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Holy Land a World Center. It used to be a funcy that the Holy Land was the center )f the world. In a sense not then meaut it was indeed centra!. it occupied a strateio ps!t ti' n. Thruee continemts enver'ge iwr.e -- :ll the cominents kn[Own :1..s flhe an cintts-.\sia. .\riat :ui E r 1. on tiguous to Palestine on the south lies Ezyplt :mnd on the nori h syrial. Or. tak Ing a wide: view. onone side of !t were lud-ial. P'ersia. A.issria :_:11b loi,. whiIe, on the otIe:'-iie of it we:'e pt. Greece and itam- . A hane a :Zg giants the land of .h'sus was in dIeed li tte :itnun~g the .:eograpicail tri es: ha":t. like a habe. it wIs m1lol arch of he ionhosehold of lands. I:n. its central zantage tiny Pales tine saw thru;:h the :n:ureh of centu. ris the pro:ession of these mirhity em pies-ssyrian. Da bylonIan. \edo Persian. Greek and Roman. oing it self durin:: uuch of the time , Center of inlunence and de:emimin. f.:-ee tIat h:t-e helped form the character and h:story of the civilized world.-Ex A Clash of Prayers. Maggie. with her fair face and blond hair. and Nina. with dusky skin and kinky wool, had played together at mud pies and had awing on the same gate ever since they (ohtild remember. for Nina's mammy was Maggie's nurse. says the Housekeeper. They were now seven years old. Maggie loved Nina in spite of her color. yet she had a feeling that her friend deserved to be - white. so she added to her N'rayer each night: Please, God, make Nina white." As the weeks went by and Nina re mained unchanged Maggie felt that her petition needed re-enforcement. so she confided in Nina. beggin her to pray fol- the greatly desired bleaching. But Nina in surprise looked at Maggie with wide open eyes and exclaimed: "Me? No. sir-ee. Fo' de Lawd. Mlaggie. I doan wanter to be no white child, an' I's jes' prayin' with all my might fer you to come black!" The intelligent Bird. Two negroes in Washington were overheard discussing the intelligence of birds in general. "Birds is shore sensible." obse, ced one darky to the other. "Yo' kin learn them anything. I uster work for a lady that had one in a Elock, an' when it was time to tell de time it uster come out an' say cuckoo jest as many times as de time was!" "Yo' doan' say so?" asked the other negro incredulously. "Shore thing:" responded the first darky. "But de mos' wonderful part was dat it was only a wooden bird too:"-Harper's Weekly. The Builders. "The Egyptians were the builders." said a contractor enviously. "No won der their monuments will endure for ever. Labor was nothing to them. As you would spend a cent on a newspa pnr so would an Egyptian king put 1(;.000 men to work upon a temple. Labor, you see. cost nothing. A strik ing example of the Egyptian prodigal ity of labor lies in this fact: No less than 2.000 men were employed for three years in carrying a single stone, a stone of unexampled size, from Ele phantine to sais." Unlucky at Bridge. "Do you believe in this thirteen su p erstition?" asked Tete de Veau. "I do." replied L'Oignon. "I could never understand why I was so uin lucky .~t bridge till I discovered that I was always dealt a hand of just thir teen."-Exchange. The Gr The TIn-We There Are (1.) MONDAY.-The n 7 Union Department, condu< tive order that is seeking t al and practical problems. ~conducted by Colonel R. (2.) WEDNESDAY.-'l Department, The Chicken views of strange peoples a' Clubbed With The Tri-y Constitul The Erst page shows a splendid oo'tn North and south Carolina, witl well be shown on the face of a printed in colors on new plates prel constitution. SWhich has been standing for the fat for twenty-five years, and it is said farm homes, in proportion to circula Sper published in America There are dep::rtments for all p containing the best that goes. | And With All These 17 A IWONTHI, We afre ] Sof news and county ha Tri-Weekly Constitution, Yearly S 9 uman Life, Yearly Subscription I SSpare Moments. Yearly Subscripti Farm News, Yearly Subscription i . ew Home Library Wall Chart, Unconscious Humor. A class of little folk in an Engiish elemenutary schol were reciently asked to detine "a lady." with curious results. Te de-ition f Lizzie, aged seve.. will strik- a riespwusive t1hori in the heart of tie, busy Ve1na1n andi -hows that Lizzie mutist be an (oibServing per on. "A lady is som ething like a ra." says Lizzie. "but sh,'s got long hair anti s1e's.ct a ditferent face and different eklotln-s. and shI's .ot a lot of wo'k to 0.1." harlie. aged six. is imL prcssied by the diffect bletwvceen the Se'xes. "A lady" he linds to k. -differ ent fron - .a n because a hidy has differeit clothis from1 a ian. a lady has different eyes from a m:m. a lady Las a different body from a man. and a lad.- has different shoi)es from :a inan." H ;vard. a zed seven. gets at the same facts froma a different point of view. " lady." he says. "has not .rot some trowsers. Iut a man has got some trowsers." A second Charlie. a year older than the first one. thinks tli:t "a lady is a nice woman because she don't have torni clothes. and she has a woch with her. and she has a chane on the Woch." Not a Straner to Her. The -mductor or the Pullman ear had for some time hadl hi. eye on the man who s'emdto j fishing for an excuse to speak to the Indy across the aisle. The passengr finaily left his scat and took one beside heo, inId when they h:d conversed for a few minutes the lady seemed to be prottesting. and the conductor's opportunity had come. He stepped forward and said: "Madam, if this man is forcing his attentions upon you be must resume his own seat." "-Ie is not exactly a stranger to me. she admitted. "But you seemed to be annoyed, madam." "I am not exactly annoyed. but I wish he wouldn't talk to me." "I am simply arguing a case." ex plained the man. "Yes. but there is nothing to argue. We have been married and divorced twice. and now I've married another man. and we can't he married again until lie dies. Give t un. Jimmy give it up and go back to your spat."- - Chicago News. if Washington Were There. Two prominent society women of Washington were seated in the gallc-y reserved for the families of congress men. "What a grand body of men:" ex claimed the younger of the two en thusiastically. "Do you think so?" asked the other demurely. "Why. of course. I do. See how alert and businesslike they are. I am sure if George Washington could come t back to congress he would be proud of seh a dazzling spectacle." "I fear. dear." remarked the elder of the two seriously. "that if George Washington were to come back and see congress he would lose no time in delivering another farewell address." ippincott's. Everything taken into the stomach bould be digested fully within a cer ain time. When you feel that your tomach is not in good order, that the ood you have eaten is not being di estedl, take a good, natural digestant ~hat will do the work the digesttve uices are not doing. The best remedy nown today for all stomach troubles s Kodol, which is guaranteed to give rompt relief. It is a natural digest nt; it digests what you eat, it is pleas nt to take and is sold here by WV. E. rown & Co. ratest $ubscrip cfly Constitutie Three Numnbers ws of greatest interest. TI ~ted in the interest of the gri solve the farmer's econonm The Farm and Farmers'] . Redding. 'he news of course. The R. F. olumn and The Letter of Ti d their home-land customs. eeklyHavIhc Onl We av colored couty may of() all the data that can colors of Al sionIs, and map. It is beautifully Iuited Statn the Presime ared especially for The (3.) T1 ]ands and into hemisp In Atdditio 1 -as SPARE MOMS mer and the farm home I spare: to go into more actual the price. circulation tion, than any other pa Snare Mfom Iany mnagazi ser~Ies of ar ases of farm life, each *~ itrac. 1ceraces of .i REE CONSIU1JTs@NS A 'or own Homne Coun!V ppenings, legal notices, O U!= G ubscription F-rice........ ...$1.00 5 'rice ................-.-----.-.. n Price ...........---------..-5 'ce........---------------- .- . Easily worth ...............1 100 The Nearest Approacn. An English tourist visited Arran and being a keen disciple of Izaak Wal ton was arranging to have a day's good sport. Being told that the cleg, or horsefly, would suit his purpose ad mirably for a lure, he addressed him self to Christy. the highland servant girl. "I say, my girl. can you get me some horseflies?" Christy looked stupid, and he repeat ed his ques-tion. Finding that she did not yet comprehend hiiii, he exclaimed: --nay, -irl. did you never see a horsefly? "Naa. sir." said. the girl, "but a wanse saw a coo jump ower a preshi pice." . Grandfather's Portrait. A villager. intensely conceited and ignorant. but quite wealthy, was per suaded to have his grandfather's pic ture repainted. The artist, not having been decently treated by the villager, drew the por trait almost in a nude form. Rolling it up. lie told the man not to look at it Wfore the coming New Year. On that day the villager ordered the pic ture to ie hung up that he might pay it his New Year respects. As it was heiii unrolled he frantically waved his hands and shouted: "W\ait! Wait! The old gentleman is not ready, for he not yet dressed."-From the Chi nese. The Worth of His Money. Not seldom in highland districts the attendance at church during unpropi tious weather is but scanty. One min ister. finding himself on a boisterous Sunday confronted with but one soli tary auditor, who happened to be a ouff, outspoken character, took him into his confidence, with a view to propitiate him. "Will I go on with the sermon. John?" John answered gruff ly, "Of course." Getting into the pul pit and leaning over it. he asked, "Will I give you the Gaelic sermon or the Einglish one?" "Gie's baith. Ye're wee! paid for 't," said John, more Zrufily stil'.-Dundee Advertiser. Bituminous Coal. Shortly after the adoption of bitu minous coal as a fuel in England a royal proclamation was used forbid ding its use and authorizing the de struction of the furnaces of the users, who were characterized as evil doers. Scarcity of fuel, it seems, shortly com pelled the resumption of Its use. In the reign of Elizabeth bituminous coal was again prohibited during ses sions of parliament lest the health of the members suffer thereby.-London Telegraph. The Richest. That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of no ble and happy human beings; that man is the richest who, hftving per fected the functions of his own life to the utmost. has also the widest help ful influence, both personal and by means of his possessions, over the lives of others.-John Ruskin. A Philosopher. Frances Willard once wrote to a friend who had just lost a daughter: 'Dear Sister Anna, how much richer re you than I! Here I sit alone with ut a child to die, while you are mother o an angel." DeWitt's Carboliz~ed Witch Hazel alve is best for cuts, burns, boils, ruises and scratches. 10 is especially food for piles. Sold by W. E. Brown &Co. ioun Offer Ever an ns Is Thme Farmser Each Week, M e Farmers' 1(3.) FRID! at coopera- Woman's Kin, education- Susie, the beSt epartment, Every numt two days 'inte D. Carriers' the moment o1 ~avel, giving from the grea1 some of the g e second sheet represents maps in t aska, and of all our Insular and Colonial map of the Republic of Panama, and a s map. About the border of tis sheet ts of the Unrited States. iis sheet gives a comnplete world map, 1 waters of the globe projected withouti heres. It shows also a map of the Unite< ro This, We Of w& Iew Subscr TS, A Magazine of Inspiration for the Ambilions of toments is the best magazine ever pubi n the first year of its existence it jumni of a quarter of a million a month. For ent presents a literary programmae unexe ne. During 1906-- Spare Moments will ies under the titie. " The Last Days of These articles will contain the personal irs. Jefferson Davis, WEEK, ANDI 1T REE MA14G aper, with the Iatest at a d allfor . . . :eAT PPFROPFOSIU ~II Six For Oinly A Little Mixed. A Hlindoo barrister thus excused an absent client whom sickness had pre vented from coming to court: "The inman has fallen unwell, your honor, and lie has sent a man here to say that he is lying and cannot come." A Theory. Tomieii-Pa, how do rtorms git out? Toaiklns-Get out? What are you driving at-out if what? Tommi W'y. the weather bureau, o' course. I .idn't know but mebby the man left a drawer open. A Failure. "When she gave you the piece of cake, did you say 'Thank you?'" "Yes, ma, but it didn't do no good." "Didn't do any good?" "No; she didn't give me another piece." Three thin~gs too much and three too little are pernicious to man-to speak much and know little, to spend much and have little, to presume much and be worth little.-Cervantes. Ring's Little Liver Pills wake up lazy livers. clean the system and clear the skin. Try them for biliousness and sick headache. Price 25c. Sold by The Manning Pharmacy. Trying the Wrong Man. An unusual verdict was rendered by the jury in a case tried in . California town a good many years ago. The question was as to the ownership of several Lead of cattle which the de fendant was accused of having stolen from the plaintiff. As the case pro ceeded nod different witnesses gave their evidence. it became apparent to all listeners that the defendant was an innocent man. When it came time for the jury to retire to consider their verdict, they did so, but returned to the courtroom in a few moments. The foreman looked the judge straight in the eye and said with a drawl and twang which betrayed his New Eng land origin: "Jedge. we find the plaintiff guilty." "The court is not trying the plain tiff, but the defendant," said his honor hastily, and the matter being explain ed, the foreman was at length induced to express the jury's opinion that the defendant was nof guilty. "Howsomever," added the foreman solemnly. "'pears to me we're con sidering the wrong man, your honor!" Forgetful. "Tommy," said his mother reproving y, "what did I say I'd do to you if I ver caught you stealing jam again?" Tommy thoughtfully scratched his ead with his sticky fingers. "Why, that's funny, ma, that you ;hould forget it too. Hanged if I tn remember."-Everybody's. Mechanically. Judge-And what did the prisoner ;ay when you told him that you would iave him arrested? Complainant-He wswered mechanically, yer honor. Fudge-Explain. Complainant-He hit ne on the head with a hammer.-Ex. .hange. The fault Is always as great as be :hat commits lt.-French Proverb. Bert Barber, of Elton, Wis., says: "I lave only taken four doses of your Kid 2ey and'Bladder Pills and they have lone for me more than any other medi ~ine has ever done. I am still taking he pills as T want a perfect cure." Mr. 3arber refers to DeWitt's Kidney and Biadder Pills. They are sold by W. E. Brown & Co. Bade in This C4 Cons til s' Every-Other-I SFiIIed With Hei 7.-The Balance-of the new: ~dom, the Children's page, co of all the home writers. er of The Tri-Weekly gives ti rval between issues and keep ir press turns. An instalment $150,000 set of serials. A half reatest humorist artists of the Library 'V eautifuil Irepresenting the accessions posses- traits of the rulers of the i ;lenidil relief map of the Russo-Jap we give from the severance of the di The Library Wall Char ith the top with metal strip and h ivisions and convenient referenee< I states sented. For Free To ihers MfS OF Ml th Sexes HUMAN LIFE.I shed at When you subscribe fo: ed to a 'what you are going to get 1906-07 magazine in America thati eled by things. Not prosy or puny print a bulk big in the public eye, he Con- things that are bringing tb reminis. It is crisp, breezy and worst enemy. ud best Ongy n"ON IS Remember, The Tri-Weekly Con and Friday, three times a week, for splendid papers and the maps for $2.50 ONLY TWO DOLLAI Send at once. Get right on. D odrers to eTHE MANTIG ~ Famous Lilac Tree. Chief among the many objects of in terest in the gardens of Easton Lodge, Dunmow, the residence of the Earl and Countess of W;rwick. is the magnifi cent lilac tree -hich occupies a con spicuous position on the terrace. This tree is the finest specimen of its kind in the United Kingdom. It has a cir c umference of 120 feet and a height of sixteen feet. and it has so dense a growth and blooms so profusely that when in flower it forms a huge bou quet of lil:t blossoms. The lilae is that commonly known as the Persian and described by the bot anists as the Chinese. but it is not a native of either Persia or China, but was raised in the Rouen botanic gar den in 1705 by the hybridization of the true Persian lilac and the common li lac of British gardens. It was of noble proportions at the middle of the last century and produc ed such a magnificent display of blos soms that in the flowering season Vis count Maynard, Lady Warwick's grandfather, used to make a special journey from London to enjoy the beauty and fragrance of the flowers. Gardener's Magazine. Lunch-s-ln Germany. I was told at 8:30 it was time for luncheon, writes an American tin smith working in Leipzig. On stating that I did not care-to eat, he toldqne that it would be better If I did no work, so I sat down for half an hour and watched the others. At noon we had an hour and a half and at 4 o'clock fifteen minutes for lunch. It may be of interest to some read ers to know what the German eats. For his first breakfast he generally has a milk roll and a cup of coffee. The second breakfast is almost always a slice of bread with lard or goose oil, a piece -of sausage or cheese and a bottle of beer. For dinner he has two slices of bread as above, with a her ring or'large green pickle, cheese or sausage and another bottle of beer. For lunch another bottle of beer and a milk roll. For supper soup and po tatoes. This is the general variety of foods we had for the four months I worked In that shop, and they had It day in and day out.-New York World. Use DeWitt's Little Early Risers, pleasant little pills. They are easy to take. Sold by W. E. Brown & Co. Judged by Their Cats. "No, ma'am," said an Irish maid of inuch experience as she returned to a New York intelligence office the other day "I didn't engage with that fam-, ily.. I didn't like the looks of their cat" "Of their cat!" repeated the owner of the office in amazement. "Why, Ka tie, I'm sure they wouldn't keep a cat that was in any way dangerous." "Not dangerous, no, ma'am, but a restless, unhappy looking creature that idn't speak well for the family," re plied the girl. "I always judge a fam ily by their cat-if they have one. A sleek, comfortable pussy who comes nip and rubs against you means a quiet, good natured family and one that's not worrying about ways and means, but a nervous, unfriendly look ing cat reflects a household which is on the verge of nervous prostration or financial ruin or "some other horrible trouble. "I've been living with families and studying their cats for twenty-five ears. and I've never known the sign to fail. A family that can't make Its at happy Is one to make any servant mserable"-New York Press. r ;es ay Paper it Matter .All the news. The aducted by genial1 Aunt e market reports, of the 3 one posted right up to of the month's story page set of comics from day, ill Chart of territory. It also shows por orld. It gives also a topographic anes, war with the history of it lontic relations. tin are all, bound together at the ager, and thus form a splendid ~neyclopedia of everything ,pre FREE! 'IT ~dited By Alfred Henry Lewis rHunman Life you know exactly 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 m fame or fortune. entertaining. A dull line is its stituton, Monday, Wednesd~ay one year and all of the above FIS AND ',1 $2.50 o't miss a copy. Address all~ "TIME!, Manning, S. 0 alntVery NicelyDone. Th Gallant M1an (asidel-At last I her aII to myself. Now I can - how I love her and ask her to be .-ine. How shall I do it. I wonder? Gentle Maid (behind lier nii- t is surely coming. I am so uervous :ind frightened. I know he is going to be terribly dramatic. I do hope I shan't have to help him up off his knees. Goodness, why doesn't ie s:ay some thing? I must break this horrible si lence. (Aloud, recklessly) Hlave you ever been abrond? Gallant Man (snilingly)-No. I'm saving it for a wedding tour. Gentle Maid (demurely)-Why, how -funny; so am I. Gallant Man (meaningly)-Then why shouldn't we take it together? Gentle Maid (innocently)-Possibly your wife and my husband might ob ject to going in such a crowd. Gallant Man (brilliantly)-The crowd wouldn't be objectionably large if your husband and my wife were husband and wife. * (Further conversation was disjointed and indistinct).-Pearson's Weekly. Where Animals Beat Men. "Nature faking aside," said the zoo keeper, "mice won't eat oleo. It is a fact Lay a pat of oleo and a pat. of butter side by side and in the morning the butter will be gone, but the oleo will remain untouched. "Oh, yes, some animals are incredi bly nice about their food. The otter, when living wild, will only eat one piece, one mouthful out of each fish he catches. He will land a beautiful trout, but only one bite of It from the back, just behind the neck, Is good enough for him. The rest he tosses aside. This epicure often kills a dozen fine, big trout to make one meal. "Chimpanzees have very delicate tastes. A banana or a pineapple that to you seems delicious to a chimpan zee may be eyolting. His taste is keener. Grapes grown in hothouses where sulphur fumes are used as an Insecticide taste all right to a man, but a chimpanzee will have none of them. "The Ichneumon loves eggs. He can tell a fresh from a stale one simply by tapping the shell."-Los Angeles Times. "Copy Reading" Howells. The London Atheneum says of the following Howells paragraph that It is the best sentence perhaps in any re cent English book. Describing a cer tain ancient edifice, Mr. Howells writes and the Atheneum quotes: "What, In the heart of all this blos soming, was the great cathedral it self when we came In sight of -it but a vast efflorescence of the age of faith, mystically beautiful In form and gray as some pale exhalation from the mold of the ever cloistered. the deeply reforested past" Very fine. all must admit But wouldn't that paragraph have been meat and drink to the man who used to mark up Mr. Howells' newspaper copy back at Bucyrus, 0. If Howells the reporter had written that for the Bucyrus Blade he would have found It in the paper next day about like this: "The cathedral, with flowers all around It, looks fine. It is 400 years old and needs paint"-Galveston News. Thought Nine Enough. The following amusing birth notice appeared In the' Dresden Anzeiger: "To our seven hearty boys there came today, in God's early morning, not the wished for little daughter, but in compensation, a pair of fine boys. We judge by this elementary event that these strenuous tImes demand more men than blossoms of the gentler ser, and console ourselves with thoughts of our fatherland, to which we call: "urrah! Hurrah! Now there are nine. Firm stand and true the watch on the Rhine! "To all dear friends and acquaint ances and to whom else the joyous tidings may be of Interest we give this notice-the last of its kind-'Eduard Rost and wife." A Bargain.. Mr. Mason rubbed the edges of the umbrella with discriminating fingers while his wife listened to the saleswo man's enumeration of Its good points. "This Is $10, isn't it?" he asked. "Oh, no," replied the saleswoman re proachfully. "It Is $9.80' "She seems to regard the 11 cents as particularly invidious. . I wonder why?" whispered Mr. Mason to his wife. "Not at all," said Mrs. Mason. with mild heat; "nothing 'invidious' about it Only very naturally it touched the girl not to have you perceive that you were getting a bargain."-Youth's Com panion. ________ Cautious. A five-year-old girl was very Ill, and, noticing the anxiety of Ther parent she said, "Mamma, do you think I'm going to die?" "No, my dear," replied the mother, "we think you will soon be better." "Well," said the little one, "I'd like to die and go to heaven on a visit if I was sure I could come back if I didn't 'ike the place."-Chicago News. Pinesalve Carbolized acts like a poultice, draws out inftamation and poison. AntiseptiC healing. F~or chapped hands. lips, cuts. burns. Sold by The Mannina Pharmacy. When He Enjoyed Life. Among the tombs near the old Ar lington mansion on the Chesapeake is the mausoleum of John Custis, the father of Martha Washington's first husband. It bears this suggestive in scription: Beneath this Marble Tomb lies ye Body of the Honorable John Custis. Esqt. Of the City of Williamsburg and Parish of Burton Formerly of Hungars Parish on the East ern Shore of Vergina and the County of Northampton the Place of his Nativity. Aged 71 years, and yet lived but seven years Which was the space of time he kept A Bachelors House at Arlington On the Eastern Shore of Verginla. It Is said that before his marriage Custis did have a free and easy life. His inarriage was of importance to his country, for he was the progenitor of several leading fauiilies. One would like to know Mrs. Custis' ver sion of the life they had together, which he regarded as unworthy to be called living.--Youth's Companion. At times when you don't feel just right, when you have a bad stomach,! take something right away that will as-s sist digestion; not something that will stimulate for a time but something that will positively do the very work that the stomach performs under ordinary and normal conditions, something that will make the food digest. To do this* you must take a natural digestant like Kodol for Dyspepsia. Kodol is a scien tific preparation of vegetable acids wit~h natural digestants and cortain the same juices found in a healthy stomach. Each dose will digest more than 3.000 grains of good food. It is sure to atford prompt relief; it digests what you eat and is pleasant to take. Sold by W. E. Scaled Orders. The custom of having warships sail under sealed orders arose from the de sire of maritime powers to prevent the plans from becoming known to the enemy. In the American navy such orders -come from the president and are delivered to a commander of a ship or squadron by a confidential messen ger who knows nothing of their con tents. So:netines they are in cipher. but they are always sealed with the official seal of the navy department and the package cannot be opened un til the time marked on It. which Is usually several hours after the hour of leaving port. By this precaution the newspapers are prevented from disclosing prematurely the movements which may be of the greatest impor tance, and the spies of the enemy ate rendered useless so far as their abil ity to discover the secret of such movements is concerned. Sailing un der sealed orders is now the common naval practice In time of war. These instructions are found in the packet of sealed orders, which is opened when well out at sea. A Runaway River. The problem and the peril of the Colo rado river are not difficult to under stand. A great river running slowlf on a ridge of its own creating, run ning in a broad and tortuous channel, choked with islands of mud and bars of sediment, running with a fall of only one foot to the mile, while to the north and west lay a vast depression below sea level and inviting the slug gish river to a swifter flow; between this sunken area and the uncertain course of the river a great garden of Eden in promise and potency, needing only to be watered and kept, then a canal tapping the river, a tiood gather ing at the far away sources, a breach in the unprotected bank and the whole volume of the river, forsaking its ancient and outgrown bed and rushing nto that pit in the desert, sweeping in its course through miles of fertile farnis and cutting canyons where canals had been-this is an outline of the situation and a .hint of the periL A. J. Wells in Sunset Magazine. The Dean's Rairnent. Dean Stanley was once driving with a friend from Monreale to Palermo. Both men were reading. Stanley sud denly discovered that he was shiver ng with a cold. He mentioned the matter to his friend. "Well, hadn't you better put some thing on?" said the latter, pointing to the dean's bag, which was close at hand. Stanley thought It rather a good dea, and the friend went on reading. As they entered Palermo there were shouts of astonishment Stanley was placidly reading. His friend found that the distinguished churchman had absentmindedly drawn out a night shirt from his bag and put It on over his other clothing and thus arrayed was riding triumphantly into the city. -London Sketch. "Health Coffee" is really the closest offee imitation ever yet produced. his, the finest coffee substitute ever made, has recently been produced by Dr. Shoop of Racine, Wis. Not a grain >f real coffee ;n it either. Health cof (ee is made from pure toasted cereals, with malt, nuts, .etc. Really it would aol an expert-who might drink it for offee. No twenty or thirty minutes oiling. "Made in a minute" -says the ocor. Manning Grocery Co. Notica to Our Subscribers. The new regulations of the Post ffice Department says unless sub criptions are expressly renewed af er the term for which they are paid bey shall not be counted in the list f legitimate subscribers, and copies nailed on account thereof shall not e accepted at the second class ostage rate of one cent a pound, ut may be mailed at the transient econd class postage rate of one cent or each four ounces or fraction hereof. pr epaid by stamps affixed. THE TIMEs has been ver7 lenient with its subscribers. Some of them re several years behind, but the pa-. per is still being sent to them. This olicy will now have to be changed, s the postoffice department says all apers not paid for cannot be sent hrough the mail free within the ounty as heretofore, but will have o be fully prepaid with stamps iffixed. We* cannot afford to pay he postage that would be charged n paste stamps on pap~ers of those that are ini arrears, as it would cost is more than we would get from such ubscribers - We will be compelled to drop the ames of all subscribers who do not a up by the-first of April, wnich is he limit set by the Postoffice De artent. We would advise sub scribers to come or send in and ar -ange the matter at once before the -ushs sets in. We have no option in he matter, but-must obey orders of :he Postoffice D)epartment, and we lope we will have the cooperation of ll. Look at your label and see how ou stand. A Swelled Head. A typical E-nglishwoman, when some ne spoke the other day of a certain man having a "swvelled head." looked azed. "Really! You don't mean it!" ried the Englishwoman. "I'm very sorry." A day or so later the English oman, happening to meet the wife of the man in question, observed that she was so sorry to hear that Mr. Blank was ill. "But he isn't!"' cried the wife. "He was never better in his life." "Is that so?" said the Englishwo man. "Whty. what could Mrs. Dash have r:et?nt tha other day when she aid he was sruffering from a swelled head?" Looked That Way. "I don't think she'll ever marry him," aid Mrs. Hlenpeck. "She quarrels with 2m so and is so domineering that" *She is?" interrupted Henpeck. "Pil bet they've been secretly married al remdy!"-Philadelphia Press. All Alone In That Class. Mr. Hunker--I have merely a speak ing acquaintance with Miss Throck morton. Mr. Spatts-You are very lucky. All her other acquaintances are listening acquaintances.-StraY Stories. He who changes the sports is se retly changing the manners of the young.-Plato. Grippe is sweeping the country. Stop t with~Preventics, before it gets deeply ;atd. To check early colds with hese little Candy Cold Cure Tablets is surely sensible and safe. Preventics ontain no quinine, no laxative, nothing arsh or sickening. Pneumonia would jever appear if early colds were jromptly broken. Also good for fever sh children. Large lpox, 48 tablets, 25 ents. Vest pocket bdxes 5 cents. Sold Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup CONTAINS H01Y AND TAR Relieves Colds by workng them out of the system through a copious and healthy action of the bowels. Relieves Coughs- by cleansing the: mucous membranes of tne throat, chest and bronchial tubes. "As pleasant to the taste asMapleftuaef Children Like It For BACKACHE-WEAK %IDNEYS Try DeWit's Kidney ad Bladder Piis--Smra ad Sr W. E. BROWN & C. Bak of Summeato Summerton, S. C. CAPITAL STOCK - $25,000 00 SURPLUS - - - - - - 8,000-00 STOCKHOLDERS' - LIABILITIES - - - - 25,000 00 $58,000 00 IN OUL SAVINGS DPAITMENT We pay interest at the rate of 4 Per Cent. per annum, compouinding same quarterly. RICHARD B. SMYTH, President JOHN W. LESESNE, Cashier. P. 4 M o ion has ode of the best Cold Storag plants in' town.. We are the house keepers delight. Atour Grocery every thing is clean and fresh. and only the best goods are handled. CANNED GOODS, COFFEES AND TEAS, CAKES. AND CRACK ERS, FRUITS AND CeNFECTIONERY, CHOICE BUT TER, HAMS AND BREAK FAST STRIPSz Everything that is handlet ina .First class Grocery. It is my object to please and I invite your patronage. The Balk of Manfg MANNING, S. C. Capital1Stock, - 4 0O Surplns, - - 4,0 Stockholders' Lia hility, - - 40,000 Total Protecti . - to Depositors, $120,000 START YOUP~ BOY in the right way. GooC habits instilled in the youth will bear ood fruit in af rer years. Whether i be the small count of the boy or ile business ac count of the man that i entrusted tous we can guarantee perfe -t satisfaction. wi 0. W. Woodmen of the World. Meets on fourth Monday nights at Visiting Sovereigns iuvited. DR. J. A. COLE, DENTIST, Upstairs over Bank of Manning. MANNING, ~S. C. Phone No '77. DR. J. FRANK GEIGER. DENTIST, MANNING, S. C. jH. LESESNE. ATTORNEY AT LAW, MANNING, S. C. McS AINWOCDS, eJATTONET AT LAW, Mannmng. S C. Office Over Levi's Store. R. 0. PURDY. OLIYER O'nRYANC. ULRDY & O'BRYAN, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, MANNING, S. C.. HARLTON DURANT, ATTORNEY A T LAW, M1ANNING. S. C. W. C. DAVIS. J- 1- WEINBERG. DAIS &WEIN 3ERG, MANNING. S. C. omnt attention given to colIections.