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93T.T3L=bM:bX-n3M3&3MlTrr rrC:), rrX-313M MAL1'%TlTXlNTC Tax Notice. County Treasurer's Office, Clarendon County. Manning, S. C., Sept. 24, 1898. The tax books will be open for the collec tion of taxes for the fiscal year commeno ing January 1st, 1898, on the 15th day of October, 1898, and will remain open until the 31st day of December, following, after which time a penalty of 15 per cent. at taches to all unpaid taxes. The following is the tax levy: For State purposes, five (5) mills, For constitutional school tax, three (3) mills. For ordinary county tax four (4) mills. For past indebtedness, one-fourth of one mill (t). Total 12t mills (outside of special schoo. tax). Special two (2) mills, school tax, school district No. "19." Total 14 mills school district "19." Special two (2) mills, school tax, school district No. "16." Total 141 mills school e (3) mills, school tax, school "21." Total 154 mills school r (4) mills, school tax, school "7." Total 161 mills school ar (4) mills, school tax, school district iso. "20." Total 161 mills school district -20." Every male citizen between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years, except those incapable of earning a support from being maimed or from other causes, except those who are now exempt by law, shall be deemed taxable polls. The law requires that commutation road tax shall be paid for the succeeding year when State and county taxes are paid. S. J. BOWMAN, Treasurer Clarendon County. Notice. IN ACCORDANCE WITH SEC tion 1451 of the General Statutes of South Carolina, the County Board of Commissioners, at their meeting the first Monday in January, adopted the following schedule of license for the year 1898: Hawkers and Peddlers...... $15 00 Stoves and Ranges............. 25 00 Lightning Rods...... ........ 25 00 Clocks and Watches............ 25 00 Sewing Machines............ 25 00 Pianos and Organs............ 2500 All persons engaging in the above mentioned occupations must procure a license or they will become liable to punishment under the law. It shall be the duty of every Magis trate and every Constable and of the Sheriff and his regular Deputies, to, and every citizen may, demand and inspect the license of any hawker or peddler in his or their county, who shall come under the notice of any if said officers, and to arrest or cause to be arrested, any hawker or peddler found without a good and valid li cense, and to bring such hawker or peddler before the nearest Magistrate to be dealt with according to law. By order of board. T. C. OWENS, County Supervisor. Manning, S. C., January 19, 1898. WHEN YOU COME TO TOWN CALL AT WELLS' SHAVING SALOON Which is fitted up with an eye to the comfort of his customers..... .. .. HAIR-CUTTIM& IN ALL STYLES, S HAVING ANqD SH AMPOOING ,Done with neatness and dispatch.... .. ... A cordial invitation is extended. . J. L. WELLS. Notace. OFFICE oF' Courx Stm'avxson,) CLanzi~DoN Courux, MArrNNIo, S. C., Sept. 1, 1897.) In accordance with Section 490, General Statutes, it is unlawful for persons to _en gage in or offer for sale any pistol, rifle, cartridges less than .45 calibre, or metal -knuckles, without first having obtained a license therefor, Now, therefore, take notice: Any per son found dealing in pistols, cartridges, or knuckles without first having paid to the County twenty-five dollars for a license will be prosecuted, and if convicted, they shall be punished by a fine not over $500, or im prisoned not more than one year or both at the court's discretion. T. C. OwExs, Supervisor, C. C. To Consumers of Lager Beer: The Germania Brewing Company, of Charleston, S. C., have made arrangements with the South Carolina State authorities by which they are enabled to fill orders from consumers for shipments of beer in any quantity at the following prices : Pints, patent stopper, 60c. per dozen. Four dozen pints in crate, $2.80 per crate. Eighth-keg, $1.25. Quarter-keg. $2 25. . Half-barrel. $4.50. Exports, pints. ten dozen in barrel, $9. It will be necessary for consumers or parties ordering~to state that the beer is for private consumption. We offer special rates for these shipments. This beer is. guaranteed pure, made of the choicest hops and malt, and is recommended by the medical fraternity. Send to us for a trial order. GE MA IA Brewing Comnany, Charleston. S. C. Geo.$.Hacker &Son CHUALETOS. AttoneysandCounelos atLaw MANIGS.C STATE ELECTION For State and County Officers. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. CLARENDON COUNTY. AN ELECTION WILL BE HELD at the several presincts established by law in Clarendon County, on Tuesday, November 8th 1898, for the following officers, to wit: Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General,Comptroller (eneral, Adjutant and Inspector General, State Treasurer, Superin tendant of Education and one Rail road Commissioner one Senator, three members to the lower branch of house of Representatives, one Superintendant of Education, one Judge of Probate, one Supervisor. The polls will open at 7 o'clock, a. m., and close at 4 o'clock, p. m. At the close of the election the managers shall immediately proceed to publicly count the ballots. With in three days thereafter the Chair man of the Board of Managers, or one of them, to be designated in writing by the Board, shall deliver. to the Commissioners of Election the: poll_,list, the boxes containing the ballots, and a written statement of the result of the election at his pre cinct. The Managers of Election shall re quire of every elector offering to vote at such election, before allow ingihim to vote, in addition to the production of his registration certifi cate, proof of the payment of poll tax six months before said election of any poll tax then due and pay able. The Managers shall administer to the person offering to vote, an oath that he 1s qualified to vote at said election, according to the constitu tion of the State, and that he has not already voted in said election. The following named persons have been appointed Managers of Elec tion to conduct this election, to wit: Fulton. at Fulton-G W Smith, Nelson Brown, J C Manning. Calvary, at Hodge's Corner-J D Beatson, B P Broadway, B W Des Champs. Friendship, at Panola-J H T Col liette, C W Brown, A D Rhame. St. Paul, at St. Paul-J H Keels, L M King, J F Richbourg. Santee, at Jordan-R C Plowden, John W Clark, C R Sprott. St. Marks, Duffie's Old Store-I N Tobais, J W Cole, J C Drose. Concord, at Summerton-C B Ay cock, L T Fisher, J H Woodberry. St. James, at Davis X Roads-S A Brunson, J J Gardner, J M Davis. Sammy Swamp, at Packsville-R C Lackey, A P Hill, N L Carraway. Manning, at Court House-R H Davis, W T Francis, J M McKnight. Mt. Zion, at Wilsons-W M Plow den, J E Tobias, C T Ridgeway. Brewington, at Foreston-J A Bur gess, C M Mason, W T Kelly. Plowdens Mill, at Alcolu-E D Hodge, Jake Harvin, W I McLeod. Harmony, at Chandler's-John G Plowden, H L B Hodge, W E Daniels, Midway, at Midway-McFaddin McIntosh, J L Barrow, W H H Hobbs. New Zion, at Boykins-J M Player, W E Lavender, R E McFaddin, Jr. Douglass, at Cole's Mill-L B Gib bons, T M Beard, Sam Smith. Sandy Grove, at Barrineau's-W T Kennedy, D H Welch, Sam Thig pen. One of the above named Managers at each box will call upon the Board >f Commissioners at Manning, No ember 3, 1898,to receive ballot boxes, poll list, and instructions, and to be ualified. BAJHSN S W McINTOSH, C T RIDGE WAY. Commnissioners State Election. Manning, S. C., Oct. 12, 1898. NOTICE OF Federal Election. For Election to be Holden November 18th, 1898, for a Representative to Represent the 6th Congressional District of South Carolina in Congress for the Term of the 56th Congress. AN ELECTION WILL BE HELD OF L'esday. the 8th day of November. 1898. at the legally established pollung precincts n Clarendon County. for a Representative f the 6th Congressional District of South arolina, in the term of the 56th Congress f the United States. The polls will be opened at '7 o'clock, a. n., and kept open without intermission or adjournment until 4 o'clock, p. mn. At the close of the election the Managers shall immediately proc::eed to publicly ount the ballots. Within th.zee days there fter the Chairman of the Board of Mana gers, or one of them, to be designated in writing by the Board, shall deliver to the Cmmissioners of Election the poll list, he boxes containing the ballots, and a written statement of the result of the elec ion at his precinct. Th'e Managers of Election shall require f every elector offering to vote, in addition o the productton of his registration certi fcate, proof of the payment of poll tax six months before said election ofany pull tax then due and payable. The Managers shall administer to each person offering to vote an oath that he is :ualified to vote at said election. according to the constitution of the State. and that e has not already voted in said election. The following named persons have been ppo:nted to manage said Election by the Board of Commissioners of Election for Clarendon County, to wit: Fulton, at Fulton-P H Broughton, D) W Brown, L R Gibson. Calvary, at Hodge's Corner-J B Stuk es, Paul B Hodge, J R Griffin. Friendship. at Panola--S P Holladay, Felix Chewning, W R Davis. St. Paul, at St. Paul-W H Shiras, R M MKnight, J P Butler. Santee, at Jordan-John C Graham, T Morgan D)avis, L L Wells. St. Marks, at Duffie's Old Store-W L annon, G G Thames. Milton Stukes. Concord, at Summerton-G W Dingle, H iR Meldeau, H A Tisdale. St. James, at Davis Cross Roads-Geo I esesne, J B Walker, J H Horton. Sammy Swamp, at Packsville - C C Thames, James McCauley, J C Frierson. Manning. at Manning-W J Rawlinson, R A Ridgill, J W Strange. Mt. Zion, at Wilsons-J M Strangc, W C White, Jeff D Holladay. Brewington, at Foreston-T L Bagnal, J M McRoy, Col Johnison. Plowden's Mill, at Alcolu-J J Nettles, J Harvin, J D Reese. Harmony, at Chandler's-WV I Huanal, 1 S Plowden, A H D Chandler. Midway, at Midway-G D Smith, WV F errington, J W Barrow. New Zion, at Boykin's-Ed Green, R S leming. A Boykin. Douglass. at Cole's Mill-W J Turbeville. N Thomas, A J Hicks. Sandy Grove, at Barrineau's-W H Thig en, E G Barrineau, R R McFaddin. One of the above named Managers at ach box will call upon the Board of Coin nissioners at MIanning November 3, 1898. o receive bollot boxes, -pu ist and in ~trctions, and to he qualified. LOUIS APPELT, A J RICHBOURG, ALONZO SMITH. Jommissioners Congressional Election. Manning. S C, Oct 12. 1898. Notice. Office Superintendent of Education, Clarendon County.I Until further notice I will be in my office very Saturday, from 9 a. in. to 1 in. and from 2 p.m., to 5 p. m. Other days will be pent in visiting the schools. W. S. RICHBOURG, Supt. Education, C. C. Manning, S C., Feb 1st 1897. Her Ready Wit. Though he had long adored her in secret-worshiped, in fact, the ground she pressed beneath the soles of her dainty little No. 3's-he had never yet been able to screw up sufficient courage to put his fate to the test. Poor fellow! He was one of those shy, modest, self depreciating sort of chaps that are grow ing rapidly scarcer, or he would have tumbled months ago to the fact that he had only to go in and win. Gertrude Alicia knew the state of his feelings right enough, but it had pleased her hitherto to keep him dangling in at tendance. At last, however, she made up her mind to land her fish as soon as a favorable chance presented itself. And the opportunity came at the Smythingtons' little soiree, when the bashful swain, entering the conserva tory, discovered his inamorata looking her loveliest amid the palmsend flowers. "Are-are you alone?" he questioned timidly. In a moment the fair and ready wit ted girl saw her chance and took it then and there. "A loan, Hen-er-Mr. Finnikin," she said, with lowered eye lids, "a loan? Certainly not-I'm a gift." And 15 minutes later, when they emerged from their retrea, Henry was asking himself how he could have been such a Juggins as to poEtpone his hap piness so long.-Kansas City Journal. How Miniatures Are Destroyed. The chief agent in the destruction of a miniature is perhaps sunlight. The direct rays of the sun should never be permitted to fall upon the portrait, and especially should it be remembered that the glass (or crystal) covers to the miniatures, and the glass of the cabinet in which they are kept, all help to in crease the powers of the sunlight and to give to its feeblest rays ability to ex ercise destructive force. Very many lovely old miniatures have been prac tically ruined by light. Hung upon a wall or in a case, they are exposed to full sunlight, and the carnations quickly fade, the value of all the colors is reduced and whitened and the paler and more delicate tints vanish altogether. If the exigencies of space demand that a wall opposite a window (the worst position in a room for miniatures) must be used, then a blind or curtain should be supplied to the cabinet containing the treasures, and as often as possible the window op posite the cabinet should be shrouded, so as to prevent the light falling upon the cabinet and its contents.-"Portrait Miniature," by G. C. Williamson. Ancestors. A family tree is a good thing to have, and that the descendants of the pilgrim fathers, of the Puritan preachers, of the Revolutionary sires, the colonial dames, should come to the front every little while and impress the fact of their lineage upon people is rather pleasing than otherwise. It adds a cer tain repose to the rush of everyday life. It may, however, be carried too far. Apparently it is carried too far in New York, where in certain circles it amounts almost to a monomania. Wo men to whom one is introduced cannot chat for five minutes without leading the subject to ancestors, and if the stranger never happened to have had any the result is most embarrassing, ven distressing; hence those persons given over to conversing entirely on the family tree, etc., should be cautioned to become milder advocates of the neces sity of a long line of ancestors, for they are fast forming a class which is ob oxious to intelligent, self respecting uman beings.-New York Times. Rubber Bands. "Rubber bands have supplanted twine to a great extent in the last few years," bserved a salesman in a drug store as e slipped a band around a 5 cent pack age of sodium bicarbonate. "Up to ten years ago. rubber bands were seldom seen outside of a courthouse or a law yer's office, and their use was confined almost exclusively to the filing of court documents and papers. Now you find them everywhere. Bands are used on all small packages in drug stores, and they have become an important factor in the grocery business. They answer the same purposes as twine, and aread justed much easier. "It may not be generally known that a rubber band is the best tooth cleaner known. It can be forced between the teeth, no matter how close together, ad it removes accumulations that can-. nt be reached with a toothbrush. Yes, the rubber band has come to stay. I :on't know to what extent it has hurt the twine industry, but it must be con siderable. "-Philadelphia Record. Meaning of ProtocoL. Like many other English words de rived from other languages, "protocol" as long since lost its original meaning. t is derived from the Greek "protos," meaning first, and "kollan," meaning glue, and meant originally a sheet glued in front of a manuscript, bearing the writer's name and other particulars. From this the meaning evolved into that of a rough draft of a document and was so used by the Romans, who called it "protocolium." The definition of the word as used in modern diplomacy is given as a rough draft of any document r a document preliminary to some transaction. It likewise is defined as "a :iplomatic document or minute of pro eeding signed by friendly powers in rder to secure certain diplomatic ends by peaceful means." An Indemnity. The highwayman, in grimi reality ad without the aureole of romance, Black Bess and all, was a "common ob ject of the country" 150 years ago, and it was the duty of all good subjects to try to cope with him. If you attempted to apprehend such a desperado and were killed in the attempt, your executors :ould claim ?40 from the sheriff. This indemnity was scarcely enough to kin :le a burning passion in the English ind for the extinction of the pest. Gentleman's Magazine. Thoughts. Thoughts are certainly able to spread hemselves without the aid of looks or Language. Invisible seed that floats from the parent plant can root itself wher ever it settles, and thoughts must have some medium through which they sail till they reach minds that can take them in, and there they strike root, and whole rops of the same sort come up just as -'v were indigenous and naturally .; - - their entertainers. This is encl I are tru c reat matters than in ma.-Jcon Insel.L, '-'d Every Way. "I don't how " aia. Bu~t.r. "Td rather have $13 than: d . " "I wouldn't, " said Jarley. "If I had 12, I'd spend only $12, but if I bwd 1 I'd spend $13. "-Harlem Life. Drew the Line. "Couldn't take him at any price," said the agent who was buying horses or the use of the mounted police. "It a all right for a policeman to interfere whenever he sees fit, but it won't do o his hors. "-nanapolis inant How She Got Her Name. Mrs. Dayton of Highland Park had just engaged a new cook. The addition to the servants looked promising as she came in arrayed in all her finery and waited for "the missus" to talk with her before going to work. "What is your name?" asked Mrs. Dayton. "Lay-ourie, ma'am," said the culi nary expert. "Lay-ourie!" exclaimed the lady of the house. "What a peculiar name! I never heard it before in my life. Is that a nickname or was it given you when you were christened?" "It's my real name," said "Lay ourie." "I've gone by it all my life." "How in the world did you come to have it?" was asked. "My mother got it out of a novel," said "Lay-ourie." Mrs. Dayton finally asked her to write it. After much hard work the owner of the name wrote out in a cramped hand, "L- a-u-r-a." "Why, that's pronounced 'Laura,' " said Mrs. Dayton. "Well, I don't know about that, ma'am," said the new cook. "My ma never heard it before, and she called it 'Lay-ourie.' I've been 'Lay-ourie' for 37 years, and I guess now it's too late to make a change." So "Lay-ourie" she remained.-Chi cago Journal. In the Dark. A bellboy at one of the big hotels had a queer experience the other night and has not yet entirely recovered his pro fessional sang froid. "It was about 1 o'clock in de mornin," he said, "an I was de only bell hop in do office when dis call come from de fort' floor. Well, I went up an knocked, an de man he says, 'Come in.' "I opened de door, an de room was pitch dark. 'I want you to mail dis let ter,' de man says from de corner where I knowed de table was, 'but wait a minute,' says he, 'till I write do ad dress.' Den I heard de pen a-scratchin, an he says, 'Here y' are.' But I could not see nothin at all. I was scared, I tell you. 'Where are you, mister?' says I sort of faintlike. Then he laughs and says, 'Oh, I fergot!' an comes to do door in de light an gives me de letter. "It was pitch dark, I tell you-black as dat hat of yourn-an when I went down stairs I studied an studied why do mug should be settin dere without turnin on de 'lectrics. I didn't find out till I see him next day, an den what d'ye t'ink-de mug was blind. "-New Orleans Times-Democrat. When $1,000 Looked Big. Divide anything up into pairs and you magnify it. A certain wise man took this way to give his wife an idea of how much $1,000 is. She had no idea of money. Her purchases were enormous. It happened one day that her eye fell upon a magnificent ring, and she ooveted it. It cost $1,000. But what was $1,000 to her in comparison with the ring? Of course her husband consented to the purchase. What else could a dutiful, affectionate husband do? But he tried this method of educat ing his wife concerning the great price of the ring. He instructed his banker to send her the $1,000 in small pieces pennies, dimes, quarters. In came the money, bagful after bagful. She never had such an idea of $1,000 before. When the money was piled before her, it alarmed her. The price of the ring went up a hundredfold, and was con sidered at once an extravagance which she of her own option abandoned. New Orleans Times-Democrat. Caper Sauce Caper. The caper, familiar in- caper sauce and us. also as a garnish for salads, is imported from Spain and France. Capers are grown in Italy, but none is import ed from there into this country. Capers are sorted into four sizes, of which the smallest are known commer cially as nonpareils, and the next larger as surfines. The next larger in French capers are capucines, and the largest capotes, while the next to the largest and the largest of Spanish capers are known respectively as capotes No. 1 and No. 2. The smallest capers 'are the most desirable and bring the most mon ey. French capers sell for more than Spanish. Capers are imported almost wholly in bulk in-kegs of 15 or 16 gal ons and barrels of about 40 gallons in brine or vinegar. A few capers are im ported in glass, but they are mostly put up in this country. Capers grow on a bush. -New York Sun. Royal Hotel Keeper. The king of Wurttemberg may be re garded as a hotel keeper as well as a monarch. This has long been a tradi tion in his family, but not until lately was it discovered by the rulers of the beautiful little German kingdom how profitable innkeeping can become. When Peter the Great was traveling incognito through Europe, he refused to stop any where but at an inn. To circumvent this whim the then king of Wurttem berg put a tavern sign outside one of the royal palaces and, dressed as an innkeeper, himself welcomed the czar. This royal personage's descendant now owns two large hotels, from which he is said to derive a revenue equaling $50,000 a year. His Wife Won. A Georgia man, who was unpopular in his community, insured his life for $2,000. He took the policy home to his wife and said: "Maria, here's a life insurance docu ment for $2,000." "Thank you, dear," said his wife. "How are you feeling today?" "Not well," he replied, "and I don't think I am long for this world, and I want to say to you that when I die it is my wish that you devote $1,000 of the money to defraying my funeral ex penses." "Mercy on me, " exclaimed the wife, "why do you want such an expensive funeral?" "I'll explain. I'm perfectly satisfied that nobody will attend my funeral, and I want to hire people to go at so much a head. I'm going out today and see what arrangements I can make for attendants on that forthcoming melan choly occasion. If they won't come gratis, why-ll just hire 'em an give 'em an order on you for the money." He went forth and at nightfall re turned with a dejected look. "Maria," he said, "it's no use. You can have the whole $2,000. Just go to my funeral yourself. "-Atlanta Consti tution. ______ Divid'ends Out of Life. The fools who give the 24 hours to ousiness and boast of it may criticise the man who can expel business from his mind and enjoy his books, his friends, his club, the theater, the opera, thle dinner or the dance, but the cheer ful man gets dividends out of life where the other gets trouble.-Chauncey M!. Depew. A ____ 3ceJlousy. "Is she very mutin love?" "Much in love!l Say' he heard some one say that all the worldis9 a lover, and she's been jealous ever m " Chion Post The Golden Gray Eye. I might pile Ossa upon Pelion in the way of description of gray eyes culled from fiction. There is, however, ene type of gray eye whose appearance in story I haoa not yet noted, says Nina Allen in Lippincott's. We have had gray eyes which "re sembled nothing so much as moss agates." Sea gray eyes are not uncom mon. Amelie Rives has bestowed upon Ilva, in "The Witness of the Sun," great violet gray eyes, "like rain wash ed amethysts," while Mr. Paul Leices ter Ford has recently introduced us to a pair of slate colored eyes. But at the present writing I have yet to meet with golden gray eyes in fic tion. They are to be found, however, in 'nature, the most luminous of all eyes, I think, the iris about the edge a soft old gold or golden brown, gradually melting toward the pupil into a warm gray. This lovely color I have seen in the eyes of a dog and of a child-the eyes of the dog wisftul, appealing, pa thetic with unutterable things; the child's speaking of a soul as yet undark ened by shades of the prison house and splendid with the light that never was on sea or land. To the novelist desiring something new in eyes I would respectfully recom mend the golden gray. Verdi and the Priest. Verdi, when a boy, had a gift for Latin, and the village priest advised him to become a priest. Meanwhile the lad became an cffice boy in Barezzi's wholesale grocery store, and for a little over $7 a year played the organ in the church at Roncole, but one day it hap pened that Rev. Dr. Seletti, who had decided that the boy should be a monk, was officiating at mass while Verdi played the organ. The priest was struck with the unusual beauty of the music, and at the close of the service expressed a desire to see the organist. Verdi ap peared, and the priest recognized him as the pupil whom he had sought to turn from music to theology. "Whose music were you playing?" asked Seletti. "It was beautiful." Verdi said shyly that he had brought no music with him that day and had been improvising. "So I played as I felt," said he. "Ahi " exclaimed Seletti. "I advised you wrongly. You must be no priest, but a musician. " After that the way was easier. The priestly influence on his side opened many a door to him.-Youth's Com panion. God's Perfect Flowers. A little girl who makes the stems of artificial flowers for a living was sent to the country by a benevolent woman. On the day of her arrival the child was taken into the garden. She marveled at the growing pansies. She felt of their petals and sniffed incredulously at the purple and golden blossoms. "I never knew that they were 'reel' flow ers," she said. "I didn't know that velvet could grow." A giant rosebush in full bloom was greeted with: "Ain't they lovely? They're much better than Felice could make, and she's the best hand in Fleurette's factory." She picked a rose and carefully pull ed it apart. "I'm going on flowers next year, but I won't make roses like this. They don't give you time to stick 'em together this way." The benevolent woman thought this a good opportunity to awaken the child's soul and pointed out the why and wherefore of the rose's perfection. The child sighed when she had finished and said simply, "I should think he'd be angry when he sees the flowers they make at Fleurette's." Paris Messenger. A Cemetery For Old Clothes. In the north of London there is a lit tle plot of ground where old clothes are buried and afterward exhumed for a curious purpose. It is a flat, barren and destitute piece of ground and presents a very melancholy spectacle. Little wood en stumps, bearing numbers, mark the graves. There is a paper mill near by, which finds it rather difficult to get suitable material for the manufacture of a special paper. The ordinary old rags are no good. The rags themselves have to be manu factured. Old coats, old trousers and old dresses are covered with wet soil, and after a few weeks' rotting are ex humed. A corner is set aside for old linen goods. The linen is placed in layers in a box, with soft rich soil between each layer, and then buried. Limewater is thecn sprinkled o-ver the grave, and after a fortnight's rot ting the linen is reduced to a mere skeleton, which is taken out of the box, laid flat in a warm blanket and rush ed off to the paper mill. Though it is only the size of a foot ball ground, it contains 2,000 graves, which are marked by 2,000 wooden stumps, each bearing a number. Women's sense of Color. The differences between men and women are well marked in many ways, but it may not be generally known how great this difference is in the matter of color appreciatipn, not to speak of color blindness. A large percentage of men are impervious to the sensation of color - they neither notice nor appreciate it. Women, on the contrary, like many animals, are strongly attracted and re pelled by color, which to the average male mind remains a mystery. The or dinary man is quite satisfied if his help mate dresses in black or in the prover bialy agreeable white muslin. Why she should seek for harmonies and novelties of color, why she should arrange and match and discuss various hues with the seriousness he would give to a busi ness matter, passes his understanding. And just as color leaves a man cold, so does form a woua. which accounts for her indifference to statuary and her frequent incapacity for drawing. Louisa, marchioness of Waterford, was an in stance of this. Her coloring was superb and the envy of artists, her drawing de fective and poor, and when she tried late in life to learn to draw she only succeeded in spoiling her fine instinct for color.-London Graphic. Pat's Correction. Two men, a German and a French man, who met in New York, had a heated argument over the question whether the wife of a state governor had an official title or not. One con tended that she should be addressed as "Mrs. Governor So-and-so." The other stoutly insisted that she was simply "Mrs. Blank, wife of Governor Blank." They finally agreed to leave the matter to the first man they met. He proved to be an Irishman. They stated the caso to him and asked for his decision. "Nayther of yez is right," he said after a moment of severe cogitation; "the wife av a governor is a governess." -Exchange. Well Trained. Old Lady (improving the occasion) Ah, my poor man, you would not be in this position if you had received an early training in some trade or calling!i Tramp-Don't you tork too sudden about wet you don't know nothin about, missus. No trainin, indeed I W'y, I was n priso amor -r won w4-London Fun. Dangers of Pony Express Riding. In The Century there is an article on "The Pony Express," between St. Jo seph, Mo., and San Francisco, written by W. F. Bailey. The author says: Considering the danger encountered, the percentage of fatalities was extraor dinarily small. Far more station em ployees than riders were killed by the Indians, and even of the latter more were killed off duty than on. This can be explained by the fact that the horses furnished the riders, selected as they were for speed and endurance, were far supezior to the mounts of the Indians. There is only one case on record where a rider was caught, and that was owing to his having been surrounded. This occurred in Nebraska, along the Platto river. He was shot, and several days later his body was found. His pony,still bridled and saddled, was also found with the mail intact. It was transferred to another horse and soon forwarded to its destination. In laying out the route through the Indian coun try pains were taken to avoid anything that would afford cover for an ambush ed foe. One of the greatest dangers encoun tered by the pony express riders was from immigrants and others who mis took them for Indians. In those days it was shoot first and investigate after ward, provided the shooter survived to make an investigation. A number of the riders met their death in this way, be ing mistaken for Indians, horse thieves or road agents. It is a strange but nota ble fact that the Indians often stood and saw the daring riders fly past without offering to molest them. There was a mystery about it that made it "bad medicine" to interfere with them. Su perstitious as they were, they seldom bothered with anything that they could not understand. A Similar Case. The Indian may be unsophisticated by the side of the white man, but Bishop Whipple, writing in The Temple Maga sine, shows that he has a dry sense of humor. His Indian flock was visited by a speculative Yankee who hungered after their good lands and tried to persuade them to exchange their reservation for a worthless tract of country elsewhere. A council of the tribe was called togeth er, and the Yankee addressed the assem bly. "My friends, I have lived 55 years in this world," he said, "and the winds of 55 winters have blown over my head and silvered it over with gray. As a true man I advise you to accept this new treaty at once." He sat down, and at the same mo ment an old chief sprang to his feet. "Look at me" he said. "The winds of 55 winters have blown over my head and silvered it gray, but they have not blown away my brains." % "That conference was ended," said the bishop laconically. - Weeds as Food. What is even regarded as a vile weed can, with a little stretch of imagina tion, be turned into an ornamental plant or delicious vegetable. This is especial ly the caEe with the common burdock, Lappa major. Schoolboys all know it from gathering the burs and compress ing them together by the curved points of the floral involucre. This is all they know about it. It is difficult to see any thing more to be despised in the bur dock leaf than in the leaf of the rhu barb. It appears that it is largely used in China for food, but it is stated that if the stalks be Cut down before the flowers expan'd and then be boiled the taste is relished equally with asparagus. The leaves when young are boiled and etaten as we eat spinach. In Japan it is in universal use. Thousands of acres are devoted to its culture, but in this case the root is the object. It requires deep soil to get the roots to the best ad vantage.-Meehan's Monthly. Mulberry Sellers. One daiy while Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner were walking together they happened to begin a dis cussion of the modern novel, and one or the other suggested that it might be a good plan to burlesque it. Later while journeying together to Boston this sug gestion took definite sbape, and on their return the work was begun, one author writing a chapter, the other taking up the threads of the story the next day, and both critically examining the result each evening and asking the opinions of their wives as to the success of each stage of the undertaking. Finally they collected all the manuscript, of which there was too great a quantity, and jointly condensed it. It was owing to a suggestion by Mr. Warner that the chief character in the tale was called Colonel Eschol Sellers, and it is a fact that the man whose name was taken-a man supposed to be long dead-made a fiery demand for satisfaction, visiting Hartford for that purpose. In later edi tions of the story the name "Eschol" was changed to "Mulberry."-Ladies' Home Journal. The Mote and the Beam. When Lord Morris was chief justice of Ireland, a young junior barrister arose in his court one day to make his first motion and spoke in the hard brogue of the north of Ireland. "Sapel," said the judge in a low voice to the registrar of the court, "who is this newcomer?" "His name is Clements, my lord." "What part of the coonthry does he hail from in the name of all that's wun dherful?" asked the judge. "County Antrim, my lord," was the reply. "Well, well !" said the judge. "Did you iver come across sich a froightful accint in the whole coorse of yer born loife?" _________ The White House Design. The White House is an exact copy of the Duke of Leinster's palace, Dublin. In March, 1792, the commissioners on building advertised for "a plan for a president's house to be erected in the city of Washington." The prize offered was $500, and that of James Hoban, a young Irish mechanic, was accepted. The design was supposed to be original, but when the house was completed it was learned that Hoban had copied it from the duke's palace. To the Point. A young foreigner had recently arriv ed in London from his native country, and some friends of his family arranged a dinner in his honor. The evening ar rived, the guests invited to meet him were assembled, but the young fellow did not appear. A friend called on him the next day and, reminding him that he had accepted the invitation, inquired why he had not been present. His reply was ingenuous. "I vas not hungry, " he said.-Lon don Tit-Bits. Servian Justice. A murderer in Servia must be execut ed on the very spot where he committed his crime. There a pit is dug, he stands in it blindfold, and a firing party shoots him. If he is then still alive, a revolver is held to his head to finish him, and finally the earth is shoveled in upon his body. There seems a certain poetic jus This Space Belongs to 3. Ryttenberg & Sons, Sumter. S. C. Pie Grove Graded School. U. T. PUGti, A. B., Principal. (Wofford College.) ss ylOLA LAVENDER, A. B., Asst. (Columbia Female College.) With a faculty thoroughly in earnest in' egard to their work and striving to inspire ove for learning in the hearts and minds the young people who come under their ae, Pine Grove Graded School offers un ald advantages to those wishing to pre pre themselves for the various colleges of r State, or to fit themselves for larger d more useful lives. The educational etiment of the loesi patronage is rapidly nreasing, and that, of course, is a source finspiration to the young mind. The whole people are alive more than ever to ducational interes.ts and with a good li ba~ry in our school, we are able to impart lod, thorough instruction, and to impart Ltas cheaply here in this quiet country dis rit as it can be done anywhere. Tuition varies from $1 per month in the oest grade to $2.40 in the highest; board d washing can be had in the best nhilies at $7 per month. The next term bgins the first Monday of October. Give syour patronage; we believe we can sat y you. For further information address W. J. TURBEVILLE, Chairman Board Trustees. Shioh, S. (C. (sept 28-2m TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Clarendcn. COURT OF COMOMN PLEAS. Charles M. Mason, Plairntiff against oley Tucker, James Edward Tucker, Ger ther Howard Tucker and Elizabeth Tucker, Defendants. Judgment for Foreclosure and Sale. UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A JUDG amnt Order of the Court of Common Pleas, nthe above stated action, to me directed. baring date 5th day of March, 1898, 1 il sell at public auction, to the hiphs idder for cash, at Clarendon Czars House, tManning, in said renacy, within the le a hours for indicial sales, on Monday, the Tt 'e of November 1898, being salesday, h following described real estate: "All that piece, parcel or tract of land ~iuate and being in St. Marks Township, inthe Couny Clarendon, in the State afore aid, containing eighty-three acres, more or Les, and bounded as follows, to wit: On the north by lands of G. T. T'icher; inthe east by the run of Big Branch; on h south-by'lands of S. D. DuBose and on li west by lands of Frank Duffy. It be in the tract conveyed to me (W. E. Tuck sr, by De.d of G. T. Tucker, dated Octo br 27th 1891." Terms Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. D. J. BRADHAM, Sheriff Clarendon County. Manning, S. C., Oct. 12, 1898. [124t AT YOUR SERViCE ! 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Lv Kingstree, 8.57 Ar Lants, 4.38 9.15 Lv Lanes, 438 9.15 7.40 P. Ar Charleston,. 6.03 10.50 9.15 North-Bound. *78. *32. *52. Lv Charleston, 6.33 A. 5.17 P. 7.00 A.' Ar Lanes. 8.18 6.45 8.32 Lv Lan", 8 18 6.45 Lv Kinigstree, 8.34 Ar Florence, 9.28 7.55 *Daily. f Daily except Sunday. No. 52 runs through to Columbia via Central R. R. of S. C. Trains Nos. 78 and 32 run via Wilson and Fayettevilie--Short Line-and make close cannection for all points North. Trains on C. & D. R. It. leave Florence daily except Sunday 9.55 a m, arrive Dar. lington 10.28 a m, Cheraw, 11.40 a in, Wadesboro 12.35 p m. Leave Florence daily except Sunday, 8.00 p in, arrive Dar lington, 8.25 p m, Hartsville 9.20 p in, Bennetsville 9.21 p m, Gibson 9.45 p m. Leave Florence Sunday only 9.55 a m, ar rive Darlington 10.27, Hartsville 11.10. Leave Gibson daily except Sunday 6.35 a w, Bennettsville 6.59 a in, arrive Darling. ton 7.50 a in. Leave Hartsville daily ex cept Sunday 7.00 a in, arrive Darlington 7.45 a in, leave Darlington 8.55 am, arrivo Florence 9.20 a w. Leave Wadesboro daily except Sunday 4.25 p m, Cheraw 5.15 p in, Darlington 6.29 p in. arrive Florence 7 p m. Leave Hartsville Sunday only 8.15a m Darlington 9.00 a m, arrive Florence 9.2u a m. J. R. KENLEY, JNO. F. DIVINE, Gen'l Manager. Gen' Sup't. T. M. EMERSON, Tradc Manager. H. M. EMERSON, Gen'l Pass. Agent. W.C.&A. South-Bound. 55. 35. 52. Lv Wilmington,*3.45 P. Lv Marion, 6.34 Ar Florence, 7.25 Lv Florence, *8.20 *3.25 A. Ar Sumter, 9.32 4.29 Lv Sumter, 9.32 *9.32 A. Ar Columbia, 10.50 10.50 No. 52 runs through from Charleston via Central R. R., leaving Charleston 7 a m, Lanes 8.34 a m, Manning 9.07 a in. North-Bound. 54. 53. 32. Lv Columbia, *5.45 A. '3.25 P. Ar Sumter, 7.10 4.50 Lv Suniter, 7.10 '6.06 P. Ar Florence, 825 7.25 Lv Florence, 8.55 Lv Marion, 9.34 Ar Wilmington, 12.20 *Daily. No. 53 runs through to Charleston, S. C., via Cential R. .., arriving Mannin 5.18 p n;, Lanes, 5.55 p in, Charleston 72.3 P m. Trains on Conway Branch leave Chad bourn 11.43 a in, arrive Conway 12.40 p m returning leave Conway 2.45 p in, arrive Chadbourn 5.15 p in, leave Chadbo'urn 5.30 p in, arrive at Hub 6.10 p m, returning leave Hub 9.25 am, arrive at. Chadbourn 10.00 a in. Daily except Sunday. J. R. KENLY, Gen'l Manager. T. U. EMERSON, Traffie Manager H. . EMERSON, Gea'l Pass. Agent. CENTRAL R. R. OF SO. CAROLINA. No. 52 Lv Charleston, 7.00 A. M. Lv Lanes, 8.34 Lv Greeleyville, 8.46 Lv Foreston, 8.55 Lv Wilson's Mill, 9.01 " Lv Manning, 9.09 Lv Alcolu, 9.16 " Lv Brogdon, 9.25 " Lv W. &S. Junct., 9.38 " Lv Sumter, 9.40 Ar Columbia, 11.00'o - No. 53 Lv Columbia, ' 4.00 P. M6. Lv Sumter, 5.13 - Lv W. & S. Junct. 5.15" Lv Brogdon, 5.27 - Lv Alcolo, 5.35 " Lv Manning, 5.41 Lv Wilson's Mill, 5.50 Lv Foreston, 5.57 " Lv Greeleyville, 6.05" Ar Lanes, ' 6.17 " ,Ar Charleston, 8.00 " MANCHESTER & AUGUSTA R. R. No.'35. Lv Sumter, -4.29 A. M, Ar Creston, 5.17 " Ar Orangeburg, 5.40 Ar Denmark, 6.12 " No. 32 Lv Denmark, 4.17 P. MW. Lv Orangeburg, 4.50 "' Lv Creston, 5.13 " Ar Sumter, 6.03 " Trains 32 and 35 ear through Pullman palace buffet sleeping ears between New York and Macon via Augusta. Wiflson and Summerton R. R. Tnmx Tanr. No. 1, In effect Monday, June 13th, 1898. Between Sumter and Wilson's Mills. Southbound. Northbound. No. 73. Daily except Snunday No. 72. P M Stations. I' H 200 Le..Sumter....r 1230 2 03 ... .W & S Junction. 12 27 220.........Tindal........1155 238........Packville....... 1130 2 50 .........Silver......... 1110 33 .....Millard........14 350.......Summierton.......10 4 20...... ...Davis.........45 445........ordan ... ......35 5 15 Ar...Wilson's Mills..Le 9 05 PM - AM Between Millard and St. Paul. Southbound. Northbound. No. 73. No. 75. No. 72. No. 74. P M A M Stations A M P M 3 05 10 15 Le Millard Ar 10 45 3 35 3 15 1025 Ar St. PauILel1035 3 25 PM AM AM PM THOS. 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