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A PERSIAN YARN. The Dragon That Was T zmcd by the Memcry of a &hrcw. Stories about shrews are very pon Ular in 1,r ia. -: on: : A mnU:ii had a wi e ': ihe 10.ue Of his 11,0. .\t lta roV on h v::!f h r i come up bi'- lhe w l4 iive. Ia Th :1 ( :Itrii i'-I2 E- i felt sure th::t the. 'rp ol e'" him,. but ins-.t:ai of Ue'::mir~n im p*:axnaiS;cs of fI.r- '- l a imn. It arr:ng'ed to'* gaUIil iI 1 roud thei boiy the kof S."1 d eu en fter the t :d 1:' -Q e.Lans had uInd i! hr i in ha the attempt tc deliver her. the m was t.) come to the ki.,n d ::: Sire. 1 n ti10 o.nly 1ers w e z: ::ave yo-1r dIughte. If do ui st.uC eeed you unng kill e." The draon would reoogni4 . him and release her. and the khin wofd i course reco-petnst le -avior of his dlaughter with splendid pre:ts. The dragon made it a stipulation tint if he seized any other princs the inn was not to interfere o:1 mihy of death. So the drzagon went ,n coied himself round the daugtr of t':e shah. and after every remedy had been tried without sueccess the man cuime and presented himself before the shah, saying: -Sire. I am the only person who can save your daughter. If I do not succeed, you will kill me." Then the dragon knew him and weut away. ieaving the princess free. and thel king bestowed her upon the deliverer and gave him an enormius fortune. After a time the dngon w-ent anad coiled itself ^round the body of a pr*in cess of Franghistan. The king of Franghistan. who had heard of the marvelous rescue of the shah's daugh ter, sent an embassy loaded with cost ly presents to the court of Persia, pray ing her rescuer to come and free his daughter also, but the man remember ed what he had promised the dragon and was afraid to go. His royal fa ther-in-law naturally did not under stand the reason and was furious and insisted that he should go. At last the nrn had to go. but he was i- terror as to what would hap pen for breaking his contract with the dragon. When he arrived in the pres ence of the drageon and the princess he said to the dragon: "1 have not broken my word. I did not come to deliver the princess, but only to tell you that my wife has succeeded in getting out of the well and is coming to avenge herself upon you as quickly as she can." The dragon, remembering the terri ble time he had with the man's wife. flew away, for he knew the proverb that "it is better to dwell.in a wilder ness than in a querulous and angry woman."-Chicago News. Climbing 199 Steps to Church. The only way of reaching the old arish church at Whitby, in York shire, from the town is by means of 200 stone steps-pro!-ably as curious an approach to a place of worship as any in the kingdom. The church stands on the east clift some 200O feet above the sea level, and to watch the crowd of worshipers before and atter service threading its way up and down the winding stairway is a sight to be remembered.-London Strand. A 1ihe Gi -s The Tri-W There Are * (1.) MIONDAY.-The: Union Department, condi tive order that is seeking al and practical problems conducted by Colonel R. (2.) WEDNESDAY. Department, The Chicker views of strange peoples Clubbed With The Tri. Constitu The first page shows a spiends botn North and south Carolina, w well be shown on the face of printed in colors on new plates px constitution. Which has been standing for thef for twenty-five years, and it is sa farm homes, in proportir, to eireu * 'per published in America. There are departments for all containing the best that goes. *And With All These I A MONTH, We Cive of news and county h - ri-Weekly Constitution, Yearly * Human Life, Yearly Subscriptiori * Spare Moments, Yearly Subscrip Farm News, Yearly Subscription 'New Home Library W~ail Chart . You- Home Paper, Yearly Subsco ALWAYS CHEERFUL. Ever When He Lost Both Feet He Could Find Consolation. Brown's e-herfuNness was a source of wonder and admiration to his friends. accordin.; to the i.adies' Home Journri. Either his religion or his pllosoThy :' taht im11 to accept ev et :U as awise dlispensation. But then h' had a large share of worldly .-tos, his fiends argued. amd nothing but adver.iry would shake his faith. Therefore when a promismng crop was washed away by a flood the neigh bors were much iastonisheil to hear him say: "It's ail for the lest. I was bless ed with an overabundance last year." In the winter his house was burned to the ground. To his neighbors' so liciatiois he calmly responded, "The house never suited us anyway, so it is all for the best." Other cnaamities befell Brown. bout still he refused to be disheartened. The clinmx came when Le was in a railroad accident. Both feet were so badly erushed that anputation was necessary. Sympathetic friends gathered from all quarters. They dreaded to hear the lamen:t~alis they were sure would greet tilo. for even Brown could hardly be expected to pass this light ly by. "Guess you are pretty well discour aged. lr'eUt you. with hoth feet cut ofI?" ventured some :ee. "Do you think this is all for the best?" But B-:rown nodded his head, smiling waniy. and said: "They were always cold anyway!" Unprofitable Adam. There is occasion for much beating about the bush for answers to many questions put by wise theologues to tunid people. but one set of men found their match in the old Scotchwoman under examinlation for "dmission to church fellowship. "What are the decrees of God?" she was solemnnlv asked. "Indeed. I trow, he kens that best himse''." "What kind of a man was Adam?" "Otu. just like ither fouk!" was the quick reply. The questioner insisted on a more definite answer. "Wel." said she. "he was just like Jeems Madden, ye ken." "Row so?" "Wo '. naebody got anything by him, and mony lost." Curios. Mr. Chow has a passion for curios. but was not able to distinguish a gen uine article from a spurious one. One day a dealer- came to him wishing to sell the lacquer bowl of Emperor Shun (B. C. 2253), the rod with which the Duke of Chow (about B. C. 1122) flog ged Pak Kam, and the mat on which Confucius sat (B. C. 551). Mr. Chow sold all his worldly possessions and purchased them. Holding the bowl in his left hand, clutching the rod In his right hand and carrying the mat upon his back. he went around begging for a copper coin of King Woo (B. C. 112).-'rom the Chinese. Tickling or dry Coughs will quickly loosen when using Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure. And it is so thor'oughly harmless, that Dr. Shoop tells mothers to use notien es, even for very young ba be.The wholesome green leaves ten der stems of a lung healing mountain ous shrub give the curative properties t> Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure. It calms the cough, and heals the sensitive bronchial membranes. No opium, no chloroformi, nothing harsh used to in jure or suparess. Demand Dr. Shoop's Take no other. Dr. W. E. Brown & Co0 ea test Subscr4g eMa ~ekIy Constitutih Three Numbern ews of greatest interest. '1 eted in ,the interest of the g o solve the farmer's econom: The Farm and Farmers' J. Redding. he news o'f course. The R. F Column and The Letter of i nd their home-land customs. eekly ion We1Have hC a ooe cut a of (2.) ith all the data that can colors of sions, and , map. It is beautifully United St the Presit pared especially for The (3.) lands and into hemi: In Addition nys SPARE MO!? rmer and the farm homeSpr d to go into more actual the price. circulatme lation, than any other pa- spare Mc any maag: series of: phases of farm life, each federacy. eences of FHIEE CONS iTUTCMS i your own Hiome Coun&/ appenings, eaI noisces Subscription Pr'ice .... ..$1.00 Price .....--...-. ---. ------. - tion Price ........-.---------. Price ...---.. Easily worth.............. 1.00, :,+;if Price . .. ......... 1. O'! Roadside Wit. le who matched wits with the au thor of "The Ancient Mariner" had in deed a lively task before him, for Cole ridge was never caught napping. The poet was so awkward a horseman that his riding often attracted comment of anything but a complimentary nature. One day be was riding along the turn pike road in the county of Durham when a wag who met him fastened upon him as an excellent subject for sport. Consequently he drew rein and said in an impertinent drawl: "My graceful friend, did you happen to meet a tailor on the road?" "I'm inclined to think I did." said Coleridge meditatively. "I was not sure at the moment, but he said some thing about my meeting a goose far ther along the road." The wag put spurs to his horse, and the poet jogged calmly on his way. Past Salaries of Actors. A. number of autograph letters of Edmund K-ean supply some interesting information about the salaries of actors early in the nineteenth century. One reitaes to an offer by Mr. Ellison offer ing Kean ?3 a -week as acting man ae-or of "the new theater in Wych street.'' Later this rose to ?25 a month. In 182t; Kean was offered $12,000 a year to go to America. In the prime of his popularity he received E200 for a week in Edinburgh and apparently reached the highest point when Mr. Bunn wrote from the Theater Royal, Dublin. on Feb. S. 1829, and offered him ?50 a night to play in Dublin and Cork.-Liverpool Mercury. Home Influences. Each one of us is bound to make the little circle In which he lives better and happier: each one of us is bound to see that out of that small circle the widest good may flow; each of us may have fixed in his mind the thought that out of a single household may flow influences which shall stimulate the whole commonwealth and the whole civilized world.-Dean Stanley. ManZan Pile Remedy comes ready to use. in a olapsible tube, with nozzle. One application soothe and heak. reduces inflammation and re lieves so-eness ad itching. Price 5Oc. Sold by The 31anning Pharmacy. A FAi0US ROAD. India's Tree Borciered Highway 1,200 Mile: In Length. The road I have in my mind Is in India and stretches 1.20) miles from Laiore to Caleutta. It is the famous Grand Trunk road. Let me explain its nature, though on( cannot do so by comparison, for tht re is no road of five miles in England that is anything like it. It is level. Indeed, there is not above a mile the whole distance where even a lady need dismount to walk. The material with which it is made is called kunker, and if you care to turn that word into concrete you have an idea of what it is like. It is exceeding ly hard and as smooth as a prepared pavement. There is no dust. When I first got on this road and enjoyed the luxury of easy traveling I said, "This is magnificent, buf in a little time I suppose it will become gritty and un even." I went 50, 100 miles, 200 miles. 500, 00, 700 miles, and it was always the same, with not even a small stone to give a jog. Nearly the whole of the way is lined with a double row of ma jestic trees. With two friends I rode across India during the hottest time of the year, In April and May, and was never serious ly inconvenienced by the heat, for at a pace of fifteen miles an hour one could rete a draft.-Chambers' Journal. tion Offer Ever an n Is The Farme SEach Week, 4 he Farners' (3.) FRIDJ teat coopera- Woman's Ki , education- Susie. the bei Department, Every nun~ two daVs' in1 D. Carriers' the moment< ~ravel, gi-ving from the gre; some of the New HoACe The second sheet represents map's in aska, and or all our Insular and C'olon map of the Rlepublic of Panama, and: ztes map. About the border of this sh1e xts of the United States. This sheet gives a comaplete vworld map, waters of the globe projected without pheres. It shows also a map of the Uni d New Subsc EHTS, A Magazine of Imp~Iration for the Ambuiois a Moments is the best magazine ever pu In the first year of its existence it ju: aof a quarter of a million a month. F nients presents a literary progra.mme uine zine. During 1906-7 Spare Moments wi rticles under the title, "T'he Last Days c Tese articles will contain the person: Mrs. Jefferson Davis. VJEEK, AND THzREE liMAs Pperi, wit~h the latest and alfor . .. meATn FROP~OS au Rjg For OnI~ Dancing Birds. One of the many strange sights on the plains of southern Africa is a par ty of waltzing ostriches. Their queer antics have been described thus: "When there are a number of them they will start off fI the uiorniug and after running a few hundred yards will stop and with raised wings will whirl rapidly round till they are stupefied or perhaps break a leg. The males pose also before fighting and to make their court. They kneel on their ankles, opening their wings and balancing themselves alternately forward and backward or to one side or the other, while the neck is stretched on a level with the back and the head strikes the sides, now on the right, now on the left, while the feathers are bristling. The birds appear at this time so ab sorbed in their occupation as to forget all that is going on around them and can be approached and caught. The male alone utters a cry, which sounds much like an effort to speak with the mouth shut tight." His Point of View. Landlord-Sir, the other tenants will not stay in the flat if you insist on playing the cornet. Mr. Toots-I'm glad of that. They were very annoy Ing.-Cleveland Plain Dealer. Mr. John Riba, of Vining. Ia-, says: "I have been selling DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills f:r about a year and they give better satisfaction than any pill I ever sold. There are a dozen people here who have used them and they give perfect satisfaction in every case. I have used them myself with fine results." Sold by W.E.Brown & Co AN EXTINCT ANIMAL The Saber Toothed Tiger Was a Fo*" midable Creature. The most remarkable of all the ex tinct feline animals are those known to naturalists as the saber toothed cats or tigers, a group comprising the greater part of all the fossil forms. They date back to the earliest times of which we know anything about the family in North America and reach down to the time of man himself. A large and powerful species described from the Indian Territory by Cope lived contemporaneously with the hairy mammoth, as evidenced by the commingling of their skeletons. There can be little or no question but that the hairy mammoth was contempora neous with man in North America as well as in Europe. Its geological range is from the close of the eocene to the latter part of the pleistocene. The chief pecuiiarity of the animal is the extraordinary elongated canine teeth. The tail is of unusual length and the legs are short. The animal measures about seven feet in length aside from the tail. The-lower jaws have a downward projection in front, due to a flangelike widening of the jawbones, which doubtless served as a protection to the teeth, preventing their injury or loss. In some of the larger forms from South America this flange was not present, while the canine teeth were even more elongated than is the case with this species, attaining a length of over six inches and pro truding far below the jaws when closed. Got Too important. "What has become of the maid you thought such a prize?" "Oh, I had to let her go!" replied the second fashionable woman. "After her operation for appendicitis she thought she was one of us."-Philadel Dhia Ledger. Made In This C ~~11T rs' Every-Other-i !I FiIIed* Bih AY.-The Balance of the nea igdom, the Children's page, L of all the home writers. her of The Tri-Weekly gives 1 :erval between issues and kee >ur press turns. An instalmer it $150,000 set of serials. A ha greatest humorist artists of t] Library -V beautiful representing the ::cessios al posses- traits of the rulers of the isplenalid relief map of the Russo-J t. we give from the severance of the The Library Wall C2 with the top with metal strip and divisions and convenient referenet ed States sented. Fer Free To ribers NES OF MEi Boeth Sexes I H U MAN LIFE blished rat JWhen you subscribe ped to a what you are going to g or 1906-07 magazine mU America tha1 xcelied by things. Not prosy or puz 11 print a bulk big in the public e: f the Con- things that are brnngg a reminis. It is erisp, breezy as worst enemy. md best IfN~ ITION 38 V Remember, The Tri-Weekly C and Friday. three times a week, f< splendid papers and the maps for I$2.50 ONLY TWO 00l1 Send at once. Get right on. odrers to o TPHE MANNING BALANCE IN THE AIR. The Necessity For Equilibrium in Bird Flight. It Is likely thlnt the bird's superb ease atiI grace in the air are due to Its abihiy to maintain absolute balance. If a gull makes the wistake of bend ing until the wind strikes its head and wings on the top it will tumble instantly. And the sailing birds, though they make no flapping motion of their wings, are constantly balanc ing themselves. like a man o4 a tight rope. Some scien Mts have maintained that the air sacs Aake it possible for the bird to manage minute changes that are very valuable in restoring equilibrium. It is known that the wing is joined to the body of the bird by what is called a universal joint, enabling the creature to make almost every possible motion. The body of a man is heavier than water, but if be gets into a position of perfect balance he will float. In some such way, it is claimed, the bird floats in the air. But as the bird would fall much more rap idly in the air than a man's body would link in water the necessity for a far more subtle ability to keep the center of gravity on the part of the bird is apparent; hence, according to this theory, the bird is provided for this purpose with- the most sensitive equipment, made up of nerves and mysterious air ducts, many of the wing feathers perhaps acting as sentinels, warning instantly of the slightest ap proach Of shifting currents.-Every body's Magazine. Naturally. Two men met at the gate of the cem etery, and each with excessive polite ness bowed to the other to pass in be fore him. After a few minutes of this, when neither would give way, the younger of the two smiled and said: "You are the elder of the two, so naturally you ought to go first." Scurire. Run and Unrun. "When I first went to housekeeping 11-ried to run everything. I ended with running nothing." "Absolutely nothing?" "Well, perhaps the gamut of the emotions now and then."-New York 'World. Remember that when the Stomach nerves fail or weaken, Dyspepsia or Inligestion must always follow. But strengliten these same weak inside nerves with Dr. Shoop's Restorative, and then see how quickly health will again return. Weak Heart and Kid ney nerves can also be strengthened with the Restorative, where. Heart pains, palpatation, or Kidney weakness is found. Don't drug the stomach, nor stimulate the Heart or Kidneys. That is wrong. Go to the cause of these ail ments. Strengthen these weak inside nerves with Dr. Shoop's Restorative and get well. A simple, single test will surely tell. W. E. Brown & Co. Seeing the -Sights. Even in these days of liberal educa tion the young women sometimes show how confused are the ideas shut up In their heads. Illustrative of this is the native blunder which Edmondo de Amicis recounts in his story of a voy age from Genoa to Buenos Ayres: The captain of the steamer which numbered the charming young blun Iderer among its passengers met her one morning and said: "Signorina, we cross the tropic of cancer today." "Oh. indeed!" she cried with enthu siasm. "Then we shall see something a't last." 'llioy iesI ay Paper est Matter s. All the news. The nducted by genial Aunt he market reports, of the ps one posted right up to .t of the month's story f page set of comics from e day. all Chart i of territory. It also shows por world. It gives also a topographic ~panese war with the history of it iplomatic relations. arts are all bound together at the hanger, and thus form a splendid eneyclopedia of everything pre FREE! Edited By Alfrsd Henry Lewis or Human Life you know exaetly et. You're going to get the only is devoted entirely to people, not r people, but men and women who 'e, men and women who are doing hem fame or fortune. :d entertaining. A dull line is its ;2.50 nstitution, Monday, Wednesday r one year and all of the above ARS AND 7* $2.50, Don't miss a copy. Address alle TIMli!, Mainning, S.0 CORONERS IN MAINE. More Than Officials For Probing Cases of Violent Derths. Slppose you 1:now all bont the du ties AL, a cornr. Perhaps it Vw11id be s:;fer to ,:I y.:U thi 1: yonI do. for the (:hances are. that y-r.r real kiow! edge of what tim--c oics:; d; is raome what limited. It wonuldn't be at nii strange if there are many lawyers who are not thnioughly acquainted with the duties and privileges of these offieials. Time was when coroners of Maine outranked the sheriffs. Ever hear about that? It wasn't so many years ago. In those days the coroners were required to give a bond of $5.000 and the sheriff one of $1".000. Today it is different. The sheriffs give the same big bond, but the coroners; have to have financial backing to the extent of only about a thousand. The legisla ture has changed the law. Even now there are only two olicials who can serve a paper upon a sherif. a coroner or a high sheriff of another county. It used to be that the coroner was the only one who'could do this. There are times when it becomes necessary to serve a writ of attach ment upon a sheriff, and this. too. when he doesn't owe the man who makes the atachment a single penny. A brings a suit against B and at taches his property to insure getting his cash. B, however, owes C a cer tain sum. Now, the property which A has attached is worth a great deal more than the amount of A's claim. C can't very well attach It, because there is already an attachment. To cover his claim he must attach the sheriff as custodian of the property. To look out for his own interests he had the attachments made. Here is where the coroner comes in. le or the high sheriff of another county must make the service. As coroners are. for the most part, most accessible. they are called for oftenest in these eases. The coroner also does the work of a sheriff or his depdty In the case of the death of a sheriff. When a sheriff dies his deputies "die with him." In such an event the coun ty Is left withoat a sheriff or a depu ty sheriff. Its only officers to serve civil papers are constables, and they cannot make attachments above a cer tain- sum. Some provision has to be made by law to guard against emer gencies. On the death of a sheriff the governor, first of all, appoints a jail breaker, so that there may be some person legally to have charge of con victs in the penal institution of the county. After that he names a sheriff to fill the unexpired term. But this doesn't provide for the service of civil papers. Here is where the coroner steps in. He, under the laws of the state, has power. to serve these papers. The last sheriff to die in office in Maine was Sheriff Reed of Penobscot county in 1S95. In the time between his death and the appointment of his successor, Charles R. Brown of Spring field, there came an important attach ment to be made on a Bangor concern. A. coroner was called in by the firm of lawyers who had the case, and he was requested to make the service. It was a new duty for the man, but he suc cessfully grappled with It. You see, coroners are something more than officials for Investigating cases of violent deaths.--Lewiston Journal. This is what Hon. Jake Moore, State Warden of Georgia, says'of Kodol for Dyspepsia: "E. C. DeWitt & Co., Chi ago, Ill.-Dear Sirs--I have suffered more than twenty years from indiges tion. About eighteen months ago I had grown so much worse that I could not digest a crust of corn bread and could not retain anything on my stom acI lost 25 lbs.: in fact I made up my mind that I could not live but a short time when a friend of mine recomnmen ded Kodo]. I consented to try it to please him and I was better in one day. [ now weigh more than I ever did in my life and am in better health than for many years. Kodol did it. I keep a bottle constantly, and write this hop ing that humanity will be benefitted. Yours very truly, Jake C. Moore, At lanta, Aug. 10, 1904. Sold by W. LE. Brown & Co. H APPY MARRIAGES. Value of the Spirit of Compromise Ia Wedcded Life. If marriage meant the wedding of a saint and an ang'el there would be no problems to scive, no perfections to attain, no progress to make. This may be why there are no marriages in heaven. On earth it is different Husband and wife are strongzly human. No mat ter how lovingly united or how sweet their accord, they never have the same temperaments. tendlencies or tastes. Their needs are dikTerent, their man ner of looking at things is not idienticai and in varying wvays their individuali ties assert themselves. At any critical moment if both express at the same time a desire to defer to the other's taste the result is foreordained-hap piness. This makes matrimony not merely union, but unison and un~ity. The spirit of compromise- does not mean a continuous performance in the way of self surrender and self sacri ice; it does not mean ceasing to be a voice and becoming an echo; it does not imply or justify the loss of indi viduality. It means simply the in stnctive recognition of the best way out of a difficulty, the quickest tacking to avoid a collision, the kindly view of tolerance in the presence of weakness and errors of another, the courage to meet an explanation half way, the gen erosity to be first to apologize for a dis cord, the largeness of mind that does not fear a sacrifice of dignity In sur rendering in the interests of the high est harmony of the two rather than the personal vanity.-Delineator. DeWitt's Little Early Risers, smnall. safe, sure little liver pills. Sold by W. E. Brown & Co. Crushed by Beecher. Henry Ward Beecher wvas once ap proached by a young man who -con sidered himself very clever. "Do you know, Mr. Beecher," said he, "I've been thinking that I would settle down. Now, I like your' preach ing, but when I go to your church and see such men as old S. and others, grasping skinflints and hypocrites to the core, sitting there in full member ship, why, the thing Is just a little too much for me, and really," he added, "I cannot join." "Well, you're right," said Mr. Beech er. "Every church has such men, and I fancy Plymouth is not free from Ithem, and until you spoke I have al ways wondered why the good Lord permitted it. Now I understand." "A,'' gurgled the young fellow, "1 am glad I have thrown light on the question! What strikes you as the reason, Mr. Beecher?" "Well," replied the great preacher, "ft is permitted in order to keep just ..-ch fool as you out of the churches." An Emperor's Attic. The winter palace of the czar sur passes any other palace in Europe. It is on the banks of the Neva and owes its existence to the Empress Catherine IT.. that most extraordinary woman, extraordiuary in ability and in vice, te surprise of all her contemporaries and the wonder of all who have stud ied her character. The building Is four stories high. of a light brown I color and highly ornamental in archi tecture. It is a wilderness of halls, stairways and apartments. The Nich olas hall and the St. George's hall will never- be forgotten by those who have seen them. One of the most interesting rooms Is that where Nicholas I. died. It Is in the upper story of the northeast corner of the building and is approached by four doors and finally by a narrow passage. It is a small room, only abont eighteen feet long and twelve feet wide, with two small windows, and Is the place where the emperor spent most of his time when not of ficially employed. It is the room In which he died, some say by poison ad ministered by himself in a fit of mel ancholy induced by the outcome of the Crimean war. The room remains just as he left it. Near the center is a plain iron bedstead. Some chairs and a few cheap pictures adorn the room, and a dilapidated, down at the heel pair of slippers complete the furnish ings of the attic room in the palace. THE CITY OF CANALS. Venice and the Many Islands Upon Which It Is Built. Venice is one of the most-singular and famous cities in Europe and is built upon a cluster of islands in the lagoon. This lagoon is banked off from the Adriatic by a long, narrow sand bank which is divided into a number of islands, six in number. Inside of this sand bank and between it and the mainland is the lagoon, a sheet of shallow water. In parts of this marshy, sea covered plain islets have become consolidated into ground, firm enough to be cultivated. And in the midst of a crowded cluster of such islands, amounting to between seventy and. eighty In num ber, the city of Venice Is built. The chief of these Islands is called Isolda de Rialtd, or Island of the Deep Stream. The islands, In many places mere shoals, afford no adequate foun dation for- buildings, and the city for the most part is built upon an artifi cial foundation of piles and stones. The Grand canal divides Venice into two.equal parts and is the main thor oughfare for traffic and pleasure. The city is subdivided by some one hun dred and forty-six small canals or water streets, and the gondola is used for the carriage. Access can also be had to various parts of the. city by land, there being over three hundred bridges across canals. The Rialto, the most famous bridge, spans the Grand canal. There are also~ narrow lanes In among the houses. Thirty days' trial $1.00 is the offer on Pine ules. Relieves Backache. Weak Back, Lame Back, Rheumatic pains. Best on sale for Kid ners, Bladder and Blood. Good for young and old. Satisfaction guaranteed or money re funded. Sold by The :aming Pharmacy. Notice to Our Subscribers. The new regulations of the Post office Department says unless sub scriptions are expressly renewed af ter the term for which they are paid they aball not be counted in the list of legitimate subscribers, and copies mailed on account thereof shall' not be accepted at the second class postage rate of one cent a pound, but may be mailed at the transient second class po)stage rate of one cent for each four ounces or fraction thereof, piepaid by stamps affixed. THE TIES has been very lenient with its subscribers. Some of them are several years behind, but the pa per is still being sent to them. .This policy will now have to be changed, as the postoffice department says all papers not paid for, cannot be sent through the mail free within the county as heretofore, but will have to be~ fully prepaid with stamps afxed. We cannot afford to pay the postage that would be chlarged and paste stamps on papers of those that ar.e in arrears, as it would cost us more than we would get from such subscribers We will be compelled to drop the names of all subscribers who do not pay up by the first of April, which is the limit set by the Postoffice De partment. We would advise sub sribers to come or send in and- ar range the matter at once before the rush sets in. -We have no option in the matter, but must obey orders of the Postoffice Department, and we hope we will have the cooperation of all. Look at your label and see how you stand. for chUerent eafe, sure, *o oplates The Pe;aar ad Hci Son. One day a pe'asaut carried a basket of pc.:atoes to the tield and dug holes inl the- soil and planted them. HIs young son watched operations for a time and then inqcuired: "Daddy, why do you put those ta ters in the ground? "By so doing each one will bring me back ten, my son." replied the fa ther. The boy went away, and when his father came up to dinner he found him digging in the yard and asked: "Sonny, what are you seeking?" "Why, daddy. I have planted the clock, two umbrellas, the teapot, your Sunday hat, ma's boots and a table cloth, and each one will bring me back ten.'" "You young idiot, come here and, be skelped!r' snouted the father, and he tanned the boy up and down, cross ways and sideways, until he was tired. '-Daddy planted taters to get back ten." mused the boy as he sat down under the cow shed to think. "But I planted clocks and hats and boots to get a licking. It must be the differ ene in the soil."-Pearson's Weekly. Get DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve-it is healing, soothing and cooling. It is good for- piles. Sold by W. E. Brown & Co. Torture. "The Carthaginian1 mercenaries," he said. "incased their prisoners In a ce ment that as it hardened contracted You can't imagine how uncomfortable this was." -Oh, yes, i can," she answered. "I ne had on a tight bathing suit when it began to shrink." - Los Angeles Times Plenty of Old Ones-. Mr. Chipps (looking uIp from the pa pe)-Th~e doctors have disctered an other new disease. Mrs. Chipps-Wefl, Iwish they'd stop looking for new diseases long enough to find a cure for my old rheumatism. - London Tea-' Sour Stomach No appetite, loss of stength,nevet. ness, headache, constipaton, bad breah, general debility, sour ris ngs, and catarrh of the stomach are all ds to indigestion. Kodol relieves indigestion. This new dIscov ery represents the natural juices of diges tion as they exist In a healthy stomach. combined with the greatest known tonio and reconstructive properties. Kodol for dyspepsia does not only relieve Indigestion and dyspepsia, but this famous remedY helps all stomach troubles by purifying, sweetening a-id stAghnn the mucous membranes 'iaing the stom Mr. S. S. Ba4 of Ravensvod. W. Va:-a " was troubled with aour Ar ach fortwe r . Kodol cued re and we are 10e using It in m1 for baby." FOR BACKACHE--WESK KIDNEYS TRY eWIT'SKIDNEYand BLADDER PLLS-fssait* Prepared by E. 0. DeWITT & O.,ho.S W. E. BROWN & CO.,. Bank of Suimifeton, Summerton, S. C. CAPITAL STOCK - $25,000 00 SURPLUS ------ 8,000 00 STOCKHOLDERS - LIABILITIES-- -- 25,00 00 $58,000 00 IN OUR SAVINGS DEP RTMENT We pay interest at the rate of 4 Per Cent. per annum, compo nding same quarterly. RICHARD B. SMYTH . President JOHN W. LESESNZE, Cashier. P.B8 Mou 1101 has one of the best Cold Store plants in town. We .re the, boui keepers delight. At our Grocery'every thing is clean and fresh, and only the best goods are handled. CANNED GOODS,OOFFEES ANE TEAS, CAKES AND CRACK ERS, FRUITS AND CONFECTIONERY, CHOICE BUT- : TER, HAMS AND BREAK-. FAST STRIPS. Everything that is handled-in a Firt class Grocery. -It is my oabject to please and I invite your patronage. P. B. Mouzon The Bank of' Mauimg MANNING, S. C. Capital Stock, - $40,000 Surplus, - - 40,000 Stockholders' Lia -nility, - - 40,000= Total Protection to Depositors. $120,000 START YOUR BOY in the right way. Good habits instilled in the youth will bear rood fruit in af ter years. Whether it be the. small account of the boy or te business .se count of the man that is entrusted tous we can guarantee perfet satisfaction. Woodmen of the World. M1eets on fourth Moniday- nights as 8:30. Visiting Sovereigns invited. DR. J. A. COLE, DENTIST, Upstairs over Bank cf Manning. MANNING, S. C. Phone No 77. DR. J. FRANK GEIGER. DENTIST, MANNING, S. C. jH. LESESNE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, MANNING, S. C. McS AINWOODS, J.c ATTORNEY AT LAW, Manning, S C. Office Over Levi's Store. . 0. PURDY. S. OLIvER O'BRY - PURDY & O'BRYAN, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, MANNING, S. C. CARLTON DURANT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, MANNING, S. C. W. C. DAVIS. J. A. WEINBERG. DAVis & WEINBERG, ATTORNEYS AT! LAW , -MANNING, 3. C. Prompt attention given to collections.