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WEDDING GLQVE FOR BRIDE ? ,i | Third Finger l? Loft Unetltohed 80 That the Ring Can Be Slipped . A happy era has dawned for the "bride at tb?? fateful moment when the rln# is abo t to he jplaced On her fin ger, Instead of the usual struggle to re? move her left hand glove she will now be able to uncover the thlrg lin ger without effort and without lowing her composure. This delightful rerfult 1m to be ob talned by ??n 'Ingenious "wedding glove" device. The Inside seam on the third finger of the left glove is un Htitfihed, mo that all that the bride need do is to slip hor finger through the slit to receive tho ring. The ttn ger eon JuhI ue easily be slipped back Into the glove after the ceremony. The device will be greatly appro elated not only by the bride, but also by hbe nervous bridegroom. The story of the origin of the wed ding glove has come to light. Some* time ago a girl who had lost her right arm in the hunting field asked for a single wedding glove. Sho remarked on the awkwardness of having to remove her glove with the help of her teeth, and It wu? then Keen that mutters would be greutjy facilitated for the bride If sho pniy hud to uncover the ring finger. The experiment was so succosoful that It urousod the interest of other prospective brides, who saw In It uk boon which would save them from the usual dirtlcultles of removing a whole glove in the moment when the ring 1b about to be put on. ? Exchange. HIS SPEECH WAS GREAT HIT , Pumperton Thought It Was His Wit, But His Wife Discovered the Reason, It was late before Pumporton got homo, but his wife waa Btlll sitting up for him. "Well, John," she greeted him,' "how waa the dinner? And how waa your speech received?" Pumperton took off ^la coat, smil ing genially. "Oh, aplerjdldly, my dear, aplondidly! I Kot there* a bit late, when the others were already at the table, but I Junt slipped in quietly and didn't make any atlr." "Well, how about tho apeech?" ahe reminded hi in. "Did it mako aa much of a lilt ua you expected?" "Oh, yen ? more. None of .the pre ceding speeches had been particular ly clover, and they had hardly raised a smile. Ilut I had no more than atooH up a-r.d begun when they began to laugh. I we fit on, my dear, ana, 1 aa auro you, tbr>y simply ahook. I never have seen any company ao thoroughly entertained. I evon expanded a little ? gave then: a couple of now stories that came into ruy mind. And when I cat down they cheered and clapped aa laughed for minutes. I shall never forget how they laughed." "Yea, 1 can well Imagine do," his wife aald sarcastically. "But tho next time you are to mako an after-dinner speech wouldn't It bo well to put your vest on before leaving homo?" Her Idea of It. Algio Graham Livingston is going to writ? a spelling book, some day, If they let her, according to a wrltor in the Cleveland Leader. "IIow do you spell 'Yainlng?' " she asked the other afternoon, as the big drops came down and spoilt her out door play. In parenthesis bo it Bald (hat ohe isn't big enough to pronounce the letter "r." Hence "Yalning." Her mother gave the desired Infor mation, but Algle, whose proper name Is Elsie, shook her ' head. Her big brother endeavored to assist her, but Algle roguishly declined advice. "Well," said her brother Bob, "how do you spell it?" "H, ?, double 1," came th? answer, like a flash. ? And they wonder where she got It. Fathers of Groat Men. Tho father of Sawiuel Pepys was a tailor. The father of James Mill was i cobbler. The father of Jules Verne wan a day laborer. Oliver Cromwell's father was a brewer. Eplototus was the son of a day laborer. Socrates was tho sen of a day laborer. Olotto, tho artist, van a peasant's son. The fa ther of Plus V. was a shepherd. Tho father of Scaumann was a bookseller. The father < f Plus IV. was a peasant. Tho father >>f Cowley was a grocer. 7 he father < f Charles Lamb was a servant. Mll'"n was the son of a copy ist. Pope's 'ather was a merchant. N'eandcr's fai'ner was a carter. Homer v.uo a lame 's son. First to Practice Palmistry. Gypsies Introduced the practice of palmistry Into England. This appears from a statute of 1531 called an "Acto concerning I'gypsyans," which recites that "afort- this tyme dyverse and many outlanlyssho People, callyngo thom-selfes Il^yptians, using no crafto nor faicte of morchaundyse, havoN cam en lnto'tf is Realme and gono from 81x1 re to SliTte and Place to Placo, n;,vi uved pi ate subtyll and crafty mcar.os to lieceyve the people that they by palmestre could tell menne and womena fortunes, and have by crafto and nibtyltto decoy ved the pooplo of C.elr monoy.* >' ' .V " ' Dcoidod Change. Mrs. Brown ? Do you tbluk mar* changor. a man? Mre. J oues -Vastly. Look at mj hat band. He ? . d to offar me a penny for my t'uv now Ue often orfoi* BC ^ to ? -,t up, HE NEVER EVEN TOOK AIM Bat the Tyro at Hunting Brought Down Two Bird?, and Shot No Mpro. "Only once In my life did I ever do any about lug." said a traveling man, talking to u group In the $afe of one of the big New York hotel*, "and that once I made a real hit. It was In a western town to which iny trip had carried me, and the natives had arranged a prairie chicken hunt for Vie following day. Of course I was Invited. I protested that 1 was out of practice, but t>ey Insisted that I go along, and some one furnished a gun for my use. "Am the only stranger In tbo party, they lot me go ahead, following the dogs closely. I didn't even know what a prairie chicken looked like; tvhethor they would run along the {round or fly. Huddenly I heard a tremendous whirr, the sound, as I enrne to know, of the birds taking jwlng. Ho excited was I that, without raising the gun to my shoulder, I pulled the trigger. 'Bung!' went the gun, and two of the birds fluttered slowly to the ground. " 'He never even took aim,' shouted one of the hunters, and my reputation was made. Thereafter I rested on my laurels, not attempting another shot throughout tho day, or ever slnt MADE EQUALS BY LEARNING With the 8ame Education, Men Will Lose Thtlr Superiority Over Women. Rev. Anna Howard SHaw said re cently In Philadelphia of an oppo* nent of co-education: "Perhaps lio objects because he la aware that equal education does away with man's superiority. The average man, of course, won't be superior to the average woman when they are both equally well educated. His as sertions won't be accepted then un quostlonlngly. "Indeed his assertions already are beginning to bo questioned here ah<t< there. Thus there was a young chap at the seashore last month who on be ing refused by a beautiful girl said: "'You have broken my heart.' "But the girl, a medical student, laid her white hand lightly on hi* breast a moment, and then shook her head nad said: " 'No, there Isn't the least evidence of organic lesion. I notice a slight palpitation, due, no doubt, to the ex cc88lve use of cheap cigarettes, but otherwise the organ Is quite perfect.' " | Horse Pedometors. The whorls of hair on the coats of horses and other animals are natural pedometers, inasmuch as they regis ter the locomotive activities of the animals on whose bodies they are found. The best examples and the greatest number of these hairy whorls and crests are found on the domestic horse. A notable instance is the graceful feathering that extends along the hollow of tho flank, dividing the trunk of tho animal from the hind quarters. There are alsq crests and whorlB on tho horse's chest, and other parts of Its body. A study of the action of the under lying muscles explains the origin of these peculiarities in tho lay of tfie hair and furnishes tho justification for calling them pedometers, although the analogy is, of course, merely super flcal. Mixed Patriotism. ^ Up In tho Nineteenth assembly dis trict they are telling this story of a fallon political idol. In the rounds of his social activities he attended an afternoon entertainment given by the Outdoor Playground association. Among the vocal selections rendered by the children was "My Country, Tls of Thee." At the conclusion of that hymn the political idol was called upon for a few remarks. Ho address ed the audience with emotion. "Children," he said, "It does, my heart good to hear you. Scarcely ever have I hoard 'The Star-Spangled Ban ner' so beautifully sung." ? New York Times. Fine Horses of Mixed Blaod. Since the beginning of the seven teenth century Jerez de la Forontera has been tho most noted horse-breed ing center of Andalusia, for many hun dreds of years famous for its fine horses. Jerez de la Forontera was one of the first and last Moorish strong holds In Spain, and the best horses there were all bred from famous Arab stallions, so that what Is known as an Andaluslan, or Spanish, horse has al ways a good deal of Arab blood; it has, however, been crossed with 60 many other breeds, especially Flemish, that today the Spanish horse Is not registered in the books of record of pure-blood animals. Expensive Bravery., The manager of a shooting gallery patronized by women was glad to get another pupil, but ho could not exactly sympathize with her husband's motive for urging her to acquire crack murk manship. "One night when she was staving alone up in the country a burg' or get into the house," the husband "and she bed to fire six shots at*Ht v before she touched him, and thoa a? '*ily erased the tail of his coat, it * ?I eked extravagance to waste can Mgee like that, and she's got v -f ? . K.& -AL rV- - - - - ? NURSES SHOULD NOT SNORE On? of Them Tellf How the Habit Keeps Them From Holding ^ Good Placet. "In all thoae mouths I was In tlu . hospital somebody ought to bavf* warned me, 1 think," said the trained nurse. "Of course I bad U from the folka at home that I anored a little, but I never took it aerlouely until I went on ?my flrat case. I found then that It la a aeriout matter for a, nurse to anore. "I fcuok the oase from a nurae whos^ own walth had broken down. The patient wuu nervous and excited over the contemplated change, and that mado my ordeal more severo; e^branM new cabo of my own would baveVboen jnuch easier. Still, we got along fkirly well together the flrat half of the nlgbt. He waa a kindly man, and soon after midnight he lnalated tbat I should try to get jpoxne aleep. I didn't think I'd catch a wink, but by and by I dozed off. It was a fatal aleep for mo. The next morning the patient's slater told me about the snoring. " 'James could not real at all,' she said. 'I beard you in the next room.' "Before night I was looking tot an*i other Job. Of course I did not have to give up nursing entirely, but the hard cases, where I am required to keep awake every second, are open to me. All {hose soft snaps that give you a chance to aleep half the night are beyond the reach of the pnorlng nuqse." PIGEONS ON A JAMBOREE Drink Liquor Spitted In the 8tr??t and Qavo Real Exhibition of Drunkenneee. A heavy truck loaded high with kegs of liquor was joking across a line of downtown car tracks when' one of the kegs toppled and fell from the top of the pile Into tho street. It was thoroughly smashed, so the truck man whipped up his team and went his way without stopping. The rum flowed out over the street ? one little dent In the paving collecting a visible puddle of It. In a few mlnutos n pigeon came flut tering down to drink at the pool thus fortunately provided for thirsty birds. The faitlal taste was a surprise, but a second and a third soon followed, and soon the pigeon tottered flutter ing away, too overcome to fly. Other birds, seeing him there and anxious to wet their parching throats on so sultry a day, followed their brother in his path of wicked intemperance. Five minutes later a passerby was astonished to see a dozen pigeons in the gutter of the otherwise deserted street, some dancing drunkenly, others already sound asleep. A few feet away a hound of disreputable appear ance was creeping up, slowly and a trifle unsteadily, on his .unsuspecting nnd bibulous quarry. As he was al most among the birds his feet went suddenly in several, directions and he lay in the gutter among the pig eons, growling sleepily to himself, for ho, too, was drunk. ' ^ Misleading Names. Practically all the wooden clockk called Dutch are made in the village of Freyburg, in the Black Forest. This misnomer is due to simple mispronun ciation ? "Deutsch" meaning, of course, German. Nothing is more natural than to assume that India ink comes from India, but it does not, and never did, any more than does India rub ber. India ink is a Chinese product, and India rubber comes from South Amerlcrf.. Camel's hair brushes are not made from the hair of camels, but from tne hair of the tails of Rus sian and Siberian squirrels. Camel's hair Is, however, employed in the man ufacture of certain fabrics to be made into shawls, etc., and is sometimes mixed with Bilk. Hoodooed Her Hair. Another black mark has been chalked down against number thir teen. "I did up my hair the other night in curl papers torn from an old calen dar," said the pretty girl, "and in the morning when I took it down I had a row of beautiful curls all around my head except right over the left tem ple. That lock was as straight as a lead pencil, and I had dampened it with lemon juice just like all the oth ors, but when I unrolled the paper I found out why it wouldn't curl. The page I had twisted it over was the thirteenth of the month." Navajo Blankets. Much unadulterated nonsense ha* been written concerning the symbol ism of Navajo Indian blankets, and the poetry, legend, tradition and history woven by the squaw into its fabric. It is true that some designs have a sym bolic meaning, but Hopl, Zunl and Apache symbols are used quite as freely as those peculiar to the Navar jos. The Navajo squaw Is one of the least imaginative and least poetical of human beings, and it is quite safe to say that even when symbolic de igns are employed in basket wear* i it is without the remotest refer* ^nce to their true significance. Asbestos Shingles. Asbestos shingles are now being manufactured in this country with suo ' < e?s, and the trade has grown enor , uously. The new products are of the Vest weight, and fireproof up to a literature df 1,000 and more de They are proof against nolo ".it her, and Isst as long nuihlln* will. , jgjSm BIG DEMONSTRATION W. GEISENHEIMER'S ^ j c ^ Camden, b. C. ... . | ' ? "?7*? ^ February 19 th to 24th . ' ' OF THE i ' ==3====== Celebrated Cameron Malleable and Ingot Iron Ranges By MRS. J. 1 M. WHITTED, Lecturer on Domestic Science* Delicious lunch cooked on the "CAMERON" and served free to all who visit our store during this exhibition. Expert Lecturer and Demonstrator from the Factory to show you why the "CAMERON" Malleable and Ingot Iron Range is the b6st made. FOR SALE. One 2-??ory dwelling on Lyttle ton street. Lot 100x260 feet, two servants houses, wood house, fowl house. 1 large barn and stables. All lu first class condition. House furnished with mahogany furniture thruout. On^ of the most desira ble residences in tho city. Price is right. One lot and store building on corner DeKalb and Broad sts., lot 60x200. Store house, first story brick, second wood. Six rooms. One brick office 25x30, known as Camden News office. Rents now for $600 per year. * This a cheap piece of property. Price $7,000. 108 acres land, 7 miles north of Camden, 3 miles of DeKalb, lies well, no improvements. $12.50 oer acre. ~ One plantation, 2 1-2 miles north of Blaney. 450 acres ? 200 in cul tivation, 100 in pasture with wire fence. 160 wood land, some tim ber, plenty to keep up place. This is one of the nicest farms in that section. One 3-room dwelling new. Seven tenant houses, all .occupied by good labor. One large barn an 1 stables. Make bale ootton to the acre. Sandy loam clay subsoil, with plenty of bottom land for corn, oats, etc. Well watered. On Twenty Five Mile Creek. $22.50 per acre. Terms One-third, cash, balance 1, 2 'and 3 years at 7 per cent interest. Hough Realty Co., 1045 Main St., Columbia, S. C., or See W. C. Hough, Camden, Phono 14. Corporal Punishment a Violation of The Constitution. The General Assembly oould prob ably save time from the discussion of a bill regulating the infliction of corporal punishment in the State penitentiary by referring to section 19, of Article 1 of the State Con- j stitution, the first - two sentences of which read: Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel or unusual pun ishment inflicted, nor shall witness- 1 ea.J?o. unrtjasonably detained. Cor-! poral puuishmtut shall ?not? b?? In flicted." The Inhibition In the Constitution against r'|Corporal pun ishment" is without any limit what soever. The legislature1 can confer no power upon any officer to In? f Hot corporal punishment. Conse quently it appears that a statute regulating the Infliction of a pun ishment, which ' is .itself unlawful; would be surplusage. Columbia State. ? 1 ? Ray-Killed Bacteria. w A method for sterilising milk witfc* out beating or adding preaervatlTM Is claimed to have been effectively dem onstrated recently In Hollard; An ap paratus has been constructed, It Is explained, whereby the milk flow* la a thin stream along an electric light, the ultra violet beams working on the bacteria. The result It attributed to 'he quality of the osoife formed under be influence of the light ? The Argo naut, NOTICE. Headquarters Republican County Executive Committee/' Camden, S. C., Feb. 12, \912 A call is hereby made tor a Coun ty Convention of the Union Repub lican Party of Kershaw County, to be heJd at Camden, S. G,^ Feb. 24, 1912, at 12 m. for the purpose of electing three delegates and three alternate delegates to attend the State Convention, which moots in Columbia, 8. C., Feb. 29, 1912, and five delegates and three alternate delegates *. to attend the District Convention to be held at Rock Hill, S. C., on or about March 16, 1912. J. D. McClester, Co. Chrm. R. H. Haile, Secretary. Feb. 16-2t. v .. Excursion Rotes via Southern Rail-, "V,V way. Mobile, Ala*., Pensacola, Fla., and New Orleans, La. ? Account Mardi Qras celebration. Tickets will, be on sale Feb. 13th to 19-th inclusive, limited to reach original starting point not later than midnight of* March 2nd, 1912. Extension may be made by depositing tickets and upon payment of $1.00 per ticket. Charleston, S. C. ? Account Men and Religion Forward Movement. Tickets frill be on sale Feth 10, 11 "and i2, limited to reach original starting point not later than mid" night of Feb. 20th, 1912. For further Information as to rates, tickets, etc., call on Southern Railway ticket agents. vcre '.veil known In this. <" " ";:.A utxteenth cen tury; "]y v*onie in, borrow ed Irv: ? the feevcntenth century > 'o"*nced.- Florlo, n't the i" ? ^v.?r contury, de flnecT f V" "-the first wore V ----- to call their < ? '? ? ?v '(lad,1 'dadr die' or ? x -tv.V'Jrt bo the comiuc. tho ' two. Nattslm* ? ? hflf father '(???? ? : cn r papa; but Greek h-.- >'?">. Welsh has "tat," ar. . Climbing for Cats. . A. Soy In northern Michigan was out hunting and saw two cats up a tree. The family needed a pussy about, and so he fold down his gun and took a dumb. What he didn't know until too late was that the animals were wild cats. Before he could lay hold of the oats they laid * hold of him, and the doctor who attended his hurts oount ed up 41 bites and scratches. In hunt ing for cats be careful that you don't get the wrong br^ed. Chelee Reeding. There it no doubtable * good 4* tective story Is better than a ?torf ?r > prmMmttTM) McMmn Ok** J. H. MOORE L Contractor and Builder ; Camden, S. G. Estimates furnished on all classes of work, Wood or Brick. Satisfaction Guaran teed. Don*t wait to look ?for a man, but 'Phone isfr. Telephone 227-L When you want your home wired for Lights or Bells. SHANNON B. KIRKLANP ? Zemp's Drays When you want yot# Tmnks hauled or any other drayage done, Tek^ phone 37. Prompt an<^ safe delivery guaranteed.