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FON TICELLO LITHIA SPRING, W. G. TAYLOR, Prop., Richmond, Va., U. S. A. What Leading Physicians Say. Dr. Froehlinr. the well-known Consulting and Analytical Chemist: "Fonticello Lithia Water is absolutely free from all organic impuri ties and perfectly pure. and as an unquestionablo proof of my faith in the wrter. I use it altogether. -R1iicnmond Times. Geo. Ben. Johnston, M. D . Prof. Surgery Medical College of Vir ginia: -I have never used any nineral water so extensively as the Fenticello. and it has given uniformly good results. I prescribe it in kidney and bladder troubles very largely, and also in stomach and nervous disorders, with splendid effects." Carried in stock by DR. W. E. BROWN & Co., Agents. armerS! Our Stock of Farm Implements is now complete and we can serve you to your best interest. We now have the largest and most complete Stock of Farming Implements ever shown in this town. Having bought heavily before the advance on everything in our line, we are enabled to offer you the best goods at the least price. Call to See Us. 3.50 S INCE it is an established fact that the corset is one of the most im tant parts of a woman's wearing apparel, it is worth .your while to care -fully study the various makes of corsets now on the market. We invite the most critical examination of the KABO Cor set. for the reason that we are absolutely \ f certain every purchaser of a KABO Corset will prove a satisfied customer. This. explains why we are advertising its merits. Closely study cut of style 1909, appearing herewith. You will * observe it is a very late model, with high bust and draw strings boned low S at the sides to permit free arm move srv ment. Long beautiful back lines, and hose supporters on front and sides. Very beautifully trimmed with wide lace and bebe ribbon and two loop bow. Has 13 inch. 6 hook non-rustable clasp; made of hand some fifiured Broche. This is exceptionally road value. D. H IRSCH MA NN. BRING YOUR 4CJ OB. W OR K TO THE TINES OFFICE. To Investigate A Eackney Buggy is to Invest. If you question it come in andc I will !mock your doubts intO smitherens. We like the trade of pople thare v.that money ino no sqandtr wh iistht eerpnn utW do its in ut whnb o cim re our quaities and our prices wit thoc oerel y ou elsehere. I am Springs. with comfortable seats and plenty of icr room. Come and inspect our b:r repository. and stock. It will save you money. The Best Pills Ever Sold. G "After doctoring fifteen years for n2 chronic indigestion and spending over two hundred dollars, nothing has done bi me as much go3d as Dr. King's New b: Life Pills. I consider them the best kills ever sold," writes B. F. Ayscue of Ingleside, N. C. Sold under guarantee at Arant's drug store. 25c. FCUND ITS SOUL. is The Story of a Violin That Was d Wrecked In a Fire. After the Lucky Baldwin theater and a hotel fire in San Francisco years ago s there were nine feet of water in the a basement, where the instruments of y the orchestra were stored. When a lit- p tIe of it had been pumped out, August I Hinrichs. leader of the orchestra, hired b a man to swim in and get out his fa- v mous Amati violin. b It was wrecked-water soaked, warp- c ed, twisted and broken up into sixty- h eight pieces. The hot water had soak- b ed out all the old glue, and every piece u had fallen away from its neighbor, be- s sides a good many patches of wood put d in when repairs had been done. To all 0 appearance the thing was smashed be- e yond recall. h Nevertheless Herman Muller, a local n violin repairer, who knew and loved a the old fiddle, took it in hand. Twice he carefully joined the time darkened pieces of wood. Twice he decidedithat the Amati would not do. So once more he soaked the sixty- f eight bits of wood apart Then he carefully modeled out of clay an arch such as he remembered that of the old Amati to have had and for nine weeks a kept the bits of wood bound to it until they had gained the proper shape. Once more he put the bits of wood together. Then for five weeks more he patiently varnished and polished the more than 200 year old fiddle until it shone. Then Hinrichs once more drew his bow across the vibrating strings, h and the violin spoke. It sank, wept, bubbled with life and joy. The Amati had found its soul.-San t Francisco Examiner. a , , t Prescribes Dr. Blosser's Catarrh Remedy. t Dear Sirs-I first used your Catarrh Cure In the case of my son, who had chronic naso-phar yngeai catarrh, with great benefit to him. I tl often prescribe it for other of my patients, and r1 I think it is quite the finest remedy for catarrh that has ever been placed on the market. P Thanking you ror past favors. I am, Yours very truly. M. J. D. DA.'TZLER, M. D., Elloree, S. C. n Dear Sirs-Your medicine is -.inning fast in b this country. It has effected some remarkable y cures. I do not Know that it has failed in one instance where it has beed fairiy tried. p Very truly yours, s REV. T. H. ALLEX. Lexington, Ky. Dr. Blosser's Catarrh Remedy is for sale by !i H. R. Boger, Manning. S. C. A month's treat ment for $1.00. A free sample for the asking. A postal card will bring it by mail. i :k STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Clarendon. By James M. Windham, Esq., Probate a Judge. i< WHEREAS, A. I. Barron, Clerk of 1 Court, suit to me, to grant him Letters of Adinistration of the estate and effects of Joe Nelson. These are therefore to eite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Joe Nel son,, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Pro bate,to be held at Manning on the 7th t day of May next after publica- r tion thereof, at 11 o'clock in the fore- t noon, to show cause, if any they have,. tl why the said administration should not c be granted. Given under my hand, this 20th day of March, A. D. 1908. JAMES M. WINDHAM, C [SEAL.] Judge of Probate. '~ t STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ~ Clarendon County,. By James M. Windham, Esq., Judge o of Probate. WHEREAS, Joseph W. Rigby and t IAlphonso J. Rigby made suit to I me, to grant them Letters of Ad ministration of the Estate of and effects of Samuel A. Rigby. These are the-refore to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Samuel A. ~ Rigy, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of 1. Probate. to be held at Manning on the 18th day of June next, after publication ~thereof, at 11 o'clock in ths forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administra tion should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 2nd day of June. A. D. 1908.t JAMES M. WrINDHAM, a ISEAL.]Judge of Probate. Eat and Grow Fat FRESH MEATS A T t ALL TIMES. EVERYTHING GOODo TO EAT.e Give us a Trial. Clark & Huggins. J. S. BELL, MACHNEST. Repairer of AUTOMOBILES, and all kinds of Ma chinery. PLUMBSiNG, and Steam Fitting. Cut 1 and Thread Pipe from 1-8 to 6 e inches. MEAVY BLACKSMITh Work Done to Order. J. S. BE LL. KIL L THE COUC AND CURE THE LUNCS WiTH~rKn' New Discovery F"" OLDS nila Bottle Free AND AL.L THROAT AND LUNG TROUBLES. GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY OR MONEY REFUNDED. Arant's Drug Store, Pinesalve ACTgs IKAOULIC Carbolized rox soF SKINmDSEASE Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. ManZan Pile Remtedy RELIEVES WHEN OTHERS FAIL R ring- yonr Joh Work to The Times office. I Pineules for the kidneys. 3. days trial $1.u0. uaranteed. Pineules act directly on the Kid !vs and bring'relief in the first dose to baclc lhe. weak back, lame back, rheumatic pains. .dney and bladder trouble. They purity the ood and invigorate the entire system. Sold The Manning Pharmacy. SENSE IN EXERCI . 'he Weakness That Comes Wi: r Muscular Exertion. It is a curious fact tha t perfect heaith I not consistent with high muscular evelopment Professional athletes and 11 men who acquire phenomenal trength seem to lose in length of life nd activity what they gain for a few ears of record breaking powers. I was rivileged to see on several occasions ,ouis Cyr, the Canadian giant, who roke all weight lifting records. He eighed 320 pounds and was all solid one and muscle. I sr.w him hold his rife out at arm's length with one and. I saw him raise a 300 pound arrel from the floor to his shoulder, sing only one hand and arm. I aw him get down on all fours un er a platform bearing 4,000 pounds f big men selected from the the audi ace, and he raised the platform with Is mighty back. Yet this remarkable ian was muscle bound and crippled t thirty-seven, when he should have een at the height of his wonderful owers. Kennedy, the oarsman, who won a iamond belt for lifting wrh his hands rom the floor absolutely without ap aratus a thousand pound weight, was sed up and crippled before be was )rty. Dowd, professional strong man ad teacher of athletics, wore himself at and died at forty-seven.-"Common ense In ,Exercise," by Charles H. ochrane, in Metropolitan Magazine. NATURE CURES. ledicine Helps, of Course, but Faith Is a Powerful Factor. There's a truth at the basis of all is discussion of disease and its cure hich, despite the fact that it has been pparent for generations, is still too lit e understood by people in general. a fact, appearances would lead to the elief that it is not appreciated by all hysicians. It is the truth that not 2e medicine, but nature, cures the ill. 'he most that medicine can do is to lace the patient in a condition most uvorable for the, work of nature. [ere comes in the' nalue of this ele ient of faith. It is the best possible elp to nature-the firm belief that ou'll get well. It may well take the lace of many drugs. It may in in tances displace the need of the physi an. Even the surgeon can do - no ore. He simply cuts away debris, uts the body in the best trim he nows how, adjusts merely mechan al breaks or displacements and waits >r nature to do the rest. The physi Ian who pours in an inordinate amount r drugs thinks he is assisting nature. .s a matter of fact, he is sometimes npeding her. The best physicians, in Li except extreme cases, use few med :ines, and those as mild as possible. Few Haven Register. On Heaven. "If I could be out of physical pain," id a lifelong invalid, "I would ask o other heaven." "If I could be in a lace where I might .know that my usband never could be killed on the ain!" cried one of the gentle "wor ers" whose capacity for suffering is either understood. nor respected by die sanguine. "If I could take my idren to a world where every time hear a croupy cough my heart did ot stand still with terror," urged an ther. "that would be heaven for me." 'he mulatto girl who burst into joyful ars at first sight of a marble bust of erself "because It was white" had a limpse of her heaven before its time. "Heaven must be like any other form f happiness, only 'more so,'" said a ioughtful man. "And the conditions f happiness are three-a clean con eience, something to do and some one y love."-Elizabeth Stuart Phelps in [arper's Bazar. e They Go Together. "Henry," said the young wife, who ad taken up physical culture, "how o you think I am built?" "My dear," replied her husband fond , "you are built like a watch." "Thank you, Henry. And, Henry?" "Well." "If-if I am built like a watch, don't ou think I should have a few few Is?" And then Henry frowned and said de man who compliments a woman is n idiot. A Force Proportioned to Its Frame. The war of 1812 has proved that our ree government, like other free gov rnments, though slow in Its early iovements, acquires in its progress a rrce proportioned to Its frame and hat the Union of these states, the uardian of the freedom and the safety f all and of each, is strengthened by very occasion that puts it to the test. -James Madison. Not In Her Class. Mrs. Spenders-I wonder how you'd ke it If I ever got "new womanish" nd insisted upon wearing men's othes. Mr. Spenders-Oh, I haven't ny fear of you ever doing that. Men's lothes are never very expensivel lodon Opinion. Good at Keeping. "And you call yourself honest, do o?" "Sir, I keep the commandments." "That must be because you've got an lea that they belong to somebody lse."-Cleveland Leader. Resented. "And how did you come to marry "I didn't come to marry him," ap wered the womanly little woman in gnantly; "he came to marry me." First the thIck clord and then the I n bow's arc.-Bonar. DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills re prompt and thorough and will in a ery short time strenathen the weak ned kidneys and allay troubles arising 'om inflammation of the bladdes. Thbey re recommended every where. Sold y W. E. Brown & Co. Hot Water. Hyker-Troubled with indigestion, h? You should drink a cup of hot wa er every morning. Pyker-I do, but bey call it coffee at my boarding ouse.-London Express. The collection of coins and medals in be British museum consists of over 0,000 specimens. Big cuts or little cuts, small scratches r bruises or big ones are healed uickly by DeWitt's Witch Hazel alve. It is especially good for piles. e sure to get DeWitt's. Sold by W. Consumptives Made Comfortable. Foley's Honey and Tar has cured many cases of incipient consumption and even in the advanced stages at'ords comfort and relief. Refuse any but the genuine Foley's EHoney and Tar. W. E. Brown & Co. MHE JUDGE AND THE VIRAGO An Ancient Joke of Which There Are Many Modern Versions. The following tale was translated from a very old Chinese book for Col lier's Weekly: A certain magistrate upon opening his court observed one of his lictors whose face was covered -' wounds and asked him what wa (he matter. Replied the lictor, "Yesterday evening I was reclining and enjoying the fresh air under my grape arbor. which was suddenly upset by a gust of wind and fell on me and caused these injuries." But the judge was skeptical and said: "That is too thin. It is easy to see that the marks on your face are from scratches from nails. it must be that you have had a row with your wife and got a clawing from her. Is this not so?" The lictor crimsoned all over and re plied. "Your honor has truly guessed it" Then said the judge: "Why is your wife so fierce as this? Wait till I sum mon her and give her a beating and you your revenge." While he was yet speaking the judge's own wife suddenly came out from the house and fiercely said, "Who is this you are going to beat?" The magistrate hastily announced to the lictors and t'ing ch'ai ti's: "This court stands adjourned. Disperse in stantly. It seems as though the court's grape arbor is also about to collapse!" THE QUEST OF BEAUTY. "Making Up" Is a Very Ancient Femi nine Art. "Making up," as applied to the ap pearance, is by no means as modern an art as many people imagine. In. the days of Roman supremacy the women tinted their eyebrows with black in emulation of "ox eyed Venus." They painted their faces, sprinkled themselves with perfume and even wore false hair or tinted their own locks in accordance with the prevail ing fashion. The Greek ladies of the same period employed maids who rubbed out their mistress' wrinkles, "decorated" her face with red and white paint and darkened her eyebrows. It was then also the fashion to coat the face with white of egg and goose grease to pro tect it from the sun and wind. It Is even said that they had a recipe for turning blue eyes to black. These fashions all had their origin in Italy, where in later years the no torious Lucrezia Borgia is said to have dyed her hair different ~colors, accord ing to her fancy of the moment In England in the eighteenth cen tury many women, among them Lady Coventry, died from the effects of rouge. So in all ages "beauty at all csts" was the motto of "smart" la dies.-Pearson's Weekly. Tennyson's Terror. There are many stories of Tennyson in the Duke of Argyil's book, "Pas sages From' the Past," and one of the most characteristic relates to the time when the marriage of his grace, then the Marquis of! Lorne, and Princess Louise was in the air. One day Tenny son had a number of guests at: lunch eon, among whom was the Marquis of Lorne. In the course of talk the mar quis told Tennyson, then poet laureate, that the queen liked his new volume. - "I am glad to hear It," Tennyson said In his sonorous, slow, musical bass voice. "I have given a good ac count of her in that volume, but the newspapers don't like may rhymes-say they are bad. I live in terror," he con tinued, "of any of the queen's family marrying and of hearing from her that she hopes I will write something. I have no news of that kind yet, but I live in terror of it." This with a solemnly sly wini. Hitting the Pipe. When Jo'nes got home the other-night he found-the family in a panic and the house being flooded from a burst water pipe. The first' thing he did was to scold his wife for not having sense enough to go down to the cellar and hammer up the supply pipe to prevent the water from escaping. Then he went downstairs and was soon heard hammering vigorously. After some minutes' strenuous work. giving one last mighty blow, he asked, "How is it now?" "rhere is no difference in the flow of the water," his wife calmly replied, "but as the light has gone out I very much fear you have hammered up the gas pipe."-Exchange. The Garden of Eden. The passage in Genesis In which the location of the garden of Eden seems to be-indicated has long been aL bone of contention among theologians ands B! 'ble students generally. The discussion of the subject 'has been as ingenious as it has been fruitless. The garden has been located all over Asia. The Bibli cal account would seem to place Eden in the old Mesopotamia, the region of the "great rivers," the Euphrates and Tigrs.-New York American. Not Really Necessar. Weeping Relative-Oh, my dear, the doctor says he doesn't expect you to live much longer! Stubborn Invalid Yes, but won't you please pause and think of how long I have lived already without any expectations on his part? -Chicago News. Poor Food. Fond Mother-To be quite frank. doc tor, the poor girl has been eating her heart out. Brusque Old Physician-Hal When will young people learn to eat prudently? (He leaves four kinds of medicn.)-Puick. Let every one look to himself and nne will be lost-Dutch Proverb. Bees Laxative Cough Syrup for young and old is prompt r.elief for coughs. croup, hoarse ness whooping cough. Gently laxative. Guar anteed. Sold by The Manning Pha.rmacy. The Equinox Storm Fable. The United States wieather bureau has denied that the coming of the equi nor brings with It a storm. The be lief, It says, that the old fashioned peo ple put in this theory is all misplaced. Any big storm that happens to occur within a week or two of thu time that the sun Is crossing the line, say the weather men. is dignified by the name of "equinoctial storm," when, as a matter of fact, there Is generally some atmospheric disturbance every week or two, arnd those that occur about the! time of the equinox are jiust taking their turn and are not the result of the cossing of the sun. You Should Know This. Foley's Kidney Remedy will cure any case of kidney or bladder trouble that is not beyond the reach of medicine. No medicine can do more. W. E Brown & Co. EXPERIMENTAL MATRIMONY. - - t Trial Marriage Is the Rule Among Many Peoples. Among many people of the world trial marriages are the accepted cus- 8 tom. Among the Greeks "marriage is considered only as a temporary con venience, not binding on the parties more than one year." the consequence 2 being that "a large proportion of the old and middle aged men by frequent t changing have had many wives, and f their children, scattered around the t country, are unknown to them." Evi dences of similar practices of experi- a mental matrimony and connubial vari ety are found among many of the American Indian tribes on both conti nents. In parts of Greenland six months is t the trial dead line. husband and wife separating if the "two-hearts-two minds" theory develops discord instead of harmony. Marriage among the Botocudos, ac cording to Keane, is of a purely tempo rary nature. "dissolved on the slightest pretext or without any pretext at all merely through love of change or ca price." "In Tasmania," says Dr. Milligan, "trial marriages result in a succession of wives." In Samoa the wife's tenure of office is frequently limited to a few days or weeks, and marriage is sometimes only an excuse for the feasts and festivals so dear to the hearts of the pleasure loving natives. In the Indian archipelago it is a com- I mon practice for formal marriages to be limited, sometimes for only a month and at others for a period of several 1 years.-Schoolcraft IT WAS GENUINE. The William Shakespeare Signature That Admiral Luce Had. Admiral Luce was in command of the north Atlantic squadron In 1885, and his flagship for a time was an chored in New York bay, where it was visited by many people. One day a party came aboard which included, among others, a very pretty girl and a very dignified-and learned Englishman. As Admiral Luce was entertaining them in his cabin he asked the pretty girl if she would like to see an original autograph of William Shakespeare. At this the dignified, and learned Englishman pricked up his ears and remarked that he had made a study of the autographs of Shakespeare and was positive there was no authentic example in America. Admiral Luce re plied that he was very positive his was authentic and that its genuineness had never been questioned. This made the Britisher quite mad, and he delivered a lecture on the fraudulent autographs and manuscripts that were brought 'over to America and exhibited as orig inals. "Well," replied the admiral, "I am convinced that my autograph of Wil am Shakespeare is genuine, and I am going to have the pleasure of show-1 ing It to this young lady," whereupon1 he went to his desk, took out his vis itor's book, turned back a few piges and then pointed out the signature, "William Shakespeare, mayor of New Orleans, Jan. 12, 1885." The English man gave a painful gasp and retired. A Welsh College Yell. - The sooner the college yell Is Intro duced into England the better it will be for the youth of the laud. Ini Wales they have It, and see' how Wales always beats a-Il opponents at football! This Is the cheery shout of4 the Aberystwyth students when their men are engaged in any athletic con test: "Hip, hip, hurrah! Hip, hip, hur rah! Hip' hip, hip, hurrah! Boom! Warra! Ishmabi! Ishmabi! Keesle, keezle, wagga, wagga! Keezle, kee zle, wagga, wagga! Ishmabi! Keezle wagga! Boom! Wa! Ra! Tschz!" Now, that Is something like a yell. One can see at a glance that It contains, atI any rate, some of the elements which go to make up a yell. - It would inspire a caterpillar. A pew opener who had2 that shouted in his ear would sprint out and die for his country.-London Globe. The Birth of Christ. The exact date of the birth of ChristI is unknown. Among the early churches there was no agreement as to the date of the Nativity, some celebrating it in April or May. others in January. Dec. 25 can hardly be exact, for it falls In the rainy season of Judea, when shep herds would not hav~e been watching their flocks by night in the open. The December date came into general ob- I servance n'aturally, but gradually. When the heathen races of the north ' were Christianized they simply substi. t tuted for their Yule celebration in De- E cember the observance of the birth of 1 Christ _ _ _ _ _ _ Looking Backward. A Mississippi official tells of a col- e ored citizen of that state who gave a r justice of the peace a big fat possumt as a wedding fee. t A year after the justice on meeting I the darky asked: "Joe, how do you like married life?" s "Well, sah," answered Joe ruefully,, I "all I kin say is I wish I'd eat dat pos- 1 sum." The Best Authority. Hettie-Harry is a man always to be trusted. He has never deceived me. t Clara-But how do you know that? e Hette-Know It? Why, he told me so t himself only last evening. - Boston t Transcript. Vindication. .t The Lady (to hastily retreating bur- a glar)-Pardon me, but won't you please a wat till my husband sees you? I told r him there was some one In the house, l1 and lhe said "Rtubbish!"-Harper's Ba- I zar. I Operation for Piles will not be necessary if ( you r-se ManZan Pile Remedy. Guaranteed. Price 5c. Sold by The Manning: Pnarmacy. Curbing the Suffragette. "It's all right, Mary," he said pa- 5 tiently. "Go in for politics and stand s for the London county council If you r want to. 'But remember one thing-the a cartoonists will be after you as soon ast you're a candidate." S "I don't care." "And they'll put your picture In the C paper with your hair out of curl and t your hat on crooked." "Do you think they wvould do that?" apprehensively. "Of course. And they'll make your t Paris gowns look like calico and say 1 that your sealskin cloak is imitation." t "William," she said, "I think I'll just a stay here and make the home happy." r -London Tatler.S MEXICO CITY POLICE. Street Lanterns That Keep Them Vigi lant at Night. S "When I visited Mexico," said an rtist, "I found innumerable things of aterest, but that which gained my otice particularly was the police sys em. In the City of Mexico the police ,t night are stationed at short inter -als apart in the street- Each police ran has a lantern, which is placed on stand in the center of the street. It s his duty to remain in easy striking istance of this lantern at all times, o that he will be on hand in case of n emergency. "Any person who is able to reach he lamp and lift It from its hook be ore the policeman interferes is entitled o a reward of $500. Any policeman rho loses his lantern is subject to in tant and dishonorable dismissal. This to insure constant vigilance on their art and to require their presence at certain point at all times. At first I egarded the thing as a joke, and I ied to get possession of the police intern. But then I found that I was reatly mistaken. Not once, although exercised extreme caution, was I tick enough for the policeman on ratcb "The City of Mexico is one of the est policed communities in the world. >olicemen are always on hand when ne requires them, and It is virtually possible 'r desperadoes to operate a the open."-New York Telegram. A SUICIDE'S HAND. rhe Queer Superstition That Used to Prevail In England. In former times It was a common no ion that if a sick person could only ouch the hand of .a suicide he or she rould be cured. This superstition was specially common in the west of Eng and. In Cornwall touching a suicide's Land was said to have once cured a oung man who had been afflicted with nany tumors from his birth. A sim lar superstition regarding the touch if executed criminals has been widely revalent and has often been recol'ded. Robert Hunt in his "Romances of the 1 Vestof England' says that he once aw a young woman led on to the caffold at Newgate in order to have a yen -touched by the hand of a man 1 vho had just been executed. At Northampton of old the' hangman s said to have had a regular fee for ccording a similar "privilege" to suf erers from like disorders. Even the offin of a suicide may have curative !aiue. There is a. Devonshire belief to he effect that If any one suffering rom disease can manage to throw a vhite handkerchief on such a coffin t the time of Its interment the disease vill vanish as the handkerchief decays. uch superstitious value has also been Lttached to the knots -of fhe rope used. either by a suicide or in the execution if a criminal Work of-the Farmer. The countl ss millions of our popula ion are fediand clothed by the Amen ~an farmer:' The grain waving -in ;olden beauty upon the great plains of he west, the cotton drifting like sum ner snow upon the fields of the south, reight the fleets of nations and loose heir sails thread the continents wIth rack of steel, fill the earth' with the oar of trains and heap for trade and ommerce and useful art those' stores hat make a nation great. Where are he sinews of our stregt if they are tot found in our great, diversified agri ultural products? What victorious Los~ts ever waved as joyous banners as hose that float above the tasseled naze from the snows of Maine to- the picy groves of California? What spirit if beauty hovers above southern fields hen fleecy bolls uncoyxer to crown 'King Cotton!"---Hon. Ezekiel S. Can ler, Jr.,. of Mississippi -In House of lepresentatives. A Molo Catcher. p A farm manager at Fodderty, Ding 'all, Scotland, watching a mole -catch-1 r at work, saw sea gulls hovering< ver and occasionally alighting upon ai urnip field in which the observer and thers were at work. A particularly arge and handsome bird. attracted his tt'ention by the graceful way It floated < lowly over the drills,' intently scan-< ding the surfa4 of the ground. Sud-1 enly, steadying itself a moment, It ropped, dug its bill into the heaving ~round- and rose with a mole for its rey. Resting a few minutes, it grace ully began again a further search for irey. In a few minutes a second mole1 ras unearthed. JOHN AND HIS IDOLS. 'he Chinaman is Utterly Devoid of Reverence in His Religion. 1 How the Chinaman regards his Idol told by the Rev. John MacGowan: The Chinese is a person utterly de od of reverence, sentiment or devo lon in. his religion. With him it Isfa atter either of fear or of business, ut mainly the latter. A house Is lagued with sickness, which Is -put own not to bad sanitation or -other atural causes, but to the presence of vil spirits. This leads to a visit to the earest temple to get the Idol to drive hem away. A new business Is going a be commenced, but before doing so is deemed essential to get the sup ort of the Idols. If 'one Idol says It t'ill notsucceed another is appealed to I or its opinion, and if It is favorable It ;at once Tccepted as the correct one. "Should the venture turn out a fail- 1 re no reproach of any kind Is uttered gainst the god whose prediction has en falsified. The man takes the lame upon himself. His character has, ot been pure, he says, or he was born nder an evil star, or he was naturallyj niuky and so was bound to fall In nything that he undertook. "Men never dream of thinking about1 beir Idols as we do about God.' No ifection Is shown for them. It is most :using to watch the faces of the Chi ese when you ask them If the Idols ve them. The eyes gleam, the face roadens into a wide grin, and soon earty laughter is heard at this most acetious and side splitting joke." ~hicago News.4 A Remarkable Church. At Stivichall, near Coventry. Eng md. there is a uni~ue place of wor hip. In 1810 John Green. a stonema on of a strongly religious turn of ld, laid the first stone of the edifice. ud seven years later he completed the ulding. In all that time he had as istance from no one, doing all the 'ork with his own hands until the < burch was ready for its interior dit Engs. Wooden and even brick build 2s erected by one or two men are ot uncommon. but this is the only tructure In England and probably int Lie world of which every stone wast id by one man. The building accom- ,1 odates quite a large congregation, d the church derives a considerable avenue from the contributions of t ghtseers who are drawn to the place OBEYED ORDERS. the Lady Knew Just What to Do When a Fire Started. Mrs. Wilcox had boundless faith in he wisdom and general effectiveness >f her husband's advice, and conse iuently he had primed her with In tructions for any emergency that night arise when he was absent among other things, he had repeatedly warned her in case of fire to spread a -ug on the blaze and then telephone for he engines. So deeply was this advice impressed )m her subconsciousness that her ac dons the day of the fire in her home were purely automatic. She had bought a new hat, and. the room being rather poorly lighted.. she ased the gas jet over her bureau as an ild to studying ~the new millinery achievement. Suddenly as she was lift ing the lace creation off her head It slipped and fell directly upon the blaz [ng gas jet The expected happened. The hat was oon burning fiercely, still on the top of dhe gas pipe. Mrs. Wilcox, mindful of Jack's ad vice, grabbed a valuable Persian rug yn the floor and, spreading it carefully >ver the lighted gas jet and flaming hat, rushed out to the telephone. At the doorway she collided with her naid, Estelle, who, hearing the rapid novements in the room, was coming to (earn the cause. Running over to-the bureau, the girl turned out the gas and, throwing the -ug on the floor, stamped out the lames, which had burned a hole through the valuable tapestry.' "Why, Mrs. Wilcox," she cried, "why idn't you turn out the gas?' '"Turn out the gas?' answered her nistress. - "Well, aren't you bright! -I :ever thought of that Tack has al ways told me to put-a rug on a fire. Ecoth's Companion. A STORY OF NELSON.. The Presence of Mind of the Greats tnglish Admiral. Captain Mahan relates the following mecdote concerning Lord Nelson's- let er proposing a truce to the, crown )rince of Denmark, dispatched in the nidst of hostilities: The decks being cleared of all parti Ions fore and aft and all ordinary con reniences removed, Nelson wrote In all view of all on the deck where he was, at the casing of the rudder head!.. standing, and as he wrote an officer' tanding by took a cop'. The original, n his own hand, was put -into an en relope and sealed, with his arms. The >fficer was about'to use a wafer", but nelson said: "No; send for sealing wax and can ale." Vf Some delay followed owing to the nan's having had his head-take off >y a ball. "Send anotherm ;; ng ' 'or the wax," said the admiral whe nformed of this, and when the wafers were again suggested he simply: reter ted the order. A large quantity of wax was us end extreme care taken that the Im ression of the. seal should be perfect. )olonel Stewart asked: "Why under so hot a fire- and after o lamentable an accident. have you at ;ached so much importaiice to a cir ~umstance apparently -trifling?' "Had I made use of a wafer" .re lied Nelson, "the wafer would have ,een still wet when the letter was presented to the 'crown~ prince. E / would have- inferred that the letter 7 was sent off in a hurry and thatni 3ad some preing reasons for being in i hurry. The wax told nzotales.w Newr Yoric Church'Choirs "Singing in a New York choir has 5everal advantages, one of which lsathe ong contract," said: a soprano. "I sang n churches in four different cities be ore coming here, and everywhere% I was hired from mouth to month. That s the custom in most churches in oth r towns. The trustees are afi'id to ign a year's contracti on account of 'le hot water they will get into If the ~hoir proves unsatisfactory. -Congea :ions in other cities are very fliticky id stubborn in the matter 'of music. hey don't takethings aseasy as the ' >eople do here. The average New York rongregation is the most obliging body n earth. Unless a cheir Is hope r'' ad nobody interferes, so the/tustees ~eel. safe in hiring the singers by the - rear."-New York Sun. - - -- Scientific Sammy. ---- ' "Sammy," said Mrs. Tucker, who as showing him through the geolog cal department of the museum, "these tre called aerolites.. They are suppos d to be fragm'ents of some planet that/ hass been broken up. They come with n the attraction of our planet and fanl o the earth." "01h, I know what they' are!" said sammy. "They're the -ballast the- man n the moon has to throw out to keep lmsef up in the sky." Works Both Ways. "Thef' bore one, these society calls, on't you know," declared the young ady. "They bore one." "Sometimes they bore two," respond-~ d the young man, taking the hint ~and kewise his departure.-Louisville Cou lerJournal. That's the Answer. "Why is your husband so Irritable at tome?" inquired the amazd visitor. "Because he knows it's safe to be," .nswered the long suffering wife.-St. ous Republic. He Didn't Like Pledges. Judge Martin Grover of Troy. N. Y., as at one time approached by a young ~itizen who wished to be nominated to he state assembly. ' The shrewd old udge had certain doubts about him, which hie expressed somewhat freely, tud yet he was willing to aft'ord him a ria He therefore addressed the as >rant in this way: "Young man, If you will give me or word that you won't steal when rou get to Albany I'll see what kli be lone about sendin' you there." "Judge Grover," replied the young an, drawing himself up with great lignity, "I go to Albany unpledged or I on't go at all." - Small Tacks.. How is this for a stunt?' The center f the tack industry used.to be Bromns ~rove, a town In Worcestershire, Eng and, where all work was done by mand. It was a common feat for ex crts to forge 1,000 to 3,200 tacks so mall as to fill the barrel of an ordi ary goose quill, their weight being nly about twenty grains.-New York >ress. A Glittering Bargain. "Yes," said the prospective investor o the Billville real estate man, "your erms at $2 an acre are very reasona >e. Is there any gold in the land?' - The agent looked around as If to az ure himself that no one was listening; hen he leaned over.and; Whispered: Itsmsygo-tanontitu