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For many years it has been supposed that Catarrh of the Stomach caused indigestion --~and dyspepsia, but the truth is exactly the 1 opposite~. Indigestion causes catarrh. Re- I peated attacks of indigestion inflames theF mucous memibrares -lining the stomach andB exposes the nerves cf.tbe stomach, thus caus ing the glands to secrete mucin instead of the juices of natural digestion. This is called Catarrh of the Stomach. Koe Dyspepsia Cure C cil reli'ves all inflammnnation of the mucous mrembranes lining the stomach, protects the nerves, and cures bad breath, sour risings, a sense of fullness after eating, Indigestion, dyspepsia and all stomach troubles. Kodol Digests What You Eat Make the Stomach Sweet. Bottles only. Reeula s!ze. $1.00. holding 2% times the trial aeze which cells for 50 cents. Prepared by E. C. DeWITT & CO., Chicage. Ill. The R. B. Loryea Drug Store. Money to Loan. Eas Terms. APPLY TO WILSON & DuRANT. Baukoi SummwertonM CAPITAL, 8Z5,000. 0 The Dank of Summierton having moved into 6 i;.s newv buildin::. solicits your business and 7 anar. ntees you satisalctin.7 Coutyt colletins n:.pecialty, and prompt re- 4 turs lwysm'cuiCHA:ZLD B. SMYTHI. 7 re a and Cashier. 8 \'ice-President. M .C\ ANNING . S. C.~: Syz . . wn.sos -. . . 1t)navT . Morneys and Co nr o Lawi - MANNING. --S. C. R. J. FANKS 3EG R MANNING. S. C.1 MhAeNo. G . 4 . Rring yor Jle Wnrk io ThM Timie~ *fioal sursavarilla "'FMoors Them." "Of all the drinks asked for at this unter," said the soda water clerk, hose doctored up with sarsaparilla e most frequently mispronounced. t one person in ten speaks that word rrectly. Most people call it either tsaprilla' or 'sasaprella.' - "Even people who know how to spell e word don't seem to be able to twist cir tongues around the combination svllables and make 'sarsaparilla' out theni. They may be able to pro unce words much harder without a unmer, but 'sarsaparilla' floors them cry timc."-New York Times. A Creature From the Fire. Aristotie believed that some crea res were capable of supporting life 'en though confined to the devouring ?ment. He says: "In Cyprus, when e manufacturers of chalcitis (lime) irn it many days in the fire, a winged eature something larger than a great r is seen emerging from the stone id leaping and walking about In the -e. These creatures perish immedi ely upon being removed from the fur Lee." Getting Around It. "Thomas. you have disobeyed your I grandmother." "No, I didn't, ma." "Yes, you did. Have you not been rimming?" "Yes, ma." "Didn't I hear her say to you not tc > swimming?" "Oh. she didn't tell us that. She only .me out and said, 'Boys, I wouldn'1 > swimmin',' and I shouldn't thini te would, an old rheumatic womar tO her. But she didn't say anything >out our goin' swimmig." An Infamy. Some years ago we remember meet : at the door of a secondhand book iop an excited Irishman. He had st bought the "Irish Melodies" for e illing, when he turned round on th( kseller and burst out, "But I couk 11 ye for selling these immortal gem cheapl"-Athennum. uggies, Wagons, Road carts and Carriiages ?RPAIRED With Neatness and Despatch -AT 2. A. WHITE'S WHEELWRIGHT and BLACKSMITH SHOP. [ repair Stoves, Pumps and run watei es, or I will put down a new Puma eap. [f you need any soldering done, give a call. LAMIE.., M horse is lame. Why? B3ecause] I ~not have it shod by R4. A. White e man that puits on such neat shoei d makes horses travel with so nmc re Make Them Look New. We are making a specialty of re inting old Buggies, Carriages. Roac rts and Wagons cheap. some and see mec. My prices wil. aase ou, and I guarantee all of my hop on corner below R2. M. Dean's. L AWITE, MANNING. S. C. FIRE. LIFE. ACCIDENT & BURGLARY INSURANCE. TailorMade Clothing. FIT GUARANTEED. A FULL LINE OF SAMPLES. Also eady-Made Suits, Mlackin toshes and Rain Coats. - J. L. WILSON. GO TO ir the best Repair Work on Wagons iggies, Carts, etc. orseshoeing a Specialty. You can get an allround' job of first tss work on Horseshoeing for 80 cts. See me and get your work done first tss and cheap. C. JACJKSON. Manning, S. C. The Timnes DOES NEAT ob Printing. GIVE US A TRIAL. ortwestern R. R. of S. C. TIME 'T&DE No. 7, In effect Sunday, Jan. 15, 1902. Between Sunter and Camden. Mixed-Daily except Sunday. tbond. Northboimd 69. No. 71. No 70. No. 68. M AM AM P ] 25 9 45 L~e.. Siumter . .Ar 9 00 5 4f 27 9 47 N. W. Junetai 8 58 5 42 47 10 07 . ..Dalzeil.. . 8 25 5 12 05 10 17 . . .Borden... 8 00 4 of 25 10 35 . . lenmberts.. 7 40 41 42 35 10 40 .. E]ree .. 7 30 4 36 50 i1 05 .' Ry -Juneta~ 7 10 4 2i 00 11 15 Ar. .(noden. .1U 70' 0 ii (S C & Gi Ex Deput) MP31 MA M PXI B leten W\ilson'i .M!l ~ad Sumztr.. uthn i. Northboun d. 73. Daily excep t Sun da~y No. 72 M Stations. I' M 00 Le... Sutr......r 11 45 03 ... N W Junction.... 31 4'! 17 ........Tndl..........11 30 ... Packsville........ 10 45 05 ........iver..........10 20. .... Millard .. .. .,,* 10 0 00.... Su ierton...... 9 25 45 ......D avis........... 0C 00.... Jordan........49 45 Ar.. ilson's Mills. Lc.L S 31 Dietwe.en Millard and St. Paul. Dal except SundayO. thbnud. Northboun d. >. 73. No. 75. No. 72. No. 74. 'M A M1 Stations A 31 P M1 15 9 30 iLe Millard Ar 10 00 4 4( 20 '. 409 A r St. Paul L~e 9 50 4 S( M A M\ A M P M 't*YiO. itW TI \U . - re aie.e CONSTANTINOPLE. It Has Perhaps the Finest Site F or et City In the World. Constantinople looks much better from the water than it does when view ed ashore. The tourist who touches at the port, remains on board and sees the city only from the sea retains an en tirely different impression from that of him who goes ashore. Seen from the water, Constantinople is very beauti ful. Seen from the shore. it is the apothcosis of everything that Is 1ilthy and foul. I do not say that it is un worthy of a visit, but I do say that he who stays on, board will take avay much more picturesque impression. The site of Constantinople is ideal. There is probably no finer site for a city in the world. It is situate on the Bosporus, between the Mediterranean and the Black seas. It lies between Eu rope and Asia, for Scutari is part of Constantinople, and Scutati is on the Asiatic shore. It is cut off by natural boundaries into municipal divisions, for the Golden Horn divides Stamboul. the Mohammedan. from Galata. the Christian. city. So the Dosporas di vides Scutari, the Asiatic. from Con stantinople, the European, city; yet all of these places make one great city under the general name of Constanti nople. And this great city Is guarded also by nature. It has thie sea of Mar mora close at hand, with fortifications at either end of this great water high way, rendering the city inassailable by sea. It has a peninsular -nnforma tien which also renders It, properly for tifIed, impregnable by land as well as by sea. It is as if San Francisco were to have batteries of heavy artillery all around her water front, from India basin to the presidlo, from the presidio to Lake Merced and then across the neck of the peninsula from Lake Mer ced to India basin. With all these fac tors in its favor no wonder that Con stantinople has always been looked upon as an Ideal site for a city. That so many races should have battled over Byzantium for so many hundreds of years Is not surprising.-Argonaut. TELLTALE LIPS. Row to Jodge a Woman by the Shape of Her Mdouth. "I judge a man by his eyes, but a wo man always by her lips," said Benja min Franklin. And no man ever read people more correctly. Queen Elizabeth once refused to en gage a waiting woman who came with every possible recommendation, "be cause," she said, "the woman is a tale bearer. Do you not see the downward dip of her lip? I will none of her." "In choosing a wife let her be a wo man whose lips do not droop at the corners," advises a Persian sage. "If a woman' s lips droop her husband's life will be a perpetual mourning time. Nor yet should they curve too much up ward, for that denotes. frivolity." Select for a wife one whose lips are straight, not thin. When the curve or arch Is lacking and the lip overhangs, not loosely, but well defined and firm, the owner is gen tle and ready to liease. The mouth of sagacity is large and always well closed, with the line of the ,lips firmly defined. The witty mouth is thin lipped and so polished and smooth that light glances across it The color is fine scar let. The possessor of such a mouth will say clever, scintillating things, sacrificing her best friend for the sake of an epigram. Coquettish lips are sharply defined, with a deep pressure under the nose and the corners inclined upward. Here lie laughter and fun and lov-e or mu sie, flowers and animals. The smile is: sympathetic, ne-ver tragic. Love of rid icule will be strong, but not In a mali cous vein. If the corners dimple deep ly the lips are quick at repartee.-EX change. ________ Map Making. Map making has kept pace with the progress of other arts, though its steps are not so loud and are heard oftenest In the schoolroom. It is really an art to make a map and has always been so. From the time of the earliest crude affairs to the elaborate and ex act pictures of today a great degree of skill has always been- necessary to give a perfected representation. Map making is now at the height of its ex cellence and popularity. The man with land to cultivate, houses to build or -land to sell must have everything set down on his map for reference. No body thinks of traveling any great dis tance without consulting a map. In deed it is almost.- impossible to escane it, for the obliging ticket agent thrusts It into one's hand with thoughtful kindness, mindful of the advertise ment within the pages as well as of the convenience of the tourist. Maps are so common nowy that there are no more little boys who think the soil of one state is green, another brown, another red, because tuat is the way it is col ored In the geography.-Worcester Spy. A City of Root Gardens. The majority of the houses in Buenos Ayres have but one story, whose flat roof serves all the purposes of Yankee lawns and dooryards. While the pa tios are frequently utilized as dining and sitting rooms, It is the universal custom to promenade in the cool of the day on the house tops, to sit there at morning and evening enjoying the re freshing breezes, extensive views and varied panorama in the street below. The children find their favorite play ground on the roof. There the nurses bring their infant charges, the seam stress her sewing and the maid her mistress' bedraggled finery to put in order again. The clothes are dried and aired and ironed atop, and during the "heated term" of this dewless latitude thousands bring up their beds and sleep with the starry sky for a counter pane. -________ is Master Stroke. "George Ferguson," said his wife, looking with crushing scorn at the gaudy rug he had bought at a special sale, "I wonder if ever In ycur life you knew a good bargain whea you saw The case was critical. Mr. Ferguson saw that something bold anad decisive must be done, and his mind worked quickly. "Why, yes, Laura," he said. "When I wanted a wife I picked out the nicest, sweetest little woman In the whole world, and I got the best bar gain any man ever got There, there, pet!"-Chicago Tribune. When a man is determined to rise In the world, It Is better not to interfere with him too much. If his purpose Is right, he will be a dangerous wrestler. -Schoolmanfster. The highest shot tower In the world Is In Villach, Austria. Bullets from the) upper level fall 249 feet The dead stars probably out number the living st:irs b'y many. It may be, milins to one. RUN BY MOUSE POWER. i Thrifty Scotcmizan's Scheme For Operatfn= Ills 'r::read Mills. Thrift Is g-;nerally acknowledged to >e one of the leading characteri stics of .he na.tive of Fifeshire, and it never vas more forcibly excipliiled than in he person of David Hutton, a native >f Dunfermline, who actually proved *.at even mice, those aekznowledged ecsts of maukind, could be made not )nly to earn their own living, but also :o yield a respectable income to their )wners. About the year 1820 this gentleman itually erected a small. mill at Dun .rmline for the manufacture of thread -a mill worked entirely by mice. It was while visiting Perth prison In LS12 that Mr. hutton first conceived his remarkable Idea of utilizing mouse ower. In an old pamphlet of the ime, "The Curiosity Colfee Room," he aye an account of the way in which :he idea dawned on him. "In the sum mer of the year 1812," he wrote, "I ad occasion to be in Perth, and when nspecting the toys and trinkets that were manufactured by the French pris ners In the depot there my attention was Involuntarily attrazted by a little toy house, with a wheel in the gable f It that was running rapidly round, mpelled by the insignificant gravity of i common house mouse. For 1 shil Ling I purchased house, mouse and wheel. Inclosing it In a handkerchief, >n my journey homeward I was com elled to contemplate Its favorite imusement. But how to apply half )unce power, which is the weight of a mouse, to a useful purpose was the lifculty. At length the manufactur ng of sewing thread seemed the most practicable." Mr. Hutton had one mouse that ran Lhe amazing distance of eighteen miles i day, but he proved that an ordinary mouse could run ten and a half miles )n an average. A halfpennys worth >f oatmeal was sutelcient for its sup port for thIrty-five days, during which Lt ran 73G hall' miles. He had actually two mice constantly employed in the making of sewing thread for more than i year. The mouse thread mill was so constructed that the common house mouse was enabled to make atonement to society for past offenses by twist ing, twining and reeling from 100 to 1200 threads a day, Sundays not except d. To perform this task the little pedestrian had to run ten and a half miles, and this journey it performed with ease every day. A halfpenny's wrth of oatmeal served one of these thread mill culprits for the long period >f five weeks. In that time it made 3,350 threads of 'twenty-five inches, and is a penny was paid to w6men for ev ry hank made in the ordinary way the mouse at that rate earned nine pence every six weeks, just one far thing a day, or 7s. Gd. a year. Taking sixpence off for board and llowing 1 shilling for machinery, there was a .clear yearly profit from each mouse of G shillings. Mr. Hutton firm ly intended to apply for the loan of the ?mpty cathedral in Dunfermline, which would have held, he calculated, 10,000 mouse mills, sufficient room being left for keepers and some hundreds of spectators. Death, however, overtook the nventor before this marvelous project could be -carried out.-Edin burgh Scotsman. A surprised Duke. Just after the late Duke of Rich mond and Gordon received the latter half of his title-he was created Duke of Gordon in January, 1870-he was sent to this country as president of the ritish commission to our centennial exposition. While in this country he heard of a certain picture owned by .a ountry woman in which he thought he might be interested, and so wrote to her, using the official stationery of the commission and sIgning himself, as i peer does, simply by the names of his title, "Richmond and Gordon." Much to his surprise and a good deal to his disgust-for he had precise Ideas as to his dignity as a duke-the letter which he received in answer to his was addressed, "Messrs. Richmond & Gor on," and began, "Gentlemen!" At the Sociable. Mr. Sliptongue-I have not met your wife. Is she here this everning? Mr. Hansome-Yes, but just at this moment she is engaged over there at the piano. Mr. Sliptongue (with airected enthu siasm)-Ah, I see! She is that goddess ike beauty who Is playing an accom paniment for the mountain of flesh who s singing. Mr. Hansome (stifiy)--My wife does aot play; she sings.-L.ondon Telegraph. Why. "Lillian is not sure that she loves Walter. Sometimes she thinks she Soes. and at other times she's con rinced she doesn't." "And yet she Is goIng to marry him?" "Oh, yes, that's all settled." "But If she is not sure she loves him why doesn't she break the engage ment?" "Because she Is twenty-seven."-Kanlf ss City Journal. F'iing the Blame. "The trouble ain't with the farm," said the old man. "If the farm didn't have to do anything but support Itself. It could be made to pay. but it don't seem to be able to carry the burden of us livin' on It, so I reckon we're to blame."-Chcago Post. Losing an Opportunity. "The curtain goes up at 8:15, so we'll be just In time." "But if we have a box It really seems shame to be so punctual."-Brooklynl Some people want you to give them everything for nothing, Including your life, your liberty (your labor) and your pursuit of happiness.-Schoolmater. rs tlo AThe Kind You Have Al ways Bought Signature A Model Cook. "Have you a good cook?" "Splendid!" exclaimed the bride. "Why, when I want to experiment with a new cookbook she takes the' blame for all the failures and lets mec bave the credit for all the successes" Chicago Post. Unsatisfactory. May-Did Clara's husband leave her much when he died? Belle-He left enough to make he:' ~omfortable,.but not enough to get her a.secondhusband.-LIfe. Art .is,he'WOr of..iman under the utanceand'inspi'itionl ~of 'a mightier >ower.-Hare. -epab he Kind Yuu Have Always Bought ignatue - AN OLDUi ) REli dEL. IT CAME FROM LISBON AND HANGS IN A NANTUCKET CHURCH. The Story of Its Purchase by Captaian Clasby and its 'Tr:-5portation to This Country-A Very Good Clock and a Very Fine Ik11. Beneath the outlook in a Nantucket church is the belfry, in vich swings tha -old Spanish bell." Kaowing that this is now a Unitarian church, the vis itor will be surprised to see a Catholic cross ou the bell. If he could read Por tuguese and had not previously ac quainted hinself with tile history of the bell he would be still nore sur prised at the inscription on It. The translation of this inscription Is as fol lows: "To the Good Jesus of the Moun tain the devctees of Lisbon direct their prayers, offerIng Him one complete set of six bells, to call the people to adore him in his sanctuary. Jose Domingos Dacosta has made it in Lisbon in the year 1510." Of course the bell must have an interesting history to account for this inscription. That history is briefly as follows: A plague was raging in Lisbon and certain people in that city prayed to the Virgin Mary for the cessation of the plague and vowed to place a set of six bells in the Church of the Good Jesus of the Mountain if their prayers were heard. "The Mountain" is the name of a certain district in the city of Lisbon in which there is a very ven erable church called as above. Shortly after this the plague ceased, and, ac cepting this as the answer to their prayers, these devotees of Lisbon pro ceeded to fulfill their vows. The work of casting these six bells was Intrusted to Jose Domingos Dacosta, the best bell founder in- Lisbon. The six bells had been cast, the mas ter's labors had been crowned with success, when Captain Clasby of the Nantucket whaling fleet chanced to visit Lisbon. He had long wished to buy a bell for use in his native town. In company with Captain Cary he visited the bell foundry of Jose Do mingos Dacosia. Captain Cary, it seems, was a connoisseur in bells. Da costa applied the lever to one bell after another as he struck each to ascertain its peculiar tone or tone quality, but each time Captain Cary -said. "That will not do." At last Dacosta raised and struck the bell whose history we are describ ing. Captain Cary was delighted with the result. "Ah, Clasby," he said, "you need look no further. That's the bell you want. She is a beauty. She sounds on B." "Well, sir," remarked Dacosta, "we consider that to be the finest bell that we have in our foundry." At first Dacosta demurred and could not see his way 'clear to sellIng the bell, since it belonged to the set of chimes designed for the Church of the Good Jesus of the Mountain and was appropriately inscribed and all, but Captain Clasby would have no other. Finally Dacosta decided, since the bell had not yet been conscrated and since he could east another to take its place, that It would be all right to spil. So Captain Clasby bought the bell, and it was brought to Nantucket by Captain Cary, whose vessel was going home first. In Lisbon, just before he set sail, Captain Cary heard of the dec laration of war with Great Britain, for it was now the year 1812. On the way over they were spoken by a Brit ish sloop of war. Fortunately the Brit isher had been at sea for some time and had not yet heard of the declara tion or war. "The commander asked Captin Cary the news, but Captain Cary says he took especial pains not to tell all he knew. If he had told, our precious bell would probably never have seen Nantucket. It might now be either at the bottom of the sea or it might be swinging in the tower of some English church. The bell was landed in Nantucket and placed in the store cellar of Sam uel Cary, where It remained until 1815, when it was purchased and placed in the tower where it now hangs. About $500 was given for the bell-the society paid about $350 and the rest was raised Iby subscription. Even some Friends Ior Quakers subscribed. After the bell had been in use a little while the agents of the historic Old South church in Boston heard of it, and they sent a letter to the agents of the South church in Nantucket, saying that they had a very good clock In their tower, but no bell; that they had heard that the South church in Nantucket had a very fine bell, and they would like to know for how much the bell could be bought. The Nantucketers replied that th'ey Ihad a very fine bell In their tower, but no clock; that they had heard that the Old South church had a very fine tower clock, and that they would like to know the price of the clock. The agents offered to pay $1 a pound for the bell. Since the bell weighs 1,575 pounds, this would have made the price $1,575, making a net profit of $1,075 above the price paid for the bell and $1,223 above the amount contrib uted by the society. It seems that the old Nantucketers must have had some sentiment after all and were not purely mercantile In their spirit. - If the Nantucketers had agreed to sell, as they might have done, our bell would probably be hanging in the his toric tower of Old South church In Boston today. That might have been a great honor for the bell, but it would have been a great deprivation for Nan tucket. Moreover, it would now be spending Its time in elegant leisure in stead of being a very useful bell where It Is. The history of this bell is like a veritable parable of human life. The possibilities which occur in the history of the bell remind us of the possibilities which abound In every life. - Cor. Sprngfieldl Republican. Our Small Country. One brother is a rich merchant In the Straits Settlements, on the Malay pen insula. The other brother was the cook In a cheap restaurant on South Clark street The merchant sent to the, cook a draft for sufficient money to pay his expenses out to Asia, and the cook gave up his job and has started for his brother's home. The interesting thing about the whole incident is the letter written by the wealthy mer chant which accompanied the draft. In the first place, the draft was made payable in New York. "I send you the money in a draft payable in New York," wrote the brother from faroff' Asia. "You can go over and get it cashed there. On the way I wish you would stop at Tex as and see Brother Thomas. I haven't heard from him for two years now, and I'd like to know how he's getting along."-Chicago Tribune. Bear ti Te KndYou Ham Alwm ays uht ODDY RyCK FORMATIONS. Two Queer Freaks of Nature on the Island of St. Helena. There are -it least two queer freaks Of laturc on the island of St Helena or rather four, for one of them is a group of three Sgures-known the world over as the "Devil's Nose" and "Lot and His Daughters." Any o-e who is able to study the island as It is and not run wild over the Napoleonic legends which have clustered about that "seabound rock" since the days when the "Little Corporal" was hoiuid there in his living grave will find ntch that will repay for investigation, time and study. The queerest of the natural forma tions are the oddities above alluded to. The first of these imitative forms is a rocky promontory which has been known by names which signify Old Nick's nazal projection since May 22, 1502, when Juan Castella and his men sighted the island just in time to see the devil disappear beneath the waves in the best harbor, leaving his nose as a reminder of what might happen should the venturesome Spaniard seek to take possession of his Satanic maj esty's favorite haunts. "Lot and His Daughters" are three conical rocks which can only be con jured into representing a man and two women by a strong play of the imag ination. According 146o the views of some writers they are weather worn statues of colossal size, probably the work of some aborigines of the island. Their gigantic size, however, would seem to preclude this idea. When or by whom they were dubbed "Lot and His Daughters" no authority has ven tured to say. American Drums Excel. "Ever know that Americans were the greatest drum makers in the world?" said a man in the business. "Fact. Not only do they make the most drums, but they make the finest drums too. And there's a great deal more to the manufacture of a drum than you would think. Of course the cheap variety doesn't amount to anything. They're simply toys. There is just as much difference in drums as in any other musical instrument, though most peo pie wouldn't think so. The drums re quired in orchestra and band work have a certain sharpness of tone, while those used in corps and military work must have a duller tone, and the drum must not be so sensitive to the touch. "And how many parts do you think a well made drum consists of? Wrong. It has 248 pieces, not including sticks hooks and belt. Everything must be of first quality, too, for a drum must have tone first of all, and It must be con structed to withstand rough usage. Great business is drum making and in teresting too." Mess System on Board a Man-of-war. The messing system on board a big man-of-war is as complex and complete as the table service of a big hotel. The modern war ship, with its five or six hundred persons on board, must be a floating hotel and storehouse In itself. Every vessel of the navy is required by the regulations governing the navy to have a general inessing system-,; The enlisted men on ship are divided into squads of about twenty each, forming a mess. Chief petty officers and offi cers' servants are not included in this division. Every mess has one or two petty officers at Its table, who fare like the men. Every mess has its special mess man, who brings the food from the galley and serves It at the table. It is also the mess man's duty to see that the mess table and mess gear are clean and In order. The messes on board ship are under the direct supervision of the com missary department, which Is under the control of the pay officers.-Gunl ton's Magazine. WISDOM OF NOVELiSTS. Adam Invented all the different ways in which a young man can make a fool of hmself.--G. H. Lorimer. The man who overestimates the fool ishness of others is himself the biggest fool concerned.--Seton Merriman. Tell the truth, live openly and stick to your friends-that's the whole of the best morality in the world-Sarah Grand. Every wrong brings with it its own punishment. It may be added that it frequently leaves it at the wrong house. -Barry Pain. With good luck one can accomplish anything, but good luck is just one of the things that cannot be arranged for, even by the cleverest people.-Frank fort Moore. Really beautiful things can't go out. They may disappear for a little while, but they must come back. It's only the ugly things that stay out after they've had their day.-W. D. Howells. Slow in forming. swift in acting; slow in making. swift in working; slow to the summit, swift down the other slope; it Is the way of nature and the way of the human mind.-- Anthony Why do people with immortal souls spend their lives in leaving - tiny ob longs of pasteboard on other peCople with immortal souls whom they scarce ly know and dont care a straw about? -Robert Hlicheus. WHi Make You sleep. An alcohol rub- at bedtime will go far toward breakIng up insomnia. Let the rubber begin with the forehead and temples of the sleepless one, paying particular attention to the spine and back of the neck. Rub the alcohol enty but firmly into the body, work ing gradually down to the feet, and probably the patient will fall asleep before the rubbIng is completed.' One night or even one week of rubbIng would not be likely to bring back per manent habits of sound. healthy slum ber, but each night there is a gain to ward the normal equilibrium of the nerves, and a month of alcohol rubs should put one in a position to do with out external helps of any kind.-Bos ton Budget. The Ambitious Climber. The Guide-Well, here we are on the peak at last. The Tourist--Oh, guide, do you mean to say we can get no higher? Don't say that I can ascend no further. The Guide-Well, you can climb up this alpenstock if you want to. It's sev en feet long.-Chicago Tribune. Hecr Preference In Game. "Does your daughter play Mozart?" iquired the young man with gold "I think she does," answered Mrs. Cumrox affably. "But I think she pre fers whst."-Washington Star. As Most Cats Get Them. 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