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VcBLIbBES ALL COUNTY AND TOW! OFFI(:IAL ADVERTIaE\ENTS. 'MANNIN0, S. U.: WEDNESDAY NOV. 4, 1896. PRESENCE OF MIND. NOW AN AERONAUT SAVED HIMSELF - IN .THE OPEN AIR. A Long Piece of Rope and a'Neat Calca . lation Preserved the Life of Professor Hi Wind-But For This the Reporter Couldn't Tell This Interesting Yarn. Wind was his name. Hiram Wind, but he told The Sun reporter that they called him Hi for short. . "For a long time," said he, with a lialf knavish smile, "I didn't like the abbreviation, but when I was 25 and took to ballooning as a business it kind -of sorter seemed as if Providence meant that. I should have had that name and no other. Professor Hi Wind," he add edt with pride, "is a name that is bound to soar through the loftiest realms ol space.". ^ "Did younever have an accident?" inquired the reporter. "Several, but they have never been the fault of the Wind." The professor began to show signs ol succumbing to the pump. "Of course," he admitted hesitat ingly, "a man can't walk the earth ev ery day without bumping up against acmething out of the ordinary occasion ally, and the air is no exception. I've had eixperiences that you might call xwrow escapes--that is you might, and then again you mightn't. It would de pend on how youlooked at things. Some call 'em narrow and some don't. 3 don't myself." It was plain that the professor under stood that a good thing was a good thing when he saw it. "Sulpose you narrate one for my sake," suggested the reporter, "and let me add my testimony to that of your other admirers." "Thanks. I'don't car if Ido," said the professor, and there was that in the one which recalled the reporter tc as-highest duty to, his fellow man. After which, sitting at a small table, the professor continued: "I was out in Indiana about four years ago. Indiana is agreat tate in the season, and I had made an ascent for the benefit of a Sun day schQol picnic to kind of offset going up on the Sunday before for a lager beez sociable functiQn. Mighty particular pious these Sunday school people are, and eieything was lovely. My balloon -was.a gas balloon, and she fairly kicked up her heels while I had her tethered, and when she got away she seemedlike she was beading right for infinity and was going the limit or bust a ham "Ignes she must have gone upsa mile and a half or two miles when I felt something give way, and in a min mte or-two she began to go back ihe other way-not fast, you understand, but slo'g and sure, ant in a way tC ake you feel mighty uncomfortable. I couldn't tell what the. matter was, and after letting her- dr6p to within about .half a mile of bottom I tossed out a lit eats'1tof my ballast. I was short on para. 'chutes that day, toq, as mine was out .of whac. lAcd.being-careless, I thought -d ta g ahan25ce's. About this. time I began to wish I hadn't, butlI didn't say a word-for obvious reasons. When I lel the bnaat out, the balloon responded enlya little, and the way she did it - onvinced me that something seroiou was the matter. . By this time I had tc throw out some more ballast, and ii wan't-a minute till there wasn't any thing left in the basket besides myseli aud abca.t 2,000 feet of rope with i - grapple'on the-end of it." * "The balloon had begun to sinli -againi, pndrapidly. And you may guess that this wss a time for aimanto d< awme'pretty active thinking if he ex pected any good results from it, anc you may be assured I was. calculatig. JiEvery insti.gt now -the balloon ,wat -gatherinig.velocity, the last movemeni downward having begun at a point abouta qu..rter- of a mile from the ground, and I knew that in a few sec 'ondu'l was going to be'a shapeless mast that couldn', even be photographed foi a newspaper unless sotmething hap pened. Tie-e was only one thing todo, Sand that w: 4 torelieve the balloon ci it's'weight and send it back up again 'The rope and I were heavy enough t< ler. the weight considerably if wi diould get out, and I preposed to dota great aba. Getting a good hold on m3 elasp knife, I waited for thenow whizz lug earthward balloon to get withiz about 1,000 feet of the ground. Then with the rope tied around my waist and the other 'and fast to the balloon. jumped oct feet foremost straight fo3 the earth I knew that if the balloor remained stationary I would just abou reach the round at the end of the rope, but I figur-ed on a good deal of ,eao .tion. In fac , Icalculated th'erise ofth balloon would about- meet the faH o -myself at srch apoint as to make m3 ~-.Jj paratively light, and then, wher she be * k .again, I would be s< near the ear-th thaintefore she got t< going at L. reakneck speed I would bi close enough to cut loose and let mysel down eas~y. As it turned out, I migh have had a leg broken or been shakei up pretty badly, but luck was with me When I cu. loose, I dropped about 24 teet and lit square on top of a big strav -stack where some men were thrashing As for the balloon, she was so nearl: exhausted and was coming down so fas that the loss of my weight only gayi .ber strength enough to go a couple o hundred yards across the field and droj into a pond. So you see," ooncludei Professor Wind, "that a little preseno of mind is 'aluable even to take up ii a balloon with a man, for if I had no .bhad it and had not used it at the end o that piece of ropelIwould not now b here telling this story to you. Of cours .it was not as serious a mishap as I hay .epesienced on other occasionis, but sti] it is interesting. What do you think c "Um-er," hesitated the reporter -"have you got a piece of that rope .could look at?"-New York Sun. Mrs. Tiddledewinks (from behind he -paper)-I wonder what this means. I: -deccribing Miss Carpid's'wedding th :paper says she was married in the "es ~tracting room." Mr. Tiddledewinks-Her father wrot the account, I fancy. He is a dentist you know. Mrs. Tiddledewinks-But I. don' 'quite see. Mr. Tiddledewinks-He probab: means "dra.wing room. "-Washin.o] Timea. ________ "I'll never ask another woman t~ 'znarry me so long as I live." "Refused?" THE LITTLE FRENCH GIRL. She Is a Miniature Woman and Is Taught AU Feminine Arts, However innocent she may be, a little French girl is much rore of a little woman than a child of ~any other na tionality. She does not romp; she is demure and quiet in her games, which ae often imitations of a grown person's life. She is t:ying to learn how to be the mistress o' her house by means of her dolis, fur.iiture, kitchen and dishes. Feminine arts are still a part of every well arrange I French education. Men really care zrore for these accomplish ments than for others, as they make stay at home wives who look after their 9 households, and as a Frenchwoman's principal aim is to please her future husband every mother prepares her daughter for this end. This is why she does not permit too close an intimacy with little boy cousins, because ten years later a jealous husband would take a dislike to these friendly cousins, nor would he like his wife's bosom friends, in whom she confides and who 4 never leave her, any better. Mothers, therefore, permit few if a y intimacies, and these are all winnowed and selected with the greatest care. One I advantage of this system is that the name of friend is not carelessly bestowed right and left. It takes time and good reasons for simple acquaintances to rise to that rank. The mother not only wards off little boy cousins and inti mate girl friends, but she discourages the little girl in showing off her knowl edge out of the classroom, for she is fully aware that nothing could be less attractive in the eyes of the expected 4 lord and master than a bluestccking. A bright little girl I could name had by chance picked up some astronomical 3 scraps, together with other scientific I facts, which allowed her to shine now t and tbn. One evening, while playing t in the garden, she heard a friend of her father's exclaim, "What a dazzling star!" "That is not a star, sir," she said; "it is a planet." Her mother was in despair, for she would rather a hin dred times have fcund her ignorant than have seen her "show off," or capa ble of committing the enormity of con tradicting an older- person. "I hope," she said jestingly, as a sort of excuse, "that when she is 18 the poor little thing will have forgottcn a great part of what she knows today!"-Th. Bent n in Century. IN NATURAL COLORS. t Lifelke Tints Imparted to an Ordinary Photograph. It has been known for a longtime that if the sun's rays are allowed to shine upon the glass side of a photo graphic negative and the eye is brought into the proper position it is possible to see the positive picture in the origi nal natural colors of the object photo graphed. From a scientific standpoint this is sometimes a matter of very great importance. In order to bring out this quality of a negative independently of the sun's rays Professor Lippmann has, after long study, constructed an apparatus which enables him to olitain the same result with artificial light. He employs a gas lamp with a Welsbach burner, the rays of which are thrown upon the negative by means of a lens, in order to have the rays strike the neg ative paralleL The negative is for the purpose mounted upon a wooden stand with a black polished surface. Another large lens, held in a black frame, is mounted on a separate stand, and a diaphragm held upon the same stand is provided imnmediately in front of the focus of this larger lens. To see the picture in| all its natural beauty of color the angle at which the negative is examined must be exactly the same as the angle at which the parallel rays strike it. -.3 in the reflection of the light rays and its distribution through the larger lens that the picture, which is fastened upon the negative in dull, black tones, is again dissolved into its original re splendent beauty. Aside from its scien tifie importance, it is a matter of con-I siderable moment,-for instance, in re production of portraits in oil after a photograph, since tints of hair, eyest and complexion are plainly discernible in the artificially colored positive thus produced from the black negative.-Ex change. -__ _ The Dangers ef Divers. The greatest danger to those who dive 1 into the sea for valuables that have t been sunk is that of falling asleep. On a hot day the contrast between the heat above and the delicious cool- 1 ness below water is apt to make a diver I sleepy. One of these men stated that he once slept half an hour at the bot tomn of a wreck, where he was laying a 1 Supposing that had happened in a channel where the 'ide runs so swiftly I that a diver can work only during thea one hour of slack water, the deadly rush of tide would have snapped the lifeline and hose.' Then in workingt wrecks there is the danger cf gettisg. jammed in between freight or of g-t ting the hose or line entangled. Wh. n the hose snag at a great depth the twe mendous pressure kills the diver. H< is frightfully distorted by it.-Pearson's < Weekly.____ ___ steam Whistles. The cause of sound in a steam whistle is the same as in any form of whistle or an organ pipie-viz, a vibration of the atmosphere indaced by a vibration set up in a steam jet directed against the edge of the bell, the vibration of the air or steam column in the bell in fluencing the tone according to its length4 and diameter.-New York Ledger. "In New Jersey wheat raising costs $20.29 per acre. ,Therefore the ,Tersey man cultivates vegetables and berries for the markets of New York and Phil adelphia. ______ .Alfonso X of Leon and Castile was the Wise. The same title was besowed< upon Solomon, king of the Jews, Charles V of France and Che-Tsou of China. A Biemarkable Fortress. In the northern part of Madagascar is the most remarkable natural fortress in the world. It is occupied by a wild I.tribe who call themselves the people tof the rocks. The fortress is a lofty and precipitous rock of enormous size, 1,000 feet high and 8 square miles in area. Its sides are so steep that it can Inot be climbed yithout artificial means. Within it is hglow, and the only en trance is by a subterranean passage. iOutclassed. Jason-They say Dr. Brimstone either kills or cures. Bayson-My butcher goes him one better. Jayson-How's that? Bayson-He does both. -Washington Times. Glowworms are much more brilliant when a storm is coming on than at other seasons. Like many other mys teries of nature, this curious circumn stance has never been 'explained. In 1865 there was a fire in Consta tiople which destroyed 2,800 buildini REDUCING RUBBER. -lOW ARTICLES OF USE ARE MADE FROM THIS VALUABLE PRODUCT. L Long L.st From Rubber Bands to Sur gical SupplIes-An Interesting Descrip- I tion of How Bulbs For Syringes and t Atomizera Are Made. I t Rubber is one of the most staple and iseful articles in modern use. There are >at few uses to which the wonderful t product cannot be put. It can be made I is pliable as putty or as hard as wood, t md is just as adapted for use as a hair- 1 in as for a golf ball or a waterproof jacket. Few people, however, are as fa niliar with the process of manufacture C is with the product itself. The larger part of our rubber goods :omes from Brazil, which is the great -st rubber producing country in the rorld. Here, of course, rubber work.'s iandle their elastic material with an mse and celerity which is a revelation C :o the man who has wasted the greater art of a forenoon trying to mend a hole n his punctured tire. Although the arger part of rubber manufacturing is lone by machinery there is still consid able done by hand. In making up ;oods for druggists, stationers and sur gical supplies the best grades of Para -ubber, the best in the world, are gen ally used. The ordinary commercial rubber is 1 ;ray, but its coloring is an easy matter. 1 Chis is done by mechanically mixing ith the rubber, after it is washed and ried, different kinds of pigments-ox de of zinc for white, lampblack for )lack, golden sulphuret of antimony for ellow and vermilion for red. The rub er mixed with the pigment is run hrough heavy steam heated rollers into bin sheets. The making of rubber bands is a sim )le process. Thin sheets of -pure gum ire wrapped around a form until it is ihaped into a flat tube of the required hickness. This tube is then vulcanized, when it is shipped off the form and run brough a machine, whicn cuts it cross Nise into strips. Rubber erasers contain finely pow lered pumice stone or emery dust. The ibrasive materials are mixed with the r -ubber mechanically, which is then nolded into shape and vulcanized un er steam heat. One of the most interesting processes n the manufacture of rubber goods is hat of bulbs. Long bulbs, such as syr- s nges and atomizers, are made from two , )ieces of rubber, but round bulbs, such s is pumps and balls, are made from I ree pieces. For cutting the rubber r ino or galvanized iron patterns are r Lsed. Considerable care is necessary a n this, as the strength of the seam de ends upon the smooth fitting of the i dges. The three parts for hollow bails a ay, however, be cut with a die. If the a >ulb has a neck, small pegs of iron are irst prepared by being cemented and i ound with strips of rubber as a nu lens. After the rubber is cut into the proper >arts it is then brushed with cement the e ihole length of the skived edges and t horoughly heated. The bulbmnaker then i akes the softened rubber, and tak ng a prepar-ed peg places the neck n-one piece on one side of the rubber ~ ore and another neck piece on the op- i osite side, then presses them firmly to-b ether, and, rolling the whole tube r haped piece between thumb and fore inger, has finished the neck of the bulb. 3 Lhe next process is that of knitting the t. dges which form the seam. This is c one by holding the finished neck to yard the operator in his left hand, a yhile with the thumnb and forefinger'of b he right .he pinches the edges firmly rj ogether for nearly the whole distance sound. Into the side aperture, which s left open, is poured a little water or iquid ammonia. The opening is then t: nade still smaller, and as a final touch t: he maker puts his lips to the (rifice and p dows full and hard into the bulb. The r oftened rubber under this pressure ex- c ands, the flattened shape is lost in a p uller and more rounded outline, while t he operator, with a quick nip of his y eeth, closes the opening, the imprisoned i: dr and water holding the sides apart in I ymmetrical corpulency. . The partly made bulb is now passed .1 n to the turners, who, armed with scis- c ors with curved blades, carefully circle a he scams, cutting away all unevenness, p ill the whole exterior is ready for the c old. t The bulbs, as soon as they leave the t rimmers' hands, are laid in shallow t ans filled with chalk. When taken t rom here, they are carefully dusted r ith talc, so that the rubber will not dhere to the inside of the mold. A c nold worker then takes one-half of the s nodd in his left hand and with his right .1 ently forces a bulb into it, capping it a ith the second half. Each bulb, if the :1 >attern worker is skillful, will fit its nold; otherwise the finished bulb is apt o be imperfect. The molds are run upon small tracks nto the vulcanizer. After they have een cured a suflicient time the vulcan- ~ zers are opened and the cans are run' mder an ordinary shower bath, which I nickly cools them. They are then un teyed, the molds twisted open and the ' ulbs taken out. If the work be well lone, the swelling of the liquid within ~ .ts rubber prison has exerted so intense force that every line and letter within ~ he mold is reproduced upon the outside >f the bulb, while the sulphur, combin :ng with the heat, accomplishes the rulcanization.t The final process takes place in the i ~ylinder room, where in slowly revolv- e ng tumblir~g barrels the t-ulb undergoes i thorough ecouring. When taken out ,f the cylinders, the dirty yellow color c which the bulbs bore on leaving the nold has disappeared, and they are now smooth, a Lite and finished. The neck :eing cut off the required length, the ulb is ready for market orfor the vari us fittings which accompany it as ad juncts to the syringe or atomizer.- ~ Rochester Ujnion and Advertiser. Miles on the Indian. A champion has risen up for the In dian in the person of General Miles. The Indian fighter has become the most earnest and aggressive of Indian defend-1 ers. This fact and an energetic defense of General Custer are the salient points in the Miles memoirs. In his opinion Lhe red man has distinguished himself a diplomat, statesniazn and warrior and may be good even while he is alive, - Ini speaking of Custer, General Miles says, "I have no patience with those who would kick a dead lion," and he attrib-1 utes the lion's death in part -to general ignorance throughout the army as to the strength of the enemy, and in part to the failure of Major Reno to assume re sponsibility for the movements of his forces.-Chicago Journal. Noses. It is a somewhat singular fact that i the rarest of all noses is that found, where one would naturally expect to find it-in the middle of the face. Tak ing 100 heads at random, one will not Eind, on an average, mnore than three in THE PUEBLO WOMEN. Pretty and Picturesque as Girls and State ly as Young Mothers. "The Pueblo Indian women are often ery pretty as girls, and some of them nake stately young mothers," writes lamlin Garland in Ladies' Home Jour tal. "They work generally in groups of hree or four, cooking, whitewashing, veaving or painting pottery. They seem o have a good deal to chatter about, nd their smiling faces are very agree ble. They have most excellent white eeth. Their ceremonial dress is very icturesque, especially the costume of he Acoma and Isleta girls. All burdens re carried by the women of Acoma, sleta and Laguna upon the head, and bey have, in consequence, a magnifi ent carriage even late in life. The old romen of Walpi, on the contrary, are ent and down looking. They carry heir burdens on their backs slung in a lanket. The girls of Isleta wear a light loth over tfeir heads, Spanish fashion. ,nd manage it with fine grace and co uetry. "The everyday dress of the Hopi vomen consists of a sort of kilt, which s wrapped around the hips and fastened vith a belt, a modification of the blan :et or wolf skin. Above this a sort of leeveless chemise partly covers the osom. Their hair is cartfully tended, ut is worn in an ungraceful mode by ome of the women. The women of fano cut the hair in front square across bout to the line of the lips, while the ack hair is gathered into a sort of illet. The front hair hangs down over he faces, often concer.ling one eye. The 4 mmarried women in Walpi wear their tair in a strange way. They coil it into. wo big disks just above their ears, the intent being to symbolize their outh and promise by imitating the quash flower; the matrons correspond ugly dress their hair to symbolize the ipened squash.' Some of the maidens re wonderfully Japanese in appear nee." A CURIOUS OLD LADY. arshaonious In Her Own Afairs, Yet Lav ish With Others. When Henri Rcchefort planned the rection of a workman's glass works at armaux to help the glass workers, ho eceived an anonymous gift of 100,000 rancs. The donor was Mme. Dimbourg, vho has since died at Boulogne, aged '2. She was a curious old lady, wildly enerous, yet careful to miNerliness, ending her gift to the glass works nonymously and then complaining 7hen her name was omitted from the tone bearing a list of subscribers. She ived in an unpretentious house, fur ished in the plainest fashion, hoarded every scrap of paper and bit of rag he found, yet helped all whose want ame to her ears. She sent 1,000 francs ere, 8,000 there, while her own serv nts could scarcely get enough to eat, nd their wages were extremely small. 'he money for the glass works was sent a a small linen bag. comparatively -orthless, which no one thought of re urning to her. She sent a servant to-claim it, how ver, and was greatly annoyed that it ad not been sent back. She was very nd of cats, but even the food of her et was measured out with a niggardly and, and the youngest kitten had its iilk -in the cover of a pomade pot that Smight not drink too much. During er last illness she scolded the nurse for insing a glass with filtered water. iltered water wears out the filter. on must be more economical." Yet biis woman, so parsimonious in her wn concerns, lavished benefits on the oor wherever she found them and~ ade princely gifts out of a life annuity y no means large. - Philadelphia 'imes. A Crocodile One Hundred Feet Long. It is a well known fact, even among ose who make no pretense of having eir heads stored with geological and oleitological lore, that the beasts and ptiles which existed in the early ages f the world were giants when comn ared with the very largest representa ives of the same types which still sur ive. This fact has recently been strik gly illustrated by a find made at 'oitiers, where excavations are being iade under the auspices of the Oriental cademy of Science. At that place a rocodile tooth was found which weighs imost seven pounds. M. Gerard, the rofessor in charge of the working orps, says that there is no doubt that Le tooth formerly belonged to a gigan ic crocodile, and that there is no possi ility whatever that he has confounded be tooth with that of the megalvasan us, as some scientists have hinted. M. Gerard says: "It is a typical croc dile tooth and is probably the largest pecimen of the kind ever seen by man. n my estimation it is from the head of reptile not less than 100 feet in ength. "-St. Louis Republic. Have the Deligner's Initial. It is said .that the $20 and the $3 oldpieces and the Bland dollar are the nly coinr. perpetuating the designer's ame. UnLterneath the lower line of he med allion on the obverse of the gold ics is J. B. L. (James B. Langacre). n nearly the same position on the ob 'erse of the Bland dollar is the letter 'M." It also appears on the reverse up the left fold of the ribbon uniting he wreath, being the initial letter of lorgan.. _____ Women and Legislation. Women t oday are crippled in the per. ormance of purely domestic duties by heir exclusion from direct participation u legislation, crippled exactly as min rs, weavers, machinists, farmers, lumn ermen and merchants of the male sex vould be were these classes disfran hised-May Wright Sewall. About the Same. Kilson-I suppose if your wife died he would leave you a good deal, ehi? Valentine-About the same as now. he leaves me all winter for Paris and .11 summer for .Newport as it is. -Town 'opics. Doom of the Derby. The derby hat is a thing of the past. ime was when no self respecting race oer thought of presenting himself upon he Epsomi downs without a white hat nd a green veil. ]Zut this state of hngs exists no lcnger. Hats were con picuous enough at Epsom at the last )erby, but the white hat was conspicu uas mainly by its absence, while veils were few and far between.-Boston When dogs refuse their food, the hances are for a rain. It of tea happens hat a storm is foretold by dogs seeking ong leaved grass and chewing and wallowing the blades. The insurance of buildings against( ire loss was practiced in Rome in the ime of Augustus. Caged monkeys are tolerably certain o give an indication of coming bad eather, being then more ill natured id quarrelsome than at any other Alfonso VI of Leon .and Castile was WE ARE READY! 1Is Now Complete ir Every Department And.1 bnyei will do tienivzelves na.- it j stice, if tley fai: to see u. beformi tbir int,-r imeu.w. It is impossibll to do jii inl tihe liited spIe--- a: low el us. to the differet departmnt (if or store, and we feel that wv. are weil enongh known ini the territory tribitiary to SImt'-r, not to require us to en-r into a detailed description of it. Or anlrll:ly increasing basiness hiat. warranted us in buying rhe Largest Stock We Have Ever Boughi And should we he so fortanate as to enj y as liberal a piatronage from onr friends this season as we have ini the past we will have rino reason to regret our purchases. )ur buyer paid particular H attention to the purchase of OSlery,. Having bonght in all nearly 10,000 Paizrs In which there are sonie excellent values. We would call particular attention to one c.se, 750 pairs, of Misse' Narrow Tibbed, full regnlar made, at 10c per pair. These are regular 115c to 20c goods. One ease, 900 pairs, of Boys' extra long and very heavy woven seam, at 1-5c per pair. These goods retail everyivbere at 25c. One case, 1200 pairs, Ladies' fast black, full regular made, at 10c per pair. These goods must be seen to be appreciated. OUR DRY GOODS STOCK Is Complete in Every Department. Our line of Dress Goods at 25c per yard in all-wool fabries, are worthy of special mention. Will be pleased to send samples on application. 3BL.j A.ATKMIS. Those who were fortunate enough to secare a pair . <.az celebrated all-wool Tarheel's last year will bear testimony as to their wor:.h. bit they are better made this season, and our large contract for them warrTaits us in selling them at $3.90 per pair. If these are too dear we will sell you a pair from 45c up. CAPES. Well we have a few of them, about 1,000 we saould say, and the lady who buys without seeing our stock will have cause to regret it, for she will pay more mon ey. We can sell a good Beaver Cloth in black or navy. neatiy trimmed in fur and braid for One Dollar-goods that sold last season from $2.00 to $2.50. S'EKOES. Our stock in this line is better than ever. We carry no shoddy shoes. Every pair is warranted solid or money refunded. CM&OT'F=T9 Gr. Judging from the way our tables are piled we must expect to do some business in this line.......If your boy wants a suit we have them from 65c up.......If your husband wants a suit we have them from $2.00 up.......Oar all-wool black Cheviot at $4 50 cannot be duplicated for less than $6.50. 'EA.TS. * This is the line we have made oar reputation on, and we are bound to sustain it. Our competitors may advertise sample hats and Job Lots, but shrewd buy ers who want the best goods for the least money seek us. We will say nothing about our GROCERY STOCK-they are so cheap they are not worth advertising space. Every man, woman and child in Clarendon eounty will need something for the winter, and we extend to all an invitation to come and see us. Our salesmen will take pleasure in showing you through our stock, and if they cannot sell yon, they will make it very interesting for those who do. O'DONNELL & C0. SUMTER, S. C. great Slaughter Sale of CLOTHING I .Iaving recently purchased a very great bargain in broken lots of Clothing we will offer the public Great Bargains in same. Remember, the Goods are new and warranted , to be as represanted or your money refunded. 3elow we quote you prices on some few of the many bar gains to be had: cl-wool blue Sack Suits, warranted not to fatle, at $6. All-wool gray Sack Suits, at $3.50. til-wool mixed Sack Suits, at $5.00. All-wool Clay Worsted Sack Suits, at $8.50. til-wool Clay Worsted Sack Suits, at $7.50, A ll-wool Clay Worsted Cutaway Suits, at $10.00. kll-wool faucy Worsted Cutaway Suits, at $8.50. JUR FURNISHING GOODS AND HAT STOCKS A RE FULL OF REAL BARGAINS. A sk to see our1 line Clothling at popular prices and be ~onvinced that we are selling goods as advertised. IAfInlfl nafnTUI:DrnR IA MANWI AND SUIMTER S. C 18MOSES LEVI, 1896. Business is Business. I extend a cordial invitation to everTy manim, woman and chili in Clar endon to visit my store where they can see one of THE LARGEST STOCKS OF GOODS in Manning. I know that these goods were bought in first-lass mar kets where the cash is an important purhlasin;,, fo-tr. In buying goods for the cash it is to get the advanta-e of ali the di.scounts, whereby I can give the benefit to my customers. I realize that to gain and hold trade the purchasing public must be satisfied. I claim there is no house in this section better equipped to give values and that my selections in DRY GOODS and NOTIONS Can not be excelled. Families laying in a winter supply should bear in mind that I make a specialty of selling everything in the Dry Goods line. My assortment of BLANKETS, LAP ROBES, ETC., Is too large to itimize here. Come and see them. SHOES! SHOES! Everybody knows that this line is one of the most important in a. General Mercan tile establish ent and I will guarantee that I have not only a large stock, but the very bes.t makes. Don't forget it, that I can satisfy yon in shoes. Olothing, Hats, and Gents' Furnishings. Any man or boy can be fitte-d in this department. A large assortment to select from, and the prices are low. Our Neckwear and under clothing is thebest we have ever carried. HARDWARE, CROCKERY AND TINWARE. This line was selected with great care and we can supply you with everything yon -ib. Come and see our fine line of harness. Croce ries. The Grocery Department is one of the best e ipp.n the State.%tMy staple goods are bought in such quantities that I can compete with anT..place in the State. Suffie it to say that I wont be nndersold. I am also paying the hig St prices for cotton and prodluce. Yours truly, MOSES LE C.OTHIN G CLOTHING LOTHING for MEN LOTHING for BOYS. LOTHING for Children. Fine Clothing! Medium Clothing common Clothing I think I can say without any exaggeration that I have one of the best stocks of Clothing, Hats and Furnishing Goods for Men, Boys and Chi!dren that has ever been brought to Sumter. If you want A - REAL- CHEAP - SUIT You can get it. If you want A Iedium Price Suit I have hundreds for you to select from. If you want A + Fine, -:- Tailor-lade, :- erfect-Fitting -:- Suit, You will find a good assortmfenit of the most popular fabrics made up in Cambridge,. Princeton and Ox ford Sacks and the latest style Cataways. No other house will show you a larger or better selected stock. No other house will sell you cheaper, and no one will appreciate your patronage more than Yours truly, D. J. CHANDLER, The Clothier, SUMTER ------- S.C.