Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Flame?The reward of one who is willing to be chronically misquoted by the newspapers. To Prevent Klnod PoUonlnr Pply tt once the wonderful, old reliable DR. PORTER'S A NT I SEPTIC HEAL1NU OIL., a surgical dressing that relieves pnln and heali at the same time. 16c. 1.0c. $1.00. Secured. Patience?How in the world did he ever secure a husband? Patrice?To her apron-string. For SUMMER HEADACHES Hicks' CAPUDINE Is the best remedy? no matter what causes them?whether from the heat, sitting In draughts, feverish condition, etc. 10c., 23c and DOc per bottle at medicine stores. Adv. Lo, the Poor American! r?_ ? J" - ?' " .,ar,u|i uiiiaejjmii 01 iMtcnour^ anu Menad Estabobrakamasian of Lowell went llshing yesterday In Lake Chargoggagoggtnanchaugagoggchaubnnagu n ganmug, near Worcester, with their cousin, Haijjoman Saralaneroparanian, whom they are visiting for the weekend, but you would never have learned It from us if we hadn't been able to paste it-?Boston Globe. INEXPENSIVE SULPHUR BATHS AT HOME Peoplo travel long distances and spend large sums of money to sccuro the benefits of sulphur springs and baths because for generations sulphur has been known to be one of nature's most valuable curatives unequalled as a blood purifier, lty dissolving 2 to 4 tablespoonfuls of Hancock's Sulphur Compound in a hot bath you get the same effect and your system absorbs the sulphur through the pores of the skin. For prickly heat and summer skin troubles of infants and children use a teaspoonful of the Sulphur Compound in a'bowl of warm water. This makes a refreshing bath and quickly alleviates the pain. Sold by all dealers 50c. a bottle. Hancock Liquid Sulphur Co., Baltimore, Md.?Adv. Plant That Catches Its Food. The common bladderwort, ar\ aquatic plant, not only defends Itself against insects and animals, but catches worms and fish for its food. Ab it floats underneath the surface of the water its leafy branches spread out in all directions. Its leaves are covered with little oval bladders lilled with air, and at one end of each blad der iB a cavity which leads into the mouth below. Inside the bladder is a small trap door which opens when nrncciiro to wttf /? ? i* a ? ??11 K.vuuu.u 10 i?ui uii il. jv biiiuii worm or a small (lsh can enter this door, but they can never come out. Identified Himself. The whizzing motor car struck a and one.of the occupants of the back seat, a lady possessed of considerable embonpoint, executed a neat but not gaudy parabola in the atmosphere and alighted by the roadside like a polypus falling from a shot tower. "I don't believe I have broken any bones," she stated, in reply to the inquiry of the omnipresent bystander; "but there is a lump on this bank that?" "Lump?nuthin'!" snarled a sinoth ered voice. "I'm the constable that's goln' to arrest you gosh-durney joyriders, if I live!"?Judge. Egged Off. De Wolf Hopper, at a luncheon in New York, said of a bad actor: "He's had hints enough to quit the stage, dear knows. He's had more hints than Phatt. "Phatt, after a brief experience on the road as 'Hamlet,' returned to his Job in Canal street. " 'How did you come to leave the stage?' I asked him one night. " 'I had hints that I wasn't suited to it,' ho replied. "ThinlHnrr hn mnn n K"-1*1 1 n uu uiuuill. IUO tl IIR'S, I said: " 'Aha, the litle birds told you, eh?" " 'Well,' said he, 'they'd have become birds, 1 suppose, if they'd been allowed to hatch ' " f Like a Pleasant Thought ? of an old friend? Post Toasties with cream. Sweet, crisp bit* of white Indian corn, toasted to an appcuzjng, goiaen Drown. A delightful food for breakfast. lunch or supper ? always ready to serve instantly from the package. "The Memory Linger a*' For a pleasing variation sprinkle some Grape-Nuts \over a saucer of Post Toasties, then add cream. The combined flavour is some, thing to remember. \Poetnm Cereal Company, Limited Battle Creek, Michigan J ^ lt , f s \ > 4^ ,' \ Jk 4ti WORK OF CYCLONE Acts as Matchmaker and Reunites Lovers After Many Years of Misunderstanding. By JOHN ALWAYNE. "Why don't you an* the Widow Wilson git hitched?" his cronies would ask of William Yoakum at the village store. And Yoakum, with a sudden flash of anger in his blue eyes, would answer: "I don't go courthi' no women. When they want me let 'em send for me." All of which would duly find Us WAV tr? thn Wi/fnw ?^ vuv ?? (UV It ?? llOWll o I'ill S through the wives of the various auditors of Yoakum's ultimatum. Nevertheless it did seem strange that two old friends should live in chilly Isolation upon neighboring ranches. True the ranches were quarter sections, and at least half a milo lay between the two houses. But they were the nearest neighbors of one another. and they had known each other since childhood. Yoakum was a man of fifty, and the widow might have ; been forty-five?though she did not look anywhere near it. There were few residents of the little Kansas settlement who remembered the time when it had been a frontier outpost. But everybody know that old man Parley and old man Yoakum had migrated together and fought Indians together. The children had grown up together and everybody had expected them to get married. Then Wilson had come along and snatched Adeline Parley out of Y'oakurn's hand?almost literally, for the bans had been announced when the startling news came from Kansas City that the pair were man and wife. Old Farley forgave his daughter and took ' her home when Wilson deserted his young bride; but Yoakum never got over It. He went to California and was not heard of for five and twenty years. Then he drifted back to take up land in the town of his birth, to find all his old friends scattered or dead, and Adeline Wilson, a widow, fanning her father's land. Yoakum had never married. Gossips averred that he and the widow would soon come together, even 9 Jiff ;f?i "It All Seems Like a Dream." though a bitter enmity seemed t( rage between them. Hut Yoakum was proud as well aa shy. Thus, when h< was twitted, h>? returned the answei given above. "I should think, Adeline, that a com paratively young woman like yoi would think of marrying again," hei friends would say, thinking of hei neighbor. "If it's Will Yoakum you're think ing of," Mrs. Wilson answered, "you'n all dead wrong. When a man want! to come courting me, let him conn and ask me. I don't go out of th< way to invite any man into my home.' "I'll never enter her home until sh< asks me," was Yoakum's answer, ant the two stood pat. Inwardly both re gretted the position they had taken Each had secret romantic remem brances of that period when thej were sweethearts, but the widow's will was as Inflexible as his. They were not enemies; when thej i met they would bow and sometimes speak, but their spoken words actet as a barrier between them. Thus matters ran along for a year aftei Yoakum's return. March came, snowy and blustering The winds were incessant. Yoakunr. was harnessing his horse for the first plowing one day when he felt a vio lent blow on the back of the head. He turned to defend himself, but every thing swam before his eves, and mitf tho sense of being carried away on e swift river, ho lapsed into uncon sclousness. "fie opened his eyes ages later, at it seemed, and the first thing they 111 upon was tho Widow Wilson. He was lying in bed in a darkened room, and she sat by his side. Hei eyes were red from crying. Yoakum endeavored to sit up. "Hush!" she said, gently pressing him backward. "Vou have been very ill. You must lie still." The widow, in his house! Yoakum had often pictured the possibility ol such an occurrence, but now, to his surprise, his sensation was one )1 shame. He looked at her as well ae he could in the obscurity of the room Except that she wus more matronly and that threads of gray showed at her temples, she might have been the same Adeline Farley, and he might have parted from her a few minutes before. "Adeline." he said timidly, "it all seems like a dream to me." Adeline was silent, but he could see that she. too, was moved. "It seems as though we hadn't been parted these five and twenty years, Adeline," he resumed. "Do von r&. ! member when wo went down to the stream that night I asked you, and found a bunch of wild myrtle growing, and hew I put it lu your hair?" "And then you told mo you loved me." said Adeline. "And I've loved you ever since," Addie," he continued, taking her hand. ! Adeline Wilson made no resistance, i but her eyes were still downcast. "Why did you marry Wilson, dear?" ! asked the man. For the first time slio raised her eyes. "I guess because 1 was a fool. Will," she answered. "And ycu couldn't manago to care for me just the least bit. coulu you, Addie?" ho asked. The widow wa3 tracing out the pat- j tern upon the counterpane. "Why wouldn't you come to see me?" she asked suddenly. "I guess for the same reason that i you married Wilson." he answered. "I'm stubborn, as yor are. But I'm sorry. And when J think that it was you who gave in and came to me, it just makes me feel cheap. Bid they get the robbers?" "Robbers? What robbers?" asked Adeline, looking at him cuiiously. "The men who struck mo down. Slick fellows they must have been, too. There was I. sitting beside my plow in broad daylight when they got me and 1 never so much as saw or heard them." "Where do you think you are, Will?" inquired the Widow Wilson. "Why, at home, of course." he answered. "Where else should 1 be? But 1 see you've changed the furniture round, haven't you?" The Widow Wilson was laughing aud crying hysterically. Yoakum looked at her !n wonder. "Don't you know that when our i fathers built their homes they made them both the same and got the samo kind of furniture?" she asked when she had recovered her self-possession. "You mean?that I'm in your house. Addie?" he cried. "Who brought mo here?" "You brought yourself, my dear, yesterday morning. There weren't any robbers. Will, it was a cyclone. Picked you up from your plow and carried you nicely through the air and planked you down beside mo on a bed of hay I'd pulled down for Ilessie and her calf. If that plow hadn't toppled over on your head?" Dut the Widow Wilson did not have a chance to finish just then for William Ycakum had caught her in his arms with surprising strength for a sick man to show; and you can't talk I when you arc being kissed, they say. UNMOVED BY GOOD FORTUNE John McCluskey Evidently Possessed of All the Weil-!tno\vn Calmness of the Scotch Nature, It was said of John McCluskey when ho visited tlie states that he was the calmest man in the world. i uruuKiiuui ins sixiy years no nail boon a farm laboror in Scotland. Some months previously his brother James died and left a fortune of several hundred thousand dollars to the brother he had not soon since they bade each other good-by in the heather forty years before. 1 A lawyer was appointed the ad* ministrator. It was his duty to find the lucky brother. r "He. was slicing turnips for the sheep on his employer's farm, up " among the mist-clad hills of Scot- 1 1 land," said the man of law, "when I r found him. I had traced his life from r the old farm on which ho was born step by step through the forty years ! * of ill-paid and often most unpleasant 3 labor, before I found him. It was not 3 difficult, for he had hold but few po3 sit ions in all those years Everyone 3 in the countryside knew him. "'Are you John McCluskey?' I J asked. 1 "'I am,' said he, without taking his - eyes from the turnips nnd the knife. " 'Your brother James is dead in - New York,' said I r "'Aw eel, aw?el, all men must e'en ! t die,' he said, slicing away. "'lie left you a good fortune,' said r I. 'I want you to come to the houso i with me, so that I can establish your 1 identity and i-rrango for you to enter t into possession of the estate.' r " 'I'll talk to ye at sax o'clock, young man,' said he. 'I'll be busy tilt men. i ne roriuno will Keep, but the i turnips will not." " Quite Correct. > During the army maneuvers two of. fleers of the Royal artillery were disi pi* ting about the classification of a i tree. One said it was a birch tree, and the other an oak tree. They coulrl not agree, so they called a gunner who ; was sitting near by and asked him if L he could tell them what kind of tree it was. I The gunner looked up and down the tree, walked all round it, drew his i i sword, and began cutting it. Tho officers asked him what he meant by I this behaviour, when he looked up at ' them and answered: "I am trying to discover what kind i of tree it is." ' Inspecting the gash he had made, i With the air of a sage the gunner ! at length delivered his long-expectod i verdict: , "It's a wooden one, sirs!" UNCLE SAM AND THE RAILWAY Railways Claim the Government Forces Them to Carry the Mails at Enormous Loss. Athens, Ga.. August 22.?Under the heading, "Be Honest Even With the Railroad," Tho Banner of this city makes the following editorial comment regarding the contention of the 1 ranroaas liiat the postofflce departmout is underpaying them for handling tlio mails: "To carry the people's mail quickly, safely and frequently is a social obligation which the railroads freely concede. It is a service voluntarily performed for no law compels a rail- . road company to carry malls unless it contracts to do so. The courts hold, however, that If the railroads so contract, they must do so on terms named by tho government. "Though surrounded by these anomalous conditions, the railroads have without stint placed their resources at the disposal of the Nation to develop tho transportation of mails to the highest possible state of efficiency. This service has been paid for at a price fixed by the government, a price from which the carriers liavs had no uppeal. Railroad ot!lcers have felt, ever since the present method of railway mail payment was established in 1873. that this compensation was unjustly low. "This opinion is still held by experienced railroad ofllcers throughout the country, but with even greater firmness and earnestness, on account of the Increasing costs of railroad operation combined with frequent heavy reductions in railway mail pay made by the government. "The railroads maintain that at present they are underpaid by at least $15,000,000 per year. It is their belief that a fair adjustment would requlro that tho government should pay tho railroads for all services they render*'4 I Announce Seven Grades of Corn. Washington.? Seven grades of com- i merclal corn tentatively formulated by tho Department of Agriculture'* office of grain standardization were announced. Tho descriptions were , given out by Acting Secrotary Calloway so the public may bo fully informed regarding them before they finally aro adopted as the official American standard grades for commercial corn. A formal hearing will be hold here the latter part of September or some time during October, when Government officials will listen to any objections or suggestions from the corn trade or others interested beforo the grades finally are adopted. Rumors of 20 Million Dollar Loan. Paris. -No confirmation ran be obtained here of the report from Mexico City that bankers of Paris and j other European capitals have made i an offer to President Tluerta to float n new loan of $20,000,000. On the contrary the report is not believed by tho lianque do Paris Et Pays Has. which took a leading part in the previous loan to tho Mexican government. The story is also discredited ay me ounKing liouse uT Kazan! Freres. The French foreign office, it 1 appears, continues to take the attitude that it would he unwise for French hankers to lend money to the Mexican government until the United States government has recognized the lluerta administration. Loggerhead Sponges as Fertilizer. Washington, I). C.?The depart- ! ment of agriculture, through its bu- . reau of soils, has recently completed analysis of the lx>ggerhead sponge which grows abundantly in the waters of southern Florida to determine its value as a fertilizer. This sponge, i according to Mr. Thomas K. Reedy, of Key West, grows in countless thou sands and to an enormous size in I shallow water where it is easy to procure. Mr. Reedy also states thnt the farmers of the Florida Keys use the Ixiggerhead sponge 'with wonderfu-J ! results and hardly ever use chemical fertilizers. I)r. 11, F. Moore of the U. S. bureau of fisheries, cites the use of this sponge by citrus fruit growers ' on the Florida mainland and states > that he has seen this sponge growing : in such quantities that he has long thought it should be exploited. Aid in the Crop Movement. Washington. ? The Treasury De- , partment began making deposits of the additional $50,000,000 government funds that are to he placed with banks in the agricultural states to aid in the movement. The first deposits wore made in the reserve cities in | the Southern states among wlich it j is officially stated were Baltimore, Richmond, Atlanta and M< mphls, the three latter each receiving $750,000. Tlie apportionment of the funds 1ms been completed according to informa- f tion at the department. Demands That Protection be Offered. Washington. Senator Penrose addressed a letter to Secretary Bryan demanding that ho telegraph Provisional President Huerta and General Carranza warning them that the American Government will hold them personally responsible for any harm inflicted upon Americans at Chihuahua who have been threatened by revolutionists. Shirley C. Hulse. sonin-law of I.Ieutnant Governor Reynolds of Pennsylvania, and his fam- , ily, are among the 46 Americans in j the threatened group. I I Lamo and Sheep. "Oh. dear! Something else to remind me that my boy is growing up." "What now?" "The sheepish way he looks when I call him my little lamb!"?L.ipplncott's. No. SIX-SIXTY-SIX This is a prescription prepared especially for Malaria or Chills and Fever. Five or six doses will break j any case, and if taken then as a tonic the fever will not return. 25c.?Adv. Weird Work. "What's this; volcano in action?" "No." "Town on fire?" "No, no; still life. Piece of huckleberry pie, painted by a cubist." nOF.S YOITU HE AO ArilRf Try nick*' CAPUDINK. It's liquid?pteiuf r.nt to take?rfTccts Immediate?jjoh! to prevent Sick ilrailarhm nn<l Nenroutt Itcailnchpn ?Ihc. Yonr money back if not Batlnticd. 1UCm2Jc.MiI 60c. at medicine store. A<Jv. Exactly. "That was a very warm argument." | "No wonder, with so much hot air j in it." 1' MB ALCOHOL ? 3 PER CENT jtj* Ij AXvtfctaWc Preparation for Assimilnlin^ the Food and Reg ula k:H ting the Stomachs and Bowels of f ?BUii JICLJJJdiiii iitii Promotes Digestion,Chcerfulfj , ness and Rest Contains neither lP Opium.Morphine nor Mineral Not Narcotic Rropt OU DrSA.HVa.fYTr/rER III /tuyrhm S?*d 2^1 j4ts ~ \ i - /fetktU* Sa/fj - j If? izis"Jr K Vl /rrptrmtnl - \ ft | h'vrmScd . I tr I C/mrdmJ Syfjr ] |5C Wi*%rfrttn /7*vrtr / i$> A perfect Remedy for Conslipa- j >M lion. Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea, I v{; Worms .Convulsions .Feverish- 1 ncss and Loss of Sleep \ h<\\ f;??! Fac Simile Signature of ' I?1 j The Centaur Company. i P i A V v; ) R1'| _ ^ XGuai nntecif under the Foodand) | Exact Copy of Wrapper. &S MBIT ? madc * E Your Mca jrThe Old Time Quality J clothing nt 97.AO uimI up guarantying gr??uL< und a uuiru perfect til than other* can po**lbly give ? Let Us Send You Si tu fashion Illustration*. Inst ruction* fron - any Inn 9 urmiienta W illi our ot iirati- system Wa posit I W ?<>lii to *ut Isfuot Ion. Our low prior* will a*tor 9 tuk? tlirir nriliTH m your spiiro tlmo I'.ztra prl M prot'.l Ui pay fur your own null. Can appoint you i lB HXf? for Bamplti today, Wo ic n CHICAGO WOOLEN MILLS, Dept.46, 833 111 kiiiiifc IdJf^ALAKlA; If not sold by your druggist, UUUi!l on receipt of price. Arthur isMmmsim Teaches tlo<>kktic,>lntf, Shorthand nnil tho Cominerrl 'iirfi! tnarhera. Olio of tho oldest anil most rella Uruentboro, North CurolUiA, for loforuaUon The Wretchedness of Constipation Can quickly be overcome by CARTER'S LITTLE ^2^ LIVER PILLS. Purely vegetable AtHSF* - p ?act surely and ADTFD-^ gently on the JKSgfiBAiiirEiFr liver. Cure IWjTXKr biliousness, Vh'K Head- | MmmM ness, and Indigestion. They do their duty. , SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE. Genuine must bear Signature flu KODAKS FINISHING I ftil 11m? Send for catalogue antl prloen. Q. L. HALL OPTICAL COMPANY ** Iw* Norfolk Richmond Lynchburg, Va. LISTEN TO THIS It Will Interest You A postal card with your address to \\\ W dail, box no. 1057. norfolk, va., will bring you fkke a sample fountain pen, equal in every resp-rt to any first-CLASS fkn on the market MORPHINE BACCOHifcHt'ceted RW| bv new painless method, HO DEPOSIT w m OD FEE required until cure ia effected. Endorsed by Governor and other State officials. Home or sanitarium treatment. Booklet Tree. DR. POWER GRIBBLE, Supt. Sos 902, Lebanon, Teas., Cedarcroft Senitarioa 4&mt nnnPCY TIIKATWI>. ?.1 v.- qalek r.?> 4 ^ ' lief, ueumlly remove ewnlj ling and short liraith In a few days and iK. vL. entire relief In lh-tSdaye, trial treatment *V*8 KKF.E. BB.eUUSttttOSS, Hot A,AUeele,Ue. I Delicious - Nutrition* Plump and nut-like in flavor, thoroeg|% cooked with choice pork. Prepared the Libby way, nothing can be more egge> tizing and satisfying, nor of greater feed alue. Put up with or without toesnfee sauce. An excellent dish served site hot or cold. erniu For Infants and Children, The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the A* v Signature / ?.w 0" For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA TH OINTAU1 OOMPAMV. HfW YORK CTrr. t bn lAlIor m(u1i> forjoss. For .... la ...rump luaur III oniur ir vnlix-s. ln'tior workmanship i. HI* dujr dtilivnrj tfuaranleed. rftgSxjtfNa^^ gmple Outfit porlcncod parson can take nieasvcly ffuarunteo u fit mid ul?- tmj ilsh roar frw-nil* anil neighbors? ^HUm lea list furnished. Make enough HB^BV oa our representative. BUMMMK it's pern ont-hal/. BMHH y I W. Jackson Blvd..Chicago aSflRSp?. Peter & Co., Louisville. Ky. BL^Uul ni Kranchfji. Courses t?y mull. Able and expert* 1)1" schools In the stale. Write the Hcfcool a*before taking a business course. Bo vsooltma TYPEWRITERS Ai" makes, sold, rented and llwlr'^''T sk'llfully repairei. Rented j!W $5 for 3 months and ape sSsijJJg^r rent applies on purchaan. American Typewriter Exchange, Inc. Home Office. 605 E. Main St. Richmond. Va. A nAI r'O n r n a AUULI' O DLKbABlUI HAIR DRESSING Delightfully perfumed, softens the bmac; cleanses and enlivens the scalp, cents at all drug stores or sent by mat) postpaid on receipt of price in stamps VIRGINIA LABORATORY U1 W. Main Street Norfolk. V^. A School Of Trie Hidhesf _ Grade New buildinO ? Accommodating f\TA1oOt* 500 S?udenlsJgS?^>^ ^ ^C^DAVIS-WAGNER BUSINESS COLLEGE. II* W(M MAIN St. /_ NORFO' K. VA hairRbalsSIm llitpe toeradlratn itudmL IpKwr -? For Restoring Color and IrMfQlfy .Jm Baautjr to Gray or Iidad Hals KODAK FINISHIMft rallllnO "7 photographic apeelallaU. Amj raM At I ?"**** raloped for I Or. Print* to to *o.ltall n? KM&ftSTOfifc . ; 1 JOHN L.T110Ml"S<)NHONSaCO,TrojJLt?.