Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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BATHTUBS IN MEXICO. Made of Cement, They Are a Real Lux ury In a Hot Climate. "Unless you have bieen in the trop 4cs." remtrked the man who had just retr-ned from a trip to Mexico. "you can't possibly realize how great a lux ury a cold bath can be. It's not that the climate 1 nece.sari!y wa rmer than a New York summer. but the natives have worked out the problem of bath ing to its ultimate conclusions. They have invented the ideal tub. "On the great private estates in Mexico baths are in use today wbicb were hewn out of the solid rock ecen tures ago by slave labor. They are located for the most part in the vicin ity of running water and are fed by bamboo pipes, but in many cases they have to be filled by the old fashioned method of carrying a bucket to and from the spring. . "In the cities the so called stone baths are made of cement. The resi dences of' !I well to do people are provided with them. and they are n feature of the native hotels. They are usually about ten feet long by four deep-baby swimming tahks, In fact. "The tropical custom is to fill the baths late at night By the followin; morning the water will have acquired a limpid coolness the tcts like a tonic upon the body. When one rememberz that near the equator It is almost as warm in the morning as it Is at noon and that water taken direct from the city mains Is always tepid the advan tage of the ston'e or cement bath is evide-nt"-New York Sun. TIGERISH TUNAS. Wild Carnage When They Meet Their Natural Prey, Flying Fish. One time at St. Clements we sIghted a feeding school of tuna, an exhilarat lug sight. A flying fish weighing a pound and a half or more would star! fom the water and soar an extraor dinary distance, nearly out of sight, but every inch of that flight I knew was covered by a big tuna keeping his place just beneath the "fier" and ready to seize it the moment it fell into the water. This rarely failed The moment the fish began to drop the tuna would spring at It like a tiger, turning and tossing the spume Into the air with a splendid and electrify lng rash, a maneuver that was re peated all over the blue channel. The sensational charge meant that a school of tunas had discovered a school of Its natural prey, flying fishes. At once the lust for blood and food was Mn and the carnage was the result. I have observed some curious scenes at sea, but never have I seen fear so forcihly expressed as by a school ol lying fishes exhausted and at the mercy of the voracious tunas. I have had them gather about my boat and eling to its keel as closely as they could. while the air was full of leap lng tunas and soaring flying fish. At snch times when a school of sardines fs rounded up the Ishes are so terrified that men have rowed up to them and ecooped them In by the pallftl.-C. V. rolder ii Outing. Delhi and Its History. Shah Jehan in 1631 built the present city of Delhi, close to the old Delhi, an made it the royal residence. The Krhandasstill call it Shabana bad, the "city of the king of the world." Nadir Shah, the Persian usurp er captured It in 1139, mneecredl thaneands of the Inhabitants and bore away plunder to the value of nearly $10y0,000,OO including the famous pea cock throne and the great Kohinooi diamond. The British first came mnt entrol In 3803, when the Mahrattal ,were defesad near Delhi by Lord Lake. When the sepoy mutiny broke oEt In 1S57 Shah Mohammed Raha dour, then ninety years old, took comn annd of the city and until the En-lisi again triumphed enjoyed the imperiaJ state to which he had long been a .Harriman Told Him. Harriman had an almost supernatu zal instinct for knowing what was going on and who was doing it In the 2:ysteries of stock manipulation. Once when Southern Pacific had been going up fast, Harriman and various bank lng houses buying in concert, he call 'up on the telephone one of his private brokers. "Somebody Is selling," he aid. "Yes, sir," was the answer. '"We11, hand the market 25l,000 for mne." Immediately he called up thE head of a banking firm much inter i:te In the market. "Who's senling Southern Pacifie?' he asked. "I don't know; we haven't been able to find! ggtj' was the answer. "I'll tell you,' unapped Harriman-' 'it's your house.' Andl he cut off the connection befort any reply to him could be made.-Ex chae._ The Tough Kid. Naboz'-I saw the doctor at you: house yesterday. Subbabs-Yes; that boy of mine climbed up on the porch when he wai told not to, and aocAh, I see. He fell and brokE -his Sabbubs-Not much! He's sound as 2 omar. But my 'wife ted to whiz E: . for it, and new she's a nerrows -..A physical wreck.-Catholic Stand l !and Times. New to Him. [ see your son has gone to work?" - ow Is he getting along? )h, fine! Anything in the way oJ S.ovelty always appeals to him." ~shington Herald. Ia High Life. "Met your wife lately?' "No; but I see by the society papera that she will be at home twice this month."-Iouistfi~ Courier-Journal. No Need to Stop Work. When your doctor orders you to stoj work, it staggers you. "I can't" yot say. You know you are weak. run-dowt anid failing in health, day by day. bul you must work as long as you can standl What you need is Eiectric Bitters t< give tone. strength, and vigor to you: system, to prevent breakdown and buiX you up. Don't be weak, s3iklv or ailing when Electric Bitters will benefit yor from the :irst dose. Thousands bles them for their glorlou.. health and strength. Try them. l'very bottle i: guaranteed to satisfy. Only 50c. at a druggists. A Reminder. Mrs. Crimsonbeak-Did you think of me while I was away In the country, John? Mr. Crimnsonbeak--I certainly did, dear. I wore that necktie you bought me for my birthday, and every body asked where on earth I got ir, and I had to tell them.-Yonkers Stateeman A Well Don~e Job. "Is she well married?" "I should say so. She's been trying ~or yars to get a divorce and can't.' STRIPPED AND FLOGGED. Fearful Ordeal of the Ackou Binat in the Sudan. is the black tuan more stoical or merely less sensitive than we are? "At a fantasIa in the Sudan." says Mr. Edward Fothergil in "Five Years In the Sudan." "' have myself seen the part that a young man I-lays of his own free wil In order to obtahi the title of ackou binat (the brother of the girls'. This ceremony would turn a reforruer's hair gray. "The men and the women of a vil lage sit round hi a circle. leaving a space in the center of some six yars in diameter. fdlcscribe It as I saw it myself. The strongest man in tho vil lage Is then picked out of the crowd, and. armed with a whip of hippopota mus hide, he and the young man who Is to strive for the title enter the arena. The women beat their drums. and the men clap their hands to the tune. "The candidate for honor Is stripped to the waist. Ie stands with his arms folded in th.e center of the ring, and the strong man dances up to him to the tune which Is being played. He brings the whip round with ail the force of which he is possessed and lands it on the bare back of the man in front of him. He dances awayi again he advances, and the operation is repeated. This goes on until the num ber of strokes previously agreed upon have been dealt. In -the particular case I saw it was twenty-five. If the man who is being flogged winces, if he so much as moves an eyelid as the whip descends, he is disquaMed and branded as a coward until such time as he may choose to undergo the op eration a second time. - "On this particular occasion he went throughi with It lke a Trojan. Indeed. the man who was delivering the blows got tired! erst, and the last three cuts of the twenty-five were unsteady and flickered round the ear and neck of the 'brother.' I leave my readers to imagine the state of his back when all was over, but he appeared to be as happy as a king, and certainly he was accorded a great ovation by the as sembled crowd of women." STAKED HIS HEAD. The Wager Sir William St. Clair Laid With King Robert Bruce. Edwin N.oble in "The Dog Lover's Book" recalls the historic story of the two famous deerhounds Help and Hold, a monument to which can be seen to this day at Roslin chapel. The legend is that King Robert Bruce while hunting upon the Pent land hills had several timestarted a white deer. -but had hitherto been unable to capture ft. It had always so quickly outdistanced his own hounds that he began to imagine that it was gifted with supernatural pow ers and could not be overtaken bY .mortal dogs. Naturally hii nobles agreed with him, as there was no one bold enough to affirm that he owned houds which were better than those possessed by his sovereign. There was, however, one exception, William St Clair. who wagered his head that his two favorite, hounds, Help and Hold, would kill the deer before she crossed the Pentland brook. Bruce accepted the challenge and wa Igered the forest of Pentland mooi agaist Sir Wmllam's head Th hto deer was roused by a cou pleof loohoudsand given a fair start before St. Clair released his twe favorites. After a long chase, follow ed by Sir Wiim and Bruce on horse back, the deer reached the brook, and Sir Wimlam, feeling sure that he had ~lost his wager prepared to give him It~l Into the hands of Bruce, but be fore the deer could get farther-than Ihalfway across Hold had seized her, and, Help coming up at the same mo ment, they forced her to turn back. In the end she was killed within the stip u alated boundary. A German Title. show more courage than we do. On a card which reqached London the other Iday the, sender describes herself as Frau --, Baslermesserhohlschleifeldi rektorswitwe. Would any English wo man venture to describe herself as wid owofthpmangeroftherazorbladegrind ingworks? When this was shown to a Germnan friend he produced a card on which the sender was entitled "Staats we" adescription which she held te be her due as the widow of an official in the national debt office.-ILondonl More Territory. "I envy you," says the very thin man. "I wish I had your weight. Here I azn, a skinny, dyspeptic crea ture, suffering half the time with stomach ache.'' "Envy mel" chuckles the very fat man. "Why, what If you do have thE stomach ache half the time? Thik what a little bit of a stomach ache you can have. Now, when I have the stomach ache It amounts to some thing."-Life. Perfectly Natural. "The supposed young millionaire bought an airship just before he was declaed bankrupt." "That was a perfectly natural pro ceedn. "Howv so?" "Most people do buy airships before they go up."-New York Journal. Poet'y. Poetry is simply the most beautful, impressive and widely effective mode of saying things, and hence its impeot tance-Matthew Arnold. There are no eyes so sharp as thE eyes of hatredAH'llard. Evening Schools. Evening schools owe their existence to the Rei'. Thomas Charles, who aboul 3 S1e set up one at Bala, Wales, which proved to be quite successfuL. In 1830 or 1840 the English Bishop Hinds strongly recommended such schools for poor adults, who, on account of on forced labor, had no chance to secure an education. The Idea was taken in hand by the British privy council in IS1,fl and from that date evening schools began to be considered serious' ly. At the present time they are niu merous throughout Gireat Britain, America and manny other leading na tions.--New York American. Keep the Fire Burning. It used to be the cnstom in some old English inns for the tiro to be kept constantly burning day and night. One such inn nentioned in --Old Coun try Inns" was the Plow, at Upper Dcker, in Sussex, and at the Chequers inn, near Osmtherly. In Yorkshire, the hearth fire has been burning ur~in trruptedly for a: l-ast 130) years. The tradition point~s to a time when the public house was necessarily resorted THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, They Extend East and West For N Than a Thousand Miles. Few persons are aware that shortest route from San Francisco Jnpan Is 1.y way of Alaska. Nearl thousand miles are saved to Ves: trading with the orient by coas' along the .\eutian islands rather t] followingt the 1aiwniian route. The Aleutian islands, which ext in a chain east and west for m than a thousand miles. are Inhabi by the remnant of the Aleuts. TI war of the revolution closed just the American revolutionary war gan. So patriotic were the Aleuts, brave In their strugglo for Indepe ence. that they succumbed to the 11 sians only after a conflict of ne: fifty years. and then simply bec the race was almost exterminated the struggle. - While the Aleutian islands a eventually form an Important link the commerce between the UVn States and the orient, other isla link our country with the vast eml to the north. In the narrow Bet strait lie two little islands, one o< pied by Russia, the other by the U ed States, so that citizens of the I great nations live on respective isla within a few miles of each othe New York Press. The Courage of Life. The two virtues that help us al most in life are trust and cour: Apart from the tragtedies Invited sin and violence and self Indulge1 a large part of our trouble comes fi anxiety. distrust. apsprehension. It not all frivolity th:t dietated the swer of a youn-. ;:rl who. being ur to prepare herself for a professier a definite work. r-sponded: -I'm going to ko. :;he::d ::nl worry. I do a lot of usefu; thi::;:s. I can mf and make sa:d. and amuse child and be patien' :ind economical, help people to enjoy themselves. I don't believe nice girls starve." C age and faith are always assets. E if lifse goes back upon them and f to come up to expectations the p: tice of these virtues Is just that m to the good. and we have at least lved in the evil moment until it rived.-Harper's Bazaar. For Peace Only. It Is well known that the Frie have always been devoted to the p ciples of peace. As they had a < trolling influence In the publc aft of Nantucket. there was no milit organization on that island for sev generations. How the matter managed Is told by the athor "September Days on Nantucket." Whenever military companies c: to the Island for a holiday young men thronged the windows and wa handkerchiefs, but there was no of military ambition in the to Once a coterie of young men forme training company and sent to Bos for equipments, but their elders c pelled them to make the first articli their constitution read, "This comp shall be disbanded immediately 1t% of war." Her Stipulation. The pale young man with sheel eyes glanced timorously at his companion. They had sat togethei the conservatory for fully five min1 and had hardly exchanged a word. At last, In desperation, he dived pzand into his breast pocket brought out hIs cigarette case. "Do you mind, Miss Smiing smoke?" he asked. "Not in the least," replied the yo lady sweetly, "If you don't think It: make you sick!" Close Relations. "You advise that man's constitua to stand by him?" "Yep," repied Farmer Cortos "I advise 'em to stand by close e to watch everything he does"-Wa lngton Star. His inheritance. "Does he inherit his father's genir "No; only his father's eccentrici of genius. That Is why we are giv a benefit for him."-Chicago Rect A Dreadful Sight to H. 3. Barnum, of Freeville, N. was the fever-sore that had plagued life for years in spite of many reme< he tried. At last he used Buckli Arnica Salve and wrote: "it has tirely healed with scarcely a scar le Heals burns, boils, eczema, cuts,brui swellings, corns and piles like mat Only 25c. at all druggists. CARRYING PIG IRON. The Way Scientirfio Study increi Results and Wages. No work seems more simple, za unlikely to be subject to scioni study, than the art of carrying iron. This, however, has been a fected to the most careful sciont study. Men at Bethlehem, Pa., i loading pig Iron on cars at the rate about twelve '5,ns a day, Certain handlers were given extra wages doing this work under special d!; tion. An attempt was made to as< tai the relation between the amoc of horsepower which each man es ed and the fatigue which he incura Long continued experiment furnis: a vast amount of Information, but parently no law. Finally F. W. 'I lor, who was conducting the exp meats, handed the data over to associate who was apt at mathem cal problems. Very soon be repor that he hand discovered the law-I fatigue varied In proportion to a tain relation between the amount load and the period of rest-for exa pie, a man -'arrying a ninety-two pol pig had, in order to avoid fatIgue, be at rest CS per cent of the time. discovery of this law invlved a gt amount of data, Including certain p1 ologcal facts concerning the pois ous effects of waste tissue upon blood and diflicult mathematic fori in, including the plotting of cur' As a result the pig handlers were rected exactly how to lift and ct their loads aind when to rest, and amount of pig iron handled by e: man ev~ery day increased from twe and a half' tons to forty-seven. corse the' mn received a great vance in wages.-Ernest Hiamlin bot In Outlook. Plumber. Mulligan, the contractor, put u21 church buildin:;. Dunn was build inspector then, and when he saw church he said. "Pat, It isn't plumb. That made Mr. Mulligan pretty m He climbed right up and began to ti measuremernts. Having squinted do 'the plumb line in a dozen differs places, he was ready to report. Th was a ring of triumph In his voice. "Mr. Dunn." he said, "come and I< at It y-rself. Plumb. eh? By th' p1i that played before Moses, it's mn 1.1 F~ to 'Every Month' .l writes Lola P. Roberts, of ing Vienna, Mo., "I used to be sick most of the time and end suffered with backache and 1 ore headache. My Mother,who had been greatly helped by as the use of Cardui, got me I5P be- two bottles, and I have 1 SOd- been well ever since." PH us- E 49 rly use J Tak I kH ted The Woman's Tonic ads[1 3ire Cardui is a gentle tonic Ing for younj and old women. 2. It relieves and prevents wo pain. It builds strength. It ads feeds the nerves. It helps r.- the whole system. Ii Mad e from harmless IN roots and herbs, it has no 1H ig* bad after-effects, dots not by interfere with the use of P ace- any other medicine and can do you nothing but good. an- Try Cardui. It will help 1 ged yo. Your dealer sells it not Can ren, Florida---Cuba. land Why not take a trip to Florida or and Cuba? They haye been brooght with mur- in easy reach by the splendid ven Through Train Service of the At ans lantic Coast Line Railroad. Write for oH rac- illustrated booklets, rates or any uch other information, which will be cheerfully furnished. W I E not T. C. WHITE, 9- Gen. Pas. Agent. Wilmington. N. C. ads CLARENDON "r-- FARM LANDS WANTED! ary ralI na I have several Marlboro Farm of ers wanting to buy farms rang ing in price from 82.500.00 to ed 815,000.00 or over, ano shall be glad to hear from any per ?a sons having any farm lands, Dm- improved or unimproved, for of sale in Clarendon or adjoining ae countis-. *sh R. COSBY NEWTON. R~eal Estate and Stocks. tes BENNETTSVILLE, - S. C. ~GrocerieS OF= AL L KINDS Alway Fresh i h-AND Prices Right s' Mouzon's Grocery P. B. MOUZON. PROP his WiW.L TA VEI, a Civil Enine Land Surveyor, e r Sumter, S. C. pig Office Over Bank of Sumter. 5 ub- 5 er Notice to Debtors and Creditors. All persons indebted to the estate of the late Dr. WV. E. Brown are re for quired to pay the same at once or ~ ee- the same will be put into the hiands e- of an attorney for collection. and all ut persons having claims against the 5 ert- estate will present them to ed. MRSMARIAH 8.IBROWN. bed Executrix of the Estate of Dr. WV. pE. Brown. 5 sy eri- LOANS NEGOTIATDE at- On First-Class Real Estate ted Mortgages. Purdy & O'Bryan, Of ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ! mci ~Manning, S. C1 to - rh D. J. A. COLE. - ys- DENTIST. on- .pstair. over Bank of Manninvr . fu- MA NNING. S. C:. es- Pone No '-'7._ try zKidney Pills What They Will Do for You *h They will cure your backache,~ dstrengthen your kidneys, cor ike rect urinary irregularities, build mup the worn out tissues, and; climinate the excess uric acid that causes rheumatism. Pre. vent Bright's Disease and Dia. I ats zndrstreha*h*n INE PCNNOUNU The People's Bank of w: the opening of its doors fa middle of next month. CORPS OF OFFICERS: W. C- DAVIS. President. J. H. RI6BY. Vice-President. R. C. WELLS. Cashier. I Place of Business a The building formerly Clarendon, adjoining sto 8 ready equipped with an 3 been secured for this inva 8 field. A new, tripple mr 8 lock, Manganese steel saft 8 has been purchased and i days. All Banking sup; chased and is expected in 8 ness about the middle of IV CAPITAL STOCK. The capital stock of th: Bank of the People is Sdivided into four hundre Sshares of $50.00 each., Th stock already subscribe 8 for, 25 per cent. of which: Snow in the president hands, the balance to~ b Scalled for in 10 per cent. ii Sstallments per month, ha been well placed among ou home people, not a dollar < it being owned out of th Scounty. TheCourteous A Themany welliwishe: Sprise, who have expressed to give us their accounts a us, if you live out of town, to the president or cashier Ktion on any point, which and courteous attention, Searly day to place bank ; Syour hands. R ITHPEPl C)F~ MAN ENT! Manning announces M r business about the DIRECTORS: V. C. Davis. J. H. Rigby. C. Bradhain. Jno. D. Gerald. H. Harvin. S. 0. O'Bryan. nd Equipment. used by the Bank of re of J. H. Rigby, al excellent vault, has e sion of the Banking l .ovement, Yale . time- o ., and best vault door o s expected in a few 0 >lies have been pur- 0 ample time for busi- **ee 00 [arch. 00 0@ I POLICY. 0 s Not a single man has gg Ibeen allowed to take over @@ One Thousand Dollars @@ worth of stock. We have had applica tions for stock from out of g 'the county. but following gg out our policy to have it @@ d .owned and controlled by g our own people. we have .e held these applicants off d until all of our people are g in who care to come with g .s - wstill have afew thous- @ S and dollars of stock for sale. which we desire to place among our people in g one. two, three. four, five @@ 1- and six share distributions. @@ The public can at once S see we have not organized ir a close corporation. with all of its stock in the hands gg f of a few men. but that it is @@ to be what its name signi- @@ fies. the Bank of the Peo- ~ ple. absolutely free from any handicaping alliances. ttention. rs of this new enter- ~ Ltheir determination I nd do business with may address a letter requesting informa will receive prompt x and we hope at an and check books in ispectfully yours, NINS.