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DRAWING A TOOTH Tushmakers Pufling Machine Was a Wonderful Invention. KILLED HIS FIRST PATIENT. But That Simply Couldn't Be Helped, and the Autopsy Showed Why the Victim Lifted His Right Leg Each Time the Lever Was Turned. Mr. Tushmwaker was never regularly ored as a physician or surgeon. but he possessed naturally a strong meclmn ical genius and a fine appetite, and. finding his teeth of great service in gratifying the latter propensity. he concluded that he could do more good In the world and create more real hap piness therein by putting the teeth of Its inhabitants in good order than In any other way. so Tushmaker be came a dentist. He was the man who first invented the method of placing small cog wheels in the back teeth for the more perfect mastication of food, and he claimed to be the original discoverer of that method of filling cavities with a kind of putty which, becering hard ditctly. causes the tooth to ache so grievously that It has to be pulled. thereby giving the dentist two sue cessive fees for the same job. Tushmaker was one day seated in his ottice in the city of Boston when a stout old fellow named Byles rre sented himself to have a back tooth drawn. The dentist seated his patient In the chair of torture and. opening his mouth. discovered there an enor mous tooth on the right band slde about as large. as he afterward ex pressed it. "as a small polyglot BI ble." -1 shall have trouble with this tooth." thouht Tushmaker. but he clapped on his heaviest forceps and pulled. It didn't come. Then lie tried the turnscrew. exerting his utmost strength, but the tooth wouldn't stir. -Go away from here." said 'Lush maker to Byles. "and return In a week and Ili eraw that tooth for you or know the reason why." Byles got up. 'clapped a handkerchief to his jaw and *put forth. Then the dentist went to work, and in three days he Invented an instra .ment whieh he was confident would ,pun anything. It was a combination of the lever. pulley. wheel and axle, lined plane. wedge and screw. The -castIngs were made and the machine put up in the cf5-.e over an iron chair rendered perfectly stationary by Iron rods goIng down into the foundations -of the granite building. In a week old Byles returned. He -was clamped into the Iron chair. the forceps connected with the machine -attached firmly to the tooth. and Tush maker. stationing himself in the rear, 'took hold of a lever four feet In 'length. He turned It slightly. Old 'yes gaie a groan and lifted his 1 :right leg. Another turn. another :goan, and up went the leg again. "What do you raise your leg for?' -asked the doctor. "WelL.- rejoined Tushmaker. ta 'tooth Is bound to come out now." He turned the lever clear round with :a sudden jerk and snapped old Byles'' ~.td clean and clear from his shoul 'ders, leaving a space of four inches between the severed parts. They had a postzportemn examination. The roots of the tooth were found extendingt down the right side, through the right leg and turning up In two prongs un der the sole of thie right foot. "No wonder," said Tushmaker. "he rised his right leg." The jury thought so, too, but they found the roots much decayed. and. fl'e surgeons swearing that mortifica tion would have- ensued in a few monthe, Tushmaker was cleared on a verdict of "justifiable homicide." He was a little shy of that instra-' menit for some time afterward, but one day an old lady. feeble and flaccd., came In to have a tooth drawn, and. thinking that It would come out very easy, Tnshmaker concluded, just by way of variety, to. try the machine He did so and at the first turn drewtr the old lady's skeleton completely andI -entirely from her body,. leaving her a -ms of quivering jelly In her chair. 'Tashmaker took her home In a pillow -case. She ved seven years after that, and they called her the "India rubber woman." She had suffered terribly: 'with the rheumatism, but after this! occurrence never had a pain in her bones. Th ets ep hmi glass case. After this the machine was sold to the contractor of the Boston custom bouse, and It was found that a child of three years of age could, by a sin-! gle turn of the screw, raise a stone weighing twenty-three tons. Smaller ones were made on the same principle and sold to the keepers of hotels and restaurants. They were -zsed for bon 2ng turkeys. There Is no moral to this -story whatever, and it is possible that -the circumstances may have become -slightly exaggerated. Of course there can be no doubt of the truth of the mnain incidents-John Phoenix H. Told Her. Mr. Economle-Did you write to the man who advertises to show people how to make puddins without milk and have them richer? Mrs. Economle-Yes, and sent him a "What did he reply?" "Use cream." To dread no eye and to suspect no tongue. Is the greatest prerogative of innocence.-Dr. Johnson. Hate A!! Around. The famous English chief justice Hlolt and his wife hated each other to the limit, and when she fell danger ously ill he 'ivas so delighted that he became disgracefully tipsy. But his wife was equal to the emergency and sent for the great Dr. Rladeliffe, who hated H~olt. and therefore out of spite when the case was presented to huin came with great promptness and sav ed her life.-Westminster Gazette. Old F~nough to Notice. "Are your papa and mamma at home" asked the caller. -No." replIed little hMarguerite. "One of them may be here, but they never are both at home at the same timne " - Told Him. "What's that boy yelling at?" asked the farmer of his son. "Why." chuckled the boy. "be's just yelling at the top of his voice." Sometimes Gets Eimbroidered. Senindal is the ue thing that never gets wrn out at the edges by being . --a'i .-und1.'hgOn Record-fler The ObstacIo. "Why not set your cap for that young fellow?, ,Nsinzle :and well A Despernve Case. .J.hnt 11! !.:i;; you, a fork. sir. The -;"ustomter - ~tfor,? .ithn- The Ca mtem bert. sir. The ('ustomer-A fork's 'lo =od. Brin: a revover.-Exchnge. Well Trained. "Mr. .Jones!y never interrupts one. and he is the hest listener I ever wet.' ''No wonder; he's been married three The Tale of a Key. There is a roll top desk in an office :iear Wall street which can be bought cheap. The owner Is a commuter and has desk room in a large office. He came late the other day and discover td that be had forgor.ten his keys. No key at hand would unlock the desk. The maker could not give aid for an hour or more, and some papers had to be reached before noon. The desk was forcibly opened, and two inner compartments were smashed. Warm and tired from the exertion of wrecking his property. the man took 4-fY his tost and shipped into an otlce coat. in the lpocket of which his keys jingled. 'Ibicau: iefore going home. he confide-d !o the o3ce boy that he v.oudn'r e::re If he hadn't told.-New York Tribtmne. We:ghin the Mayor. .t myor. partlcuilarly an English mayor. is tru7 nally a man.of weightI and substance. but there is only one 1 municipalnty th:t insists that his hon or get on the public scales and prove it. Of the thousands of quaint and cu rious custo's surviving in "the old country" this is perhaps one of the most odd. The nvyor of High Wy co:nbe has to be weighed on Nov. 0 of each year. inauguration day, and this custom has been observed for about six centuries. The uayor elect walks at the head of a procession consisting of the councilors. the beadle and the mace bearer. Hie is clad In cocked hat. silk tockings. blue coat and knee breeches. Upon reaching the town hall the mayor is placed upon the scales by the head constable. and a record of his avoirdupois is solemnly made In a book kept for this purpose.-Uarper's Week ly. , 1 FT0W ( lNIGfH The Po-tal T egraph-C.ah'e Jincorpoi and Counter Number. Sears, Roe'Duck & Comi Is There any 'foun chased f'romn the Buic's ing the year Nineteer fully immediately at prciated. Send paid and charge. W E are herewith p)ublis & Compatny, of Chica Company hia--ing sold1 the Se year 19)10, and we are also 1: Company. We therefore hr gaurd to the~ Sears. Roetbuck The .Nars, ltoebuck & ilar to the "Corhett." This earP thter call the the lto.ulnmr. The~ two cars. beinlg a i It is well that the 'C eirculate to tryv and hlurt the andl come out first. ill the lu: This report t hat has b Brmia C~lts. but rather assis; 'omlpe't ito rs i' upon !'V~ERY 1l.egis.tA The Pbostai-Tele::rfrph~ Ca.-l Compan; and c< 6. AG. GS. DI. 9. Co] Sumter, Auto. Co., Sumter, Do not handle car yo 10:45 A. M. The Sumter I E. 52ur l His Chanae to Vote. 'The chronicles of our vice president! are notoriously barren of incident. Thh probably was the reason fer the vaIy Adlal Stevenson secured the exercis< of a --nstitutio-al p.rerogative. It wat one' slcepy day toward the end of bh term as vice president. The United States senate was plowing through tb calendar and passing many bills. Bilh are -onsidered agreed to in the senat( if no oral objection is raised after they have passed throu;h the preliminary stages. lout the usual form of askin; for the yeas and nays is followed by the premidin;: olcer. The vice presi dent h wad aii: "enators in ravor (of the bill will 'ay \e. '' I'ause. -Contrary. 'No.' Not a sin;:ie respoinse. -The %ots is a tie." announced Mr. Stevenst.n. The senator in charge of the bill paused o: his way to the cloakroom Ind ownhed surprisel. "In ense of a tie the vice president :ray cast the decidin.t vote. in the ex ercise of his constitutional privilege %o da eornementj), votj? 'AF-.' " An Inconsistency. There is a strange inconsistency in *Hamlet." It is where Hamlet speaks )f "the undiscovered country. from whose bourne no traveler returns" ind yet the play hinges largely upon the fact that he has had interviews with his father's ghost, who had. of .ourse, come back from the radiscov red country. The Scleroecope. This little American Invention has een described as a kind of mechan cal finger intended to discriminate )y delicacy of touch between various mubstances subm~ted to It. The ready letection of the degree of hardness md elasticity of various surfaces is ts special function. It consists es ;entlally of a light weight. like the sammer of a pile driver. which is al owed to fall Inside a tube placed up Ight on the surface to be tested. The ottom of the hammer. which weighs >nly a few grams. Is finished with a )lunted diamond. Intended to give it be requisite hardness. After a fall It bounds. and a carefully graduasd case on the tube. indicating the ieight of the rebound. shows the de ree of hardness of the surface experi nented with. On a piece of ordinary teel the hanmner rebounds nine-tenths of #Pe height, of its fall.-Youth's Com hom i1 lotl Ieleirili C~nefiW& l Celle~ T LETTERG -ated] transmitI and dehve~rs this nizlh -odtin printed ou back or this hian CL~A Time Filed Sumter, S. C., C >any7, Chicago, Ill. ation to the report Motor Car Company, a Hundred and Ten for our expense. This Wi Sumter Automobile ing tceeram sent froml our i io, Ill., to find out if the rep< ars, Roebuck & Company an ubishing the answer receiver ad as false any report that I & Company selling Huick A ut Company having catalogued "BLCK" and we hmave 1no doC ~ot the aune name. MPETiTORS of te BP'ICK sale of1 BUiCK CA RS. sin1ce jority of casesS, inl all evenlts ~en circulated does not in :uie .since the BrwE (1.ml being TON'TUE. SIGl 1eIlDh 69nefleiI Coble :LARENCE . L ACKAY, Presiden FELEGRAM red Trade Miark-Design Pa.ten~t No. incorporated, transmits and delivenl idiions printed on the bacic of this oi lect. Ans. lec * Chicago, Ills S. C. 2 zmention. Are writit Sears Automobik W.. MOISE. Jr.. Preside Decide but Om. When you d-clde more than once now Jo do a thing it is a sure sign that you viii d.) it sooner or later.-Atchison You uever lift up a life without le .ng yourself lifted up.-Emerson. The "Sun Drawing Water." Tho phenomenon commonly known as the "sun drawing water" is due to rays of sunlight between the shadows of clouds. It is seen to best advan tage when the atmosphere Is some what hazy and when the bun is whl ly or partly behind a cloud and Is not In the higher part of the sky. Patchy stratocumulus clouds are most favora ble for the formation of these rays. and they are probably most distinct when soen In the part of the sky Ie low the sun. when they appear to ex tend either directly or somewhat obliquely dow-nward. It i in this form that the effect is most commonly called the -sun drawing water." Put such rays may extend In any dirvc tion. so that they dIverge from the sun as a center. No rain need be fall Ing anywhere near the observer. though it Is not impossible for t he rays to be visible at a time when rain streaks also are visible In part of the sky. The rain streaks. however. do not diverge from the sun. but are in lines of the falling rnin.-St. Nicholas. Did They "Hroek" Them. "In the olden days they had no watches, you know," said the father. "And how did they tell the time?" asked the son. "By i"andlals." -Well. father,' said the young man. I feeling of is watchiess chain. "how much could u fnllow got on a sundial do you supposer-Yonkers Statesman. Consistent Mrs. Biggle. ; Della-Mrs. Biggle is passionately fond of cream. isn't she? Stella-Ob. my. yes! She's such a crank on cream sIhe's going to have her husband cre mated.-Boston Herald. Certainly Hetpfur. Optimist-Ah! It is cherishing our Illusions that keeps us young. Pessimist-Yes. but only if we cling .to the illusion that we crre still youn~ It is a marim that bon man was ever enslaved by Influence while he was ft -to be free.-Johnson. LMay~ R AM leterram subject to the terms' ENCE H. \ ACKAY, President. FCheck tober 12, 1910. hat you have pur .ny auomobiles dui resale. Wire us 1 be greatly ap Supply Company. m to the Sears. Roebuck rt concerning the Buick r automfobiles during the Ifron Sears, Roebuck & a been cirendated in re onobiles. a smalI Buggy-bout sim ibt that this hasl caused could1( find some(thinlg to) they' are so POPULAR hat ther hlave entered way injure us in thesale of o w-ell advertised by our this mlessagte subject to the terms ived at No. 13 South 3Main St., (Sumter. S. C.. 'Phone 123) bere any reply should be sent. I Oct. 14th, 1901. Roebuck & Co. Supply Co READING IS PROFITABLE and especially so when you rail the advertisemnentst of It being a well-known fact that this firi is one of Sumter's dependable business houses who are setters of styles, regiulators of prices. and standard authority on all questions pertaining to Drv Goods. ther wish to have the ol)portunity of extending the glad hand to all of their Clarendon frien(ds. and especially the ladies. :Exquisite Shadings Z in the new Dresden and Persian Silk, Mouselline and * Marquesette Fabrics. (all exclusive). $ Costume Velveteens and Velvets for Coats and 0 Suits, from 50c. to $1.50 )er yard. * Hong Kong Kimono Silk. 21; in. wide. only 25c. * the yard. Plain shades for evenir _,own. all shades 25c., * ard 27 inches now being shown. Their enlarged A : Ready-to-wear Department : contains everything to be desired in Coats, Dresses, Suits, and separate Skirts, and a guarantee as to fit goes with every garment. Besides other advantages you carry away a re newed supply of satisfaction which costs you nothing when dealing with SUMTBR, - - - S. C. Salesman Wanted! We want a man to represent us in this section who can get the business. We manufacture any thing in cemetery work, and are shipping work all over the two Carolinas. Wrte us. 9Mecklenburg Marble & Granite Co., ~L IME, C EM E NT Acme Plaster, Shingles, Laths. Fire Brick. Drain Pipe, Etc : :: HAY, GRAIN. Rice Flour, Ship Stuff, Bran. Mixed+ Cow and Chicken Feed ::::::: HORSES. MULES. Buggies. Wagons anzd Harness.-No 4 S Order Too Large or Too Small ::.: I OOTHHARSY LIVE STOCK CO. SUMTER. SOUTH CAROLINA TE MANNING HARDNARB COMPANY. AGENTS Fuk: The Deering Ideal Verticle Lift Mower and Hay Rakes. AGENTS FOR: The McKay Famous Sulky Stalk Cutter. Purveyors of Stoves. Ranges. Hardware. Tinware. Crockeryware. Guns. Ammunition. &c. Come to see us. THE MANNING HARDWARE COMPANY, iv 'so Mels Boy' 9frs' and Children's Sweaters and Sweater Coats In Cotton and all Wool. Black, White. Reds. Etc.. from . . . . . . 25c. up. Security-Best Schtxo Hose made at the price, ik 10c. pair. Black only sizes 5 1-: to 9 1-2. Better ones 12 1-2c. to . . . . . . .. 25c. pair. fMen's. 'Voien's, Boys'. Girls azid Childrens' Under- 4 wear. Both cotton and wool. All sizes from 10c.up. We are offering an especially good value in Men's Shirts. All sizes and colors. made of Garner Percale. They don't fade. . . . . . . . .. . 50c. each. If you want good shoes-the kind that wear well and look well-see us before you buy. All sizes and all leathers, black and tans. We sell the best Wotnan's shoe made for the price . . . . $1.50. Specials in Cambrics and Madras. i We have just received one case of 5000 yards of Cambries and Madras. Full yard wide and best quality. We are offering it at the special low price ifi of . . . . . . ........ 10c. yard. It Pays to Trade at RIGBY DRY GOODS:7M; COMPAMY * The HJ.M.Bradham' Company's Store on the Corner is the Place for ~3~I you to do your Trading the Whole Year 'Round. SOUTHLAND BELLE Wehave a full Stock or G;oodscosti of the following DyGoods. Shoes. Clothing. Ladie's Furnishings. Men's Furnishings. Furniture. Hardware. Groceries. Millinery and Dress-making. lieembr.our .Stock is all New Goods, is otin urStock. we will gladly order it for ou. W havea nice Line of ~)~Ladie's Coat Suits and Rain Coats. II C (all and( look at them'r. if you cannot find onei to suit. just lea.ve us your order and we will order .ame. for you. Big Store On The Corner Jenkinson 's old stand.