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THE CENSUS MAN'S BLUNDER ROWsllections of an Enumerator In the Recent Take. es AME, please," said the ensus man. . "Norah Jemmison Hickleber 1y," replied the lady. "Married or singler asked the cn sus man. "Both," replied the lady. "How do you make that out." de manded the census man. "Golf widow," replied the lady. "Now, sir," said the census man, "have you any children?" "Tea," said Billups: there's my wife's three boys-Jimmie, Tommie and Bil lie. Then there's my two boys and daughter-Harry. Horace and Amandy. And then there's our twins, Reginald and Edward. and the three girls, Anna, Susie and" "Hold on there." said the census man. "Lemme get this straight You say your wife's three and your three and the twins and Anna and Susie and the other one. I don't quite catch the scheme." "Why," said Billups, "I married a widow with three children after hav ing been a widower with three my self for three" "Oh. gee:" ejaculated the census man. "Let's bunch 'em." "Now, let's see, Mr. P-arey. have I got you all down?" asked the census man. "Waal," said Mr. Peavey, "there's one little runt of a cuss that's dandlin' around my darter Susan 'most every, minute. But ye needn't count him. He's here all the time, and I reckon he eats more'n any three reg'lar mem bers d' the family, but he don't amount to nothn. Ye might put him daown among the diseases we're had from time to time-three cases o' the mea sles last year, one whoopin' cough, two chickenpoxes and one no account fiancee." "And now. madam." said the consus man. "as to your family "Well, there's Flossie and Fido and Tom." she began. Fido?" demanded the census man "Isn't that a queer name for a child? "Chld?" retorted the lady. "Who Maid he was a child? He's a black and tan. Flossie and Tom are Angoras.' "Oh" smiled the census man. "WelL I meant children." "Oh!" returned the lady. "Children, eh? Ill have to refer you to our nurs ry governes. I realy haven't kept track of them."'-Harper's Weekly. Reward of Merit. The motorcar was obstinate. t wouldn't budge. instriously the man in waterproof cap and goggles turned the crank handle, but without result. He turned and turned and turned. Then he paused. "Twist it ag'ln, Alfered!" "'Ire a 'oN!" "Go it, Johnson!" Thus the crowd. But to such gibings he was deaf. Once more he hopefully seIzed the crank and turned It strenuously. No effect. -AgaIn he paused to remcre his cap and regain his breath. Observing the action, an elderly gen tleman stepped forward and dropped a coin on the upturned cap. "Thank you, my man: thank you'" he murmured. "It's the only street organ I ever saw that didn't send me nearly deaf with Its noise! You de serve a copperl--Answers. Side Lights on History. Hannibal was nearly halfway across the Alps. Soddenly he stOpped. smnote his fore' bead with ais fist and looked withn tense chagrin at his toiling army. "Fool that I am!" he exclaimed. "How much easier we could have done 'this by using aeroplanes!" Reflecting, however, that his expedi tion would give the historians trouble enough as it was, he pushed forward. -Chieco Tribune. 'The Landlady's Daughter. I heard her sweet voice canilng "Mother"' It was then tha I felt quite abashed. Fok he yelled. "Hown I fix the pertates Fried, lionized baked, b'Uedor mashed?" To the Altar. Extract from the society columns a year from now: "The bride, wearing her Grandmoth er von SprudeR's laces and her Grand mother Tlnkham's pearls, came down the main aisle slowly and unattended to the thrilling strains of Dinkelstein's hymena bobble march." - Cleveland Plain Dealer. Mutual Admiration. One day the great chancellor, Lord Eldon, on his way to court, passing a famous beauty, exclaimed. "What a lovely woman"' -"What an excellent judge!" was the eommene of the lady, who had over heard the reank-Red Hen. Looking Ahead. Young Wife (In a passion)-l'ma go Zag home to my mothe-!, Hunsband (calmly)-Very good. H~ere's money for your railway fare. Wife (after counting 10-But that hsnt enough for a return ticket.-Ev ery Woman's Magarine. A Defeated Conscience. The secretary of the Kansas State Historical society tells a story about an early day Kansns justice of the peace who will be nameless here: "ThIs J. P.," said the secretary, "would marry a coup'le one day as justice of the peace and divorce them the next as notary public." One time, as the story ran, a man surrendered himself to this J. P. "An' phwat's the matter?" asked the judge. "I killed a man out here on the pra! rio in a fight," was the reply. "I want to give myself up." "You did kill him, sor'?' asked the J. P. "Yes, sir," was the reply. "Who saw you'?' asked the 3.?P. "Nobody." *An' nobody saw you kill 'im?" "No, sir. Just we two were there." "An' you're shure nobody saw your reiterated the J. P. "Of course lnm sure," was the repry. "ThIn yo-.'re discharged," said the J.., brirging his fist down on the table. "7ou're discharged. You can't '-riminate yourself. Fifty dollars, nasse!"-Kass City Journal. A SKILLFUL SHOT. The Way to Bring Down an Overhead Incoming Bird. One of the cardinal rules of the old time shooting school cautioned the gunner agaist ever trying to stop an overhead incoming lbird. but to wait until It had passed by and to tue rear and then take chances on Vrhat is un doubtedly the harder shot of the two. It is surprisingly how difficult it is for some sportsmen to successfully :ecore on their incoming birds. Many who can seemingly cope with game in any other mode of flight will habitual ly balk at this shot and acknowledge their inability to make It. Yet once its principle is understood and the lesson learned the dropping of an overhead incomer is ag easy as anything can well be. The miss is a! ways made by the sportsman shoot ing under and behind the bird. and there is but one way in which the er ror is to be avoided. To make the shot the gunner should wait until the bird is about to pass over him, then. bringing up his gun. follow in from behind. cover the bird and swing in ahead of It and, main tain- the same rate of speed, press the trigger the instant the bird is hid den behind the barrels. Do not stop the swing of the gun and be sure the bird shall have disappeared from sight. If the shooter will observe this rule he will be surprised how easify and Invariably he will kill his bird. Recreation. WISHBONES. On Their Shape Depends the Force of Birds' Wing Strokes. Scientists call the "wishbone" the furcula, and it is the union of what are in man two collar bones. These receive the brunt of the strokes of the wing that turn the creatura in its flight. Few of us appreciate the strength I of the stroke of' the bird's wing. A swan has been known to break a mI.'s leg tiy a blow of its wing, and In like manner the wing beatings of the larger birds are dangerous if they strike the human head or face. If. therefore, a large bird is in the habit of making sudden turns to right or left in its flight it must be fitted with a "wishbone" capable of withst.nding the great strain of the wing stroke on I the one side when unaccompanied by action on the other. For this reason we find in the eagleS and birds of its class that turn quickly a furcula that is a perfect Roman arch, widely at -variance with the Gothic arch, which is the shape of the "wishbone" of our common fowls. The eagle's furcula Is everywhere equally strong and lacks those points of weak ness that make our sport of breaking the "wishbone" possible. - Harpers Weekly. Lord Brougham's Oratory. We have no orator In the least like Lord Brougham since the close of Brougham's public career. Everything that nature could do so far as appear ance. manner and voice were concern ed she had done to prevent him from being a great orator, and yet a great orator he undoubtedly was. I wonder what the house of lords just now would think of a peer who gesticu lted and bellowed as Brougham was in the habit of doing. But it was im possible to listen to Brougham and not be carried away by the force of his Intellect, by his torrent of words, by the sudden whirl and eddy of his rapid Illustrations and by the longer and shorter stretches of quietude and repose into which his argument occa slonally flowed.-From Justin McCar thy's "Reminiscences." History. History Is made by one set of men and written by another. The character of the written history depends upon the politics of the his torian. Most histories are written many years after the history was made. In these circumstances no o~o can step forward and dispute the historian. History is studied at school and for gotten at home. .. We are told to judge the future by the past, and after we read the his tories we are as badly muddled as ever. Some statesmen make history, bat ost of them make speeches.-Judge. ,John O'Groat's House. John O'Groat's house was formerly situated on Duncansby head, the most northerly point of Great Britain. It took its name from John of Groat, or Groo, and his brothers. who came, It is said, from Holland about 14S9. The expression so often heard, "From John O'Groat's to Land's 2:nd," means the whole length of Great Britain from north to south, like the other ex pression. "From Dan to Beersheba." meaing the entire length of Palestine. The Important Question. "What was the matter with that cus tomer" asked the proprietor of the swell restaurant. "When he was through his dinner," explained the waiter excitedly. "he asked for his check, and when I gave It to him he just simply went crazy." "But did he pay as he went" Catholic Standard and Times. All the Difference, "I understand that the smart set is snubbing the De Bucks because they have a skeleton In their c-set." "Not at all. The snub is because they ddnt keep It there."-Cleveland Lead The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse as we grow old. -Rochefoucauld. |Foley's Kidney Pills "Fole's Honey and Tar is the best cough remiedy 1 ~ever used as it quickly stopped a severe cough that long. troubled me." says. . Kuhn, Prince ton. Nebr. .ls so quickly and surely it acts in all cases of coughs, colds. Ia grippe and lung trouble. IUefu'se sub Putting Him on His Mettle. "Te doctor 'says you have '>ut an hour to live.' tGivc me pen anid "aper." said the dying mn feebly. To mz'ke y-our will':" No: I am going to give the doctor my note for- thfrty days. lie will have: to keep mue nliv-e at least that long to: H elps Trade. "Do y-ou believe- in love at first si ght" "Sure. It boosts my business." "How soy' "i'm a divorce court lawyer."-De troit Free Press. SThe worlId is all gates, all opportu Leg Well" "I wish to -% say that I have used Sloan's Lini ment on a lame leg that has given me much trouble for six months. It was so bad that I couldn't walk sometimes for a week. I tried doctors' medicine arnd had a rubber bandage for my ie. and bought everything that I *iaa of, but they all did me no grod, until at last I was persuaded .o tr'. Sloan's Liniment. The first aplication helped it, and in two eks my leg nas well"-A. L HUNTER, of Hunter, Ala. t Good for AtMes. t Mr. K. GituA, instructor of a -:hletics, 417 Warren St., Rox bury, Mass., says :-"I have used S s SLOAN'S LINIMENT with great success in cases of ex- 8 treme fatigue after physical exer tion, when an ordinary rab-down would not make any impression." Sloan's Liniment has no equal as a remedy for Rheu matism, Neural gia or any pain or stiffness in the muscles or joints. Pcs5.,5Sc.&$1.JX3g Se Sloas book on horece eattle. abeep' a"d PoUly sent free. Addr= . Dr. arlS. Sloa, Bostn, Xa., IS.A. t Exclusive. At an evangelistic sejrlce at Glasgow the preacher at the end of his address cried, "Now, all you good people who mean to go to heaven with me. stand upr" With a surge of enthusiasm the audience sprang to its feet, all but an old Scotchman in the front row, who sat still. The horrified evangelist wrung his hands and, addressing him. said. "My good man, my good man, don't you want to go to heaven?" Clear and deliberate came the an- t swer. "Aye. Awm gangin, but no wi' a pairsonally conducted pairty!"-St. James Gazette. Kindly Fruits. The expression In the prayer book "Kindly fruits of the earth" has for most persons no definite meaning on account of the difference in signifi- E cance now a-.tached to the word kind ly from that used when the expression s was first written. The word kindly in that connection meant as nearly as possible "of its kind," and the expres- E sion ''indly fruits of the earth" meant "the fruits of the earth each E after its kind.''" Why Waste His Breath? Teacher-Now. Tommy, suppose you a had two apples and you gave another * boy his choice of them. You would teli e him to take the bigger one, wouldn't t you? Tommy-No, mum. Teacher- c Why? Tommy-Cos 'twouldn't be nec essary.-Suburban LIfe. Fairly Warned. - He-My dear, I can't aiford to buy you that hat. She-Still, you'd save money if you did. He-How so? She -Because I'll just be ill If I don't have * it, and you know what doctors' bills t) are-. C Mit Both Ways.e "It ain't no un bein' akid," observ- a ed a boy bitterly. "You always hafter s go to bed when you ain't sleepy an' g git up when you are."-Toledo Blade. , It is worth a thousand pounds as year to have the habit of looking at the bright side of things-,ohnson. Niot a Word ot Sca1=1 marred the call of a neigh bor on Mrs. W. P. Spangh, of Manville. Wyo., who said: "she told me Dr King's New Life Pills bad cured her of obstinate kidney trouble, and made her feel like a new 1 woman." Easy, but sure remedy fore stomach, liver and kidney troubles. Only 23c. at all druggists. Murdering Shakepeare. "I never hesitate to cut and slash and change any play until it suits me," said Stuart Robson to his legal adviser on one occasion. "I suppose you edit Shakespeare wIth a blue pencil?"' replied the lawyer. "You can just het I do." "Then. I imagine, you would plead guilty to an indictment for murdering the Bard of Avon?" "No; I would not, but I would admit dissecting his corpse." Needs Prodding.f "It is a great mistake, Mabel, to trile with the affections of a man who loves you by encouraging some one I eise." "Well, lhe's a little slow, auntie. I think he needs a pacemaker." Kindness. Iife is short, and we have never too muchi time f'or gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the same d dark journey with us. Oh. be swift to love; make haste to be kind :-Amlel- c Specialization. Doctor-What can I do for you? Patient-I have cut my index tinger. Dct'r- .ey so'rry. but I am a spe cnaist on the n'ddle finger.-Fliegende Blatter. Auricular Evidence. "'My daughiter. Gladys Mae, has be coe qluite ani clocutionist." C "Yes." ;>eevishly replied the next I !or neighbor. "so I hiear."-Puick. ] The Largest. "What is a largesse. papa?"t "A $. my boy."-Ilarvaird Lampoon. Masculine Perversity. Men are' funny creatures to cater for. A woman will buy the thins she wants. but a mian will only buy the things he nzeeds.-Exchange. Whben the fight begins within himself I ARIZONA ROAD RUNNER. I Sociable Bird That Is Said to Hate a Rattlesnake. The road runner is one of Arizona's istinctive ornithological Institutions. t is a long legged, long billed bird, lender of build and standing some en inches high. It is not often seen a the farming districts. but Is a fa Oiar sight on the desert. It has gained the name of road run er from its habit of taking the road a front of travelers oe they on horse ack or wheeled conveyance, and run ing swiftly or slowly, as occasion re uires, showing off its neighborly spir and running qualities. It Is not un ommon for It to keep in company of be travzler for several hundred yards. No resident of Arizona would kill a oad runner. It is firmly believed that he bird is the deadly enemy of that aonster of the desert, the rattlesnake. Ve don't know whether any of our eaders ever saw a road runner kill a attlesnake. If there is an authentic tcry of such a thing we would be lad to publish It. But the accepted radition is that the road runner and be rattlesnake are deadly enemies nd that the rattlesnake fears the ond runner beyond anything else. It Is told that the bird drives the nake into a coil and then. darting round the serpent like lightning. ecks it to death. Whatever truth here may be in the stories of the oad runner's accomplishments as a sciple of St. Patrick. it deserves the riendly protection It receives. Its unaint sociability Is always a diver Ion for the lonesome desert traveler. -Arizona Republican. BRAINY BABY. lohn Stuart Mill Was a Genius at Three Years of Ago. At three years of age John Stuart dil began the study of Greek. with 'arithmetic as an evening relaxation." At eight he began Latin. Euclid and Igebra and had to act as tutor to the unger children. He was a stern and scient tutor. At twelve he began scholastic logic nd political economy-the latter his nain lifework. At fourteen, while paying a long vis t to Sir Samuel Bentham in southern prance, he learned French as a relaxa Ion from studying two or three hours efore breakfast, Ave hours between >reakfast and dinner and two or three n the evening. Being for the time naster of his own hours and not sub ect to a stern father, he took lessons Iso in his spare hours in music, sing ng. dancing. fencing and riding. but rever became proficient At sixteen Mill could speak In deba rith adults with ease and freedom. Lt eighteen he contributed to the restminster Review. At twentyone t was made asistant in the India Mee and received a large salary for hose days. But Mill was bald at twenty-two. le did not marry until he was forty Te. He himself said: "I never was boy. It is better to let nature have ts own way." The Green Flash of Sunset. One of the most rarely witnessed of satural phenomena. but one that has f ten been discussed at scientifie meet ugs and that always awakens wonder ihen seen, Is the so called "green ah" occasIonally visible at the mo sent of the dIsappearance of the sun ehind a clear horizon. The observer's ye must be fixed upon the rim of the un as It disappears In order to cateb he phenome1gpn. One authority tells a that he has seen the green flash. Ithough rarely, at the instant of the etting of a bright star. Among the planatons offered Is one based upon he optical principle of complementary olors. If one looks at the sun and en closes the eyes a green disk will e perceived. A sensitive eye might e smiarly affected by a brillant star. -New York Herald H e Took the Blame. "The guilty man always gives hima elf away," said a detective, "for, like be chap who bought the forty-cenlt athing suit, he can't hide his guilty onscience. The chap I have In mind tered the water at Atlantic City In forty-cent suit of blue flannel. As he plashed about he was joined by a girl riend. The girl flashed her bright yes over the tumbling expanse of sea d then with a sigh of delight she "'Isn't the water blue today?' "'It's shameful' said the man, with ,hot blush: 'It's perfectly shameful Low this cheap bathing flannel runs!" How to Leek Pleasant. By her gracious and cordial manner he wife of a western senator has long harmed those so fortunate as to at end her delightful "functions." On one such occasion a close friend ias alluding to the hostess' graceful ethod of making every one feel at tome. "How on earth do you manage o do It?" the friend asked. "Oh, It's easy enough," replied the roman with the engaging manner. As each guest approaches to shake tands I just pretend to myself that he person I am going to speak to Is ome one I like"-Chicago Record lerald. Up the Rhine. Mrs. Robinson-And were you up he Rhine? Miss INarlch (just returned 'rom a European trip)-! should think 0 right to the very top. What a plendid view there is from the sum Duty and today are ours; results and uiturity belong to God.-Horace Gree A Mother's Safeguard Folev's. Honev and Tar for the chil ren. ' Is best and safest for all conghs, alds, croup. whooping cough and bron bitis. No. opiates W. E-. Brown & Co. Juvenile Wisdom. Frot some- examination papers in a i ssuset*w repeat. Massachu etts-twn: "Caplllarty is when milk rises up) oud the e<L-e of the bottle and hows good measure'." "Th settlers t.ve a Thanksgiving Laner to the' indiatns for their kind less and to the' Lord for fair weathe'r. Cey kept up their festivities for three lays, eatingr :ll the time. A party of ity Indiain warriors came. rolling heir warhoops down the hill." "Henry VIII. by his own etforts In reased the population of England Esau wrote fahh-vs and sold themI or potash" The Lupercal was the wolf who tickled Romeo and Juliet at Rome." "Lincoln has a high forehead, which s a sign of many brains."-Every That there is more Analysis is proven concl obtained every year fron They arc made from ex' actual field experiments requires, and not frc formulating. Every ingredient i: selected for its plant foc work to do at the propeI plant fertilized with RO regular from sprouting Ask your dealer foi see that the trade-marl When you see this af you are getting the g ROYSTER Fish Fertili2 F. S. ROYSTER GU FACTORIES AND SA \ 0PoOLK. VA. TARGoRO. N ' o..TsMOR. MO. MACON. . Do You Help Others? It has been tritely said that for ev ery one who stands alone there are twelve to lean against him How is it with you? Are you one of those: against whom others lean for help and encouragement. or are you leaning against some one and drawing your Inspiration and courage from him? It depends entirely on yourself whether you take a positive attitude in your work or whether your negative char acteristic shall dominate. It Is much easier to go through life making as little effort as possible. but It is a poor way if we are going tc make life yield even a small modicum of what It holds for us. If you are work- I lng earnestly and hoping for success here is only one way to attain it. and I that Is through your positive charac-( teristics.-Philadelphia Ledger. Caesar was assassinated March 15. 44 B. C., and was at the time of his death Mity-six years old. It is not alone as a military genius that his I fame endures. By almost common onsenut he was the most remarkable al round man of antiquity-masterful- I ly great not only as general, but as writer, statesman and administrator. In addition to these high accomplish- I ments he was a great mathematician. 1 philologist. architect and jurist. His C onversational powers were extraor. inary, and from all accounts he was I n his manner one of the most at- I ractive of men.t A Special Medicine for Kidney Aihnents. .\any elderly people have found in oley's Kidney Remedy a quick relief ad permanent benefit from kidney and ladder ailments and from annoymng I rinary irregjularities due to advanc ig years. Isaac N. Regan, Farmer, o., says: "Foley's Kidney Rtemedy4 efeced a complete cure in my case ad I want otbers to know of it." W. . Brown & Co. Mak--:d a Major. John Esten Cooke, who went into he war as an enlisted man in a Rich-l ond battery, was soon afterward ap- I ointed an officer on the staff of Gen-t erai J. E. B. Stuart. On Stuart's staff, Mr. George Cary Eggleston says In Recollections or ai Varied Icf." he distinguished himself by a certain mghing nonchalance under tire and 1 y his eager readiness to undertake Stuart's most perilous missions. Itwa in recoJgnition or sonme spe-f1 calily daring service of that kind that Stuart gave him his promotion. The delightful waiy In which the great boy ish southerner dkd it is best told In M r. Eggieston's ow.- words. -Yeu're about my size. Cooke," Stu art said, "burt you're not so broad in , he chest." -Yes, I am." answered Cooke. Ia -Let's see if you are," said Stuart. aking off his coat as if for a boxing I, atch. "Try that on." I Cooke donned the coat with its three stars on the collar and found it a fit. "Cut off two of the stars." Stuart ommanded, "and wear the coat to ichmond. Tell the people in the war department to make you a major and e send you back to me in a hurry. I:t need you tomorrow."t How It Feels to Be Run Over. a "When I was run orer," writes a orrespondent, "I had not seen the car I approaching. The tirst thing i knew as that I was on the ground, kicking i upward with my legs in an effort to I get from under the car. Thea I felt a wheel going over my chest, which t bent as It passed over. In the inter -enng second or two I went through several minutes' worth of feelings. I had the sensations of astonishmecnt at being on the ground. of wanting to roll aside and away, of bracing myself and my chest especially-stiff to resist something, whatever it might be, while alightning ziash of fear was dimly there and a subconscious query. 'What on earth next? Yet it was hardly fear, because there was no time foir such a durable sensation. It was rath- c er a sense of being suddenly confront- I ed with a grave reality, of doubtful. C obscurely terrible Import." - London t b ronicle.t A small boy entering a store said to the clerk, "Please. sir. mimmna wants atape line." "How long does she want it?" askedi the clerk. don't know, sir," replied the boy, "but I think she wants to keep It."-E ousekeeper.I Tommy's Surmise. Mr. Baldy-Yes. Tommy, even the hairs of our heads are numbered. t T-zmmy (glancing at his father's in tllectual domze)-Don't take much fig- V gei' to get your number, does it. pa? -Harper's Weekly. Confusion Worse, Confound It! It easC3y enough to look pleasant Wbile lacing yourself in the thing. lut the girl who's worth while is the one who can smile When her "straight front" brecaketh a Jjh to a Fertilizer than d asively by the results f i Royster Fertilizers. )erience obtained by / of what the plant m ready reference + i Royster Goods is d value, and has its 1 time, therefore the YSTER goods is fed ime until harvest. Royster goods and , + cis on every bag. ' + you know that muine and original , er. kNO COMPANY, LES OFFICES: C COLUMDZA. S. C. , SPARTAMDUPG. S. C. MONTGONRY. A*A. THE ELECTROSCOPE. rntrument by Which the Presence of Electricity Is Detected. The electroscope is an instrument for he detection of electricity. It depends or Its action on the principle that odies charged wit' like electricity re el, while those charged with unlike 'ectricty attract each other. The ordi ry pith ball suspended o. a silk bread is the simplest form of the Jin itrument. The most common type of electro cope is that devised by Bennett in 7.M and known as the gold leaf elec roscope. It consists of two strips of ,old leaf or thin aluminium foil sus ended from the lower extremity of a onductor with!n a glass bottle or jar. 'he upper end of the conductor ter ninates in a ball or a plate in case the nstrument is to be used as a condens ng electroscope. If a body charged rith positive electricity is brought near he knob of the electroscope the nega ye electricity will be attracted to the mob and the positive repelled to the L eaves, which diverge. If now the fin er is touched to the knob the positive lectricity is drawn off and the leaves 'llapse, while the negatit" electricity s held bound. Removing the charged Mdy, the leaves will diverge again, barged with negative electricity. In hs case the instrument can be used determine the nature of a charge of body brought near it, as with a posi ye charge the leaves will collapse and rith a negative charge spread farther Lpart.Exchange. A STUDY IN FIGURES. ~alcuations Necessary to Produce the Nautical Almanac. It may safely be said that no one ~utside the publishing office chas read he entire Nautical Almanac from be Inning to end, but each figure of the ,rinted almanac is in the office ex mined twice andI read three times. The total number of figures exceeds million; but, great as that number is, : s trifling compared with the num ier of figures employed in the calcula ons, as the almanac figures repre et "bare" results only. The moon. hr Instance, requires for its calcu ation more than a million and a half f igures. and similarly with other iranches of the work, such as the n the planets. etc. Contrary to the eneral opinion, practically every 6g ire In the book is fresh from year to The tables from which nearly all the rork is calculated have been original y constructed from the labors of the stronomical observer and to a large itent from the obser ans of the n moon and planets 1ande at the loyal observatory. Greenwich. Tele opc and other astronomical appli .nces are conspicuously absent. as the rork of the staff is purely muathemati a and not observational.-Lonldon 'elegrph. A Legend of Motint omi. Mount Omni. on the border betwen restern China and Tibet. has the long st staircase In the world. On top of be mountain there stands a Buddhist( emple around which gathe'r some ot he holiest traditions of that religion d which is made a M\ecca to the hinese. To faicilitate the ascent of ' s slippery sides somne :i0.000O steps ve been cut in the mountain. formx-F ag a single flight. up whieh the pil vim tolls. Bec-ause of its inneessi-C lity few Europeans have ever visited e s~-. lbut a numt~ber of travelers ve ... ':'ded the stairway and are sitive that it is no legendary myth. 'here is a ie::end that in ear!!er times h pilgrim was forced to ascend the I auntain without artificial aids untl,, emonks conceived the plan o.f re iring every pilgrim who would gain secial benetit of his journey to cut a F Ingle step. Some Consolation. He was a frugal Scot and when the olection plate came round dropped t a dorin in mistake for the humable iper. Speedily: discovering his tmis tke. however, he stepped softtly down Li aisle and requested the oof grxth rr to give him back the coin, which quest wa:s politely but tErmly re ued. A shade of disanpvitmen~t dit ed over the rnortherner's fa':e as he4 -lked slowly back to his pew. 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