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JEW ELER, - So R. VENNING,2ER OEAL-ERt IN Watches, Clocks, Jewelry and All Kinds o? FANCY NOVELTIES. 1 make a speci-lt o1 \\-EDlNG and HOLIDAY PRES' F.NTS and alays carry a lurze and handsome line of SiHverware, t8ancainted h in , ware and nu merous other art e 'o itar. G f COME AND SE: All Watch. Ctelk nd jew- ympptly and -uaranteed. SPAINTS PAINTS PINTS. SThe Greatest Displa of Stves and Ranges in South:oarolina Can be found in our store. We want you to come and +se them. . + 0 + We are headquarters for Machiuery Supplies of + + all kinds and sole agents for the best Rubber. Leather $ + and;Canvass Stitch Belting. We invite special attention to our stock of + Czr Guaran-:0 FA I N 7E tee~ - 0 + HARNESS, SADDLES, WHIPS. There is no 4 stock superior to ours.. + Come and see our stock of Guns and Sports- + men's Supplies, the largest and best ever seen on this +market. Farmers and mechanics can find any implement or - tool in our store, made of the best material and at prices which defy competition. 0 Lubricating Oils of the best quality and at low + prices. - 3 We solicit the trade of the people of Clarendon + Q with whom we have had business for so many years. L. B. DuRant, Snt, [ Look to Your Interest. Here we are, still in the lead, and why suffer with your eyes when you can be suited with a pair of Spectacles with so little trouble? We carry the Celebrated HAWKES Splectacles and 6lasses, Which we are offering very cheap, from 2->c to ss.50 and Gold Frames at $3 to $6. Call and be suited. W. M. BROCKiNTON. egealerearationfors PromotesDition.Cheerful nessandResontainsneither Opir,Morphinie nor}ieral. INTAc OTIC. Aperfect Remedy for Conslipa- ls ln, Sour Stomach,Diarhoea Worms,Convulsions,Feverish Facsuimile Signature of ThirtyYYear ASPRINGA Fo ants Sknd.hlrn Ptient Dend Yo ad FOALwysBgh COVERED DISHES. The Reason They Were Introduced During the Middle Ages. From the days when our ancestors took their food in their hands and ate it with as little ceremony as a dog gnaws a bone to the present time of elaborate dinners is a long step, but a gradual one. It was a number of con turies before dishes of any kind were used, and knives and forks as adjuncts to eating are later still. Thc fear of poison which haunted the mind of every person of quality during the mid die ages gave rise to certain curious customs and even to ccrtain supersti tions. When dishes are now seriv covered, it is understood th:t It IS merely for the purpose of keepwug theml warm. This was not, however. t1e principal reason why they were not served covered during the dark ages. It was the fear that poison might be introduced into them surreptitiously between the kitchen and the table where they were to be served to the kings or the lords or even to persons of inferior rank. The covers were not removed till the master of the house had taken his place. All dishes afterward served were brought on the table in the same manner. It was the custom originally when the dishes were uncovered for some of the servants to firt partake of them, but this custom was after ward in part replaced by the servants touching the food with one of several objects which were regarded as infalli ble preservatives against poison. Barry the Persuasive. - It was said of Barry, the player, that he had a voice which might lure a bird from.a tree and at the same time an address and manner the most prepos sessing and conciliatIng. The Dublin theater of which he was proprietor failed, and he was considerably indebt ed to his actors, musicians, etc. Among others, the master carpenter called at Barry's house and was clamorous in demanding his money. Barry, who was Ill at the time, came to the head of the stairs and asked what was the matter. "Matter enough!" replied the carpen ter. "I want my money and can't get It!" "Don't be In a passion," said Barry. "Do me the favor to walk upstairs, -if you please, and we will speak upon the business." "Not I, Mr. Barry!" said the carpen ter. "You owe me ?100 already, and if I come up you will owe me ?200 be fore I leave you." ALMACK'S OF LONDON. A Famous Woman's Club of a Cen tury or So Ago. About a century ago the seveiith heaven of the fashionable world of London was a club known t's Almack's, of which the patronesses were Lady Castlerea~h, Lady Jersey, Lady Cow per (afterward Lady Palmerston), Lady Sefton, Mrs. Drummond Burrell (after ward Lady Willoughby), the Princess Esterhazy and the Countess Lieven. Their smiles or frowns consigned men and women to happiness or despair. It is hard for us to conceive the impor tance which was attached to getting admission to Almack's. Of the 300 offi cers of the Foot guards not more than half a dozen were honored with cards to this temple of the beau monde. The government was a pure despotism, as every government by woman is bound to be, and a host of intrigues was set set in motion to get an Invitation. Very often persons of rank who had the entree anywhere were excluded from the club. Such as weg admitted had to dress in conformity withi the edict of the tyrants. no gentleman be ing allowed to appear at the assemblies except In knee breeches, white cravat and crush hat. On one occasion the Duke of Wellington was about to ascend the stairs to the ballroom dressed in black trousers when the guardian of the establishment stepped forward and said, "Your grace cannot e admitted in tr'ousers," whereupon the duke, who had a great respect for orders, quietly walked away.-New York Press. A Pan That Failed. At a publig dinner a careless waiter stumbled when bringing In .a boiled t~ngue. The tongue slipped over the edge of the dish upon the tablecloth. "Never mind," said the chairman cheerfully, "it's only a lapsus lingua" (slip of the tongue). The joke was received with a burst of laughter. A gentleman present, who had- no knowledge of Latin. yet saw Avhat boisterous merriment it caused, secretly determined that he would repeat the whole performance at his next little dinner party at home and give his guests a great laugh at his wit The occasion arrIved. There was to be a leg of mutton, and the host had instructed the waiter to let it fall when coming in. The waiter did so, to the great dismay of the guests. "Oh. never mind," cried the host cheerfully, "it's only a lapsus lingure." To his great disgust and astonish ment, however, nobody seemed to see it, and now he is suspicious that some thing must have gone wrong some where.-Pearson's. Appealed to the Powers. The late Joseph Medill, editor of the Chicago Tribune, besIdes being an in defatgable editor, had a decided vein of humor In his composition. During the last ~years of his life, as. his strength permitted, he watched over his paper as zealously as ina his younger days, and It was his custom to scan the columns of certain favorite exchanges and clip f:om them ex tensively, marking them on the mar gins, "J. M.-Mu~st," meaning that the extracts must go in. It was one of his great griefs that there was not always room for all of them, even when co' ums of live editorial matter had been crowded out, as they were sometimes, to make room for them. One night he went up to the room of the night editor with a bundle of clip pings in his hand. "Mr. Rlansom," he said to that ofii cial, with a twinkle in his eye, "I wish you would use your influence to have these printed in the paper tomorrow morning."-Youth's Companion. A Nourishing Drink. The whites of raw eggs are very nourishing. A good way to prepare the drink, according to one who knows, Is to break the white into a far with what milk is desired and shake the two thoroughly together. A pinch of salt should be added. An English special st recommends to adult patients suf fering from antumic condition the daily consumption of eight or ten egg whites. They can be taken clear and with ease if the eggs are kept very cold, broken Into a cold glass and used at once. Another excellent drink is made by beating the white of an egg to a froth and adding a tablespoonful of rich cream and a spoonful of brandy. This Is a very nourishing cordial for an in HAD TO WA!T A LITTLE. The Rteasca Lizzie Couid Not marry Ted on the instant. Late in the sixties actors still had their cosimnes cairried to and from the theater in chamkpagne iskets by the "basket boy." ana the very tirst and most importtut duty of the actor or aetress after :-'hearsal was to get the basket ready and place it outside the door; theii only one might feel free. Well, Cupid bad been taking a little flier behind the scenes, and a young Comedian had been stricken with love for a bit of a girl who danced between ih irst pay aid the farce. Oue day lte saw the old leader of the orchestra tap her check with his bow, and the awful familiarity was too much to be slured silently. He walked home with her, and in the boarding house hall he spoke. A minister's name was mentioned, a number, d street, some-I thing about a license. Nothing seemedI very clear except his love and his de sire to get married at once, at once: "Oh, Lizzie, will you marry me? Dear little Lizzie, will you?" he implored. And Lizzie, who was about the height of a nine-year-old child. but was full sixteen, very pink and very pleased, looked coyly up, then modestly down and answered, "I'm awfully glad you love me, Ted, but - but, really you know, you'll have to wait a little!" Down went Ted's face. "Wait!" he cried in a tragic voice. "Wait! Good kingdom! Why? What for? How long?" And Lizzie, with wide, reproach ful blue eyes, said, "Why, Ted, you know well enough yoiu'll have to wait till I get my basket ready!"-Clara Mor ris in McCure's Magazine. Some Smart Answers. Here are some samples of what the British- schoolboy can do when he -ries hard: "John Wesley was a great sea cap tain. He beat the Dutch at Waterloo and by degrees rose to be Duke of Wel lington. He was buried near Nelson in the Poets' corner at Westminster ab bey." "Tile sublime porte is a very fine old wine." "The possessive case is the case:when somebodyhas got yours and won't give t to you." "The plural of penny Is twopence." "In the sentence, 'I saw the goat butt the man,' 'butt' is a conjunction be cause it shows the connection between the goat and the man." "Mushrooms always grow in damp places, and so they look like umbrel las." "The difference between water and air is that air can be made wetter, but water cannot." When Women Carved. In George I.'s reign it was the bound en -duty of the mistress of a country house to carve for her guests. Eti quette demanded it of her, and no one might relieve her of her arduous task, i not even the master. To the latter was only assigned the easy labor of passing the bottle and looking on while each joint was placed in turn before his wife or daughter, as the case might be, and by her rapidly manipulated. Carving became one of the branches of a g d eminine education, and there were pro essional carving masters who taught the young ladies. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu took essons in the art three times a week nd on her father's public days made a practice of having her own dinner an our or two beforehand.. A guest who did not receive his portion from his ostess' own fair hands would have onsidered himself much aggrieved A Chameleon's Tongue. The tongue of the chameleon is won erfully extensile and extensible, says a naturalist By the former word I mean the distance it can be thrown out of the mouth. By the latter word its -own elongation is inferred, for I m sure there is not space sufficient in the lower part of the mouth to accom nodate the eight inch tongue which can be thrown out unless it Is greatly ontracted agaIn. We know that It lies "folded" in the mouth, but it folds into very small space, and when I have held a chameleon's mouth wide open to try to get a sight of this remark able member It lies so compactly in the loose lower lip that to see it Is next to impossible. Not In Society. Of a pretentious but not well read dame of the Victorian period Lady Bul wer used to relate this incident: The conversation turned on literature one day, and this lady, who aimed at forming a salon, got rather out of her depth. "Who- is this Dean Swift they are talking about?u she whispered att last to Lady Bulwer. "I should like to In ;ite him to one of my receptions." "Alas, madam," answered Lady Bul-I wer, "the dean did something that has shut him out of society." "Dear me! What was that?" "Well, about a hundred years ago he The 3!eek and Lowly Editor. When an editor makes a mistake in his paper, all the world sees it andi calls him a liar. When a private citi zen makes a mistake, nobody knows it except a few friends. and they come around and ask the editor to keep it out of the paper. When the privatej citizen dies, the editor is asked to write' up all his good qualities and leave out I the bad. When the editor dies, the 1 priate citizen will say, "Now that old ia will get his deserts."-Cleveland Okla.) Triangle. The Black Cap. The black cap has no specific relation to the hanging of a criminaL. Its sin ister reputation, its color and the fact that a judge when pronouncing a capi tal sentence always wears it have com bined to attach to it a meaning and symbolism which it does not possess. It is really nothing more than a part of the full dress of a judge.-Genealog [cal Magazine. A Rich One. The Visitor-And what are you going to make of him? Mamma-I want him to be a philan thropist. "Why, there's no money in that." "But all the philanthropists have been very rich." Forgetful. "Is Bronson as forgetful as ever?" - "More so. Why, that fellow has to ook himself up In the directory every sight before he goes home from - busi-I ness-forgets his address." Rleputatons which have been forced into an unnatural bloom fade almost a~s soon as they have expanded.,Ma eaulay. Better Left Unsaid. Discontented Artist-I wish I had a fortune. I would never paint again. Generous Brother Brush-By Jove, old man, I wish I had one! I'd give It RUSSIAN PEASANTS. Some of Tien I!=ve Quneer Idcam Abcut Fires From Lightning. One Russian village through which we passed was the embodiment of filth and squalor. A destructive fire was raging at one end of it, and round this .ll the inhabitants were gathered. One ouse was already burned down, a sec and was one mass of flames, and the fire was rapidly spreading to a third. Fet not a hand was raised to arrest its ruinous progress. "Why on earth don't you put out the fire?" shouted my companion to one of the peasants, who approached me with i servile and wistful look, as if he ex pected an offerir.g of money. "IIave Fou no bucketsy' "Surely your excellency deigns to know that it isn't buckets we need!" "Well, it isn't strong arms, either, I aney. Why don't you go to work?" "Your grace wouldn't have us fly in the face of heaven! We've sins enough >n our souls without adding that black rime to them. Wasn't it God's own lightning that set Petroffs house on ire a couple of hours ago? And bad is we are, there's not a man in the vil lage that would raise his hand-to undo God's holy work." My fritend raised his hand, waved it :espairingly and we drove on. "It's a more waste of time to reason with them," he said. "Tbey would as oon commit suicide en masse as put Dut a fire that God had kindled with is lightning."-English Magazine. Good News. A certain ex-congressman tells a story about a widow in his district who lesired a position in the agricultural lepartment. "There was no vacanc7 at that ime," said he, "and I was consequent [y compelled to advise my constituent that I could do nothing for her until ater. But she persisted in her efforts lo obtain a position and for two weeks thereafter met me at every turn. One morning I had just finished breakfast when I was told by the servant that 5he was awaiting me in the reception all. So I assumed as pleasant a de meanor as possible, and, entering the oom, said in a sympathetic voice: "'Well, my good woman, what 2ews?' "'Good news,' she said; 'good news, Ur. Allen.' "'Well,' I said, 'I'm glad to hear that. Ind what is the good news?' "'Oh,' she said, 'good news, Mr. Al en, good news. A woman in the agri multural department died yesterday.' Jade. The most precious of all stones, ac :ording to a gem expert, is the jade, on iccount of its rarity, its extraordinary lualitles and the mystery of its cutting. :t was regarded as a sacred stone, and 2obody had a right to possess it except i prince of imperial blood. Argerius ,lutius, a famous physician in Amster lam at the time of the renaissance, >ublished a work on the jade, or ne hritic stone, as it was then called, on iccount of its action on the renal sys :em. At the same period Italian au Aors spoke of the jade as osiada and iscussed its wonderful powers for ealing sciatica. The legends surrounding this stone bounld in history. Good specimens of lade are extremely rare, and the world .s at a loss to know how the Chinese nanaged to cut It, because it is so ex xemely hard that nothing can make an .mpression upon it. The First Ltnen Paper. Linen cloth was occasionally used for writing purposes, but was never very common. Linen manuscripts have been found folded In mummy cases, and the Chinese before the invention of paper used silk and cotton cloth. The Romans also wrote upon linen. The use of this material introduced a change in the manner of 'rwriting. The other ubstances were rather eng-aved than written upon, an iron point being used for the purpose. To write upon linen it was necessary to have some colored fluid which might get dry and leave a permanent mark. rhe first ink used was probably some sort of soot or ]ampblack mixed with size or gum water, and the :irst instru ent answering to our pen was a reed. Too Angelic. There was a certain young minister .n Maine who on his first charge was alled upon to preach a funeral sermon yver a woman. It was his first funer.1 ermon, and he laid himself out: to nake an imi~ression and succeeded. Ehe woman had had her faults, but -he minister forgot theiu. This was to >e expected, but be extolled her so aighly that the poor bereaved husband, itting there liptening, couldn't recog 2ize her by the~ description. Finally, in glowing peroration, he pictured God md the archangels and the angels and ill the hosts of the redeemed joyously !orming a parade to welcome to heaven his "one of the very best of all wom an." The husband could stand it no longer, and, leaping up, interrupted aim with beckoning hand, gasping out: 'No, no, elder. Not quite that! She was only 'bout middlin'." Drown's Sympathy. Jones-Charley fell from a street car ast evening. Brown-Oh, I'm awfully sorry! Jones-But he wasn't hurt at all. . rown-I wasn't thinking about harley. I was thinking of the suffer ags of those wvho would be told .ab'out hat fall for months to come.-Boston Cranscript. The Stingiest Man. "I think the inost penurious man I ver knew," remarked the man in the nackintosh, "was old Hlewligus. He mlOked his cigars to the last half inch, :hewed the stumps and used the ashes or snuff, but he wasn't satisfied even hen and gave up the habit." "What for' asked the man with the yig Adam's apple. "He couldn't think of any way to itilize the smoke."-Chicago Tribune. No Sale WVas Made. A dealer in pet birds was visited ,y a ustoer who stuttered and wanted to uy a parrot which took his faney. he salesman was an Irishman who bad just been employed by the dealer. rhe customer said, "Du-du-does that arrot ta-ta-talk goody' "Well," replied the Irish salesman, "if he did not talk better than you I would wring his neck off!" As some Others Do. "They say." said Willie's mother as they were watching the "armless won :cr" wind his watch, write his name ad do other remarkable things wvith his toes, "that he can play the piano, but I don't see how." "That's eo~sy, mamma," replied Wil lie. "e car. play by ear." Cost of Construeralon. "Do von know what this street rail road cost per mile?" "No. But I know what it cost per Farmer Skinflint (reading sign) "Eyesight Te'ted Free of Charge." Gracious! Mandy. in I go an' find out if it's hurtin' my eyesight tew read the paper. Mandy-An' if it is are yew goin' tew squander good money on spectacles? Farmer Skinflint-No; Im goin' tew give up the paper. Gold Only For Royalty. It Is a notable fact that in Abyssinia none but those who are related to the monarch is permitted to wear gold in any form. They may deck' themselves with diamonds and other precious stones, but the jewels must not be set in gold. The penalty for infringement of this law Is death by decapitition. Long and Short Hair. Pranche says: "Lcag hair was the distinguishing characteristic of the Teutonic tribes. It was a mark of the highest rank among the Franks, none of whom but the first nobility and princes of the blood was permitted to wear it in flowing ringlets, an express law commanding the people to cut their hair close around the middle of the forehead." And this badge of servitude and sign manual of plebeianism izi one century has become the essence of style .nd glass of fashion in another, the freak of one age, the fancy of another. Considerate. A gentleman asked Mary, an only child, how many sisters she had and was told "three or four." Her mother aslied Mary, when they were alone, what had made her tell such an untruth. "Why, mamma," tried Lary, "I didn't want him to think you yere so poor that yon hadn't but one child!" T What He Kievv. Wiseum-Honestly, now, did you learn anytbing while you were in col lege? Graduate-Um-well, I learned how to state my ignorance in sciepntiflc terms. F miE s a Lack-. "The great poets are born," remark ed the sententious person. "Yes, and they are also dead," replied the editor %vearily.-Philadelphia Record. His Ernbittered Existence.. Checks-You're the sourest, worst: tempered man in- town. Black-Wll, you see, I IvaPnext doo? to a public school.-Chicago News. F Carlin POrtland. Cement Companiy v Charleston, S. C. GAGER'S White- Lime Has no equal for quality, strength and Cooperage. Packed in Heavy Cooper age and Standard Cooperage.3 Also dealers in Portland Cement, Rosendale Cement, Fire Brick, Roofing Papers, Terra Cotta Pipe, etc. W HE N YOU COME TO TOWN CALL AT WELLS' SHAVING~ SALOON Which is fitted r.p with an ey:e to the comfort of his enstomers.... .. HAIR CUTTIYW IN ALL STYLES, SH AVING AND, S HA MPOOING D~one with neatness an diispaLtch.. .. ., es ordiail invitation iextended... -J. -L. WELLS. Manning Times Block. Niew Tailor Shop. I have opened a new Tailor Sihop in, the building occupied by Ed Rhodes as a restaurant. A Come and give me a triaL I give good work and guarantee satisfaction. Respectfully. CLARENCE WILSON, Mannin~g, S. C. Money to Loan. ma~ rerm.. APPLY TO WILSON & DuRANT4 N0rthwestern R.R.ofS-. C 'lTIE Tmr:: No. 7, Eetv:en Santer' and Camden., Mix:d--ily except Sunday. Mathburn!.Norti~bonnd Na, '. No. ii. No. 70. No. 68. P't AM AM PM "2 9 4 L-. . Numier . .A.r 9 001 5 45 0 27 I 47 N. W. 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It is the right of every child to be well born, and; to the parents it must look for health and I'h~ch~fCUI~~jthappiness. !How incon I~L~4EJV~h WIIN ceivably great is the parents responsibility, and how important that -- no taint of disease is left in the blood to be transmitted to the helpless child, entailing the most pitiable suffering, and marking its little body with offen ive sores and erptions, catarrh othe nose and throat, weak eyes, glandular wellings, brittle bones, white swelling and deformity. How can parents look upon, such little sufferers and not reproach hemselves for bringing so much misery into the world? If you have mny disease lurking in your systeit how can you expect well developed, lealthy children ? Cleanse your own blood and build'up your health, and rou havenot only enlarged your capacity for the enjoyment of the pleasures >f life, but have discharged a duty all parents owe to posterity, and made nwAkind healthier and happier. 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We also carry in stock the Celebrated Piedmont Wagons, rom 1i to 11 Axle, witb geear to suit the. same. We have anumber of GRAIN DRILLS on hand. The "Farmer's Favorite," hich is the best made, and would be glad to supply our farmers. Now is the - me to plant and be sure of a good stand that will withstand. the severest win r. Come and see us right now and get what you want. W. P' AWKINS & C_0. lARD A PORTLAND CUBNT CD8. CHARLESTON. S..C. sole seomneg .&gent8 KILLJAN Fire Brick, Fire Tile, Arcih Brick,. Bull-Headi and All Special Tiles. ALSO FINEST PREPARED FIRE CLAY. 'arload Lots. - - Less Than Carload Lots-. Watchese and Jewelry. Iwant.iby friends and the public generally to know that when in need of a Wedding, Birthday or Christmas Present, hat in the fature, as well as the past, I am prepared to supply them.. My line of fatches Clockse Sterling Silver Diamonds. Jewelry Cut Glass Fine China Wedgewood Spectacles and Eye-Glasses coop-tet; an d :twill afford me pleasure to show them. Special and prompt attention given to all. Repairing in my lne prices to suit the times. tti Cost Lie L. W. FOLSOM, "S" C I A1GFAlliIflAVEL Florida-Cuba. A passenger service unexcelled for luxury arndcomfort,equipped with thalatest Pullman Dining, Sleeping and.Thoroughfare Cars. For rates, schedule, maps or any iniforma-~ tion, w rite to W M J. RA G General Passenger Agent, Wilmington, :N.- C. BRING YOUR Jcb cWorlZ TO THE TINES OFFICE N~sUR ANCE MONEY TO [.OAN, FIRE. LIFE. ACCIDENT & IIURGLARY INSURANCE. Tailor=Made Clothing. I am prepared to negotiate loans FI OFR A LES. onn godreal estate security, on reat Also .R. 0. PURDY, eady-Made Suits, Mackin toshes and Rain Coats. ' sumter, S. C.