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We Have Moved Into Our NEW STABLES which is one of the largest. most convenient and up-to-date build ings in the State. We have spared neither pains nor money in making our stables a comfortable and safe place for the accom modation of our friends and patrons. New Horses and Mules 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 .ules, Draft lules, Carriage Horses. Buggy Horses. Saddle and Driving Horses. Also Dr. White's famous Horse Remc-dies. New Buggies and Wagons. If you want ,. good, strong., handsome Buggy. Surrey or Wagon. we can supply you at prices to meet competition. Come to see us for Harness, Saddles. Robes and WI'ips. and anything pertaining to this line. We want your personal inspection of our stables, and we feel assured that we can suit you to a Horse, \Mule or Buggy. Surrey or Wagon. COFFEY & RICBY. AIn The Yearl O just closed, 1909, we have much to be thankful for, in 3 common with all our citi:;ens, good trade conditions and a general prosperity. Our trade has about doubled itself = and we hope this year to see the march of progress-con- a tinned for ourselves as well as our friends and patrons Z every.where. Friends, we as for a continuance of your support and patronage, promising on our part honest, a fair and square dealings with all. Our aim is to offer E you the best goods at lowest prices. Our stock of General Hardware will be more complete than ever before. New goods are a constantly arriving. A full Line of Stoves, Ranges and Heaters. Farmers will find a complete assortment of a Farming Implements and Tools to select from. Our "All-In-One" Plow, entirely new, will till a long felt a want. .Another carload of the famous Pittsburg Fence - 0 for both garden and field fencing has just arrived. Agent a ONfor all "Keen Kutter" goods-none. better. Headquarters 4 for-Guns and Sporting Goods. We ask the ladies to in ' spect our line of Enamelware, Raed's Enamelware made ' * especially for us-every piece guaranteed. And A full line of Crockery, Glassware, Lamps, Burners and Chimneys, Paints, Oils. Varnishes, and all building supplies. - Tours for business, Piloi arI!e CO@I. In the Levi "Busy" Block. A CAR LOAD OF THE NICEST Horses and Mules ever shipped to Manning, to arrive Thursday morning. December 23rd. Come and see th'em. If you need a Horse or Mule look them over before you buy. An article well bought is half sold. My Stock is bought right. Come and get yours before they are picked over. I carry a large stock of Tyson & Jonie's, Hackney and Wrenu Buggies. A car load of Piedmont Wagons just arrived. The best on the market for the money. Call and get my prices before you buy. F. C. THOMAS, MANNING. S. C. HORSES, MULES,I BUGGIES, WAGONS, HARNESS. Building Material, Lime, Cement.Acme Wall Plaster. Shingles. Laths. Fire Brick, Clay. Stove Flue Drain Pipe. &c. HAY AND GRAIN. SEED. Oats, Wheat, Rye, and Barley. A carload or a singrle article. Come and see us, if unable to do. write or 'phone No. 10. BOOTHHARDY LIVE STO CO. SUMTER.S.C Physicians Advise th seofagoodinative, to keep the bowels openi and prevent the poisons of undigesteal fodfogettininto your systen:. Th aetproduct of science ir VEL.VO .mtive Liier Syruzp, purely vegetable.get. zelable and of a pleasant. aromatic taste. Velvo acts on the liver, as wellasoth soachad bowels, and ISOf the greatest possible effiac in costipation, indigestion, usaneheadache, fevesnes, colauenne n etc. Try vF1 LAXATIVE ___LL___U LIVER SYRUlP Eat and Grow Fat WH. YO-U S TO TOW CALL AT FRESH MEATS AT 1AELS ALL TDES. EVERYTHING GOOD Sl A VIN SA LOON ' TO EAT. Whlich in' fitted "I -:LIt a:. Give us a Trial. .... . t ,at conut fl -nfito:Jeri.. . .... Clark & Iiuggins. HAIR CUTTING4 W. 0. W. Woodm~en of the World. toe~nanM Meets on second Monday nights at ipcl..... 8:30. Visiting Sovereigns invited. 4 c-ordia'inuvitatio: Dr.Kiang's NewLfe Pills .. W ELLS The baet in ea wamrd. Manniug Tim~es Block. A WEST POINT HAZING It Knocked All the Egotism Out of the New Cadet. SINGING HIS OWN PRAISES. He Was Kept at it to His Own Morti facation and the Delight of the Upper Clars Men-A Clipping From His Home Paper Started the Trouble. [lazing at the United States Military academy. West Point. has in the past ten years been so frequently followed by punishment and otherwise discoun tenanced that It has practically become a thing of the past. A third of a cen tury ago the modes of hazing were varied and many of them unique. A zertain graduate who bailed from south of Mason and Dixon's line and from west of the Allegheny moun tains told this story of his own expe rience: He was a tall. rawboned fellow when he entered the academy as a .plebe" and had been assigned to a room with a bright little chap. with whom he soon became very frienely and confidential. Several weeks after be had entered the academy le receiv ed a letter from his ;ood mother, in which she had inclosed a clipping from their county newspaper. The article mentioned the fact that young Mr. - had received an ap pointment to West Point and had left for that place several days before; that. whereas they extended congratulatIons to the young man. the United States government was to be much more greatly congratulated upon obtaining as one of its embryo soldiers a man from their communit3. the son of such a noble sire, whose sire and gre:t-sires had been equally noble. a young man above reproach. of great Inte!!ect and bound to make his mark in any call ng be might elect. etc. This article inspired its recipient with pride and pleasure. He found It impossible to refrain frot sbowing it to his roommate and --n hour after having done so was ,ccosted while gong downstairs by an upper class man wbo had been driling hu and had been very severe. At this meeting the upper class man. who was about half bis size, looked at him solemnly. removed his cap and said: "Mr. -. I humbly beg your pardon for having been so stern with you. I did not know until a few moments ago what a distinguished and Intellectual young man you were. You honor us by be coming one of us." The pleased "plebe." never for a moment scenting mischief, grinningly replied: "That's all right. Mr. -. forgive you." That evening while the "plebe" and his roommate were engaged in study there was a knock at their door, and there entered the upper class man who had accosted and apologized to the "plebe" on the stairs. he being accom panied by a dozen other upper class men. He thus addressed the -piebe:" "Mr. -, here are a number of your broter cadets who are desirous of knowing what a particularly distin guished man they have among them. You will therefore kindly read what your newspaper says of you." The ''plebe' was inclined to demur. but the determined manner and steely eye of the little upper class man com pelled obedience. Embarrassed, he stumblingly read the whole article, at the conclusion of which the lIttle upper class man stated that the reader had mumbled in parts, had failed to enun cite distinctly and required the poor "plebe" to read it again. This having been done, all shook hands wIth him in an apparently most deferential man ner, after which the little upper claras man stated that they would call the next evening augmented by other ca dts and that In the meantime the "plebe", would commit the article to memory and be in readiness to repeat It when they called. His manner brooked no disobedience. The call was mande the next evenIng. the number of cadets be-ng nearly double that of the previous evening. and be repeated the article, being prompted by the little upper class man. Before the departure of his vis itors he was Informed that he would be visited the next evening by a still greater number.of cadets, and he was ordered to be prepared to declaim the article depicting his virtues. The visit was made and the declaman tion rendered. He was then informed that he would be again visited the fol lowing evening and would prepare himself so as to be able to render the article In song. This visit was made. rthe room being fairly packed with ca dets, and the poor "pilebe" was re quired to stand on a table and bowl the article from start to finish, for be had not the faintest understanding of ow to sing or turn a tune. In after years he said that if be had ever had any egotism In his composition it was completely knocked out of him by hay ig to handle that article as he had to handle it.-T. W. Duncan in Lippin cott's. The Black Hand Business. Mrs. Bart-My husband ..ot a lettet today saying something dreadful wvould happen if he didn't send the writer a sm of money. Mrs. Smart-My bras band gets dunned for hIs bills too. Boston Transcript. Same Thing. Scribbler-I don't like the word 'chaos." Give me a synonym. Scrawl ee-How would housecleaning time do". -Philadelphia Riecord. History Is but the unrolled scroll of pr~pecy.-Garfield Puemmonia Follows a Cold but never follows the use' of Foley's Uor ey and Tat-, which stops the cough. heals the lungs, and expels the cold from your system. Take at firt- sign of a cold and avoid a dangerous illness. WV. F.. Brown No Time For Little Boys. An Edinburgh gentleman died the oth r day. and a small boy. openu eyed and ilent, watched while the coffin was placed In the hearse. "iave you said your prayers. Wil le said his mother, after tucking him nto bed that nigzht. "No mamama." said Willie. "Well, say them now." "' not going to say any prayers onight," replied Willie. with the air of one who had fully made up his "But you must." -No, not tonight," Willie persisted. "Wy not':" asked the mother in as tonishment. 'It's no use," said Willie. "-They will be so busy in heaven tonIght un aig Mr. Jones that they will have no time to listen to the prayers of lit . tiC- hy-- inum-h Dispatch. COWED BY MOSQUITOS. A Clergyman's Experience on a British Columbia Trip. In ISO the Rev. John Sheepsbanks, later on the bishop of Norwich. was traveling througb ritish Columbia. His book. "A Bishop Ir the Rough," relates his experiences on the Douglas trail. where the greatest discomfort was caused by the swarms of ferocious mosquitoes. He met with Indians cov ered with paint, carrying branches of trees in their hands, which they were z.Teeping around them as they walked. They were evacuating their country, being temporarily driven out by these' pests. If by chance a traveler arrived at a clearing or an open space where there appeared to be an immunity from them, ere long they would ap pear. "Quite early in the morning after meeting those Indians I issued from my tent and found an open space on the river's side where I could get my bath. But no sooner had I emerged from the water than I found swarms of mosquitoes assailing me, and, do what I would, slaughter them by doz ens, I suffered severely. "It was on that same day, dining at a wayside house. that I took part In a scene which I can never forget. There were twenty-fire men going up to the mines. Food was on the table. There was a ceaseless hum in the apartment,; for It was literally brown with thou sands of mosquitoes. "It was sweZeringly hot. yet every man had made himself as impervious as he could. Each man wore his coat buttoned up. strings were fastened round his cuffs, and trousers also if he had not on top boots. They had gaunt lets on their hands, their hats were on. I and veils hanging down covered face and neck. A man would stick his fork into a piece of meat and pop in under the veil as quickly as possible. When I drinking their coffee the men would hold the cup underneath the veil. first clearing out the bodies of the mosqui toes which possibly had been feeding upon the hairy mincr *lose at hand. "Not a word was uttered during that brief meal, for we were beaten down and cowed by the insects. The first words spoken were by a miner In push Ing away his chair from the table, 'Oh, this God forsaken countryr" ABSENTMINDED. The Dinner to Which Wills, the Artist. Invited a Friend. Mr. Wills, the artist, was renowned for his absentmindedness, and the fol lowing story, says Henrietta Cockran in her book. "Celebrities and I," was told of him by a friend: "Wills invited me to dinner one afternoon when I met him in the Strand. I accepted. reminding him that as he was absent minded he had better make a note of the evening. As he had no paper in his pocket, he wrote the date on his shirt cuff. "When the appointed evening arriv ed I went to his studio. The door was opened by Wills, and I could see that he had forgotten all about the appoint I ment. "Ah, old fellow,' he exclaimed. 'do not he too hard on me. The cuff went Ito the wash and the date with it. But there Is a fowl in the pot boiling here,' continued Mr. Wills. "Just come in and w-alt a few minutes.' "I had my misgivings, but walked inside and sat upon the only chair not crowded with paint brushes and pal ettes. "After waiting for about twenty minutes. feeling deucedly hungry. I groaned. This had Its effect "He exclaimed in a dreamy voice, 'The fowl must be boiled by this time,' and, coming forward. he lifted the lid of the pot and peered inside. 'It Is very odd,' he remarked. -hut I cannot see the fowL Extraordinary! No one has been here, so the bird cannot have been stolen.' "Well, the long and short of it is that a week or two later 1 called again at the studio, noticed a peculiar odor and discovered the fowl wrapped up in a piece of paper. "'Ah! said Wills. 'Now I know how it all happened. When the fowl was -brought in there came a smart visitor Lady G.-about sitting for her por trait. I must have thrown the fowl behind a canvas and forgotten about it'" Kissing the Book. In England and all the English speaking countries the kissing or the book before the oath comes from the practice of touching a '"halidame," or sacred object, as the old Roman touched the altar or Harold the casket of relics. The form -So help me God" is in herited from ancient Teutonic-Scan dinavian law, under which the old orthmen, touching the blood daubed ring on the altar, swore, "So help me Frey and Niordh and the Almighty God"-that is, Thor. The first and last of these are the two old English gods. whose names we keep up in Friday and Thursday-New York Amedican. Why Women's Minds Are Cleaner. "Of course women should vote." he said. '"Women deserve the suffrage as much as men-more, because their minds are purer and cleaner." "Ceaner?" cried the sweet young thing he had taken in to dinner. "Of course they are, ever and ever so much ceaner! But how do you know that'?" "Because they change them so much oftener." said he solemanly.-Exchange. in Doubt. Mrs. Meadow fat '?aris hotel)-Ooo! There's a fly In this soup! .Mr. Meadow (who has traveled a lit tle)-Hush. Miranda: dont speak so oud! No use exposin' our Ignorance. This bill of fare is all in French. and mebby we ordered fly soup.-London Tit-Bits. A Wild Blizzard Ragirg~ brings danger. su:Tering --of ten death t thousands, who take colds. coughs and lagipp -that ter ror of Winter and sping. its danger signals are "suffed up. nosrils. lower part of nose sore, chils and h.-ver, pain in back of head, and a throat-gripping cough. When Grip attack.-. as you value your life. dcn't 'delay :retting D~r. King's New iDis cosrc'. "Onbe bottle cur-ed me." writ. \. LlDun-j. of P'ine \'alley. .\iss., aft.erJ bing -laid up' three weeks with Gr:p. F'r -r lun-. Hiemorrhtages. <'oughs,, Cold. W\hoopin:: ('ouigh, Bronchitis. .\sm.it's -upireme. 501c.. $1 00o. G;uar anteed-. bv al! draurgists. The Funny Door. -How children do coin words and: phras.s for a household:" exclaimed the young mother. "When my little. b'y first began to talk he called every: sort of openi- a 'door.' It was an: association of ideas for him, and he appied it to everything. One night as his father took off' his shoes a hole In his stocking was disclosed. -Funny door, furnny dloor!' exclaime.d the little chap gleefully. .And now In our family a hole in the stocking is always a .f 'run MARINERS' COMPASS, Little Known of the Real Origin of the Instrument ITS USE BY THE CHINESE. This Wonderful People Knew of the Magnetic Needle Long Before the Christian Era-The Claims of Gioia, the Pilot, and the Credit Due Him. \uch Interest must forever attach to the discovery of that valuable instru ment the mariner's compass, and yet there are few subjects concerning which less is known. For a period the honor of the invention was ascribed to Giola, a pilot, born at Pusitano, a small village situated near Amalfi, about the end of the thirteenth cen tury. His claims. however. have been disputed. Much learning and labor have been bestowed upon the subject of the dis covery. It bas 'een maintained by one class that even the Phoenicians were the inventors, by another that the Greeks and Romans had a knowledge of It. Such notions, howerer. have been completely refuted. One passage. nevertheless. of a re markable character occurs in the works of Cardinal de Vitty. bishop of Ptole mais, in Syria. He went to Palestine during the fourth crusade, about the year 1204. He returned afterward to Europe and subsequently back to the Holy Land, where he wrote his work entitled "Historia Orlentalis," as nepr ly as can be determined, between the years 1215 and 120. In chapter 01 of that work he has this singular pas sage: "The Iron needle, after contact with the loadstone. constantly turns to the north star, which, at the axis of the Ermament, remains immovable while the others revolve, and hence it is es sentially necessary to those navigat ing on the ocean-" These words are .s explicit as they are extraordinary. They state a fact and announce a use. The thing. there fore, which essentially constitutes the compass must have been known long before the birth of Giola. In addition to this fact, there is another equally fatal to his claim as the original dis coverer. It is now settled beyond a doubt that the Chinese were acqiainted with the compass long before the Europe ans. it Is certain that there are allu sions to the magnetic needle in the traditionary period of Chinese history, about 2,(00 years before Christ, and a still more credible account of it Is found in the reign of Chingwang of the Chow dytasty. before Christ 1114. All this, however, may be granted without in the least impairing the just claims of Glola to the gratitude of man kind. The truth appears to be that the position of Glola In relation to the compass was precisely that of Watt in relation to the steam engine-the ele ment existed; he augmented its utility. The compass used by the mariners In the Mediterranean during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries was a very uncertain and unsatisfactory apparatus. It consisted only of a mag netic needle floating in a vase or basin by means of two straws on a bit of cork supporting It on the surface of the water. The compass used by the Arabians In the thirteenth century was an in strument of exactly the same descrip tion. Now the Inconvenience and in-, efficiency of such an apparatus are ob vious. The agitation of the ocean and the tossing of the vessel might render It useless in a moment But Giola placed the magnetized needle on a pivot, which permits it to turn to all sides with facility. After ward It was attached to a card divided Into thirty-two points, called rose de vents, and then the box containing It was suspended In such a manner that, however the vessel might be tossed, It would always remain horizonta. Electrical Engineer. Stung. The old gentleman went into the par lor the other night at the witching hour of 10:.30 and found the lights out and his daughter and a dear friend enjoyIng a tete-a-tete in a corner by the window. "Evangeline," said the old man stern ly, "this Is scandalous!" "Yes, papa." she answered sweetly. "It is candleless because times are hard. Lights cost so much Ferdinand and I said we would get along with the starlight." And papa turned about In speech less amazement and tried to walk out of the room through a panel In the wall paper.-Exchange. The Difference. "Father," said little Rollo, "what is the difference between farming and agriculture?" "Well, my son, for farming you need a plow and a harrow and a lot of other implements, and for agriculture all yo need is a pencil and a piece of paper."Washngton Star. The Mess In the Oven. "How came such a greasy mess in the oven?" said a f~dgety old spinster to her maid of all work. "Why." replied the girl. "the candles fell into the water, and I put them Into the oven to dry."-Londonl Tatler. Mildew. An easy method of removing mil dew is to place the article in a warm oven for a few moments and then brush It. When you forget there are others you are nearing a burned bridge I t is a dangerous th ing toe take a cough med icine contain ing opiates that merely stiIe your cough instead of curing it. Folevs Honev an.i Tar loosena, nd cures the cough and expels the poisonoUf germs, thus preventing pneumonia anu consumption Refuse Nubstitutes and ake only the genuine Foley's Honey, and Tar In the yellow package. WV. Ei. Brown & Co. A Bunker. Iowe-Dnt you know anything ab~ut golf? We-Not much. Why? II'w-Wat's a bunker? Do you Wise- I suppose it's one of those ranks that simply live-on the links. Milwakee Wisconsin. Thc jest which is expected is already dtst royed.-Johnson. A Changed Girl. -How is it that Julia is soQ jealou~s und quarrelsomec? She used to have such a sweet disposition!" "I know, but the past year she has5 been singing in a church chair."-Bal +tmo.e American. HUNTING ROCK HARES. k Fleet Little Animal Found Among the Sand Hills of Arabia. How long the Arab has inhabited the eserts of the near east is a much dLs mssed question. How long he has in ulged in the old time sport of falconry t is equally difficult to say. Sure It is hat this keen blooded race has not ived all these centuries in those sun ;corched wastes without some sort of 'ecreation. and his delights today are )robably much the same as those of lis ancestors a couple of thousand erears ago. Curious to see what natural sport :hese barren regions could afford, the rriter accepted an invitation to join a arty of Syrian Arabs for a week's iunting. Our quarry was the rock =re. an animal about the size of an English rabbit, but with very fine de eloped ears. which frequents these leserts in small numbers. !iving on what scanty herbage it can find. We started straight away in search f it by forming a chain about a quar ter of a mile long and drawing like ly tracts of desert in long semicircular ,weeps. The herbage was very scant ndeed. These sand hills. being scorch ed by a tropical sun and having a early rainfall of only some three inches. support but few plants of any kind. I noticed a few insectivorous birds pursuing their prey with keen roracity, as though they found it hard to make a living. but saw no trace of wild animals. On se marched in silent order, mere ly following the lead of our falcon bearer. whose face seemed invariable. is manner unmoved. Hours passed by. It was now 11 o'clock. The sun was hot above us, drying up our1 parched lips. I began to think that rock bares must be a myth when sud lenly the hound leaped forward wtb a great bound, our horses instinctively ollowiUg at full gallop. But we had not far to go. It was only a "gar bour." The bound was soon up to it, and I thought It was all over; but, no the little creature leaped, as It were. right out of his mouth. One spring brought the greyhound longside again. but again this agile quadruped had slipped out of the rasp of b1s sharp teeth. The speed of the tiny thing was so great and its actions so sudden that it was as much as the eye could do to follow it at all. Again Its great pursuer sprang upon it; again this nimble animal spped from his very jaws. But It was no good. It was outclassed in size. These great leaps shook the very life breath from its frail body. At last It fell an easy prey to its re lentless enemy, and one crunch put an end to its miseries. It was an inter esting little beast. its body about the size of a rat. It carried a fine long coat, was gray on the back, with white under the belly, having a long bony tall with a pretty tuft at the end. But its hind legs were its great feature. They were very long, being, like those of the kangaroo, specially adapted for jumping. I noted, too, that each hind foot was provided with only three toes. whereas on those of the fore legs, which were very short. there were the normal five. Altogether it was a most interesting and sporting specimen. "Near East." Descendants ot David. The history of the Sassoons is one of the most dramatic In the very dra matic story of the Hebrew race. The original Sassoon was a Bombay mer chant. but the family is descended from a group known as Ibrn Shoshan, who at one time held the position of nossi of Toledo. The nme Shoshan. which signifies "lily" in Hebrew, was gradually transformed into Sassoon,1 signifying "gladness." The family aim Davidic descent. and Abraham Sassoon, who flourished In the seven teenth century. stated that he was a direct descendant of Shephatiah. the fifth son of David. Not only are there many references to the name In He brew mediaeval literature, but men-' tion of It is made In the Talmud.-Lon don Mf. A. P. Three Tightwads. Speaking of tightwads, a Texas pa-i per says: It is reported that three of the stirngiest men in the state were in town yesterday. One of them will not drink as much water as he wants un less It is from another man's well. The second forbids any of his family from writing anything but a small hand, as It is a waste of ink to make large let ters. The third stops his clock at night In order to save wear and tear on the machinery. All of them decline to take their county paper on the ground that It is a terrible strain on their spectacles to read newspapers even In the daytime. Food Scarce. -This circular describing the Miount Ingue says you can sit at the dinner table and see the beautiful mountain peaks," said the man who cont'emplat ed going. "Tat is tr-ue," replied the one who had been, "and that's just about all you can see."-Yonkers Stajtesman. Ho Wouldn't Die. Mrs. Peachblow-Why does your hus band carry such a tremendous amount of life Insurance when he's in such per feet health? Mrs. Flicker-Oh, just to tantalize me. Men are naturally cruel. Not Unanimous. She-Ther's Mrs. Toozle. She seems quite reconciled to the death of her frst husband. He-Yes. but I'm afraid her second never will be.-Illustr'ated In the adversity of our best friends w e often find something which does Dot displease us.-Rocbefonlcauld. For indigestion and ai! stomnach trou b ies take Foev's Orino Laxative. It is he naturai remedy for indigestion.I dvpepsia. heartburn, bad breath. -ick hhadache. torpid liv'e;. biliousness and: habitual constipation. Foiey" Orimo Laxative .weetens the stomach and1 breath, and tones up the entire alimen arv ystemn. W. F. Brown .' C'o. vis was the naime applied to a en1of nhilosophers founded by An ti.;h~nes. a pupil of Soc.rates. The min tene't of the extreme cynics wasi, at 'ivilizationl is a curse. and true' piless can be obtained only by gr atifyint the most primrary physical1 appetites which man has in common w ith brutes. The general attitude of1 th cynics ais distinaguished from that o the stoies, who regarded everything iti he external world with Indiffer ene. was one of contempt. They were not an important philosophical school numerically, but attracted attention; largely by their eccentricities and inso lnce. On account of their contempt for refinemtnt their name came subse quently to be applied to any one who tes a mean view of human life New Yrk A merican.1 There is more to a Ferlilzer than Analyses The mere mixing of materials to obtain analy sis requires no special knowledoe. The value of a fertilizer lies in the source from which the plant food is obtained. Each ingredient in Royster goods is selected with a view of supplying the plant from sprouting z until harvest. The plant is not overfed at one time and starved at an other. Twenty-five years experience goes with every bag. REGISTERED Sold by reliable dealers throughout the South. F. S. Royster Guano Co. NORFOLK, VA. THE "REGENT." HARD NAMES. Some In Scotland That Aroused a Diamond That Restored the Fortune Lady From Schnectady. of the House of Pitt- Few Americans have trouble In pro Men& save never collected great crys- am'Shenctay," al als for personal adornment. Even that toug the spe oS nt al Tribble in lace and spangles," the ri- though the spelIn of' It is not always *a o BauBrin e antftrar o easy. In -Talks In a Libtn7r" e! of Beau Brmmel and aftew d Lawrence Hutton tells of an old Scotch ;eerge IV. of England--even he sought lir whs gus o summer was a hem simply for some Perdita be was r os wa )ursung. :young lady named Miss Cunninghaml. Louis XIV., ng - ad monarque, par- who came from Schenectady. "Skin bas XwV.,fe ndmarg e pur- ney-taddy" and "Skenk-ter-addy" were nostdfo twenty-velre dmons, as near to it as the laird usually came. iostagesr laaiere.- AMongtemn In his eyes the orthographic and or 'nthnesndou Pint." Aon thvem thoepic beam of his own titles and ap ias fh ondrots HaPint "oA slave in pellations was entirely ecipsed by the adi soutd ft. laiety Coutn ithes mav mote known as Schenec ar ofsoueg fnordierty. hCde t-ii ta~dy, and he never realized that the ofd whi he indt hide te dia inhabitants of the countIes of Scho ondt wTohin tenglish hipe ati the harie, Cattaraugus and Chemung In erest. To pasEnge tohip contry h the state of New York might safely vhered met frsag toayconr bite their thumbs at the residents of The catn, qute casuae. an .it the shire of Fire in the kingdom of Te humori, utkte aseml nd thw Scotland until his eyes were opened ie humor, Itoo the ge adthe somewhat rudely and his sight was in The guerdon of such jesting release a"Unclrestore"ad. t i sdel rom servitude was sold to a dealer for one nigohn he saidt hi suddnl ,0 and through him reached sir Ion eveir Scheneas"n ceonu lobert Pitt. governor of Fort St. Jhatons ove Snafy"uplce on eorge, for $102,000. who shipped It whadsthent o'" yurpsc? ome to England to be faceted."Adoyurprs? A Scotch financier. John Law, then "Andof rph." ? lolng business In France. negotiated I"Anof yur pst- ie? or a fee of $2">,000 the sale of the din- ",,o yu otofcT non t th rget (ftrwrd Louis I Plttenweem. iond) t o ereetatew "And of your railway station?" It is pleasant to remember that there- s ~c nel Jhn" cntnud iy the fortunes of the house of Pitt "o. astlir ofncle hy ctned.rnc ere restored and thait the seller's sen, u as orede of thed kirk(oheArrnc Viliam Pitt. and his grandson. the cirw frmedern your therso adrn arI of Chathaw, were assisted to high pra, rPiittngoettem and pin- u iace and service by opportunities ptris at ilnoceran ting youree nade possible through the profit on the t dy fu n hik cenc imond for which a poor slave, seek- t-yfunr ng freedom. was thrown into the sea BREAD SH EETING. -Everybody's. The Sun Dried Dough cf the Land of .AN iRISH DUEL thle Pyramida. Rules Were Ignored and the Meeting In the latnd of the pyramids when Had a Happy Ending. ever coffee is brought Iio a visiting A. duel with a happy ending seems guest the sun cooked breed sheeting-is in anomaly, yet one Is commemorated always served therewith-- It looks like I Blakwood's \Magazirne in an article so much chamois ether and is of n Irish "nire eaters." The duel as ar-' sweetish taste, beIng compounded sole ranged was between John Egan. a ly of dour and the espressed pulp of :ounty judge, and Roger Barett, inas-t sultana raisins. It is cleanly to handle cr of the rolls. Both men were hu- and can be crumpl-d up In the hand orons, and the meeting upon the fair without fracture. round of Donnybrook was character- This bread sh~eeting Is a most impor 1st-ic.tant article or interio~r commerce, per pon the cotrbatants taking their camel caravans. amon; the Asiatic kall round Barett. who was the challen- fats and bazaars. It has for thousands er, promptly fired without waiting for of years been their coinbined bread, he signal to be given and then walked cracker and caike dI in one. oolly away, calling out: 1 The brend she'e!n-r rs used in the Now. Egan. my honor is satisfied:" jcountries or urigin as minor ::rticles of The judge, howev-er, was by no furniture and frinishim;:. ju--: as the :ans contented and shouted: "'Hello:I natives or t he trop!-s imake am bewil stop, Roger. till I take a shot at your dering variety of uses of t he ,-ocoanut benor: palm and its pr'-du:-ts. :ts ru, blinds. iarett thereupon came back and. awnings. lanternis. enashiers t ar hold planting himself in his former station. ing papers and so o'n throu;:h a dozen said composedly: uses. In their dry climates Gese uses "All right, then. Fire away." are practicable, but In rainy seasons Egan presented his pistol and, taking the goods if wetted collapse like p'aper 2ost deliberate aim. tirst at one part almost. f the anatomy of the master of rolls Even In 31anhatt~li among the Itat d then at another. seemned deter-: Ian bakers you see the peculiar treills ined to finish hIm outright. At last- work hardtack bread (made In big ring owever. he cried out: ed sheets about a yard square) made I won't honor you: I won't be both- to do duty as temporary shelving. lt red shooting you: So now you may: will not stand mruch weight. but Is oo your own way or come and shake used for dryring out light articles, as ands with mte, whIebever way you :the air strikes the objects both from Lie best." below and above.-Bakers' Weekly. Barett chose to shake hands, and m iidst the plaudits of the crowd the The 'Steady Man. ntagonists departed from the field In. We'd like to write a !ittle rhyme uch good humor, the best of friends.- about the steady man. who keeps on ___________pegging all the time and does the best A Haughty Personage-hecnth ma woerlgoso P rofessors in Germany are impor-wokadoentgthm ltwo a t personages and know It, but few nertrsto hiknodrtob r obably ever reach the pinnacle of gra.Teeres efloswb a ughtines4 attained by the one of wl r od hi uiestik t -om this anecdote is narrated. an haea!merIthpiofcy l e was one of the greatest men in'pli(5 TeyI'to utnltsc he faculty at Heidelberg. One day sylanplyahvyrendna :he authorities of that city ordered lt-ebi 'wleoufnthmIa h at the street In front of the pro- hl.Ilk h a fsed ae m -ors house should be paved,.i ytmIamre i a owl - If you don't stop that noise," re- dsr opaemr rn ntefr! naked the professor to '.hte payers, "I LSAglsEpes hal give up my position ais a member )f the Heidelberg faculty."Lv, T e paers stopped work at once.1 Lvmutecliaedndanb 'h municIpal authorities sent around ic~S' yjd~osclue swl y inqulre respectfully of the professorfuismydblthrbeinude w n they mIght pave the street. th adoagrenadlvec' --hen I take my3 vacation."' he re- dideaddeoto elca lid.jchiefoesed plnd n or The, ad enony, asthesteetsi dwandlte an grow seareto Bneer twe.osiki re ob