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PURE FOOD LAW. A State Measure That Has Just 6one Into Effect PASSED LAST WINTER. This Law Makes It Illegal For Any One to Sell in South Carolina Any Adulterated Food or Drug or Sell the Same Under a False Ijaltel and Prescribes Heavy penalties for Violating It. The pure food law passed at the last session of the Legislature went nto effect last Tuesday. The law feu a g marln f a onnnlAmanf 4-1*^ ? VMJ incvuv w i^i"CUV tuc rnd drug law passed by Congress, nd is quite sweeping in its provisions. The full text of the law is published below: Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: Section 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture or sell, or offer for sale, any article of food or drugs which is adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this Act, and any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by fine not exceeding fifty dollars or by imSrisonment not exceeding fifteen ays for the first ofTencc, and one hundred dollars or thirty days' imprisonment for each subsequent offence. Section 2. That the terms "drug," as used in this Act, shall include all medicines and preparations recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary or U.S. Dispensatory for internal or external use, and any substance or mixture of substances intended to lie used for the cure, mitigation or prevention of disease of either man or other animals. The term "food," as used herein, shall include all articles used for food, drink, confectionary, or condiment by man or other animals, whether simple, mixed or compound. Section 3. That for the purpose of this Act an article shall be deemed to be adulterated: In cace of drugs and flavoring extracts: First. If. when . a drng or flavoring extract is sold under or by a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary or U. S. Dispensatory, it differs from or does not conform to the standard of strength, quality or purity, as determined by the test laid down in the United States Pharmacopoeia, National Formulary, or U. S. Dispensatory, offl cial at the time of investigation. In the case of confectionery: If it contains terra alba, barytas, talc, chrome yellow, or other mineral substance or poisonous color flavor, or other ingredient deleterious or deterimental to health, or any vinous, malt, or spirituous liquor or compound, or narcotic drug. In the case of food: First. If any substance has been mixed and packed with it so as to reduce or lower or injurionsly affect its quality or strength. Second. If any substance has been substituted wholly or in part for the Third. If any valuable constituent of the article has been wholly or in part abstracted. Fourth. If it be mixed, colored, powdered, coated or stained in a mander whereby damage or inferiority is concealed. Fifth. If it contain any added poisonous or other added deleterious ingredient which may render such article injurious to health: Provided, that when in the preparation of food 1 * * " - Iprooucis ior shipment they are preserved by any external application, applied in sucn manner that the preservative is necessarily removed machanically, or by maceration in water, or otherwise, and directions for the removal of said preservative shall be printed on the covering or the package, the provisions of this Act shall be constrtied as applying only when said products are ready for consumption. Sixth. If it consists in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed or putrid animal or vegetable substance or any portion of an animal unfit for food, whether manufactured or not, or if it is the product of a diseased animal, or one that has died otherwise than by slaughter. Section 4. That the term "misbranded," as used herein, shall apply to all drugs or articles of food, or articles which enter into the composition of food, the package or label of which shall bear any statement, y design or device regarding such ar"4 tide, or the ingredients or substances contained therein which shall be false or misleading in any particular, and to any food or drug product which is falsely branded as to the ^ Qfoln fftryia* I- L! L it 18 manufactured or produced. That for the purposes of this Act an article shall be also deemed to be misjK&i In caae ?* drugs: First. If it be an imitation of or offered for sale under the name of Second. If the contents of the package as originally put up shall have been removed, in whole or in part, and other contents shall have neen placed in such package, or if the package fail to bear a statement on the label of the quantity or proportion of any alcohol, morphine, opium, cocaine, heroin, alpha or beta encaine. chloroform, cannabis indica, chloral hydrate, or acetanilide, or any derivative or preparation of any uch substances contained therein: Provided, that the package contains more than two grains of opium, or more than one-quarter grains of '?j zajrphioe, ot more than ten grains LEAPED FROM TKIAN.. / A Prisoner Hurls Himself OvLw a Cur Window. The Augusta. Ga., Chromcle says passengers coming in od lie Georgia Railroad train on Thursday told of a grim tragedy which ,Occurred half way between Dearln^ and Sawdust, and for which the railroad authorities nor the officer in charge were in any way to blame. A negro prisoner was being carried to Augusta by Sheriff Perry of Columbia county. The man was handcuffed. and sat on the inside cf a seat, by the side of the officer. While the vestibule passenger train was bounding along at forty miles an hour, and with no word of warning whatever, the negro leaped from the window of the coach, and was hurled to the ground eight feet below. The nearby passengers were horror-stricken. Many on the same row with the negro and his prisoner looked far out the window to catch a glimpse of the rash prisoner, and a few saw his body strike the ground with terrible force, bounce once or twice like a hall and then the negro is said to have fallen limp on his side, as if his neck had been broken by the fall. of chloral hydrate in one fluid ounce, or, if a solid preparation, in one avoirdupois ounce: Provided, further, that nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to apply to the filling of written prescriptions, furnished by regular licensed practicing physicians, and kept on file by druggists as required by law, or as to such preparations as are specified and recognized by the United States Pharmacopoeia, National Formulary or U. S. Dispensatory, which are in accordance therewith. In the case of food: First. If it be an imitation of or offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article. Second. If it be labelled or branded so as to deceive or mislead the purchaser, or purport to be a foreign product when not so, or if the contents of the package as originally put up shall have been removed, in whole or in part, and other contents shall have been placed in such package, or if it fail to bear a statement on the label of the quality or proportion of any morphine, opium, cocaine, heroin. alpha or beta ecaine, chloroform, cannabis indica, chloral hydrate, ace* ~ ~: i: ~ ? j? Ktiiiuue, or any derivative or preparation of any stlth substances contained therein. Third. If in package form, and the contents are stated in terms of weight or measure, they are not plainly and correctly stated on the outside of the package. Fourth. If the package containing it or its label shall bear my statement, design or device regarding the ingredients or the substances contained therein, which statement, dedesign or device shall be false or misleading in any particular: Provided, that an article of food which does not contain any added poisonous or deleterious ingredients shall not be deemed to be adulterated or misbranded in the following cases: First. In the case of mixtures or compounds, which may be now or from time to time hereafter known as articles of food, under their own distinctive names, and not an imitation of or offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article, if the name be accompanied on the same label or brand with a statement of the place where said article has been manufactured or produced. Second. In the case of articles labelled. branded or tagged so as to plainly indicate that they are compounds, imitations or blends, and the word "compound,/' "imitation" or "blend," as the case may oe, is plainly stated on the package in which it is offered for sale: Provided, that the term blend, as used herein, shall be construed to mean a mixture of like substances not excluding harmless coloring or flavoring ingredients used for the purpose of coloring and flavoring only: And provided, further, that nothincr in this Art shall be construed as requiring or compelling proprietors or manufacturers of proprietary foods which contain no unwholesome added ingredient to disclose their trade formulas, except in so far as the provisions of this Act may require to secure freedom from adulteration or misbrandH^ection 5. That no dealer shall be prosecuted under the provisions of this Act when he can establish a guaranty, signed by the wholesaler, jobber, manufacturer or other party residing in the United States, from whom he purchases such articles, to the effect that the same is not adulterated or misbranded or within the meaning of this Act, designating it. Section 6. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act the State board of health, with one licensed druggist, appointed by the Governor, upon the recommendation of the South Carolina Pharmaceutical Association, shall take cognizance of the interests of the public health, as it relates to the sale of food, drugs, spirituous, fermented and malt liquors, and the adulteration thereof, and make all necessary inquiries and investigations relating thereto, and for such purposes may appoint inspectors analysts and chemists, who shall be subject to its supervision and removal. Within sixty days after this Act goes into effect the said State board of health shall adopt such measures as it may deem necessary to facilitate the enforcement thereof. It shall prepare rules and regulations with regard to the proper method of collecting and examining drugs, articles of food. Section 7. The sum of one thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the purpose of defraying the expenses, if any, of analysis or examination of any article of food or drug as provided for in this Act; said sums to be expended undet the supervision and direction of the State board of health. Section 8. This Act shall go into ' effect six months aft^r its approval by the Governor. * :i!<r, r-'KCi&M Acts inconsisten^^^^^^^^^^H they are * 4* F s -\V jSp ;V 1mlHfBi um? pgict QH# il|i^4m ft|%A usisiam posimasur wntrti ut- t Graw Sends* Strange Latter. I To the Rural Carriers' Association on 8 I the Carriers' Relation to the DeI partment and to His Patrons. I The subjoined letter from Mr. P. V. McGraw, the Fourth Assistant c I Postmaster General, is addressed to t I the North Carolina Rural Letter Car- o Irler's Association which met in Dur- p ham the 3rd and 4th of July. It is a n 1 ? ? ? ? ? " " tiear uuu ninety discussion oi tne carriers relation to the Department and t to his patrons, and is otherwise a s highly interesting paper, having, as ? it does, a thyee-fold interest?for tho carrier, for the Department, and the patron. It Is as follows: I Washington, D. C.. July 2, 1907. t Mr. J. McD Ballard, Secretary-Treas- t urer. North Carolina Rural Letter Carriers' Ass'n., Newton, N. C. 81r. Referring to your letter of t May 13th, inviting a representative I of the Department to attend the An- < nual Convention of the North Caro- 1 Una Rural Letter Carriers' Associa- 1 tion, to be held at Durham, N. C-, s on July 3rd and 4th. 1907, I regret ' very much that it has not been prac- * ticable to have a representative of ? the Department present at your meet- i Ing, but I desire to take advantage e of this occasion to express to the carriers of North Carolina tho appre- 1 elation of the Department of the co- i operation of the carriers in improv- I Ing the service and increasing Its et- 1 fectlveness, and also my deep interest ? In the welfore of the rural carriers. i Organizations within the Postal l servico to receive the sanction of the < Department In any degree must have I for their sole object Improvement in '< the service or bo of a purely fra- 1 tornal or beneficial character. With < any other purpose in view they are I detrimental to the service, to their i members and to the public. It is the duties of the officers of the s Department to Insist upon loyal and i efficient service from every employee. ' as an individual and without any I thought of his affiliation with any or- I ganization. All questions as to the I needs of the service or the compen- i satlon of its employees are matters i for the consideration of the Depart- i ment; and the officials of the De- i partment, aud not the officials of any I organization are the proper persons i to present the needs of the service to Congress. i The compensation of carriers after July 1, 1907, will be adjusted in accordance with the schedule herewith < enclosed upon the basis of the length of the routes, as phown by the rec %ji ub ui iuc L/cpai iiuuiii. i. in mi- ? possible to devise an absolutely i equitable basis for the adustment of i the compensation of rural carriers, because of the varying: conditions throughout the United States. These conditions vary even in the same i State, and it is therefore not possible to fix different standards in various sections. Under the reaujustment effective Ju.y 1st, approximately 23,000 carriers whose routes are 2 4 miles or more mile in length, and who have been reviving $720 per annum, are now being paid $900 per annum and a proportionate increase in compensation has been provided for carriers on routes of .ess length. The chief beneficiaries of the new law are those carriers who are serving the longer routes and upon whom the greater hardships of ...e service fall, and a proportionate increase in compensation has been provided for such carriers. No increase is a.iowed to carriers on the shert routes, such as those running from 12 to i* and 14 to 16 miles in .mgth, as they now receive $504 and $.,a year respectively, being proportionately better paid than carriers on routes of 20 or more miles. ? The pay of substitute carriers will also be increased in many cases. The law formerly provided that substitutes employed when the regular carriers were on vacations should be paid at the rate of $600 per annum, regardless of the rate of pay of the regular carrier. Under the new law substitute carriers are entitled to receive compensation at the same rate allowed the regular carriers. < With this increase in salary adequate comnensation is nrovidf?H f??r all carriers and this Biiould be an Incentive to every carrier to strive to bring the rural delivery service to the highest standard of efficiency. A recent order of the Postmaster General which appears on page of the May supplement to the Official Postal Guide, makes it possible for rural carriers tohave the checks in payment of their salaries cashed at any postoffice within the State in which he works, provided the postmaster at. the office where presented has on hand sufficient funds for the purpose, which doubtless will prove to be a great convenience to the carriers throughout the country. There are now in the service about 37,613 carriers there being 1,170 in 4he State of North Carolina. During th6 fiscal year ending June 30, 1908. the rural delivery service win cost upwi_rd of $35,000,000, of which approximately $961,542 will be paid to carriers in North Carolina. The expenditure for rural delivery has materially increased the cost of maintaining the postal services, but there is no douhf that this expenditure is fully justified by the results obtained. It is necessary, however, that, the service be carefully and t efficiently administered to the end ( that Its advantages will be sought and used by the entire rural imputation for whose benefit it is establish- * ed. While the postmasters at the ( offices which are designated as dis- ' tributing offices for rural delivery ? service are charged with the super- t vision of the rural delivery the same t as all other branches of the service I still an important aid in obtaining t a large patronagt is a live interest ' on the part of the carriers in the ? faithful and satisfactory performance 1 of their official duties. The inspec- t tlons which have been made of large f numbers of routes during the past c year indicate that in some instances * the lack of patronage and Interest * in the services on the part of the <5 patrons are duo to the indifferent and a perfunctory manner in wnich the car- g rier looks aftor the business of his ? route. I The work of rural carriers consists s chiefly in the prompt and accurate c delivery and dispatch of mall, the a registration of letters and the sale of h stamps and money orders. In per- ti formliig this work cajy^MMre re- I ed to do niaoMgflralg&SHLs and a kcawar manvJH In tnori)selves If pains HSBsnk < CAUSES TROUBLE. he Farmers Need and Must Have I Some Relief. ome Effective Law Must Be Passed 1 by the Legislature to Enforce Lubor Contracts. The labor question Is being disussed from one end of the State to e he other, and the recent occurrences i ver In the Fork near Norway are Iguring extensively in the discussion, r 'he following letter from Columbia c o the Augusta Chronicle will give 1 ome idea of how the question is re- t ;arded in all parts of the State: t Federal Judge Brawley's decision c mocking out the South Carolina la- * >or contract law continues to cause t rouble in the rural districts with hat large class of negroes with whom 1 he big stick of a jail sentence has to ! >e used to inspire proper regard for :ontractual obligations. And though . t is confidently hoped that the fa"ners will pull through the present season without violence between the ] aces, and that legislature will next spring enact some effective relief neasure, there is constant danger in j various parts of the state of very serious clashes over conditions that ' .he decision has brought about. The 1 tilling of Constable Valentine in Orlngeburg county a few weeks ago, followed by the narrow escape from ' ynching the negro had with ail but 1 i rior occurring among several farmers gathered at the inquest in a ?eneral quarrel about farmers en- 1 :ouraglng negroes to Jump their contracts since the decision; and half i dozen other killings of negroes by , white men in widely seperated sec- ' Lions of the state, are but manifes- 1 Lations of how the danger spots are showing up. The effect of the decision has jpread with amazing rapidity even ' nmong the most ignorant negroes. 1 The scramble of unprincipled farmers 1 for help has perhaps played a more Important part in getting the negroes j Informed than the publication in the newspapers. The result is that the ! mean negroc has become infinitely more insolent, and since he has got- 1 Inn It i n tr? ^A t .? ii ?v mvv iim ucnu iiiui uiu;iu otiiii lias espoused his cause his proneness to violence has become more marked. 1 There is no danger for the present of calling into service the dreaded Ku-Klux-Klan, hut farmers are freely talking of taking matters into their r>wn hands by means of community bands, to stop negroes whom they have kept from want for food ami clothing through the winter from insolently refusing to carry out their contracts to work out their debts and and spending the time getting drunk and raising rows. Of course there has been abuse of the law on the part of some farmers, who have cheated the negro and kept him in long servitude after he had fairly discharged his debt; but these are rare instances. The great mass of South Carolina farmers have no disposition to oppress the negro, but they are insistent, some of them to the extent of taking the law in their own hands, that he shall have the same respect for his written contract as others are required to have. When the Oraugeburg farmers chose a spokesman to tell the crowd in very emphatic language that they did not propose to stand for the acts of certain white men in encouraging negroes to jump their contracts or tolerate such conduct on the part of the blacks, law or no law, they gave expression to a feeling prevailing in many counties in the State. Your correspondent gathered his impressions not only from visitors to Columbia, but from personal interviews with farmers in half a dozen counties recently. "We've got to have relief, and promptly, or we are coming before the next legislature in mass and demand it." said Penitentiary Director .!. O. Wingo, an extensive farmer and former member of the house from Oreenville county "There is going to be serious trouble if we don't get It." <Iust what sort of law should be enacted that will stand the test has not bo far been definitely outlined. The que8tion will be treated at i length in Governor Ansel's message next spring, though just what he will recommend, he himself does not seem . to have determined as yet. One ?ng- j E?estion is that a thorough and effec- i tive rural police system be estah- | lished for the purpose not only of i ridding the rural districts of the ne- ( ?ro criminal but of driving the idle . o the chain gangs as well. Some far- ( uers advocate hiring these convicts o furmers and others, as was formerly done with penitentiary convicts; tut these sort of contracts were much \ ibused, and It Is not likely that the egislature will ever again go back to ' his system. One very hopeful sign in the pre- ! tent situation is the healthy growth ?f public sentiment against abuse of he negro. Thesuperstitlon that it ' s dangerous to punish a white man 'or brutal disregard of a negro's ights is rapidly passing. John Armstrong Chandler, once he husband of Amelia Rives, is a lulatic in New York and a sane man n Virginia, according to the courts ; )f the two states, and he has impor- : ^nt business interests in both, 3ould any Oiing be more ridiculous. j vith the rules are fill !y met, they are " loing much towards insuring satis- . actory service. Rural carriers are ... l.? i? ?? -r> i i j i < >unui uiiiniw iu rusiniMititrB ill (lis- ( rlhuting offices and should at all ( linos be amenable to directions and , >roper discipline. Instructions for ( he guidance of postmasters and car lers in the conduct of the service ' ire now in print, and will be disributed as early as possible. It Is loped that a copy of the Instructions nay be placed in the hands of all :arriers, but in any event they will >c required to familiarize themselves , vith the instructions, which will no . loubt result in the carriers being ible to discharge their duties with < [reater satisfaction to themselves as 1 veil as to the department. Of the 1 arge number of carriers now in the ervice comparatively few are effiient, but the importance of careful 1 ind efficient service is imperative, j ecause it is desirable that the whole 1 fody of carriers measure up to the s tigh standard we are striving to \ ttaln. With best wishes, I am. Very respectfully, t P. V.. DeORAW, jourth Assistant Postmaster General. % m MANY VICTIMS T ire Claimad by Lightning Each | Year in United States. 'ho Greatest Number of Casualties . are in New England and the Middle States. An average of 800 people are kllld in tho Uaited States each year hv Ightnlng according to data collected by the weather bureau. This neans that about one in each 100,000 f population is killed in that manler. The belt of most numerous visltaions includes all of Florida except he southernmost tip, the lower edge >f Georgia and the southeast corner >f Alabama. In that belt an average >f forty-five thunderstorms a year is ncperienced. The zone of next greatest frejuency includes the more northern >arts of Georgia and /uabama, and its annual average Is forty storms. Thirty-five a year are experienced In a somewhat irregular belt north of Lhis, and including still northern ;>arts of the States named, as well as Lho whole of Mississippi and Louisiana, nearly all of Tennessee, the adjacent corners of Illinois and KenLucky, the southern part of Arkansas and the eastern central part of Tex18. Another belt of equal Intensity extends throughout Central Illinois and adjacent sections of ludiana, Iowa and Missouri. The region from the Virginia Capes to Connecticut escapes with an average of twenty-five storms, while Boston is visited by only 20. The frequency diminishes until the Rockies are reached, and on the Pacific Slope there are practically no such storms. The region of greatest danger from lightning stroke does not coincide with the zone of greatest thunderstorm frequency, but includes Southern Vermont, the whole of Massachusetts, Rhode Island. Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky,, Indiana, Eastern Illinois, Virginia and the greater part of Maryland. In this zone more than five deaths to each 10,000 square miles a year ago caused by lightning. Three to five deaths In 10.000 is the rule In a region Including Chicago. St. caul, Des Moines, St. Ixiuis, Memphis, Atlanta and Norfolk. Between one and three fatalities per 10,000 is the rule in a ihird zone, including Eastport, Montreal, Duluth, Bismarck, Huron, North Platte. Gal veston, Now Orleans and Jacksonville. In the country westward less than one death to 10,000 occurrs. Four times more persons of outdoor pursuits than of indoor occupations are struck. Men like animals, are more apt to he struck when collected in groups than when alone. Out of every three persons struck one survives, and probably more than half would recover if means were employed to Induce artificial respiration. as in cases of drowning. More than half the persons killed by lightning are struck while standing under trees. SOMK TH1XC1 TO DO. Destroy Hushes and Driers, and Shelter Your Furut Implements. Weeds around the yard and lot cau be cut and got out of the way. This will help the appearance of things and keep the placo from looking so snaky and besides will destrow thousands of weed seeds. Rushes and briars should be shrubbed in the pnstures to let ine grass grow. Many pastures are almost worthless for stock on account of the growth of other things than gruss. Remember that grass does not grow where briars, bushes and trees are allowed to take charge of ...o pasture. It is an acknowledged fact that every farmer should raise all the lot and stable manure possible and now is the time to haul a large lot of leaves and straw, if it is not desirable to straw the lot all over It can be hauled and placed in front of the ntohln A*ww***. .? .w! i .. All tools and farm implements and machinery should he placed carefully away under a shelter. The 01. can and paint brush can he used on some of it to a good advantage. Do not leave any farm implements in the held or out in the weather. It is poor policy, after furnishing the farm with such things, to let them he ruinad by carelessness. Now that farmers are nearly through working their crops there are some things needing attention which have heretofore been put off. Ml terraces should he ploughed to strengthen them and to destroy the weeds and grass on them. AfT breaks In them should he repaired and the lo'v or weak places should be built up. Si Ll'llt'lt BAT1I8 AT HOME. I'liey Ileal the Skin and Take Away Its Impurities. Sulphur baths heal Skin Diseases. Mid give the body a wholesome glow Now you don't have to go off to a tiigh-priced resort to get them. Put i few spoonfuls of Hancock's Liquid Sulphur in the hot water, and you ;et a perfect Sulphur bath right in pour own home. Apply Hancock's Liquid Sulphur Lo the affected parts, and Eczema and ithor stubborn skin troubles are luickly cured. Dr. It. II. Thomas, af Valdosta, Ga., was cured of a painfn 1 skin trouble, and he praises it in the hichost terms Your rlriifriiit jells it. Hancock's Liquid Sulphur Ointment Is the best cure for Sores, Piracies, Blackheads and all Inhumation Gives a soft, velvety skin. "When Roosevelt gets through vith it" says the Florida TimesUnion, "our constitution will be fit for the remnant counter." It was cretty well used up when Roosevelt took charge of it. Having gobbled Korea Japan has ceen too honest to talk about "manifest destiny" or "thrown into our aps by providence." That sort of jtuff is left for civilized Christian nations to indulge in. He who relies on another's table h ipt to dine late.?Italian. The time is never lost that is deotad to work.?Emerson * v/4 ^ REMEDY FOUND. I Eastern Plant That Has Wonder- c ful Healing Power. CURES CONSUMPTION. ' Agricultural Department to Ik'Kin System of Experiments With Fenurrwk, an EuHtcrn Plant, Which In Said to be a Cure and Preventative of All Foriii? of Tuberculosis. A special to The News and Courier from WnKblnir?nn ? 4 " ?o W u oa/o OWIOltl 1/ I Wilson, of the department of agri- > culture, will soon begin experiment- i ing in the arid lands of Texas on the | famous food called fenugreek, which scientists the world over are hailing . as possibly an agency of nature which will combat the ravages of consump- ' tion. < The virture ascribed to fenugreek ' is its ability to build up the very tissues that the germs of consumption ( tear down. Experiments with won- * derfully satisfactory results in the 1 growth of this plant have lieen made ' in California. Nebraska and New Mexico, and the announcement will I soon bo made of its introduction into the arid west section of Texas under irrigation by the department of ag- ' rlculture. 1 But a short time ago fenugreek was utmost unknown in America ex- < cept as a constituent of condition powders for grain and vegetable con- i suming animals. For perhaps hun- 1 dreds of years, however, it has been known in the East, where it has a widespread use as a food and medicine for both man and beast. Its main use in that section of the globe was what suggested its introduction in this country as a cure for consumption. Since time immemorial the Jewish maiden of Tunis has been one who desires much fat and such a dainty weight as 2 50 or 300 pounds is a thing to be desired. With her fat is welcomed and she never complains if she tips the scale at 3 50 or 400. The time-honored traditions of their lot have handed down the use of fenugreek as a fat forming substance, and even to-day it is still used. Physicians recognizing the fact that if they can, in treating a consumptive case, keep flesh on their patient the chances for recovery were greater, came to the conclusion that fonilP?**-?*?If urnuM """ * " . w..URI v\>?? wi i u i?v ui 51 rai UBi; ill them. Accordingly it was introduced and many rei?ort that they have used it with very satisfactory results. The fenugreek plant itself is not unlike common clover, and, indeed is easily mistaken for that plant unless the two are closely compared. The seed of the plant is the part used in the consumption cure, there being several ways by which it can be piepared. Perhaps the easiest way is to put a tablespoonful in a tumbler of water and let it stand over night, drinking the water in the morning. Another method is to mix a coffee spoouful of the seed in strained honey to kill the bitter taste, and then eat the mixture. The women of Tunis, in their quest for fat, eat the seel in the form of a confection and mixed with olive oil and in many otliei ways. Prominent among the few physicians who have tried the plant in che treatment of consumption is l)r. A. S. Mansfelde, treasurer of the Nebraska State Medical Association, wh > has probably carried the experiment further than any other American I practitioner. He was the first to report to the department of agriculture the use of the plant as a cure in this country. Although Dr. Mansfelde has reported concerning one case it was of a nature to show the great possibilities of the plant. The patient .in question was a young Irishman, who ! was in the last stages of the disease, and although in the end he eventually died, his lungs being so far gone ...... I .? ...?? - ? ? bunt ? in ,1 i.uuiu mn rtiimtuil HII> IHM11ly vigor, he is reported to have taken on tlesli and continued to do so for several weeks until the end came. David Fnirchild, agricultural explorer, in charge of the seed and plant distribution of the bureau of plant industry, is responsible for bringing fenugreek to the notice of the American people. While travel- , ing in the East he was struck with the prevalence of fat women and on \ enquiring into the cause got on the track of the plant. He did not think a great deal of the plant until later when he lear .ed that it was one of ' the principal ingredients of condition powders for stock. Putting the two together lie thought that results well worth the trouble could ho received from the plant and accordingly Introduced it into the United States. , It is claimed by some that the j plant can he traced hack as far a^ t the time of Nehuchadnezzer II, when ' it was in common use as a relish foi , meats and as a medicine. Many leg ends have been founded 011 the plant's ! great medicinal value. It is evei stated that Mohamet himself onc< said that if the people knew the val ue of fenugreek they would obtain it even at the price of gold. Anothei legend claims that if a bag of tin seed was tied to a camel's back i Welsh Neck ] HAKTSVIL The 11th session will I Literary, Music, Art, Expression ani graduates of our inaHini, 11 1 w 4VMU nih VVIICftCtt Cl II <1 phasized in every department. Health with electric lights, hot and cold baf nacea. Ilest Christian influences. Mill logue. Holjt, w. Dtirrett, CLI FFORD J UNION, SOUTH A home School of high grrdc. Tl ial normal course lor those preparing Music. Only a limited number of put given to each. Healthful Mountain (' Address. Rev. !!. A Cataloi to any of our customers for the asi it plumbng or hardware business, and page catalogue which will be found yi prices on anything In the supply line. WALKING TIGERS Jaujht in Charleston by a Very Peculiar Accident k Woman Fell And the Crash of Glass and (he Flowing of (loose Was Coincidental. Charleston is after the bltndttgorR ind many of them are run In. The *ost says the rural police think that n the arrest of Sylvia Washington. Fulla Davis and Amelia Rryan. aught last. Thursday near the phos>hate mines they have practically iroken ii?? -? -* " uuoiu?bs oi mo reauale blind timers. These fcamale igers have a queer place to carry the lquor they sell. They line their skirts with half pint bottles of cheap >ooze and sell it by the drink or by in bulk. The woman were committed to jail Thursday by Magistrate Hehrens. In iefault of bond of $300, on a charge >f violating the dispensary laws of the county. The system of Ik>ozc selling was discovered in a peculiar way. One ;>f the women the other day had a particularly large supply of whiskey concealed under her skirts, in the lining. It was contained in halfpint bottles. She was getting along swimmingly, and was doing a good business without much apparent fear of discovery as to the methods of carrying the contraband, but unfortunately, she was not so sure footed as some mules are said to be, and tripped up among the rocks in the region of the Charleston Neck. When the feamale tiger fell, there was a crash and a breaking of glass, while her skirts took on a sickly drenched appearance. The cat was nut of the bag. so to speak, for it was demonstrated that a living barroom had been wrecked, as 'twere, and the police were made wise to a brand newwrinkle in the business. They kept their eyes peeled and as a result three arrests were made of feamale tigers. Sylvia Washington and Julia Davis were captured near the rock fields of the Charleston Mining Company, and Amelia Mryan was placed under arrest at Fettercsso. The feamale tiger is really something brand new. and the skirt trick is another new thing in tiger circles. For some time this liquor peddling business seems to have been in progress. It is though that from now on it will cease to And favor among the damsels who were formerly engaged in the business. Utfkltlrl oiieo I# of ?' ? Fenugreek Is planted in the fall the same as winter wheat and rentes up early in the spring. It attains a height of about that of the ordinary clover and. as stated before when full grown looks about the same. The odor of the plant is familiar to any one who has ever handled condition powders, such as are given to stock At present there is but acorn paratively small quantity of the seed in the United States. The department of agriculture, however, is able to distribute quantities of some size on applications made to the bureau of seed and plant industry. Speaking of the medicinal value of the plant Dr. Mansfelde sa>s: "There can be no doubt that beyond the carbohyhrates and the bitter con tents increasing the appetite, sonic ting else must lie contained in Unseeds that causes the assimulation of fat and the deposition in the tissues Possibly that something aids both in the digestion and the assimulation of fat and the conversion into fat of the carbohydrates one of all these processes." A Government has undertaken to make as analysis of the fenugreek seed with this point in view. Much will depend on the results which he obtains by the examination. Th *C ic Hal/laiioHorc A ma 13 11V 4UI|UU1 IWI 3 FOR Pianos and Organs. You want a sweet toned and n durable instrument. One that will last a loirr. lonu life time. Our prices are the lowest, consistent with the quality. Our references: Are any bank or reputable business house in Columbia Write us for catalogs, prices and terms. _ MALOXK'9 MUSIC IIOUSK, Columbia. S. 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