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A Learncd Russian Baby. William Lyon Phelps tells this story about Robert Louis Stevenson as illus trating the cosmopolitanism of Rus sian character, which Professor Phelps says is unaccountable *in a measure for the international effect and influ ence of Russian novels. Stevenson, writing from Mentone to his mother. Jan. 7, 1S74, said: "We have two lit tle Russian girls, with the youngest of whom, a little polyglot button of a three-year-old, I had the most laugha ble little scene at lunch today. She said something in Italian which made everybody laugh very much. After some examination she announced em phatically to the whole table in Gcr man that I was a madchen. This hasty conclusion as to my sex she was led afterward to revise, but her new opinion was announced in a language quite unknown to me and probably Russian. To complete the scroll of her accomplishments she said goodby to me in very coxrmendable English." Three days later Stevenson added: "The little Russian kid is only two and a half. She speaks six lan guages." "A Right and Lawful Rood." An example of the old rough and ready methods of arriving at a meas urement is the Elizabethan way of getting the "feet." Falentin Leigh. who wrote on surveying, records that after service on Sunday sixteen men were stopped at the church door, just as they -happened to come out, and drawn up in line, left foot to left foot. The length thus obtained was taken as "a right and lawful rood to meas ure and survey the land with," and a sixteenth part of it as "a right and lawful foot." Although big and little men were thus roughly averaged against each other, the results nat urally varied to some extent Hence it is. as Shaw Sparrow notes in treat ing of this "rood" as the architectural "bay" which gives us the "bay win dow," that a bay is sometimes found to be rather less than sixteen feet of twelve inches.-London Chronicle. The Shepherd and His Flock. A certain good bishop was in Italy for his health, and while walking in the country one day he met a small girl who was tending some pigs. The animals were giving her a great deal of trouble, and the good bishop offered to stay and watch the ones that were grunting and rooting in a ditch while the little shepherdess went to catch two runaways that had strayed from the fol. When she came back the reverend gentleman stroked the un kempt curly head of the child and ask ed her how much she earned by her hard work and was told that she re ceived 4 soldl a day. "Do you know," said he, "that 1, too. am a shepherd? But I earn much more than you." "Ah yes," answered the little peas ant, "but no doubt you tend many more pigs than I do." Impaling the Wild Boar. In Germany the boar hunt occurs an nually. Trained hounds are held in leash until the lair of the boars is sniff ed, and then they are let go. Off rush the bristling beasts. They run fast, and the faster they skip along the wild er andi "madder" they get. Sometimes they are shot, but the correct style of killng is to use a long spear or a short swordlike knife. ~The hunter spies his boarship speeding along in an almost straight line, blInded with rage and ferocity. Bending over sideways to the earth, the sportsman thrusts his spear dull end downward in the soil and the sharp point slanting upward and turn ed directly to the boar's path. Straight on the wild hog rushes, and with all the impetus of his long flight he plunges upon the spear point and there, impaled. dies a bloody death Peculiarity of Sea Otter Fur. "This collar," said a furrier, "is sea otter skin, the costliest fur known. Silver fox, beside sea otter, is cheap. Where you would pay $1,000 for a sil .ver fox skin you'd pay $2,000 for a sea otter. It is only . the Russians, the world's greatest fur lovers, who go in for this most precious of all furs. They use It exclusively for coat col lars. Why? For a strange reason, an almost incredible reason. Sea otter is the only fur on which the breath won't freeze."-Cincinnatl Enquirer. MacPherson's Testimony. The MacPherson-Mani, Judkdns is right-there's a deal of sufferin' at tendant on yon whusky drinkin', for, MacTaggart, ye'll mind me, whiles a mon's drinkin' his ain whusky there's the terrible expense tae think of, an' whiles he's -drinkin' a friend's whusky he drinks sae much that he suffers ter rible the morrn..-London M. A. P. The Sequence. It was a Kingston (Ont.) woman ,who recently sized up one feature of the servant girl question in a new way. She said, "I got a girl to relieve me of physical fatigue, and soon I got rid of her to relieve me of mental fatigue." Cited His Own Case. Singleton-Even a married man has a right to his own opinion. Hen peckke - My dear fellow, it isn't a question of right. It's a question of 'courage.-Philadelphia Record. Little Words. Out of the 207 words in Abraham Lincoln's Immortal Gettysburg speech 190 are words of only one syllable. It isn't the big words that count-New york Herald The Recoil. Sophomore-Wonder what makes the telegraph lines bum? Senior-I've wir ed dad for dough. and I guess he's talking back.-Chicago Journal. Possibly. Mr. Briggs-Her~'s an article, my dear, a very interesting article, in which a prominent doctor says that a -certain cure for nervousness in women is silence-complete silence. Mrs. Briggs (promptly)-I'll bet anything some fool of a man doctor wrote that! --Cleveland Plain Dealer. Easily Attained. "I am determined to live in luxurious surroundings and eat and drink the best the land affords." said the frankly selfish man. "That ought to be easily arranged," replied Miss Cayenne. "All you have to do is to get a situation as a butler." --Washington Star. He Was Prepared. Mrs. McTurk-Mr. McDougall, up stairs, fell over his window sill an' was kilt last night, sir. The Minister Dear, dear, how sad! I trust he was prepared for the end? Mrs. McTurk Oh, I'm sure he wuz, because when he passed oor window I heard him say. "-Noo fur the bump!"-Dundee Adver In the Wike of the Measles. Th: little So" )f 0i.- (. B. 1; 'a- er, Litite Rock. .rk., had the IeruSes. The result wa is a -ev ere cough which -rew wors and he could not sleep. She -1: "One bottle of Fole-'s iloneV and Tar Compoutid complzetey cured hin aZ.d he has nevtr berU nothe'red sinc." I roup. w h1oni coLh measics cOUd a di id to oley's iioney and Tari W 'd m pou'ad. The genuine is in the y!i!ow package always. Refuse subtitue.. W. E. Brown & Co. His Frankness Won. The late Senator Dolliver said that in politics it paid to be frank and honest with the people. "31y predecessor in the senate," he ] said, "was John H1. Gear. On one oc- 3 casion the prohibition spirit was run ning high, and a public meeting was! held, with a well known Quaker as I chairman. Gear was invited to the meeting. He accepted the invitation. The old Quaker called him to the plat- 3 form and said: "'We learn that tbou dost not belong c to any temperance society and also s that thou dost drink liquor at thy dis- s cretion. Is this true?' "'Every word of it is true,' replied Gear, 'but did you ever hear of my doing anything dishonorable?' "'Nay,MS~r. Gear,' replied the old t Quaker chairman-'nay, we have never o heard anything else to thy discredit s Thy frankness is more to be commend- v ed than thy habits. But thou hast not t I lied to us. and we will support thee.' 0 "And they did," said Senator Dol- c liver, "and elected him too."-Wash- c ington Star. Her Bridge Prize. V A decided coldness between two wo- . men who had been friends for many c years is the result of a mistake made c by the maid of one of them who bad r had a four table bridge party one t afternoon recently. In keeping with c the custom, she bad provided a prize e for each table. to be brought to the t card room just before tea was served t and placed on the tables which bore u the corresponding numbers. It was a s "lovely party" in every respect, with ii never a hitch until the woman at No. S opened the parcel which was sup posed to contain her trophy of victory over her three competitors, but which I really contained a piece of perfumed 3 soap. Unfortunately, the hostess was r not in the group when the package N was opened, and much had been said S before she discovered that the wrong bundle had been brought downstairs. New York Tribune. s The Seal's Marvelous Instinct. The instinct of the seal is narveious. It will leave its young on the ice ,in the morning and, going down through c a hole, remain away all day swim- i ming in search of food. Returning In t the evening, it will locate its offspring 1 in the same "patch" among hundreds a of thousands of other baby seals not- c withstanding that the ice may have 3 wheeled or drifted fifty or sixty miles 4 during the day from wind and tide and notwithstanding that the patch may extend thirty or forty miles from one end to the other. Whether this instinct is of the class that enables the bird without any mark or chart in a forest with millions of trees alike to find its way back with ease and preci sion to its nest I do not know, but it is one of .those wonders in nature before which human knowledge is brought to a full stop.--Sir Edward Morris in Wide World Magazine The Jekyll and Hyde kcea. "i was in Stevenson's company," says I Charles Brookfield in "Random Remi- I niscences," "at the moment that he conceived the germ of the idea of 'Dr. Jekyll rind Mir. Hyde.' Hle was in veighing against a man with whom he had done business and with whom he was dissatisfied. The man's name was Samuel Creggan, or something like it.C 'Hie's a man who trades on the Sam- I el.' Stevenson declared. 'Hie receives you with Samuel's smile on his face. t with the gesture of Samuel he invitess you into a chair, with Samuel's eyest ast down in self depreciation he tellst you how well satisfied his clients have I always been with his dealings, but I every now and again you catch a t glimpse of the Creggan peeping out i like a white ferret. Creggan's the realt man; Samuel's only superficial.' " I Warning to Railroad Men. E. S. Bacon. 11 Rast St.. Bath, M e., ends out this warning to railroaders: A conductor on the railroad, my work aused a chronic inflammation of the idnevs, and I was miserable and ali j layedl out. A friend advised Foley Kidney Pills and from the day I corn nenced taking them. I began to regain my strength. The inflanmmation cleared I ad I am far better than I have been t for twenty years. The weaknuess and 1: iizzy spells are a thing of the past and r [ bighly recommnend Foley Kidney t ills." WV. E Brown & Co. Police Methods In Berlin. Berlin is the most strictly governed city in the world, and a stranger willa be continually violating the ordinances and regulations without being con- t scious of his offenses. But the penal ties are not severe, and the policeman g who arrests you is prepared to im pose the fine on the spot instead of calling a pantrol wagon and taking you to the police station. You pay him a few marks. for which he gives you aa receipt, and within twenty-four hours you must appear before the captain in charge of that precinct and turn in the receipt as a check Upon the po liceman who has arrested you. Come to Hundreds of Manningc People. There are days of diz-z.iness: Sells of headachxe, languor, back- c ache: t Sometimes rheumatic painrs:t Often urinary- disorders. All tell you plainly the kidlneys are sick.I Doan's Kidney Pills are for kidney Herec is proof of their merit in1 Man Mtrs. Joseph Wells, of 31aoning. S. C , I say: "I was aieited with kidney comn plaint and I sutlered intensely from dull. ain.' backaches,beadiaches and dizzy spells. Doan's Kidney Pills proved to be just what I needed and I had not usd them long before I was entirel reiievd. I got this preparation from Dr. Wv. E. Brown a: (o.'s Drug Store and I chieerfully recomnr-d it.' For sale by all dealers. Price 50 Ne w York, sole agents for the Enited Sates. Remtemuber the namne-Doan's -and Not the Answer He Expected. Whitefield, whose dramatic appeals to his listeners were always a note ;orthy part of his sermons, once rcb 'ed to a body of seamen in New iork. lu the course of his sermon he ntroduced the following words: "Well, my boys. we have a clenr sky tnd are making fine headway over a ;mooth sea before a light breeze, and ;e shall soon lose sight of land. But vhat means this sudden lowering of he heavens and that dark cloud rising rom the western horizon? Hark! )on't you hear the distant thunder? )on't you see those flashings of light dng? There is a storm gathering. .very man to his duty! How the raves rise and dash against the ship! Che air is dark. The tempest rages! )ur masts are gone! The ship Is on ter beam ends! What next?" The hands of every sailor were grip ing the pews in front of them, and a ild excitement was in their eyes. Lnd when the preacher rEached the limax of his dramatic speech they prang to their feet in a body and houted, "Take the longboat!"-New ork Sun. Tramps and Cuff Muzzlers. The most curious article in the ramp's outfit bears an appropriately dd name-the "cuff muzzler." It con ists of the leg of an old stocking cut tp into short lengths and worn over he wrist like a thick mitten, and its bject is to increase the circumference f the wrist to such an extent that a onstable cannot easily slip a handcuff ver it. Indeed, a pair of "cuff muzzlers" rhich are worn by none save veteran oadsters-make it very difficult for a onstable alone'and unaided to hand uff their wearer. Tramps' tools bear uzzling names. Particularly cryptic ; "fiddle," the term for a big nail arried by the "spike ranger" or itin rant who goes from one casual ward o the next. Should he fall into the ands of the police it is used in "oak m worrying"-that is. separating the trands of hard rope.-Baltimore Amer man. A Woman's Letter. Women. it is generally admitted, 'rite much better letters than men. . Marcel Prevost discovered the eason for this superiority. "The ob -ious meaning Is never the one we hould read into. a woman's letter. 1 'here is always a veiled meaning. b Voman makes use of a letter just as a he employs a glance or a smile, in a C ay that is carefully thought out and vith an eye to effect. And,,After all, e toes a woman's hat serve to cover her Lead? Does a woman's parasol keep f the sun? Why, then, should a wo aan's letter serve to convey her real t houghts to the person addressed, just C ike the letters of some honest grocer, I ho writes, 'I send you five pounds of C 'offee," because he really does send C ou five pounds of coffee?"-London pectator. Long Distance Courtship. A lady was one day approached by ter Scotch maid with the information hat she was about to leave. "What is he cause of this sudden decision. P lary?" 11 "I think I'll be a-marryin'." tl "Indeed, and whom, may I ask?" f< "The mon that sits across in the kirk ( ' Sundays." "But what is his name?" "I dinna ken." "What! You're surely not engageda o a man whose name you do not :now!" "Not engaged. my lady, butfibe's ben S ag lookin' at me, an' I taink he'll S oon be speakin'."-Housekeeper. nl _ _ _- C Matchmaking In Rodmania. In Roumania once every year is a fair s if marriageable girls. The girl, with ,j ter relations, gets into a wagon, which lso contains her dowry--linen, furni re and household matters-and all et off for the fair. When they arrive he girls are drawn up in one line and he men in another, with their parents S ehid them. Then if a young man kes the look of any particular girl he alks to her while the parents corn are notes as to their possessions and* heir circumstances in life. If all is ound satisfactory there's a marriage + t once, and the bride is driven away * y her husband to her new home. + Duncan Smoked In Church. + Sir Walter Scott in hIs "Heart of 4 ldlothinn" refers to one Duncan of + Enockdunder, an important personage,* rho smoked during the whole of the 4 ermon from an Iron pipe tobacco bor-* owed from other worshipers. We are + old that at the end of the discourse te knocked the ashes out of his pipe, + eplaced it in his sporran, returned the obacco pouch to its owner and joined4 a the prayer with decency and atten- 4 ion. A Complex Accomplishment. 4 "I understand you speak French like ~ native." 4 "No," replied the student. "re got ~ he grammar and the accent down iretty fine, but it's hard to learn the ~estres."-Washington Star. 4 The Surest Place. 4 Speaker (warming to his subject)--~ Vhat we want is men with convictions, -4 nd where shall we find them? Voice-In jail, guv'nor.-London Tel graph. 4 When One Loses Confidence. , After a man loses confidence In him- 4 elf it is not likely that anybody else Is :oing to exhibit much enthusiasm over 4 ts abilities.-Chicalgo Record-Herald. 4 God gives every bird Its food, but4 [oes not throw it into the nest.--Tit- '. omb. . Wishing Them a Safe Voyage. .4 "Mbel ad Gecorge. after much 4 narreling over the arrangements for e heir honeymoon. have decided to take he trip in an airship." "Well. I trust that when they get bove the cloud.., they won't have a alling out!'-Widow. Satween Octogenarians. 1 "i understand they sentenced him to 1 le imprisonment?" "Wel!. no: it wasn't as bad as that. Ie got only ninety-nine years!"-Puck. A Soft Answer. The wife, of a man who came home ate insistedl upon a reason.1 "When I go out without you," he I aid, "I do not enjoy myself half as: nuch, anud it takes me twice as long." Must Have Been Poor. Criic-Where did you get the idea r that play? Playwright-Out of< ny head, of course. What do you nean? Critic-Tou must be glad that I t is out! Ambition is like love-impatient both KC~sTilll The Kind You Hve IAVgetablePreparatonfrAs simlaiingtheFcdeaRega Bears the tingteStomnachsandnowelsof 1 EmmemmSignature . ness.and.Rest.CtWaifnehinr of NOT NAR cOTIC. ~ : P- -las 'Buh P~ _ Aperfiecti emnedyER CUNs - tion, Scur~ StomachDiardlow WormConvulsions.erish . a O ver D n r, essados OF SIEP 19 P am U GorA Si aignamcid aeua Thirty Years Exact Copy of W.Lapper. - -rm CENAUi COMAY. HCW YORK CirY. OUR SPRING LETTER. SUMMERTON. S. C., March 1, 1911. A buggy ride through the country with the blooming peaci d the apple blossoms on each. side, t~be comnmon .fence corne: iar bush budding forth, indicates that spring is nearly nere 'e tooting of a strange whistle and the rushing by of a train o rs on the Northwestern, the road which does for us what non' her can do, brings us home each .night, tells us that the guan< tra is on, pressaging the early use of Fertilizer Distributors e land is "flushed,' only waiting to be worked. In passing I would like to mention .that we have anticipatec e vWants of our friends and are prepared to offer them thei: [ioice of the following Distributors: - Cole, K. P. Gantt, Gem an< e. We also have the followving. Planters: Cole Combinatioi tton and Corn,~with and without the guano attachment; the x (there is nothing better), and the Old Reliable Dowlow,- th< e that has planted more acres than all others combinea. On: ices will bear comparison with the surrounding markets. .W e also in touch with the needs of-our trade in the way of Straigh ovels, Sweeps or Scrapes. in all sizes. We also have an elegan e of Farm Bridles. The number of high tenant houses being built shows the im oved condition of our country. 15c. cotton is gradually bring ig us into own. Brick chimnneys'"and. metal roofs seems to bi 7e order of the day. While 'on this subject, will put in a wor< r the business. We are headquarters for this section for Lime ment, Sash, and Mental Rooting (both galvanized and painted) e usually have it when others are "just out." j lhe miles of Fencing and the fat barrows with the old sov d droves of suckling pigs.. in connection with the record o annah Plowden, impresses one with the' idea that the day of th< 'estern smoke house and barn for our people is past: mnerel: kn of as "'way back yonder," like the war or earthquake. Ou: ipment of Wirte has arrived and the price is right. Try th arkets and come and see us, you will buy. No drayage to pay r unloaded in our warehouse. Incidentally, would like to mention that we have lost five o: sets of wire stretchers sonie where in our surrounding country ny iaLformation in regard to them wvill be appreciated. Don't forget our Tin Smith. We are prepared to do meta ork at once and in an up to-date manner. We are grateful fo e business we have been getting and are showing our apprecla on by keeping prices down to lowest point that our busines iSUMMERTON HARDWARE CO. Acme Plaster, Shingles, Laths, Fire -Brick. Drain Pipe, Etc ::.. HAY, GRAIN. Rice Four, Ship Stuff, Bran, Mixed Cor: and Chicken Feed :: H-ORSES. MULES. Buggies. Wagons~ and Harness.--No Order ood Large o Too Small:: BOOTHHA RBY LIVE STOCK OO SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA AVOID THE STING OF REMORSE that folows avoidabl mnitake-:. Have you ever thought how many mik~alakes in spendinlg you might avoid if you banked your mioney:~ START AN ACCOUNT AT THE BANe OF MANNING andi itearn by pleasant experence. Money in t.he3 banki do)gsn't b)urn. iike cahi in youl- pak t On:e .'.u in it in you aLIV n nan as~i I1 i -ady to tae it ou. to) imy anyuhing yon see You think twice aun- thinking means saVing. Very Awkward. "Your Albert Is going bald, ain't 'e,LO&' :rs. sithers?" On First-Class Real Estat "Yes, Mrs. Peters, 'e certainly Is get in' 'igh 'erded, and it makes it very ithgcs. wkward for the pore dear. When 'e vasbes 'e 'as to keep 'Is 'at on 'is 'ead o tell where 'Is face finishes"-Lon- AT TORNEYS AT LAW on Mai.__________MnigS Utter Waste. "We all sigh for something unattain "That's right. My wife has never een able to find any good use for the )urned matches." - Washington Her The Way of th e World. "Isn't it awful? According to the ee e . apers, there just seems to be one re-nnerao's oave and ferate tution after another." eae theyfar the spee "Yes. That's the way the world goes reme Ks Phoant h e an(' ynd."-Judge. have the atD It is the peculiarity of a fool to be i elb de ever tol pcthainhseinted falsoe athes over al&Iothers cobned. u ue ese din tow h nhe ery es fails. liovels ~ ~ ~ ~ ~I nweso cae.i l ieos prealotraio and fele wekese the arem theisuprem Thenuberofhig, enat orem eya btshos he sifid nik n ein te ltsl o16otherszw ver ta druggi st's onter His System of Self Defense. "Have you ever studied the art of - ;elf defense?" said a young fellow to a man of magnificent physique and 0 noble bearing. The elder man looked at his ques tioner with a quiet smile and then an swered thoughtfully: "Yes. I have studied and practiced it." "Ah!" said the other eagerly. "Whose system did you adopt?" "Solomon's," was the reply. Somewhat abashed, the youth stam- s mered out: "Solomon's! What is the special point of his system of train- - ing?" "Briefly this." replied the other: "'A C soft answer turneth away wrath."' For the moment the young man felt an inclination to laugh and looked at his friend anxiously to see whether he was serious. But a glance at the ac complished athlete was enough, and soon a very different set of feelings came over the youth as his muscular O companion added, with silent empha- G sis, "Try it." - Christian Endeavor O World. The "Green Flash" at Sunset. A correspondent writes that during the course of a voyage when midway between Marseilles and the strait of - Bonifacio a "green flash" was seen at sunset. The sky was perfectly clear . after a cloudless day, with little wind. As the sun approached the horizon the - line 'twixt sea and sky for about forty five degrees each side of the sun be came suffused with a rich dull rose GO pink, and. the waves reflected a mar velous ruby shade on their surfaces facing the sunset, while the other - faces were an opalescent blue or green O from the upper sky. The two -colors flashed and changed in a marvelous - way. Such intensity of coloring had never been seen by those on board. The sun set clean into the sea, and about ten (or less) seconds after it had disappeared a bright green single flash, just like a railway signal lamp, but brighter far, met our view and re warded our watching for it.-Symons' Meteorological Magazine. A Good Creed. To be able to look every man square ly in the eyes; to make friends and hold them; to keep clean of mind and body; to smile at ill fortune; to laugh at my mistakes; to frown when temp tation comes avisiting; to be ready with a word of cheer when that word will help; to strive to develop to the utmost the heart, head and hand qualities endowed by the Ruler over all; to hold all women In respect and to love one; to weave the thread of eternal optimism into the lives of all with whom I may come In contact; to worship nature and the Great Spirit that conceived it all-in a word, to play the game of life with a steady hand and a qualmless conscience and a real desire to be of service-that Is my re liglon. And, say, If I can live up to the mark, don't you think I've corralled about all the creed that Is necessary? Backbone Monthly. A Stream of Water. A high pressure jet of water will bowl over a man as easily as a box of matches and leave him half stuned. It will even t abulet from its path. Experiments have shown that a jet of water can be produced at such a high pressure that It becomes practically a bar of iron. Swords have been blunted in attempting to cut through thesee tra high pressure jets. Some years ago an armed thief attempted to hold up a high ofiicial of the Bank of England in his private office. The official man 'aged to get out of the room unharmed and locked the door. A resourceful at tendant brought the fire hose. He opened the door sufficiently to Insert' 'the nozzle. In a few minutes the would be thief was picked up sense less.-Pearson's Weekly. The Lion and the Lamb. .ar He was a gentleman of the old school. -never mind his, wrinkled brown skin or) and wrinkled brown clothes-and it was with the most distInguished po- an liteness that he gave his order to the butcher man: "De madam say please to cut her two lam' chops furm de lion, suh." SThe butcher man jerked a loin from a hook, and his customer watched him cut into it. And a waiting woman said to herself: I"Addition forty-eleven to the litera ture of the lion and the lamb."-Wash ington Star. T His Denomination. ~Dean de Moulin of Trinity cathedral 'told this bright little story during one rof his delightful talks not long ago: SA man was asked to what religions t0 denomination he belonged. SHe thought it over. " Why," he presently replied, "I be lheve it is the Episcopal church I stay .away fromr."-Cleveland Plain Dealer. th A Misinterpreted Question. A young Canadian visited Washing ton one winter to spend the holidays , with a pretty cousin and her family. 1In As he was motoring with his pretty cousin one afternoon she said to him: S"Do you have reindeer in Canada? '"No, darling," he answered quickly.' "At this season it always snows."] He Wasn't Afraid. ~When Bishop Phillips Brooks was "commanded," as the phrase goes, to - speak before the queen some one ask ed if he was afraid. "No," he replied, smiling; "I have preached before my mother." Not Serious. "Husband. I found a lock of hair among your old papers. I never gave Sit to you." "You needn't worry. I don't remnem b er who did."-Louisville Courier-Jour nal. A Few Words. ~'"Did you have many words wi.'1 your wife last night?" "No; only a few words, but they; were repeated-very often." Generous Tramp. "Please gimme a quarter." begged a panhandler on Washington street. "I1 won't hand ycr no tale about bein'~ hungry. pardl-honest, I wanter git a drink." "But,"~ we objected (for it was in -deed us), "you don't need a quarter' to buy a drink." ~"Sir," answered the pan1:andler, "do youse t'ink I'm fallen so low as ter take a gent's money an' den not Invite him ter drink wid me?"-Boston Tran eer. Salt Eaters. Idiosyncrasy often takes the form of v a special craving for instead of an ob jection to certain foods. Many peopleD possess an extraordinary relish for; common salt and will eat it by the tea spoonful.- when opportunity admits. This sometimes leads to obesity and dropsy, but it has also the peculiar ef TfHE TOPEKA Fireless Co.oker! . nd The* -ea STEAM. C00R ! Two wonders in the kitchen. The Ladies are invited to inspect these. A new and beautiful line of - HAMMOCKS just received. Reed's guaranteed Enamel Ware. Farmers' Supplies in every line. Paints. Oils, and Varnishes. In fact every thing in first-class hardware can always be found at THE MANNING HARDWAR COMPANY Where Can be Found The Celebrated Prosperity Farmh Implements. The Beautiful Sanitary Wall Coat ing--ALABASTINE. The High-grade Paints and Varn ish Stains. The Incomparable 0. K. Stoves and Ranges. The Matchless for Strength Lineri can Wire Fence. The Everlasting Hickory Leather Collars. The Full Stock of Hardware, Enam elware and Crockery. The Hearty' Welcome for all our Many Friend s, at The MANNING HARIWAII COMP&NY dthe Automobile people know it. I am selling the y practical business Automobile on the market. I. 1offering. The.Brush Machine .FOR $450.00. imost practical economical, and certain car made. GUARANTEED o over 20 miles of our worst road with just one Ion of gasoline. We guarantee the springs not to break, no matter load or the road. - Write or ask us about this machine if you are Take it from the oldest man in the bunch, " Red Meat" tob cco is the chew for men. No spice-no excessive sweetening othing to hurt your stomach-just good old North Carolina to acco, properly aged and perfectly sweetened. That's why it ron's givur treat toput you on to the real thing in good chewing. Cut out this ad. and mail to us with your name and address for attractive FREE offer to chewers only. LIIPFERT SCALES CO., Winston-Salem. N. C. am e.........----.----- i ---- - -- - ----- Address - -- -- - -- C. DAVIS. J. A. WEINBERG. JH .CPR.(!SuhC~ln~ JON. C Cossoner Internl R evneue. A~iS& WINBRG, JOSEPH D. WRIGHT. . CAPERS & WRIGHT, AT oRNEYS AT LAW MANNNG, . C.Evans Building, We-on.XASHINGTON, D. C.Min69