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LABRADOR MOSQUITOES. Terrible Post to Travelers and Natives In the Northland. No account of travel in Labrador can be complete without some mention of the terrible pest of mosqnitoes. These were always prg-ent in Immense swarms fr,om the beginning of our trip to the end, and sometimes they made life almost unbearable. Nothing- cduld be heard but their buzzing. Whenever we attempted to eat they were down our throats and In our eyes and faces, and in spite of our head nets and fly dope we were always badly bitten. The natives seemed to mind them almost as much as we did, their remedy being rancid seal oil. I am satisfed that were one so unfortunate as to be caught out at night without protection he would be either crazy or dead by morning. Our tents were provided with a fine mesh bobbinet inner tent, but some would always find their way *side or come up from the ground. At times our'light so attracted them we went outside to see if it were not raining. for the constant tapping of the mos quitoes against the canvas sounded so exactly like rain that it was impossible to tell the difference. On many nights I had to give up the observation of stars for latitude and longitude because a candle could not be kept lit long enough to adjust the artificial horizon. We unfortunately had no chimney, and the mosquious swarmed so thickly that without this protection the flame wis quickly smothered. There were but few nights cool enough to afford us any relief. We found that it required a tempera ture within a few degrees of actual freezing to subdue them.-Forest and Stream. STARCHED CLOTHES. The Fashion Was Started In England by Queen Elizabeth. The practice of starching linen is at least 400 years old. It is said to have originated under Queen Elizabeth. Its inventor was a Dutch woman, the wife of a Mr. Guilhgem, who was driver at the royal court. Mrs. Guilheem understood so well how to improve a small deficiency in the bust of her royal mistress by means of stiffened collars, frills and laces that Elizabeth overwhelmed her with fa vors and privileges and finally elevated her to the rank of chief inspectress of the court linen. Th'e faslilon introduced by the queen was of course soon followed by all the women of rank. The fad for this new "art" fnally degenerated Into a veritable mania for stasching. ireting. jlaiting, etc. Later special "profess ors" of- the art of starching estab li'hed themselves in London, among whoni a Flemish woman of the name of Dinghen van der Plasse seems to have occupied the highest rank. Those pgii-Ileged to be initiated by her in the art had to pay no less than E5 for a lesson. Later they began to add blue color to the starch. Queen Elizabeth. who was very anlous about her questionable: beauty, found that the addition of blue gave a green hue to her complexion. She therefore prohibited her subjects wearing any other than pure~ white starched linen, claiming that blue - washed lnen was injurious to health. But fashion proved- superior even to "good'Queen Bess." They continued merrily to use blue starch, though one woman after the' other bad to go to prises for transgressing the "blue law"-Boston Post. -Fraternity Pins. Fraternity pins are seldom lost, and when they do disappear they often turn up again, sometimes years after ward, in the most out of the way places. As they always bear the own er's name and chapter engraved on the back it is not a difficult matter to return them. One "old grad" who lost his pin shortly after he left college and bought another now has two, the original emblem having been returned in a singular manner. A "brother" had obserred the familiar token re-' posing upon the bandanna of an old' colored mammy in a little town in Vir ~ginia. Upon .questioning her he learned that she had come by it "'tal 'ng in washing." After much persua sion she was prevailed upon to sur render the trophy.--New York Post. ORIENTAL PARAGONS. Japan's. Four and Twenty Models of Filial Pi~ety. Filial piety, as is well known, Is the special virtue of China and Japan. From It springs loyalty to the empertr, who is regarded as "the father and mother of his people." There are no greater favorites with the Japanese than the "fdur and twenty paragons of filial piety." whose acts of virtue are the subjects of Chinese legend. One of the paragons had a cruel stepmother, who was very fond of fish. Never repining at her eruel treat gnent of-him, he lay dowvn on the fro z--en surface of a lake. The warmth of his body melted a hole In the Ice, at which two carp came up to breathe. T'hese he caught and took home to his stepmother. Another paragon, who was of the female sex, clug to the jaws gf a ti ger that was abo t to devour her fa ther until the latter escaped. The drollest of all these stories is that of Rorashi. This paragon, though venty years old, used to dress In ba b's clothes and crawl about on the floor, hjs object being to delude his parents, who were really over ninety 'years of age, Into the idea that they could not be so very old, after all, as they had such an exceedingly infantile son.-Sunday hMagazine. Prescribes Dr. Blosser's Catarrh Remedy. Dear Sis-I first used your Catarrh Cure in the case or my son. who had chronic naso-phar yngeal catarrh. with ;great beneit to him. I often prescribe it for other of my patients, and I think it is quite the finest remedy for catarrh that has ev-er been placed on the market. Trhankinx you ror past favors. I am. Yours very truly. M. J. D. DAN-rzIa. M. D.. Elloree. S. C. D)ear Sirs-Your medicine is -:inning fast in this country. It has effected some remarkable cures. -I do not nnow that it has failed in one instance where it has been tairiy tried. Very truly yours, REy. T. H. AL.LEN. Lexington, Ky. 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Somerville kept the lead throughout and came Into the last lap with Cliff only a few feet behind him. When about twenty-five yg;rds from the On ish Somerville put on a terrifie burst of speed and drew away from his rival. Suddenly at this point his grip en the handle bar relaxed. and he fell 1 forward. The machine, however. n der the tremendous impulse it had re ceived, raced ahead like an arrow, the rider hanging limply over the handle 1 bar. Four yards from the tape the ma chine slowed down a little. At this point the front wheel of Cliff's ma chine struck the hind wheel of Soin erville's, sending both wheel and rider across the tape. Somerville won the race, but he was dead several seconds before he crossed the tape.-Chicago Record-Herald. ANCIENT DOCTORS. Some of the Things They Knew Twelve H'undred Years Ago. The Russian Academy of Medicine after examining a Tibetan "Hand book of Medicine," first published 1.200 years ago, acknowledges that It con tains many truths discovered or.redis- I covered by modern physicians. Here, are some extracts from the ancient volume: "Number of bones in the human body, 300; number of nerves. 99; num- I ber of pores. 11,000,000. "The heart Is the king of the organs and the staff of life. The lungs em brace it as a mother does her child. Sicknesses are due to man's malice. Ig norance and Inability to curb the pas sions, for these things interfere with the proper nourishment of the human organs. All - unkind thoughts react upon the heart and liver." The methods for ascertaining the state of a person's health were very similar to those methods employed to day-looking at the tongue. feeling the pulse. etc. Vegetable medicines are advcated; also baths. compresses. mas sage, bloodletting, etc. Fines were im posed upon physicians who did not I keep their Instruments clean. A Fearless Prince. Victor Emmanuel when prince royal 1 held the rank of colonel in a regiment I of artillery, and Humbert 1. was on 1 the throne. A new explosive had been 1 invented, and the young prince was in- i vited to be present at some experi- < ments that were b be made with it. i At the first shot the cannon being used < burst with terrific force, scattering 1 pieces of etal in every direction, but luckily aot seriously injuring any one. I Nevertheless the natural impulse to fly I from danger seized officers and experts alike, and off they rushed with more 4 unanimity than dignity. Only Victor Emmanuel remained at his post. He watched them for a moment and then, in a quiet tone of kingly- tenor, called them back. "No use running now," he said, with4 a ghost of a smile playing about his lips. "All danger is over." Pet Names. Every one likes to see husband and I wife on affectionate terms, but Snaggs- I by the toyshop keeper, rather over did the thing. Little Johnny Biggs had sixpence, and be had bought a toy but little Johnny's fancy is way ward, and he discovered that a clock- I work railway engine was poor fun compared with a horse and cart. after i all. Therefore he went to cimage I the railway engine. "You say you 1 bought this here yesterday?" said i Snaggsby dubiously. "Who served < yo" "The-goosey gander, sir!" said < ohnny, pointing to Mrs. S. And when I Snaggby remembered that he had so addressed his wife in the presence of the boy on the day previous he flushed a pretty pink and changed the toy. London Sphere. The Sight of the Pigeon. A friend of mine ridicules the idea that in the carrier pigeon it can be sight which guides it on its home-1 ward trail. But my friend should4 really study the mechanism of the eye of the bird before he skepticizes, I am sure that from heights at which it Is Itself invisible the falcon can note ts prey, and its eye is simply a self adjusting telescope. The careful dis section of the eye of the bird of prey Is an absolute res-elation as to creative ingenuity.-Dr. Dabbs in Fry's London Magazine. _____ Dean Swift's Retort. A. young advocate said to Dean Swift. "Supposing. doetor, that the parsons and the devil should litigate a cause. which party would you think wouldj gain it?" "The devil, no doubt." was1 the dean's reply, "as he would have al' the lawyers on his side," The Aristocrats. "Are th.ere degrees of rank mn t'he servants' hall?" "To be sure. 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A mas sage- The Patient (flercely)-You've got a hump like a camel and a chest like a doughnut, and I don't believe, with legs like those, you could stop an elephant up an alley, let alone a pig. But, hang it, man, do you want to be reminded of it every time you geta A FLOWER LEGEND. How the Myosotis Came to Be Called Forgetmenot. Dr. A. F. Thomson communicated to dii1s' "History of Chivalry" the fol- I owing romantic account of the origin C >f the popular name, forgetneiot, of 1 he favorite little flower nyosotis: 'Two lovers were loitering on ihe mar ;in of a lake on a fne summer's even- 1 ng when the maiden espied some of he flowers of myosotis growing on the 1 rater close to the bank of an island Lt some distance from the shore. She ,pressed a desire to possess them. rhen the knight, in the true spirit of hivalry, plunged into the water and. wimming to the spot, cropped the ris'hed for plant, but his strength was C mable to fulfill the object of his' E Lcievement, and, feeling that he could iot regain the shore, although very I iear it, he threw the flowers upon the )ank, and, casting a last affectionate 1 ook upon his ladylove. he cried 'For et me not!' and was buried in the i raters. As the world insists upon a -eason. this story is as good as another. )ut the worthy knight mnlt have been < ;adly out of his elemen.wot to have < een able to return from a bank on 1 rhich his mistress could discern so ninute a blossom, unless. Indeed, we ouppose him to have been lad in Lrmor, which was a habiliment ill Ldapted for a lover by land or water." THE RHINOCEROS. rhis Malicious Brute Is the Assassin f of the Jungle. If the genius of bell used up all his It nental energy making a devil for the Lnimal kingdom. he could not have cre tted a more uncertain, malicious and igly brute than the rhinoceros. This Luimal has buried more hunters than tIl other big game combined. It seems :o be the hired assassin of the jungle. Its success as a homicide is not due :o the fact that it seeks its victim. but yecause its victim falls over it. If the hino knows that there is an enemy tbout, it will try to get away without >eing seen. If, on the other hand, it hinks that by keeping still it will be )assed unnoticed, it stays as silent and notionless as Gibraltar. its little hog yes watching the direction of the ose and Its nose sniflng the air. Should an enemy shc-v up suddenly n the jungle the rhino charges like a lash, nose down and horns leveled like ;words for the thrust, its huge bulk rushing through the brush like an ex >ress train. It is always a fight to the tenth, for a rhinoceros, once in a fight. rins or dies, and it mostly wins if it s not confronted with an express rifle a the hands of a cool, good shot. lampton's Magazine. 1 The Old Ti-ne Album. "The terrors of the autograph al >um" must have been more general in e middle of the last century than hey are now. The volume had em oss'ed pages of various colors and howed alternate literature and art riginal verses and drawings of ruins d bridges heightened with white balk. Girlb presented it for contribu- 1 ions so universally that Charles Dick ns was on one occasion much aston shd to find none forthcoming. -lHe Lad actually brought with him some -erses addressed to a beautiful maid n, on whose parents be was calling. ond he carried them away again. I ;ending them to her by post, he wrote, 'I had meant to put these lines into our album, but you, who do nothing ike anybody else, dId not produce ne."-Londonl Standard. in Morocco. In Morocco the prevatiling tone is rayish white, men's clothes and :ouses, towns, bushes, tall umnbelli rae, nodding like ghosts in autumn 1 are white: white sands upon the ore and In the Sahara and over all white and saddening light, as if the un was tired of shining down for *ver on the unchanging life. in no >art of Morocco I have visited does e phrase "gorgeous east" have the east meaning. and this is always noted y the wandering easterners, who find1 he country dull and lacking in color 'ompared with Asia, or, as the Arabs all it, "Blad Es Schark."--"A Journey, o Moroce'o." Russian Vengeance. The Russian revlutionaries have tbsolutely no merc-y on those who be ry them. It is well known that in :he year .1903 a traitor caught at )dessa was bricked up alive in a cel ar. I Regnier, a French spy In the pay of e Russian police, for a long tIme ~luded the vengeance of the revolu lonaries. But they caught him at last. td that just at the moment when be ~ancied himself safe. His body was 'ound in his cabin on a ship which -eached Antwerp. He had been suffo ated by fumes of sulphureted hydro en How this was done was never1 liscovered.1 The Considarate Clock. "One kiss!" pleaded a departing "Nonsense!" exclaimed his fiancee in tteasing mood. "Some one might see "Who?" "Why, the clock; it has a face." "Yes, but it keeps its hands in front >f it!" When He Missed It. The baldheaded man was asked if ie missed his hair much. "Only when some fool question na'kes me so mad I want to pull it," e replied pleasantly. - Ph'iladelphia [edger. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The rain falle on the just and unjust, ut the latter nearly always have the .ormers umbrellas.-Town Topics. Rev. I. W. Williamson's ILetter. Rev. I. W. Williamson, Huntington,I V. Va., writes: "This is to certify that sed Foley's Kidney Remedy for ner -ous exhaustion and kidney trouble and in free to say that it will do all that -ou claim for it." 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After the review he stepped r< nto the officers' mess room, where he h: ioticed on the counter a row of bot- h les, to which, instead of usual labels, d V'hite tickets, with a single letter of a he alphabet on each, were affixed. he bottles stood in rank and file and c n alphabetical order. "What does this mean?" the general S tsked the lieutenant who was show ng him around. t "That is an officers' charade, your b, xcellency," replied the officer, rather e mbarrassed. tl The ge- -al continued his Inquiries g Lnd elicitew the following Information: d "Each bottle contains a different T ind of liquor. At the meeting of the fficers' club one of us mixes some of hese varieties in a glass so that the n nitials spell a name, and the older md more experienced members of the g lub after tasting it guess what it is omposed of and name the word In- h ended." "Very original idea," remarked the : eneral. "And are you able to make a uess of that kind?" h "If It Is your excellency's pleasure, I 0 vill try," the lieutenant replied. The general went to the counter and t( nixed a glass, while the officer stood ti tt the other end of the room with his ace to the wall. "Now, guess what this means," said he general as he handed the glass to he officer. The latter drank it at one gulp. macked his tongue and replied: "That was 'Anna,' your excellency." n "Bravo!" exclaimed the general. "It i quires a lot of practice, eh?" t "Your excellency, 'Anna' Is easy b ough, but there Is a captain In our G orps who can even guess 'Nebuchad ezzar!'" h 0 LOST BOTH WAYS. b b Toss of a Coin With an Unexpected S Result. A New York traveling man was tell ag stories of "Toothpick Tom," a fa- 0 nous Bowery character, who lived by ds wits as a gambler. Tom was nown far and wide, not only because n >f this gambling mania, which was ti-r atiable, but because of his quaint wit nd originality. He was an illiterate Lnd could neither read nor write, but n the course of his cai'eer lie handled a )rhaps a little more than the average ,ambler's share of coin raked in across :he green cloth. "One afternoon Tom woke up with t healthy appetite for breakfast," said he New Yorker. "He found on I 'estigating his pockets that he had a ive dollar golTd piece; and he set out or the nearest cafe to appease his 0 iunger. But just as he was about to nter the restaurant be suddenly rec >nIzed the entrance to the next place ts the one leading to a gambling house vhich he had not visited for some i ime. Tom paused. He felt himself A orn between two emotions. hunger ti _ -.- pirit of gambling. II "Sh i '-1'e risk his gold piece on tbe A 'aro tabih the roulette or should ae a tat? That was the queszion. Hie might a nae a 'killing,' In which event, of ourse, he would eat sumptucusly- a hen, again, he might lose and face i tarvaton. The natural thing for Tom e :o do was to leave It to chance. "'Heads up, I eat breakfast; tails, I s; >ay' said Tom and flipped the coin. e Et was heads up. and Tom scratched o iis head thouightfully and said: - "'Well, we'll make It two out of a :hree.' "Again he tossed up, but this time 6 :he gold piece struck a crevice In the b ldewalk and disappeared. Tom look- E ad at the crack and philosophically re narked: F "'Whipsawed -both ways.' "-ilwau- ~ we Free Press. n KING COAL. While He Lives His Throne Is Fix,.d In the United States. P The part playe* by coal in the ~ iorld's affairs can well be ill'strated y assuming the available supply to b e suddenly cut off. The huge rail oad systems of America would stop b i once. So also wotld the electric P ower and lighting in 'il cities and b uburbs. Steamship service would ease everywhere. Transit facilities F vould be dead. Factories. manufa& ores and shops would close down. b !ast Industries like steel. iron, copper. t te., would cease. Armies of laborers t vould be thrown out of work. M1ails. chools, th'e navy, newspapers. forein ad internal trade-all would cease to Lsist. The trilogy governing comumer-h lal advaflee, heat, light and p)ower. e ~xcept a negligible amount of water. t ll, etc.. would be annIhilated-all this until some other form of power could '! > developed. The possibility of such a tcataclysm Is not imminent, for coalI b viil reign for 1me time yet and is t lestined to becouwe a power whose ca- I >ablitles halve as yet been compar'a Ively felt only more faintly than would feather on the hide of an elephant. The world needs coal. The United tates has that coal to deliver. It wiil ye wholly natural that so potent a ne essity will make for continued pea~ce ad understanding among the powers >f the world. The coal mines of Europe are sunk hout 3,000 feet deep. Coal is still >eng quasried on the banks of the )hio, and the mines of ilurope area learing the lImit of commercial possi- 0 llty. 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"Ireland niver WOODCRAFT. ethods of Canadian Indians In Trav ersing Forests. A Canadian Indian, states a contem yrary, never loses his way in the oods, being always able to find his ad over a route once followed by m and also to penetrate forests that has never seen if only another In an shows him the general course in rough draft on a piece of bark. Indians display marked ability in mmunicating with one another in the oods. They telegraph by means of noke, and it is astonishing how far f they can scent it-always a long me before they can see it or could -ar a sound from its vicinity. If they pect to be followed by another party tey stick a piece of wood in the ound on a portage, slanting it in the rection in which they are traveling. hose who find it will know by the de 'ee of inclination whether they who anted it are traveling hurriedly or t. If it be in summer, a small bough or ce of a shrub is fastened to the ake, and by the extent to which it is become withered those who find It ll know when it was placed there. a hunter, as very ofteii happens, has make a detour or to remain behind :s squaw In search of game, she will casionally indicate the route she has ken by sticks placed in the ground, which she has attached a small por on of her skirt. THE GERMAN CENSOR. e Was a Terror to the Dramatist a Hundred Years Ago. The way the censor worried the Ger tan dramatists of a century or so ago strikingly illustrated by a book on ie censorship in Germany published F Dr. Robert Heindl at Munich. The erman theater used to be terribly oral. In 1795 the Viennese censor Jid it down that an engaged couple 2ght not to quit the stage separately, at that they should be accompanied y an official who should be under :ood to be about to make immediate -rangements for their marriage. Even S1S48 misalliances were prohibited : the Viennese stage, for, as the cen )r sagely observed, these misfortunes ill occur in real life, but they should At be allowed in the theater. At Stuttgart the "Iphigenia in Tau s" of Goethe was nearly prohibited cause the Greek dress allowed the :tors' bare legs to be seen. There -as a long dispute over this point, but t last the censor permitted the play a condition that the actors wore yel >w tights. Few would have imagined that the lennese censor was so careful of the iorals of the population a hundred ears ago, but Dr. Heindl shows that t merely political allusions were cen red, but that the strictest decorum r word and of thought was insisted pon Why the Menu Was Changed. The culinary department of an East idan household, if the story of an merican traveler who has recently re rned from Calcutta Is to be believed, managed far differently from an -erican kitchen. "Here we emnloy a Ethiopian expert at so muen a 'eek," says the Philadelphia Record. here a cook would disdain to place weekly valuation on his services. [s conditions involve a flat rate of so any shillings weekgfor the furnish ig and prepara'tion c1 prov Isions. This stem of putting the enlilrary depart tent out to contract causes a penturi asness on the part of the chef which requently is not for the best health ad welfare of the household. Short Sbefore last Christmas the above amed American tourist had ordered is cook to have steak for dlinner. roiled chicken was served instend. essed for his reasons for disregard ig the command of the head of the ousehold, the cook explained that the acken had taken sick and if l1%had at been killed and served that day ho -as afraid he would have lost it." Conscientious Bill. "Bill had charge of the animal tent," id the old circus man. "and among is pets was a leopard, the only one we ad with the show, and quite enough >o. This leopard gave Bill more trou le than all the rest of the menagerie t together. It was certainly an ugly "Well, one day when we were show ig in the Midlands I had come up to ondon to arrange about some advance usiness. I was eating my dinner in e hotel when a telegram was handed me. It was from Bill and read: "he leopard has escaped. Prowling bout town. What shall I doy' "That was just like Bill. He hid to ae explicit directions, even in an nergency like this. He didn't want >make a mistake. "I immediately wired back to Bill, shoot him on the spot.' I didn't think ny more about it until a couple of ours later, when I received another iegram from conscientious, careful ill, asking, 'Which spoty'" A Rat's Tail. A rat's tail is a wonderful thing. he great naturalist Cuvier says that 2ere are more muscles in this curious ppendage than are to be found in that art of the human anatomy which is iost admired for its ingenious struc ire-namely, the hand. To the rat, in act, its tail serves as a sort of hand, y means of which the animal is en bled to crawl along narrow ledges or ther difficult passages, using It to bal nce with or to gain a hold. It is pre ense, like the tails of some mon eys. By means of It the little beast an jump up heights otherwise inac essible, employing It as a projectile If you want to feel well, look well and well, take Foley's Kidney Remedy. tones up the kidneys and bladder, arifies the blood and restores health ad strength. Pleasant to take and con ins no barmful drugs. Why not comn ene today? W. E. Brown & Co. Hatmaking In the East Indies. The making of bamboo hats is one of e chief industries of the natives of e East Indies, and quite often the hildren are more expert than their iothers in weaving the strips together nd'forming the designs, their fingers eing younger and more supple. In -ans'porting the long stalks of bamboo ythe factory the natives tie the ends r two stalks together, spread them part a short distance forward of the enter, tie a crosspiece between and irry them on their shoulders.-Popu t Mechanics. f you desire a clear complexion take oley's Orino Laxative for constipation ad liver troubles as it will stimulate tse organs and thorouably cleanse >r system, which is what everyone ceds in the spring in order to feel Will cure any case beyond the reach of n moan's Age often does not agree with her appearance. Pain and suffer ing add to the years till many women look much older than they really are. Many women, avoldingpain by the regular use of that ef fectual remedy, for women, Wine of Cardul, keep their youth and beauty. akCARDUI Mrs. Annie Vaughan, Ral eigh, N. C., tried Cardul and writes: "I was sick and worn out almost unto death. My sister finally persuaded me to take Cardul Befoe I had taken five bottles I was well and strong." Try CarduL. It is for wo men. Its tonic, building quali ties should restore you gently to health. Thousands of wo men have found it to give them lasting benefit. Try CarduL. For sale everywhere. E 47 The MYanagement of The Times will hereafter go over the mailing lists every week, ancd without fIrther notice every subscription in arrears over one year will be stricken off. This is done in compliance with the Postal reguilations.So watch the label on The Times, it will tell yom when youzr subscription expires. For Sale. My farm at Jordan of 60 acres, 30 of t now very fertile inclosed unto woven ire fence. a nice home, will exchange for property in Manning. Also an ex ra nice pair of mares well bred, not fraid of steam or' automobiles, bred by nyself, work single or double, with or ,ithout eve winkers, quality such as to nake thenm valuable, 5 and 6 years old. H. L. WILsoN, M. D., Jordan. S. C. Woodmen of the WTorld. .\cets on fourth Mouday nights at :30. Visiting Sovereigns invited. LON NEOTIATED IOn First-Class Real Estate Mortgages. Pur1y & O'Bryan, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Manning, S. 0. HOEYANDTAR The original LAXATIVE cough remedy. For coughs, colds, thro~at and lung troubles. No opiates. Non-alcoholic. Good for everybody. Sold everywhere. The genuine FOLEY'S HONEY and TAR is in aYellow package. Ref use substitutes. Prepared only by Foley & Company, Chicago. W. E. BROWN & Co. Notice. The next examination for teachers ill be held it the court house in Man ing, Friday, May 14th, beginning romptly at nine o'clock.' Tbere will e no summer school this year except t Wottord college. Due credit will be iven for attendance and work to those ho attead it. No teacher whose cer tificates have expired or are about to, sould overlook this examination, or he summer school,if possible to attend. E. J. BROWNE, County Superintendent Education. W HE N YOU COME TO~ TOWN CALL AT WAEL LS' SH A VING SA LOON Wvhich is itterA np with nLu eve to the comfort of his HAIR CUTTl0 IN A LL STYLES, S HAV1ING AN.D S1H A M PO0ING 9one~ with neatness and 4 cordial invitation is extended... J1. L. W ELLS. Mnuiu&g Timues Block. Dr. King's New Life Pills Cures Backache Corrects I-regularities Do -not risk having oo7rizht's Disease ~edicine. No me -dicir e e c . or Diabetes W. E. BROWN & CO. LIVE STOCK There never has been in this market a cleaner lot of Horses and Mules than can now be found at our stables. Every Horse or Mule we sell goes with our guarantee. Farm Mules, Draft Mules, Carriage Horses, Buggy Horses, Saddle and Driving Horses. Also Dr. White's famous Horse Remedies. Ii you want a good, strong, handsome Buggy, Surrey ot Wagon, we can supply you at prices to meet competition. Come to us for Harness, Saddles, Robes and Whips. and anything pertaining to this line. We wadt your personal inspection of our Stables, and we feel assured that we cart suit you to a Horse, Mule or Buggy, Surrey or Wagon. COFFEY& RIGBY Bring Your Job Printing to The Timi8. WHEN LIFE ENDS Youir Incone Ceases. THE WIFE AND CHILDREN WILL THEN NEED HELP MUCH MORE THAN THEY DO NOW. W I Lj 3- T E-1- Y G E] T I T? A POLICY IN THE OLD RELIABLE > Hartford Life Insurance Company Will afford them Maximum Protection at a Minimum Cost. All Modern Policy Forms, Combining the Best Features with the Most Liberal Premium Rates. MA RION RICH, Gen. Agt., Columbia, S. C. 8. E. INGRAM, Local Agent, J. M. WINDHAM, local Agent, Manning. S. C. Manning, S. C IT PAYS TO PLANT TOBACCO, IT ALSO PAYS TO BUY YOUR WIRE, THREAD, FLUES and REPAIRS FROM THE MANINLIHARD!AkE COMPANY We can put up Flues of any weight desired. Our Mr. Holla day has had four years' experience in making .Flues and is an ex pert at the business. All our Flues are built under his personal supervision end guaranteed to give satisfaction. Our Flues -have been giving thorough satisfaction to our customers in the past, and we are trying to give our customers theBEST FLUES pos sible for the LEAST MONEY. See us and leave your orders with us and guarantee prompt atttention to same. Thanking you in advance, we are Yours for business, Manning Hardware Co. i QUALITY. We want to direct your attention first to our Line of __ Bugis.Our Rock Hill, Durham, Corbitt and Babcock Buggies embrace every feature to be desired in a service able and perfect riding Buggy. If it is ease of motion, finish and durability in a Buggy you want, for the lowest dollar, we have it. You get a ticket with each Buggy that entitles you to one chance at our fifty dollar prize. Somebody gets the money. Get in line and win. WAGONS. Our Line of Wagons is complete, and for lightness of draft and durability for the price we offer, is unappro aehed mn any rival. 8 HORSES. Our car load of Horses was unloaded this morning. Come in and select what you want from a car that has Snot been picked overr. We will give you the benets~ of our twenty-five years experience in helping you get just what you want. ~ LAP ROBES and HAR NESS. We now handle the celebrated 5-A Robes, and have the best Tme ever shown in the county. Five hun dred satist Ad customers using our hand-made Harness. In fact w :aUr- 3verything in our line you want. Guar antee tib guahty and satisfy you with the price when W3 wvant your trade and are in shape to get it if you Yours wide awake and ready to serve you. D.M. BRADHAM & SON