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LOTTERY IN ITALY Gambling Under the Auspices of the Government. THE DRAWING IN PUBUC. An Eager, Excited. Turbulent Crowd Watch.s This Ceremony With In tens* Intereat-The Prizes and the Chances of the Players. King Humbert L made the rules for the public lottery of Italy: FIrst.-The public lottery is tempora rily maintained by the favor of the state under the following laws. Second.-It is administered by the minister of inance, under whom the chiefs are chosen for their respective functions. ThLrd.-The lotto is formed by nine ty, numbered from 1 to 90, Inclusive, five of which drawn by chance deter mine the successful. Fourth.-One can "play the :otto" In the followifg manner: On one number (very rarely played). On all tre numbers (ery rarely played). On t wo numbers-the two."br On three numbers, which Is known as the "terno." On four numbers whIch Is known as the -quaterno." Fifth.-Whben one number is played the winner is pai ten times and a haif his output; when two numbers are played the winner Is paid 350 times his output; when thre numbers are played the winner Is paid 5,25 times his output; when four numbers are played the winner 1s paid 0Q,000 times his output. Therefore If one has by any chance bought a No. 1 ticket and wins the four numbers (quaterno) be wins $00.000. At 5 o'clock on every Saturday after noon throughout all Italy tb- drawing of the lotto takes place. In Naples the ceremony is held at the end of a foul, fithy alley known as the Impre sa. back In a great courtyard. in full view of the people on the balcony of an Old palace. From early In the aft ernoon until the fatal hour the streets of Santa Chiara and the alley fll up with the crowd whose hope on this day is to be deceived. The streets are always so full of life that for this extra crowd. jostling. pushing and eager, there would seem to be no place. It is comprised of the very poor. The better classes watch for the telephone or the showing of the numbers In the varios bank in the city to discover their ate, but In the Impresa the crowd of people is as dense as a shad ow. There are many here who have paid their last cent for a ticket. There are many here who are In debt for the shoes they wear and will never be able to pay for them. But at the stroke of the church clock the blinds of the bal cony open and the paraphernalia of the lotto are brought out-a long green table. on which is placed a crys tal bell boand with siver. and an Iron box contean ninety other little box es, in which the ninety numbers are locked by the state. The oficers of this performance are coolly indifferent. and the only figure deserving of note is that of the little orphan child. dress ed In snowy white, chosen by law from the orphan asylum to draw up from the crystal ball the five magic num At the sight of these fmnln"-. looked for objects the crowd begins to cry and chant. to beseech and evoke. it begs the little orphan child to draw welL And te child In his white robe. his innocent eyes on the mass of peo pie, looks down on the beggars with their yellow locks and on the appeal ing mas. One by one the bells are taken out from their sealed boxes, dis played to the people and dropped into the big bowL They have 'olindfolded the little barn bino, and he stands on a chair, for he Is only eight years of age and is smalL In full sight of the people. The balls har in been shaken around for the last time, the child puts his hand in and draws. The first number that he pus outis called forth--No. 5." Now, every Italian who has bought No. 5 for place has either won or lost. No one holds this number in this crowd, however, and there is a murmur-and a fresh adjuration for the child to draw welL. Tbe people who have drawn for the terno and the quaterno still have their chance. The child draws again. this time No. 47, and the holders of the teno are now the Interested ones, for the next will be their last chance. The enthusiasm breaks forth again with murmu.. .and cries and prayers, and the quiet child before the urn in his white dress hears them and trembles. iar he knows that he Is menaced. Be fore the people there Is a blackboard. and a man posts up the numbers as they are drawn-S. 47. 11. 10 and 80. And this series of five Is discssd yelled at. challenged, cursed, for not one In the crowd has drawn a fortu nate number. The child's eyes are un boud, and he is put down and set free. The balls are returned Into their boxes sealed up and carried away un der- the eyes of the crowd, which after waiting for a moment, unable to be ieve its Ill fortune, breaks up and dis rupts. Apathy is thrown upon the ma jority as much a.- such a state of mind is possible to a Neapolitan mass as they begin In groups to discuss the failure of their schemes and their coin 4 In*ane -MarIe Van Vorst in Har per's MagasIne. Joy is more divine than sorrow, forI doy Is bread and sorrow Is medicine. Beecher. zrom reports which seem to be very general It ia a fair deduction that twice as many new silos are being filed this fall as in any previous sea son. It's a mighty good sign and shows that a whole lot of farmers are finally getting theIr eyes open. The day Is not far when ay man who makes serious pretense at engaging in the stock raising or dairy business will not think of being without this great aid to economical meat and milk pro duction. A friend who has fifteen or twenty acres in potatoes this tall has several mornings of late been finding a bushel or so of the tubers pulled out of the hills and lying .-xposed to the sun. While he has not, so far as we know. tiet a watch at night to see just who these "dlggers" are, he has found the most hills molested where the far white grubs have been very plen tiful. Putting two and two togeth er. It is probably safe to assume that this field was in meadow or sod last season and that the disturbanci of the hills is the work of skunks or~ badgers, which view the white grut: PLATFORM HUMOR Unexpected Diversions Thai Were Not on the Bills. BILL NYE'S TACTFUL QUERY. It Saved an Embarrassing Situation and Turned a Painful Silence into a Burst of Laughter-A Simple Notice That Made an Audience Roar. The funniest humor is th- unluten tional kind. The best co:ucdy is that which has never been rehearsed or premeditated, but springs to !life In close straits when everything of suc cess for the platform performer de pends on his holding the spot light f his audience's attention through a cru cial strain caused by unexpected di version. Some of the Involuntary humor of the platform is worth remembering and repeating. For Instance: Once upon a time a lecturer reached his date at 7-30. He had to get his sup per. shave and dress between then and the usual scheduled starting time. 8:15. Accordingly be dressed with more baste than he had intended. and two top buttons of his trousers failed to receive proper attention. This showed plainly in the glare of the footlights. and a bit of his dress shirt protruded noticeably. The audience had a hard time being courteous and reconciling the ridlculousnas of the speaker's ap pearance with the serious dignity and beauty of his lecture. Still. all would have been well but for the fact that at the close of the address and while the speaker still sat on the r'atform in his unconscious dishabille tne platform manager rose and announced tinpres avely: "The Dext number on this splendid course will be given two weeks from tonight by Dr. Robert Mcintyre. who will deliver his celebrated lecture 'Buttoned Up People.' " The audience shrieked. and to this day. through the tender hearted for bearance of those people. that lecturer does not know why the announcement of his confrere's beautiful word pic ture lecture created just that kind of enthusiasm. At one time Dr. Thomas E. Green was submitted to the long introduction gony. He stood it as patiently as possible, and so did the audience, but when the introducer ceased and bowed out the Iaid speaker of the evening Dr. Green walked forward and said in his most ministerial tone : -1 am going to add a phrase to the tay, making it read as fellows: 'From our traducers and our intro ducers good Lord deliver us' " Sometimes a town committee is can tankerous and takes on a degree of hoiciness never dreamed of or aspir ed to by a city committee. At one time Elias Day. a makeup artist, was behind the scenes laying out his wigs. beards. etc., when a committeeman ame back to see him. After the sual greetings the committeeman aid: "I hope to goodness you're better'n the last number on our course was!" "Who was ity' asked Mr. Day. "Dr. Russell Conwell of Philadelty." "Didn't you like him?" asked Day in a daze. "Rotten!" said the committeeman. "Who came before that?" -relan T. Powers of Boston." "Well, you liked him, of course." "Turrible rotten:" "And what did you have before that" asked Day, now prepared for mything. "Shnann-Heink and her compa "Did you hear her?" "Ever'body a-klckin'. Said she was poorern home talent." "Well," said Day. the aettledness of espair in his tone. -you'll like me!" But perhaps the best Instance of per et adaptation on the spur of the mo ent is found In an anecdote Bob Bur dette vouched for as having been the xperience of his Illustrious contem porary, Bill Nye. Nye and Burbank were being starred that year by Major Pond. They were iing the Canadian provinces and on the night of the specibl episode were t Victoria, British Columbia. Bur bank was doing heavy dramatic work s the best possible foil for Nye's subti. and side racking humor. But in the audience were several men who bad that evening tasted too frequently of the flowing bowl. These would oc asionally break forth with remarks that were models of untimeliness. Finally, when Burbank was in the midst of his most fascinating and trag reading and the audience was hold ing its breath, one whose breath was too strong to be held burst out into a maudlin snatch of song which utter ly sidetracked and discouraged the lec turer. The speaker stopped, lost and confused beyond recall. But just- as the silence wvas begin ning to be felt Nye stepped blandly ad quickly from behind the scenes, laid his hand on his companion's arm and gazed thoughtfully over the house. Then, In a mild but distinct voice, he asked: Is Dr. Leslie E. Keeley in the room?" Even the fact that it was a near British audience could not hide the consuate wit of the remark, and the evening was saved and made a triumph instead of Ignominous defeat for the speakers.-Strickland W. Gil lilan in St. Louis Republic. What is celebrity?~ The advantage of being known to people who don't know you.-Chamfort. five years respectively, were discussing the matter of attending Sundaiy school. The oldest -ooy qluickly made his choice saying. "Td rather go to the FEpiscopal Sunday school." I wouldnt." responded' the four yarld. -'d rather go to the Meth odist. Wh!ere'd you rathe.r g'. broth err' turning to the thre-year-old. "I'd rather go. to the Hlipp->dromue." replied brother.- Success Magazin.. Too Much Risk. " am willing to re-lease you on your own recognizance." saiys the judge. "How datr' asks Misrah Mit!!es. "'ll let you go if you give bond for yourself-that 1s, 1? you w!ll be re sponsible for your own appearance in court" Jedge. Vd like to 'blge yo', but I's 'feared o' de s'cu'ty."-Chicago Post. Too Near. "What animal." said the teacher of the class in natural history. -makes' the nearest approach to mnyn' "The h!ea." timidly ventured the :1t t.e boy w-ith the curly hair.-Chicarr' A LEGAL DILEMMA Tangle of Red Tape In an Eng lish Extradition Case. GETTING AROUND THE LAW. Only the Quick Wit of the Canadian Police inspector Kept a Notorious 1 Criminal In Custody When In Realty I He Was as Free as the Air. < The manner in which a prisoner ex tradited to England from a foreign country is treated while on the voyage home depends very much on the de tective who has him in charge and also on whether or no there 1- any suspicion that he may be contenpIat Ing violence either to himself or to others. For instance. in the case of Jabez Balfour, who was taken to England all the way from Buenos Aires. there was a strong suspicIon-probably ill founded-that he contemplated com mitting suicide. Consequently Inspe. tor Froest, who had him in charge. de cided to take no risks that he coild possibly avold. The regulat!ons do not permit of an unconvicted prisoner being handcuffed on board ship once the vessel has left port, and he must be allowed one hour's exercise on deck each day. These nidulgences. if indulgences they may be called. were therefore not withheld from Balfour. But he got few others. For twenty three hours out of every twenty-four t he was immured in a locked cabin. le was not permitted even to enter the public dining room. his meals being brought to him by Mr. Froest himself after the rest of the passengers had fed. He was, besides. constantly watched and was subjected to a ?ost rigorous search Immediately on com lug aboard. I!a only relaxation was an occa- j sional game of chess with some ofX the passengers who kindly came to his t cabin to play wIth him by permissIon < and in the presence of his keeper. I This sea imprisonment lasted exactly 4 one month and a day, and Balfour 2 afterward declared that it was the I most tryIng experience of a captivity t that was destined to continue for nearly twelve years. One of the longest and In Its later t stages one of the pleasantest voyages t ever undertaken by an unconvicted criminal was that which Ch:. -les IyN - ton Davidson. the notorious forger. I made some years back in the custody t of Chief Inspector Murray of the Ca- ( nadian department of justice. Murray tracked the wanted man to I Mexico and secured his extradition to z Canada. But then his difficulties be gan, He could not bring his prisoner I to Canada by the direct rou:e through i the UnIted States, for immediately c Davidson set foot in that country he z could have demanded to be released. 1 There was therefore nothing for it but 4 to convey him by way of Jamaica and I England and thence back across the i Atlantic to Quebec. On the voyage Murray kept David son under close observation, a-lthough allowing him considerably more free dom than Froest allowed Balfour. When, however, he had got safely as far as London he was both mortified and astonished at the likelihood of his1 having had all his trouble for nothing.t The law was, he was told. that a prisoner extradited from a foreign I country to a British colony could not be kept in custody In England for longer than twenty-four hours, nor < could he be taken as a prisoner on I board a British ship sailing from a British port. Here was a dilemma. Davidson was free as air-had he only known It. I But Murray was equal to the occasion "Itook here. Davidson." he said. "'ve got you safe. There is only the last stage of the journey to complete. IfJ I allow you to travel saloon with me as an ordinary first class passenger 4 will you give me your word to play I me no tricksy' To this proposition David-son, know ing nothing of the real state of affairs. was naturally quite ready to agree. And so it came to pass that one of thez most notorious criminals Canada has. I ever known came home in state; free. 4 yet not free, a voluntary prisoner, andI yet an Involuntary one.--Pearson's t Weely.1 COUNTING THE PEOPLE. First Census Proposal In England Raised a Fine Row. It was In l7;3 that a proposal to count the people was tirst made. Thomas Potter. son of tbe archbishop of Canterbury and member for St. Germns. Introduced in that year a bill "for taking and regIstering an an nual account of the totail numbler of the people and of the totatl number of marriages, births and deaths and :lso of the total number of poor receiviun alms from every parish und extra paru cial place In Great Irrtain." it was inevitable, of course. that directly ttI!s proposal was made the prcedent of King David should be quoted. .Apd many were the jereminds as to thxal ternative evils which would befall the country- Those submitted to Djavid were mild in comparison. \Mr. Thorn- 4 ton, member for York city. s.tid: "I did not believe that there was any set of men or Indeed any Individual of the human species so Ipresumptuous I Iand so abandoned as to maike the plro posal we have just heard. I hold this 1subject to be totally subverslve' of the last remains of Fnglish lbert' The. new bill will direcvt the Im;-s it~oa ofa nw taxcs. rnd idee-d the add itl-'a of a very few words will maake it the1 most effectual engine~ or rapacl~y and oppression that was ever used a;:ainst an injured people. Mioreover, an an nual register of our people will ac- I Iquaint our enemies' abroad with our Matthew Rtidley, another oppsilng member, added that his constItuents looked on the proposal as (iminoius I and feared lest some publlc misfortune or an epidemical distemper should fol low the numbering. l~owever, the 4 Ibill passed the comnn-fs only to be promptly rejected by the lords. Not I Iuntil IS00 was the proposail again made, and on this occasion it was brought to a successful issue. The first census of England and Wales was taken In March, 1SO L-Westminster Gazette. End Winters Trornbies. To m'~any'. winter ia a a-o of trub' The' free bi:stn tos ailnumr-. -a ped han.,. and1 ips. ch iha ins.c-o d so.r, :ca Sait-.. A trial conine- -' THE FAT GODDESS. A Pioture That Jarred the Nerves of a French Art Patron. W. Durand. a French picture buyer of a century ago. had little wisdom as a critic. and his ambition, com pounded equally of childlike vanity and genuine benevolence. was to figure as a patron of youthful genius. One of the earliest commissions be bestowed was upon a young artist who selected for his subject a scene of classic mythology, in which the as sembled gods were depicted upon Mount Olympus. When it was finish ed M. Durand was Invited to the studio to Inspect It. His face clouded as be gazed. "Young man." he declared. "you have not rtreted me =r_'. It Is true I do not pretend to know everything about art. but I am not a fool. and I know that gods and goddesses should be no less noble than kings and queens. These people of yours are not even aristocrats! Madame. my wife, does not pretend to be a One lady, yet when I put my two hands around her walst It Is by an inch only that they fail to meet, and as for Jullettte. my daugh ter. she is as slender as a needle. Look now at that big, clumsy woman in a loose gown who you say is queen among the gods! She has no figure at all. She Is all the way down the same. Pouf! Call her a lady and a goddess she who Is without stays and without waist! Mme. and Mlle. Durand would make a mock of her, your Juno! Pouf! She Is a peasant. a pillow, a pig!" Nevertheless he was convinced by Infinitely tactful explanations that the wasp waist was unknown in classic antiquity. even to goddesses. It was with proud complacence that he finally accepted the picture and the knowl edge that the sovereign lady of Mount Olympus had never attained the heroic compression achieved by Mme. and Mile. Durand. A GEOLOGIC PHENOMENON. Raised Beaches and Caves of the island of Arran. The Island of Arran Is one of those places on the west of Scotland where the geologic phenomenon known as a "raised beach" Is very apparent. All along the coast there are evidences that the land has been considerably elevated at some period of the world's history. One of these proofs is the presence of caves of various sizes formed by the action of the waves in the past, but which are now well above the present high water u-. '-. The farmers use some of the larger caves as shelters for sheep in stormy weather. In a remote corner of the Islnnd one of these caves has been converted into a human habitation. where a family of several persons dwell In absolute se clusion- Their occupation Is the gath ering of whelks, an employment which is said to afford but a precarious live. hood- As the gathering of the shell fish can only be done at low water and as the fishers have no boat or other occupation. they have ample leisure to enjoy the pure air and bask In the sun shine. Except for the drip from the face of the hIgh rocks above. which Is skill fully diverted, the cave Is absolutely dry. The interior Is shaped like a tri ange. the floor forming the base. Save at the sides there is ample room to stand upright and move about inside. Besides the beds and cooking utnsnel the cave contains many articles of va rious kinds, giving the Interior quite a homelike appearance. The apology fo: a fireplace is some way back _from the entrance, through which the smoke fnds its way outside. - Wide Worid bagizne. CHAMPAGNE BARRELS. Bismarck Demanded 5,000 Frem France, but Got Only Five. German's governmental policy is to encourage the exports ot brain, labor. snhine, air and water. There Is nothing in sugar, in alcohol, but car bo, gathered from the air, but hydro gen and oxygen gathered from the rainwater, transformed by the sun into beet plants, grown In fields, tilled and wielded by hand, the beet pul; beIng transformed by other hnde andJ skilled knowledge into sugar and aleo ho. Denmark and Holland export butter, which takes nothing. from the soil. The French import Asiatic silk. weave It at Lyons and export the Ilnished product. They export wine by analy sis Si per cent water. 10 per cent alco hol and 0.04 per cent aroma and bou quet. Water and alcohol tak. nothing from the soil, but the aroma makes 'the wine worth from $10 a pound down. In the peace negotiations betwee! Bisarck and the French in 1871 11 was not the money Indemnity. it was not the loss of territory, that pro longed negotiations. Bismarck be thought himself to demand 5.000 emp ty old champagne barrels impregnated~ with the aroma, the bouquet produc ig ferment, and this the French re fused. They had consented to pay SL000.000.000; they broken beartedly gave up Alsace and Lorraine, but the bouquet of their priceless wines Bin marck should not have, and in the end( they compromised on five barrels. Tho French were instinctively gov erned by supernal common sense. Harringtonl Emerson in Engineering. One on Steighiate. Ihusband-That bobble skirt make me1( tired: I don't sec how you evel get homei. with it. Wife-EVenI at that 1 make a bettel showing at gettingt home in thin hob bl skirt thian you de at 2 a. mn. witl your free' i.'gteed trousezs...- Bostor ilerald. "Sharper Than a Sorpent's Tooth." M1illionaire Father-l'i pay all you debts just once more, sir: M1ake m< out theL sum total of what you owe Iis Sou-lkeah old pater: Er-woul ro)u-ah-kinkdly fill up this-ah-inlk Get Him 'Fore H. Knows. Possum' Iookin' mi~hty cunnin Dat? de way it go can' beat Mistcr R'abbit runnli'. B~ut dvy git h: 'fo' ne know. flut trouble folier Mhster Rabbit Fotler high an' low. , -n dog know his every habit. .n* dey git m flao' e no.ttIf Take Care ! Rememb~ner that when your kidneys ar a~ected. your life is in danger. I itver. Rtoches~ter, N. Y.. says: "'M tr.zbe Marted with a shaarp shootin pain 4Iver mv back which grew wors daily. i felt slut.'ish andl tired, m .dflt' rxtionl was irregular and icire .1uet. I trred o-sing Foley Ki'ne P~ils. Eac' we? ..eemed to put, t.e life an'd -eenIxtf into nme, 4" noW 1 ,i comh-'elv euredi and f.el better an stonert'ihanfor years." W. l.Brow CYCLONE FORMATION. rho Mechaniczi Laws Are the Same a In a Whirlpool. Anv one c:in tmak.' the exact counter art or a 4yclone if he %o desires. Of our-.e a cyelone is caused by the air iver : big :rea get;ting wvarm and Ight with small pressure. This air xonseluently tries to rise almost in a >ody and leaves a partial vacuum he Alnd. but the outside cold air rushes a from all sides. Now. it is a scien ific and mechanical truth that when a luid runs in from all sides toward a -entral Ioint it causes a whirlpool or -otation of the fluid. The exact anal. gy of a cyclone, then. although with he fluid water instead of air. is seen rhen the stopper is pulled out of the >ottom of a basin full of water. An ilmost perfect vacuum, as far as the rater is concerned. is caused by the rater immediately -ver the stopper -unning out. The rest of the water -ushes in frnm all directions. and a vhirlpool is the result. There is one lifference here from the air cyclone. the air the force with which it 'ushes toward the center greatly com >resses the air whirling at that point Ind makes it very dense-so dense. in 'act. that a straw earried in the cen ral whirl can be driven into a bg >lock of wood wit'out bending. Of -ourse in a whirlpool the water is not omprossed. remaining practically the :ame in density all the time. That s one highly important property of vater: it Is practically incompressible. Cevertheless it is very interesting to ee the whirl form in a basin and :now that the mechanical laws are he same as in the formation of a cy lone many niles wide.-Harpers Veekiy. NEW JERSEY TEA. ted Root. 'That Did Good Service in Revolutionary Days. You hou-tekeepern, af today whose fa orite brands of Orange Pekoe. Eng sh Breakfast. India and Ceylon. etc.. Liffuse their fragrance over your tea able would hardly suppose that tea. >r, ratcer. a fairly good substitute for t, was once made from the leaves of one of our prettiest New Jersey wild lowers. Yet so it was in the old tur oilent days of the American Revolu lon. when 'hey had so much trouble mer the imported article and used -arious beverases as substitutes for hat to which they had become accus omed. New Jersey tea, or red root, as it is !so called, is a low growing shrub rith many branches. seldom over hree feet high. and is found from anada to Florida. growing usually in !ry wooded sections. It Is very abun lant in New Jersey. for which it is =amed. It blooms profusely in July ad is so showy. with its many pan led white blossoms, an to be quite vorth a place in the gardens as an irnamental shrub. It has a dark red oot, with leaves downy beneath and -ery much veined. by which It is easily lstinguished from the pure tea. An fusion of the leaves prepared in the ame manner as the genuine article Las somewhat the taste of ordinary ;rdes of the tea of the orient. but is ot supposed t o possess any cf Its timulating properties.-Exchange. Bulwer Lytton and His Chorus. The Princess von Racowitsa met sulwer Lyttou in the Riviera toward be end of the fifties. Hie was then. he says in her autobiography. "past s first youth: his fame was at Its enith. Ie seemed to me antedilu inn, with his long dyed curls and his mid fashioned dress. ie dressed exact y ir, the fashion of the twenties, with ong coats reaching to the ankles, knee >reeches and long colored waistcoats. iso he appeared always with a young ady who adored him and who was ollowed by a manservant carrying Sharp. She sat at his feet and aP >eared, as he id, in the costume of .S3. with long flowing curis, called taglaises. He read aloud from his iwn works. and In especially poetie >assages his 'Alice' accompanied him rith arpeggios on the harp." A Tr'ee Climbing Dog. A government otiicial In Bavaria con ected with the forestry department as a wonderful dog, which is as clev r nt climbing trees as a cat. If his naster fastens a handkerchief up in he tre.etops the animal will clamber ip after It in the nimblest way and ever fails to bring It down. He was aught by his mother, who was famous .s a tree elimber. The clever animal tas won several medal~s by his ex raordlinary talent and takes particular elight in climbing silver birches, not he easiest tree in the world to scale. or the trunk is particularly smooth .d slippery.-Wide World Magazine. Kindness to Animals. "What I believe in." said Mr. Eras us Pinkly. "is kindness to dumb ani nals." -Yes," replied Mirs Miami Brown. 'I has hyuhed dat some folks kin lif' chicken off de roos' so gentle an' ender dat he won't have his sleep .isturbed ska'sely none."--Washington. star. The Alternacdve. Figgt-My wife wants a new silk tress. Fogg-.Are you going to let her have Figg-Yes. It's a case, of sIlks or ulk.-Boston Transcript. Unreasonable. Mrs. Sharpe (severely)-Norah. I can ind nly 5(evenf of these plates. Where re the other five? Cook (inz surprises --Sure. z:mmzz. don't ye make no allow nce for ordinary wvear an' te'ar? Two yers a;:. !owin;: attendance t am bi:: 'esteu fair' v~mher, there was a ne~ uiplai ofI pure bred beef cattle. he writer of these notes commented po::i the fact. that prevalent standards dhered to In th.e audgtin; of the beef r'ed seemedl t, result In both sires nl da:ms beim:n put in am condition of lesh nvt only abnormal, but entirely letrmental to their continued useful ii's" as bree'drs and producers. A. hi.k blanke't 'if tat. I!ke charity, cn -ver ,sern! b'.vine' weakneses iece~ i,reieders of the heavy types V uld "'mpe't.- on a far fairer basis v're' their show animal~s not only ex s'eted~ tio be. bunt reqluire'd to be. in av rug' b~r'euding co'nd!tlonl. More re 'ently the' need of the adoptktn of this w-'r" ratioaml standard has been e'x r'ss'd cion":.etely iby a leading breed' r who ha. won many blue ribbons it stoc'k shows :nd who asserts that -thre-fourthis of the finest bulls In the -.utry :r. ruined for breeders by be' m:: i'atti'ni'd for tihe show ring: fat '-anie shlould hi' shownz only in the ,teer .1lass." This puts~ the tiLng In a mnuhh'!!. It is strange that breeders 1ave been so slow in awaking to the - ...ance e this simple fact. Come In We want tc for the farrr "Jim Dandy Fit Any j. Pup and maesfit IHampi it a be an yo su Patntdiman 15, 19 APPAREL SHOP FOR MEN AND LADIES Everything of the best fcr thle per1sonlaI wea ra 11d adorn ment of b6.II -ir*-. We till mail order's carefully and promptly. DAVID OUT FITTING COMPANY, Charleston- . C.; TRY TIE NEW Grocery Store For your next order. Every thinz new. fres-h and clean: just opened in MOUZON'S OLD STAND Your order will re-eive care ful and prompt attention and will be highly appreciated. Full and complete line of STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES Mouzon 's Grocery P. B. MOUJZON, PROP. LOA&NS NGGOTIATED On First-Class Real Estate Mortgages. PLrdy & O'Bryan, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Manning, S. C. DON'T worry with your cyc'. we .uarntee a hure it. Our Eye Glasses wil. re!!ce the %tran. ZEIGLER'.5 PHARMACY, JOHN G. CAPE RS. (o! South Carolina). Ex-CommL~%toner Internal Herne~ur. JOSEPH D. WRIGHT. CAPERS & WRIGTLW AT ONT TLw WASHINGTON. D. C Tepone. -Ein 01'! W. C. DAVIS. J- A. wEI-IIERG. DAVIS & WEINBERG. ATTORNEYS AT LA W. MANNING. S. (C. Prompt attention g.iven to collectLim. t. . eUILOT. s. ,ir.IVEKx IurV - URDY & O'BRYAN, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, MANNING. S. C. CHARLTON DA itANT. ATTORNEY AT LAW, MIANNING. S. C. II. LESESN E. ATTORNEY AT LAW, MANNING. 5. C. R. JOHN H. MORSE, -.'TERNARIAN. ~Gruat~ Iniver-.ty Pennev--Ia3 Sumter. S. C. Notice of Discharge. I will apply to the Judte of Pro bate for Clarendon conty, on the 1t day of D)eember. 1910. for letters of dicharge a.; guardijan for Robert Seth Dingle, formerly azummor. Gjuardiana. Summertonl. S. C.. Nov.. 1. 191L4 Notice of Discharge. I will apply to the j:2dge of 1 robate for Caren-doLu count~y, on the th daty f D)eembere1 1910. for letters of di" chare as' administrator of .-sta~te of N. R. 31eKinzie. dee;'".. .iinist rator. L Ciy. S- C.. Nov. 7, 191'I. And Ask AhAt i tell you about the la ts n "and nwest labor saver ter-a marvel of mechanica, ge-s-a regular U9-the light, handy and simpl R-P I You never saw anything like it before-nothing like -1; Cver been made. It makes a windmill pump into perfect Power -P ping Plant in a few minutes, and sides pamping, it runs separator, hii grindstone, or y mtachine orainarily run by hand. You do the ata r yourself. Costs less than a windmill! It's well worth pecial trip to learn about the most wonderful invention i% ever heard of. Next time you are in town come in re. We want to give you a catalog free. Mannn OIl M11. ECONOMY! ECONOMY! WHY? A revelation in perfection. ease ot operation, comfort and beauty. The Economy is built ;or REALSERVICE, built in such a way that you will positively kno.v and appreciate after operating> it, that in it we are giving a REAL DOLLAR'S worth of value for every dollar invested-built so that it is not -simply a "good roads" vehicle, but so that it wilI serve you on and over- most of roads, built not only to run in fine and fair weather. but so that it is EVER READY for service, both In winter and summer. Built so that it matters not whether you have eithersand.deep snow or mud roads to travel. you can akways start up with assurance and satis faction ot knowing that you canl go when you please, where'"ou please. ar:1 yet feel ne rer-~ctain as one can be of anythingin this wore-' ,bat with an Economy .oi; can and will get back-the power is in the Economy. Standard Equipment ...................................... $750. Extention Top .................... ................. .......50. Large (ab Lamp and Generator....................... .... ..... INMANBRAILSFORD CO. Aqts. Sumnmerton.. S.C. A Few of the Things we Have: A carload of justly celebrated Southern C.ook Stoves and Ranges, with full line of repairs. A ca rload of .Jas. Oliver Chilled Steel Plows and Repairs. Get nrices of one to a dozen. A carload of Dixie and Clipper Plows Seeingr is believing. A carload of Webber Wagons. These are the best. Give theni a test. 1') miles or iziore of Pittsburgh Perfect Fence. Different styles. Atractive prices- in any qjuanitity. It will be our Purpose during the Holidays% to have Special Prices on certain lines-on Saturdays. Next S.. turday. D~ecemuber~ :rd. our speciais will be Shotguns and Riiles. Watch this space~ for each week's bargains. Sumimerton, S. C. 5'THERE I-S : "Something Doing These Days at !PLOWDEN HARDWARE CO. We are seillni R an ges, Stoves. Hleaters. Gunis. Ammruni tion, Wire Fencing an~d many other things. 3 I ome to See Us and be convinced that ouir good., are best and prices lowest. Yusfor buies I Plwdel ardwaeopaly