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THE MANNIN 0 WAREHOUSE i- !ow ready for busines. Store your Cotton where it Is safe. The only way the farmer can tig'ht speculation is to Lold Cotton. and we are now ready to give the :ery best facilities. A Standard Warehouse built under the directions of the South eastern Tariff Association which in sures the lowest rate of insurance. Bring your Cotton to A'anning and we will insure and keep it safe for vou at thirty cents for the fnrst month and twenty cents per bale for the subse quent months. MANNING WAREHOUSEO DR. J. A. COLE, - . DENTIST, Upstairs over Bank of Manning. MANNING, S. C. Phone No 7. DR. J. FRANK GEIGER. DENTIST, MANNING, S. C. H. LESESNE, C). ATTORNEY AT LAW, MANNING, S. C. jMcSWAIN WOODS, o ATTORNEY AT LAW, Manning, S. C. Office Over Levi's Store. R. 0. PURDY. S. OLIVSR o'BRYAN. PURDY & O'BRYAN, 2Attorneys and Counselors at Law, MANNING, S. C. CHARLTON DURANT, - ATTORNEY AT LAW, MANNING, S, C. . W. C. DAVIS. J. A. WEINBERG. DAVlS & WEINBERG, ATTOR~NEYS AT LAW, MANNING, S. C. P'rompt atten tion given to collections. The Gi The Tr-We There Are (1.) MONDAY.-The1 Union Department, condu tive order that is seeking i al and practical problems. conducted by Colonel R. (2.) WEDNESDAY. Department, The Chicken 'views of strange peoples a Clubbed With The Tri.' Constitul the trst page shows a splendii bolh North and South Carolina, wil weB be-suhown on the face of a printed in colors on new plates pre Constitution. F=AFRIVI NI Which has been standing for the fs for twenty-fives years, and it is sai farm homes, in proportion to circul per published in America. There are departments for all containing the best that goes. And With All These Ti A MONT H, We Give of news and county h& Tri-Weekly ConstItution, Yearly Human Life, Yearly Subscription Spare Moments, Yearly Subscript Farm News, Yearly Subscription New Home Library Wall Chart, You- Home Paper, Yearly Subscri Tax Returns. Oftice of County Auditor Clarendon Couunt.y. Manning, S. C.. Dee. 19 1907. The Auditor's o'ice will be open from the 1st, day of January 1908. to the 20th d-av of FebruarylliV 1,. to ie ceive returus of persual propert.y in Clarendon County for the year 1908. Taxpayers returu what they own on the first. day of January 1908. All returns must be sworn to and no return will be cosidered either by the Counry Auditor or boards of assessors unless sworn to. A penalty of !ifty p r cent, will be added after the 20th day of February. The Auditor will be at the following places in person. o- by proxy, to receive returus: Paxville, Monday. Feb. 3rd. Pinewood. Tuesday, Feb. 4th. PanN, Wednesday. Feb. 5th. Sunmmerton, Thursday, Feb. th. St. Paul. Friday, Feb. 7th. Davis X Roads, Saturday. Feb. 8th. Alcolu, Monday, Feb. 10th. Youmas, Tuesday, Feb. 11th. New Zion, Wednesday, Feb. 12th. Turbeville, Thursday, Feb. 13th. MeFaddins, Friday. Feb 14th. Workman, Saturday, Feb. 15th. Jordan, Monday, Feu. 17th. Dutlies old store, Thusdav. Feb. 1th. Foreston. Wedniesday, Feb. 19th. Wilson, Thursda. Fe b. 20th. I will impress upon every taxpayer the importance of making your taxre turns. You ought to know what you own better than the Township Boards. who will make your return for you. if you don't make it yourself, so make your return and save yourself and other trouble. A. P. BURGESS. Auditor. Bank of Sumdeton, Summerton, S. C. CAPITAL STOCK - *25.000 00 SURPLUS ------ 8,000 00 STOCKHOLD'ERS' - LIABIL1TIES - - - 25,000 00 $58,000 00 IN OUR SAVINGS DEPARTMENT We pay interest at the rate of .4 Per Cent. per annum, compounding same quarterly. RICHARD B. SMYTH, President. JOHN W. LESESNE, - Cashier. wou.W Woodmen of the World. .Meets on fourth Monday nights at :30. Visiting Sovereigns invited. Cusres Colds; Pregvnts Pneumonia eatest Subscrip eMa ~eky Constitutic Three Numbers ews of greatest interest. T eted in the interest of the g> o solve the farmer's economi The Farm and Farmers' . Redding. 'he news of course. The E. F Column and The Letter of 'I nd their home-land customs. Vekly Th ion We Have h. colored county may of (2.) a llthe data that can colors of sions, and map. It is beautifully United St: the Presid >red especially for The (3.) lands and into hemis EEEMNT nyS SPARE MOM! rmer and the farm home Spare ? to go into more actual the price. circulatior ation, than any other pa- Spare Moa any maga series of a hases of farm life, each federacy.' cences of IREE CONST ITUTuONS A your own Hiome Cowniv ppenngs, legal nweices, Oll; G Subscription Price ...-.$1.00 Price ..............-.------.50 ion Price .. ...........------5 Easily worth ..............1.00 pton Price.......... ..-1 $4.00) TRAD] REGIS tv the st A1 the The Baik of Mlaillir MANNING, S. C. Capital Stock, - $40,000 Surplus. - - 40,000 Stockholders' Lin bility, - - 40,000 Total Protection to Depositors, $120,000 START YOUR BOY in the right way. Good habits instilled in the youth wiil bear good fruit in af ter years. Whether it be the small account of the boy or the business ac count of the man that is entrusted tous e canguarantee perfect satisfaction. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar ures all Coughs, and expels Colds from he system by gently moving thie bowels. ion iffer Ever mn Is The Farmnen Each Week, M e Farmers' (3.) FIE eat coopera- Woman's Ei education- Susie, the bes epartment, Every nmdt two days' int, D. Carriers' the moment o ravel, giving from the grea some of the he second sheet represents maps in iaska, and of all our Insular and Coloni: amap of the Republic of Panama,. and a es ap. About the border of tis sheet nts of the United States. This sheet gives a complete world map, waters of the globe projected without pheres. It shows also a map of the Unita ro This, We iud New Subsca NTS, A Magazine of Inspiratlan for the Ambiln of Moments is the best magazine ever pub In the first year of its existence it jun of a quarter of a million a mon'h. Fo nets presents a literary programme: unex ine. During 1906-7 Spare M.ome i:s wil ricles under the title, " The Last Days of These articles will contain the personal Mrs. Jeff erson Davis. MIEEK, AN Tff REE MA aper, with the lats a and all for . .. :EAT P'ROPOSI li1 Six Fo Ot M MARK. r.ERED For venty-three yea andard of the S [Ad time fish gu F. S. Royster Guano Co. Norfolk, Va. Russian Betrothal Feast. A Russian wooing culminates in the betrothal feast, at which the bride elect casts off a long tress of hair and gives it to her betrothed, who in turn presents the bride elect with bread and salt, an almond cake and a silver ring set with a turquoise. Irsulted. Eph--What we:e de mattah wif Sal an' dat druggis:? Rufus-Why, she wanted some complexion powder, an' he gib her powdered charcoal.--llus trated Bits. Suppers kill more than the greatest doctors ever cured.-Scotch Proverb. There is someLing about Kennedy 1 1XaL1Ve Cough Syrup that makes it ffr- nt. frou others, as it causes a < '-- yet em v action of the bowels i ro'ugh hi-' cold is forced out of the , t ma A - I e sametime it heals irri- 4 toi and ai ay inflammation of the .watLL and Iui gs, It is pleasant to take hiuiren like it. Contains no opiates I Drarcotic-. Sold by W. E. Brown . Wigs and Fans. "There is one thing I want to warn you about.." said. the wigmaker to the man who was buying his first wig, "and that is the electric fan. When ever you see an electric fan in motion give it a wide berth. If you don't It Is apt to embarras;s you. Electric fans and wigs are deadly enemies. Noth ing outside of an Indian and a toma hawk will lift a wig from the wear ers head quicker than an electric fan in muotion."--New York Sun. r&ade Ina This Ce ~s' Eveiy- Other-L i iiII d With Bei W..-The Balance of the newt gdomn, the Children's page, co: of all the home writers. ar of The Tri-Weekly gives th 2rval between issues and keep ur press turns. An instalment t $150,000 set of serials. A half ~reatest humorist artists of the Librarv W4 batiful representing the a ccessions posses- traits of the rulers of the s slendid relief map of the Russo-Jap we give from the severance of the di The Library Wall Chai with the top with metal strip and h divisions and convenient reference< d States seated. 1er Free To fiers Both Sexes H U MAN LIFE, I lished at When you subscribe fol ped to a what you are going to get, e :106-07 magazine in America that celledb b things. Not prosy or puny ipta bulk big in the public eye, the Con- things that are bringing th reminis- IIt is crisp, breezy and worst enemy. OnlyES aid est T1ON IS Remember, The Tri-Weekly Con and Friday, three times a week, for splendid papers and the maps for S$2.50 O0NLY TWO DOLLAI Send at once. Get right on. D odrers to * THT. MANNING 5 MADE WITH . FISH 'OS inoe Fishes That Are Lost. It is pretty well established that th4 common inuckerel, for example, lays some 50,000 eggs and that out of the number not more than two come to the reproduction stage. Presumably the loss is equally great in the eggs of oth er fishes. The greater part of thIs loss Decurs. of course, while the young are too small to look out for themselves. By hatching the eggs artificially arid maintaining the young until they can shift for themselves it is claimed that in place of one In 25,000 one in a dozen may live to maturity. How to beat an undertaker: Cough Lnd coughing end in Coffin. Cure the ough, stop the coughin, and let under aker keep bis Coffin. Rydale's Cough lixir is the best and surest way of ac omnlishing this result. Best because t contains the best remedies known to Lid nature to cure a cough. Surest,be ause it positively does not contain opi Ltes or harmful drugs of any kind. xuaranteed under the Pure ' . and )rua Law. Dr. W. E. Brov Co, Great Scheme. Host-Why did you write 211 our ;uests that this is to be a very in ormal affair? Hostess-So 'd be ;ure to be the best dressed worun ere.-Life. Very Plain. The Six Seasons Girl-You ask me to narry you. Can't you see my answer n my face? The Hon. Bertie (absent y)-Tes. It's very plain.-London atler. Employment, sir, and hardships pre rent melancholy.-Johnson. LCS Ray Paper at Matter ;. All the news. The aducted by genial A.unt e market reports, of the s one posted right up to of the month's story page set of comics from day. ill Chart of territory. It also shows p~or ord. It gives also a topographic anese war with the history of it pomatie relations. t are all bound .together at the iger, and thus form a splendid meyelopedia of everything pre r dited By Alfrad Benry Laswis H Euman Lifs you know exaetly .You're going to get the only s devoted entirely to people, not people, but men and women who men and women who are doing im fame or fortune. entertaining. A dull line is its titution, Monday, Wednesday one year and all of the above IS AND 1 $2.50, n't miss a copy. Address all IIT, Malnnring- S.C THE RATTLESNAKE. Removing .its Poison Fangs Does Not Render It Harmless. A common misconception which Is apt to lead to serious accidents is the belief that a rattler is rendered per fectly harmless, so that it can be han died with impunity, by the removal of Its poison fangs. These fangs, two in number, are situated on the upper jaw and lie flat except when the serpent strikes, when they become erect and the closing of the jaws compresses the poison glands and injects the venom through minute openings in them. In striking its prey (for whatever charm the serpent may employ to get its vic tim within easy reach it relies upon the venom to give the coup de grace) these fangs may often be broken, and nature has provided a full supply of re serve weapons which lie dormant in the gums and which within two weeks will develop and replace the injured fang. An acquaintance who returned from a hunting trip with twenty-five full grown rattlers in a box kept them in his office for two months confined be hind a coarse meshed wire screen. He handled them most carelessly, as he had extracted the poison fangs, but when shown that each of them had de veloped a perfect pair of new ones there was a sudden rise In the local snake mortality. One was preserved and sent to the Bronx zoo. where it a short time afterward producel a large litter of young ones, which could have easily crawled through the screen behind which the mother had been kept. As each of them possesscd the pdison apparatus in full commission and was without the power to rattle, they would have been even more dan gerous than adult snakes. Professional snake handlers are of ten Ignorant of this power to quickly replace fangs possessed by rattlers, and this ignorance led to a serious ac cident to one of them. He was badly bitten and narrowly, escaped death, his recovery being attributed to the gener ous amount of whisky which was Im mediately administered to him, which illustrates another mistaken Idea. It is a pity to shatter a pleasant illusion, but alcohol, except in very small doses, Is harmful rather than beneficial as an antidote to snake bite poison. As a matter of fact, although the symptoms of rattlesnake poisoning are most painful and alarming, an adult rarely dies from the bite of the variety common In the north. The diamond backs of the south attain a much lar ger size and consequently inject more venom, and their bite is proportionate ly more dangerous.-Francls Metcalfe in Outing Magazine. He Won the Breeches. There is a proverbial phrase signify ing that the wife is master In the household, by which It is intimated that "she wears the breeches." IThe phrase Is both odd and common ind Is only half understood by modem ex planations, but In mediaeval story we learn how "she" first put In her claim to wear this particular article of dress. A French writer of the thirteenth century (Hugues Plaucelles) relates some of the adventures of a couple whose household was not entirely har monious. Sire Haines was the hus band; Dame Anleuse, the wife. After a quarrel one evening Sire Hains said, "Early In the morning I will take off my breeches and lay them down In the middle of the court, and the one who can win them will be acknowledged the master or mistress of the house." Dame Aniense accepted the chal lenge. The battle was fought the next morning. It was a long battle, and It was bloody. At the end Sire Hains bore off the breeches, but the good dame had convinced the world that she was entitled to wear them In her own house. Are you having trouble with yonr kidneys? There are lots of people today who wonder why they have pains across the back, why they are tired and lack ing in energy and ambition. Your kid ays are wrong. They need relief with >ut delay. Take DeWitt's Kidney & Bladder Pills; they are for weak back, infammation of the bladder, backache and weak kidneys. Sold by W. E. Brown & Co. The Accommodating Spanish Cow. It was the first cow we had seen in Spain. and she had every right to be the haughty creature that she was. A girl led her about the plaza at dusk, milking a thimbleful of the rare bev erage at the houses of the customers, and It is hard to say which of d1e three concerned was the most proud the one sold, the one who bought or the one who gave the milk- She of the bovine race was decorated with an old chenille fringed curtain and, as though that was not enough to boast of, pulled along the streets a very unruly but bouncing daughter. The calf was tied to the tail of the cow by a rope and had already learned the ineffable joy of hanging limp and being dragged by her fond parent. Fortunately the rope was not too long for disciplinary pur poses. and when exasperated beyond all polite admonition the cloven hoof of the mother set daughter upon her feet once more.--Louise Closser Hale In Harper's. Smallest Deer In the World. The "mousedeer" Is the chevrotain, one of the smallest of hoofed animals. It stands less than twelve Inches in height at the shoulder. The prevailing color of the fur Is brown, finely spec kled with yellow. The spots are large and sometimes run Into each other and form stripes. The underparts of the body are white. It possesses the pecul iar habit of walking on the tips of its hoofs. This lends a stiffness to the legs, which has gained for the chevro tain the reputation of having no knee joints. It has no horns or antlers. But, as In the case of the musk deer, the male is provided with large canine teeth or tusks in the upper jaw. It Is of exceedingly timid disposition and lies hidden In the jungle throughout the day and only ventures to feed in the early morning and after dusk in the evening. In captivity this tiny na tive of India Is gentle, quite tame, but always shy.-Chicago Tribune. A tickling Cough from any cause, is quickly stopped by Dr. Shoop's Cough Cur e. And it is so thoroughly harmless and safe, that Dr. Shoop tells mothers every where to give it without hesitation even to very young babes. The whole some green leaves and tender stems of a nug healing mountainous shrub, fur nish the curative properties to Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure. It calms the cough and heals the sore and sensative bronchial membranes no opium. no chloroform nothing harsh used to in jure or surpress. Simply a resinous dant extract that helps to heal aching lungs. The Spaniards call this shrub which the doctor uses, "The sacred herb," demand Dr. Shoop's, take no 0LD CARLSBAD. In Ancient Times the Cure Was Some w.A Violent. Carlsbad'. th:,[ frashionable resort in Bohemia, is a n-'y :uncient cure place. It has hrld a r :ai e:ter from Kaiser Carl IV. sl UI 1-10. iistory has it that It was the mighty lenL> from rocky heights to th d h. bl.ow of a hunt ed dee'r purst:et by 'lie Nounds of Kal -r Carl IV. that lAd to the discovery of the Sprudel spring :nd that the deer hunting cupcror was the founder of the health resort to whicli he gave his name. Originally the Carlsu .0 cure and the mode of life there. :::o .vhich re mained in fashion f. least two cen turies, consisted sole a the use of the baths. This, how, , was so ener getic that we children the twentieth century are overcome 1,y a feeling of admiration for the dof-tes'i who ordered such cures and still greater honor for the patients who could undergo them, for the bath treatment was so severe that it was not inaptly called the "hautfresser," or skin eater. It was only about the year 1500 that Dr. Pay er, the town physician of Elbogen, near by, ordered the Carlsbad water to be drunk as a cure. Quoting from the publications of the period and Dr. Pay er's remarks: "I have said that this water must be drunk, and as hitherto it was not usu ally employed for drinking, but only for bathing, this will appear new to many." The quantity of the water prescribed was in handsome proportion to the "skin eater"-twenty, forty and up to sixty cups of a morning regular ly.-Town and Country. Question. When is a pain not a pain? Answer, when it is due to a condition that can be reached by an external application and somebody has been thoughtful enough to purchase beforehand a half pint bottle of Elliot's Emulsified Oil Liniment for 25c. and rubbed the affected parts freely. Guar anteed by Dr. W. E. Brown & Co. MASTERY OF THE NILE. The Method by Which the Flow of Water Is Controlled. Every morning from a little room of a great white house on the eastern shore of the Nile at Assouan Is clicked by telegraph to Cairo the question. "How much water?" The answer comes so many thousand gallons more or so many thousand gallons less. A button' Is pressed, the water which flows under the iron bridge at Cairo is increased or diminished some ten days later in accordance with the telegraph ic answer, and the intervening valley between Assouan and Cairo has a lit tle more or a little less water on Its surface. The man at the button may bring joy or sorrow to thousands of little farms-It is all according to the message he receives. From the great white house there extends across the river a granite wall or dam 150 feet high. Halfway up this wall and stretching Its entire length a line of shutters opens or closes by a pressure of the button. In the winter months a huge lake ex pands to the southward, which has ev ery appearance of being a flood, for in certain places the tops of palm trees are discernible above Its surface, and the summits of Inundated ruins appar ently mark the sites of sunken cities. As the days go by and Cairo demands more and more water the palu trees and the ruIns seem to rise fr'om their watery beds until In June and early July the river flows freely with all Its historic indolence.-New Yort Times. ATARRH CURED AT HOME Trial Treatment of Dr. Blosser's Catarrh .I(emedy Free to Sufferers. If you have catarrh of the nose, throat, or lungs, if you are constantly spitting, blowing the nose, have stopped up feeling, head noises, deafness, asthma, bronchitis or weak lungs, you can cure yourself at home by a remedy so simple that even a child can use It. It will cost you only a postal card to get a liberal free trial package of Dr. Blosser's wonderful remedy. It is sent by mail to every interested sufferer. Certainly no offer could be more liberal. The full treatment is not expensive. A pack age containx4 enough to last one whole month will be sent by mail for $1.00. A postal card with- your name and address sent to H. R. BOGER, Manning, S. C., will bring you by return mall the free trial treatment and an interesting booklet, so that you can at once begin to cure yourself privately at home. A MESSAGE FROM MARS. His Proof That the Planet Was Inhab ited and Civilized. Ebenezer was driving his master's plow straight and tr-ue, but, none the less with a thoughtful air, as though his thoughts were 'elsewhere. And so they were; they were soaring far aloft above the plow and the brown earth turned up as to reach Mars. The previous evening Ebenezer had attended a lecture at the village school room on "The Heavens," and what the lecturer had said about Mars being In habited profoundly Impressed Eben ezer. As he mechanically guided his horses and his plow something struck him suddernly on the head, and he dropped seniseless to the ground. A balloonist passing overhead had acci dentally dropped an empty whisky hot tie upon Ebenezer's fortunately thick skull. When he recovered conscious ness the balloon had passed out of sIght, but the*cut on his head and the blood stained bo-:tle at his feet remained. Ebenezet gasped in amazement and awe as he gazed all around the wide brown fields and the blue sky above. Then he picked up the bottle and smelled at It and at once deserted his team In great excitement and set off posthaste for the vicarage. "I mun tell vicar Mars be 'nabited right enough," he muttered. "Civil ized, too; they drinks whisky."-Lon don Exoress. There are two old adages. "Haste makes waste" and make haste slowly, that everyone should employ when they undertake to cure in a few minutes w itb preparations con taini ngMorphine, Opium, Chloroform and other opiates. They may stop the cough and cause sleep quickly, but they also dry up the secretions and constipate leaving oft imes a far worse trouble. Rydale's Cough Elixir is guaranteed under the Pure Food and Drug Law to contain no opiates or harmful drugs of any kind or character. Think about it when you or one of the children have a cough. Dr. W. E. Brown & Co. He Wasn't a Gormand. That wary old fellow, Bailie Maccluff, was enticed Into a friend's house the oter night, and his host managed to win 50 shillings from him at "nap." What Is more remarkable, when the bailie had parted with his last shilling he rose, fult of wrath. "Won't you stay to supper?" pressed his host. "We have a fine bit of han, waiting." "No, not I. Dae ye think I eat 50 philings' worth of ham?"-London An Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup CONTAINS HONEY AND TAR Relieves Colds by working them out of the system through a copious and healthy action of the bowels. Relieves Coughs by cleansing the mucous membranes of the throat, chest and bronchial tubes. "As pleasant to the taste as MapleSugar" Children Like It, For BACKACHE-WEAK KBNE Tr DeWt KideY and Bladder Pfis-Sura Se W. E. BROWN & CO. HORSE WHISPERERS. Men Who Can Control the Most Vi cious Animal by Voice. The horse whisp:,rer naight be an un known quantity in Ergland and Ire land today, but there are not a few men who exercise a wonderful control with their voices- ove horses which when the dominating nduence is ab sent are apt to literall. kick over the traces. In the thorougihbred stables of England and -Ireland -xlay there are not a few stablemen a d jockeys who succeed in holding In c eck the vice -in horses which in demon:-trative manner show that they cannot. tolerate - the presence of the grooms or attendants. Nimrod claimed- for Count Duval a power and influence of the human volce over the brute creation, but that power was backed up by a lecture to. the horse, with "his clinched fist in his face." But the horse whisperer of today avoids all gesticulations and trus6. en tirely to a combination of sounds or words. There is no bullying done, 9nd the whisperer can face a mad horse with his hands behind his back and apparently at the mercy of the beast that has to come under the charm One means of keeping -emount horses - quiet in stations during -the South.- Af rican war was that. emp -by the - yeomen, who sat in a -ing of i" to head horses singing as .oudly as ble and riveting the ears and attention of the otherwise sprawling and hungry animals. One of the first whsperers to ac quire 'absolute control over fractious equines was Con Sullivan, who mi grated in his youth from Kilma11k where he could trace his genealogy. through a long line of nafflers. and became almost exclusively employed by Lord Doneraile. The whisper of this man made an indelible Impression upon any horse, bringing. the pupil--to a degree of docility unattainable in the ordinary course of discipline. The race horse King Pepin. a famous racer, vicious and reputed to have kill-, ed two grooms at the Curragh. once came under his charge. He was want ed to win a race at Ma low. but when saddling time came It found him In one of his unmanageable moods. He reared, plunged and fug out fore and - aft' until he conmpletely- cowed groom and jockey. It was at this crisis that some one recommended that he should be "whispered." As It was the only chnce left- of taminghim in time for the start, his owner gladly availed himself of it, though warned that horses were sometimes thrown .into a state -of stupor by the process. Sullivan was soon fouand,.and he was delighted at the opportunity- of "fwhuisperln' -before so much 'quoll-. ty' from all parts." ."Show us the wild baste," he said, "and we'll soon tache him manners." When he got within the cIpele-and a wide one it was-in which King N pin'was playing his--antics he walked up to him, approaching the horse from behind. He mumbled some words as he walked which, though not antte - Inaudible, were as una'tef11Mhle as -a sermon in the unknown tongue, but they had a most magical effect on the horse, for he stood stock still. -Sum--, van then patted him on the neeld while he whispered a word or two in his ear, whereupon .King Pepi:1 went .on his knees and lontinently lay down. The whisperer then si retched'himself on him at full length, .took out a pouch containing pipe and to ,aco, flint and steel, struck a light ard blew a cloud as he,lounged on the stomnach of this' high mnettled colt with as much com posure as if he were seated on a bench in his favorite taproom. After two-or three puffs he got up. beckoned the nag to his legs, saddled him and walk ed off to the starting post, -the horse following and fawning .upon him -lk a dog. He won the race In a-canter. London Live Stock Journal. Great Falls of the Potomac. The Great Falls of the Potomae-are about fifteen miles above Waishngton, blut the neighboring country has re mained so wild and undeveloped that the falls have been dilficult to-reach. The famous Conduit or Aqueduct road, so called because it Is built over the big conduit which brings the national capital Its water supply, leads .about up to the falls on the Maryland side and there stops. It is famous as one of the best roads In the country, and It is a favorite drive with Washington people and visitors. About halfway up this road crosses a deep gulch by means of the Cabin ,Tohn bridge, a ma jestic stone arch built by the govern ment and until recently the longest single masonry span in the world, about 220 feet This bridge was 'be gun just before the civil war, and a tablet was inserted in Its side, giving the name or Jeff Davis as secretary of war. During the war his name was mutilated by soldiers, and now It is entirely cut off.-Pathflnder:. Dawn on the Prairies. - - While we ate the eastern sky light ened. The mountains under the dawn looked like silhouettes cut from slate colored paper. Those In the west show ed faintly luminous. Objects about us became dimly visible. We could make out the windmill and the adobe of the ranch houses and the corrals. The cowboys arose one by one, dropped their plates into the dishpan and be gan to hunt out their ropes. Every thing was obscure and mysterious In the faint gray light I watched Windy Bill near his tarpaulin. He stooped to throw over the canvas. When he- bent It was before daylight; when he straightened his back daylight had come. It was just like that, as though some one had reached out his hand to turn on the lflumination of the world. --Stewart Edward White in Outing