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S. K RASNOFF, WO?0@ U. Put Soften in Iobt as to tIle proper aorngements of their ousehtolds. and the right plac where to get the p gods for the proper arrangements of tie house. It is very important for begnmerc to be careful in their selec t ionis. as misake are very cost-ly. especially for people t'of smal eans. S it hlas be(en ouir miotto in aziise giveO the inlex perienced our best adve and inrnislh them with oods i 'nostly needed for the least moey. .eing in the furni trc bisiness or a of years, and having done bsi ness with the most successftul housekeepers in this coimunity. hasttauigl't us many good lessons as to what is- "ostlv needed7 for the comfort and good arrangement 15 of a nice ho-ne. and being a m-lechanic oy trade, of manyA "ears actual work at tbe bench. enables us to know the nCerits of good constructed furnitu::e. The thousands of satistied customeis will freely at tes to the high grade of goods they are able to get here >CO@ e7 and th-e reasonable prcsthey itare got it. We are proud o1" the fact thiat since v.'e0 have entered' thie furniture busi ness- 'here it is- not necessary-, to h~ave to order: goods f rotn the larger cities, as-- we carry7 thie iost e-xpensive gYoods ^,in the St,,ate. WVe h-ave: sol-d mnaniv sigepiece!s at 8'50 and 75and suits up to x25. vichf is mr hnaytw i-" three times the size canl boas,,t of. WVe do not 1Z--wish to g-ain your trade by high-fraized OWadvertisements, we ask you to come and see for yourself, for it takes the naked eye to percive whlat language fails K to exp~ress, and it will fully pay yoIocmeadlo over our linie befor.,e you buy. Hard tiinues withi you, muale it hard withl us, and to meet the eme'rgencies we have reduced our price~s consid erably,, in order to enable you to buy, and us to raise money to meet our obligations, so we promise you grood goods for cheap prices. S. L. K R A SNOFF, @{ "Uncl te esnbilely's thyFaveoit. e B rlen d of ect a ic ehv need yu e fC nueylon n hreitiand u npsa'-~ owv oder .od rn By a theia Wharnenthae pu mn nrched ine ~ atoc of e thre bovescletvaten therec oast scetiifbedi.w adre see t ofe asuperor atcoe an see 'yuref W.toes havedi itw iinc llends-one to ice and look oher for drling heore Eoug sad. Atrawildthre. Parvtioes wtof, Palae it ha rdwts ndt d eey heeiv geadditio s our hvek rducedi our ieionsbin the braghtes n orde atotr a e o to b u foahemndy usno aier hr oe y hv to me et ourm obligains, o al romatento yoourin tood M ostarphepleies TEIWARE AND AGAEWRE W"Uhave Brtilly' oenstok Faorted oBeoun"tn nedalofSeetdM ynCyo ISOOKES ARTLE A ND PRICE ES EE By cookpngcqaleso thera.ge.eStore orhage, trhaer hafnesock anomssv teace erelent propotios ofd therg septhei fvblen impesso de byenea oaed to ithe a shero e al o tward hepngutmk WisAoe iha itia teye dtict beds-onude fornithey ance theeu othe for P rinv ot. oroug s.iK. Duk tra i (15.0 h the ares Tplrw illaeate allllllgoman Ghokeery wh oneese thee toesPnwlltaeyoresur of shoingwee thkers.a xel te ony rcevin tiovs your ay cti an ith irs aorabtento wtoer. If oughae ndtmot attorcoe adseeus hat fonce whe hae nIo er nd Rke ta dthae tor anv ge her.e thant hieo cal beouse atoten her'ie ohrs e fcaled A~iEIAFED AENGATWAE We have a larytge stoc of tos wl-nonencn tobuet ousca ige one o howan ceas you an atuce eyopastur ossiarm andraice con nnanhar aware Cf Mlarriage Lottery. Every year in the Rumai country, iu India. about October, a marriage lot tery is held. The names of all the mar riageable girls and of the young men of the circle who waat to get married ore written on slips of paper and thrown into separato earthen pots. iFromu these they are drawn against one another by the local wise man. This simply determines ihe fact that the Rumai girl has eonie out and is ready to b. married, and the youth wbose name i4 drawn against hers thereby obtains a letter of introduc tion. with authority to make love im mediately w ht. what ardor and success he is capable of. A Mountain of Gold co ud not bring as much happiness to V rS. Lucia Wiike, of Caroline. Wis..as id one:.5 box of 3iekien's Arnica Salve, when it completely cured a run n hn sore on her leg. which had tor tured her 23 ion. years. (;reatest an 1tseptic healer of Piles. Wounds and Sores. 2~> at The Arant Co. Drug sto re. Nothiiir but Fruit. "I say, I'd ie ything to be as strong and healthy as you are." re marked the lazy. man. "What do you live on?" -Nothing but fruit." answered the other. "Wat kind of fruit? "The fruit of industry." was the brief but signiicant reply. Not Committed. Subbubs-I thought you said the cot tage was half a mile [ruin the station. Agent-Yis. but 01 niver said how far the station wor from the cottage. New York Sun. Your stomach churns and digests the food you eat and if foul, or torpid, or oul of order. your whole system sufers from blood poison. Hollister's Rocky .Mountain Tea keeps you well. 35 cents, Tea or Table.-. Dr. W. E. Brown Co. Downg Pains are a symptom of tne most serious trouble which can attack a woman, viz: falling of the womb. With this, generally, comes irregular and painful periods, weakening drains, backache, headache, nervousness, dizziness, ir ritability, tired feeling, etc. The cure is The Female Regulator that wonderful, curative, vegetable ex tract, which exerts such a marvelous, strengthening influence, on all female organs. Cardui relieves pain and regulates the menses. It is a sure and permanent cure for all female complaints. At all druggists and dealers in $1.00 bottles. "I SUFhFERED AWFUL PAIN -in my womb and ovaries," writes Mrs. SNaomi Bake, of Webster Grove, 10i ., "also in my right and left sides, and my menses were very painful and irreg ne'ar. Sinc taking Cardui I feel like a toi thbest medicine I ever took." Open An Account With Us. You can then pay your bills with checks which we return to you the first of each month and * which are thus made a receipt in full for every dollar you pay out. You can always make change with a check. Bank of Summnertou, Summerton, S. C. T10 Bailk oI Mi1111i1g, MANNING, S. C. Capital Stock, - $40,000 Surplus, - - 35,000 Stockhiolders~' Lia Dility, - - 40,000 Total Protection to Depositors, $115,000 SAVE our money and start a Bank Account while vou are young. You will be surprised to see howv rapidls your BANK ACCOUNT will grow when you once get used to saving, even a little, systematically. No safer place for your money could be found than this Bank. Kodel Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. FOLEYMIORnTAR THE OCEAN'S BOTTOM. Two Vast Valleys Traverse the Bed of the Atlantic. The Atlantic ocean covers two vastI valleys. One of these passes between the Cape verde islands and the Azores, and it is of great depth. It runs close up to Europe and comes to an end lvse to the British Isles, where a ridge or crest of land separates it from the basin of the North sea. The other val ley runs in the main parallel to the first. from which it is separated by an elongated strip of land, of which the Azores forms a supermarine continu ation. This strip does not exceed a: depth of 9.850 feet, while its height amounts to 0,500 feet. The first valley, like its confrere, Is also very deep, its bottom being situated at a depth of, nearly four miles below the surface. Passing along South America and leav ing the Bermudas to the left it passes along Newfoundland and Labrador, finally ending just south of Greenland. The sub-Atlantlc landscape thus con sists of two vast parallel valleys or mountains. Farther north the land lies higher, and the sea is. relatively speak ing, shallow. Between Greenland and, the continent, close to Iceland and the channel islands, there is a huge plain free from any depression worthy of mention. It Is quite clear that at one time England was connected to the continent.-Scientific American. In every clime its nlors are jufurled Its fame has spread from sea to sea: Be not surprised If in the other world You hear of Rocky 'Mountain Tea. Dr. W. I. Brown & Co. The Palisades. This uplift of volcanic matter, rest ing on baked sandstone and inclining Westward at a gentle slope, presents in its riverward aspect the columnar or palisaded appearance that so impress ed the early voyagers-a gray wall beetiing from 300 to 500 feet above the tide. shagged with trees at the sum mit. half buried behind a scrap of talus. that is also verdurous. At Ny ack it bends into the amphitheater where that pretty town has nestled. ur riverward again to form Point U-Point and, still ascending behind laverstraw, reaches in High Tor a lift of 820 feet. As the dike extends southward also to Bayonne, its total ength is forty miles, but the Palisades proper front th'e river for half that dis tance.-Charles M. Skinner in Century. Dancing Proves Fatal. Many men and women catch colds at .ances which terminate in pneumonia .d consumption. After exposure, if Foley's Honey snd Tar is taken- it will break up a cold and no serious results need be feared. Refuse any but a gen ine in a yellow package. Sold by The rant Co. Drug store. Called His Bluff. "What!" cried the brutal husband. "You gave that old overcoat of mine to a tramp? You should have asked me first. I had placed a hundred dollars in bills in one of the pockets of that coat, simply to have the money In a safe place until you should want to urchase some clothes." "William enry Suddsworthy," replted the fond ife, fixing him with a judicial eye, you worked that game on me two years ago. I went through the pockets f that coat and found a wornont glove, ix cloves, five cardamom seeds, four atches and a suburban time card. Im going shopping for my dress tomor ow." orments of Tetter and Eczema Allayed. Thbe intense itching characteristic ot ~czema, tetter and like skin diseases is stantly allayed by applying Chamber ain's Salve and many severe cases ae been permanently cured by its se. For sale by The Arant Co. Drug tore. Feminine Finance. A poor lady whose husband had just failed was bemoaning the fact. "At any rate," she said, as she wiped he tears from her eyes, "the Brown falure was worse than ours." "How so?" said one, who knew that er husbands smashup had been ter ible. "Why," she said, "we only failed for 5cents on the dollar, whereas Mr. 3rown failed for fifty-five." His Best Bread. Baker-I keep the best bread. Cus omer (who is complaining of the read's inferior quality)-I don't doubt it. Baker-Then what have you to omplaIn about? Customer-That in stead of keeping the best bread you hould sell the best and keep the bad for yourself. Pneumonia Follows Cold jut never follows the use of Foley's oney and Tar. It stops the cough, ~eals'and strengthens the lungs and revents pneumonfa. Sold by The rant Co. Drug store. 8 ANITa 5. L. KRASNOFF. Undertaker, Open day and night to meet the der taking Establishment is compl Collns from $2.00 to $25.00; Caskets draped in the most artistic manner. and colored people. Residences, halls, rooms and co pr1ov ed methods of modern science, fectious germs of every nature. Res flanning, S. C. SINEfTfO(O1 NORTHA~ Florida' A passenger service and comfort,equippedvi Dining,,Sleeping and '1 For rates, schedule, tion, write to WM. J. Cne DEATH BY A BOMB. Imaginary Incident of the Crimean War by Tolstol. The following imaginary incident of the Crimean war is found in Count Tol stoi's "Sevastopol:" "The bomb, com ing faster and faster and nearer and nearer, so that the sparks of its fuse were already visible, descended. 'Lie down'' some one shouted. They lay flat on the ground. Praskoubin, closing his eyes, heard only the bomb crashing down on the hard earth close by. A second passed, which seemed an hour. The bomb had not exploded. He open ed his eyes and at that nement caught a sight of the glowing fuse of the bomb not a yard off. Terror, cold terror, ex cluding every other thought and feel ing, seized his whole being. He covered his face with his hands. "Then he remembered the 12 rubles he owed, a debt in St. Petersburg that should have been paid long ago and the gypsy song he had sung that evening. The wonan he loved rose In his Im agination, wearing a cap with lilac rIb 'bons, and yet, inseparable from all these and from thousands of other rec ollections, the present thought, the ex pectation of death, did not leave him for a moment. 'Perhaps it won't ex plode,' and with desperate final de cision he wished to open his eyes, but at that instant a red flame pierced through the still closed lids, and, with a terrible crash, something struck him in the middle of the chest. "He jumped up and began to run, but, stumbling over the saber that got be tween his legs, fell on his side. 'Thank God, Im only bruised,' was his first thought, and he wished to touch his chest with his hand, but his arms seem ed tied to his sides, and it felt as If a vise were squeezing his head. Soldiers flitted past him, and he counted them unconsciously. Then lightning fBashed before his eyes, and he wondered whether the shot were fired from a mortar or cannon. 'Cannon, proba bly, and here are more soldiers-five, six, seven soldiers. They all pass by.' He was suddenly filled with fear that they would crush him. He wished to shout that he was hurt, but his mouth was so dry that his tongue clove to the roof of his mouth. "He felt it wet about his chest,'and this sensation of being wet made him think of water. Fearing lest the sol diers might trample on him, he tried to shout 'Take care with you,' but instead of that he uttered such a terrible groan that he was frightened to hear It. Then other red fires began dancing before his eyes, and it seemed to him that the soldiers put stones on him. He made an effort to push off the stones, stretch ed himself, and saw and heard and felt nothing more. He had been killed on the spot by a bomb splinter In the mid dle of his chest." Deaths From Appendicitis iecrease in the same ratio that the use >)f Dr. King's New Life Pills increases. hey save you from danger and bring guick and painless release from consti pation and the ills growing out of it. Strength and vigor always follow their se. Guarnteed by Druggist. 25c. Try hem. Sold at TheArant Co.Drug store. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. A sick man talks about everything ex ept death. Xo man is big enough to laugh at real worry. While loafing a man usually thinks bout a big scheme that won't work. An apology never gives satisfaction to but one person--the one who makes If you must kick, make it swift and sre, and do not prolong the agony by making excuses. A boy thinks, "What a good time a man has:" And a man thinks, "What good time a boy has!" And what a ;oor time both have! It may be as good a feat to have all f a little girl's petticoats the same length as it is to have everything that oes on the stove cooked at the same time.-Atchison Globe. Bears theThe Kind You Have Always Bought Signatue of In a Mexican Hat store. Half a million straw hats Is no un common sight to be met with at one time in the hat stores of Mexico. The hats are made of a long pampas grass which grows nowhere else in the world. t is specially cultivated for the hat In ustry. So rapidly are the hats made that some skilled workmen can turn out ten or a dozen a day, and they are then sent to all parts of tile world. hey cost about fourpence each to make, are retailed at from 1 shilling sixpence to 4 shillings and are so dur able that it not infrequently happens that those of an economical turn of mind make a single hat last ten years. -London Queen. 'y!yv1yYiffilfififil1HIffTiiiiTfiliifTIVY!VVITE \.rI7ON. L. W. COX, Funeral Director. demands of the needy. Our Un ete in every respect. We carry 2 from $10.00~to $300., finished and a We have Hearses for both white tents disinfected by the most ap destroying all contagious and in petfully. .Kraisnocff. GHFA~oIrJiVEL [DSoUTH -Cuba. uexcelled for luxury ith the latest Pullman horoughfareiCars. maps.or:anynformas CRAIG, ral Passenger Agent, Wilmington,,N. C. A TROPICAL TERROR. Most Dreaded of Living Things In Equatorial Africa. Europeans who visit the great equa torial forests. of Africa are subject to many risks, but none perhaps so dan gerous as contact with the bashikouay, or great bull ant, which Is said to be the most dreaded of living'things to be found in that region. It is gluttonous In the extreme. That which it attacks it consumes on the spot--nothing is carried away for further convenience. Elephants, leopards, gazelles, lions, snakes, gorillas, monkeys, even the human aborigines of the districts It infests, fly from any neighborhood In which they know it to be located. Ac cording to well accredited reports, these awe inspiring bull ants travel, like locusts, In vast armies, marching In a line two inches or iore broad and miles in length. One of thew3 armies has been known to take twelve hours to pass a given point. These ants pre fer the shade and, rather than be ex posed to the rays of the blazing sun, will burrow tunnels under 'e surface of the ground and thus ...'vel until they come to the shelter of trees. Any animal which, unaware of the proxim ity of the bull ant and reposing in the solitude of the velt, happens to be attacked hag no chance of escape. It is devoured with Irresistible fury, and within a few minutes a pile of bleached bones marks the spot where it reposed. A great deal of valuable information about this dreaded creature has been published by a French zoologist, M. de Chailler, who has described a personal encounter with the bull ant. "I re member well the first time I met the bashikouays on a raid. I knew not what was In store for me. I was hunt ing by myself, when suddenly the for est became alive with the foe. A sud den dread seized me, and I stood still in the hunting path, resting on my gun. Suddenly, as if by magic, I was cov ered and bitten everywhere. I fled in haste and found refuge in a deep stream, yet even then the strong pinch ers of the ants would not give way, and though the bodies'were torn off the heads remained. The native tribes, when a man Is condemned for witch craft, generally fasten him to a tree before an inroad of these ants. After they have passed a shining skeleton alone Is left to tell the tale." We have secured the agency for ?rino Laxative Fruit Syrup, the new laxative that makes the liver, lively, purifies the breath, cures. headache and regulates the digestive organs. Cures chronic constipation. Ask us about it. Sold by The Arant Co. Drug store. THE PEOPLE OF PARIS. Their First Movements In Revolu tions Are Usually Generous. I know the men of the people In Par Is too well not to know that their first movements In times of revolution are usually generous and that they are best pleased to spend the days imme diately following their triumph in boasting of their victory, laying down the. law and playing at being great men. During that time it generally happens that some government or oth er is set up, the police return to their posts and the judge to his bench, and when at last our great men consent to step down to the better known and more vulgar ground of petty and mali ious human passions they are no longer able to do so and are reduced to live simply like honest men. Be sides, we have spent so maby years in Insurrections that there has arisen among us a kind of morality peculiar to times of disorder and a special code for days of rebellion. According to these exceptional laws, murder is tol erated and havoc permitted, but theft is strenuously forbidden, although this, whatever one may say, does not pre vent a good deal of robbery from oc urring upon those days for the simple reason that society in a state of rebel lion cannot be different from that at any other- time, and it will always con tain a number of rascals who as far as they are concerned scorn the morality of the main body and despise its point of- honor when they are unobserved. "Recollections of De Tocqueville." Sick Headache Cured. Sick headache is caused by derange ent of the stomach and indigestion. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab lets correct these disorders and effect a cure. By taking these tablets as soon s the firrt indication of the disease appears, the attack may be warded off. For sale by The Arant Co. Drug store. One Eyed Giant. Sir John Mandeville saw all sorts of queer things and wrote about them in his celebrated book of travels. It was In 1536 that the veracious John visited a certain group of isles (yles he called them) which was inhabited by a race of one eyed giants. 'Of them he says: "In one of these yles ben folk of grate stature, as giantes, and they been hide ous for to loke upon. An thel han but on eye, and that Is in ye middyl of ye front" He also tells of another one of these "yles" inhabited by a race of one legged dwarfs, each having three eyes. CASTOR IA For Tnfants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of , The Latest. Customer-You say, then, that this material is the latest? Shopman-The -very latest, madam. Customer-But will it fade in the sun? Shopman Why, it has been lying in the window for two years, and look how well it has stood.-London Mail. ears% th The Kind You Have Always Bought Signature of So He Heard. "I wonder If there be any industries carried on in heaven?" inquired the town Ignoramus. "I've allers heerd as how matches are made there," was the guarded an swer of the local sage.-Louisville Cou rier-JournaL Perseverance. - "I think," said the reporter, "that the public would like to know how you managed to live to such a great age." "By perseverance," replied the ceni tenaran. "I jest kept on livin'." Philadelphia Ledger. Bear, th The Kind You Have Always Bought ILEVI BROTHERS SUMTER. S. C. In ex\tcnding our Annual Fall and Winter I reetings to the readers of THE TIMES, we cor dially extend to them an invitation to visit our store whenever they come to Sumter, and 3 make it their headquarters. 4 We are better equipped to handle Cotton this season than ever before, for the reason. >Ne ihave extended our delivery markets, al ways in close touch with the mills, -it puts us in position to keep above the market quota tions, and our patrons get the benefit of this advantage. Cotton is the product upon which our farmers must depend, and although the crop of this year is not so good as last year, by a mutual working together the farmer and merchant will come out on top. 3 The various departments in our store are filled with New, Clean Gbods and the pur chasing public can certainly supply its needs I here. Come and inspect our fill Line of Dry Goods. where we have a corps of experienced sales men who are always anxious to show these goods, and prove that we are up-to-date in styles and prices. SHOESr There is no store in the city of Sumter with a fuller or better stock of Shoes, and as we contract for these goods direct with the factories-we are prepared to make the -"show down" that we can save you money by buying from us. GROCERIES. Our Grocery Department is the equal of any concern in the State. We handle both Heavy and Fancy Groceries to sell at whole sale and retail. We make a specialty of sup plying small dealers with everything in the grocery line. Come to see us, as we keep everything, and the best of attention guaranteed. Respectfully, LEVI BROS. * Sumter, S. C. rHeadquarters for Pantsand Oil. WE INVITE the public generally to come to Sumter and look in on our tremendous stock of Hardware of all kinds, tools of every ~5 description. When you need anything ~ in the Machinery supply line, we can furnish just what you want. z We handle the best Beltings in the country.. i fl.Our Paint and Oil Departm'ents are fl.Try our famous Japalac. Farmers, you can save money by z buying your Wire Fencing from us. We are headquarters for all kinds of Sporting Goods, and we can beat W them all in Harness and Saddles. Ladies, buy your new Stove or ~' Range from us. Let us show them to o you. E- Our long experience gives us an M advantage, and we can safely say that we can please the trade.fr DuRant Hardware Co.; -- SUMTER, S. C. Machinery Supplies, BeltinEt. I argam Sale Big Reductions Buy now while the chance is here. .We are Ioffering Special Bargains that will open your purse. Shoes, Hats, Caps, Dry Goods, I .Clothing, Skirts, Jackets, 'Waists, Notions, Millinery,I at prices that will will astonish you. Re member, buying right is money saving. Don't wait, come and see for yourself. Our Goods: HIGHEST QUALITY, BARGIAN PRICES. D. HIRSCIIMANN. NEXT TO POSTOFFICE. FOLUSORFA-1TAR FO0TRYTAR Sures Cotds; Prevents Pneumuona stops the coigh an~he1shtungs