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IA>UIS APP.ELT. .Estodr. MANNING, S. C., FEB. 10, 190!). PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. ISUBSCRIPTION RATES: Orte -y~ear ....... 1 Z4 Six mouths ............---- . 7 Pou months n..---....--- .. ------ ADVERTISING RATES: One square. one time. $1: each subsequent in sertion. :J cents. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect chazr-ed for as regue.r advertisements Liberal contracts made for three. six and twelv. Communications must De accompanied by the r cal name and address of the writer in order to reopire attention. No communication o; a personai enaracter will be published except as an advertisement. Entered at the Postoaice at .Manning as Sec ond Class matter. The .MaMagement of T he Times will herecfter go over the mailinzg lists every week, und withosut further notice every subscription. in ar'reU.s: over one year will be stricken off. This is dlone in. compliance with the vostal regulations.So watch the label on The Times, it will tell yoZ& when youxr stubscrivtion, exiires. WHAT SOUTHERN FARMERS NEED. Captain J. C. Stribling,. of Pendleton, a live, wide-wake, suc cessful farmer, has recently written an article that should be read and pondered by every far mer in South Carolina. It has the ring of sound doctrine in it; and he has personally demon - strated the truth of what he says. Read carefully the follow ing expressions of Captain Strib ling, remembering that he is writing from the up-country and simply substitute "stumps" where he says "terrace banks:" "What we need in the Cotton States more than anything else just now is more brains, more horse sweat, more interest-bear ingfarm mtchineryand iess man sweat and muscle. "We must plow deeper, rotate our crops, and do away with the useless, wasteful and unsightly terrace banks. When vve have utilized these terrace banks and need more land, we must go down underneath our plowed lands and get all we need with out paying out many dollars in interest for it. We must pay out more cheap horse sweat and in terest on improved labor-saving implements and make better use * of our brains. ~We already have too many one-horse, two-times-in a-row cot ton implements. When terrace banks are gone, we can use more two-horse cultivators and four horse breaking plows. " We need at once a two or three horse combined cowpea *planter and stubble breaker to follow the harvester with cow peas and soy beans. Thbis comn *bined machine will cut out at least five bands per day at har vest time-the most costly labor ing season of the year-. "'in these days or conservation of America's resources we should never forget triat the South's greatest wealth lies in- a few inches of the top soil of her1 arable lands, and that the South ern agriculturist is alone respon sible for the reckless waste and destruction of this great gold *producing resource. "On all sides now we see the Dainful spectacie-the destruc tion of the humus. and the wash ing and reaching away of the richness (the gold) that is within the soil-this being the unfailing result of contmnuous clean cul ture of hoed crops. "Ten years practice in not al lowing one acre to be planted two years in succession in any clean crop, but iustead having a good rotation, with cow peas or soy beans after small grain, would make this Southland bloom again with all her old time indepenence and greatness. "Tnis writer practices what he preaches. All terrace banks have aboiut disappeared from my~ farm and I have been selling some of mune or ten differ-ent crops every year for some five years, besides selling a few cows, hogs, colts and poaltry and everything thac grows upon the farm excepting children." A juror in York county, drawn to serve in court last Mfonday, arrived in Yorkville on a train that was a little late and hasten ed on foot to the court house. When he got in hearing distance he heard his name called and then ran the balance of the way. but shortly after arriving he fell over dead. Few enough jurors hasten to get to the court house on time, and it may be feared that this sad incident may tend to deter others from attemptiug to do so. About three ,veeks have been consumed by the court in Nash ville in determined efforts to keen from trying Duncan B. Cooper, Robin J. Cooper and .John D. Sharp, charged with the murder of former U. S. Senator E. W. Carmack. Why should it be so hard to get, a jury to try those men when it was found easy to rush through the recent trial of the Reel Foot Lake night riders? Is it because the Coopers have more money than the night rid CAPITOL CORRESPONDENCE. Senate Chamber, Columbia, S. C., February tith, 1909. i Another week of incessant grind has been passed, with very little actual re suIts accomplished. I am chairman of the Enrolled bills committee, and in re sponse to an inquiry made by me to the engrossing department for a report on the number of bills ready for ratifica tion. I was astounded to find that out of some eight hundred bills introduced. only ten Acts are ready to be ratified, and five of these are bills of which I am the author. This is one of the most re markable conditions known to the his tory of the General Assembly after three weeks of legislation. The dead-lock for associate Justice te mains unbroken. uotwithsfanding thI withdrawal from the race of Judges Watts and Gage. If the withdrawal of these gentlemen has had any effect, it was only to cement the dead-lock. The remaining candidates Ex-Gov. John C. Shepperd, Judge D. A. Hydrick and Hon. T. P. Cothran are running neck and neck. with very little sign of a chauge, either by one of them withdraw ingr our. of consideration for the welfare of the State. There is no doubt of this contest having its demoralizing effe-:; upon law-making and retarding the m porrtant business of the session. 1 am sure the sentiment of the people favors the election of Shepperd. not on ly because he is a very dignified and able jurist and would reflect great cred it to the bench. but because he has ner er received the reward for valuable ser vices rendered South Carolina. when the services of men were needed, and I feel that the opportunity at this time presents itself to award merit, and so far as I am concerned I propose to do what I can for the election of Mr. Shep perd. The joint assembly reconvenes again Tuesday when we will have ano ther seige of balloting: just what the final outcome will be cannot be foretold. Every bill introduced by me in the senate with the exception of two has nassed both Houses. The exceptions are, one for the reopening of the dispensarv. this I substituted with another'bill pr'o viding for a commissioner to wind the institution up, the substitute after a hard and bitter fight pasaed the senate. and is now on the House Calendar. I have done my full duty in this matter, and should it fail of passage in the House, the responsibility vill not rest upon rme. TIis has been a perplexing contest; the bill that I have succeeded in pass ing is the result of compromise. It has features about it which; in my opinion, will not give our taxpayers all of the re lief I would like for them to have. In my judgment. as a business proposition, the concern should be reopened and the stock sold at retail in order that the taxpayers should receive the benefit of a protit. but this is objected to by some who are religiously opposed to the sale, and also by persons who have political aspirations. It being my purpose only to dispose of the stock and convert it in to money, I consented to make conces sions that should be satisfactory to the sincere Prohibitionists-tne political prohibitionists are not being considered by me at all, the fact is I have little pa tience with them. I could have forced my original bill through the senate-to reopen the dispensary to sell at retail, but out of respect to the wishes of sin cere Prohibitionists only, I changed my bill and action. While on this subject 1 think it proper to state that Messrs. Dingle and Green of the House would have given my original earnest support, had it passed the senate. and I was as sured b.y a number of House members that they would stand by Dingle and Green regardless of the wishes of other influences or interference from any source. The bill as passed the senate is as fol lows: Section 1. That immedately upon the ap proval of this Act the Governor, upon recom mendation of the Ciarendon Delegation in the General 'Assembly, shall appoint one person. who shall be a citizen of the County of Clar endon, to be known as the County Dispensary Commissioner. who shall be required to enter into bond to the County Commissio-ners of said County an the sum of S5.000. in a surety com pany. said bond to be approved by the Cierk of Court of said county. Section s. That the present Board of Con trol of said county is hereby required, upon presentation or his comnusswon from the Gover nor, to turn over to said commissioner all of the stock of goods. moneys. tixtures, books. papers and other appurtenances belonging to the dis pensary of Clarendon County. taking his receipt* tor the same. Section 5. That said commissioner is authorized, and is hereby empowered and re quired, to sell and dispose of nil the property. stock and o'l.Mr goods belonging to said dis pensary in Clarendon County at the earliest po..sible moment. upon such terms and at such prices as may be deemed most expedient to him, at whlolsale only. and not to persons who are residents of a County wihere dispensaries have been voted out. Section 4. That dispensaries noir in opera tion in this State in those coinmties where dis pensaries have not been voted out are hereby permitted to purchase said stock of goods, or any part thereof, at any time, without the for mality of sealed bids, when thc price of same shall be not more than said dispensaries are accustomed to payin.< for the samie or similar goods. Section 5. That the net proceeds arising fromi the sale and disposition of said stock and property shall be turned over to the County Tre.asurer of sad county, to ne divided and applied as now required by law. Section 6. That, said commissioner shall. before turning said- money into the treasury. pay the just claims against said dispensar.t.- and rot- hIs services as said commissioner shall re ceive- a commission of three per cent. of the gross sales, and shall be allowed to pay the cost of his omelcal bond. and upon the conclu sion of his duties as said commissinner he shall tIe with the Clerk of Court of said county an itemized sworn st-temcnt of all receipts aris ing from said sale and the disbursements and expenses pertaining to the same. Section 7. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act be. and the same are hereby repealed. The only other bill.of mine which has not yet passed the senate is one provid ing for a license upon liquor drummers. This bill is now pending in the senate, and is the subject of a filibuster led by senator Clifton of Sumter. He is mak ing a bard light to prevent its passage, just why he should be willing for liquor drummers to continue to prosecute their business without contributing to the support of the government, is a mystery. He is a hard tighter and not without shrewdness. Mr. Clifton realizes the bill will pass the senate by a large ma jority when a vote is reached, but his game is to block all other matters and talk the bill to death, in tnis I think lie will find himself mistaken because 'the senate proposes to pass the bill just as soon as Mr. Clifton sits down. He spoke two hours today, and on account of the senators wishing to spend Sunday t:e home a majority yielded to a motion to adjourn the debate until Monday morn ing. when M\r. Clifton will resume his speech. The bill is as follows: Section 1. That each and every person. whether actin;g for himself or as the agent for any person. firm or corperation. wno shall con duct the business of liquor drummer, soliciting or receiving orders for Inter-State shipment within any county within this State. except as now authorized by law, any spirituoius, malt. vinous, fermented. brewed, whether lager or rice beer, or other liquors or 'beverages or any compounds or mixtures thereof which contains alcohol .md is used as a beverage, shall before entering upon such business, pay to the county treasurer in each county where such business is solicited, a license fee of 85a.000. Section fl. Tuat upon payment of the license fec herein provided for. the county treasurer shall issue to each person so paying the same. a receipt showing the amount of monecy paid. the date of ana purpose for which payment is made. Section :I. Each and every person upon pay ment of the lic-ense fee as herein provided shall be. and hereby- is. auihorized and empowered daring a pieriud of one year from the date of such payment and within the limits of the county in which the license fee is paid, to con duct the business of liquor drummer, take orders for any and all the liquors and bever ages mentioud in Section 1 of this Act: Pro vided. That any and all licenses issued under this Act may be revoked by the legislatnre at at will: Provided, further, that nothing con tained in this Act ahall be construed or held t-o rep-al or amend any existing law regulating the manufacture. sale, use or disposition of liquors or beverage containing alcohol. Setion 4. Any person conductin;; the rbusi ness of liquor drummer or soliciting or receic ing orders or offering for sale any of the lquors or beverage mentioned in Section 1 of this Act. without first haying paid the license fee herein providedi. shall be deemed guilty of a misde meanor. and tupon conviction shall be fined not less than cue thousand dollars nor more than five thousand. and Imprisoned in the county jail not less than six months nor more tnan twelve months. Section 5. The license herein provided for shall in no case be transferable. and tile priv ileges conferred by said license can be exe-r cised by no person other than the onec to whom said ieense shall be issued. Section 6. It shall b~e the duty of the county each and every license issued as provided in this Act. and said duplicate shall be kept on file in his office and open at all times to public inspection. The present session has been marred by sadness. The senate lost one member, the late N. S. Gibson of Florence, and Senator J A. Harvey of Berkeley, lost his daughter, Mrs. Smith, formerly Miss Julia Harvey, who w :s married only four months. This lady was well known in Manning, having been a guest sever al times in the home of Mr. C. R. Har vin, and on her visits here she attracted many by her beauty and her charm of manner. Senator Christensen of Beau fort was called home by the death of his father. In the House Mr. T. A. Clarke of Florence died after a. very brief ill ness, and Mr. Busch of the Aiken dele gation. suddenly lost his reason and had to be taken to a sanitarium. Mr. Busch was very hard of hearing, and many think this affliction had no little to do with his present condition. Then Hon. Dan Peurifoy, a member of penitentiary directors, and former member of the House, was accidentally killed. All of these incidents have made the present session pecularly remarkable as well as Mr. Green. just before my leaving for home today called at my hotel and,told me he desired to make some provision for a modern school building in his dis trict., to do so, he says two districts will have to be consolidated to supply the necessary property vai[uation. He has asked his friends at home to send him a petition signed by the people in the two districts fur consideration, and should they do so he will provide for a bond is sue. 1 have promised him all the help I can give him, and I hope his efforts will succeed in the Douglas s-etion hav ing an up-to-date building for the school children of that section; no better in vestment can be made by the people. I am afraid though it is getting late to do much with bills introduced now, but if Mr. Green gets his petition I will intro duce it in the House. and both working together we might get it through at this session. The bill changing the tobacco ware house charges, has brought on much cncern by the warehouse operators, Mr. W. E. Jenkinson was here to ask that it be defeated, and warehousemen from other markets were here for a sim ilar purpose. It is a House bill, and from what I have heard I do not think there is any chance for it. The fact is, I am of the opinion the present law reg ulating such cdarges is unconstitutional, as I do not helieve the legislature has any more right to dictate what a ware houseman's charges shall be, any more thar it would have the right to dictate the rental charges for land, or the charges a cotton zin shall make. Com petitioa should regulate such things and not legislation. I know there are a good many tobac co farmers wanting warehouse charges cut down, but in this they may throttle competition and thus wake up t find themselves worse hurt by having fewer .varehouses, and these inconveniently loeated. The bill howover, has not reached the senate, but should it, I shall oppose its passage, unless 1 am convinced the farmers will not be in jured thereby. The repeat of the lien law-known as the "Richards bill," is now over in the senate. In my judgment, if it is adopt ed the people will be convinced they have only been given a faint shadow, and it will not have the effect.of closing down the business of advancing supplies to the class that usually get easy cred it. I am sure. that unless the mortgage clause is repealed also, those clamoring for the repeal of the lien law, and hope for the relief through the "Richards bill' will be bancoed. Now I am satis fied the people of Clarendon want the real thing or nothing, they will not be satisfied with a pretense, and I tand to day where T have always stood-in fa vor of 4making it invalid to mortgage that which does not exist at the time the mortgage is given, and unless such a provision is made I shall not be a par ty to deceiving the people by voting for the "Richards bill " I think the enact ment into law of the Rlichards hill, and leave standing upon the statute books, the right to mortgage a crop before it exists is a humbug. I am informed by the Governor's of fice, that the recomrmendations for coun ty commissioners, township tax assess ors, and officials nominated in the pri mary have been acted upon, and the necessary notices of appintment sent out. I presume these officials will qual ify immediately. A few days ago Solicitor Stoll camne to me f rom the engrossing de partment with the bond of Magistrate J. E. Richbourg of Foreston, saying he found it on a ta ble, how it got there is a mystery, how ever. I sent it to the Secretary of State, and I presume, by this time Mr. Rich bourg has been commissioned. The prohibition measures are having a hard time. and it begins to appear that the leaders are not over anxious to push for a determination of the mat ter. Trhe Prohibitionists are somewhat at sea as to a bill to stand on. One ele ment want the whole question referred to a special election, another want state-wide or nothing. then there is another who want state-wide with a provision to let counties vote in. as in dicated in Goverttor Ansel's message, but the concensus of ouinion at this time is rather favorable to let the local op tion law stand at it is. There was an effort made today by Senator Otis t have prchibition legislation ma~de a secial order for Tuesday. but after having adonted the motion, it was later' reconsidlered leaving the bills to take their chances on the calendar. When the tight does come on, it will be hot from the start, as the opposition in both houses is strong. with a probability of the House refusing to adopt any prohi bition legislation. The travelling men, known as Drum mers have been here in force to get the legislature to requiire the railroads to change their rule with regard to mile age books, as it is now the railroads r'e uire those holding mileage books to exchange their mileage for tickets be fore boarding a train. The Drummers claim this requirement makes it incon venient, and causes them to lose time. The railroads claim that on aceount of the books being interchangreble, good on different systems. the requirement is necessary for the proper- checking of mneage. There is a bill requiring the r-ailroads to put electric headlights on all of their engines, this bill is being urged by the lcomotivye engineers association, who say it is in the interest of public safety, while the railroads argue, the electric headlight tend to confuse and blind en gieers from seeing switch lights. and thereby cause trouble. Besides the cost entailed thereby is enormous, without eing necessary. Several engineers were heard before the committee. and like alh other questions there was much diierence of opinion. I received a letter from Mr. G. M. Hiks, asking tme to requ ire the express cm pany to establish uu olliee at New Zin but as this is a matter which comes under the coutgcl of the railroad comn misionl, I sent M r. Hicks' letter to them, with a request that they take immedi ate action. The delegation ex pect to have a mn'et ing Monday to consider the matter cof the county tax levy. This matter has given me no little concern, and I cannot see how we can prevent making a raise in the levy. All of us realize the fact. that taxes are high, but we must face conditions as they are regardless of consequences. If we leave the levy as it was Jast year. the deficit will be great and must be met eventually.. Now the question for us to determine is. shall we provide for the deficit bymeeting it. or shall we let it accumulate? It is my judgment to provide a sulticient levy to catch up, so that next year urovisi on! made to reduce. Besides having a de ticit from the year 1908 to provid~e for-, wo must take into consi.leration the cut ti:: down of $5,000 of the county's rev enue by the voting out of the dispensary. As stated this problem is giving me %ras so that my political enemies had the solution of it, so that. I may be relieved of the responsibility. I have already heard of the sharpening of knives for my political scalp, but it has no terror for me. I an trying to do my duty as I see it, and am contented to rest. my poli tical future with those I am trying to serve. Were I disposed to govern my actions with a view to perpetuatng myself in office, 1 could Dot be inde pelndent in the exercise of judgment, but would be a contemptible sycophant unworthy to hold the honorable office to which I am commissioned. I there fore must so act as to maintain my self respect, and the respect cf those who appreciate sincerety of conduct. As long as I am Senator I shall exercise my best judgment regardless of criti cism, if my critics are watched a little, it will be manifest that the office I hold is wanted by another, who stands ready to jump for any proposition he thinks popular, whether it will result in good or harm. Rather than occupv such a position for office, I would gladly retire. I have a contempt for a politician who has not the manhood to give frank ex pression on ouestions whether it is popular or not. Next week my duties will keep -ae in the engrossing departraent most of the time, except when a vote is taken ou an important measure, then if I am needed I will be sent foi, it being un derstood how I stand on th. various measures. As stated in my last letter, Mr. Scar borough introduced a joint resolution relating to the winding up of the dis pensary. I am informed he has witlh drawn it, which is -gratifying for ob Vious reasor.s. Messrs. Dingle and Green had what Senate bills of mine that were on the House Calendar Saturday, put thrcugh, leaving nothing more until the pres ent pending bill gets over into the House. Hon. F. H. Weston has invited the Senators to a reception at his home next Wednesday. I know this function will be enjoyable, but I am afraid my work with enrolled bills will prevent my attending. Miss Fannie Timmons of Manning, attending school at Greenwood, was forced to give up college on account of her eyes. She was here Saturday morning consulting an occulist, and went to her home in the afternoon. I hope she will soon be able to resume her studies, as she is a very bright young lady, ard feels keenly her dis appointment .n being forced to stop school. There is a bill before the Senate, which I regard a raid upon the treas ury. It seeks to give all Confederate soldiers a pension regardless of physi cai and financial condition. Of- course it carries with it a great increase in the appropriation. Tf the present ap propriation was n-t raised with such an act adopted, the needy ones would have their pensions cut down to almost nothing. not enough to buy them food for three days. I am opposed to it, and will continue to be until the State is able to appropriate a sufficient sum to give more money to those who are in need. I am opposed to increasing the present already too long division. Superintendent of Education asked me why it was that in Clarendon County the public school term only averaged 13 weeks. I could not answer, as I was under the impression that our schools all over the county ran from six to nine months. If thirteen weeks is the average, then there should be an awakening in public school interests. W. T. Jones, a wealthy white man of Union county, who was charged with killing his wife with strychnine after maltreat ing her for many years, was found guilty of murder last Saturday with a recommendation to~mer cy. The recommendation for mercy could only have been bas ed on the fact that the evidence was largely circumstantial. From the testimony deduced it is plain that the man deserves to be hung on general principles. Next Friday. February 12th, will be celebrated as the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lini coin's birth. That is very well, for all concede that Lincoln was a great man and a great presi dent, but the reasons that many people have for praising Lincoln are anything but praiseworthy. Lincoln dia not do many things that some people praise him for doing. THE SUBTLE FEMALE. How She Wheedles and Bullies the Poor Man Creature. As woman gradually impressed upodn man the futility of strutting a-round in finery and the necessity e-f being prac tically useful his garb has become more and more sober and workaday in ap pearance. Ethnologists tell us that the decorations of primitive man were intended to fascinate feminine eyes. but woman presently began to make it clear that she was not hunting for "a fine, showy article," but somnething solid and plain and useful, warranted to stand wear and tear. As for the. or namental role, she was going to repre sent the family herself in that line. In fact, when one refects how man has been stripped of gauds and whee died out of his nfipperies one by one. one cannot help feeling a tender pity for this victim of feminine self aggran dizement. Poor, timid trembler! A vague, general fear of the femnale. scx haunts him. Afraid of being mart-led against his will, he is circumvented by some subtle female creature wio makes him think that it is his will to marry her. An observer remarks that a man very often in running away from the right woman runs straight into the arms of the wrong woman. And the wrong woman, that great opportunist. is always waiting there to block his headlong flight and switch it toward the altar.-New Orleans Times-Demo erat. How Pike Kill Percn. F'rone --reful observation i am sat isfed thatt pike kill their prey before swlowing them, ahnd they do this by holding whatever fish they have se cured crossways in their powerful jaws for some time before bolting it. I once watched a pike hold a perch in this way for twenty minutes, and then he moved off out of sight, but from fie to ten minutes is the usual time. W. H. Armistead in "Trout Waters. Mfanagement and Angling" Deafness Cannot be Cured by localapplications. as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in flamed condition of the mucous lining; of the Eustachian Tube. when this tube gets inflam ed you hav-e a rumbling sound or imperfect hear ing. and when it is entirely closed deafness is the result. and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition.hearing will be destroyed forever: nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh. which is nothing but an infiamed condition of the mu cous surfaces. We will ;:ive One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. .Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo. 0. THE PLOT OF A PLAY. How Sardou Came to Write "Les Pattes de Mouche." Sardou sat working at a scenic adap tation of Voltaire's "Candide," and it hung fire not because there was no prospect of a dinner. but because his pipe was empty and he had not a penny wherewith to buy tobacco. Sud denly on opening a drawer of his tu!ale he uttered a cry of joy at the sight of five or six tickets of a wine company which gave its customers a voucher for 20 centimes for every bottlc pur chased. A quarter of an hour after ward he was the happy possessor of a silver franc piece and some sous be sides. Picking up a scrap of paper off the sanded floor of the tobacco shop, he was about to light his weed when the words "Marie Laurent" caught his eye. The "unconsidered trifle" turned out to be the fragment of a letter from the well known actress to her son Charlc. Sardou put his find in his pocket, but on his way home his plot weaving faculties, stimulated by the fumes of the tobacco, at once re asserted themselves. "This is the innocent letter of a mother to her boy," he said to himself. "Supposing, however, it had been the letter of a woman to her lover and, falling by a similar accident into the hands of the woman's husband, wish ing to light his cigar" The- suggestion led to his play "Les Pattes de Mouche."-London Chron icle. A HUMAN GIBRALTAR. The Story That Is Told of the English Colonel Burnaby. In the biography of Colonel Fred Burnaby' there is a characteristic story, told by his friend Lord Binning, of that soldier of herculean frame and reckless courage: We were engaged in a football match on the green inside Windsor cavalry barracks, and the verandas were crowded with onlookers as the colonel, dressed for London in frock coat and tall hat, with a cigar in his mouth, came out of the officers' quar tern and proceeded slowly across a corner of the ground, apparently ob livious of the fact that a match was In progress at the time. At this moment our fullback, a gigantic Yorkshireman named Bates, who must have weighed nearer fifteen. than fourteen stone, charging impetuously for the ball, dashed full into Burnaby. The impact was terrific, but while the Yorkshire man, hurled backward by the shock as though he had collided with a moun tain, lay gasping on the ground, neither Burnaby's hat nor the angle of his cigar was in the smallest degree dis turbed. In fact, he scarcely seemed to realize that a collision had taken place. When he did so he removed his cigar from his mouth and, with his pleasant smile, said, "Dear me, I do hope I am not interfering with the game." The st.out of delight which went up from the-verandas was a thing to remember. Studying the Crowd. "There doesn': seem to be any dif ference between a crowded train in the -morning and a crowded train at night, does there?" queried a subway traveler of his companion. "But I could distinguish one from the other even if I had no Idea of the hours." "Ask the guard?" "No. All you need to do is to meas ure the buzz of conversation. In the morning, when the crowd is fresh and on the way to business, the conversa tion is at least ten times in volume what It is at night, when the crowd is tired and on the way home. Often times at night I've been in a crowded car for ten minutes without hearing a sound sav~e the rattle of newspapers and an occasional cough. That same crowd in the morning would be full of dialogue, punctuated here and there with laughter. "It's just a wee study in human na ture, that's all."-New York Globe. An Unsocial Pedant. "At Trinity, Cambridge, the great Dr. Whewell was the Incarnation of masterful unsociability," says Mr. Tollemache in his reminiscences. "A Trinity friend told me in the fifties. that Whewell's evening parties went by the name of 'perpendiculars' be cause the undergraduates were expect ed to remain standing all the time, though he himself sat down whenever he chose. It is also related that. being. shortsighted, he inspected each man in turn at unpleasantly close quarters, and it was a hIgh crime for any one to speak until he was spoken to. On .n-e occasion under the trying scrutiny an unwary freshman remarked that the weather was fine. 'Sir.' replied the pedant, 'are you not aiware that If you have any communication to malm~ to the master of your college you should make it through your tutor?' " The Old Egg. "New York is no longer young and usophisticated.' said a man who has isited all the old world capitals. "She as now all the weariness and vice of Paris, London and Rome. They who still speak of New York as young. hildish, innocent, remind me of Lord Exe of the Carlton. "Lord Exe, at seventy, tried to lead the life of a youth of twenty-five. He :yed his hair, wore a corset and fre quented the music halls. Piccadilly ircus and the Burlington arcade. One :fternoon as he drove from the Carl ton in his brougham a member said. smiling: "'There goes Exe. He told me over a whisky and soda just now that he felt as fresh as a two-year-old.' "Another. member sneered. "'He probably meant a two-year-old egg.' he murmured."-New York Sun. Hugo and Merimee. It is probable that with the excep tion of Byron no great literary genius ever was greeted with such a storm of vilification and abuse as Victor Hugo when he published "-Les Miser ables." While the book took the pub lic literally off Their feet, almost all Hugo's rivals united in condemning it and Its author. Prosper Merimee wrote in reference to a dinner given to Hugo at Brussels:. "Have you read Victor Hugo's speech at the dinner given to him by Belgian librarians and other scoun drels of Brussels? His statements were without depth, solidity or com mon sense. He Is a man who intoxi ates himself with words and does not take the trouble to think." 'Victor Hugo retorted by writing to a friend, "M. Merimee Is a man natu rally vile." Foley's Orino Laxative cures consti aion and liver trouble and makes the owels healthy and regular. Orino is1 uperior to pills and tablets as it does not gripe or nauseate. Why take any STUNTED OAK& Miniatnre Trees That Are Grown In China Bowls. In tle window of a florist stood some quaint china bowls; in each of which grew a tree-not a shrub, but a full sized tree, dating back many years. "Yes," replied the florist to the writ er's inquiry, "they are al trees-oaks, maples and beech trees. We get them from Japan, where the secret of how to rear them is known only to a few. They are raised from seeds or special ly selected cuttings, which are watch ed and tended with that marvelous patience inherent in 'the eastern rac, Fifty years may pass before the tree is considered salable. During this pe iod the plant is trained and its nat ral tendencies subjugated to the will of the rearer. The gardener prunes and trims and rears and directs with what Carlyle called genius-'an infi nite capacity for taking pains.' A-way ward twig may be bound up for %two or three years to insure its correct growth. Periodically the tree is re potted. Each time this happens the roots are carefully examined and use ess fiber cut away. Everything is done to concentrate the life of the tree in the smallest possible space. And in time, after years of labor, the plant loses its ability to send out long, lusty shoots and becomes a delightful miniature of its larger brethren." Montreal Standard. THE NIGERIAN BABY. Water Soaked Inside and Outside at the Morning Toilet. Matrons of the west may be inter ested to hear the details of the Nige rian native baby's morning toilet. Anything over three months old is no Longer a "baby" to the native mater familin and is bathed with the other children, generally a numerous brood, in the chill morning air before sunrise. The little mite yells lustily while the cold water is splashed over its brown body and generally continues the cho rus when. put aside to dry. Towels do not form part of the household equip ment. The bathing process finished, the infants are subjected to a sort of water cure treatment. The mother seizes a child, scoops up a handful of water and, using her thumb as a kind of spout, squirts It with extraordinary dexterity into the youngster's mouth and down its throat Protests In the shape- of loud gurgles, horrible chok Ings and desperate struggling are quite unheeded. The steady stream of wa ter continues to pour down the child's throat until the mother's practiced touch on the patient's distended stom ach tells her that the limit of capacity has been reached. . All .babies are sub mitted to this treatment, which is be lieved to have a most strengthening effect-London Standard. SEEING AND LISTENING. Nearsighted Man Wears Glasses In .Talking, but Not In Reading. "Here's a sort of queer thing," said a nearsighted man. "I am very near sighted. Strong glasses are indispen sable to me for ordinary, general see ing in my goings- about, but w n I sit down to read I take off my giasses and bring the print up to within the natural focus of the eye. It seems to me that reading with the natural eye I read with a more Intimate and a clearer understanding. "So much for my reading without spectacles, and now here Is the thing that is queer to me. If when I am reading thus, with my glasses off, somebody comes along to speak to me, why, then, to get a clear understanding of that question I must have on my spectacles. "So I say, or I would say If this hap pened at home where I know the peo ple, 'Wait a minute till I get on my spectacles,' and I would put them on and then say, 'Now go ahead.' and really, with my spectacles on, with my power of seeing at its best with the sharpest definition of things In general to the eye, I get the clearest apprehension of things said to me. "So in reading I do best with my glasses off, but in understanding things said to me, in listening, I do best with my glasses on. There Is one modifica tion to this-where there Is no light, as in a dark room, where I can't see, I can understand equally well with or without glasses."-New York Sun. QUEER TITLES. Bestowed on His Favorites by an Em peror of Haiti. Among the whimsical titles which appear on the pages ofsnational history few are more apparently frivolous than the Duke of Marmalade, the Count of Lemonade and the Earl of Brandy. They are or were, however, real titles bestowed by a genuine monarch on three of his favorites, and that, too, during the last century. In 1811 a revolution occurred In Haiti, and Christophe, a negro, declared himself emperor. Through conspiracy and plot, his life often attempted, he retained power till 1820, preserving to the last the pageantry of a royal court and creating a numerous nobility. Among them were the three already mentioned, and the oddity of the titles has suggested to many writers the rivolousness of the African character. In fact, however, all three names were those of places, the first two be tng originally plantations, but latterly towns of some importance. This not being generally known, a misapprehen sion has arisen with regard to the titles themselves, which, however ab surd, were scarcely more so than some which were bestowed in France and Germany during the middle ages. Pearson's Weekly. SHIELD YOURSELF -om loss by Fire. Don't wait 'till af er the Fire to give the matter your onsideration; now is the time to think. .bout it. FIRE INSURANCE POLICIES ssured for very moderate rates. Reli bility is the foundation of all our busi tess dealings. FOR Dainty Desserts! English Walnuts. per pound.................................. 20c. Butternuts. fancy selected, per pound........ .......... 20c. Almonds, fancy soft-shell, per pound... .. .................. 25c. Peanuts, fancy N. C., per peck....... ................ 35c. Shredded Cocoanut, Extra fancy, per pound ... .............. 25c. Wine Flavored Gelatines, Assorted, pkg....................., loc. Raspberry Syrup, Imported, per Quart Bottle ...... ........ 65c. Guava Syrup, per Quart Bottle......... .....-.-.......... 50e. Cranberry Sauce, per 2 pound Can.................... 30c. Mince Meat, Atmore's, 2 pound Can....................... 30c. Fruit Cakes, National Biscuit Co.'s..................$1.50 and $3.00 Grated and Sliced Pineapple, per Can ...............15c. and 25c. California Peaches. 3 pound Cans ..........20c., 25e. and 35e. California Bartlett Pears, 3 pound Can.... ............... ... 35c. California White Cherries, -3 pound Can..................... 40c. Califorr.a Black Cherries, 3 pound Can.. .................. 35c. California Egg Plums, 3 pound Can........ ............ 30c. California Green Gage Plums, 3 pound .............. 30c. See us on the Busy Block for "up-to-thew minute" delicacies and dependable Staple Groceries. 1Manning Grocery Co. This Space Belongs to D. 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