Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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uw~0 of Euek a~i ongby the H arness Uil. Sold everywhere in cans ::llsizes. Made by Standard Oil Company Sorofulal THE OFFSPRING OF HEREDITARY BLOOD TAINT. Scrofula is but a modified form of Blood Poison and Consumption. The parent who is tainted by either will see in the child the same di-ease inanifesting itseIf in the form of swollen glands of the neck and throat, catarrh, weak eyes, offensive s o r e s and abscesses and of tentimes white swell ing-sure signs of Scrofula. There may 7 - - benoexternalsignsfor ' 4 along time, for the disease develolowly in some cases, but the noison is in the blood and will break out at the first favor able opportunity. S. S. S. cures this wast ing, destructive disease by first purifying and building up the blood'and stimulating and invignrating the whole system. J. M. Seals, is PublicSquare. Nashville,Tenn., says: 'Ten years ago my daughter fell and cut her forehead. From this wound the glands on the side of her face became swollen and bursted. Some of the best doctors here and elsewhere attended her without any benefit. We decided to try S. S. S., and a few bottles cured her en tirely." makes new and pure blood to nourish and SSS ae nerdpr strengthen the body and is a positive and safe cure or Scrofula. It overcomes all forms of blood poison, whether inherited or acquired,- and no remedy so thoroughly and effectively cleanses the blood. If you have any blood trouble, or your child has inherited some blood taint, take S. S. S. and get the blood in good condition and prevent the disease doing further damage. Send for our free book and write our physicians about your case. We make no charge whatever for medical advice. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. AT.ANTA. GA. THE -Bnk of Mannina MANNING, 8. C. Transacts a general banking busi ness. Prompt and special attention given to depositors residing out of town. Deposits solicited. All collections have prompt atten tin. Business hours from 9 a. mn. to 3 p.m. .JOSEPH SPROTT, A. LEVI, Cashier. President. BOARD OF D1RtEcTO~s. J. W. McLEoD, -~ E. BROWN, S. M1. NEXSEN, JOSEPH SPRovr Buggios, Wagons, Boadf Caits and Carr'iages REPWAIRED With Neatness and Despatch -AT R. A. WHITE'S WHEELWRIGHT and BLACKSMITH SHOP.I 1 repair Stoves. Pumps and run water pipes, or I will put down a new Pump cheapu need any soldering done, give me a call. L AME. My horse is lame. Why'. Because I did 'not have it shod by R. A. White. the man that puts on such neat shoes and makes horses travel with so much ease. We Make Them Look New. We are making a specialty of re painting old Buggies, Carriages, Road Carts and Wagons cheap. Come and see me. My prices will please you, and I guarantee all of my work. Shop on corner below Rl. M. Dean's. R. A. W HIT E, MANNING. S. C. JA. WEINBERG. ATTORNEY AT LAw, MANNNING. S. (. JOSEPH F. RHAME. ATTORNEY AT LAW, MANNING, S. C. WILSON & DLURANT, Attorneysa and C'onsd'eors at Law, MANNING, S. C'. C. DAVIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW. MANNING, S. (C. D R. J. FRANK GEIGER. DENTIST. MANNING. S. C. A BUDDING HUMORIST. Merry Memories of a First Meeting With Artenus Ward. On going into the Cleveland Plain Dealer editorial rooms one morning I saw a new man, who was introduced to me as Mr. Browne. IIe was young. cheerful in manner. tall and slender. not <1uite (1p to date in style of dress, yet by no means8 shabby. His hair was flaxen and very straight; his nose. the iromhient fea ture of his face. wa lilmniue quite violoily so-and w iih a leaning to the left. Iis eyes w-re blue gray, with a tw inkle' in 11hem: his mouth seemed so given to a merry laugh, so much in motion. that it was difficult to describe. It seemed as though bubbling in hin was a1 lot of happiness which he made no effort to conceal or hold baoi. When we were introduced, he was sit ting at his table writing. Ile gave his leg a smart slap, arose. shook hands with me and said he was glad to meet me. I believed him. fori he looked glad all the time. You could not look at him but he would laugh. He laughed as lie sat at his table writing. When he had written a thing which pleased him, he would slap his leg and laugh. I noticed that George IHoyt and James Brokenshire at their tables were pleased with his merriment and in dulged in broad smiles. As I bade hin and the others good morning he said. "Come again, me liege." I thanked him, said I would and went my way. thinking what a funny fellow lie was. Within a month thereafter appeared in the columns of The Plain.Dealer a funny letter signed "Artem-us Ward." The writer said he was in the show business, had a trained kangaroo, "a most amoosin' little cuss." some "snaix" and a collection of wax fig ures, which lie called a "great moral show.'' As he was coming to Cleve land to exhibit. lie made a proposition to the proprietor that they "scratch each other's backs"--the publisher to write up the show vigorously and the showman to have the handbills print ed at his office and g-ive him free tick ets for all his family. So I found my young friend of the gurgle and hay colored hair to be an embryo humorist just bursting into bloom. Artemus. as from that time lie was best known, soon had a city full of friends, myself ind family among them.-James F. Ryder in Century Magazine. FLOWER AND TREE. . Never buy a plant In bloom. Never water plants in flower from above. In planting out an orchard do not' plant more than can he manured and cared for well. A yard or lawn always looks barren i without some choice ornamental trees I and shrubs. On this account every lawn should contain a few choice speci mens of these ornamental trees. i Scale insects on plants. such as the I oleanders, the fragrant olive, roses, etc., are among the most diffcult pests I to overcome. A mixture of white helle bore powder with dissolvedl soap rub-< bed in is a good remedy.1 Keeping all young trees carefully staked leads to the formation of clean, straight stems. These in their turn areC conducive to the growth of large. I bealthy, fruitful heads. One stout I stake should be placed by each tree when it Is planted. Crocus must be planted in October to insure spring blooms. It makes a 1 Eine appearance If thickly planted upon a lawn. Ma'-e a cut with a spade three or four inches deep in the sod,. tuck In a couple of bulbs and press the sod back into place with the foot. Habits of Seals. The habits of seals are very Interest ing. The very young seal is helpless n the water tintil he is taught by his mother to swim. She takes him into the water daily on her fin and dumps him n, and when he gets tired of foundering about places hirni on her n again and returns to her camp.1' When the young seals are well grown., they suddenly disappear with their mothers and the bull seals. No one knows where they go. and their return s equally as sudden as their departure. I'be bulls are the first to put In an ap pearance at the camping ground. When they arrive, they commence at )nce to prepare a camp for their mates, yhich they stake off, and for which :hey fight until they die. In the mean :ime the female seals remain qluite a 1 listance from land, floating lazily on :he water and seemingly having a good N THE VERGE OF SUCCESS ' rhe Easy Steward and the Auda clous "Grafter." ? man walked into one of the i'n town college club.s one morning aid sat down in the smoking ro'un. His air of assurance was hardly in accord witl I his tattered clothes. It was early, andi pone of the member.; was about. He ~ rang the bell, and the stewvard r sponded. "It seems good ti get back into the club again," he remarked. "Yes.sir,"' said the steward. "I used to be a member here, but I've bad hard luck and can't :iTord it any longer." "es, sir; I'm sorry, sir."~ said the steward. "By the way. I'm a little short of car !are this morning." said the nervy stranger. "Could you let me have ten cents until I call here again?" The surprised steward reached into his pocket and handed out a dime. "Thank you." said the man. "Now,. ['in also a little hungry, having had no breakfast. Do you suppose you could gather me up a little luncheon?~" The steward was stupefied by such a display of nerve. ^ "And a little whisky with a dash of bitters would not go badly with the The steward fled as one of the mem. ers entered. The stranger saw the new arrival and rose hastily. "I am too early for my friend." he said'-as he walked toward the door. I will return later-" Then he added In an undertone, which the doorbey eard: "Too batd. too bad: That stew ard was easy. Ihe'd given me the clubz If I'd asked for it. It's a wonder thi: se members wouldn't stay away-." The man of nerve walked dlown the street with hs head bowed in deep thou::ht "ow to get that luncheon without paying for It" was his themec.-New York Tribune. Rtecklessness. "Inherited wealth," exclaimed tihe alase young man. witn a drear-y yawn, 'is a curse:" "Then why don't you try to get rid of .t" asked the youth who hadn't inher'it d any wealth. "I am doing the best I can," rejoined Lhe other. "I keep a yacht, run an au tomobile, belong to a swell golf chub and lend you money."-Cicago Trib WEAR OF ThE E XRTI] HOW THE FACE OF OUR GLOBE I! CONTINUALLY CHANGING. Geologicl Agents That Are Always Busy In Nature's Great Workshop Where Man Ham Comparatively Lit. tie Tnfluence. The atmosphere plays its part in geo logical operations. Its corroding pow er, backed 1-y rain and WinC, helps t< diecay and disintegrate those rock which are exposed to its influence. Rail completes the work thus begun. Wint blows dust, sand and vole.nic as1 over large tracts of eartLb-in fact over the whole of it. It is only of late years that geolo gists have discovered that fine vol eanic dust is carried over the whole Q the earth's surface anu~ plays a ver3 important part In the deep sea depos its. On deserts and nearly rainless re ;ions blown sand will wear away thE bardest rocks by beating agains then. Some sandstone forn: ation:s ap pear to have been piled up by winds. W\inds ca nsee ocean curretts. wave. nd storms. The great denuding power of the sea is largely .ue to the atmospliere. Some parts oC tie Eng tisli coasts are being rapid.y washed way. I'lants and animals have theit listribution considerably aTected o winds and ocean currents. Again whether living in water or on land nimals live on the oxygen supplied from the atmosphere, and land plants bsorb carbonic acid from the same ource. Rain acts in two ways: (1) chemic ally by dissolving certain substances uch as lime, out of the roeis, and (2 mechanically by wearing down theft urfaces as it flows over them. Any 1ld building-a ruined castle or cathe Iral, for instance-shows a "weath red" surface resulting from the ac tion of rain and wind. In sandstone tructures the details of carving are ften lost, and on old tomtstones the ettering can hardly be deciphered Springs are due to rainwater collecting n rocks and rising to the surface Rivers are fed by rains and springs. - A river is a very powerful geologica igent. In the hardest rocks rivers radually carve out a valley or gorge rhis is accomplished partly by chemic illy dissolving certain mineral sub stances, but chiefly by mechanica ?rosion, the stones, sand and mud rearing away the bed of a stream as they run and t.umble over it. The finest examples of river action ire the famous canyons o:' Colorado .hIch In some places are g~rges 5,00( )r even 0,000 feet deep, with vertical ides. But, as already pointed out 'ivers have a constructive action quite is important as their destructive ac ion. By bringing down their burden if sediment Into lakes, estuaries and ;eas they build up great piles of rock td "sow the dust of continents tc )e." Glaciers are rivers of ice fed by the 'eternal snows" of high mountain -anges such. as the Alps. They wear ut their own valleys as rivers do; hey transport mud, sand and stones tc -reat distances, in some cases sending hem scaled up in icebergs to float far >t to sea and on melting deposit their )urdens on the sea floor. Off the coast >f Newfoundland northern Icebergs tre depositing a great mass of "gln ~ial drift." The sea Is a great denuding agent; >ut ts work is more constructive than estructive. It is the workshop where early all the stratified rocks have >een accumulated and ranged In layers r strata. The- rivers and ocean cur ets continually bring in fresh sup. lies of debris even for hundreds of niles. Man, compared with the lower ani nals, produces but little effet as a ge dogical agent Still the human race ins considerably modified thae distribu Ion of plants by cutting do'wn forests tnd by cultivating certair. plants to upply food. So with animals. Cr aln useful species have been cultivat 4 and enormously increased at the xpese of others which prove usel-ss r harmful. But plants and animals have had. d still have. far more influence geo gically. Coal scams are made up of egetable remains of forrrer periods. ~orests have an important influence a elinateand on animal as well as lant life. In the comparatively un nown world of the ocean marine lants douhtless have important fune Ions. Marine animals accomplish a vast mount of geological constructive yrk. Great deposits thousands of eet thick owe their existence to small alcareous creatures living In the sea. oral reefs afford the most familiar ilustration. The force known as heat is of great mportance. The earth is hotter below he surface and probably has a very uigh temperature toward its center. some places not very far below its urface It contains highly heated rock. rhich occasionally flows over the sur ace during volcanic eruptions. In ther places we find hot springs in con Lection wvifh volcanic action. Heat exercises a powerful influence n rocks deeply burled below the arths surface, chiefly by means of eated water and steam. In this way ocks have been very much altered r "metamorphosed." The crystalline chists have thus been brought to their resent state by a series of chemical hanges due to heat, and there is no loubt that they were once ordinary eposits of clay, sand, etc.-Hlutchin on's "Autobiography of the Earth;" he Appleton Company. Halrb'ushes. No amount of washiing of the hair rill keep it clean if dirty brushes are tsed, yet persons otherwise fairly neat .re careless in this respect. A special st says that hairbrushes should be rashed once a week and, if used on air in which there Is much dandruff. wice a week is not too often. The rushes should be washed in cold, not ot, water, to which cloudy ammonia ts been added in the proportion of a cant tablespoonful to a quart of wa er. Care should be taken not to wet he backs of the brushes, and when vashed and rinsed-a good way to inse them properly is to use a shower pray on them-they should be put on -dge in the air to dry. Dress combs. oo, should be frequently cleaned, a ombh cleaner being used for the pur Hit Both Ways. First Artist - Congratulate me, old nan. I've just sold my raasterpiece t< anker Farvenu for five thousand dol. Second Artist-Glad to hear it. ThE niserable skinflint deserves to be swin An Unreliable Guide. Freddy-Ma, according to my appe ite it must be near dinner time. Mama-Yes, but your appetite Is HIS NOSE WAS SAFE. But His Nerves Were In a State of Cold Chill Collapse. "I was sitting on the veranda of a tir western hotel one afternoon," said the Boston drummer, "and was lazily smoking one of the nicest meerschaum pipes you ever saw when out of the tail of my eye I saw that a native down at the other end of the veranda had his gun sighted at me. They were a wild lot around there, and I couldn't tell whether he meant to shoot me or the pipe. The chances were in favor of the pipe, however, and it seemed a good chance to test my nerve. I made up my mind to let him shoot and to pre tend a careless air, but I'm telling you in the ten or fifteen seconds of waiting the sweat came out at every pore and my heart pounded my ribs sore. I felt a sort of tick at the bowl of the pipe. heard the crack of the gun and ku-a that the bullet had passed through the pipe. I got a brace with my hands and feet and waited for a second bullet. and it went through the bowl after the first. I sat there until his fourth bul let had hit the pipe and knocked the bowl off the stem, and then the shooter sauntered up to me and laughingly said: "'Excuse ie, stranger, but I thought it was imitation.' "Same as you are,' I replied. "My gibe hurt him, but he was man enough to tell everybody about my nerve, and the boys chipped In suffi cient nuggets to buy me this fifty dol lar smoker. Say, do you know what happened to me when I made an ex cuse to go up stairs after my old corn cob? I had no sooner got Into my room 1 than my knees gave out, chills galloped up my spine. and I'll be hanged If I didn't faint away and lie there for ten minutes. It had suddenly occurred to me that the bowl of that pipe was ouly six inches from my nose while the fel- 1 low was doing his shooting, and I have not yet got over touching my nasal organ now and then to see if it is safe." INDIAN PRAIRIE DOG HUNTS The Little Animals Are Deemed a Dainty Dish by the Navajoes. The Navajo Indian, while he cannot be prevalled upon to eat a rabbit. is greedily fcnd of fat prairie dogs. Large communities of these small animails abound oo the western plains, and the Navajo has resorted to many Ingenious methods for trapping his coveted dain ty. One of them Is by the aid of a bit of mirror placed at the entrance to a burrow. When the animal ventures from his bedroom, deep under ground. he sees a familiar image mocking him at the front door, and he hurries out to confront the impudent intruder, when he is pinned to the ground with an ar row. But the most effective maethod is what the Indians call the rain hunt. As soon as the steady downpour of sum mer rains begin every Navajo who can walk repairs to the prairie dog village with hoes, sharp sticks or any digging implement. With these they hollow out trenches that will lead the storm water into as many burrows ,as possi ble. Soon a little stream is pouring down each small home, and the Inmate, much disturbed, pops out to see what the matter can be. Many of the ani mals remain under ground until they are drowned, and their bodies float to the surface. After such a hunt, in which many pounds of prairie dogs are generally secured, there is a feast for many days in the Navajo buts.-New York Comn mercial Advertiser.1 CATHERINE IL'S RULES. The rules, inscribed on a tablet now in the Hermitage. the famous St. -Pe tersburg Museum of Art, are as fol lows: I. Leave your rank outside as well as your hat and sword. II. Leave your right of precedence, your pride and any similar feeling out side the door. III. Be gay, but do not spoil or gnaw I anything. IV. Sit, stana, walk as you wilt, without reference to anybody. V. Talk moderately, not loud, so as not to make the heads or ears of others ache. VI. Argue without anger and with- 4 out excitement. VII. Neither sigh nor yawn. nor t make any one feel dull or heavy. VIII. In all innocent games. what ever one proposes, let all join. IX. Eat whatever is sweet and savo ry, but drink with moderation, so that each may find his legs on leaving the room. X. Tell no tales out of school. What ever goes in at one ear must go out at the other before leaving the room. Whoever offends against rule X shall never again be admitted-. Our grande dame will call these rules her Ten Commandments. i The Terrapin Disease. C The terrapin is thought to have much ( influence in causing sickness, and the terrapin disease is e'ither- a rheumatic 1 affliction about the chest and ribs or possibly some pulmonary trouble. 'The t assocIation of the terr-apin wvith diseases I in this portion of the body doubtless originates from the facd that the ribs of the terrapin are not free, as in the case of most of the higher animals. but 1 are united into one piece. An Indian who was ill applied for re- I lief to a shaman and was asked, "Did I you not when a boy tie str-ings to the I terrapin's tail and worry the creature?" 1 The patient admitted that he did. 1 "Wel- said the medicine man. "tha: i is wha. is the mattcr. it is the terra- 1 pin's turn nowv, and the terrapin Is pay ing off old scores. You have the terra- 3 pin sickness, and all your- ribs have I grown together and to your breast bone." The shaman administered the prope:' remedy prescribed in such cases-i for get what it was-and the man thought he was cured. Doing tHis Best. In the early morning I went to the, Ipostoffice in an Alabama town to in- I quire for mail, but found I was half I an hour too early. I was walkIng away when the colored janitor who was sweeping out called to me and asked: t "Was yo' procrastinatin' around yere t arter yo'r mail, sah ?'' I"Yes, but I see I'm too early." "Yes, sah, too airly. An' was yo' a stranger in dis town ?" ~"Yes." I"An' hain't yo' no one to talk to?" "No." "Den, sah, if yo' don't keer to elimi- ;3 nate about de street fur halt an hour yo' can stop right yere, an' I'll do my best to considerate de reciprocity of de situashun an' make yo' feel to home!" The Original Pair, Upon one point the disputants are agreed: Man descended from a pair of ancestors. Who they were is not so ape A FISHING FICTION, THE "MAGIC EYE" OF THE SAUl STE. MARIE iNDIANS. Au Old Guide's Explanation of the Indian Whitefish Hunter's Method of Getting His Glistening Catc From Under the Rapids. "The first time I fished In the Sault te. Marie rapids," said a well knowr Lake Keuka sportsman,' "I landed In in hour twenty-one brook trout that wreighed forty-five pounds; so I was eady and willing to believe anything [ heard or read about the possibilities )f those waters or the astounding :hings that men-who fished In them were able to do. "Consequently I believed what they :old me about the marvelous feats the Indian fishermen of the Sault Ste. Uarle could perform in the way of etting whitefish. Few who have tour d the great lakes have not heard of :hose same feats, witnessed them aud. )f course, could do nothing but go tway believing that they were all they seemed to be. "Particularly will they marvel, as I lid, at the Indian whitefish fisherman's nagic eye with which he scems to ook down through ten feet or more of oaming, rushing water and see white sh that to the white man's eye would >e Invisible five Inches beneath the xurface. It would have been strange f I had not marveled at it. having wtnessed more than once manifesta ions of Its alleged power. That was efore I talked with old Guide Garron. 'The astounding feats of the Indian wvhitefish netters of the Sault Ste. Uarle that the guidebooks and the iotel keepers and steamboatmen insist n telling tourists about are performed )y two Indians in a canoe. One occu ies the stern and manipulates the >addle to keep the canoe's head point A1 up stream. The Indian In the bow, ;tanding upright, uses a pole to aid in )ropelling the canoe or in -keeping it iteady. "Lying ready to his hand Is a dip net 'our feet In diameter, fastened to the md of a pole perhaps fifteen feet long. rhe fishing is done at the foot of the 'apids, where the water boils and tum es furiously. With his pole the In lan in the bow keeps the boat moving bout In the rapids and gazes constant y into the water, whicr is often ten !eet or more deep. "Suddenly the Indian In the bow will seize the net handle with ore hand. lever ceasing to manipulate the canoe wth his pole In the other nor for :in nstant removing his staring gaze from :he water. The net Is not more than n his hand before he has plunged It yerhaps ten feet distant from the boat hrusting it at the same instant to the mottom. Then he gives it a peculiar -wist, draws It up and, surrendering :he care of the canoe for the moment o the Indian with the paddle, ie raws the net up, never without from :hree to half a, dozen glistening white Ish In it, frequently weighing five >onds each. "The wondering spectator, seeing othng but the boiling water, the sud len start of the Indian and his quick~ tnd dexterous plunging and drawing ip of the net with its Invariable load i whitefish, can do nothing but ac nowledge to himself the necromancy f the Indian's piscatorlal art. I know .hat I did, and for two seasons gave nyself away to the fascination of that nysterous fishing. Then one day I narveled at it greatly to Guide Garron, he shrewd and cunning old French nan who knows every rock and eddy tnd whirlpool of the rapids and all the iles and tricks that any other guide mows and a whole lot that no other me does know, and Garron's little >lack eyes twinkled. "'Ah!' he chuckled. 'Zat mageeck lye. He von gr-r-rand homboag!' "Then he explained in his voluble id picturesque patois the apparent nystery of the Indian whitefish fisher nan's magic eye. Whitefish are natu al denizens of the still, silent wate-s if the great lakes. To get from Lake uron to Lake Superior these fish nust fight their way up the fierce and tubborn Sault Ste. Marie rapids. In oing this they travel by easy stages. They can brave the rapids but a short istance at a time, when, alnmost ex austed, they drop into the shelter of he friendly rocks that pile the bottom if the rapids. "Huddled sometimes by the score be tind these rocks. getting wind, as It ere, to overcome another stage of heir journey, the whitefish, If the wa er is not too deep, can be lifted out ey the band of the fisherman, they are o nearly exhausted. The Indians as ell as the white fishermen know this .nd, knowing well the location of' these heltering rocks, have only to thrust heir nets down behind them and draw hem up filled with fish. "The cunning of the Indian led him ang ago to give visitors the impression hat he could penetrate the troubled lepths of the raplds with his gaze and iscover the whitefish on the bottom. The wonder of it spread, and It has een one of the fondest and best pay. ng fictions of 'Susan Mary,' as the na ives give you the pronunciation of the lault Ste. Marle."-New York Times. Au Anecdote of Genius. The following anecdote of Leigh Int was once related by "Orion" orne. Horne on a bitterly cold day a winter went to see Hunt, and found Im In a large room with a wide, old ashoned fireplace. He had dragged s piano on to the hearth, close to a irge fire, leaving only room for him elf and his chair, and was playing rith the greatest enjoyment. "My dear fellow," cried Horne, "are 'ou aware that you are ruining your lano forever and ever in that heat?" "I know-I know," murmured Hunt, but it is delcious." A Novelty. "Suppose I give you your supper," id the tired looking woman. "What rill you do to earn it?" "Madam," said Meandering Mike, "i'll ye you de opportunity of seein' a man o t'roo a whole meal wit'out findin' alt wit' a single thing." The woman thought a minute and hen told him to come In and she'd set te table.-Washinigtoni Star. Now They Don't Speak. Ethel-if ten men were to ask you to 1arry them, what would that be? Amy-What would It be? Ethel-A tender. Amy-And if one should ask you that would that be? Ethel-I don't know. What? Amy-A wonder.-London Fun. Humility. Humility is the means of progress. Vhen we realize how little we know, e shall yearn and strive to know more; when we feel how Imperfect is ur character, and not till then, we hal make earnest efforts after our, rnovernant THE WAY OF A TORNADO. One That Was .r:earkable Both In Appearance and Action. "A tornado that was remarkable both in appearance and in :-tion was one that traveled froui Texas across Okla homa and Indan Territory in May, 1806," says Eat i W. Mayo in Ainslee's. 'A man in Sheriman. tkla.. who had ex ceptional opportunities for observing the storm, inasnauich as !e was caught up in it and carrit-! several hundred yards before descending to earth again. is certain that it vas act funnel shaped. He says of it: "'It looked to me like a great ball of vapor rolling over and over toward me. When I first saw It distinctly. it was at a hill perhaps an ei:hth of a mile away. It seemed to be Wbout 250 yards wide and 100 feet high. The mo ton was that of a hall rolling over and over, not spiral. and it came on rather slowly, perhaps thirty miles an hour. Whatever the ball cf cloud struck was lifted right off the ground. "'I saw It pick up house after house between the hil! and me, and the cloud seemed td be full of flying boards and timbers. When the ball reached Mrs. C.'s, the house nearest me, it went straight up off its foundations. The house remained Intact until 'it was about twenty or twenty-five feet from the ground, then it burst open and the fragments flew in all directions. It looked like an exploding bomb. The corn and cotton standing a hundred feet on either side of the storm's path wei-e uninjured, but whenever the cloud struck the higher ground it spread out. covering a wider strip of the surface. "'When the cloud struck me, I went up lightly and easily and the sensation was not unpleasant, but I came down hard and -was badly shaken up. al though not seriously Injured. On the highway north cf Sherman fence wires were torn from the posts and pounded Into the hard surfaee of the road a dis tance of two or three inches.'" THE WOMAN WHO FAINTED. A Lesson on Courtesy In a Crowded London Theater. Here Is an example of the courtesy and good feeling of the twentieth cen tury. How are we to -account for it?, The worst of it is that in such a case the innocentsuffer for the guilty. When a woman does really faint, there will be some hesitation before she receives a seat, consolation and brandy. In an overcrowded pit of one of the London theaters the other night a lady, who was standing, suddenly became very faint, and another lady sitting near kindly offered her her seat. Not only this, but, seeing that she did not recover quickly, she went and fetched I some restoratives from the refreshment room, whereupon the lady quickly re covered and began to thoroughly enter into the spirit of the play, apparently quite oblivious of her benefactress. As time went on she was asked by her benefactress If she would object to her sitting down agaih. But the other would none-of It. "Now I have a seat I mean to keep it!"~ she replied. Where upon hei- benefactress gently reminded her that she had paid for her seat and thought that she had every right tosre turn to it. But no amount of talking would npparently move the former. A gentleman sitting near, having watched the episode, leaned forward and said, *'Do you intend to give up your seat?" "'No," was the reply. Up he sprang and gently lifted her out of It. An onlooker saId to a lady next to her, "I like that man." "Thank you," was the reply; "he is my husband." There seems to be no limit to the re sources used by some people to secure what they have not paid for. The lady was no more faint than any one else in the audience.-London Free Lance. The Nieeunity of Salt. Although In treatIes on dietetics salt figures as a condiment, it is universally recognized to be something more; In deed it is an Indispensable element of the -food of man and anImals. A well known authority asserts, says The Medical Press and Circular, that when ever the annu~al consumption of salt falls below twenty pounds per head of population the public health is likely to suffer. The deprivation of salt does not produce a definite disease, but re duces the vitality of the organIsm asa whole, so that the victims of adminis trative measures which restrict the consumption of salt more readily fall prey to prevailing epIdemics, as well as to endemic maladies. -Threw Up the Sponge. His 1Coving Spouse (who has been talking for' five minutes without a. break)-I'd like to know, now, what you've got to say for yourself. When you went down town I told you exactly the kind of bath sponge I wanted, and you wrote it down,'and now you bring me this mIserable, pitiful, good for nothing. What are you throwing that sponge up in the air for? Mr. Meeker-My dear, it's the only thing I can do.-Chicago Tribune. Straightforwa~rd. He-You mustn't believe every beg gar who comes to your door. She-But this was no common beggar. He was a sea captain who had lost ev erything In a shipwreck. He-How do you know he was? She-He told a straightforward story about how his ship went to pieces on the coast of Switzerland.-Philadelphia1 Press. There Is no surer beginnjng for a home than simple furnishing. In sim plicity lie safety, reason and art There is nothIng finer nor higher. It is su preme.-Ladies' Home Journal. Some peach growers in CalIfornia skin their peaches by rapid handling in lye baths. Come Exp ositio. Ever-y attention will be shlown visi.t ors and' we especially invite the people to visit our handsome store to inspect our lines of Gent's Clothing, and Hats. We hatndle no goods hut those wh i we can guarantee. Our Tailoring Department is p~erha~ps the lar-gest in the State and out- tailors are experienced workmen. A Suit made by us is sutiiient war rant to fit. Come to see us. J L DAVID & BRO., Cor. King and W\entwor-th Sts.. eHARLEST-m, - ..S C.e May not meet with a unanimous approval, but there are none who disap prove of Commercial expansion at home. The LEVI BROTHERS of Sumter, in order to meet the demands-of our growing and expanding business, were forced to seek more commodious quarters. Accordingly we contracted for and leased the old J. T. Solomon store next to the court house, and after an expenditure of considerable money we have now one of the handsomest and best equipped stores in the city, to which we extend a most cordial invitation to the readers of THB! Tuims, and in this connection we desire to express our gratitude to the people for the patronage andi the manifestations of confidence reposed in us, The Sumter cotton market is one of the best in the State.and we reckon ourselves among the heaviest buyers; this we could not doff.we did not pay full market price, and having the very best. facilities for handling cotton we can guarantee prices to those favoring us with their patronage. tyvrvrfyVvHTVIviHVHVViViViVh ViVYTfyy!1TM this season is advancing, but we have a magnificently selected stock,- con 3 D ry G oods Itracted for early and ahead orazyad vance, that we think will be of inter est to the people to examine before buying elsewhere. YVVYTTTITVYIVVTVVIVVT IIVTVTY!~fi~are our fF-vorite stock and we believe that we have as large and as complete line, from the best factories in. the United States as any house -aiwayfrisi wholesale trade, in fact we do i larg jobbing trade in Dry Goods and Shoes. can only be properly selected by ex perts and we have had the advantage of an expert who makes a hoIft study of the styles to select thiooe,-1 nA AAAIAAAA and we want everybody to -eome and and see how well and cheaply wecan dike them out. 1y y~y,y~yy q is a line that we defy competitionin - style, shapes, quality and Prices. No Hiats matter who you want .a Hat for or what -price -you want to pay for it, we can suit you in every -respect. We have a full line of Boys' Hats also.. bought altogether in ear load lots and with a view of competing with job-a S bers. A fanner can. seeare --ft j anything in the Groeey Jipe,; 1Ar Fancy or Heavy goodsat can only produce- profits by the o ume of business done. Our store will continue to be headquarters for the rar' erei :10enA don, and in our new quarters we can give our friends-roatteniio b cause we have more room to do business. We want you to come to see us, next door to the court house atid y have our guarantee that your wants will be supplied regasrdless of compe tition. LEVI BROTHERS STTl\8ER, $1. C. 1PAINTS -O LS -Wrffe Us for Pie iSA FES_ AND Scales.- _ _ _ _ SWILLAM M. BIRD & COtCALETN Fashionabef * COmifortable. A coat 'that will keep out the cold, protect the health arfd look well. You'll like them for many reasons. Lined for i~41 i'Warmth and Wear, ~nd made with heavy stitching so there is no danger of pulling to pieces-and lot expensive, either. If you are coming to Charleston it will pay you to visit our store. Nothing but up-to-date Clothing, Furnishing Goods and Hats. you will fmnd a our store. NRWBOHy GRANITE CLOTHING H. RO N'S -HOUSE, 224 KING ST., Opp. Academy of Music, c'EI L E3 sTO( N. - -- S. ' Mailor ders, promptly filled by special salesman who attends to these orders. ~~Southern Fruit Co.; W. H. MIXSON, Manager. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FRUIT and PRODUCE. -...:.MunurYoctaurs rs' A gents for - -..... ~IBARRELS, BASKETS, CRATES, Etc. HIigla Grade Vegetable Seeds. -- ClARLESTON, - - - - - S. C. WNm. E. H olmes & Go., 20O9 East Bay, -- CHARLESTON, S. C. -Dealers in PAINTS, OILS, VARNISH AND BRUSHES, LANTERNS, TAR PAPER AND4 BUILDING PAPER. Headquarters for the Ceiebrated Palmetto Brand of Cylinder. Planing, En