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. Weak women should read my "Book No. 4 For Women." It was written expressly for women who are not well. 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 confidential medical advice is entirely free. Write Dr. Shoop. Ra cine. Wis. The Night Cure is sold by W. E. drown & Co. FEED ON POND LILIES. Moose Are Exceedingly Fond of These Pretty Flowers. At first thought it would appear im possible that such large, gaunt deni zens of the forest as moose could in any way be interested in flowers. They are, however, exceedingly fond of all kinds of water lilies. Few people know that these flowers grow from thick snake-like root stocks which are so firmly attached to the bottom that the strongest man cannot loosen them. It is from these firmly moored rooti stocks that the much admired leaves and flowers strive toward the light. A well known naturalist who studied the habits of the animals in northern Minnesota. where moose are more nu merous than in any other part of the world, often found two or three big bulls engaged in gathering their morn ing meal on the lake bottom. The great beasts would slowly stalk about in three or four feet of water, and often their heads would be under water for half a minute at a time, so that their backs would look like bowlders just protruding from the stream; then a pair of magnificent antlers would come up, and the water would be shaken out of the big ears with a flap ping noise that could be heard for a quarter of a mile, and then the big, long muzzle would be leisurely chew ing a dripping mouthful of water lily leaves and other plants gathered from the bottom. So intent were the huge animals on gathering flowers that several times the naturalist could row up close enough to secure a good photograph before they splashed noisily back to the shore and disappeared in the black spruce. When the moose find a good lily pond they continue feeding in it until the plants are almost exter minated.-Minneapolis Journal. A KING'S DREAM. Belief In the Vision Might Have Changed History. On June 12. 1645. Charles I. slept at the little inn in Naseby village. Scouts had brought news of the approach of the parliamentary army, and the king was resolved to give them battle. In the middle of the night the lords of the bedchamber, who slept in the outer room, were disturbed by an ex traordinary noise in the king's room. Upon entering they found Charles sit ting bolt upright in his bed and in a much excited state. On asking what the noise was, the king said he had heard no noise, but that their entry had roused him from an extraordinary dream. He said that Strafford had stood at the foot of his bed and implored him not to give bat tie, for if he did he would be so disas trously defeated as to threaten his crown and even his life. The next; morning Charles told Prince Rupert and his generals of his dream. but declared that he would fight They In vain tried to dissuade him. In the evening news arrived that the enemy were close at hand. That night Charles again dreamed the same dream. Straf ford warned him that it was the last time he would try to help him. The next morning the king led his army out and by sunset he had lost cannon. baggage and four-fifths of his troops and, as .events pro'ved, the war as well. - Strafford's ghost was right. Had Charles not met Cromwell at Naseby it is quite likely he would not have met his death at Whitehall.-Pearson's Weekly. Not Caught Yet. The ,young clubman had been intro duced to the beautiful Russian actress. He was charmed, entranced, and he finally led her to the conservatory, where they might have a qui minute to themselves. "Pardon me," he said. -1 did not quite catch ytour name." "What Is It that you did not do?" she asked in bewilderment. "Oh, your -language is so strange. Do you want my name?" "Yes; your own fuli name." "Will you catch it this time?' "I'll do my best." "Well, it's Vera Federovina Kommls-. arjewskaya." He snuffed It-Los Angeles Herald. Showed H im H'ow. The gardener at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris gave an undergar dener two of the first ripe figs to take to one of the governors. On the way the man gave -way to temptation and ate one. "Where -Is the other fig?" said the governor to him, having been told of the present beforehand. "I ate it" "But how could you do that?" "Like this," said the servant, swal lowing the other. Diplomacy. Delia-Ye can get a suit just like your missis' velvet wan for tin dollars in Bargain Brown Brothers. Norah Yes, an' I can get wan fur nuthin' by telling me missis about the wan In Bargain Brown Brothers. -Harper's Weekly. _______ Persistent Girl. Ethel-Have you heard of Jack's en gagement to Eleanor? Harold-Dear -me. -no! Then Jack has finally sue 2eeded? Ethel - No. Succumbed. - London Tatler. -Pretty Short. Barber-Pretty short, sir? Customer --Well, yes. I am. Just put it down on the slate, will you? Much obliged to you for speaking of it.-London Tit Bits. The carrier pigeon was in use by the state department of the Ottoman em pire as early as the fourteenth cen tury. Tired nerves, with that "no ambi tion" feeling that is commonly felt in spring or early summer, can be easily and quickly altered by taking what is known to d ruggists every wbre 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 cidedly weaker. Dr. Shoop's Restor'a tive is recognized everywhere as a geni uine tonic to these vital organs. It1 builds up and strenjgthens the worn-out weakened nerves: it sharpens the fail .ng appetite, and universally aids di gestion. It always quickly brings re newed strength. life, vigor and ambi tion. Try it and be convinced. ' Sold A great many people imagine they have heart trouble when the fact is that the whole trouble lies in the stomach. The pains in the side around the region )f the heart are not necessarily heart trouble. We suggest that you start writh the stomach and whenever you reel a depression after eating or when rver your food seems to nauseate takc Eodol. It will nc 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 wvill find the truth of this statement verified after you have used Kodo: for a few weeks. It is sold here by W. K Brown & Co. PATENT MEDiCINES. They Were Known In Japan as Early as the Year 1682. Though Americans have got the idea into their heads that this country takes the palm for the use of patent medi cines. it appears that it falls f.r be hind .Iapan. A report by one of Great Britain's consuls in Japan shows that the "Yan kees of the east" began to develop the patent medicine business long before the United States was more than a few little Atlantic coast hamlets-that is, in the year 1GS2. The business had its origin at Toya ma, on the west coast. Its founder and patron was Prince Seiho Maeda. While daymio of the province his mak ing of medicines for the poor attracted such attention that Bandai Jokan. a physician of Katakami, brought a sup ply of Han-Gon-Tan ("medicine that calls back the dead to life"). This was distributed from door to door, to be paid for when convenient, and from that time has been a popular remedy. The industry took root and flourish ed. Medicines were distributed in the last century by thousands of agents, who made collections once a year, tak ing back unused supplies. The nedicines-none being in liquid form-are usually given suggestive names, like "brain healing pills" and "heal everything powders." Toyama has a special guild for loaning capital, a dealers' club of 3,000 members, a pat ent medicine, school and a patent medi cine magazine.-Philadelphia Press. JACK CADE. He Was Killed With an Arrow by the Sheriff of Kent. One of the mysteries of history is that surrounding the arch traitor Jack Cade. Nearly all historians have de scribed him as an Irishman. He was really born in Sussex, where he was as a youth a servant to one Sir Thom as Dagre. This Sir Thomas Dagre, or Dacre, was' a Sussex knight of great emi nence. who had seats at Hurstmon ceaux and Heathfield, in that county. Cade has for several centuries been a common name about Mayfield and Heathfield. as is proved as well by nu merous entries in the parish registers as by lands and localities designated from that family. After his defeat near London Cade took to the Sussex woods. and he finally would have es caed if his reckless courage had not brought him out into the open. It is traditionally related that he was engaged in a game of bowls in the gar den of a little ale house at Heathfield when a Kentish squire. Sir Alexander Iden. sheriff of Kent. taking him una wares, killed him with an arrow. London Saturday Review. First Surgeon In St. Louis. Dr. 'Antoine Francois Saugraine set tied in St. Losie in 1S00 and was the first surgeon to locate west of the Mississippi river. He spent all of his leisure time in experiments in chemis try and with electricity. The Indians were frequent visitors at his labora tory and, not understanding the mys tery of his experiments, held him ii great awe and wanted to worship hin as a god. Before the village of St. Louis was incorporated Dr. Saugraini acted as postmaster. - He tied the mail up in a blue silk handkerchief and left it on the doorstep. When any citizer wanted to know if he had a letter h4 untied the handkerchief, looked the mail over, paid for the postage in piece of coonskin. which was legal tender, and walked on. The first luci fer matches ever made in this country were made by Dr. Saugraine. The small wooden sticks were dipped. ont at a time, in the combustible sub stance and i.ben lit by friction, as -a1 the present time. He also made thi first thermometer used in the west. Kansas City Star. Funeral on Skates. Among the Wends, a remnant of the ancient Slavonic race inhabiting the Spreewald, a region inclosed by an arm of the Spree river, about fifty miles south of Berlin, are seen the most cu rious funeral processions of the civi lized world. As in Holland, the thor ougfares are waterways. In the win ter time. when these are frozen ovez funeral processions pass along the ic< n skates. The coffin is carried on sledge drawn by six mourners or sates. The immediate relatives o1 the dead, men and women alike, skatt along behind the coffin surrounded b: their friends. The women carry a Bi ble in one hand and wear the ancien: national costume.-Popular Mechanics A Few Human Bromides. Now that surgery has advanced to point wvhere diseased or defective part! of the human body may be removei and replaced with those from an ani mal, it is presumed that the followin, will no longer be regarded as meri nature fakes: Thne man with. the eagli eye, the man with the lion heart. th< mar with the chicken liver, the ma with the bull neck, the man with th< pig head and the man with the dos face.-New York World. His Card Tricks. Mrs. Stryver-We had a most enjoy able time at Mrs. Hunter's tea. Coun Tedout was there and kept us mysti fed for an hour with his tricks witl the cards. Mr. Stryver (dryly)-HI kept as mystified with 'em for threi months at the club, but we're on ti him now.-New York World. He Meant the Ashes. Hewitt-Gruet uses very appropriat language, don't you think so? Jewet -Well, when I asked him what h thought of the idea of cremation hi reply was, "It jars one."-New Yorl Press. The World's Best Climate is not entirely free from disease. on th: high elevations fevers prevail, while u the lower levels malaria is encounteres to a greater or less extent. ac:-ording t altitude. To overcome climaite atlec tiois, lassitude, malar'i. jaundice bil ousness, fever and up and gener: debility, the most eft''-" remedy i Electrie B3itter's, thie r:-" i and blood nuritier, the .a - every form of bodily weaku'-. ousness and insou:se. Sold Iun'ie guarantee at Arant's d:'ug. store. Fr:a Valued Same as Gold. B. G. Stewart, a merchant of Cedar View. Miss., says: "I tell my customers ge when they buy a buy a box of Dr. id, Kinziis New Life Pills they get the C( worth of that much gold in w'eight. if of alllicted with constipation, malaria or N< biliousness." Sold under guarantee at Al Arant's drug store. 25c. re .. .. Co Dc re BREAKING IN NEW MEN. so: One Corporation Publishes a Text gt Book For New Employees. at A large corporation has lately shown its appreciation of the value of giving new employees a thorough general knowledge of the business by publish ing a book describing in :.n interesting fashion all the details of the company's T work. It is a volume of over 200 pages, il lustrated with facsimile cuts of various ca reports and other forms used. A copy uI is furnished every employee, and he is til expected to master not merely the por- I4 tions pertaining to his own work. but SO the entire book. m Quizzes are held at frequent inter- P( vals throughout the organization. and - dismissal is the penalty for ignorance th of any subject treated in the volume. m "It costs us about $2.0o to publish ul this book," says the president of the company. "but we consider it money well invested, and we are planning to tl issue a new and up to date edition th every year. it "When a man enters our employ be in is told to read this manual and do d' nothing else rntil he has thoroughly mastered it. This gives him a general s' knowledge of the business. and if there m are any points he does not understand m they are cleared up before he begins work."--System. AN ANECDOTE OF KEAN. It How One Actress Won and Another Lost His Good Opinion. . Kean possessed an inordinate love of di praise even from his humblest wor- rig shipers. says the London Tatler. Dur- az ing his brilliant management of the Princess theater one of the ballet girls di who sometimes was given a few lines n< to speak and who knew her manager's yt failing used to haunt the wings and go into audible raptures over the trage- h. dian's acting. di He was playing with great success a pathetic part, and tears flowed down the cheeks of the cunning girl, who eventually attracted personal notice ., from the actor. Soon she found her- m self prom oted to a superior position. E Her advancement of course was no- sc ticed by her companions, and to her i( greatest friend among them she told h: her secret, advising the girl to follow ei her example. .B Nothing loath. No. 2 appeared at a the wings and almost howled with 01 grief through i.ean's chief scenes. la when. to her amazement, he strode- an- b grily by her: then, pointing her out, d: exclaimed, "Who is that idiot?" She tl did not improve her position, for since :1 the advice of her knowing friend the _ bill had been changed, and her man ager was appearing -in cne of his most successful comic parts. ai Beadsa A propos of beads, etymologists tell us t the word comes from. the rosaries di which from 'time immemorial have 'E been used to keep count of prayers, for , "biddan" is to pray in the old Anglo-Ipn Saxon tongue.- and "beade:-mn" is one is employed to pray for oers. "'Be- al odan." to proclaim, is a kindred word B and has its outcome in the "'bidding 0: prayer" of our universities, when pious -founders are remembered to the edifi- a cation of graceless undergraduates and b in the "bidding" of an auction room, when one proclaims to what price one 1is willing to go. The tiny balls of wood or pearl or seeds or gems strung together for the purpose of counting .prayers ar-e used by Hindoo worship- a ers of Buddha, by Greeks. 'by Persians'. by Roman Catholics. And from those I pr-aver chaplets the word has passed to mean any pierced round ornament-t Modern Society- cc el Driving Men From the Table. Baptista Porta gives six processes for h driving hearty eaters from the tables of great men. The most effective was to give them an hour before eating a glass of wine medicated with bella donna, so that attempts to masticate would occasion spasms of the jaw. t -The most disgusting was to set before the gluttons viands sprinkled withd dried horses' blood and pieces of cat- td gut. He says. "If you cut harp strings small and sprinkle them on hot flesh. the heat will twist them and they will move like worms." rMr. John Riba of Viniug, Ia.. says. "I have been selling DeWitt's Kidney g1 and Bladder Pills for abou t a year and they give better satisfaction than any pilh I ever sold. There are a dozen people here who have used them and S: they give perfect satisfaction in ev-ery 'ti case. I have used them myself with it inoe results." Sold by WV. E. Brown & ci Company.B We will be pleased-to ha iBlue Flame, wickless Oil Stov since passed the experimental hold necessity, supplying a r meals with little trouble or exi good features about Blue Flar ness. There is no waste, no od ated and cooking begiais at on stopped with the cooking. As a means of cooking i eoual. With a Blue Flame service. The housekeeper ne< cook not comning. while it will being able to prepare many t othierwise be annoying if it we tinm store or r-ang~e. We will be twhat convenience these stove: We have just received a These, we are sure will till a wheire large refrigerators hav expensive. It takes but ten pc aimi tis amount will last the e~ for use, and cooling. they are: made of galvanized sheet iron wool. the compartment for recf to accomnmodate two or thre< fr-igerator should prove a bc small children. PAINTS. OILS AN Lessen the iabor- of clea lloor-s. at tihe sametimie make and healthful. WTe will send .2 ing,. and we have in stock all1 Besides floor paints, we ha e~ 'Varnishes, Jap-A-Lac, Ename tubs. Buggy To~p Dressing. G H'ouse Paint. MANING IIRD A Californian's Luck. "The luckiest day of my life was when I bought a box of Bucklen's Ar nica Salve,'' writes Charles F. Budahr of Tracy, California. "Two 25c. boxes cured me of an annoying case of itchinr piles, which had troubled me for year and that yielded to no other treat ment." Sold under guarantee al A rant'r drug store. MASTODONS. Why Their Bones Are Found Near Salt or Sulphur Springs. "Wherever you find salt or sulphur springs," says a gentleman connected with the United States geological sur vey, "you may expect to find the bone; of mastodons and other huge creature; that have now become extinct. Many persons suppose that the presence o: tlgse bones in great numbers indicates thgtt the animals had a sort of common cemetery. like the llamas of Chile which when they felt death coming or always made for the nearest stream or pond and, if they could get there. died in the water. "That, however, is likely only a su perstition. The mastodon bones in r salt or sulphur marsh indicates that the animals went there to drink the water and occasionally one got mired and was suffocated. The great num bers of the bones do not prove that a whole herd of mastodons was drowned at once, but that one being mired ev ery year or so during several centuries would in time cause a great accumula tion of bones. Missouri has a bone marsh at Sulphur Springs; there is a great mine of them at the Salt Springs in Kentucky and at several places it Ohio and Indiana where there arc saline springs. A great spring in Flor ida, one of the four or five huge out lets which are grouped under the name of Silver Spring. is called "the bone yard" because the bottom and side: are masses of mastodon bones."-St Louis Globe-Democrat A WAR OF MAPS. Bolivia Wiped Out Englar:d and th. British Isles. "Bolivia is the only country that eve wiped England off the map," said Frank Roberson. "It came about this I way: The British ambassador several years ago gave a dinner for the official and social circle people of Bolivia. "When they arrived at the embassy they found that he was not married to the woman seated at the head of the table, and they left. In the name of his government he demanded an apol ogy, whereupon the government gave him twenty-four hours to get out of the country. "Inasmuch as little Bolivia is way of the ocean and practically lost ii: the eternal mountains Great Britain could not by guns get the retraction that she wanted, but her mapmak ers got revenge by issuing maps whol ly eliminating Bolivia. ' "Finally this information reached Bo livia. whereupon with a stroke of the pen new maps were ordered for the Bo livian government and the Bolivia schools. They sho'wveu more ocean than any other maps ever printed. The British isles had been sunk into the 'sea. And so far as the people and school children of Bolivia are concern 1ed there is no Great Britain."-Indian apolis News. Why He "Let 'Em Grow." "Yes, I've given up shaving," he told his friends. "I never could shave my self, and the last time I was operated on I was in such a blue funk that] shudder to think of it. The barbe: had a musical ear, and he lathered m< Ito the tune of 'The Blind Boy.' whicl: was being ground out by a barrel orgar close by. Slow certainly, but nothing to complain about. By the time th< scraping process had commenced thi ,.une had changed to the liveliest of jigs, and the musical shaver seemed t< be enjoying himself hugely as he dic his best to keep time. I was afraid t< take a' breath for fear it would be my last. "Then the organ stopped. but onl: for a second, and when I heard thi strains of 'Stop Your Tickling. Jock.'] vowed that rather than run the risk of Ibeing finished off in a barber's chal by a musical maniac I would let 'en grow for the future and chance thi crop."-Modern Society. Th His Parting Shot. Telate Catholic bishopr Raphoe, Ire land, used often to tell this story witl much enjoyvment. "I was suddenly call ed," he said. "from my home to see ai unfortunate sailor who had been cas ashore from a wreck and was lyin speechless on the ground, but not quit dead. 'The life's in him still, you 1reverence-he stirred a little,' uo stooped down and said to him, 'M: poor man, you're nearly gone, but jus 'try to say one little word or make on -little sign to show that you are dyin: in the true faith.' So he opened one o his eyes just a wee bit, and he said 'Bloody end to the pope!' and so died. Every Bird a Weathercock. "Where's the wind?" scoffed the sal or. "Why, look at the birds. They'J tell you. Don't you know that ever: bird's a weathercock? Stop moistenin your finger and holdin' it up," he wen on in a tone of disgust "The practici ain't hardly cleanly. Look at the bird: is all you got to do, for every bird set with its head always straight at th< wind. EVery live bird in a tree is a: reliable a weathercock as them Sea< birds on the spires."-New York Press A Bit Dierent. Towne-There's one thing about m; wife-she makes up her mind if she can't afford a thing that she doesn' need it. Browne-Something like m: wife, only she buys :it first and make: up her mind afterward.--Philadelphi: Press. PossblythePossibly. Possblythefact that the optimis sees the doughnut and the pessimis the hole is due to the further fact thn the optimist has mostly doughnuts an< tepessimist mostly hole.-Puck. IAmbition is like love-impatient boti sf delays and rivals.-Denham. tDon't cough cour head ol w'n'n you caunle 'uaranteed reinedyi in 1Icees Laxative Ca'.: Syrup. It is especially r'commentnded for elp dren as it's pleasant to take. is a ;:entle laxat e. thus expelling the phlegma from the systen For coughs,. colds. croup. whloopin:: coual horseness ane all bron'hini trouble. Giuarau teed. sold by T1he Manning Pharmaey. The Mayflower. Never did a ship sail with such mc imentous results as the little west coun try clipper schooner the Mayflowel but few~ people have bothered to as] whiat wa.s her fate after she had land ed the heroic band of Englishmen oi Plymouth r:>k. As a matter of faci edrifted into the cotton trade ani :utater :nany years of service ?o . tindia company at Masulipa .;:a. ua the coast of India.-Londo) It Reached the Spot. Mr. E. Humphrey, who owns a large neral store at Omega, 0., and is pres nt, of the Adams County Telephone as well as the Home Telephone Co. Pike county, 0., says of Dr. King's ;w Discovery: "It saved my life once. least I think it did. It seemed to ach the spot-the very seat of my ugh-when everything else failed." .King's New Discovery not only aches the cough spot, it heals the re spots and the weak spots in the roat, lungs and chest. Sold under arantee at Arant's drug store. 50c. d $1. Trial bottle free. A CUSTOM HOUSE TALE. ,e American Who Landed In Ger many With a Box of Candy. Germany is jealous of the foreign ndy maker and exacts a rigorous toll )on anything in the shape of confec )ery that comes across its borders. norant of this, one of Uncle Sam's ns disembarked from a liner at a Ger an port carrying in his hn:i a five >und box of candy b;earing New rk trademark. At sight of the box e Teutonic customs oMcials exhibi.eed ark:e:1 activity and prepared to seize )0n it. "Not for mine." said the American. won't give up a sou. I'd rather eat e stuff here and now." lIe opened e box and commended to dispose of contents without deliy. Everybody sight was offered a handful. Nobody .lined except the customs officer. ho said blandly that he had not a reet tooth. The traveler himself ate any pieces. It was not long before e last bit had been eaten. As soon as the box was empty the fcial seized the traveler by the arm. ,he gentleman." he announced. "will !company me to the bureau, where e' make out his bill for duty. Come. is at the other end of the dock." "Never!" sai' the American. "You tve no right to charge me duty. I dn't bring It in. I'll see my consul ht away, and he'll send a big fleet id bombard this blooming town." "Softly," said the officer. "You'll pay ity, all right. There are fifteen wit ,sses to prove that that candy of >urs was consumed on German soil." The duty was paid, and the consul is not as yet been consulted.-Phila :lphia Ledger. Ancient. Enamels. It is certain that glazes having the mposition of good enamels were anufactured at a very early date. cellent glazes are still preserved, and me of the bricks which have been aund among the ruins of Babylon ive been ascribed to the seventh or ghth century B. C. The glaze on the abylonlan bricks was found upon ex nination to have a base of soda glass, silicate of sodium. Glazes of a simi r character were also manufactured the Egyptians as early as the sixth rnasty. There can be little doubt that L Greeks and Etruscans were also 'quainted with the art of enameling. New York American. The Living Present. I He that hath so many causes of joy. id so great, is very much in love with rrow and peevishness who loses all ese pleasures and chooses to sit wn upon his little handful of thorns. njoy the blessings of this day if God< ~nds them, and the evils of it bear ,tiently and sweetly, for this day only ors. We are dead to yesterday, id we are not yet born to the morrow. ut if we look abroad and bring into e day's thoughts the evil of many, 'tain and uncertain, what will be id what will never be, our load will as intolerable as it is unreasonable. Jeremy Taylor. L Fountain Pens. LI It is a popular fallacy that fountain b ns are quite a modern invention. As a matter of fact, an old work of ref- ~ ence published in 1795 contains an 11- b stration of a fountain pen. the ap arance of which is very much like lose sold at the present time. Its instruction, however, was somewhatP aborate and clumsy, the pen consist- a g of various pieces of metal which id to be screwed and unscrewed be- ~ re the pen could be used. a A Pessimist. Agent-How long do you intend to re ai in Washington? Reformer-Un tcongress passes a couple of neces- - try laws that- Agent-Gee! You >n't want to rent a house. You'd bet r buy one.-Washingtonl Herald. An Undercut. Ruby-Charlie took me in to dinner: te other night He and Fred tossed >, and Charlie- Beryl-Lost, as usu .Will he never learn better than to unble?-Kansas City Newsbook. Insist upon DeWitt's Witch Hazel tive. There are substitutes. but ere is only one original. It is heal g, sootbin'g and cooling and is espe ally good for piles. Sold by W. E. rown & Co. epers !~ tve you see our stock of es. These .stoves have lone' stage and are now a house eady means of preparing >ense. Some of the specially ae Oil Stoves are cleanli ar. Heat is quickly gener :e, and the flow of oil is a an emergency it has noI i1 Stove ever ready for ' d have no fears' about the afford much pleasure in dainty dishes that wonild re necessary to make lire glad to show our patrons l ; ean be made. few Mercer'y Ref rigertators long felt want in homes eC e proved troublesome and unds of ice to charge themi utire day in a small family i Inexpensive as to cost. Are and packed with mineral rigerating is large enough a small dishes. This rc on to housekeepers with D VARNISHES. ning the house by painting your home more sanitary -ou color cards for the ask she most approved colors. stains, Furniture Restorer. Is for iron bed and bath 8 ld and Silver Paint and ARE COMP'Y An improvement < 5 system of a cold b satisfaction or mon Sold AMERICAN CONSULS. Their Duties Are Misunderstood by Many of Our Citizens. In almost every city and town in urope-or all over the world, for that natter. if the city is of any size-there s an American consul or consul gen ral. And. vhile the office of these functionaries is commercial in reality, coking after the imports and the ex ,orts between our country and others, till they take a friendly interest in tmerican citizens traveling and are al rays re:.dy to go out of their way even o be obliging in personal things. I xplain this somewhat in detail. says ,n experienced traveler in the Deline tter. as so many people, especially women, seem to have a notion that a on.;ul is created for their especial ben "It. And one of the most serious trou les these men have is with those who f their money runs short expect the onsul to furnish them with some. and ften get insulting. and threatening if t is not done. The same may be said n regard to our ambassador, for. hile their positions are political and liplomatic, their offices are always pen. and. any information is always lheerfully given in case an American 5 in difilculty. There are always certain public re option days at the homes of our con uls and our ambassadors, to which it s not difficult to obtained invitations. n fact, it is often announced in the aily papers that Americans in general re welcome, say on days like Thanks iving, Fourth of July, and so on. In his way it is possible for one to see omething of the lives of one's con atriots away from home. A Human Foot Warmer. It is interesting to learn that Julius jaesar found our Celtic ancestors just uffocating themselves with smoke. Tiraldus, the early Welsh historian, nscribes a family as sitting round heir smoky central fire by day and :ing round it by night. But they -ould have had little comfort from it ';r the same historian tells us that one f their princes eked out h fire with human foot varmer. This officer's luty was to keep his master's feet varm by cherishing them in his bosom luring meals. For this purpose he ,quatted under the table, and no doubt t "did him proud" so to nurse the roy ri moccasins.-T. P.'s London Weekly. Why He Was Angry. "You made a mistake in your paper,' aid an indignant man, entering the ed torial sanctum of a daily journal. "] was one of the competitors at an ath etic entertainment last night and you eferred to me as 'the well known ightweight champion.'" "Well, are you not?" inquired the ;porting editor. "No; I'm nothing of the kind," was~ .he angry response, "and it's confound dly awkward, because I'm a - coal lealer."-Philadelphia Ledger. Weak Kidneys ause more tronble than any other organ of t body. The fanction of the kidneys 1s to ,parate inortanic salt and water in the pro ss of circfstionl, and to remove them and ierattendantosonlsfrom the body through o bladder. Therefore when the kidneys come diseased and weak they r naturalli nable to perform their work pr rla ins Inthe back. Infammation of te blader ad urinary disorders are the result. It Is aprative that a prompt relief be afforded, hich Is impossible unless you remove the leWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills comptly eliminate poisons from the system ad at the same time make the kidneys well ad strong. For Weak Kidneys, Backache, in amnation of the bladder and all .rinary troubles De Witt's Kidney nd Bladder Pills are unsurpassed A Week's Treatment for 25c. Mopey back if they fail. W. E. BROWN & CO. Doors, Sash, Blinds, doulng and B3uilding M~aterijal, CH ARLESTON, S. C. Vindow and fancy 8!ass a Sbeoialty, itop That Cold ro heck early colds or Grippe with "Preventies" ieans sure defeat for Pneumonia. To stop a cold 'th Freventcss safer than to letit runfand be blged to cure it afterwards. To be sure. Pre. ntics will cure even a deeply seated cold. but 1ren early-at the sneeze stage-they break, or ed off these earlycolds. That's surely better. hat's why they aro called Preventics. reventcsare little Candy Cold Cures. N~o Quin e. no physic, nothing sickening. Ntice for the aildren-nd thoroughly safe too. If you feel ally~if you sneeze.if yon ache all over, think of reventics. Promptness may also save half your sual sickness. And don't forget your child. if sre is feverishness. night or day. Herein rrob bly lies Preventics' greatest efficiency. Sold In boxes for the pocket, also In 25c boxes of 48 reventics. Insist on your druggists giving you W. E. BROWN & CO. WXoodm en oft the Wold .\l ets on fousrth Monday: nigxhts at anZan Pile Remedy RELIEVES WHEN OTHERS FAIL arrovmr .ioh Work tos The Timiss .iuioe. I ATIVE SYUP CONFORMS TO NATIONAL PURE FOOD AND DRUGS LAW. wer many Cough. 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