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Weak women should read my " Book No. 4 For Women." It was written 1 expressly for women who aro not well. 1 The Book No. 4 tells of Dr. Shoop's "Night Cure" and just how these sooth ing, healing, antiseptic suppositories can be successfully applied. The book and strictly conidential medical advice is entirely free. Write Dr. Shoop, Ra cine, Wis. The Night Cure is sold by W. E. Brown & Co. ASCENSION ISLAND. One Place In This Busy World Where Money Is Useless. Now and then one hears of out of the way places where the conventions of life, as they are understood, do not exist. One of these is where money is useless. This is Ascension island. in the Atlantic. This island is the property of the British admiralty and is governed by a captain of the royal navy. There is no private property in land, so there are no rents, taxes, etc. The flocks and herds are public property, and the meat killed is issued in rations. So are the vegetables grown on the farms. When a fisherman makes a catch he brings it to the guard room. where it is issued by the sergeant major. The only private property are fowls and pigeons. Even the wild donkeys are under government control. They are listed on the books of the paymaster and are handed over at stock taking. The population consists of a few bluejackets, a company of marines and some Kroos from Sierra Leone. There a marine can do anything. The muleteer is a marine; so are the gardeners, the shepherds. the stock men, the grooms, the masons. the car penters and the plumbers. Even the island trapper, who gets rewards for the tails of rats. is a marine.-Ex change. DEAN SWIFT'S CHANCE. His Marriage of a Country Couple Caught In a Storm. It is related of the whimsical Dean Swift that on one occasion when caught in a shower of rain he took shelter under a wide spreading tree, where he found a party of young peo ple waiting for the storm to cease. One, a girl, was weeping. and the dean learned that she was on her way to church to marry a young fellow who was with her. The party were walking, as was then the custom in country districts, but owing to the storm It seemed very much as if the ceremony would not take place that day. "Never mind." said the dean; "I'll marry you." He took up his prayer book and there and then performed the cere mony. At the finish he tore a leaf out of his pocketbook and with a pencil wrote and signed a certificate, which he handed to the bride. Besides the names and the date, there was the fol lowing: Under a tree in stormy weather I married this man and woman together. Let none but him who rules- the thunder Sever this man and woman asunder. -Reynolds' Newspaper. A Bungler. He was a twentieth century hustling builder, and under his auspices cottages and buildings seemed to spring up like mushrooms. "Please, sir." said one of his fore men, rushing up to him one morning in a state of mental collapse, "one o' the new houses has fallen down in the night" "What!" he roared. "You mean to say that one of my well built, desirable residential houses has come to grief? Ah, I suppose you took the scaffolding down before you put on the wall pa-! per!" "Yes, sir." "Well, what can you exspect, you rank outsider? Call yourself a fore man! Get off the works! You're sacked!"-London Globe. Two Rights and a Wrong. A Camden shoe man sold a pair of shoes recently to a woman and after she had left the store discovered that he had made the mlstak-e of giving the customer two rights instead of a right and left, as is customary. Rush ing after the woman, he offered to make the wrong right, but was curtly informed that the customer was satis fied, as she had a wooden leg on the left side anyhow and needed only rights. Now the dealer considers him self fiimfrmmed, because for the price of one pair of shoes he has really sup plied the customer with two pairs. Kennebec Journal. The Other Half Is Waiting. One of the most pitiable sights in the world is that of people who are using only a small bit of their ability while the rest ofit iswaiting to be used. It~ is still Ineffective because of the many little weaknesses or peculiarities, the bad habits or the lack of preparation which handicaps and makes practically Ineffective the whole life. How pitia ble to see splendid talent, fine ability, everywhere tied down by comparative ly little things!-Success Magazine. A Good Memory. "Excuse me, sir, but haven't we met before? Your face is strangely famil iar." "Yes, madam, our host introduced us to each other just before dinner." "Ah, I was positive I had seen you somewhere! I never forget a face." Exchange._______ The Omen. * Mr. Newlywed-But, my love, why are you weeping? Mrs. Newlywed Oh, John, John! I just peeped into the kitchen and saw that cook has on her traveling gown. - Harper's Weekly.________ In Nineteen Something Else. The dead man found on the fifty five story building is believed to have fallen from a neighboring roof. He: was terribly crushed.-Success Maga zine. He that buys what he does not want 'sill soon want what he cannot buy. Simmons. Tired nerves, with that "no amnbi tion" feeling that is commonly felt in spring or early summer, can be easily and quickly altered by taking what is known to druggists everywhere as Dr. Shoop's Restorative. One will abso lutely note a changed feeling within 48 hours after beginning to take the Re storative. The bowels get sluggish in the winter time, the circulation often slows up. the kidneys are inactive and even the heart in many cases grows de cidedlv weaker. Dr. Shoop's Restora tive is recognized every where as a gen uine tonic to these vital organs. It' builds un and streugtheus the worn-out weakened nerves: it sharpens the fail ing - an~petite, and universally aids di gestio'n. It always quickly brings re newed strength, life, vigor and ambi tion. Try it and be convinced. Sold A great many people ima-mine they aave heart trouble when the fact is that he whole trouble lies in the stomach. TIhe pains in the side around the region )f the heart are not necessarily heart ;rouble. We suggest that you start viti the Stomach and wheuever yol feel a depression after eating or whlen ever vour food seems to uauseate take Kodoi. It will not be very long until ill these "heart pains" will disappear. Take Kodol now and until you know you are right again. There isn't any loubt about what it will do and you will find the truth of this statement verilied after von have used Kodoi for a few weeks. it is sold here by \W. l''. Brown & Co. MARTIAN LIFE. Conditions Make For Creatures of an Advanced Order of Intellect. Whatever its actual age, any life now existent on Mars must be in the land stage of its development-on the whole, a much higher one than the ma rine. But. more than this, it should probably have gone much further if it exists at all, for in its evolving' terra firma Mars has far outstripped the earth. Mars' surface is now all land. Its forms of life must be not only ter restrial as against aquatic, but even as opposed to terraqucous ones. It must have reached not simply the stage of land dwelling where the pos sibilities are greater for those able to embrace them, but that further point of pinching poverty where brain is needed to survive at all. The struggle for existence in the planet's decrepitude and decay would tend to evolve intelligence to cope with circumstances growing momentarily more and more adverse. But, further more, the solidarity that the condi tions prescribed woull conduce to a breadth of understandmg sufficient to utilize it. Intercommunication over the whole globe is made not only possible, but obligatory. This would lead to the easier spreading over it of some demi nant creature-especially were this be ing of an advanced order of intellect able to rise above its bodily limitations to amelioration of the conditions through exercise of mind. What ab sence of seas would thus entail ab sence of mountains would further. These two obstacles to distribution re moved, life there would tend the quicker to reach a highly organized stage. Thus Martian conditions them selves make for intelligence.-Percival Lowell in Century. RAYS AND SKATES. They Are Known to Fishermen as the Jokes of the Sea. The rays and skates are the jokes of the sea. Their bodies are as flat as the pancakes made by the man in white on a griddle in the window of a "beef and" restaurant Their eyes look upward, and they have tails as slender and tapering as the Whip of a ringmaster of a circus. In the United States the most com mon rays are called "skates." The whip tailed rays because of their long, slender tails with their erectile spines at the end, capable of inflicting severe and dangerous wounds, are frequently called sting rays. The common sting ray feeds on oysters, clams and other valuable mollusks and in the Atlantic waters is known as the "clam cracker." Of the skates the commonest as well as the smallest species on the Atlantic coast is known as the tobacco box; the largest is aptly called the barn door. On the western coast of the United States Is found the big skate, which reaches a length of six feet, two feet larger than its eastern rela tive. Because of its habit of rolling itself up when caught the common skate has been called "bonnet skate." It Is also known as the "hedgehog ray." On the New Jersey coast the trawl fishermen cut off the broad, fleshy "wings" and they are sold for "sad dles," sometimes bringing 5i and even 10 cents a pound, These men call the ish "possum," "sea possum" and "bob tailed skate." As a rule, anglers throw the fish back into the water as being of no value. Not at All Like Him. To the studio of an artist who had just finished a portrait of a distin guished resident of a neighboring city a '-iend of the sitter came to look at the newly painted canvas. The visitor was nearsighted and not particularly well acquainted with studios. He wanted to see how good a likeness had been made of his friend. He kept walking nearer and nearer to the paint ing and finally put out his finger as if to touch It. The artist was getting nervous at the approach of the finger to the paint, and he asked the visitor not to touch the portrait, as it was not dry. The nearsighted man put down his hand and walked to the door, turn ing only to say, "If it isn't dry it isn't my friend." And he walked out.-New York Sun. The Land of Fire and Iee. An example of the strangeness of Iceland is furnished by the volcano Matla. This is buried under immense snow fields, but from time to time its fires burst through the glittering blanket, and then such floods are pour ed from the melting ice that a great stretch of country between the volcano and the sea is inundated and huge masses of ice are carried out into the ocean. It is unsafe even to cross the territory lying between Matla and the sea, so suddenly come the floods.-Ch! cago Record-Herald. Their Crimes. Two boys of strict Free church par entage and upbringing in a Scottish town were comparing iniquities. One boasted that he had furtively been at a circus show. "Ah, but I have done worse than that," said the other, "for I've been once in the pit at the theater and twice in the Established kirk." Blackwood's Magazine. A Pert Answer. Mistress (astounded)-You can't read, Norah? Good gracious: Ho0w did you ever learn to cook so well? New Cook -Shore, mum, 0i lay it t' not bein' able to rade th' cookbooks.-Towvn and Coun try. _ _ _ _ _ His Weight. "What do you think young Chumpley weighs?" "About 200 pounds on the scales and about ten ounces in the community-" Cleveland Plain Dealer. The World's Best Climate is not entirely free from disease, on the high elevations fever's prevail, while on the lower' levels malaria is encountered to a greater or less extent. ac::ording to altitude. To over'come climate afiec-~ tios, lassitude, mahwi. jaundice bil iousness, fever 'a ."-'nd eneralI deilitv. the mos' e!teeme r"m0 1 Electric iltter . r- rtv and blood purtier.m thea every form Of b0odl w' ~ eak~ne . ousness and inso': ol d~i mudet guarantee at Arant' dru- sor. ix A Californian's Luck. "The luckiest day of my life was Then I bought a box of Bucklen's Ar iica Salve." writes Charles F. Budahn >f Tracy. California. "Two 25e. boxes ;ured ne of an annoying case of itching >iles. which had troubled mte for years wd that yielded to no other treat neut.' Sold under guarantee at \raut's dt'utr store. SOLVED THE PROBLEM. The Simple Secret of Blowing the Big Glass Globes. Emperor Nicholas wished to Illumi nate the Alexander colunm in a grand style. The size of the round lamps to be used for the purpose were indicated and the glasses ordered at the manul factory, where the workmen exerted themselves in vain and almost bNew the breath out of their bodies in the endeavor to obtain the desirecl 4e. The commission must be ecxeri ted that was self evident-but ho w? A great premium was offered to the one who could solve the problem. .gain the human bellows toiled and puffed. Their object seemed unattain able, when at last a long bearded Itus sian stepped forward and declared that he could do it; he had strong lungs; he would only rinse his mouth first with a little water to refresh them. le applied his mouth to the pipe and puffed to such purpose that the vitreous ball swelled and puffed nearly to the required dimensions, up to them. beyond them. "Hold! Hold!" cried the lookers on. "You are doing too much. And how did you do it all?" "The matter is simple enough." an swered the long beard. "but. first. where is my premium?" And when he clutched the promised bounty he explained. He had retained some of the water In his mouth, which had passed thence Into the glowing ball and then, becom ing steam, had rendered him this good service. PET ANIMALS IN WILLS. Fortune to "My Red Horse"-Parrot Bequeathed to Queen Victoria. A. T. Net-bold, the Salford brewer, who has left his greyhound, Wildfire II., an annuity of ?25, is one of many testators who have remembered their pet animals in their wills. A farmer near Toulouse who died a short time ago left his entire estate to "my red horse." One John Spooner of Chicago bequeathed ?400 to his dog "in recognition of his sympathy and tender nursing when I was seriously ll." and the will of a Mr. Garland contained this clause: "I bequeath to my monkey. Jacko, the sum of ?100 per rannum and to my faithful dog. Shock and my well beloved cat, Tib, a pension of ?5." Dr. Christians of Venice left 60,000 florins for the maintenance of his three dogs, a Mr. Harper settled ?100 on , his "young black cat." and a Frenchman named Souchat left his entire fortune to his tortoise. A good many years ago an old lady bequeathed her pet parrot to Queen Victoria, with 100 guineas a year for its keep. on the amusing condition that "her majesty publicly exhibits It before her court twice a year to prove that the person intrusted with its care has not wrung its neck."-West minster Gazette. All Three Kinds. There Is a village in New England which clings fondly to the customs of the past and has small regard for innao ations. Not long ago an old resident died. The lawyer who went up to set te the family affairs stayed overnight at the little inn. Hle was a dyspeptic and ev-er cautious about his -food. Therefore he looked searchingly at the watress as she stood at the breakfast table the next morning to greet him. "i'm-er-obliged to be very careful of myself," he said solemnly. "My diet is extremely limited. What sort of breakfast food have you? That is all I take in the morning except dry toast." "We have apple, squash and mince," said the girl, regarding him in kindly and sympathetic fashion. "You can take your choice or have all three if you like."-Youth's Companion. Melbourne and the Garter. Lord Melbourne seems to hove held the title holder in legitimate contempt. The London Chronicle reminds us that once when that statesman was invited by his secretary to grant an interview to an Importunate applicant for a title he exclaimed wearily: "What the mis chief does he want now? Does he want a garter for the other leg?" Melbourne himself was pressed by Queen Victoria to accept the blue ribbon, but he de clined. "A garter." he explained, "may attach to us somebody of consequence whom nothing else can reach, but what would be the use of my taking it? I cannot bribe myself." Hiding Places of Diamonds. If tihe Regent diamond as shown In the Louvre is only a model in paste and the real stone is hidden away, it is a case of history repeating itself, for in 1797 when the Regent diamond was awned for house furniture to Vaniden berg. a banker of Amsterdam. and he was remonstrated with upon the dan ger of exhibiting it to the public he replied: "The Regent that is in the glass case is a sham. The real Regent is in .my wife's stnys."-Pall Mall Ga zette. For the Next One. Nagger-i've put one poor chap on his feet. anyway. Mrs. Nagger-Whom have you been fooling your money a way on now? Nagger --Your next husband, madam: I'v'e had my life in sured.-London Telegraph. Tart Advice. Aged Admirer'-Think of all the lux uries a rich husband like me could give you: Miss De Young-Oh, a rich father w"ould do just as w~ell! Marry my mother:-London Standard. If all men wereC as industriou~s as some men are curious, what a busy place this world would be.-Somerville Journal. Don't cough y'our head off wten you can get a guaranteed reinedy in Hees latxative Coun.h Svrup. it is especially recommtiended for clil d-en as it's ple'asantt to tale. is a genitle laxative thus expellir the phl'inm from the '.ystenm. For couuhs. colds. croup, whoopin:r couah, hoarseness and all bironcehial trouble. Gunrain teed. Sold by 'The Manning' Pharmacy. The Mayflower. Never did a ship sail with such mo mentous results as the little west coun try clipper schooner the Mayflower, but few people have bothered to ask what was her fate after she had land ed the heroic band of Englishmen on Plymouth rock. As a matter of fact she drifted into the cotton trade and ok after many years of service for : . Est India company at Masulipa I..i .a+, onne oat of Tndia .-Londnin Valued Same as Gold. B. G. Stewart, a merchant of Cedar View. Miss., says: "'1 tell my customers when they buy a buy a box of Dr. King's New Life Pills they get the worth of that much gold in weight. if allieted with constipation, malaria or biliousness." Sold nder guarantee at Arant's drug store. 25c. MAMMOTH CAVE. It Furnished the Saltpeter For the War of 1812. There is an interesting bit of history connected with the cave. Few Ameri cans are aware that it helped to save the country in the war of 1812 by fur nishing saltpeter for the manufacture of gunpowder. but such is the case. The powder used by Old Hickory in whipping the British so handsomely at New Orleans in 1815 is said to have been made with saltpeter from Mam moth cave. As early as 18(0 a Mr. Fowler obt Tined, it is said. 100.000 pounds of titter from the twenty-eight limestone caverns that had then been discovered in Kentucky. In 101; Dr. Samuel Brown of Lex ington rode a thousand miles on horse back to Philadelphia to lay before the American Philosophical society, in ses sion there, the facts about the pres ence of niter in these caverns, saying that the deposits would be especially valuable in case of war with any for eign power. Brown did not mention Mammoth cave by name at that time, sand the probability is, as local tradi tion asserts, that It was first discov ered by whites in 1809 when a hunter named Houchins or Hutchins entered it in pursuit of a wounded bear. Bay ard Taylor says it was first discovered in 1S02, but does not give his author ity. The only value set on it at first was for the nitrous earth it contained. For this a Mr. McLean paid $40 for the cave and 200 acres of land around its mouth. McLean sold It to a Mr. Gatewood; he to Messrs. Grazt and Wilkins, who derived a fortune from the saltpeter made there during the war of 1812. The embargo cut us off from any other supply, and the output of saltpeter from this cave enabled our manufacturers to make sufficient pow der to carry on the war.-New York Post. ANCIENT CLOCKS. Curiosities In the Museum - of the Town of Schramberg. In the town of -Schramberg. in the Black Forest district of Wurttemberg, Germany, where one of the chief in dustries is clockmaking, there is an interesting museum of timepieces. The collecton displays the gradual develop ment In the making of clocks for many centuries. Among the curiosities are many of great historical value. There is an alarm clock constructed in the year 1080 for the use of travelers. In form It resembles a lantern, and the interior is designed to hold a lighted candle. The candle Is slowly pushed forward by a spring, which also controls the mechanism of the clock. A little pair of shears clip the wick of the candle automatically every minute to regulate its light. The lantern Is inclosed with movable slides, so that the sleeper is not at first disturbed by the presence of light. The alarm Is set by Inserting a peg in the second dial plate. When the reqdired hour arrives the alarm is sounded, - and at the same time the movable slides fall, flooding the room with light. Among the curiosities is a Japanese saw clock. The clock itself produces the motive power by descending a saw formed strip of metal, the teeth of which operate the wheel of the clock work. In another Japanese clock the hand is attached to a weight, which sinks once in twenty-four hours. The time is indicated by a hand on the perpendicular scale. Related. Persons prosaically concerned with the present perhaps lack sympathy with those genealogists whose souls are obsessed with a worship of an cestry. A number of these unregener ates found amusement In the remarks of two clubwomen with a long line of forefathers. The two women were cousins. They were discussing a new acquaintance. "By the way." said one, "what did Mr. Blank mean by saying he is re lated to us? IIowv Is he related tc us? Is it a near relationship?" "Oh. yes." answered the other in deadly seriousness; "we are both de scendecd from the Plantagenets.". Several heathen near by actually snicker-ed, but the daughters of the Plantagenets couldn't see anything to laugh at.-New York Times. Why Toast .Is Popular. The increasing popularity of toast, says the London Lancet, is a somewhat inteiesting fact i that it possibly indi cates that, after all, the public resents. the inisipidity of modern bread. Roller milling as now practiced, which is alto gether different from the old method of grinding wheat between stones, leads to the elimination of the germ of the wheat. The peculiar nutty flavor of the old fashioned loaf was due per haps to the retention of this germ. Missionary Work. "So you once lived in Africa, Sam?' "Yas, sah." "Ever do any missIonary work out there, Sam ?" -"Oh, yas, sah; I was cook for a can nibal chief, sah!"-Yonkers Statesman. Against the Laws. "Charley, dear," said young Mrs. Tor kinis, "is it against the laws to win money on horse races?" "Yes; against the laws of chance." Washington Star. Truthfu'l. "I thought you said when I hired you that you didn't drink." "I didn't at that time. I couldn't af ford to drink until I got a job." Brooklyn Life. It is easy to Improve what has -al ready been invented.-Latin Proverb. M1r. John Rliha of Vini'e. Ia.. say. "I have been sellinir DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder; Pilk~ for about a year' arnd they give better satisfaction than ar.y pill I ever sold. There are a dozen people here who have used them anid they give per-fect satisfaction in ever y caso. I have used them myself with 'line results.' Sold by W. E. Brown & Company. A Third Need. "You need," said the ei-pert to the sufferer, "two pairs of glasses, one for reading and one for long distance." "Can't you make It three pairs?" asked the man who had made a study of his own case. "I'd like some short sighted ones to use on bill collectors." It Reached the Spot. Mr. E'. Humphrey, who owns a large general store at Omega. 0., and is pres ident of the Adams County Telephone co.. as well as the Uone Telephone Co. >f Pike county, 0., says of Dr. King's ,ew Discovery: "It seved my life once. At least I think it did. It seemed to reach the spot-the very seat of my ,ough-when everything else failed." Dr. King's New Discovery not only reaches the cough spot, it heals the ,ore spots and the weak spots in the throat, lungs and chest. Sold under Euarantee at Arant's drug store. 50c. and 1. Trial bottle free. A GREAT WRESTLER. His Encounter With the Czar and His Ignoble Reward. One of the stories of Peter the Great which are current at the court of St. Petersburg is of the great czar's wres tling match with a young dragoon. Once in the imperial palace-so the story goes-Peter was at table with a great many princes and noblemea. and soldiers were posted within the hall. The czar was in a joyous mood, and. rising, called out to the comup:ny: "Listen, princes and boyars! Is there among you one who will wrestle with the car?" There was no reply, and the czar repeated the challenge. No prince or nobleman dared to wres tle with his sovereign. But all at once a young dragoon stepped out from the ranks of the soldiers on guard. "Listen. orthodox czar," he said. "I will wrestle with thee." "Well, young dragoon." said Peter, "I will- wrestle with thee, but on these conditions: If thou throwest me, I will pardon thee, but if thou art thrown thou shalt be beheaded. Wilt thou wrestle on those conditionsY' "I will, great czar," said the soldier. They closed, and presently the soldier with his left arm threw the czar and with his right he prevented him from falling to the ground. The sovereign was clearly beaten. The czar offered the soldier whatever reward he should claim, and he ignobly claimed the privilege of drinking free as long as he lived in all the inns belonging to the crown. What became of him his tory does not say. ATOMIC WORLDS. There May Be a Billion of Them In a Speck of Dust. How would you like to live in an atom-to be one of the millions of in habitants of a world so small that you cannot even see it beneath a micro scope? The scientists tell us that each atom is a solar system, with its central sun and revolving planets in their orbits, and that little atom people live and love and fight and die there and never know but what they are just the big gest and most important folks that live. There are military atomites there, no doubt, who strut around and get tangled up in their swords and give orders in gruff voices; actor atom ites who star in atomic theaters and are adored by lovely atomite maidens and criticised by the trenchant pens of the newspaper men. There is every reason to believe that life in the atom.is much like life in the earth and that the kings and emperors there make war on their distant ene mies and have their peace conferences and their periods of financial stringen cy. The joke of it is that they prob ably stake themselves seriously, and. though there 'may be a billion atomic worlds in a speck of dust, there is never an inhabitant of one of them that knows how small he is and hcw much he misses. by not being a man instead of an atomite. -- New York World. Slow Mental Ripening. Not infrequently those mentalities that ripen the slowest last the longest, and often the history of these great men has been persistent neglect and worldly coldness until forty or more years have passed before their great ness has been conceded by their con temporarkes. Truly "the life history of a great genius is almost invariably one of a sad and somber tone, a walk apart from the beaten path." Such are the words of one who should know what the "doers of deeds" must en dure. Be this as it may, it is now recognized that many of the finest achievements in business, statesman ship, literature and in all- activities have been wrought by men long past sixty. Writes one, "No strong man will accept sixty as the arbitrary limit of his ambition and working ability." W. A. Newman Dorland in Century. The Silkworrn. U p' attaining full growth the silk womu becomes restless, stops feeding and throws out silken threads. The silk is formed in a fluid condition and issues from the body of the worm in a glutinous state, apparently in a single thread. From this silk the -vorm con stucts its cocoon, an intervatl of from three to five days beinga required to complete its imprisonment in the en velope. In order that the silken strands may not be subjected to the danger of breakage by the moth emerging from the cocoon, the cocoons are steamed till the inclosed insects ar e dead. After this the silk may be wound off.-New York American. Exasperating, Truly. Mrs. Higsley-Clara. I must insist that you send young Mr. Granley away earlier. It was long after 11 o'clock last night when you closed the front door after him. Clara-I know, mam ma. and I have made up my mind a dozen different times to make him leave early, but he has a way somehow of always giving the impression long aft er the shank of the evening has passed that he is jaest about to say something one has been waiting for. It's awful exasperating-St. Louis Republic. Idle Curiosity. "Why are you calling up the various hospitals?" "My friend Snigglebat assured me he'd pay me that S5 today or break a leg, and I want to find out which leg he broke."-K~ansas City Journal. Easy. Lady (on street)-Do you know where Johnny Tucker lives, my little boy? Litte Boy-He ain't home, but If you give me a nickel I'll find him for you. Lady-All right. Now, where is he? Little Boy-Thanks. I'm him.--Judge. Insist upon DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. There are substitutes. but there is only one origina'. Tt is.heal ing, soothing and cooling and is espe ially good for piles. Sold by W. E. Brown & Co. Then He Subsided. "I never saw such a woman in all my life," said Bass. -'You are never satisfied with anything." "People who know the man I took for a husband." replied Mrs. B., "think, on the contrary, that I am easily sat isfed?-verpol Mercury. EES IJ L. 'An improvement system of a cold b . satisfaction or mor Sold Lighting Up. "Ever notice," asked a salesman fog a grocery house that makes a busines: of supplying the big New York hotels "that if you, stroll uptown and look a any of the '!.: hotels you will see then l pretty weil lighted up? Plenty o: rooms occupied apparently. Well that's some-:-: a bluf!. The help ha! orders to !:ght up a number of thi front rooms every evening just so tha the hotel won't look like a graveyard.' -New York Sun. Hottentot Women. Among the iottentots women hold: better position than they do anywhere else in Africa. "The married woman,' says one traveler. "reigns supreme mis tress. Her husband cannot without he: permission take a bit of meat or a droi of milk.'" Generally "they rank mudl above the average of the negro races. -London Spectator. Thought He Was Smart. The Man With the Gun (boastfully and cynically)-I have been engaged t< at least a dozen girls. Miss Sweet Gir (looking annoyed -And always beer unlucky in love, eh? 1e-Oh, 1 don' know. I've never married any of them What?-Philadelphia Inquirer. Not Attractive. "Was it a case of love at first sight? asked the sentimental girl. "It couldn't have been," answere< Miss Cayenne. "When they first me he was wearing football clothes an( she had on her motor car costume." Washington Star. Sour Stomach No appetite, loss of strength, nervous ness, headache, constipation, bad breath general debility, sour risings, and catarrl of the stomach are all due to indigestion Kodol relieves Indigestion. This new discov ery represents the natural juices of dige; tion as they exist in a healthy stomach combined with the greatest known toni and reconstructive -properties. Kodol fo dyspepsia does not only relieve indigestic and dyspepsia, but this famous reined helps all stomach troubles by cleansing purifying, sweetening and strengthenini the mucous membranes lining the stomach Mr. S. S. Ball, of Ravenswood, W. Va.. says: I was troubled with sour stomach for twenty year. Kodol cured me and we are now using it In mil forbaby." FOR BACKACHE--WEAK KIDNEYS TRY DeWITT'S KIDNEY and BLADDER PILLS-Sn gad Sal Prepared by E. O. DoWfL & CO., Chicago W. E. BR Co. GeoS. Hacker &Soi eAshAc its .S or d Summeron.S. C CAPITAL ST CI 2 . SU P US--- --C,0 W paintertalh, rt 4HAPerCent . 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Lower Prices than we quote mean but on thing- . e the goods are of inferior quality- t Remember, "The best is none too good." And the best is the'cheapest, 11 be it Dry. Goods or Groceries. 8 T R U SS -RO G A N illM P A K~ ie SUMMERTON, S. C. THE BANK OF MANNING, MANNING, S. C. Ca iah Sof.. . . .. . . .. . . .-- - - . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 ,0 , S rp l s.. ... .. .. . . ... . - -.. ... .- --- -- --- -. ... .. ..l40 00 St c h lde s Ii L ilt ... ... .. ... .. ... .. .. .u - -- -- -- -- 0,0 THE BAECKS ONTMENBANKGOFMANNING, .C Stochoordieer' pabi ofhliutry... ... Why.not..open..an..ccount ,000ifi YO CANOTAHE TIES EICE.