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STUMANINGTIMESS WDIEDAY, DZCZXR!E 16, IB9L For Every Man to Read. Some Modest Hints as to What Many Women Want for Christmas. As Christmas comes on the faces of the masculine half of the human race are shadowed with perplexity. They don't know the shops, and the clerks in the-shops pity their ignorance be cause they do not know what a wo man wants. Of some things a wo man never has enough-fine hand kerchiefs, curious bits of jewelry, silk stockings, and kid gloves. Neither does her soul grow weary of dainty bits of bric-a-brac, of quaint silver teaspoons, nor of curious brass can dlesticks and lamps. no matter how thick they may stand about. Women always like etchings, too, or a good print, no matter how small they may be. So, also, with a bit of statuette in bronze or marble, or in plaster. Even if a woman doesn't know about these things she is flattered that you think she does. Ii she be your mother, or sister, or your wife, you will not have to keep tv any of these flattering little fic tions, but can just give her a sensible, usefil gift. Give your mother a new lizard or seal pocket book, or give her a eiderdown cover for her own bed, or a pair of fur-lined dressing shoes for the feet. Then there's a bit of rea lace for the little gentlewoman, who will lay it away in rose satchets and nkup a dozen ways to wear it be A~ppy in it Perhaps your sister's leather card -tase is a little worn at the edges, or she's lost her visiting list book. If isbe has setUp her afternoon tea table give her a copper kettle or a wrought iron crane. U she hasn't set -up the Aea table, giye her one in bamboo, with the cunning little tea stool that goswith it. If she hasn't a triple dressing mirror, give her that by all means; there's nothing in all the wrld that comforts and sustains a woman's soul like being able to see er back hair and her eyes and her file all at onces Or there's a party ostrich feather one if you can, &gauze one if you can't-or a big black Spanish lace scarf to wear bout-her head of an evening. You man give your sister or your wife a lDesden china box for her dressing Stalwith a big powdery puff inside of it or a blue deft tray for hairpins, - or a little china night lamp that will Sbtrn ten hours and has a screen be bre the flame. If your wife spends your money anxiously and thriftily, just go and by her what she will call "a foolish gif, ~ er. " She -%" that is, "too fine forhe.Se wil like it all the better because it is fie, and because you thought to give it to her. One man brought tears of - joyto the eyes of his little wife by *giving her the prettiest, most expen in Nw YrkShehadnot had such apar since she bought her wedding ~ hoes, gecause they were so expen my~ae. For your sweetheart, avoid buying pefmsbecadise any gir knows .wbat she wants best herel; things to -west, because her father has the right fo-bprovide them for her; stationery, man should give a wc man jewelry un less they are betrothed or married. Make the gift useful, but not too useful; prty, but not expensive;1im yet delicately personal. A Very Sad Story. ochn B. Gough tells tlhe following: aA rninisterof the gospel told me of - eis of the most thrilling incidents I 2hste heard inmyhlfe. A member of ma eongregation came home for the first time in his life intoxicated, and his boy met him on the door-step, clapping his hiands and exclaiming, apahas come home!' He seized S4hi7boy by the shoulder, swung him .around,staggered, and fell in the hall. That-minister said to me: 'I spent Sthenight in that houlse. I went out, bare& my brow that the night air might fall upon it and cool it. There Swas the child dead !there was his wife iur strong convulsions, and he asleep. -A man about thirty years of agesleep with a dead child in the house, having a blue mark upon the Aijpl~ where the corner of the marbie steps had come in contact ~wih ~the head as he swung him around, and awife upon the brink of the grve!' 'Mr. Gough,' said my 'rIen cursed the drink He told -mathiat I must remain until he awoke, and I did.' When he awoke he pass .his hand over his face, and ex laimed, 'What is the matter? where amI? where ismy boy ?' 'You can not see him,' 'Stand out of my way. I will see my boy.' To prevent con fusion I took him to the child's bed, andes I turned down the sheet and showed him the corpse, he uttered a wild shriek, 'Ah my, child!' That minister said furtlier to me: 'One ogafter that he was brought from a lnatic asylum to hie side by side with his wife in the grave, and I at ended his funeral.' The minister of the gospel who told me that fact is to day adrunken hostler in a stable in Boston. "Now, tell me what rum will not do! It will debase, imbrute and damn ey.erything that is noble, bright, glwrious, and godlike in human be ings. There is nothing drink will not o-hat is vile, dastardly, cowardly, sneaking, or hellish. Why are we not to fight it till the day of our death?" (George is All Right -Anxious Mother. "My dear, I'm raid George is getting into bad company. He is out very late nearly every nmght." Observing Father. "Oh, he's all right. He goes to see some girl or -other. Shouldn't .wonder if he'd an nounce an engagement soon." "He hasn't said a word about any young lady." "No; but he's keeping company with one all the same. His right wrist is full of pin sce.ds The First Storm Cloud. If I bad known," sobbed young Mrs. Fitts, "that yo-- would be such a brute to poor Fido, I never, never, would have married you." My dear," replied Mr. Fitts, "the anticipation of kicking that miserable lit~ebeast was one of my chief rea .ons for proposing to you." Wayside Gatherings. Don't find fault, when you can just is well praise. Nearly 50 per cent. of the property >f England is insured. Don't give dollars in public and pennies in private. The bad thing about a little sin is that it wont stay little. Don't stay away from the prayer meeting and go to the theater. People generally set their hearts most upon that which they need least. Don't think that you know every thing and that other people know nothing. The orange crop this year will be Dne of the largest ever raised in Louisiana. Many a man keeps drinking till he hasn't a coat either to his back or his stomach. Most people ask advice in order to secure some confirmation of their decision. The United States collects $639 and spends $461 every minute of the night and day. A railroad tunnel, being built under the city of Baltimore, is to cost up ward of $6,000,000. New Mexico has just dedicated her first public school house. It is locat ed at Las Vegas. In Bali, an island in the Indian Archipelago east of Java, the burning of widows still goes on., Louis Kossuth, the Hungarian patriot, has just entered his ninctieth year. He is in fair health in his Italian home. Rio Janeiro's principal street is thirty feet wide, only half a mile long, and no carriages are allowed to enter it. An Irish paper announced that Mr. Kenney fell from a carriage and broke his neck but received no further damage. The Exposition authorities intend to place an aggregate of $300,000, 000 of insurance upon the World's Fair buildings and exhibits. A gentlemen in Tocoma recently gave a dinner to twenty-eight people, the dining room being the interior of a tree on his place.. .For simple hoarseness take a fresh egg, beat it and thicken with pulver ized sugar. Eat freely of it and the hoarseness willsoon be relieved. If you owe a man, pay it; and don't pay it as if you was doing the man a favor. He is the one that has done you a favor in trusting you. "Where is the east?" inquired a tutor one day, of a very little pupil. "Where the morning comes from," was the pleasant and prompt answer. Taking the officers holding honor ary rank into account, there are 2,050 generals in the British army, nearly one for every hundred soldiers. The skin of a boiled egg is the best remedy for a boil. Crefully peal it, wet and apply to the boil; it draws out the matter and relieves the sore ness. It is estimated that the intoxicating liquor used annually in the United States would fill a canal four feet deep, fourteen feet wide, and 150 miles long. The public debt of New York city is in round numbers, $100,000,000. The public debt of Philadelphia is $56,000,000 The public debt of Chicago is $13,545,400. The decrease of one-third of the during the past twelve years is a commendable and notable fact. Employer Thompson. You are dis charged. Employee-But what have I done, sir ? Employer-Nothing. Absolutely nothing. That's what I complain about. The breaking weight of a bar of iron one foot long and one inch square is 2,781 pounds. A piece of seasoned hickory same dimensions would break at 580 pounds. More Gospel and Less Rum. A Congo native, who has been taught to read and write, has just sent a letter, his first, to the Archbishop of Canterbury. It reads as follows: "Great and good chief of the tribe of Christ, greeting: The humblest of your servants kisses the hem of your garments, and begs you to send to his fellow-servants more gospel and less rum. In the bonds of Christ. Uga lia." Three Smiles. "I THUGHTa," said Mamie to her mother, as the snores from her sleep ng relative reached her ears, "that Uncle John couldn't sleep when there was a noise being made." M~iMm. "Who broke my nice pitcher?" AuIcE. "I did, ma. I read the di rections that came with that dish mending paste you bought, and they say that when things are mended with that they are stronger than ever. So I thought I'd break the pitcher and make it stronger." WnUE'S big brother is growing a moustache. "Ma," said Willie, "brother John has allowed his mustache to go un shaved for several weeks. They say shaving makes beard grow strong. Now, if John had had his mustache taken off every week wouldn't it be awful big by this time?" Ye Advertising Clerk. Fussy Man (hurrying into newspa per office). "I've lost my spectacles somewhere, and I want to advertise for them, but I can't see to write without them, you know." Advertising Clerk (likely to be bus iness manager some day). "I will write the ad. for you, sir. Any marks on them ?" Fussy Man. "Yes, yes. Gold-rim med lenses, different focus, and letters L. Q. C. on inside. Insert it three times." Advertising Clerk. "Yes, sir. Five dollars, please." "Fussy man. "Here it is." Advertising Clerk. "Thanks. It gives me, sir, great pleasure, very great pleasure, to inform you, sir, that your spectacles are on the top of your head." Fussy Man. "My stars! So they are. Why didn't you say so before ?" Advertising Clerk. "Business before pleasure, you know." Thirty pounds of best family flour for $1, Lt Jacob Prodovsky's. Beautiful line of vasas, picture frames nd other Christmas goods at very low ries at E. rThomes's opposite the Bank. HOUSEHOLD NOTES. MRS S. A. NETTLES. USEFUL THIN;S Arour TuE H sE. The best thing in this world is to know how to do things and be wil ling to make one's knowledge availa ble. A shelf in the corner of a rather bare bed-room destitute of a ward robe is the difference between com fort and discomfort. If it is neatly made, stained, and put up, and a pretty curtain, no matter how cheap, hung in front of it, it is a thing of beauty as well as comfort. The pow er to shape, smooth, and put up a shelf is of inestimable value in a home. Two rounded shelves, one large, fitted and clamped, the other small and set above it, for an inkstand, makes a capital writing desk. It is becoming the fashion now to use the corners of I cupboards, as in the old times, and a handy boy or man or girl who knows the use of tools can add immeasura- ( bly to the quaint appearance and in dividuality of the home by adding these corner closets and cupboards; by putting up brass hooks where needed; by acquiring a bracket or a picture; aiding in the acquisition of curtains; or making the cushion for a chair or a lounge.-Cor. Home maker. ARmLNGs A CHURcH SOcL4BLE.-Do not let a few do all the work; divide the labor and the responsibility. Let C those who are active in other depart ments of church work find the even ing restful. Give the Sunday-school superintendant an easy chair and the sexton an eitra plate of ice cream. Each woman in the congregation F should feel that it is her duty to in crease the interest in the success of the evening. She should invite a shy neighbor, urge a sad one, or accom pany a lonely one to the sociable, and introduce her to at least one friendly soul. I speak of women especially because theirs seems to be the privi lege of guiding and controlling social life generally. Those who take the place of hosts for the evening may find use for all the tact and ingenuity they have. A word here, a cordial handshake there, an introduction which promises a congenial acquain - tance, a skilfully managed interrup tion when a tete-a-tete is too pro longed-it is not a place for getting into a cozy enrner with your partica lar friend, all cliques should be brok en up--these are what makes a host ess in her own parlor a success, and these will make the leaders in church society successful.-Mrs. Lyman Ab bott in Ladies' Home Journal. A Pnrrrr A,D INEXPEsIvE BED sPRFmA.-Most women are fond of fan cy work, but not every farmer's busy t wife can find the time to make daixty home decorations; and, if they would not have their homes quite bare of t those little touches of beauty so dear to the feminine heart, it becomes nec essary for farmers wives more than others to devise ways of producing effect at small cost of time and labor. Usually it is well to make articles at once useful and ornamental, and of materials that will retain their beauty during their period of usefulness, leaving the frail, perishable finery to such as have unlimited time and means at their disposal. Many per sons have made beautiful bedspreads of bleached muslin squares outlined pjle iy ar;but they required more time than I could well devote to that purpose. Besides, bleached mus lin would not: be sufficiently durable on a bed in such constant, and often rough use, as the one for which I wanted a cover, it being "mother's bed," and the refuge of the wee ozies when tired or cross. I therefore made a good-size sheet of good quality unbleached muslin, faced it on the right aide with a broad band of turkey-red calico, feather-stitched down with medium-coarse white crochet cotton. I then stamped a 8 large, bold design in the center, and a trailing one in each corner, and with 1 No. 10 red floss proceeded to outline the pattern in plain, running stitch. When done it was much prettier than Ibhad thought it would be. It had a sort of brocaded effect, as though the pattern were woven in. The work re- p quired less than one-third the time and only about two- thirds as much 9 floss, and will wear much better than if done in the outline stitch. S AVALUABLE Mr. A. B. DISCOVERY Davis, of Davis Bros., at Arcola, Miss., is a $ great believer in the virtues of S. S. S. He writes that he was afflicted g with one of the worst cases of blood poison known to the human race, and after going through quite a long treatment, finally resorted to S. S. S., and he is proud to say that he has been entirely cured, and the disease thoroughly eradicated from his system. He sends thanks to the company for their valuable discovery, and says that it is a God-send to the world. For contagious blood poison S. S. S. is truly a specific. Very few cases have ever resisted its curative properties, and no one suffering from this disease or other blood poison should neglect to give it a fair trial. We will mail a special treatment on contagious blood 4 poison to all wvho apply for it free. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga. 61eorge is Delicate. Ethel-I don't believe you love me any more; you haven't kissed me to night. George-You wouldn't want to be treated like a beefsteak, would you? Ethel-How might that be? George-Smothered in onions. Not Luck, But Work. Twenty clerks in a store, twenty hands in a printing office, twenty apprentices in a shipyard, twenty young men in a town, all want to get on in the world, and axpeet to do so, says an old merchant: "One of the clerks will become partner, and make a fortune; one of the compositors will own a newspaper and become an influ-: ential citizen; one of the apprentices will' become a master builder; one of the vil lagers will get a handsome farm, and live - like a patriarch--but which one is the lucky ~ individual? Lucky ! There is no luck about it. T1he thing is almost as certain as the rule of three. The young fellow who will distance his competitors is lie who masters his business, who preserves his in tegrity, who lives cleanly and pur~ely, who devotes his leisure to the argnisition of knowledge, who gains friends by d serving them, and who saves his spare money. There are some ways to fortune shocrter than this dusty old highway, but the staunch A men all go this road." o matter what you want printed, from a visiting card to a mammoth poster, the TDES office will give you neat work at low "iroceries Down As Well as Cotton, -AT - Kahn's Main Street, Sumrrter, S. C. rranulated Sugar at .5 ceuts. ight Brown Sugar at 4 1-2 arker " at 41-4 ood Coffee - at 19 Good Family Flour, $5.50 Barrel. Best Table Butter, 25 cents. Prices subject to fluctuations. A full stock of Fancy Gro eries will be disposed of at orrespondingly low prices. -0 A FINE STOCK OF 'OBACCOS, CIGARS, - AND Liquors. AGENCY FOR TENNEY' S New York DAND IES9 Received Fresh Weekly. A share of the Clarendon rade is solicited. Our goods re all of the best, and satisfac ion is guaranteed. CRAND ANNOUNCEMENT Ie Olly Izcluiii Ciglt H0#1e il th City 247 King St., Opposite Hasell, CHARLESTON, S. C. eai-|iiarter for all Ilo0r Co0TiniR~1 Upholstering Goods and Draperies of Li kinds. HE MOST COMPLETE STOCK IN THE STATE. Brussels Carpe at our 7speciand $1 per ird. Velvet Carpet at $1.25, $1.40, and $1.50 Ingai Carpet at at 50, 60, 70, and 90c. Sta Matg at 10, , 20, 25, 30, andi Rug a 75 S1.2, $2.0, $2.50, to each. Cornica Poles at 25, 35, and 50c. Full stock of Lace Curtains from 90c. to peia attention given to all ordes. Wer der is to come again, as our prices are the west. see. and Treas. Manager. CIB& he il00x & Gibbs GlaRlo Co. CHIARLESTON, S. C., >nN. F. WERNER. - -L. H. QmOLWo. JOHN F. WERNER & CO., ROCERS, COMMISSION MERCHANTS and Provision Dealers. 107 AND 109 EAST BAY, D 2 QUEEN sTR.EET, CHARLESToN, S. C --sole Agents for Same COCk & Three Link TobaCCo, Patentees of the Celebrated 2-, -Wr Y&Tn PPl em 53~ ~f3 ~ -SEE these CELEBRATED PIANOS LN before purchasing elsewhere. L J Manufactured by NEW ENGLAND PIANO 00., BOSTON, MASS. Largest Producing Piano Factories THE KILLOUCH MUSIC CO., IN THE WORLD. FLORENCE, S. C. _N__T__HEWOR _ LDCeneral Representatives. Estey Pianos and. Organs. ESTEY PIANOS, ESTEY ORGANS ARE MADE UPON HONOR, SOLD UPON merit and are known the world over. The Estey Organs have been manufacturen for forty-five years and. fully deserve the praise accorded by all who purchase them. They are constructed to meet all requirements for Parlor, Church, Lodge, or School. They can be purchased on easy terms of the KILLOUGH MUSIC COMPANY. 30. 3P. CA RPE31%TTRZ : COC1M:P.A1%TY. CARPENTFR ORGANS ARE FIRST CLASS IN EVLRY RESPECT. SOLID walnut cases neat in design. Varied combinations to suit. all classes of music. The E. P. Carpenter Company, Manufacturers, factory at Brattleboro, Vermont, have had many years of experience and are fully responsible. They fully warrant all organs for eight years. The Killough Music Company buy them in large quantities and sell them wholesale or retail at lowest prices, quality considered. Write for catilogue and price list. Do -Y-ou Know ? THE KILLOUGH MUSIC COMPANY are growing, business increasing, territory T extending, new branches and agencies being established. -BUSINESS RULES: Buy direct. Sell direct. One price. Lowest price. Ship on approval. Assume freights. Have satisfied customers or none. --SPECIALTIES: oRGANS. PIANOS. STEINWAY. ESTEY. BEHR BROS. CARPENTER. ESTEY. FARRA.ND & VOTEY. NEW ENGLAND. WEAVAR. KIMBALL. Holidays are approaching. Make your home happy. We want to send yoa complete catalogue and full information free. We sell everything in the music line. AOWrite now to THE KILLOUGH MUSIC COMPANY, Florence, S. C. I-I AR D W A WE. (OLD RELIABLE) R. W. DURANT & SON, Offer a full line of goods For Household, Plantation, and Mechan ical Use, We buy largely for cash and sell close. Prettiest and largest stock outside of the large cities. Carriage cro'Wagon.[Material. TABLE AD).POCKEr CUTLERY, GuNS, Pisros, SHELLS, AmIUNITION, TooLs, ENGINE FIxTURtEs, PINxo, PUMPS, WOOD AND IRON, CRoCEYI TINWARE, &c. BeltiLg, - FPaC1c3Ki g. - -jsa inl g, - C160. CooK STOVES, ALL WARRaTED. HEATING STOVES, ALL KINDS. O. STOVES FRom 1.00 Up. "Eiaries ina 2ery Vaiet-y. R. W. DURANT & SON, MAIN STREET, SUMTER, S. C. LOUIS LOYNS, -DEALER 1N General - Merchandise, MaMning, a. 0. I have laid in this season decidedly the largest stock of goods I have ever carried, consisting of everything usually kept in a first class General Merchandise Store, and I am selling at prices as low as any Merchant can dispose of Goods of like quality. "DSry Good Bcs.cz IDry- Go i I have the best assortment of shoes I hae a unuualy ful sock I have ever kept, and ask for only a all kinds of ladies' dress goods, trim- trial tobe able to sell the goods. I mings, walking jackets, sha'wls; flan- have them in all styles andqualities; nels, ladies' underwear, hosiery, etc.; boots shoes, and slippers, for men, I do not attempt to enumerate the ladies, boys, girls, and the babies. names of all these different goods, but am satisfied that an inspection of this department will please in both variety and price. Our prices are as low as ILrae Ss. the lowest. Every farmer knows the value of good harness. I keep it, for buggies -00- and wagons, and guarantee my har ness to give satisfaction. The Kip G-rYC00eri s. Skin Horse Collar, with patent hooks, This is something all are deeply have no superior; whips, bridles, concerned in, and I make it a point to keep such groceries as will please. I not only carry a regular line of ba con, flour, &c., but I have on hand a nice assortment of the best fancy gro ceries, cakes, crackers, french sar- Clothi dines, canned pears, and all such. sizes, ag insgrea var itosl Try a can of grated pineapple, one of and at prices to suit everybody. the most delicious dishes to be had Children's suits in a large variety at anywhere. from $1.40 up for a full suit. -00- -00 Ytre iald. -ealae CIsARS AND TOBACCO. I have a full supply of rye and oats I can make the smokers smile, with seed, the best to be had, and hope to as fine cigars as they wish. No bet furnish all our farmers with their ter 5-cent cigrar than the "World's seed. Now is the time to plant. Fair" and the "Royal Queen." I have bought my Goods to sell And sell them I will, if hard-pan, rock-bottom, cash prices will take them away. I offer good value for all money spent with me. I am pleased to state to the public generally that Mr. J. pT sc LEOD is now with me, and will take great pleasre in se fiog his frieds.Ver Rcpetf fll ,I sizesnagesclassesean condi1ions ianu~i~imi~ilinii~misiatd t pis Ctouit eve.rbody. SmkHeoegrshildesuts inl aSlagearietylat any.er A.frHNO ole Agent, Manig for C uli. - --o - ___oecIo _ _ - A~n seedthebestto5b addsot a feCigars s thyws. ob for Infants and Children. "Castoriaisowendaptedtochlkenthat CAtorin e 6sC, Consdpatkon, I reommd ias xperor~oanyresripionSour Stomach, Diarrhcea Enuctation, Idtas ito y i Kill$ Worms, gives sleep, and promotes d. known to me." H. A AcmR IL.D., ea 111 So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Wi jurious medication "The use of 'Castoria' is so universal and " For several years I have recommended its merits so well known that it seem& a work your 'Castoria,' and shall always continue to of suererogaint nos t e rted so has Ibanvariably produced benefcia intell gent e who do not keep Castoria results." within easyreaCkL" EDWIN F. PARDuI X D., CuALIos Miurr DP New iok trD ty. "The Winthrop," 25th Street and 7th Ave., Late Pastor Bloom ale kormedChuicb. New York City. Ta Cm. Cowrmar, 7 miaay smm, Na Yoas. ADGER SMYTH. F. J. PFELZER, Special Partner. SMYTH & ADGER, Factors and Commission Merchants, .IVc'rtil .XL.%1a1a1 "%V.zrxy, ' CHARLESTON, -S. C. V. E. HOLMES. LELAND MOORE W. E. HOLMES & CO., --DEALERS IN White Lead and Colors, Oils and Varnishes, - Glass and Brushes, -Mill and Naval Store Supplies. TREET LAMPS -:- AND -:- LANTERNS -:- OF -:- ALL -:- KINDS. OFFICE 207 EAST BAY, CHARLESTON, S. C. OTTO F. WIETERS, WHOLESALE GROCER. Wholesale Dealer in Wines, Lionors and Cigars, No. 121 East Bay, Charleston, S. C. OTTO TIEDEMAN & SONS, Wholesale Grocers and Provision lDealers, 172, 174, and 176 East Bay Street, r1T- A1 Xn T m: a 9VC>iT.. is. 4. wM. SHEPPERD & CO. L ARGEGO MC ASSORTMENT -OF- -AT fine coo1hin stoves, Lout Lg hime Send for circulars Tinware, and price lists. No. 232 Meeting St., CHARLESTON, S. C. ESTABLISHED 1844. Charleston Iron Works, Manufacturers and Dealers in Warine Stationary and Portable Engines and Boilers, Saw Will Machinery, Cotton Presses Gins, Railroad, Steam boat, Machinists', Engineers' and Mill Supplies. Agents for the Goetz Box Anchors and Post Caps. Wiepairs executed with promptness and Dispatch. Sendfor price lists. ELast Bay, Cor. Prltcaarc1 St., Charleston, S. C. PERCIVAL M'FG. CO. iDOORS, i SASH, . AND : BLINDS, 874 to 486 Meeting Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. HENRY C. WOHLERS, Provision Dealer. -AGENT FOR Big~ MAge ad Ie Apple Tobacco, alse Big Aagr ad Eing lichid Cigpi, No. 2 Meat a Specialty. 213 East Bay, CHARLESTON, S. C. "Adamant" Wall Plaster -IS - I. i Best Material for Walls and Ceilings Ever Put Be fore the Public. The only thing about a building that has not improved for over 1,000 'ears is lime plaster. But there is no excuse hereafter for falling ceilings, rumbling walls, broken and defaced decorations. ADAMANT is not a ,uess work mixture of lime, hair, and sand: it is a machine made mortar, ontaining no lime: it comes dry in bags ready to be used at anylseason by nixing with water only. Any mason can apply it: bursting pipes or leaky oofs will not effect it. It's the best known fire resisting material in the vorld, and it is impervious to disease germs. irchitects, Engineers, and Scientific Men Everyhere, EndorselI, .nd 300,000 buildings plastered within three years, is the only testimonial re need offer. For full particulars address the SOUTHEASTERN PLASTER Co., Sataran., (ca. freAlso manufacturers and dealers in calcined plaster and Portland cements. OLD CLOTHES MADE NEW. --SEND YOUR DYEING TO T HE -: Charleston -:- Steam -:- Dye --Works, :