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If~weak, you need Cardui, the woman's tonic. Cardui is made from gerntie herbs, acts in a natural manner, and has no bad results, as some of the strong drugs sometimes used. As a med icine-a tonic-for weak, tired, worn-out women, Cardul has been a popular success. for over 50 years. Take aCARDEM11 The Woman's Tonic Mrs. Lula WAlden, of GraAin, S. C., followed this advice. Read her let ter: "I was so weak, when I first began to take Cardui, that it tired me to walk just a little. Now, I - can do all the general housewdrk, for a imily of 9." Try Cardui for yozr troubles. It may be tht very remedy you need. The Wily Sexton. Visitors to tbe Old North church are shown througb the historic oid build Ing usually by an elderly um i who seems obsessed with a love for t!ie churh. His fund of reminiseenees is refreshIng. and the most interesting thing be recounts is the story of how the lantertN were placed in the belfry. According to his versio'n of the historie I Incident. the sexton overheard sc me a English officers talking in the tfouse beb lived In and immediately hung Vhe lan- Q terns. Returning to his room. he saw that his shoes were eaked with muad and hid t-bem. replacing them with a a dry pir. The officers. after they learn ed that a signal had been hung from the belfry.'rushed to the i-oom of the sexton. but:findilg his shoes dry, be came convinced that some one else had hang the lanterns and then ,ocke ,ll the doors of the edifce.-Boston 'Jout Carrying Out Instructions. 0 "%Now. Thomas." said the philosophic father. "you ! re going out into a new land. where brail and muscle alone count, where ability is the so:e pass- p port to success. Make one firm reso lation Come what may. be determin ed to hold your own." Some years later rbe old gentleman p paid n yisit tc Iis son. who bad in the -ma Intinw taken untn himself a wife. On .entering' his son's domicile he found him nursing twins. "1 took your advice, you see. dad." saidl the younger man.( -WhaT advier'Y ::sked the old philos opher-.: who had torgot ten his parlting l admr~oittin. -Hiding my own." replied the'duti fuil Thomas.-Londoni Tit-Bits. it What Mekes a Woman? One hundred and twenty pounds more or less, of bone and musc don' make a woman. It's a good foundatin a Put into it health and strength 'and The c may rule a kingdomn. But that's just what Electric Bitters give her. Thous ands bless them for overcoming fair tin.g and dizzy spells and for dispellingwa ness, rnervousness. backache andtrx listless, worn out feelinzr. "Elecri'cB' ter-s have done mec a worli of goo' writes Eliza Pool, Depew. Ok a. "and I thanic you. with all my heart. .or t.ak ing such a good mnedicine.'' Oz2y 50e. E Guaranteed by all draggists. SwelleC the Account. The wvell Knowt: i'an-. t:,Ve' maVI agetr Dotigny relates : i, .rionxs cences an enCOunter be had i h it eider Bumias which furnxiis a imsC traition of'the novelist's w ilines-) tiguy prod~ueed. Dunm~xs' dr:iM.. "N. ivith the rather peculi:: sxxpuition that the author shuid redeive <me'ti thbird'of the giosxs receilpts wheni thest exceeded 3.000 francs and notho""a all If they fell below that l'gure. Duma. who was always ha:rd u;p.ca.-a lnte one evening to get his sme "Luck is against you again. -:i h manager. "You don't get anythin~gt night. Here is the account." Dumas glanced at it and weml a vay. in a few minutes he came bac k and said: "Just look over 'the aIccount agi f and thein pay, me 1.000 fraue.n i ticket that i just boughit for 3 traxn's brings the total up to 3.000 francs a~nd ~ 50 centimes." .Described tie Situation "we the Russian emigrantts try to say Halifax ,it sounds like somae thing much worse." said an otcer oa board a steamship that puts in at the port -of Halifax on he? return' trip from Holland. "They calld't -Heil1i frx: On our last trip home we were' not Zrff6m Halifax when thet' vessei brokeba shag. :and we~ were olig"ed to put in atta p tort that was. ne9rer to tis~for repairs. It was a ind breaktl and -lik I to delay us. nad thle.en tain's tE' nper wast conside'rabl u flcd. As wee steamed imto th .tl . port some of the emigrants. tl'inkin wehdreatched tfilifax.. spret:a! them wh'o haid learned a itife EnTha came rungiwst to th- ctain: . eagerly.' --That's just what we are!' roares the captain "--New York Press. Spoiled the Bird's Flight. During a e:to:ugn~n mecim. speaker, noted for his5 e"r:'nt j:s courses. wars-expound!ig: the prme :5( his favorite candidate for mayor. "This man." be shouted. "is th09 u::c who can most Stingly govern tis haven for the opipressed. wish its, countless mnyrinds of happy homes. their verdant lawns and flower~s secn tillating In the sun!!dZt." With outstretched~ a r:ns ::d gl gzi:1 fervently upwa rd. nW e:;eb:i!:cd in aI passionate voi:e: "If I had ti:e O!::i-as ora b would liy to evry w:: ~s . In this wonderinl 15:: ae the glad tidings th::" Then a voi;e fr'v" -i a room piped of: -You'd ibe sho::t :> :: you haZd flown a mile. a ocethe a:; i Joker. O::nr n-:si:n wenGoet~le Was sinyin e:: e corto t ::-WmS us one o! :::t- co): : d s w ..en -a, ibou:t to reti:1- fr t he aigh::. i:a e an~dLe sudde:a~ extingutishet~d just be' tore he reached her bedroom door. aking 1o notice of the occurreitee. ;he gro!-ed alo:g in the dark. but to ar astonisihme:t couhl ,ot thd te oor h;die. Aginand aan she felt Jer way alo..t the w:i. but wit"' the ame, result. At last she m::de up her :nind to go to the dueiwss fUr advice. ['he 41tter. !Iowever, w:is already sieep. and in' hel was to be had 'ro:n her. The oor lady did not care Lo take any :::e else into her conti 1ence for fe::r. of being laughed at td s spe::t samie liours in vain e*r.) ::!y to 1ind at last that Goethe m:-, tho du!we h. imself bad with their U:: ds 1:iken the do1r otT its : some ti::e earlier -in the even n ::(c carefully walled up the en rance to the room. Sounded That Way. Miss Brown was giving an elaborate lseriation of a bia:::smith prepara ory two teaching Lon; !!w's ptoem to perepupito "Now. hi*!ren. we :; : going t~o learn i imem ttIn ::b:stn some o!eV who vor!:s very ::rd Ile is; very large and !:s great !rms that caI lit such l)eavy Ihings lis (:I-r i.- I::e.kimd vith o : :: con-:n f rom .3 Ei :.e z t !:s A:! he w : s - : )! k pr it : l is- i ire :1 dows,. oh,1 so re:. :a:d :ce::e-;er h nakes ::ny i2~.: ..e isst int0 his tire mad te:en ::ai- with gre i: a: :inr. Un :::: 19:00- th Spak yabout in e'eyd*-.:-sW.iia Now vho can tel: re w;:i I nave beco de A litt a::id wtio had listened to hoSe vivid det:ais with eyes I wice heir natur: size sprang to her feet tnd said in an ..d w:i-px: "TLe devi:--skper l:sect Bite Costs Leg. ,A Boston nian los'., his le- f-om the 'ite of.au insect tWo years before. To vert such calamities from stines and it-s of insects use Bueeilen's Arnica aive promprh to kill the poison and revent. inlamumation. sweling a n d ai.. Heals burns, boils. u!cers. piles, czema. cuts, bruises. Only 25 cents at 11 druggists. Sea water. Sea water is a oomplicated mltare f a great variety of substances. ,oughiy spealiing, it cbpsists of WW er ge,nt of fresh water plus 3% per ent 6f mineral -pats. Three-fourths f thessalts tire. cloride- of -sodium. r common table salt, and the nest rgest constituent is chloride 6f mag esium. After these come sulphate f magnesium. sulphate of lime. sul hate of potash, bromide of magne ium and carbonate of lime. In addi ion to these substances sea water ontains minute quantities of quite a ariety of elements. includiniig iodine. hosphorus and arsenic. It also con ains' some silver. coulper. zinc. nickel, obalt, Iron and g-old. There is said a be 2 cents' worth of gold in every ailful of sea watter, but as yet no ody has found a way to extract It. ~opper and zinc are found in some eaweeds, and certain speeies o-f coral three-millionths silver. Daily Motion of the Earth. Astronmezs are not agreed as to be au:se of the earth's daily motion rd how the force of that motion Is ept up. Some of them elaim that the original Iaitial centrifuga! force"C was irected in a line slightly to one side f the center of the globe. which could, of coturse.. cause the earth to tate uipcm its axis, and by the law f inertia of matter must continue to evolve at a uniform rate of speed. 'his "law of the inertia of muatter" Is ' the effeet that matter once set in ition must continne to mo'e until rrested by some outside force. Oth rs claim that .the motion is a "comn ound resultant of the motion of the arth in its orbit and the attraetion of be sun." A Freak of -Death Valley. Saratoga springs is one of the freaks f Death valley and has proba.tify a used more profanity than anythin; !s'e m the region q'he waters are as le:r *is crystubl and they bubble rip rom a deep. dandy basin like a well pring of joy. But they are strongiy npregated with sulphur and other :neris, are tepid in temperature and er instantly like an "umetie upon any ne w.ho drinits them --xchan~ge. N. J. Gor-ham, Casier' Bank ofi Wood ile. Woodville. Ga ,ha a' ve-ry severe tack of kidney trouibe a nd the pains his kidneys aud back were terrib-. I got :: bo'le o~ fFo e K Iidcnev Pills omn our drugrist ard they emtirely r'e. evced mec. I ha ve more b'-ueiit from em nan any other med.emen.- ine icksou Dre Co., Maircu. L eo n isher, Surmerton. :-........ -imit n .irth e.:w.::th~nl: h in-isn:bie to life mi: *s :.. C-l:- : e urner all ir uI iacesifa man hnd to think of is it'*r ';n to ' 4 remnembe:' th::t 'he -is-- breathe or that his food must dli dt he wou~l-h~ave no timae to do anty 'aing. els. ..n.. ! if -by -chance he srrould orget to-keep his heart goitng or his ngs in operationl he would Lall dead ) the spot. MAost important Evenit. "What do vou consider the most im: n-tant event in the histo-ry of Paris?" "We!h" replied the tourist who~ i:0 ro. 1 tven, of dist ribulting !ips. '-so r as ri:en!- prosiperity is concern d. 1 shrould si y the disrgvery of Amner -was tho maing of this town." ashingo HeralId. Good News. \:-r - 's o'u heard, sir, that aan. n~sisa bmkrutpty Banker -ei.tht' toi ::e-.s W\e will now itnl~h.a t ho' us. where s. i heh:Birenined in business, w1e ever o:L :ivet .-et a cent.-F-lie ende i:1::Uer. An Egrtst. Touriny' - .'p h; s :a eoit a rtini opinion of 1: --s--- Phl' del a Ileeerd. A High Testimoni. h L: (e::gC..in::i a m m:-a you Wtih :num. she' said she was vecry eae hn1 left. .C:.; ~ 's v:(-s have at first . -ae... .e .- a. r ( (nnaH. The Choice of a Husband i to 1im1rtant a matter for a wom to handicapped by weakness, b ;'of1fi r foul breath. Avoid these ki ! aking Dr. King's Life Pil New .strtngh. fine complexion, pt beh.cheerful svirits-thitngs Lb win men-follow their use. Easy. sa u-e 25c a- all druggists. Intimation. "So the insolent fellow refused pay his rent?" "He (lid not say 'so in words, but 9htimated it." "How so?" "He kiched rue downstairs."-Par Journal. Hard Task. "What's the matter, my dear?" "Oh. I'm trying to tell that Gotr' person how perfectly beautiful v think her horrid old wedding prese is."--Life. Hated Winding It. Mrs. Ese-I'm afraid, dear, t clock's run down again. Exe-I wi you could recommend a good tonic. Boston Transcript. The chil(I trusts because It fnds i reason in itself why It should not. G. Bo'lland. Neeced Them All. A well known authoress was on talking with n1 dilapidated bachel< who retained little but his conceit. "It is time now." he said pompous "for me to settle down :t% 'a inarri man, but I want so much. I wa youth. beakh. wealth. of course: bea ty, grace "Yes." said his fair listener symp thetically. "you poor mat. you do wa them all." Slowly Mending. She - And bow is your bachel friend? Be-When I saw him last was mending very slowly. She-I deed: I didn't know he'd been I Ee-e hasn't been. He was st wi fresh buttons on his underwearl Too Far. The tresh young man seated himse beside a handsome girl on the train. "Going far?" be Inquired. "You are. sir; much too far." was V chillIng retort.--Bostou Transcript Trouble and Worry. Wait till trouble comes before worr ing about It. If you worry before smes it may never come at all at you wMi have lo. nealth and spiri over a phantom Duty Iuts a clear sky over evel Inda. into whiehgthe skylark or bapr ness a-ways goes singing.-Prentice. Surmer colds are hard to get rid c and frequently lead to asthma, bronchi is, and hay fever. Do not let your co et a hold on you, but use Foley's Hone ard Tar Compound for quick relief. V a. Allen, Chelsea. Wis.. says: "7 prefer Foley's Honev and Tar Cor pound to other cough medicines becau it quickly coures coughs and colds. wi; ward otT a cold if taken in time ontains no opiates. The Dickson Drt Co.. .Mannin., Leon Fischer. Summe ton. Too'Much Paint. He-What is all this tal-k about. Mr Buliion?' She--Why, she engaged Da ber. thre artist, to paint her. and why she arrived for the first sitting he d clined to complete a job that bad r ready been half finished.-Cincinna Enquirer. The Man and the Bee.' "That get-rich-q~uick man is as bw as a bee.". -"Yes," replied Mr. Cumrox. "He one of those busy bees who can't ma age to gather honey without incide killy stinging- somebody."--W.shin ton Star. Hypo--Out of a job again? Typo-Yep; by a mere error of tl types toe. I intended to set It t "Gottfied." but in the proof it show< up as "Gotfir'ed." and the result jusi fed the spelling.--Pittsburgh Press. The understanding is more relievE by chan:ae of study than by total mna tivity. -elulon. Au incr'easing number of people r ort reg alarly of the satisfactory r'esul from taking Foley Kidney Pills ;rr ommend their healing and~ curatri aralities. Folev Kidney Pilts are a car uly prepar'ed medicine, guaranteed ontain no harmful or habit formir rugs. They can have only a benefici 1eect when used for kidney and bladd' roubles, for backache, rheumatmist eak back or lumbago. The Dicks! Drug Co., Manning, Leon Fischer. Sun nerton. AnswersThe Gall Manning Feople Have Found Tha This is True. A cold, a straio. a sudden wrench, A little cause mnay hurt the kidney Spells of backache often follow, Or sonme ir'r'egularity of the urine. A splendid r'emedy for such attacks A mecdicine that has cured thousan 1.s D~oa' Kidney Pills, a true idn Vln Manning peopie rely on it. H-ere is Mianninzg proof. "rs L. Newman. M~anning, S. ( -as Insider Doan's Kidney Pi R'ledd akache and kidney reme< UUd i eso' say~ that they have been us, an 'mnv bo'me with e'xcellent results. nemb er o my family had a lame an chi nt'bac. together with a kido, se:kn t.Don's Kidnev. Piils we iie in his case and thley brought r i ef. I hav- never had need of Doar Einey il- myself. hut I hav'e oft t'vised their use,. ::s I kno' they w For sale Zv al ideialers. Price cnuts. Foster-M i hour'u Co.. Buffal New York, soie agents for the Unite Rleniem her the uaine-Doanm's--ar take nto other. c. H-.LBESESNE, ATTOR~NEY AT LA1 M\A NNiNG. S. C:. Un j'rsLCIass R.eal Esta Fray & O'Bryan, AT. uRN KS AT LAW. Garlyle Corrected. n At H ioy e: It-len dintrr in Lon ad do"n" o "'' i 'l''" 'evorn, nirusts were exp)ressing il-it -ti-111,illisiaIsm Is. about Titianu. Cir;y I- .:: lh:ekeruy re were amUOng, the go at "H1is glorious rtoir:n: is a r.:t a bout ie, Titin. - :aid one 131:11 :Ciki:n. tlie In ble to give eniiphasis i r reu:irk. "Andhis gloiious t1dr wing is nother fact abour Titia '" criAI arinoiher artist. to And so they went on until Carlyle. who bad been !istening in silence to 3e their rhapsodies. interrupted them by saying, with :a slow deliberation which had its own impressive emphasis: -i "And here I sit, a man made in the image of God, who knows nothing about Titian and cares nothing about Titian, and that's another fact about Titian." >x Thackeray was sipping claret at the re moment. He paused and bowed cour at teously to C'arlyle. "Pardon me." be said; "that appears to me to be not a fact about Titian. but a fact, and a lamentable one, about Carlyle." ie ;b Washington Monument. ~ The cornerstone of the Washington monument was laid on its fine site. which overlooks Washington. George 1 town, Arlington and Mount Vernon. by - President Folk .July 4. 1S4S. Its mar ble shaft rises in all the diguity of uL adorned simplicity to the height of 555 feet. The base of the shaft is fifty-five ce feet square, and it gradually tapers until at the 500 foot point it has dimin ished to less than thirty-fre feet. This Y monument Is said to coutain 18.000 .d blocks of marble, each two feet thick t They were lifted on an elevator run by u- steam. suspended in an. Inner frame work of iron. which w:!s built up it - a- intervals. thirty or forty feet nt a time. E nt In advance of the surrounding mason ry. The aluminium enpstone. nine inches high. was set hr position )ec. . 1884. thirty-six years and a half after ' the cornerstone was laid le The Actor's Clothes. Our principal actor ot whims w:s iMr. Insnfield. as nas been made known variously. One whim of his is related by Fritz Schoultz. the costumer When it came to the staging of "The First Violin" Mr .sfield was keen to get garments with "charicter" in the. and found that of all plnces Schou'tz's was the one that could supply him with e redingotes. He w:ts delighted with them. Introduced thetm and at the end of the Chicago engagement absolutely declined to return them The matter of getting stage clothes with character is interesting in tself - d Secondhand shops supply the most. at though on ocensions ain actor has been known to appro:-h a labore'r on the street and iake him nn offer for his weather beaten con t. - Chiengo Post Gladstone's Speech For Irving.. Gladstone was a gre:tt nalmirer at f- Sir Henry Irving. and this admiration was shown one day in tue house of dcommons. Irving was under the gal f lery in -the nouse when suddenly. with e Out apparent reason. Gladstone leaped a- to his feet and delivered an mi e passioned speech. set off with all the It expression and dramatlc gesture. for which he was so famous The house seemed surprised. Members looked a? one another anid murmured. "What i. the old man now up to?"~ They thought it was some deep politicall game. But a week or two later a Sfriend of Irving's. encountering Mr. SGladstone, mentioned the actor's vrsit ato the house, and Gladstone eagerly Inquired: "What did he think of my speech? I made it for hlm.' Mail Carriers Will Fly. This is an age of great discoveries. 7 Progress rides on the air. Soon we may see Uncre Samnts mail carriers flying in 's all directions, transporting mail. People - 2 take a wonderful interest in a discovery athat benetits them. That's why Dr. .King's New Discovery for Coughs, 'Colds and other throat and lung diseas es is the most popular medicine in A mer ica. "It cured me of a dread lul cough,' writes Mrs. .J. F. Davis, Stickney Cor ner, Me., "after doctor's treatmen. and _ le all other remedies had faile-d." For - P coughs olds or any bronchial n lfection a d sueuled. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial - :. bottle free at all druggists. An Altered Case. B3 d Acum-Have you seen anything of Jigin lael?.Doctor-Yes. I pre scribed a trip to Europe for him only. V this morning. Ascum-Indeed! He's oi ,gettIng wealthy, isn't he? Doctor- I' dWell, I can remember when I used to C e prescribe for him simply a dose of so - dium bromide for the simne complaint. d o0 -Exchange. C ti abl Volubility. C r Mbl(studying her lesson)-Papa, I n what is the definition of "volubility?" SMabel's Father-My child. volability is a distinguishing feature of your mother _ hen on account of tn-gent business af fairs I don't happen to reach home until after 2 o'clock in the morning. o I -Effect of the Climate. Mrs. Money Bags-I hear you have spent a great deal of your time In tItaly? Mrs. Parvenu-Oh, yes, my deart we're quite Italicized!1-Princeton Tiger.( That Shut Him Up. "What would you do If you had a -million dollars?" "Do? Hire a private secretary to an- e swer fool questions."-Exchan~ge. e Fokey 2Kidney d Whiat They WillDo for Yots eThey will eure your backache, strengthen yotr kidneys, cor rect urinary irregularities, build up the worn out tissues, and eliminate the excess uric acid that causes rheumatism. Pr.. d vent Bright's Disease and Dia bates, and restore health and: strength. Refuse substitutes. I Dickson'sDrug Store. a W. KTAVEL, Civil Engineera AND C ti Land Surveyor, Sumter, S. C. Office Oer IHnk of Sumter. "WHAT'S HE USE"' paying some one else more for your supplies and re pair work than we charge you for the best. We are wel! fixed to serve you in any capaciy and solicit your business --on a square deal-basis." We have'increas ed our supply business in every line and guarantee every article we sell : . THANK YOU FOR YOUR PAST FAVORS. I. H. BRAD H A M Are Yo u Going To This is a good time. We heave on hand a large stock of that High Grade Stag Paint Do you exp9ct to i'etint your walls? This is a good time. We have on hand a good stock of that beautiful Wall Coating Alabastine. A hearty welcome for all our many friends and patrons. The Monnn Hw or Go BRING YOU!R c JOB WORK TO THE TIMES OFTFICI. ATE OF SOUTH DAROUNA, - James M. Wind haia, I q.. .1 o dze of Proba:. HEREAS, G. Hery ('rtIs. iimde suit to me to granit him Lettetms Admnistm4ration. with the Willu xed. .of thle estaite nad' (effcis (of arles K. Curtis. Lhese are the.refore to cite an?d ad mish all aad sl~gula ~sr the kin *ed and oreiitors of the sa idi~j i ares K UCartis, dteeasedl, thait mey beC and apiear b~efore-:ne, in the~ urt oif P'r io. to b e eI at :. ni ig, S. C., on t he :35th da y of .1lviy ~xt, atr publication . erecf. at o'clock in the forenoon, to show use, if any they have, vwhy theN Lid administration should not be anted. Given under iny hand this .ith dayv May, Amuno Doimini, 1911. J. M. A'h NDH AM. We solicit your leaing and P~ressing 'oil *~ :d prOmise prompt and oo :e -..ee. We have mu pl~oy pm-w. i rs and cleaners with :pr:n cc, and all work entrust to ur vlt be guaranteed. Seod vojr clothes to the Bon on Pre'sstn. Club. ege sock f NewTuixsNen supplyall yur v~mts an ank yu fo you busness 'C UIaVI ~ola~e butw~ cadhil *rge tockof N~~- Tibare '. ireson hnd, nd 'he Done suppl all our vun~.your H. I. BADH~i.White F The Dest Salvs !M The Wcrid. aw ag --GO O 0m i RIGTS s for DryUGoode- -lothi t:!= Shoes and -Hats. ".,n Seli Evrtigi co 0--A owl b 0 a~ I. ow H-ARLTON U GANT In nerou prsrtoIadfml rmdy, Cltsadhaettie. an FOHaDNts.R N STOMCH RUBL iti h es eiie vrsl rom- _r tt ning v nt olcin ovra rgis' outr PutLog-ea She"onYu Shopping Lis LJ~N RG STOEAR ell veythingalh in e steahran ay theUfoo aook trMEadCINESortc think ofepaying ansexorbitantdpricel' CHRLsoesNeas yuAT can et LNse r h etAthe same seric and sa isat in h etmdcieee Vee to put.eLOGzv W AR SOS on ove rgit'se ? zopihoppi c List ike a memrandu rihtnockcm