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MHE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON XIII, FOURTH QUARTER, INTER NATIONAL SERIES, DEC. 25. Text of the Lesson, Isa. ix, 1-7-Mem ory Verses, G-7-Golden Text, Isa. ix, e3-Commentary Prepared by Rev. D. M. sftearns. [Copyright, 1X4, by American Press Association.] The memory verses give us the heart of the lesson and of the whole Bible story. Not only at Christmas, but at all times, it is a most appropriate study, for we cannot understand our Bibles unless we keep before us the plan and purpose of God as revealed therein. The seed of the woman of Gen. iii, 15, is the Son of Abraham, the Son of Da vid of Nlatt. i, 1; the Son of 'Mary of Luke i. 30-33. who is to have the throne of Ilis father. David, and reign over the house of Jacob forever and of whose kingdom there is to be no end. He is the lion of Judah and the root of David of Rev. v. 5; the root and off spring of David and the bright and morning star of Rev. xxii, 16; the King of kings and Lord of lords of Rev. xvii, 14; xix, 1G. He is the Creator and pos sessor and controller of all things, the Redeemer of Israel, the only Saviour of sinners, the Judge of all mankind. At the so called Christmas time the children and all who attend the Sun day school are apt to hear a good deal about the Babe in Bethlehem, but they are not apt to hear that the child Jesus was born and was crucified as the King of the Jews ("Matt. ii, 2; xxvii, 37). Even though our lesson today is from the prophecy of Isaiah, whose message was primarily to Judah and Jerusalem (chapters i, 1; ii, 1), it is probable that very little may be said about Judah or Jerusalem, yet the throne of David at Jerusalem is the central place in the lesson. Verses 1 and 2 take us on to their ful flfment, or partial fulfillment, recorded In Matt. iv, 14, 10, and as to a practical application of them to our own daily life I am reminded of a request that came to me from a missionary in Afri ca asking for prayer that while learn ing the language of the people they (walking in darkness) might see in him a great light, even Christ made mani fest in him. Would it not be a good prayer for each of us that Christ might so live in us that all about us -who are still in darkness might see the light of His life in us and be drawn to Him. Verses 3 to 5 tell of the joy of the people when their Great Deliverer shall have broken the yoke of every oppress or. The first part of verse 3 should be, "Thou hast multiplied the nation, and Thou hast increased the joy." See re vised version. It will be by an over throw of their enemies, for it will be the day of vengeance upon their ene mies, but of redemption for Israel (Isa. nxriv, 8; xrsv, 4; lxiii, 4). There is no abiding joy to a nation or individual apart from that which only He can give. The Spirit loves to tell of Israel's future glory: '"The ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away" (Isa. xxxv, 10; I, 11). "The Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended" (Isa. 1x, 19, 20). -"Unto us a child is'born, unto us a -- son is given," had its fulfillment, or at * least the first clause had, when the an gel said to the shepherds on Bethle 7hem's plains, "Unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord" (Luke ii, 11). Let us not fail to notice the words "un to you" or in our lesson "unto us." It is Israel first and then all people. The Sixty-seventh Psalm Is almost without significance unless the oft repeated "us" of verses 1 and 7 is seen to refer to Israel. "The government shall be upon His shoulder," "Of the increase of His gov ernment and peace there shall be no ,end upon the throne of David," etc. * This must be taken as literally as "Un to us a child Is born." There is no oth er honest way to treat it. All other In terpretations are perversions and --wrongs done to the word of God, from all which the Lord deliver us! Let the ,' Lord's own message to David and the message of Gabriel to Mary stand in all their sublime simplicity and grand eur (II Sam. yi!, 12-16; Luke 1,380-83), and do- not hesitate to believe that it shall be just as God says. Rejoice .to say, "-I believe God that it shall be even as it was told me" (Acts xxvi!, 25). "A king shall reign in righteousness, * * 8 and the work of righteousness shall be peace and the effect of right eousness quietness and assurance for ever" (Isa. xxii, 1) 17). He shall be seen to be "wonderful In counsel and excel lent in working,- "Great in counsel and mighty in w'ork" (Isa. xxviii, 29; Jer. xxii, 191.- He is the mighty God and somtbefv~erasting Father, and He is say ing to us even now, "Call unto Me, and I will answer thee and shew thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not" (Jer. xxiii, 3), and it becomes us to say, "Ahi, Lord God, behold Thou hast made the heaven and the earth by Thygreat power and stretchedoutarm." He is the Prince of Peace, the God of Peace, the Peace of God. Happy those who can truly say, "He is our peace," "He is my peace" (Eph. ii, 14), and hap pier still all who have learned to -'let the peace of God rule in their hearts" (Col. iii, 15). Whether men may accept God's purpose for Israel or not, the zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform it (verse 7). Let us dwell between His shoulders (Deut. xxiii, 12) and allow Him to carry us and all our burdens, too, sure that when He gets the lost sheep on His shoulders He will not fail to bring it home with rejoicing (Luke xv, 5, 6) and .tell the children that He carries the lambs in His bosom (Isa. xl, 11) and that He is just the same as when on earth He took little children up in 'His arms and blessed them. Cures Blood Poison, Cancer, Ulcers, Eczema, Carbuncles, Etc. Medicine Free. tnobert Ward, Maxey's. Ga.. says: "Isuffered from blood poison. my head. race and shoulders were one mass of corruption, aches in bones and joints. burning, itching. scabby stin, was nll run down and discouraged, but Botanic Wlood Balm cured me perfectly. healed all the sores and rave my skin the r'ch glow of hetilth. Blood Balm put new life into my blood and new ambition into my brain." Geo. A. WilImams, R~oxbury. face covered with pimples. chronic sore on back or head, suippuratmnn swellinr on neck. eatina ulcer on lex', bone pains, itching skin cured perfectly by Botanic Blood Balm soras all healed. Bota-i Blood Balm cures all malignant blood troubles. such as eczema-.scabs and scales. pimples. runninr sores. carbuncles, scrofula. etc. Especially advised for all oh tinate cases that have reached the second or third stare. Imnprove-s the di::estion: streneth e-ns we-ak kidney.s. Drutrdists. &l. To" prove it eures. sample of Blood Balm sent free and pre paid by writlmia Bood B::im Co.. Atlanta. Ga. Describe troulec and fr'ee medical advice sent in sealed ie'tter. For sale by The It B. Loryea Drur Store. -Find the Rainbow. I have seldom seen a sky without some bit of rainbow in It. Sometimes I can make others see It, sometimes not, but I always like to try, and if I fail I harbor no worse thought of them than that they have not had their eyes eamined and fitted with glasses which would at least have helped-their vision. --W. D. Howells. He Picked Up the Ball. One afternoon when voyaging to In dia K. of K. was dozing in his deck chair, when a little lady of three or four summers let her ball fly into his face, whence it rolled to his feet. Lord Kitchener woke up, says M. A. P., and turned upon the child that basilisk gaze before which the hearts of strong men have often turned to wa ter. But the child was in nowise abashed. "Pick up my ball." she said imperatively. Lord Kitchener frown ed and answered not. "Pick up my ball," reiterated the small damsel in sistently. -Have not you got a nurse'? said Lord Kitchener in an awful voice. The interrogative mood was answered by the imperative, "Pick up mygjall. Lord Kitchener looked round despair ingly, but re-enforcements were not in sight "Where is your mother?" he said weakly. "Pick up my ball," re peated the girl. The ultimatum was deivered in crescendo tones, which sug gested the imminence of something worse to follow, and Lord Kitchener meekly complied. Then he fled incon tinently to the smoke room. Early Christian Cursings. Cursing, it may be observed, contin ued in full vigor in Christian times, of ten harmonizing ill with our modern notions of Christianity. Soule are al most horrible In their ferocity, as when .the violator of the tomb is told that "he will be accursed of God forever" or that "he will give account to God, who will judge the quick and the dead." There is one which perhaps will rather provoke a smile. The of fender is threatened with the curse of all the fathers of the Nicene coun cil. "He that- throws rubbish in this inclosure," the inscription runs, "has the anathema from the 318 fathers as an enemy of God." Sidney Smith once alluded to a forty parson power-of preaching, If we re member aright-but the anathematiz ing ability of 31S Nicene fathers is a much more appalling idea, and there Is a ludicrous contrast between this terrible buZ vague penalty and the very prosaic and familiar offense.--Nlacmil Ian's Magazine. Thrashing Trollope. During Anthony Trollope's early days in the postoffice it was the cus tom for the junior clerks to take turns in the waiting room to answer ques tions. One day, when Trollope was on duty, a young woman came to make some complaint, and she went away much displeased and upset by what she considered to be the gross rude ness with which she had been treated by him. Next day, Trollope being again on waiting room duty, two stalwart young men appeared, and, having ascertain ed that they were in the company of the clerk who had been in 9ttendance there. on the previous day, they shut the door and proceeded to give A. T. a most severe thrashing. The pair to gether completely overpowered the fu ture novelist, whom they informed, when they had sufficiently chastised him, that this was punishment for his insolence to the young woman whc had called at the office on the previous day and who was their sister.-West. minster Gazette. - The First Atlantic Cable. The original 1858 cable weighed nine ty-three pounds per mile and had a con ductor of seven copper wires of twen ty-two and a half gauge; price of deep sea wire per mile. $200; price of spun yarn and Iron wire per mile, $265; cost of outside coating of tar and gutta percha, $25 per mile; total cost per mile, $485. At $485 per mile the total cost of the 2,500 miles of deep sea wire was $1,212,500. To this add twenty five miles of "shore end" wire, costing $1,450 per mile, and we find that the first ocean cable. exclusive of instru mets, cost $1,250,000. The Eye of a Jellynsk. The eye of a'jellyfish is so primitive that we can hardly say whether It sees or feels-that is, when a floating jelly fish begins to sink below the surface of the water as the shadow of an ad vancing ship falls upon it it IS proba bly affected by the sensation of dark ness. but perhaps the pressure of the onrshing wave has something to dc with it. A Few Big Word. The following are examples of eighl syllable words in the English language: Anthropomentamorphosis, antisuper naturalism, anticonstitutionalist, anhty drohepsiterion, iatromathematicianl, in comprehensibility, individualization, syncategorematical, unconstitutionali ty, unintelligibility, valetudinarianisl and -vicissitudinality. A Slean Advantage. "Mr. Skinner." said the family phy sican, "I must positively refuse to un dertake to cure you unless you promise solemnly to obey me." "I solemnly promise," replied the sick man. "Very well. Now, first of all, give m( your cheek in full for my last bill." Philadelphia Press. Looking Forward. Unless ~one has something to look to: ward to It is difmcult to live. Whet the joy of looking forward is gone the zest of life ebbs and fails. The days are evIl and we have no pleasure ii them unless on time's horizon som< bright day burns like a star. Woolgatheringw. "When a person's woolgathering thai means he's lazy, doesn't It. pa?" "Not necessarily, my son. He may be gathering the wool off the lambs ir Wall street?'-Philadelphia Ledger. Temperance in eating and drinking is a cardinal virtue. The majority of mankind saturate their own death war rants with their cups and dig thel graves with their teeth. He Caught Cold. A cold may end in catarrh or pneu monia. Catarrh is bad and unpleasan1 to your friends. Pneumonia is quickly dangerous, often death itseli! Keel the breathing apparatus open and clear All diseases of the throat and bron chial tubes cured quickly, pleasantl~ by Dr. King's Wild Cherry and Tar "t tastes good," Even chronic bron chitis gives way before King's. 25 centh Guar-anted by Dr. W. E. Brown & C( Th'e Beauty of a Face. There are faces so fiuid with .expres slon, so flushed and rippled by thi pay of thought, that we can hardly find what the mere features really are When the delIcious beauty of linea ments loses Its power it Is because more delicious beauty has appeared that an interior and durable form hut been disclosed. Mothers Be Careful of the health of your children. Lool out for coughs, colds, croup and whoop ing cough. Stop them in time-On' Minute Cough Cure is the best remedy Harmless and pleasant. Sold by The QUEER MONEY BOXES CURIOUS PLACES SELECTED FOR HID ING AWAY TREASURE. Statues That Have Served the Pur poses of a Bank-A Beggar's Hump That Yielded a Fortune - Mme. Balseh's Richly Lined Petticoats. It is only a comparatively short time since M. Boussigue, a Parisian, discov ered a nie little treasure concealed in one of the very last places where he would have espected to find it. He had Inherited from an aunt a small statu ette to which he attached little value, but which nevertheless he placed as an ornament in one of his rooms. As luck would have it, his maid in dusting the statuette one day dropped it on the floor and, presto: out rolled from its hollow interior a package which on ex amination proved to contain notes of the value of 11,000 francs as well as a costly diamxond ring. This is by no means the only occa sion on which a statue has been made to serve the purposes of a bank. A few years ago an art collector of Kharkov, Russia, purchased a statue of the Apollo Belvedere, of which he was very proud. One day his chil dren when playing upset. the statue and broke it beyond all possibility of repair. The father when he saw his prized statue in fragments was furi ous, but consolation came to him in a most unexpected form, for on examin ing the fragments he found concealed In a hollow limb a roll of Rlusslan bank notes of the value of 3,000 rubles. With the notes was a memorandum by a Chevalier Prokberoff, dated 1848. to the effect that the concealed money was the fruit-of gambling and that it was his intention to use it in the build ing of a church. A still more curious hiding place for treasure was that chosen by Pere An toine, a hunchback beggar who used to bang about the church doors of Paris soliciting alms. When the hunchback died his nephew applied to the au thorities demanding that a postmortem examination should be made. The re quest was granted, with the result that it was found the hunch was false and that in its fraudulent interior were stored the beggar's savings, amount ing to 96,000 francs. Pere Antoine, it was also discovered, was an ex-convict who owed his freedom to the influence of a wexi known deputy. An Inquest held at the St. Pancras coroner's court some time ago on Wal ter Samuel Mott revealed another treasure-a small one, it is true-con cealed In a most remarkable place. Mott had a wooden leg, and an exami nation of this limb revealed ten sover eigns concealed in it. The precaution was a very wise one, for it came out in evidence that for some weeks the deceased had been rarely sober, and it would have fared ill with his treasure it it had not been so artfully and ef fectually concealed. , There was considerable method in the parsimony of an old lady who, wherever she went, carried with her an old box, apparently full of odd pieces of scrap iron. The box was a subject of jest and ridicule among her neighbors, but the old lady could af ford to smile at their jokes, for It was, In fact, the most valuable box any where in the district When she died the box was found in an outhouse, open to any one who cared to inspect It, and under the surface layer of old Iron were found 3,000 golden sover eigns, the savings of a lifetime. In another case known to the writer, after the death of an old woman in the north of England who had for years been In receipt of outdoor relief from the parish, a sum of ?800 was found in a number of pincushions scat tered about her one room. When Miss J., a notorious Devonshire miser, died, It was found that her pillow contained securities and bank notes of the value of over ?18,000, while at an auction sale of the effects of a Lewisham lady of miserly Instincts the purchaser of her piano stool found a small mine of gold in the horsehair -stuffng, and a gentleman who bought her bedstead discovered ?900 hidden away in one of Its hollow legs. A sensation was caused at Jassy, In Roumania, some time ago by the death of a Mine. Balsch, whose eccentricities had for years been the gossip of the town. Although It was more than sus pected that she was a rich woman, she had lived in the most sordid and mis erable manner and was generally re garded as a miser. When her few be longings were examined after her death not a trace could be found of her supposed wealth, until, on going through her articles of clothing, it was discovered that one of her petti coats seemed stiff, as if heavily lined. The petticoat was ripped open and re vealed notes of the value of 200,000 francs sewed under the lining. This discovery naturally stimulated the zeal of the searchers. Further pet ticoats were examined, and In all large sums in notes were found concealed The total amount of the treasure which had served as lining for Mmne. Balsh's petticoats was no less than 3,000,000 francs.-London Tit-Bits. Not Epicures. A city woman who had decided that she would keep some hens as a profita ble amusement during her long sum mers in the country asked the farmer *of whom she bought them what they could eat. The man looked at her in silent amazement for a moment before he re plied. "It would take me the rest of my days to tell ye what they can eat," he said at last, "but it won't take long to tell ye what they can't. You avoid feeding of 'em with salt fish and cob blestones, and I guess you won't have any trouble." PLEASE YOUR FAMILY and pre serve your house by painting with L. & M. Paint. Wears and covers like gold. Is lead and zinc. Non-chalkable. Money saver. Fullest measure. Takes least. Bouaht from The R. B. Lor'yea Drug Store. _ _ Deep Sea Measuring'. Great Britain and America do more deep sea measuring than all the other nations put together. More than one half of the sea floor lies at a depth of a little less than three miles. Some of the deepest places are holes in the ocean bed. One of these In the south Atlantic covers 7,000,000 square miles. or 7 per cent of the surface of the globe. The Indian ocean Is a great place for deep waters, twenty-four out of the known forty-two holes lying at the bottom of that body of water. Too M~uch. Judge-Have you anything to say. prisoner? The Prisoner-No, your hon Murdez In the Mr. In the neighborhood of Buen Ayres, in South America, there is< Lisrth wind which sweeps over plain covered with marshes and become overcharged with moisture. The cf fects produced In the human body art in general lassitude and relaxation The pores of the skin are opened, in ducing great liability to colds, sor, throat and all consequences of cheel of perspiration. The damp wind oi La Plat:: 'eems to affect the tempel and dispu..tion of the inhabitants. Thi irritability and ill humor it excites it themi amnount to little less than a tem por-ary derangement of their faculties it is a common thing for men among the better classes to shut themselve: up in their houses during its continua tion and lay aside all business till it has passed, while among the lowet classes it Is always remarked that cases of quarreling and bloodshed are more frequent during the north windi than at any other time. Even mur derers are said to lay to it the blame of their foul deeds. No sooner, how ever, does the southwest wind, blow ing froni the dry and snowy summits of the Andes, set in than health and tomfort and peace are restored. The Prairie Dog. There is no burrowing animal which works with more intelligence than the prairie dog. He never .commits the er ror of making his mound in a place which may be submerged by water. In a western Kansas town a small boy caught a young dog and fixed a home for it in the cellar of his father's house. The dog went to work almost at once to dig a tunnel to the open air. It went down under the stone wall of the cellar and up to the surface at a point htbout 100 feet from the house. But it found that its point of exit was in the middle of a well traveled road. It went back and dug another gallery in an oblique direction from the first, emerg ing in a plot of grass. The earth car ried back Into the cellar in this digging would more than fill a wagon box. For several years the dog lived on the premises; making the cellar its base of operations, but going to the open air at will through its gallery.-Kansas City Journal. What He Was Up To. "Do you know of the only Irishman who ever committed suicide?'" asked the story teller. "You know it is said that Irishmen never commit suicide, and when the argument was advanced in a crowd of that nationality he was so unstrung that he decided to show his opponents that Irishmen do sometimes commit a rash act. He accordingly dis appeared. and the man who employed him started a search. When he got to the barn he looked up toward the raft ers and saw his man hanging with a rope around his waist. "'What are you up to, Pat*' he asked. "'O'rm hanging meself, begobs!' the Irishman replied. "'Why don't you put it around your neck' "'Faith. 01 did, but 0i couldn't braythe,' was the unsmiling reply of the man from the Emerald Is*l."-Lou isville Courier-Journal. Didn't Know It All. "Oh," sneered the self important lawyer who was cross examining, "you think you knowv it all, don't you?" "Not quite," replied the witness. "For instance. I don't know how you manage to secure an occasional client" -Chicago News. SWe are Offerin~ Som nce nw nd for ti Somenice newandattractive goc Sour patrons. SIn Sporting Goods V S Leggings at 60c and $1 per pai S Shotguns-double barrels-ut| S Single Barrels at $4.75- a Ssplendid stock of the best AMMUJ SIn Household Good: SWe have a nice asortmnent of Kniv S For '$1.50 we will sell the most ~- For $2 we offer a handsome en S We unhesitatingly state that Sfered on this market. SOur Crockery Depal We consider without comparison. a nice and attractive assortment, SSAUCERS and some beautiful Te less than goods of this class is usut - In addition to these we are: SOIL HEATER THAT IS MADE. are without comparisor.. Let use Ster than others. R lememiber that we have ev' Sclass hardware stores and it is< Sadvantage our experience enables Very tru [ MANNINO HARDI They Are Hiorses ai irect from the best stock mr ateed. We ask the people v~ ly use, draft, style or farm to hink we can codvince you tha ng for. We have as pretty Farmf :een brought here, which we lve prices. Buggies, Wag Our salesrooms~ have beel icing patronage and~ thlis can what the people want, and ti et it. It will not cost von a cei 111d( Salesrooms. Our p1rices will suit. and oes with our guarantee. W. P. HIAW. RUSSIAN WOLFHOUNDS. They Are Known as the Aristocrata of the Canine Family. Beyond any question the aristocrat of the canine family is the Russian wolfhound, otherwise the borzoi or barzoi, which is the Russian name for coursing dog. There is a refined ele gance coupled with the indication of speed and strength about the Russian wolfhound which no other breed pos sesses. In western Europe he is merely the ornamental companion that he is in eastern America. In the coyote section of our continent he can be made as useful as he is in Russia, and to assist in clearing off that scourge of the cat tle ranches. When the borzoi was first brought to this country he was hailed as a natural born wolf destroyer, and we started business unde- the impres sion that all one had to do was to let a borzol see a coyote and the latter's death N;arrant was as good as executed. The result was a natural failure, be cause, like a bird dog, the wolfhound must be trained to the work. Amer ican purchasers have no occasion to worry about that, however, for the dog's high courage is the result of edu cation and encouragement; without it they are docile and obedient and fit companions for the ladies of the house, a role which they are pre-eminently fitted to fill by reason of their hand some and unique appearance.-Country Life In America. MONSTER SPIDERS. Some of the Bird Eaters Are Nearly as Big as a Rat. The bird eating spiders of South America, Africa and Australia are beasts of prey worthy of their tropical jungles. Their appearance Is repulsive. They are of immense size. Some which have been caught have been nearly as big as a rat. They are of a dark, dingy color, either quiet black or brown verging upon black, and the hair with which they are covered is mixed with short, coarse bristles. Like other beasts of prey of tropical forests, they are essentially creatures of the night. During the day many of them hide in some natural crevice in the ground. The mre indolent or am bitious pick out a promising hole in a fallen trunk or in a living tree and line it with a soft, delicate web. Oth ers elaborately spin for themselves a long tube in which they lie concealed throughout the day. Curiously enough, they reserve their spinning powers for their nest build ing, entirely disdaining the use of webs for the trapping of their prey. Their feeding time is at night They go out to seek their food, prepare to leap upon and devour any living creature that they come across. Their name comes from the fact that they have been found in the act of devouring small newly killed birds clutched cloself be tween their hairy claws. Books. Of the things that make for happi ness the love of books comes first. * * * A. book, unlike any other friend, will wait not only upon the hour, but upon the mood. It asks nothing and gives much when one comes in the right way. * * * Is your world a small one, made unendurable by a thousand petty cares? Are the heart and soul of you cast down by bitter disappoint ment? Would you leave it all, if only for an hour, and come back wiS. a new point of view? Then open the covers of a book.-From the "Masters Violin." e Hloliday -Trade ~ s which we are sure will interesi, 3 e Have as follows: 10l to $20 each. ood gun-to $8, while we have a ~ITION. s and Eorks at 50c to *4.50 per set- a erviceable Knife and Fork made. raved pattern of the same. these are the best values over of tment - We are offering for the holidays . f decorated CHINA CUPS AN~D a ilet Articles at prices very much Llly sold at. eliing the only really serviceable These for gifts at the holidays 'plain why they are so much bet rything usualiy kept in better ur aim to serve you to the best ~us. ~ yv yours. ARE COMPANY, Now Here! id Mules. akets, well-broken and guar TI~hing~ to lbuy horses for faln take a look at ours and we we have what vou are look tnd Wagon Mules as have ever propose to sell at live and let and Harness. refillerl with the view of en only be secured by hiavin~g cir money's worth when they lt to look through our stables every thing you buy froini us KINS & Co. All Pleased. WE ARE PLEASED to write your insurance. You will be pleased to -eceive it. The Best Is What You Want. See me about your insurance, either Life, Fire, Accident, Health, Burglary or Plate Glass. J. L. WILSON. Buggies, Wagons, PRoad Carts and Carriagis RE-PAIRED With Neatness and Despatch -AT R. A. WHITE'S WHEELWRIGHT and BLACKSMITH SU oP. I repair Stoves, Pumps and run water pipes, or I will put down a new Pump cheap. If you need any soldering done, give me a call. LAME. 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 R. M. Dean's. R. A., WHITE, MANNING. S. C. WHEN YOU COME TO TOWN CALL AT WELLS' SHAVING SALOON Which is fitted up with an oye to the comfort of bi mnstomers..... HAIR CUTTIN6 IN ALL STYLES, ' SHAVIN UAND SHAMPOOING' Done with neatness a-.nd dispatch... .. .... A cordial in vitation is extendled... J. L. WE LLS. Manning Times Block. Nave You Meney Wfie? If so, deposit it in a good bank until you have need for it. The Bank of Clarendon, -MANNING, S. C., Is the place to deposit your money. Every courtesy and accommo dation consistent with safety is extended. In our Savings Department in terest at the rate of four per cent. per annum will be paid semi-annually. BANE OF CLARENDON, MANNING, S. C. . Northwestern "."H.*ofS. C. lTME TABITE No. 6, ' a effec Sunday, June 5, 1904 iketweena Sunmter anid Camdeliu. Mixed-Daiily exceept Sunay. South bond . Northbound Noa. f;9. No. 71. No 70. No. 68. PM.\ A M AM3 P M 6 25 9 30 Le.. Sauter .. Ar 9 0(0 5 45 6 27 9 38 N. W. Jnnetua 8 58 5 43 6 47 9 50 ...Dalzell... 8 25 5 13 7 05 10 10 . ..lBordenr.. . 8 00 4.58 7 23 30 21 . . Itemahert.s . 7 40 4 43 731) 1031 ..Ellerbee.. 730 438 7 50 11 00 So Ry Jnetn 7 10 4 25! 8(00 11 10 Ar. .Uamiden. .Le 7 00 4 15 (S C d- G Ex Depot) Pal P.l' AM P Iktweeni Wilson'~s .\bll anid Sumter. Southbbonn d. Noarthubounud. No. 7:3 Daily except Sun dtay No. 72. P M Stations. 1' M 300l Lie...Suwter..... r 12 30 3 1)3 . .Snumwerton Jnetion 12 27~ 320...........indal..........115 3 35.........Packsville........11 30 3 55..........Silver-......... 1100J .........Millard .... 4 45 ...Summaerton .... 10 15 5 25........... Davis...........9 45 5 45.........Jordan ... .......900 6 30 A r..Wilson's Mills..Le 8 40 P.\ AM Between Alillard and St. Paul. Daily except Sunday. Sonuthbonn d. Northboun d. No 73. No. 75. No. 72. No. 7.t P M AM Stations A M P M A 0 102 Le Millard Ar 10 45 5 30 4 15 10 30 A r St. Paul Le 10 35 4 20 l' A MA M P M; TH' A~ios. WILSON, President. Money to Loan. -HaS~r Term s. APPLY TO Wilson,_DuRant & Muldrow "WEarly Risers The famous littin nills. Y3PP3A CURE DIGESTS WHAT YOU EAT The $1.00 bottle contains 2% timesthe trial size. which sells for 50 cents. PREPARRD ONL.Y AT THE LABORATORY OF 3E. C. DeWITT & COMPANY, CHICAGO. ILL. Remember us when you are in town. We can supply your wants in Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Etc.d Yours to please, SIIAW .& McCULLOM MERCANTILE CO,. 13 South Main St. 'Phone 68. SUMTER, S. C. . NGLENN - ~SPRIIIS MINERAL WATER. Nature's Greatest Reme FOR -DISEASES OF THE Liver, Kidneys Stom and Skin. Physicians Prescribe it, Patients Depend. on it and Everybody Praises FOR SALE BY 0Come to See Us Now We are just opening up the best line of Wagons, Buggies and Harnessa ever offered in Manning for the inoney. Be. sure to examine- them before buying elsewhere. We will save you money. COFFEY & RIGBY Sale Stables. SELLISON CAPERS, Jr., Ph. G., E. E. PLATT, Jr., Ph. G.~ C. TRADEWELL DINGLE, Special Salema. STHE PRScRIPTION'DRUG8TOR New Stone Building. We are pleased to announce to our very many friends that we are S We have our Prescription stock complete, and our line of GHFRISTMAS GOODS Sis especially attractive. We want you to see our goods before you Sbuy. You can get the best values in the following: __ Cut Class. Fine Chinaware, Faney Box Paper, Fancy Boxes of Candy, Sterling Silverware and Novelties. Gold Plate Metal Goods, Metal and Brass Goods, Wave Crest and Kelva Ware, Buck Htorn and French Stag Goods, ' -- *- Ebonied Goods, Burnt-wood and Leather Nov-elties, - Leather Goods,' Bronze and Celluloid Goods; Dolls from =~ c to 85; Games and Books. We have not room to men- - tion half of the varied assortment to be found at SThe 35Jew7 StOZu2.e "Ellilda'in -, CAPERS & CO., IProprietors, The +Prescription *Drug.Store, SUJMMERTON, S. C. Christmas Holiday Rat6s. 1904L-0. ATLANTIC COAST LINE ANNOU'NCE RATE OF One and One-Third First Class3 Fares. (MINIMUM RATE 50 CENTS.) Tfickets will be placed on sale December 2:3rd, 24th, 25th, 31st and Jan uary 1st, 1905. Final limit returning to January 4th, 1905. To teachers and students of colleges, on presentation and surrender of certificates signed by superintendents, presidents or principals, tickets may be sold at the above rate, December 17th to 24th inclusive, with final limit returning to January $th, 1905. - For full information, call on ticket agents or address H. M. EMMERSON, W. J. CRAIG, Traffic Manager, Gen'1 Pass. Ag't, WXTlmingtn, N. C.