only by the j| self-made laws of men who are strong ?and the later scenes of the Stock IB Exchange stampede in the heart cf 'y New York's financial district?the'fl center 01 me civiuzea ngiu 1^1 puv.ci , m that goes on ae desperately within! j| the bounds of written law?these ! Sj form a background for a screen dra-j 2 ma that ought to be extremely effect- I ivc. *? "Burning Daylight" will be played i \ by an all-star cast that includes Mit-j 3 chell Lewis, Helen Ferguson, Louis j j Morrison, William V. Mcng, Edward Jobson, Gertrude Astor, Alfred Allen' ij Arthur Edwin Carew, Newton Hall, ; g Robert Bilder and Aaron Edwards. ^ The picture was produced by C. E. | gr Shurtleff, Inc., ar.d is distributed by j R Metro. The screen version was made j |[ by A. S. LeVino. . r i ) BQBBB0BBB!9BBa I mm mm'}\ | Indigestion 1; jjjjS Many persons, ofrervrise mm ?!$ vigoro1.:"; and hereby, ara ?jjg| IS bothered occasionally with ^ | |f g| Indigestion. The effects of a rag j1 w* disordered stomach on the r^j 3 system are dangerous, and J | prompt treatment of indiges- ??1 | tion is important. "The only g^l I gg medicine I have needed has gag; I1 ueeil 111116 aiu n gg tion and clean the liver," fy a era writes Mr. Fred Ashbj7, a bc sj McKinney, Texas, farmer. j=?! S fa! "My medicine is ! I- Theiorfs ^ n|| ira for indigestion sni stoisach iJSja j \ ?25 trouble of any kinl. . I have ^ M never found anything that g jg^ touches the spot, like Black- gSj as icw Draught. I take it in broken ^ (N doses after meals. For a Ion? fciJ H 151 time I tried pills, which grip- gg fj Bed and didn't give the good ?j results. Black-Draught liver Sfi ? medicine is easy to take, e2zy ^ a mm to keep, inexpensive." ! ^ fiet a package from your g j dnisgisfc today?Ask for and j E insist upon Tfcedforti's?the SH ! i S only genuine. fjj j jj|!j : Get it today. ?? | iSS8 - - E84 ????;& Million Packets Of | Flower Seeds Free I We believe in flowers around the | homes of the South. Flowers brighten 1 up the home surroundings and give pleasure and satisfaction to those who | have them. * We have filled more than a million j packets of seeds, of beautiful yet j easily grown flowers to be given to ; our customers this spring for the jj beautifying of their homes. Wouldn't you like to have five ! K packets of beautiful flowers free? a YOU CAN GET THEM! Hastings' g 1921 catalog is a 116-page handsomely ? illustrated " seed book with twenty a beautiful pages showing the finest va- S rieties in their true natural colors, h It is full of helpful garden, flower and |j farm information that is needed in ? every home, and, too, the catalog tells u you how to get these flower seeds ab- a solutely free. $ fni. Aim 1 Q01 no talncr nnm Tt !H ) VI 11C 1U1 UUi II t AW m is the finest, most valuable and beau- ra tiful seed book ever' published, and 1 Fou will be mighty glad you've got it. 1 There is no obligation to buy any- | thing. Just ask for the catalog. -; H. G. HASTINGS CO., SEEDSMEN, I I ATLANTA, GA. % NOTiCE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT E I wiil make a final settlement of | the estate of Andrew E. Nichols injgj +v?n Pr-^K;afr? Pnnrf. fnr T^Iewhorrv I fc County, S. 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