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They insisted on Brevity. The Spartanms were distingfuished for the brevity and conciseness of their speech. On one occasion during a ter rible famine the inhabitants of an is land in the Aegean sea sent an am bassador to Sparta, who made a speech imploring its aid. He had hardly finished before the Spartans sent him back these words, "We did not understand the end of your speech and have forgotten the beginning-" The poor, starving people chose an other spokesman and impressed upon him to make his request as brief as possible. He therefore took with him a quantity of sacks. opened one be fore the assembly and said simply, "It is empty; fill it." The sack was filled as well as the others, but the chief of the assembly said as he dismissed the ambassa.lor, loaded with meal: "It wasn't neces sary to inform us that the sack was empty. We saw it ourselves. Neither ;was it necessary to request us to fill it. We should have done it on our own'3 account. Be less long winded next time." Just What He Wanted. The superintendent of the capitol and its grounds at Washington was walking along one of the corridors in the house office building one day when a greenhorn congressman, stewing with rage, grabbed him by the sleeve. "What's the matter?" asked the su perintendent, observing the man's emo tion. "Matter!" shouted the congressman. "Why, when I went into my office last evening there was a brand new typewriter on the desk. Now it's gone. You've got a lot of thieves around here-" The official walked into the office and without a word lifted the trap cabinet of the desk and brought the typewriter into view. "Fine:" commented the congress man "Now, have you got a place like that in here for my use when trouble some constituents knock on the door?" --Washington Star, Punctuation In Piano Playing. A joke is going the rounds of the press about the girl whose music teach er wished to compliment her, but of whom he could only say that she play ed the rests excellently. This is, how 'ever, real praise of a sort, for it is not every young student of music who is careful about playing the rests well. Indeed, a great many players seem to forget that the rests are just as much of the piece as is the punctuation in a sentence. Nowadays people do not put in so much punctuation as they used to do, but the pauses in the voice are there just the same and are readi ly understood by good readers and al ways regarded. The rests in music are like the pauses in reading that are needed to give expression to the sen tences. If the player slights the rests or extends them too long the whole ef fect of the musical sentence is spoiled. -Christian Science Monitor. Feet Versus the Pen. In speaking of personal recollections of Dion Boucicault, Henry Miller dwells upon his superb skill as a stage director and tells of the following in cident, which occurred during his first rehearsal under Boucicault: "I went to him direct from Augus tin Daly's- management Daly coach ed his players to cross and recross the stage during the progress of the play, ;with the idea that this continual mov ing about of the actors created dra matie action. During my first rehears a1 I made a 'Daly cross' as I spoke one of my lines. "'Why did you do that?' Boucicault asked in his quaint, quizzical manner. "I explained that Iimagined it would keep the scene moving. " "Thanks, my boy,' said Boucicault dryly, 'but if I cannot interest the au dience 'with my pen I don't think you can with your feet'" Bulldogs and Bulls. Bulldog is so called because of his native antipathy to the bull. A thor oughbred bull pup as young as six months the first time he beholds a bull will run at the head, which is his invariable point of attack, and, seiz ing the horned beast by the lip, tongue or eye, hang on despite every attempt to detach him. The dog 'will even suf fer himself to be killed or dismember ed rather than relax his hold.-New York Telegram. Protest. "I beg pardon," said the new ar rival, "but it seems to me It's exces sively warm here." "Eh! What?"'snorted Satan. "Evi dently you forget where you are. This place Is meant to be warm." "Quite so, but there's such a thing as overdoing It."-Catholic Standard and Times. _ _ _ _ -Eager For information. A~n American took a friend, an Eng lishman, to a theater. An actor In the farce, about to do the dying act, ex claimed, "Please, dear wife, don't bury me in Yonkers!" 'The Englishman turned to his friend and said, "I say, old chap, what are yonkers?"-Everybody's. The Usual Result. "Yes, Charlie is as brave as a stack of lions. Did you hear about his dar dng a policeman to arrest him?" "No! Gee, Wvhat happened?" "He was arrested."-Cleveland Plain Dealer. Disgusted. Thief (who has snatched a lady's bag)-Two transfers, a powder pufi, a recipe fer head wash and a sample o' silk! An' I ran two miles wid It! I'm agin votes fer women!-Puck. Laughter, while it lasts, slackens and unbraces the mind, weakens the faculties and causes a kind of remiss ness and dissolution in all the powers of the soul, and thus far it may be looked upon as a weakness in the com position of human nature. But if we consider the frequent reliefs we re ceive from it and how often it breaks the gloom which is apt to depress the mind and damp our spirits with tran sient unexpected gleams of joy, one would take care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life.-Addi son New Angle on Help. "Why did you inquire so particularly into the wardrobe of that girl you just hired?" asked one of two women who were -leaving an employment agency. "To find out how carefully she will -guard against burglars," said the other. "My experience has been that a girl who has nice things of her own ~will lock up more securely at night and keep a sharper eye out for sneak thieves in the daytime than one who has nothing of value to lose."-New York Press. Hay Fe, Asthma and Smmer Colds m11ust be relv iui cXly andG L'oey's H jonerv and Tnu- Compn"1d Will do it. I-. . Stewart. 1,124 WoIfral St.. Chicago, writes: "I Iave been greatly trouhed ouring the hot sa.immer months with Hay Fever and ;ina that by using Foley's Honey and Tar Co.:.pound I get great relief.' Many otrnerz who sufer siiilar ly .111 be gnad to benefit by Mr. Stew art's experien -e. Dlckson Dru: ko. The popular viow If th elose con neetion letweon fat and ood nature and weight and balan c e i. not wh7'lly withom : . ''n fund:4. Fat. un pllea-alt :iol stodgy 1 It is ono of the mos-t valuatie tissues in the hm i Man lody. and :-I m n who reduees Is Sh1ri Of 1! 11"101% a Ceti Oon-i edgeoff y t :;;1 :d b I ff his of his h:"'1'r tise. notably the muis cu:ar. neirvousi and secretin:1:. to dan ger of both starvation a disease. A moderate cushi i of fat is one of the best buffers and bucklers against the "slings and arrows of outrageous for tune." whether in the form of disease germs or in strains upon endurance. The man who makes himself into a lean and ihungry Cassius even with the best of intentions is very apt to get himself into a state of both mnind and body where he is more fit for treason. stratagem and spoils than for comfort, wholesomeness and a lang. happy life. -Dr. Woods Ilutchinson in Outing. A West Indian Fish Dish. A novelty to the jaded palate and a delightful lunehoon or supper dish is made of equal quaintities of potatoes and fish. halibut or cod preferred. Butter well a deep baking dish and first put in a hayer of broadcrumbs, then a layer of sliced onions. then a layer of the ish. Cut in fairly small pieces and entirely free from skin and bones. Season well and repeat until the dish is nearly filled. Sprinkle each layer with small bits of butter. Now pour over it all a pint of tomato ketchup and finish with a layer of but tered breaderunibs. A layer of sliced tomatoes may be put in and will im prove the fiav-or. Uake in a very slow oven for at least four hours and baste three or four times with a mixture of vinegar. flour and water. watching it carefully to prevent scorching. This dish has an unpronounceable and de cidedly unspellable name, but it is very good and decidedly out of the ordinary. -Philade!phia Press. The Absolute Zero. What is the absolute zero of temper ature? The zero of thermometers is purely conventional. The inventtr of the centigrade simply took for zero the coldest temperature known in his day, while Fahrenheit had even less ground for his selection. Absolute zero is a point fixed by nature and may be arrived at in a variety of ways., All gases expand or contract equal amounts for every degree of heat. The amount of 1-27. of their volume for each degree centigrade. If, then, a gas is cooled down contin uously it must reach a point at which further contraction is imipossible. If a gas loses 1-271 of it- volume at each downwvard derree ; "entigrade then in 27' degrees it w..; exhaust this power and b'comne a s:olid; hence (minus) 273 C. is the ablsolute zero of temperature. This answers to 4031 F. -Louisville Couurier-Jmtirral. Many a Suffering Woman drags herself painfully through her daily tasks, suffering from backache, headache. nervousness. loss of appetite and poor sleep. not knowing her ills are due to kidney and bladder' troubles. Foley Kidney Pills give quick relief from pain and misery and a prompt re turn to health and strength. No woman who so suffers can afford to overlook Foley Kidney Pills. Dickson Drug Co. Curioun Justice. A Paris contemporary gives us a glimpse of the administration of jus tice among the natives in the Lower Niger territory, which for its efficacy migh be compared with Swift's ac count of the means adopted by judi cial authorities in Laputa, we believe, to discover conspirators. If a native is accused of theft the heads of the village make a decoction of herbs and pnt into the essence about a grain of ground pepper. The liquid is then lightly applied to the eyelid. If the suspect weeps he is considered guilty. But the murder test is an improve ment, upon that of theft. The "wise man" of the district draws a vessel of water, into which he puts some poison. Then he takes a cow's tail and "as perges" the eyes of the supposed as sassin. If the man becomes blind he is pronounced a murderer. For Testing Gold. The acid used by jewelers for testing gold is extremely powerful and has to be very carefully handled. To pre vent any considerable quantity of the acid being spilled a specially construct Icdbottle is employed. The stopper of this is made of glass and contains a long pointed glass rod which passes down the center of the bottle. When an article of jewelry is to be tested the stopper is simply removed, and the article is touched with the point of the glass rod to which a very slight quantity of acid has adhered. Gold is not affected by the acid, but imitation metal turns green. Thirty Years Together. Thirty vears of association--think of it. Iow the merit of a good thing stands out in that time-or tbe worthlessness of a bad one. So there's no guess work in this evidence of Thos. Ariss, Concord, IMich., who writes: "'I have used Dr-. IKing's New Discovery for 30 years, and its the best cough and cold cure I ever used.' Once it finds entr'ance in a home you can't pry it out. Many famiies have used it for forty years. It's the most in fallibe throat and lung medicie on earth. CUeeualied for lagrippe, asthma. hay-fever, croup, quinsy or sor'e lungs. IPrice 50c, $I.00. Trial bottle free. Guar anteed by all druggirt. IWhat He Was Showing. A young man sitting in a subway car with legs crossed and one foot Ishowing a highly polished shoe and silk sock extended so far into the aisle as to make it almost impossible for people to pass without coming in con tc~t with the obtruding member was brought to a sense of his disregard for others by three young women who sat opposite. Oue said, "I wonder if be is showing his foot or his shoe': The secod said loud enough to be heard aoe the car clatter and of the imuseecnt of others, "IJ think he w.nts to show his clocked1 socks " wa t. --No,"' said the third. "he's only showing is bad manners." The fot am lown and was iost in the Icrowd which got off at the next sta A Hasty Government. "The pomaster here was removed the other day for incivility to the pa trons of the ottice." said the landlord of the tavern. "You see. Lafe Strod der asked for his mail and none could be found. but the postmaster said he believed there had heen a postcard. but what had become of it he'd be blamed if he kiew. Lafe is a good deal of a crank and that didn't satisfy him. and they had sonie words and the post master took a shot at Lafe that tore off half of one of his ears. "Still. as the postmster was able to renieiber just about what had been writtii on the postal card and told it to Lafe and then didn't shoot off enough of his ear to really affect the hearing it strikes me that the gov'ment was pretty considerable stringent, as you might say. about the matter." Puck. A Wise Provision. Did you ever notice when a man smites his thumb with a hammer while putting down a carpet under his wife's supervision bow quickly he thrusts the bruised and throbbing member into his I mouth? People think it is because the application is soothing. But the move ment is purely involuntarily, like wink ing. The man cannot help it. The fact is that nature knows what a man is apt to say under such circumstances and so has provided him with an auto matic stopper. Whenever he hits his thumb hard enough to hurt-and it doesn't take a very hard blow almost to kill a man when he is doing some thing he doesnt like io do-by a sort of interlocking system' his thumb flies into his mouth, and for the critical moment speech is cut off. French Humor. A man who possessed much land and had many younger brothers was asked why he did not go out hunting, as his brothers did. "Well.- said he, "it Is because it frequently happens that the guns of younger brothers go off accidentally when pointed at the eldest, but it is seldom that the guns of the eldest be have in a similar manner toward the younger brotlhers."-French Joke Book. A King Who Left Home set the world to talkino, but Paul Math ulka. of Buffolo. N. Y., says he always KEEPS AT HOME the King of all Lax atives-Dr. King's New Life7Pills-and that they're a blessing to all his family. Cure constination. headache, indiges tion. dyspepsia. Only 25c at all drug aists. Not a Parallel Case. A writer in the Philadelphia Satur day Evening Post tells of a big over grown. bashful booby of a farmer's boy who was afraid even to speak to a girl, and whose father one day final ly lost patience and scolded him round ly for not looking about and finding some girl to marry. "Why," he said, "at your age I had been married three years and had a house and farm of my own?" "Well, but dad," complained the boy, "that ain't the same thing at all. You only had to marry mother, while I've got to go and hunt up some strange girl and ask her to marry me!" Conferring a Title. While he was governor of Kentucky Proctor Knott sent to the Hon. Stod dart -Johnston a certificate, officially . signed and bearing the impress of the great seal of the state, duly commis sioning him as "Mister," which he said was a distinctive and honorable title W that no Kentuckian had ever previous- coll ly borne.-_______ tha Lost and Found-a Heart. at Nothing seems so hopelessly lost, ton when it is lost, as a heart; yet noth- thr ing, when it is lost, is by the expe- advl rience of the centuries so absolute.7 adh certain of recovery.-Puck. l The Comeback. pea Skinfint--I have no money. but I stri will give you a little advice. Beggar -Well, if yer ain't got no money yer bar advice can't be very valuable.-Chris- be tian Advocate. fer. wer A Matter of Color. mu< "Why do you refer to your youngestth son as 'the black sheep?''' coll . "Because he paints the town red."--n Toledo Blade. syn tfou complain of ingratitude. Were you not repaid by your pleasure in doing good?- Levis. te Fra And when they do--they hur-t. H UN T'Sdu LIGHTNING~OIL is 'the one instan- pub taneous relief and cure fer all wounds, and bruises, sores. cuts. sprains and abra- und sions of the skin. It forms an artificial and skin covering, excludes the air instant- just ly stops pain at once. There are many Val oils, but none like HUNT'S. The ae- lool tion is different, and the effect as well, self H-UN T'S noT nor Alars have it in the house. rake it are with you when you travel--you never sern can tell when H~UNT'S LIGHTENING Ven OIL may be most needed. 25cets. and so 50cts bottles. A. B. Richards Medicine Co., Sherman, Texas.T a1>o Sold by schi Zeigler's Pharmacy "I ________________refh~ and Her Compliment. heal A popular English comedian and mu- con, si hall singer-. asked what his funniest shel exerience wasm. said: "One time I T1 drove up to the theaiter in Dublin and den: was humming a tunte when I got out- to y An od irishwoman who had failed to get i:1 tim theamter hleard me anld said, -.~gr. if that is how he sings I am Tr gid l didt go in.'"-London Ma0i1- was -- _-a F Here and on the Moon. nou Thinags are six times heavier on the Lon earth: th:: they would be in the moon. had A man weighingI L-(J pounds on the trat earth woul wveigh only twenty-fiv-e pro: pounds12 oin the moon. A player throws for a bsoball ';2)0 yards here. , bt with the same~' e-xirtion in the moon he would th- ito yards. '1 I Spoiling It. the) Wife-What darling you are to ad- for mii th:::t you are in the wrong! Hub- " 'J by--Yes: my muot her- taught me that it asti was 'o:nder in the long run to give ill peem to a w :nan thana to argue.-Toledo miu< DIae. Just the Opposite. fernx "He appear-s to love his wife very that muhy' ''Yes." "she must be a 'theu claming talkery' "No, she is a Inemt chaing keep stiller"-Houston Post. Jwhh ____________ tmost blad Fis every day and be done with has I FOR CLOTHING, SHOES, 41 41 4' .4 SEE E I' 4OU 41 . Tight Collars.WatdHsMeysorh ritng in the Hospital, London, Dr. cst erIayM.Brb.Idot Iford warns everybody against tight ba orsisr twr nm ar rs. He considers it remarkable Babr(plgtclyTheis e y~ no one seems to have noticed or,litehionyubadsr.C to r ny rate, to have laid great stress -Tamkenodfrnc.Iay y he fact that such slight obstacles mnyadIwn o ortl h A the free circulation of the blood scsos ntebadpce utte L ~ugh the vessels of the brain may saesifIhdhront. hro ersely influence the health of those - hu are in the habit of wearing tight-NvrAan Ll1i tting neckeloths. "The fact ap- "nyoc aeIsoe rsl oJ~ fc3 s to be well known to veterinary y sdamntonitmte. ;eons, who tell us that neck con- fin.~trl ~tion through badly fitting harness "ned"rmre h atri oe causative factor in 'staggers' in oesrpie :es," says the writer. It seems to "Ys"si tefrtspa rahr Nit ~qually well known that dogs suf- uosy "news ut eog a great deal through having tofo e-Ecne. J4 *r tightly fitting collars. Is it too-_ _____ b, then, Dr. Walford asks, to argueHeDd those of us who wear our Own OedyAde ag h uhr rs too tightly buttoned may' fnd ase IsalZnwlth auorto _ ___ hat practice some explanation Ofgiehsercsfo acait be antleed in aon'ort Tiny Repubics.omef-A L ang wil . BarberI on' t heiarAyourssadsminutiveorkponlic aI :eaaybewen wizelad nd Are (port oretly-her sld er ie nhabted nd hen y mierstte arngs Eperihed, sir Custe cowgrls Thre s oe htel --ed a to matchfs o uth'er nd ailmy. .ngth wite. Aoterlitlere mbonte sa lnd an o o rdate e B thecaiemerr.rst noheadtMae Itl pWacejuth. men o fonierliesth tteof aIgo a ifolhd suppr wn i wento dienin ws n om wy ve- om tNight, ain. youbetd kcke ed, andpitwpromptlyiorganmzedtit-naboutmit. vilae. eihr afriVnin e" irl "Inde-Alp"hasmaryetaxes.lTtere i sloes noofiilso cmuloy iitr soeo takrie. uBnyusl~ odo ie. Te oly ndutryof a d hated."I s a theaer speker th r Ninet tin, sid fom thefamin aomtiguously; "de s uite eog 11 fieldsisocharcoaEburnang.. 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I I. Rili. I. PH PH II IH )f Granulated Sugar i ~Purchase. 3RAMS arlisle Fitting School. "The School that Stands for Work Character." B - - - SOUTH CAROLINA. ~us gie yudeBoy ad Girl th trann they rce honest. t Our schoo eis owned and contro tle ay X0fford Colleg ~-ali men of colle hond uin iersity training. Individualat ~sed Health. Pure artesian water. Hot and cold baths. En separate boarding departments for Boys and Girls. Prices: ,di capacity limited-write to day for handsome catalogue.: senth year begins September 20th, 1911. Saldwell Guilds. M. A., Head Master. truck patch this yeaP our igh-Grade Vegetable Fertilizers. tufactured by us, espe< r for vegetable crops. ut upini100 pound bag c~h are much more easil: died than the regula pound bag. rice, $1.50 per bag. IS A BARGAIN!I sof Clarendon land il Civil Enginee will heap. :800 acres clearedAN ped.AD nd is wandlocarveyor -ticula.irs add ress, RAWLNSON & CO., Sumter, S' C' avi - tti e S.o; C. Offie Orer Bank of Sumnte. " Bcttorncss Tarpon Spra:.:. The great body of water which gave the name to Tarpon Springs, Fla., Is classed by all of the old citizens as bottomless. The center appears to be a hole curbed with jagged rocks. Sometimes the weight has lodged and then dropped on to the extent of the sounding line afterward. Many citi zens say that they know the depth to be in excess of 700, 800 and 900 feet Once when a depth of 200 feet was reached an obstruction was encounter ed; then it was dislodged, dropped on farther, and the line broke. A very heavy weight has to be used on ac count of the depth, and when divers are sent down in the springs, as they K4 have been recently, they report the same great jagged hole, which, so far as they can Vfnd out, is without bot tom. The spring is supposed to be the principal outlet of that beautiful Lake Butler which lies just a mile east of the town. Tidewater comes up into the spring, and it has acquired the name because it-was the play ground of the silvered king of fish, the - tarpon.-Manufacturers' Record. Preferred to Be a Quack. A quack at a fair near Paris was &iving a roaring trade selling nos I trums, drawing teeth and beguiling the crowd in the usual ways, says the British Medical Journal. The letter of the French law against unqualified practice is very strong, though owing to the indifference of the magistrates It is not strictly carried out. This, however, was a particularly flagrant case, and the police felt 'compelled to intervene. The quack was therefore &L accosted by the guardians of the law, taken to' a tent at the -back of his stand and requested to show his diplo ma. To the stupefaction of the gend armes he exhibited a perfectly au thentic degree of doctor of medicine of the University of Paris. They were profuse in their apologies, which the doctor cut short with an urgent en & treaty that they should say nothing about what they had seen, "for," he said, "if the people know that I am a qualified doctor I shall have no more customers." A Marvel of Insect Mechinism. The sting of a certain Indian fly of fers as marked an example of design in nature as can well be imagined. When seen through a magnifying glass ft is found to be composed of three sharp blades folded into one with their cutting edges outward and run ning down to one fne point. When the fly inserts this up to the hilt in its victim the three blades fly apart, and then it is seen that each innei edge Is a beautiful saw, worked by six sep-. arate muscles, so that when with drawn the instrument rips its way out with a gush of blood. But now comes the most curious provision of all. It would not do to fold up these blades with the blood adhering to them, so each blade is provided at its base with a fine, brush of hairs growing out of an oil gland, which provides an anti septic secretion to keep the blades clean. Careless, as Usual. The great baseball player's wife had never seen a game, but he fually per suaded her to view one in which he was to play. S He was doing his best, of course. One strike had been called on him, and, as usual in baseball anecdotes, two men were out and the bases were full. Our hero was gathering his ~#strength for the swat he was going to. ~~ give the ball. S And the ball came. He knew it was 2 his as the ball started, and with a a mighty crack he lifted It into space. 3 Dropping his bat, he sped for first. Sand ere the roar of applause burst out ~ a slight woman in the grand stand a rose and called: a "Will, come back here and put that 2 bat where it -belongsl"-Buffalo Ex 3 press. Kissing Ethel. -~iShe was fashionably' dressed and gave out the perfume of violets as the Zbrakeman turned to help her up the Ssteps of the train which wa's due to ~Zleave. Turning to her maid, she said: Sf"Oh, I must kiss Ethel goodby!" "Oh, go on," said the fresh brake man. "I'll kiss Ethel goodby." "No, you won't, either," came from Sthe woman. "That precious dog was never kissed by a stranger in her whole life!"-Yonkers Statesman. Sensible Course. "Why do you insist on that boy's studying music?" said the man with respect for art. "You know very well She can't sing." "Yes," replied the patient father; "*I . know it. And I want him to learn enough about music to realize it for 2 himself."-Exchange. Another Viewpoint. Clara-I overheard Mr. Bimberly say to a friend the other evening that I was a pretty young lady. Maude 9, Well, you are pretty young; but, of course, you are growing older each day.--Chicago News. An Obstructionist. "So you are going to have a new gown?"' "I don't know. Mother has passed I the bill, but I expect father will vetoA It. He is opposed to all our bills now adays." ____ ___ Use For the Library. Architect (showing plans)-This room will be your library. Mr. Newrich IMv -library? Oh. yes, of course. 1 S must have a place to smoke.-oston Transcript. N~o man can do nothing. and na rman can do ev'erything.-Germanii. . One Way to Arbitrate. Commodore Vanderbilt used often te arbitr te his tenants' disputes, and one day two farmers called on him In his function of arbitrator. The commio~ dore before consenting to act put to the flrst tenant the necessary question: I"Now. Henry, if I consent to arbi trate will you abide by my decision?" The farmer. a hard headed old fel low, answered thoughtfully: "Well, commodore, I'd like td know what it IS first.'' A Cruel Avologist. "M'r. Bliggins takes himself very se -riously." said the critical young wo man. "Well," replied Miss Cayenne, "you rcan't blame him. To be thrown Into a cruel world with no more brains than he possesses would be a serious mat trfor anybody."-Weshington Star Her Yact. Howard--Did she refuse you, old man? Coward-Well, in a delicate. In direct way. She told me she never wanted anything she could get easily. -Harper's Bazar.