Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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-1 T mati spot, cripple with rheumatism for two3 to be carried fror place to place. ter, until I tried Sloan's Liniment. arad now I always have a bottle in kills any kind of pain. Godd for Chest Pains. - Sold by all dealers. S'od' book on Horses, Cattle, E DR. EARL S. SLOAN HIS MILD REPROOF. The Mate Let te Captain Down Easy About His Mi:take. The s:i'e was a ::mi who had a good opiniu of; himself and his no; tions. ne pt. - ailded through ship wredk. mu:tiny an a1tr perils of the deep. but he cam-e . croppe u For one of his voyages he hnd shipped a boatswain's mate who bore something of a reputation. One day the skipper ordered him aloft to examine a sail on the royal yard. "'Tain't safe. cap'n: protepd the 'oswain's mate. --The foot roprs has got to be fied -' "Do as I tell ye't:'' thundered the captain. *The foot ropes are all right. I know they are.'' The man went up. Five minutes later he came tumbln;; down through the rigging from the ton of the mast, a distance of over 100) feet. With a bang he landed on the belly of the mainsail and bounded into- one of the canvas covered boats. The sailors, thinking him dead, crowded about him in a circle. To their amazement he sat up. His eyes wandered vacantly about until they rested on the leathery face of -the skipper, when they lighted up with intelligence. "Cap'n." he said slowly. "you was mistaken about them foot ropes." London Tit-Bits. VALE OF THE WYE.. Glimpse of an lmposin~g and'Romantic Spot in Wales. T'hose who~ travel through strange places with their eyes and their ears openi are lkely-to make strange discov eries, but there are plenty of othe; finds which. simply as a delight to the senses and wihout any wonder or cu riosity attending them, are well worth the trouble of trying to forget one's preoccupation in what he sees and hears. Both these pleasures of travel come to those who will fare slowly and ob servingly through the \ale of the Wyc in Wales. It seems almost like a chap ter from some magnificent Apocalypse to travel on to Cader and P'lynlimot and glimpse the imposing grandeur oi the visions that await the appreciative eye. Half of Wales seems to lie before the traveler. The mountains of the Cader range loom loftily, and Snow don. of the lakes. seems to beckon hin on. The long headland of Carnarvor hugs half a sea in the crook of its arm Pembroke's -ragged capes gleam be yond the lovely mountainous heights No sound breaks the vast silence. Tot are shut off from the bustling world The hawk circles in a noiseless void above the slopes whitened with graz ing sheep. For a moment there may be the feeble pipe of the wheatear. and for another brief space a lark may lill praise to heaven. But that is all. Philadelphia North American. Chines. Quee:- Ways. Difficulties of census work among Chinese are amusinaiy illustrated by the British commissioner at Weihaiwe, in bis report. "A Chinese child a birth is said to be one year old," he writes, "and after it has passed oni new year it is said to be two years old Thus a child if born in the last most! of the year mgy be said to be tw< v-ears of age befor:e it is thirty days oli according to European reckoning. child of eighteen months' time of lift sine birth is rekoned by Chinese t< be either two years or three years old this depending on whether it was bor: in the first or second half of ~the yearz It is commron for a Chinese mother t< give a son the name of a girl. presum Able to deceive the fates. it being con sidered easier to bring up a girl. Ther are many large undivided families i: Weihaiwei. The largest is that of widow unmed Ieng Yui Shih, whos family consists oi sixty-six, whieb! with one servant, makes sixty-seve; mouths to the common meal." Knowing the Great Men. MIr. Browning himself once told m how important and interesting h thought it that the young should have as it were, landmarks in their lives b; at least seeing great men who belong ed to an earlier generation. 'Once." he said. "I was walking 1 the streets of Paris with my son. wh was then a ittle boy. We saw naolh man approaching us in a 10ng. loosC ratiher shabiby coat and with a stoor ing. shuining atlitude and gait. 'Touci tha: man as you Lass him,' I whispet ed to my little son. 'I v.ill tell t'o whv afterward-' Ti''. child touche hina as he passed., and i said 'to hhr 'Now. my oy vou'il always~ be abt to remember in later years that yo onre sa and tonehe ''. eret Blerari ger.''-Dean Farrarrin "Men I Iha **. r from heumatism r Sloan's Liniment for your rheu rn - don't rub - just lay it on y. It goes straight to the sore quickens the blood, limbers up the muscles and joints and stops the pain. Here's Proof Mrs. JVMLA THOMAS of Jackson, Cal., writes: "I have used your Lini ment for rheumatism with much suc cess. MARTIN J. TuCis. 169 INth Ave.. Paterson. N. J., writes:-' I was a ears and I could not move at all; had [tried remedies and could not get bet One bottle fixed me up in good shape the house for my wife and children." Neuralgia, Toothache, Lumbago and Price 25c., 50c. and $1.00. ogs and Poultry sent free. Address - - - Boston. Mass. The Famous "Green Man of Brighton." In October. 1s0. an individual was to lbe observed at Brighton. England. who walked out every day dressed in green from head to foot-green shoes, green gloves. green ihandkerchief and other arth!es to match. This eccen trie person lived alone. knew nobody, and in his ilouse the curtains, the wall paper. the furniture. even- the plates and dishes and the smallest toilet ar des. offered an uninterrupted Se Sc"enCe of green. Having'started on hi career. there was obviously no rea son to stop. and with full consistency be carried this scruples so far as to eat nothing but frunit and vegetables of he sanme green color. The conse quences were etremely disastrous One 6ne day the gree man jumped from his window into the street. rush ed forward and performed a second somersa-lt from the top of the nearest Char'es Durham. Lovington, Ill has succeeded in tinding a positive cure for bed wetting. '31y little boy wet the bed every night c!ear thro'on the floor. I tried several kinds of kidney medicine and 1 was in the drug store looking for 1 omething different to help him when I heard of Foley Kidney Pills. After he had taken them two days we could see a eh::nge and when he bad taken two thirds of a bottle he was cured. That is about six weeks ago and he has not wet in bed since." The Dickson Drug Co. An Even Thing. The late Sydney M!udd of M1aryland was on a train going from Washington to his home when a man who had had too much to drink sat down beside him. The passenger blinked at 3Mudd for a moment; then he lurched over aind ask-ed. "Shay. wash your name?" *'My name is 3Mudd," he replied. Said the other: "You got nothin' on me. My7 name's Dennis." - Saturday Evening Post. Thick "How did you find the weather In London?" ask-ed the friend of the re turned traveler. "You don't have to find the weather in London." replied the traveler. "It bumps .Into you at every corner." Parsoa's Poem A Gem. Fro Rn ev. H. Stubenroll, Allison, Ia. in praise of Dr. Kinir's New Life "They'rec such a health necessity. Ini ever home tbese puts should be. I I o'her kinds you've tried in vain, USF DR. K UNG'S And be wefl again. Ou:y 25e at all drug I Forever at Him. Newitt--unny: I always associate your wife with a certain episode in may own life. There's just one thing she always reminds me of- Henpeck -I wish 1 could say that. There's lots of things she always reminds me of.-Philadelphia Press. No Clew. "Is the new bookkeeper married?" "I dunno. He's one o' them close mouthed fellows. If he bas any trou ble he keeps it to himself."-London Telegraph. Two Barks. What is the difference between the bakof a tree and that of a dog? One isthe product of the bough, the other of the "bow-wow." There is many a woman whose epi taph ought to be, "Nobody ever saw her hands folded but once."--Youth's Companion Foley's Honey arnd Tar Compound is a relitable family medicine. Give it Ito you il drden. anid take it your'self when vou feeli a cold c milag on. It chek ad cures couhs and colds and erCoup) and plreve-nts bronchitis and prneu monia. T he Dickson Dr'ug (Co. Origin of "Canard." The French name for a dIuckt is canrd and a French journal recalls .the etymology of "canard" in the pejorative .iournalistic sense. A Paris reporer oace upon a time in the L'ot weather could hind no news andI le fell back upon his imagination. i~e nulished an a-ccornat of a remarkable experiment conduered in at farmyard. A farmier took twelve ducklings, -cebpped 'ne up tine and ;:mve it to i te eleven others to eat. A second i wa"s ebiopped and thec remaining ten , obled h'im up For eight more days yone duc'kling wa~s se rred 'ty to the cther. At lnst. when only twvo were - lft one of the two was given to the other to eat. This renmarkable exneri menit rest.!!e:i. th&.refore, in the one remain:ig due1inhg havrng enten up his eleVeni brothers. The story of the "Twelve Little Ducks" sp~rang at ocee lio fame. A -"caardl" ia a newspaper has ever .since "'cant a statement nearer fic tion th-'n f-ir-t Renaming Indians. Some years ago in order to make their inheritance of land more simple nd secure our government commis sio:wd D r. Charles A. Eastman, a Sioux Indian. to re:rnme more than 1.00 Sioux with their family names. The task was a tremendous one and full of ditliculties. Where possible Dr. Easttuan kept the original Sioux name of some member of a family, as in be scwing the name "Matoska," meaning "White Rear." on the family of that 4 chief. Sonetimes the combination of wifs name :nd husband's name has produced a musical result, such as A "Winoua Otana." The favorite name for women means "*she who has a beautiful '.ome." which Dr. Easzman has Anglicized in the patronymic "Goodhouse.", But by far the hardest 4 task was in finding new names for the absurdities of Indian nomenclature. 'Bobtailed Coyote" was a young In dian .who has come to prefer himself 4 as "Robert T. Wolf." After a long 4 struggle with "Rotten Pumpkin" Dr. Eastman at last-recorded the owner of the name on the tribal records under 4 the noncommittal title of "Robert 1A Pumpian." Sherlock Holmes' Original. Sir A. Conan Doyle often recounted incidents regarding Dr. Joseph Bell. the distinguished Scottish surgeon from whom his character of Sherlock Holmes was drawn. One of the most 4 iemarkablo was this: Dr. Bell was lecturing to his class in surgery, of which Doyle was one, when ' in regard to the subject he remarked: I "Of course this man has been a sol- A der in a highland regiment and prob ably a bandsman." :The man bad the soldier's swaggdr, bht was too short to be anything but a bandsman, the doctor explained. The man vehemently denied this and said , he was a shoemaker. Dr. Bell, still efident that his powers of reasoning adil deduction had not led him astray, had the man stripped and on the left side of. his chest found a little blue "*D" branded on the skin. The doctor then declared to his class: "This man was a deserter. This is the way they were marked in the Cri mean days. though it is not permitted now." When the Duke Scrubbed. z When the Duke of Coburg-Gotha was a very young royal highness he was taken by his mother, the Duchess of AJlby, to Mr. Wesley's school for boyp. Before taking In the royal youngster the master stipulated that the new pupil must conform to all the rules. This was agreed. One day his royal highness upset a bottle of ink on the flo9r. "Get a buck et of water and wipe it up," said the master. "But," objected his royal highness. "you don't mean me to scrub it up, do Mu?" "es, indeed." "Bit you must forget my grandmoth er isthe queen?" "Oh the contrary," said the master, "I reiember it very well.: Get the wa ter." Whereupon his royal highness the Q Duke of Coburg-Gotha scrubbed. Chicago Tribune. 3 How the Dust Gets In!. When the barometer falls the air arounii expands into a larger volume, and the air inside the bookcase, the clothe closet and the cupboard also y expanlis and forces itself out at every minuti crevice. When the barometer rises ag' n the air inside the cupboard, as well as outside, condenses and shrnks and the air is forced back into the cuiboard to equalize the pressure, . and along with the air in goes the dust. (The smaller the crevice the strong&' the jet of air, the farther 4 goes the dirt. Witness the dirt tracks so ofteo seen in imperfectly framed i engravings or photographs. Remember, whenev~er you see the barometer rising, that an. additional charge of dust is entering your cupboard and bureau drawers.' ~Keeping It Dark. The black sheep of the Warywalk family had distinguished himself again. ' "This is the last straw!'? groaned his respectable brother. "I'm goin' to 'ave It put in the papers that I've changedi my naume from Warywalk to Wobble-4 way. cds of my brother's disgracin'~ the name. I'll 'ave it printed on 'and bills ans distributed by the thousand. Im determined nobody shall suspect a that I'mrelated to 'im."-London Ideas. -Vigilant and Speedy. ~ "There's nothing slow about Jones." - "I guess you never loaned bifn mon "Oh, yes I have. That's what made ~ me spesk that way. I loaned him $10 si moiths ago and I haven't been able to catch him since." - Boston Transript. Force of Character. "I t ought your wife forbade you to marrylnin when she died?" "So she did, but now I'm going to show her who is master in this house."2 -London Opinion. The Laziest Man. "We t to bed at 8 o'clock last night." " so early?" "'fyshoe came untied, and I thought 'd sa e the troubie of tying It again." -Pittburgh Post. Fretfulness. Do xot give way to fretfulness. It2 takes the fragrance out of life and leaves~ only weeds where a cheerful dispotion would cause flowers to bloom: Dost then.. love life? Then do not2 squaner time, for time is the stufft life is nade of.-Benjamin F'ranklinl. Ends Winter's Troubles To nany, winter is a season of trou ble- lIe frost-bitten toes and fingers. chappel hands and lips. chilblains. cold-soes. red and rough skins. rorv this. Tt'such trouble fly before Buck le's .knica Salve. A trial convinces. C reatst healer of Burns. Boils, Piles.2 Cuts, bores. Bruises, Ftezemna and Sprain. Only 25c at all druagists. KILLThECOUGH ANCUREmhLUNGS wDR.KING'S NEWDISCOVERY AND ALTHROAT AND LUNG TROUBLES GPANTEED S'AT/SFACTORY . O? MO NEV REFUNDED.I Accept Thanks! For your share in our success during the year just closed. Business has been good with us. We worked for it. Resolutions For 19121 More Business, Better Business, Better Service. iManning Grocery Co. i JUST ARRIVED. One Car of Select Horses and Mules, More coming in a few days. When in Man ning call at our Stables and let us show you what we can do for you. We are still headquarters for the best Buggies, Wagons, Harness, Etc. COFFEY & RIGBY. THE MANNING HARDWARE COMPANY Where Can be Found D Thie elebrated Prosperity Farm SThe Beautiful Sanitary Wall Coat ) ing--ALABASTINE. SThe High-grade Paints and Vain Sish Stains.' D TheIncomparable 0. K. Stoves and SRanges. The Matchless for Strength Ameri p can Wire Fence. SThe Everlasting Hickory Leather Collars. 9 The Full Stock of Hardware, Enam 0 elware and Crockery. The Hearty Welcome for all our ) Many Friends, at The SMANNING HARDWARE COMPANY SC. R. Sprott, F. D. Hunter., President and Treas. Vice-President and sec. I iNING IL EILLI a Manning, S. C. -=MANUACTURES OF - -- CotonSed.Podct AND. TMNUFATUMES OFFICE . - Two Champion Penmen. A contest in the fine art of penman ship would not arouse much public in terest now. But there seems to have been great excitement when Peter Bales was challenged by Daniel John son in 1505. B'ales was the beautiful writer who could transcribe the whole Bible so that it would go into a wal nut shell and who had provided Queen Elizabeth with a specimen of his hand writing which she wore in a ring, a magnifying glass being required to read it. When the contest took place there were five judges and a hundred spectators. The competition included all kinds of writing, the proficiency of the rivals' pupils and the masterpieces of either. Bales won the golden pen, but Johnson declared that there had been trickery. Bales having begged to be allowed to show the pen to his sick wife and having promptly pawned it. whereupon the judges had to declare him the winner to get out of the diffi culty. Really the award was private ly made to spare Johnson's feelings. London Spectator. Fat and Fashionable. According to the Moorish idea of beauty, a really handsome woman ought to be so fat that she can only waddle. not walk. The fatter she is the more beautiful she is considered. If she can attain 200 or 300 pounds of flesh she is the envy of all her sex. The Moorish shape-if shape it can be called-approaches the perfection of feminine beauty when it resembles. or, rather, -exceeds, the circumference of a barrel. What a paradise for the fat woman! There she can eat and drink and feast to her heart's content. denying herself nothing, living an easy. indolent, luxurious life, with no hor ror of accumulating fat, but rather rejoicing in it. There the ambition of a woman is to acquire bulk. Physical culture she would regard as an enemy to beauty, and to take Turkish baths and diet herself would be considered the height of folly. She wants to be _ beautiful, and to be beautiful she must be fat. An Early Street Cleaner. "One day." Ben Franklin wrote in his autobiography. "I found a poor. in dustrious man. who was willing to un dertake keeping the pavement clean by sweeping It twice a week, carrying = off the dirt from before all the neigh bors' doors for the sum of sixpence per month to be paid by each house. I then wrote and printed a paper set ting forth the advantages to the neigh borhood that might be obtained by this small expense. I sent one of these papers to each house and in a day or two went around to see who would subscribe an agreement to pay these sixpences. It was unanimously signed and for a time well executed. This raised a general desire to have all the streets paved and made the people more willing to submit to a tax for that purpose."-Survey. Grave Humor. The punster is irrepressible. He-eren indites his jokes on tombstones. An epitaph in Waltham abbey informs us that Sir James Fullerton died "fuller of faith than of fears, fuller of resolu tions than of pains, fuller of honour than of days." - Ther~e is another of Daniel Tears: "Though strange, yet true, full seventy years was his wife happy in her Tears." 7This was written of an organist: "Here lies one, blown out of breath. who lived a merry life and died a Mern deth." Another says: "Here lies Thomas Huddlestone. Reader. don't smile. but reflect as this tombstone you view that Death, who killed him. in a very short while will huddle a stone upon you." Pearson's Weekly. IHacker Mfg.Co. Geo. S. Hacker & Sop, CHARLESTON, S. C. We Manufacture Doors, Sash and Blinds- Columns and Balusters: Grilles and Gable Ornaments; Scr-een Doors and Windows. WE DEAL IN Glass. Sash Cord and Weigh'. ARANT'S DRUG STORE Licensed Druggist. Sells Everything in ES DR UGS and MEDICINE W. C. DAVIS. J. A. WEINBERG DAV1s & WEINBERG, A A NNING, S. C. LOANS NEGOTIATED On First'-Class Real Estate Mortgages. Purdy & O'Bryan, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Manning, S. C. IJOHN G. CAPERS. (o! Sout~h Carolina). Ex-Commissoner InternalRvnu 'JOSEPH D. WR IG HT.Renu CAPERS & WRIGHT, A A AT ORNETS A ~ Ev'ans Buildilng, ~ W'ASHINGTON,D.C TlhoeMain 6e~~' W. K. TAVRL, Civil Engineer AND Land Surveyor, ISumter, S. C. STATE SOFT:' H CAROUNA County of Sumter. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Copy Summons for Relief. (Complaint Served.) Bruce W. DesChaimps, Plaintiff. Against C. D. DesChamps. R. S. DesChamps J. M. DesCham ps. Henry D. Green Hennie D. Brailsford, orace L Briggs, Lalla Briges, Bessie Des Chawps, Louis T. DesChamps Myrtle DesChampv, M. Cato Des Champs, Marshall DesChamps, Iv DesChamps. C. Alphonso. Des Champs, Elizabeth DesChamps, R S. Elliott, Duvall Elliott, John L Elliott, Carlton E. hlliott. Rod deriek M. Elliott, Wayne V. Eliott Dargan F. Elliot.t, John M. Elliott Cleo F. Elliott and Richard F. El liott, Defendants. To the Defendants above named: You are hereby summoned and re quired to answer the complaint ih this action of which a copy is here, with served upon you, and to serve i copy of your answer to the said com plaint on the subscribers e-t their of fiee, 120-122 North Main street, in th4 city of Sumter, S. C., within twent3 days after the service hereof, exclu sive of the day of such service; and i: vou fail to answer the complain1 Ewithin the time aforesaid, the plain tiff in this action will apply to th< court for the relief demanded in th< complaint. Dated December 7, A. D., 1911. LEE & MOISE, To the Defendant, J. M. DesChamps Take notice that the Summons an< Complaint in the above styled actior were filed in the office of the Clerk o said Court on the 12th day of Decem ber 1911, and that the plaintiff makei no personal demand agzainst you it this action. LEE & MOISE, Plaintiffs' Attorney. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA County of Clarendon, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Copy Summons for Relief. (Complaint Served.) The Bank of Manning, Plaintiff. Against Mrs. Richard E. Harvin, J. C. Harvin Mrs. Etizabeth Thompson and Jolit Doe and Richard Roe, unknown heir of Ricbaru E Harviu, Denfend.tnts. To the above named Defendaut*: You are hereby summoned and requir ed to answer the complaint in this ac tion, of which a copy is herewith serv ed upon you. and to serve a copy of you answer to the said complaint on thi subscriber. Charlton DulEnt, at his of tice, in Manning. South Carolina, with iu twenty days after the service hereof exclusive of the day of such service; an if you fail to answer the complaint with in the time aforesaid, the plaintiff ii rhis actiou will apply to the Court fo tbe relief demianded in the complaint. To the absent defendanrts, Mrs. Richar E. Harvin, Mrs. Elizabeth Tompson and John Doe and Richard Roe, un known heirs of Richard E. Haryin take note: The original summons in this action of which the foregoing is a copy, an the complaint in said accion were filei in the otfice of the Clerk of Court fo Clarendon county, South Caroiina, q] the 19th day of December A. D., 1911. CHARLTuN DuRANT, Plaintiff's Attorney. :FOR SALE! HERE IS A BARGAIN 605 acres of Clarendon land wil be sold cheap, 300 acres cleare< and stumped. This land is well located fo: farming. Church and school near For particulars address, C. F. RAWUINSON & CO., Davis Station, S. C. Teachers' Examination. Notice is hereby given that a specia eaination for the certification c teach ers will be held at the court housa in Mlanning. Friday, January 12, 1912 beginnibg at 9 o'clock. All teacher who have not valid certificates will es pecially take notice. E. J. BROWNE, County Superintendent of Education APPAREL SHOP FOR MEN AND LADIES Everything of the best fc: the personal wear and adorn ment of both sexes. We fill mail orders careful], and promptly. DAVID OUTFITTING COMPANY, Charleston, S. ( R. J. FRANK GEIGER. DENTIST, M1ANNING, S. C. ~. . PeIov. s. orarven o anyYA URDY & O'BRYAN, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, MANNING. S. C. JH. LESESNE, ATToRlNEY~ AT LAW, MANNING. S. C. We solicit your Candng and Pressin work andpromise prompt an< good service. We have employ ed pressers and cleaners wit] experience. and all work entrust ed to us will be guaranteed. Send your clothes to the Bon Ton Pressing Club. EOLTSI1Y-TAIl Jury ist. Court convenes in Manning, Janu. ary 22nd, 1912. GRAND JURY. J. P. Buddin, New Z ion. J. D. Burgess. Mouzons. L. B. Gibbon, New Zion. J. H. Geddings, Paxville. J. 0. Wells, Davis Station. E. M. Watt, Summerton. E. L. Fairey, Silyer. W. T. P. Sprott. Foreston. W. C. White, Wilson. J. W. Weeks, Pinewood. George June, Manning. P. M. Gibbon, New Zion. E. L. Haniford, Lake City. John W. Sprott, Jordan. H. R. Boger, Manning. D. E. Geddings. Paxville. R. E. Burgess, New Zion. D. W. Barwick, Alcola. PETIT JURY. J. M. Cantey, Summerton. B. B. Thompson, Jordon. R. J. Carrigan, Summerton. R. F. Felder. Pinewood. R. A. Lawrence, Pinewood. D. Hirschmann, Manning. J. Pickett Gibbon, New Zion. R. J. Stakes, Silver. D. J. Ross, Remini. M. C. Driggers. Lake City. B. S. Crawford, Alcoln. W E. Hodge, Alcolu. A. C. Morris. New Zion. Stackhouse Holladay, Manning. J. M. Player, New Zion. J. R. Dingle, Summerton. Jasper Ridgeway, Wilson. W. W. Johnson, Aleolhr R. T. Touchberry, Paxville. A. F. Richardson, Pinewood. C. T. Dingle, Summerton. LeRoy Frierson, Wilson. W. D. Dingle Summerton. J. H. Horton, Davis Station. W. Fraser Barrington, Manning. R. B. Mellette. Sr., Summerton. S. M. Haynesworth, Foreston. J. W. Driggers, New Zion. 3. M. Richardson, Summerton. A M. Holladay, Manniug. R. L. Geddings, Pinewood. Alvin J. Rigby, Manning. J. M. Coker, Turbeville. Joseph D. MeFaddin, Alcolu. S. N. Barnes, Foreston. H. L. Brewer, Manning. When Vapor Is Dry. Mr. M. Mott-Smitb points out in Sci ence a popular misconception in the supposition that aqueous vapor and Ice are wet. They are In themselves dry and become wet only when they turn to water. "So dry is aqueous vapor that It. will dry any moist object that it comes in contact with." Superheat r ed steam before it condenses Is a dry gas. Ice feels wet if the temperature of the hand is sufficient to melt it. As Ice it is dry. Another misconception is that the air can beeither moist or dry.. It is condensed aqueous vapor in the air that Is moist, and it would be r moist If there were no air. A given quantity of aqueous vapor confined In a given space will be wet or dry ac cording to the temperature. At 32 de grees, for instance, it might be partial ly condensed and consequently wet, while at 70 degrees, owing to expan sion, it would be dry. Bug Power. 2 If asked to name the strongest ani mals most persons begin with the lar gest. the elephant, and continue with oxen, horses, etc. This is, of course. - correct in so far astheir total horse power is concerned, but for real strength, proportioned to the size and weight of the animal, one must go to the Insect world. Compared with In Isects, the strength of almost any large animal, and especially of man. Is ab surd. A man Is considered s'.rong If four times as maich as himself, but the beetle will walk with 500 times his Sown weight. If a man were placed under a wooden box with five times his weight on top to hold, it down he would remain there Indeninitely, but to retain a stag'beetle prisoner In the same way one must pile on top of the box at least 1,800 times its weight Oilcloth as a Cure. Pretty soon after the new arrival had been assigned to his room he tele Sphoned down to the office for two strips of oilcloth. - ' "Another one." said the clerk after assuring the guest that the oilcloth -would be sent up immediately. "He Is a somnambulist. 1 suppose. We keep strips of oilcloth in reserve for fellows like him. They spread It on the floor at either side of the bed. Stepping on cold oilcloth when he gets ouit of bed is pretty likely to awaken the most confirmed sleepwalker and prevent nocturnal wandering."-New York Press. St. Dunstan and the Devil. One of the most famous smiths of the Weald was St. Dunstan, archbish op of Canterbury. Mayfield, in Sussex. Is the site of an ancient archiepiscopal palace, and here, according to some, took place the terrific encounter be tween St. Dunstan and the devil. At r any rate, the anvil, hammer and tongs which are alleged to have belonged to the saint are still preserved at May field palace.-London Tatler, Profitable. "Seven years ago I landed in this town with only $1. but that dollar gave me my start." "You must have invested It very profitably." "I did. I telegraphed home for mon ey."-Louisville Courier-Journal. -FQley. Kidney They will cure your backache, strengthen your kidneys, cor-. rect urinary irregularities, build up the worn out tissues, and eliminate the excess uric acid that causes rheumnatisml. Prec. vent Bright's Disease and Dia. bates, and restore health and strength. Refuse substitutes. W. E. BROWN & CO. CHARLTON DUJRANT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, MANNING, S. C. Prompt attention given to collections. Woodmen of the World. Meets on First Monday nights as Vjsting-Svrions invite'3t