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OUR ERRATIC SENES Some of the Curious Facts Re corded by Physiologists. THE PHENOMENA OF SOUND. Squeals of Mice and the L west Notes of an Organ Are Inaudible to Some Persons-Peculiarities of the Deli cate Sense of Smell. If you shade the eyes, you weaken your sense of hearing. Try it with a watch and the result will surprise you. If you sip a glass of cold water, You will increase for a short time your power of vision. If you fill the mouth with water, you will greatly strength en your sense of smell. Many similar curious facts about the senses are told by physiologists. There is a multitude of sounds made in the world every day, for instance, which we cannot hear, however close they may be. Every sound must last a certain time in order to be heard by the ear. If it is an extremely feeble sound it must last quite two seconds or we cannot hear it But, no matter how long it lasts, we cannot hear it if it is a very low or a very high note. Extremely small animals emit such high notes that we never hear them. Some people cannot even hear the squeal of mice. The lowest notes of an organ are mere rumbling noises to most people, and some cannot hear them at all. It is by means of the external ear we judge the direction from which sound comes. Stand facing a clock, place your hands in front of your ears, with the palms turned back, close your eyes; you will then think the clock is behind you. Why can some animals taell more keenly than others? It is a question of the space within the nose capable of smelling. In man this space is very small-less than one-fourth of a square inch. In dogs and most mammals it is very much larger. The porpoise has no sense of smell. Then comes man, and also the raonkeys, whales and all kinds of fowl. and birds, with very feeble smelling power. When peo ple talk of vultures scenting dead bodies they make a mistake. Lions, tigers, wolves, etc., can scent them at long distances, but vultures depend on their sense of sight The sense of smell is exceedingly del icate. If one ounce of musk were di vided into 15,000,000,000 parts one of these infinitesimal parts would be per ceptible by the average person's nose. On the other hand, many people have no power to smell some substances, such as mignonette, vanilla, violets and prussic acid. Taste is curious in the fact that dif ferent parts of the tongue appreciate different flavors. At the tip we per ceive sweet tastes best, at the sides acid tastes and at the back bitter tastes. Substances must be dissolved in order to be tasted, and a dry morsel in a dry mouth has no flavor.- This is why smokers cannot taste well. Their mouth ganids, which manufacture sa liva, are paralyzed by the tobacco. Very hot or very cold things are scarce ly tasted at all. If you want to get the best flavor from your food it must be at some temperature between 50 and 95 degrees. Every one knows how easily the sense of sight is deceived by optical -puzzles. But a curious deception is practiced on us all throughout our lives, and no one ever perceives it There is a blind spot in the eye where the optic nerve enters. In everything we look at therefore, there .IS a little gap where we see nothing. But no one is aware of it because it has been the case. since we first opened our eyes. * In estimating distance we judge by the experience' we gain in walking. The eye itself cannot judge distances. A near hill and a distant mountain will each form an Image of the same * size on the eye. We know the moun tain is farther away than the hill be cause there are more Intervening ob jects. But we can often make an esti mate of distance, In a curious way, by the muscles of the eyeball. In order to focus a near object we must bulge the lens, and to focus a distant object we must flatten the lens. The amount of muscular labor used in doing this gives us an Idea of the distance of the object A man seems much th',1er in dark than in light clothing. All 1Aack things, In fact, appear smaller than white things of the same size. An Image re mains on the eye for some time after looking at an object If the thing is very bright the Image remains~ a long time, and sometimes if you look direct ly at the sun you will carry the Image of It around with you for days. Color blind people have a defective * musical sense. They confuse different notes, and, curiously, the confusion of green blind people differs from the confusion of red blind people. Colors strengthen the sense of taste. Rted ap ples and tomatoes and strawberries and green pickles taste better than the * selfsame vegetables and fruit when they are paler.wehv For feeling ehaea variety of nerves. Some spots on the skin feel pain, some warmth, some cold and some simple touch. The tip of the finger has a much better sense of touch than the forearm or the cheek. * But the cheek and the forearm are far better judges of heat In the white of the eye we can feel neither touch, . heat nor cold-only pain alonebut the red lining of the eyelids can feel scarcely anything but cold. The mouth, as every one knows, can gnjoy tea or coffee at a temperature that -would give great pain, to the hands~ or feet Lotteries. The first scheme for the distribution of prizes by chance in modeis1 times is generally attributed to one Bene detto Gentile of Genoa, who establish ed his lottery in 1620. The proper lot tery, in which each person takes part by means of tickets costing each a fixsed sum of money, hiad its origin In more ancient times, being known even in the middle ages. Such a lottery was established at Florence as early as 1530.-New York American. Ladylike. "You say you acted like a perfect lady throughout?" "Sure, yer honor. When he tips his hat to me an' me not knowin' him, I ups with a rock an' caves in his face."-Houston Post H abit. Action repeated becomes habit Habit long continued becomes second nature. We are today what we were accustomed to do yesterday and the day before.--Lyman Abbott Evil comes by, talking of it,-frish Proveh THURSI On Thursday, October the 29th that the people want and must gel an extent that there has been but I I 5 cents the pound people must hav and shall have our share of this tra+ goods now on sale that we have el Come to our store during this 10-D 2,000 yards unbleached Sea Island Homespur 38 inches wide, 8 1-3c. value, only 5c. yd 1,000 yards of unbleached Canton Drill Flat nel, 24 inches wide. 12 1-2c. value, wi] go at 9c. the yard. 1,000 yards (1 case) Cream of the Crop Bleach 36 inches wide, 12 1-2c. value, will go 1: this sale at 8 1 3c. yard; 12 yards to th dollar, as long as they last. 1 case (50 pairs) Cotton Blankets, sells for 65c and 75c. the pair everywhere, our pric in this sale 49c. the pair. 25 pair heavy Cotton Blankets, $1.25 value will go in this sale, Special, at 98c. 25 pair very heavy Cotton Blankets. $1.7 value, will go at $1.29. 25 pair All-wool Blankets, 11-4. blue. pin] and red borders. value $5.00, will go ii this sale at $3.98. 25 pair All-wool Blankets, 10-4, $4.00 value at $3.49 the pair. Heavier grades o all-wool Blankets if you wish them. BARGAINS IN DRESS GOODS. A big lot of Dress Goods carried over fron last year at slaughtering values. 20c. wool Dress Flannels at 10c. yard. 25c. Dress Goods, ,ssortment of colors any styles, 15c. yard. 50c. Dress Goods for 25c. yard. $1.25 Bac] Skirting at 50c. yard. This lot of Dress Good will interest you if you ask to see them. A large stock of Dress Goods, in all th, newest Fabrics and latest styles, all at specia prices. BLACK SILKS. A splendid Line of Black Taffeta Silks, oni yard wide, S1.25 value, will only cost you 93c the yard in this sale. Black Taffeta~ Silks, one-yard wide, $1.7. and $1.50 values, only $1.29 in this sale. A SPECIAL BIG OFFER. 1 Case of Fleece Back Twill Suitings. a: good cloth as you will find in any market in th< county for 10c. the yard. We do not care wher< you go. Our price to you as long as it lasts, Sc Call early or you won't find this.Not more thai one dress to a customer. SVALUES IN LADIES' SKIRTS. A lot of some 50 Skirts that sold at $1.50 Now, if you wish to put any i show you. We have a large and spi starting on Thursday, October 29th S Oak Beds, $3.00 value, for only $2 $25, will go for $19. in this sale.Nic kinds of Furniture will be sold chea Big Bargains in Mattings---20 %I yard. Window Shades, Curtains, P and English Lenoliums will be sold Stensive to be found in the county. THURSDAY, Timo to Wake.TeKido3o Judge Wheaton A. Gray was once ThtMral.Fedo4 harangue by the prosecuting counselrstvitoy r on a warm day at teend of a long lcs sson ytef harangue by the prosecuting counlseild fhmb red he noticed one off the jurymen asleep. We o on i As soon as the argument was complet ed the judge addressed the jury in watahis? Nooy peculiar manner: "Gentlemen of the rpidtemrhn." jury, the prosecuting attorney has coma- by? h o uss leted his argument. Wake up and lis-aahd Nbd ed ten to the instructions of the cou therpl."- e ol One as noug. piedThe Kicnt, "andy "how many igaos doeswtettkeitohurt fou. "How mny havayeusoeedp"No stone< "One."blockis. shon byohn fc takng ownthestap rombehdtold ofri m~ by frend door, he oonWconvncedoyheooynghat boy?" h d e byprsse we will open up a Special 10-Days Sale fo1 from somewhere. The low price of cotto ittle goods bought yet for fall and winter 1 e clothes and shoes to wear and we must h le if honest effort counts for anything. We ter shoewn, and we want to' show you tha ays of Special Sales, October 29th, and we $2.00 and $2.50 the Skirt, will be put out in a pile, and you can pick your choice out of the lot for 98c. 1 Another lot of Ladies' Skirts to close out at $1.98. A big lot of Ladies' Fine Skirts that sells 1 from $5.00 to $12.50, will all go on sale at special values. AN EYE-OPENING VALUE in Ladies' Jackets. and we are going to tell you the truth about them. One lot of Ladies' Jackets that cost from $4.00 to $6.00, will be closed out at $2. .ach. We also have in stock the most up-to-date i and stylish line of Ladies' and Misses' Cloaks to be found in this town; all will go on sale at special prices. It will do your pockets good to see our superb line and our very low prices on this line of Ladies' and Misses' late style Cloaks. Six thousand dollars worth of Men's and Boys' Clothing that must be sold. By far the i cheapest and best Line of Clothing to be found in Clarendon county. It will do your very pocketbooks good to see this surperb line of 1 Clothing. One lot of 50 Men's All-wool Suits,that sold I at $10. and $12.50 the Suit, will be marked down and put in a pile to close out at $7.50 the Suit. Mind you, listen good, all-wool for only seven dollars and fifty cents, did I say? One lot of 50 Men's Black Suits, in the latest style and cuts; Black Thibbet and Black Granite, $12.50 values, will go at $9.98 the Ssuit. A black suit is never out of style, and always looks nice and neat. One lot of Young Men's Suits in the latest Sinvisible stripes, brown mixtures and blue Iserges, undoubtedly the-swellest line of Young jMen's Sumts ever shown in Manning. Oar price on these Suits. $16.50 to $20., will go in this Isale at special prices. Young man, you will do Iyourself and your pocketbook great injustice if yo u eoeyu ehsslni line of 200 Boys' 2 piece Knee Suits will go on sale at special prices. Nowhere else will you find such an aggregation of styles and such low Boys' $1.50 and $1.75 Suits will go at $1.20. Boys' $2.25 Suits will go at $1.89. Other jlines of Boys' Suits at $2.50, $3.00, and $3.50, [ce Furniture in your home you can't do be endid line of Furniture and we are going t< at Special Values. If interested call and s 48. Nice Oak Bedroom Suits, 18x20 inch e popular Suits, imitation Walnut, $15 va > for the cash. Rolls Chinese Matting, 25c. value, will be >es, Carpets, Rugs and Art Squares, all at close figures. Our Lines of Mattings, Be sure to see us. OCTOBER 29th, FOR e W~is.A Slight Difference. H is h aicg knew IThe globe trotter was telling about A Georgis n eetadthe wonders of India. hi ~frotg dfstublng "The scenery in some portions of the "Candidal liowing story country," he said, with enthusiasm, 'is to Talk to' incomparable. Far, far away, the One morr ld went to a mbountains pile up toward the sky, an~d from the gi c "Do you stretching off to them are beautiful "Theres vants a boy," valleys, while close at hand you can here, and o you need a get in sight of a man eating tiger"- how!" ot at all "I beg your pardon," interrupted an The man a boy," was eager listener, "but did you say inside said: not give up. of a man eating tiger or in sight of "Let him iave to have one?"-New York Press. I know hii we do." re. since the v (rather think .runs in his boy just like Her Preference- .-Atlanta C "I want to make a gift to Miss Ps _.. ray." said Dumley. "I wonder what sort of animal she'd prefer for a pet?" "A man," promptly suggested Miss "Do you iay have had Knox.-Philadelphia Press. "un The only real thing is to study how' man. o wonder to rid lif of lamentation and com store e h the moviing of many Lines of Goods n has depressed the people to such ise. It matters not if cotton goes to ave our share of the trade. We must have the largest and best stock of t we will seli cheap for the cash. will prove to you what we can do. $4.00, $5.00 and $6.00, will all go on sale at Special Low Prices. Now, we do not wish to close this speel on Clothing until we tell you about our line of Overcoats. Now, if you need an Overcoat, get your money and come right to our store (W. E. J. Co.). We have got the goods and we have them at the right price. What would you think of a real nice Overcoat for $2.50. Will you just come and see them before you pass judgment. Nice Cravnet Rain Coats that come down to your shoe-tops that sold for $15. and $20, will go at $10. Well, you say this sounds windy, but you just come and see before you pass judg ment. We have the, goods and we are not ashamed to tell you about them. We want your trad'e and we are going to have it if solid talk and dependable merchandise counts for anything LARGEST STOCK OF SHOES in the town, all going at a Special Price. Now, it would not be good judgment on our part to pass on without telling you about the splendid line of Gents', Ladies' and Misses' and Chil rens' Shoes we now have in stock, and will sell them all at Special Prices. While we can 1ot describe Shoes to you as minutely as we can some other lines, yet suffice it to say we ave one of the largest lines of Shoes in the town, and we want to tell you further, a cheap, shoddy shoe has no place on our shelves. If you need Shoes for yourself, Shoes for your children and little ones, come to our store and get them at Special Prices, and get good, solid dependable Shoes that will do you good. You [ave been buying your Shoes from us for years mnd you know we carry only first-class stuff. ome to our store (W. E. J. Co.) for your Shoes m.d get them all at Special Prices. MILLINERY DEPARTMENT1. In this Department you will find the largest tock of Hats and Millinery Goods in town. In this Department you will find the most sompletedline of Baby Caps in towr.. It this Diepartment you will find the largest tock of Ribbons. In this Department you will nd all the latest styles. In this Department ou will find courteous ladies ready and anxious o serve you. In this Department you 'will find the lowest ossible prices pervading. Come to our store to et your fall and winter Hat. tter than to see what we have to )sell it all for the next 10 Days, e us. it will do you no harm. Nice French bevel plate mirrors, value ue, for only $11.98 in this sale. All closed out during this sale at l8c. t Special Prices. Floor Oil Cloths Floor 'Coverings are the most ex TEN DAYS. -Iarmess Candidate.BaigWmn farmer posted this sign on thtatoiadg te:gvenInihinoteiesfape s Will Pass On. No Time pe"sy h elnRdcl wm Em."must occupy a strange position In Run ig his little boy shouted sia. One of these old saws runs, 'Los rden walk: your wife as much as your mule,' an one o' them canderdates another tells the good man, 'Shake yot e says he'll come in any- wife as you would a fruit free.' The woman is not considered frail is show ookd toward the gate and by the adage, 'You may safely bef your wife with a broom handle, fC n. There's no harm inI him. she Is not made of porcelain.' Bea . He's been runnin' ever inlg must be considered a wholesonf ar, jest to be a-runninlf'. It pastime, to judge from the saying, '] blood, an' he can't help it!" your wife deserves a beating in tt nstituton. jmorning, remind her of her faults t giving, her another at noon.' In ju: No Chnge.tification of this kind of attention ti hi h orld Is growing Russian says, 'The more a man bea his wife the better his meals will be.' is 'tis," responded the old, ey're tellin' the very fish Had we not faults of our own v lard when I was a boy."- should take less pleasure in complai SOLWERS IN BATLE How Men Feel and Act With Death All About Them. THE STORY OF A PRIVATE. With the Beginning of the Fight Comes Fear, but That Soon Passes Away In the Eagerness For Killing. Varying Effects of Wounds. A narrative of the battle of Solferl 4 no as told by a veteran survivor to Robert Shackleton appears in Har per's. It is, word for word, a chapter of history as seen by a man in the ranks. Incidents which impressed him are curious: "We halted, and a Tyrolese lying on 4 the ground cried out: 'I am dying. 4 Give me to drink.' Whereat my com panlon stooped to offer him a flask, and as he stooped the Tyrolese struck savagely at him with his bayonet, but my companion jumped back, and it missed him, and he said, 'You Tyro lese, you said you wanted a drink be- i fore you died, and now you shall die without the drink.' And he stuck his bayonet through him as a boy would stick a pin through a By. "The fighting soon began again, and it was very fierce. It was soon that we came to know that we were to cap- i ture a little village and the hills about 7 the village. The village was named a San Maritino, and there were walled barns and gardens, and the Austrians were very strong there. "The bursting of the shells was very i bad. Sometimes all of us close by would be thrown down and be cov ered with mud and earth, but most of us w d jump up again, not wounded, but always there were some who would not jump up again, because they were wounded or dead. "At the beginning of a battle a sol- I dier feels afraid. At the beginning of ] this battle I felt afraid, and I know I that other men felt afraid, though it a was not our first battle, and we knew t what it was to be under fire. "So it was that at the beginning a we commended ourselves; we felt like 3 death, but soon that passed away, and we thought no more of death, but only of the killing of the Austrians. "All around me men were killed. There were heads and arms blown off. J and men flew Into pieces like the smashing of a jug. But we did not 1 care. We thought nothing of it. I do not know that we even knew we saw such thing, but some of them come to me as I sit With yotr and talk of that long day. We did not notice, and we did not think that at any mo ment we too might have our heads blown off or be smashed into little pieces like the breaking of a jug. "Once, when we rushed over the big guns and killed the men wh6 still fought with us, we turned the guns to fire on the Austrians as they flew away, but they had driven bits of steel into, the touchholes, and so we could not fire them. They were of 4 cour age, those Austrians. "Only once In all that battle did I think much of what I saw or heard, and that was when there was the4 terrible seaming of a captain who had hIs foot shot off. ~He twisted and turned as he cried out, and it was a very bad sound. But it Is just as It chances. I saw many men who were hurst worse than that captain and _ many who were blown Into little bits, but I did not trouble about them. It Is just If it chances so. "It is very often that a man does not know that he Is hurt. Iiremember that one there was a man near me with a great hole in his forehead, but he ran right on with us with. his bay onet, and I thought, 'He wlip'fall dead.' But after that I saw him no more, for there was always the fighting. "The storm and the blackenessn, they ~made of us a .great mixing. Yes; it was a very great tangling, for all lines , were lost, and I know that sometimes Austrians struck at Austians and ~ sometimes Italin struck at. Italians, a for we were In a very great mixing and very fierce in the blaneeof thatj storm. "We were told to lie down and sleep. So we lay down where we were,.among the dead and the wounded, among the Italians and the Austrians. "And we slept Yes; we- were-tired, for we had fought hard 'for all that long, long day, and on that hill that at 'last we had gained we slept, and we .gave no heed to the dead men or the wounded. "The wounded-they made very great cries, and there were men sent to go among them with lights. Some were -surgeons, and some were men to carry them to the field hospitals. But the most of us we lay there and slept, and we were very tired, and we knew that with the morning there mlght,be an other fight." Thee Hungry Author. Tefollowing Is an extract from the notebook of an author: "Rose at'5 and had a .sonnetrand a I gls fcdld water for breakfast. I"Retired early in the evening, with out supper, as I feared the neighbors would be annoye by the rattling of the knives and forks."-St. Louis -Re public. ____ ___ Failed to See "Poor man!" said the kind lady. I I"How did you go blind?" "Well, mum," answered TiredtI'read- ( well, "de foist time dat I noticed it - was when.I wasout lookin''fer .work." -Chicago Eecal-Herald. Ptalittle more In than yopwtake< out ad yurpurse wil-Eoon 2li. UFOLEY'S H ONEY ANDTAR The original I.LAXATIVE couchleigedy, L- For coughs, colds, throat and1 lung, e troubles. N~o opiates. .Non-alcoholic. y Good for everybody. Sold everywhere. e The genuine Y FOLEY'S HONEY and TAR is in ;aYellowpackage. Refuse substitutes. e Prepared only by s Foley & Company, Chicago. "|W. E. BROWN & Co. *ManZan~ Pile Remedy RUErVEar WE OTMER FAIL NEW QUARTERS McLEOD BLOCK. My patrons and the public gen erally is invited to visit my new store which I have filled with the Freshest Family Gro ceries, and always keep my large Refrigerator full of the best Cheese and Butter. There is nothing in the Grocery Line that cannot be found in my store. Headquarters for Flour, Coffey, Sugar, Teas, Canned Goods of every kind. Crackers, Cakes, Biscuits, and Confec tionary. Let me have your orders and prompt and satis factory service is guaranteed. P. B. Mouzon Tax Notice. The books for the collection of axes will open on October 15, 1908, End close on March 15, 1909. The evies are as follows: State, 5j mills; ordinary county, I mills; special road, j mill; consti utional school tax, 3 mills. Interest on court house bonds, 1 nill; interest on county bonds, } uill; special tax for School District fo. 1, 2 mills; special tax for School )istrict No. 2, 3 mills; special tax for School District No. 5, 3 mills; special ax for School District No. 7,-4 mills; pecial tax for: School District No. ,8 mills; special tax for School Dis. riet No. 10, 3 mills; special tax for lchool District No. 11, 2 mills; spe ial tax for School District No. 15, 3 ills; special tax for School District To. 16, 2 mills; special tax for School: )istrict No. 18, 2 mills; special tax or School District No. 19, 4 mills; pecial tax for School District No;20, mills; special ti.x for School District o. 21, 3 mills; special tax for School ' . )istrict No. .22, 9 mills; special tax or School District No. 24, 1 mill;. pecial tax for School District No. 25, mills; special tax for School Dis rict No. 26, 4 mills; special tax for chool District No. 27 _3 mills; spe ial tax for School District No. 28, mills. L. L. WELLS, County Treasurer. kPPAREL SHOP 0R MEN--t kND LADIES Everything of the best for the personal wear and ador . ment of both sexes. We fill mail orders carefully and promptly. )AVLD Q r ZIUTFITTING ~OM PANY, Charleston, S. C. HAVE YOUR Pressiirg and Cleaning 'DONE AT THE rhere you are guaranteed good work ianship and prompt deliver-ies. 'Phone - nd your clothes are called for at once. ,ADIES' SKIRTS A SPECIALTY. Rates: 81.00 per month, or 50 cents er suit. 'Phone No. 97. V. E. REARDON, Prop. J. S. BELL, MACHINEST. Repairer of UTOMOBILES, and all kinds ofMa chinery. LUMBING, and Steam Fitting.,u and Thread Pipe from-1-8 to6 6 inches. IEAVY BLACKSMITH Work -Done to Order. J. S. BE LL. EATY & BEATY, iNINEERS AND CONTRACTORS. Civil Engineering, Land Surveying, )rainage. Prompt -attention to out-of own patrons: Eauchat Building, 31ANNING, S. C. NOTICE. Owing to the delapidated condition if the old court house I have made ar angements with L. L. Wells & Co. o handle school books for me. Call on hem in the Levi Block for school books E. J. B3ROWNE, County Supt. Education. Woodmen of the World. Meets en fourth Monday nights at 1:30. Visiting Sovereigns invited. 0HARLTON DURANT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, M-I~ANNING, S. C. Pine salve aTS LIE ,U? Carbolized ranors aSn Makes Kidneys and Bladdyr tight R0IEY3UO!1TANTAR