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Iif Yo Pas - our door without a purchase, you wis-s an opportunity that comes very seldom to any one wishing anything in the Hardware Line. Another lot of those Eureka Ranges at $30, which give as much satisfaction as others at $60. Oil Stores of the best make, that bring rest and comfort to the tired bousekeeper. As usual, a full Lineof Hardware, Crockery, Glass ware, SCREEN DOORS AND WINDOWS, Paitits, Oil. Varnishes. Brushes, Wire Fencing, Poultry Netting,. Plws, Harrows, Cultivators, Weed- d ers, Tobacco Flues. All at lowest prices. So don't miss us. Yours for business, Saw In the Levi "Busy" Block. 8OEi s w FOR NIE We wish to thank our customers for the liberal patronage during the fall. We bAg to say our Stock is complete in every Line, and we can save you money on any article in our Lines. We have just unloaded two cars of Buggies into our Repository. and we give the best guarantee with our goods of any dealer in the county. When it-comes to Wagons and Hand-made Har-ss our competitors are at a loss. Our buyer is now in the West and this week we will unload a car of Mules and Horses and can fill any order. Full Line ot Oliver Chiiled Plows and Plow Re pairs always on hand. We only ask for your inspection of our Stock be tore ~buy. To look and price, means we trade. tshing you all a merry Christmas, I am yours or a square deal, small profits and quick sales, D. M. BRADHIAM & SON eefiywo days.-then test it, Xate t Sour (show white) if you can. - ~?AIZEFROOR--PINISH 7tenu-4eD it does endure.. nishi ever made is anywhere .p~~apiOfas KruNIzFA a 3eeiin.are )- &,a.n.ag... PLOWDEN HARDWARE Co. SBaa'isa s eans have always Ehlddntrs nohsam em-.rased for their freedom from n r o.czbez suul snkes, Pbogie -ad Iflm~ie could We ewsuhrdIt h rw wadrwth Inpunity through Ta.l-gro h aehi h rgdee lmiad over hils and mountaips. Anadthgswsketo tulpr ouaiaarrived on the steamship .alea from Calfornia that iglht "v ensdlgpdmny ptan en to such delightful (thC isa the irrival of three ~ps ~boxsconaisag fourtee largealnbytefet"sh x nsa eofthem rattiers. p~nd etta nln ofans W~ae- a ralulecnh anieals arriving in c mans.uter. the teriene of awalI are ordered to Ctbr okddw thsN.1 b tmepatdi destroyed or deported. ~. DZs~h artor. -w had a-surpis- I. ure e ietwlsecn .nzapmene I plnced the boxes 'sin tsYorwkisohuies ~ee of our faigating chambers and oemCtheL 3pplid a charg. of double density of "o r kn fol n fm *-dcueacid gas. The snakesstlsOwlkn.Eel"haner atEa alive at the end of fiftemen rgty Ihv nte.1ue annein, whereas If they had been i ii feno owl noaJw - |brloonded. animals they wouldeeki hp n u E0eggmn hEr. suCCumbed In a less number of ttxhahoe" mCnedL They' were again s5.at up. "h zhet'secid n h anm&az quadruple charge of the 5sm exmnueteeoacyxprad edly gas was adminttered. At the pa ooe ot wr rwe end af one hour and a half the ffaui-' nooesdlbgcar n h a gatr was opened. and several of the ow noa iteblebb snakes still showed signs of life. We beSnFacsoCrnce then Immersed them In 95 per cent al-1 obol. That soon put an end to their ua'WathadP~r veuom~ exstene." -Yout's~Aanoter Kuind rs of w alth paric~n._______and lucry was. Clmthbr! as marvelo. - Ini~ Lszt ent n a our hene heowas Chustherednt the ena Trenh povices Hearrved~ rtng omed a im te fri gd seye, litte twn f togiv a oncrtand thie ga wth metan otfl res annuned.Bu th Ihabtats v.magifCtet.cse ann4 omneied. t n muscalD2St&5 fo ulen he fI "Divwoisuat it, an the det. sahe el apeard o th pltfom I whne -eer hiencie tlo fates diene nuberig exctly~'evn pr e a notnbcomenness. nthoer. ar o emt enceshe eliere lCruthe Inook ued of atmesn. 10i himself as folows:aus dand serepsed. nti oet "lades ao getleen. fee e A but nnrrcit sientwace. sHe lon ~ lalteed by yur presnce laris Indai of criminnut in-h her ths eenig, utthi rom I no "Yoma arm spen coony one of my at llsuiabe; heairislitraly l-seity o.akng. wEneace waser Sin, illyo b god nouh o c~ Is ederegty wohe. nother as hede compny m to y htelwher I ierved s adby a $1uhf0 engaemet ~ave he pano onveed? e shllnb t1habt o ha oeon"- pckt quite comfortabOhleuhber!"theerie, and thelg1whnIfrtcan ee" esi.~ ~thrugh he wole f myproga e. t ith two, peoancy ext ead Th ofe wr naimus ccptdma spyfendr uth eecrwe ~io sledd oner, u a ecelnto on sadea chaimn. te a bargin. Nex da bSedSan raehso Chroisee Illustrioumav'rtuoalappearedoverty. seod ocetth al anuy wafesast smrvlu renpoines to onarive thew ewoaynsnt.adItc: anouc d tae. tabtnt proe ytelv etr rt. peared tootasvibueliCourien-eourtai Ta: Cor:fedmerc Moumtat. Tr.e moven:et: -o ong neglected ha; a: ta- begun. tk ',rect a monument to the nemory of the heroes who wore the gray,-soldiers whose record was the marvel of the civilized world. Clarendon now proposes to place upon the court hou.e square a suitable 'nark of its pa triotismn by having erected a _%haft in hanor of those who responded and lail down their lives upon their counttrv ' altar. .\!l contributions ent to Ti-:l M.XN1xi Ti.%i-:s will be acknowl- "'cd through its columos. J. 1. Lesesue ....... ... .....410 00 Loui. Levi...................... 10 00 Vred Lesesne ... ........ .... 10 00 M rs. E. Appelt.................. 10 00 David iB.Jones.......... ....... 10 00 D. L. Green............ ........ 5 00 C. M. Mason.................... 5 00 R. F. Ridgeway...... .... ..... 1 00 R. M. Strange.................. 00 W. T. Wilder...... 5 00 The Call of The Blood for puriticaticn, finds voice in pimples., boils. sallow complexion. a jaundic--d look, moth patches and blotches on the skin.-all sig-.s of liver trouble. But Dr. King's Ne- Life Pills make rich red blood: give clear skin. rosy cheeks. fine complexion, health. Try them. :5c at ali druggistu. In Perfect Accord. Some years ago there caine to an American city a delightful German. Herr von Blitz, who intended to sup port himse: by giving lessons in his native tongue. When he had been here several months and had secured a moderate number of pupils he went one day to the mother of one of them and to her great surprise asked for her daughter's hand in marriage. "But, my dear sir." said she. "my daugber has no fortune." The suitor smiled upon her in an ex pansive generosity. "Me, too." said he reassuringly. "And, although we are not rich. we have thus far been able to give her every comfort. She is indeed used to luxury." "Me, too," was the smiling rejoinder. "But. Herr von Blitz. she will never be able to manage affairs." "Me. too." rejoiced the lover. "And I feel obliged to tell you that my daughter has a very high temper." "Me too-me too." That was enough. The mother re tired from the contest, and the pro -fessor won his suit. Quick Justice at Ascot. Not only the horses, but the powers of the law, says the London Chronicle. are swift at Ascot. for the course has a special tribunal for the punishment of evildoers. No sooner Is the pick pocket, welsher or ticket snatcher ar rested than he is standing in a little room in the royal stand, where the evidence is heard and the verdict and sentence pronounced before the offend er fully realizes that he is caught. No where else does pumishment so swift ly follow crime as at this court, which is decreed by clause 31 of the In dictable offenses act of 1S8%8 This race course tribunal arose curiously In the eighteenth century from an as sault upon a royal personage. In his indignation at the impossibility of In stant punishment of the assailant he ordered that in future a magistrate should always attend the royal race meeting. This has ever since been done, and by the above mentioned act the chief magistrate of Bow street was constituted ex officio a justice of the peace of the county of Berks In 'Mer to enable him to hold this court at Ascot. -Natural Age of Man. Toe question as to what Is the nat ural age of man is by no means set ted, of course, but many are of the opinion that the Frenchman Flourens was not far out of thet way in his esti mate of the time a man should live. Taking his observations from the group mammalla, of the class vertebra ta, as having the closest resemblance to man and such species as are per mitted to live the full term of thelt natural life under circumstances not emitting of error or doubt, Flourens found that their natural life extended to about five times the period of their lives from birth up to maturity. Ap plying the rule thus obtained to hu man life and taking the age at which the body is fully matured to be twen ty years, he concluded the natural duration of the life of man to be 100> yars.-New York American. The Word "Canvassing." How '"canvassing" got its election sinincance is one of the unsolved puzzles of etymology. The word :lp pears originally to have meant tossing in a canvas or blanket and thence gen erally mishandling or assaulting. "i'll canvass thee in thy broad cardinal's hat," is the Duke of Gloucester's threat to the bishop of Winchester In "King Henry VI." The next stage of meaning was that of destructive criti cism, from which to thorough discus son--canvassing" a subject-was sims pe enough. But how exactly did It arrive at the election sense? Dr. John son explained that the term meant "trying votes previously to the deci sion" and derived It from "canvas, as it signifies a sieve." The Oxford Dic tionary, however, is unable to find this use of the word. Jerusalem. Old Uncle Jasper was buying a post card in a New Orleans postoffice when a gentleman approaching the next window had a small parcel weighed and stamped for Jerusalem. On this gentleman's departure Uncle Jasper chuckled and said: '-He was jokin', wasn't he?" "Not at all," returned the clerk. "My, oh, my:" cried Uncle Jasper in an awed tone. "Is It possible ye take letters to Jerusalem? I thought it was above!" Acute Heart Trouble. "Yes, I remember him," said Alkali Ike. -He died very sudden." '-Heart disease" asked the eastern tourist. "Waal, now. I don't know :as you kin say It was the heart any more'n the club, spade or diamond. Anyway, he dealt hisself four aces."-Philadelphia Press. One Way. Gentleman (hiring a valeO-Theto I understand you have some knowledge of barbering. You've cut hair off and on'? .pplicant-Off, sir, but never on. -Boston Standard. Hardly. Hewitt--You should make hay whle~ the sun shines. Jewett-I emi't if I stick to my busines of maldng umn brellas.-New York i'ress. Guiltless. Barer-Enir getting thin, sir. Ever tried our haIr preparation. sir? ('us tomer-No. I can't blame It on that. nston Transcript. Every duty which we omit obscures some truth which we should have The Demo- of The Air is the err= of LaGrippe. that, breathed ,n. brings suffering to thousands. Its after effects are weakness, nervousness, lack of appetite, energy and ambition, with disordered liver and kidneys. The greatest need theu is Electric Bitters, the splendid tonic. blood purifier and re -ulator of Stomach, Liver and Kidneys. Thousandi have proved that they won derfully strengthen tbe nerves, build up the system and restore health and good spirits after an attack of Grit. If suffer inz. try t'iem. Only 50c. Perfect satis faction guaranteed by all druggists. The Crush. It was at an afternuon tea. with the usual musical accompaniment. The man's man ha:l been literally drag;:ed there, an unwilling victim. by a zent ous friend who liked afternoon teas with a musical accominiment. Need less to say, the zeahous friend was a ladies' man. The man's m:an was very unhappy. lie had sulked and had positively re fused to be introduced to the bevy of charming girls presiding at the tea tables. much to the chagrin of the la dies' man, who naturally couldn't un derstand the attitude of the man's man. It was inexorable, from his point of view. But a ray. of hope glim mered in his breast when the man's man rushed up to him. evelaiming: "I say. old fellow. ii duce me to the fat lady sitting over in the corner. will you?" The eyes of the ladles' man glis tened. "With the greatest of pleasure," he cried. "Have you zot a crush on her?" "No," replied the man's man savage ly. "I should say it was quite the other way. She's sitting on my hat"' Philadelphia Ledger. He Saw More Lights. In one of the hotels recent),y some new electric lights were put ;.n use in a decorative way. A young man who lives on the hill happened in during the evening and noticed the lights. "They're very nice," he said to the head waiter. "but why dIdn't you put up more?" The head waiter. knowing the young man's fondness for articles enumerat ed on the wine list. replied. "I think you'll see more of them before you leave. Mr. So-and-so." The young man remained in the cafe a couple of hours and imbibed rather freely of liquid refreshments. When he got ready to leave he sought the head waiter. "Much obliged to you," he said. "Did you put the extra ones in f'r me?" "Certainly," replied the head waiter. bowing. The young man left the hotel feel Ing greatly honored.-Denver Post. Suppressing Swearing. Profane as well as legal oaths have been the subject of many parliamen tary measures In England. No fewer than five separate bills having the prevention of swearing for their ob ject were presented during the reign of James L. but ir was not until 1623 that an enactment was inally carried defining and controlling the offense. In 135 a public department was es tablished to collect the fines enforced by this law. The officials of this de partmen, of whom one w'as appointed in every parish, were allowed 2s. Gd. in the pound on the money thus col lected, and the balance was paid over to (he bishop for the benefit of the deserving poor. These penalties ceased to be enforced after the restoration, but were revived by a statute of Wil 1am and Mary and still further in creased under George IL - LIndon Scraps. _ _ _ I Fire. Max Beerbohm's book -Yet Again" opens with the essay on -Fire." "Fire in my grate." he writes, "is as terrible a thing as when it was lit by my ancestors night after night at the mouths of their caves to scare away the ancestors of my dog. And my dog regards it with the old wonder and misgiving. Ev'en in hus sleep he opens ever and again one eye to see that we are in no danger. And the fire glow ers and roars through its bars at him with the scorn that a wild beast must needs have for a tame one. 'You are free,' it rages. 'and yet you do not spring at that man's throat and tear him limb from limb and make a meal of him.' And, gazing at me, It licks its red lips. and I. laughting good humoredly. rise and give the monster a shovelful of its proper food, which it leaps at and noisily devours." The First Pantomime. 1The first pantomime introduced to the English stage was "Tavern BiI kers" and was by .ithn Weaver. This was in the year 1702. It was produced at Drury Lane. The great institutor of pantomime in England was, however, John Rice, who devised this -form of entertainment In 1717. Is first em phatic success was in 1724, when be produced "The Necromancer; or, His tory of Dr. Faustus." So successful was Rich with his pantomimes that Garrick. Quin and others became ex asperated. Rich lived to see panto mimes firmly established at Drury Lane and Covent Gardens H~e died in 171.-London Stage. Not a Bouncer. "\Mother," said a six-year-old hope ful,"sn't it funny that everybody calls little brother a bouncing baby?' "Why do you think It's funny, Wil lie?' remarked his mother. "Because when I dropped him on the floor this morning he didn't bounce a hit. Hie only hollered." A Mean Suggestion. Pierrot-The only way for a man to understand women is to get married. Pierette-And study the ways of his wife, eh? Pierrot-No. Listen to what she tells him about the other women. The Spenders. "How are you getting along, Jones, since you got married? Saving any money?" "Yes, but for heaven's sake don't-tell my wi-fe."-Judge's ibrary. Descriptive. "Is he broke?" "Broke: Why, his assets rattle around ini his liabilities like a pea in a cal bucktet."-St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Saved From The Grave. "1 had about given up hope, after nearly four years of suffering from a severe lung trouble." writes 31rs. M1. .. Dix of Clarksville. Tenn. "Often the pain in my chest would be almost un bearabie and I could not do any work, but Dr. King's New Discovery has made me feel like a new person. It's the best medicine made for the throatand lungs." Obstinate coughs stubborn colds, hay fever. la grippe, asthma. croup, bron chitis and hemorrhages, hoarseness and whooping cough, yield quickly to this wonderful medicine. Try it. 50c and ~SL.0. Trial bottles free. Guaranteed by -all denggists. The High Cast of Living. lcresse; the pri.e of manyv necessities without improving the quality. Foley's Honey and Tar maina in its high stan dard of e:<cellence and its great curative qualities without any increase in cot. It, is the best, remedy for coughs, colds, croup. whooping cough and a:1 ailments of the throat. chest and lungs. The zenuine is in a yellow package. Refuse subaititutes. V. -. Brown v Co. The "Long" Sitzes. The Sitze family was long In person. long drawn out in speech and eter nally long about doing things. Over miles of pine hills they were knowu as the "long" Sitzes. Miss Lydia. the eldest. went to a crossroads store to buy Christmas presents. In the course of a half hour she became interested in sonic blue and scarlet pettIcoats. "I'll take one of these petticoats." she said, slowly counting out the price. The busy proprietor wrapped up the parcel and handed It over with a po lite "Something else?" "I'll take another petticoat." He did up a second bundle. took her carefully counted money and was turning to the next Impatient custom er. "I'll take another petticoat." came the slow drawl. This went on to the seventh time. The man, being up to his ears in work, ventured a question: "Buying for the neighborhood. Miss Lydia? "I'm buying two apiece for my sis ters." "How many sisters have you?" "Nine."-Youth's Companion. Didn't Cut the Ace. The greatest delight of Pat Sbeedy. according to a friend of the famoua gambler, was to 'double cross" the crooked card sharks. "Sheedy once strolled into a tough gambling resort in the west where he was not known and stood watching the games." the friend relates. "One of the dealers was 'spieling' to several countrymen and had about convinced them to take a chance at his game. 1-I'll bet you 2 to 1 that I can shuf fle the deck and cut the ace of hearts the first time.' he announced. "I'll take $50 of that If you'll let me shuffle the cards.' Pat said. "The dealer agreed. and the money was staked. The countrymen also made small bets. "'Are you satisfied? the dealer ask ed when the cards were shuffled. 'The proposition is that I am to cut the ace of hearts the first cut.' "Every one agreed. Then the dealer -he 'was a tough one-whipped out a big hunting knife and slashed the deck In two. But he didn't take the money. Sheedy had palmed the ace of hearts while shuffling the cards." Our Safety Valves. The Invention of the safety valve for steam engines has saved thouand of lives and millions of dollars in property. It is an Invention that stands prominently to the front In this age of mechanical progress. But nature supplied us each with a safety valve which for effectiveness works better than any made by man. If we did not have this safety valve we could not live twenty-four hours. This safety valve Is the perspirative, or sweat, gland, and to make sure that we should not run short of the supply she has furnished the body with some two and 'a half millions of them. If our temperature rose 7~ or S degrees we should die within a few hours, and yet we could not run, row. indulge in any athletic exercises or even walk safely any distance without increasing our temperature to the danger point It we had no safety valve provided so Ingeniously by nature. Paddy's Cat. An Irishman fresh from the "'ould sod" secured a job with a lumbering crew in the Minnesota woods. While sound asleep in his bunk one night a lynx slipped In at the open window, espied Paddy's brindie whiskers and promptly pounced on its supposed ene my. A terrl~c contest ensued, during which Paddy's clothing was reduced to ribbons, but ending happily when the brawny son of Erin secured a half nelson on the beast and Lieaved it bodily through the window. He was Instantly surrounded by a score of excited and admiring woods men. After examining himself crit ically Paddy straightened up slowly and remarked with distinct emphasis: 'Bedad, if I knew th' dom mon thot owned thot cat I'd he afther rammin' me flsht down th' throat av 'im-I wud thotr'-Judge's Library. The Tail of a Fish. A. fish's toil Is Its wings. Owing to the machinery of rauscle set along its spine and to its cleaving form a trout or salmon can dart through the water at a tremendous pace. though its rap Id flights, unlike the bird's. are not long ones. It is soon tired. The water is not so friendly to flight as the air. The stroke of the fish's tall is one of great power, and by means of it and the writhing, snakelike flexion of the body a high speed Is reached. The strength behind this speed is shown in the way a fish or sea mammal out of the water will raise its tail and strike the ground or boat. Roundabout Bribery. At one old time British election a candidate won by means of an umbrel la. Sheer absence of mind caused him to leave the gamp behind at eve-ry house at which he -called to canv-ass, and of course when it was returned-by the voter a sovereign was only a suit able reward for honesty. Impatience. Impatience." said Uncle Eben. "is ginerally de feelin' you has when you wants somebody else to nurry un' make up foh de time you's been wast in'."-Wasington Star. ,Just the Other Way. "Did you ever hear Cadby say any thing particular about me'?". "No. Hie never was very particular what lhe said about you." To pity distress is but human; to re lieve it is godlike.-M1anni. CATARRH CURED AT HOME Trial Treatmzent of Dr. Blosser's Catarrh Remedy Free to Sufferers. If you have catarrh of the no,-e. throat, or lungs. if you are cons.tant~v spitting. blowing the nose. have stopped up feelingr. head noiscs'. deafness. as'thma. bronchitis or weak luncs. you can cure yoursetf at home by a remed?y '.o simple that e-ven a child can use it. It will cost you only a po'tal card to) get a liberal free trial package- of Dr. Bilosser's wonderful remedly. it is sent by mall to every Interested sufferer. Certainly no offer could be more liberal. The lull treatme-nt is not expens"ive. A pack ag containIng enough to last one uhole month will be se-nt by mail for $1.00. A postal card with your name and address .ent to H. R. IBOGER. Manning Times offnce. Mannng. S. C.. wirm bring you by return manl the free trial treatment and an interesting booklet, so that you can at once begin to cure A Collect~r'c Bargain. Lord, tpencer of Altho.r one Gt taE. greatest of cilectors. was at home only in his own field. One day in browsing ::out in-nd street. Lon- I don. he went iv,, the shop of a dealer in bric-a-brac. Tie ed:eler, who knew him by sigtht. said pcrsunsively: "Here is a aine liit of imottery which your l1rdiship really ougbt to have. and you shall h:ve it very cheap-only 2 guintsflS." F- Lird S;eicer b.ought It and took it home and set it in a high place. One c!:vy a connoisseur of china paid hiin a visit. and Lord Spencer showed hzi bargain. -What did you give for ity' asked the vvninoisseur. "Tw,., gtii-ens." answered Spencer rather pr'oudly. "H'm!" said the connoisseur. "At that price the marmalade should have been included." "What do you mean' "Why, that precious piece of yours is nothing more or less than a shil ling marmalade pot with a green this tie painted on it.' Silencing the Questioners. A French gentleman who had been with M. de Talleyrand for twenty I years accompanied him to the congress at Vienna after Napoleon's exile to Elba. People naturally concluded that this long intimacy had made him fa miliar with a number of particulars of the minister's life and bearing also upon the events with which he had been mixed up. Worried with ques tions, the friend invariably replied that he knew nothing. but the questioners i would not be satisfied and returned to the charge. "Very well." finally said Talleyrand's confidant: "I'll tell you a peculiar and altogether unknown fact in connection with 31. de Talleyrand. Since Louis I XV. he's the only man who can open a soft boiled egg with one backward stroke of his knife without spilling a drop of the contents of the shell. That is the only peculiarity I know In con nection with him." Discretion had scored a decisive vic tory. From that moment the ques tions ceased. The Sting of ingratitude. A young physician in the east side. New York city, spends much time in charitable practice, says the Xerk Star. In fact, he sometimes gives to a poer patient enough money to pay for prescriptions. "I'm not getting rich," he explains, -but I simply can't see them suffer for medicines that may put them on their feet again." Not many days ago the doctor had occasion to visit a woman who occu pied one small tenement* room with her three children. After makin out a prescription be gave her $2, telling her to buy the medicine and to use the change for needed food. On the following day as he was about to en ter the tenement for a second call he met the ten-year-old daughter of the patient. "How is your mother?" he inquired of the child. "Oh. she's all well!" was the an swer. "She took the $2 and got a real doctor." Watch For The Comet -'The Red Dragon of the sky. Watch be children forspring coughs and colds. >treful mothers keep Foley's Honey and L'ar in the hou'ie. It is the best and aftest prevention and cure for croup -4-re rhe need is urgent and immed .*-- r'-!ief a vitsi necenqit~y Its prompt h"'.saved ma'ny lit tle lire. Contains -partesor hjrmful drugs. Refuse sub *utes-. W. E Brown & Co. Curious RemedIes. In some pasts of England one of the best cures for a swollen neck is to draw a snake nine times across the throat of the suffering one, after whlceb the snake is killed and i skina <etwed in a silken bag and tightly 'iewed around the neck. Another way, almost as good. is to put the live snake in a bottle, which Is tightly corked and buried near the roots of a rose bush, and as the helpless snake do eays the swelimg in the neck of the patient will disappear. When to Stop Advertising. An English journal requested a num ber of the largest advertisers to give their opinions concerning the best time to stop advertising, and the following replies were received: When the population ceases to multi ply and the generation that crowded on after you and never heard of you stops, coming on. When you have convinced every body whose life will touch yours that you have better goods and lower prices than they can get anywhere else. When you stop.making fortunes sole ly through the direct a se of this mighty agent. When younger and fresher houses in your line cease starting up. When you would rather have your own way and fail than take advice and win.-Nashville American. The Ingenious Magpie. The magpie is nothing If not ingen ons. He aiways barricades his bulky nest with thorn branches, so that to plunder it is b~y 'io means an easy mat ter. I " t when circumstances oblige the "pie" to build in a low bush or hedge, an absence of lofty trees being a marked feature of some northern lo calities, he not only interlaces his home, but also the entire bush, in a most formidable manner. Nor does he stop here. To -make assurance dou ble sure" he fashions a means of exit as well as an entrance to the castle, so that If disturbed he can sllrp out by his back door, as it were.-London Graphie. John and the Franchise. A woman suffrage lecturer in Eng land recently brought down the house with the following argument: "I have no vote, but my groom h.. I have a great respecr, for that man in the sta bles, but I am sure If I were to go to him and say. 'John. will you exercise the franchisey he would reply, 'Please. mum, which horse be thaty" A Real Regrest. Editor-I am obliged to decline your poem with thank'. I amn very sorry, but- Poet-But what? Editor-The management insists upon my declining all poems that way. Elevating. Wigg-The man who loves a woman cant help being elevated. Wagg-And the man who loves more than one is apt to be sent up too.-Philadelphia Record. The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.--Cofucius. Oukien8's Arnica8 SalVe n. nt S... i.. Th Wor.d ~:*;ATORIA For Infants ad Children. The Kind You Have ALCOHOLAlways Bought Bears the Of W OT NARCOTIC. eTN In Use For Over Thirty Years 0 ASTORIA Exa Copy of WMppm- ,we .m.Tom a. We are now manufacturing at Manning all grades of Commercial Fertilizers and so licit your patronage. We use only high grade material, and "NO FILR-" MEAL MIXTURES A SPECIALTY. We make the price right and guarantee satisfaction. See us before you buy. . Manning Oil MilL C. R. SPROTT. President and Treasurer. The Sumter Iron Works, .SUMTER, S. C. Under New Management. MACIIINERY AND SUPPLIES. truthers-Wells Steam Engine. Stover Gasoline Engine. Nagle Boilers, all sizes and types. The liege. Central Foundry and Machine Co. 'Vance Saw Mills and Wood-working Machinery." The Buicks & B. M. F. AUTOMOBILES All types carried in stock for immediate shipmant. ill at the right prices and on satisfactory terms. Drop us a line for full particulars. Give us a trial and let is sho you.Yours very truly, The Sumter Iron- Works. HORSES, MULES, 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 single article. Come and see us. if unable to do. write or 'pieone No. 10. BOOTHHARBY LIVE STOCK CO, SUMTER. S. C. BRING YOUR MJOB WORKE TO THlE TINES OFFICE.