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ARISTOCRACY. 2 your mother tit hoipe, JJubf* | "No. Mir. Mother l? at the poll*-? ! ittiloQ" "What It* alio dot iik there?" "ruinUhlng hw41 CiM -our ohauffeur, ; who was arreated while taking her to town In our Automobile -thin morn "Id your father hero?" - \ "N o, Kir, Kather in court." "I aee H<* ??? helping, your mother to 1 'h>- < itaurrwtir aet free, }? ' be?" " ; "No, father ha? been J ?m1 for de- ] ?troylng book* that the government waoted III a trwat bunting caae." *Aud are you the only child your I parentM have?" ?; "No, wlr. I have a Hlnter." ? "Ih nhe ut home?" "Hhr'M Olll ftt 909 of the ' OHM :ry eluba entertaining ft l-'ronch count," "Well, It |? evident that yoOr 'amlly belong* to our mout aristocratic Ifrflffeln* ' ? . - ? ? ? ? -J Oenerous Boy. Little Jfarry'u parent* alwaye kept a barrel of applet* In the cellar, Not long ago they moved next door to an or phans' ''home. tfhortly after .movlhg llairy'n mother notf< < t) that the Hp plea ?llHap|M H|? <| , wtO, k,r(t at rapidity. Marry," nh? a*k? <1 <>n?' morning, "what in going on with <mr apple* ?" ".Mother," he replied, "I have to cat a great many applia." "I am vrllliUK that v i hhonld have all the app)?*a you want. Hut why do,' you eat ho many lately?" "Well, 1 have to eat a great many 'cuueo tho orphan* want the <ore?." ? Judge. HAD TIME TO GET HUNGRY. Customer ? Aro you the waiter who took my order for that. chop,? 'Walter ? Yi>?, air. Customer? Bless mo, how you hav? j grown! Human Nature. j A man may wont* :t pleasant smile, <? Ami !><? I i villain gfflt; A ffmy pi'-Hvh on iioni'Hty And later top- a till. Noble Sacrifice. "Why doesn't Jabe/. Jones go to work and g<H' prosperous?" "Because," replied the loyal friend, "ho's a patriot who never neglects his duty as a citizen. lie has been a member of the petty jury three times, & member of the grand jury twice, a delegate to four conventions and has gone unresisting to the legislature fre queuily. What time has he had to himself?" A Reflection. "It Is a curious thing in public life." said Wiggins, as "be laid his news paper on the table, "that a windy, loud mouthed impostor often succeeds, while- men of great merit aro passed over." "Not' at all," replied Bobley. "Tt'a the moat natural thing in tho world to put the bloxVer before the grate." ? Puck. ? ;/ NO TIME FOR TRIFLES. . "Have you writ tort your t hosts for gr& duation yet?" - "Haven't started it. Flow can I lind j time for such things wlu n I have to _ ?pentl most of my time trying on my j graduation gown?" - Nowadays. Old Opportunity mrppt-tl his lirow. And hung around a sp-11. "No usfc," lie grumMod, *'.?f knock/m now? Tt? got to ring the . No Harmony. ""Will you accompany us If we ?lng a round ?" ? . "Can't on this. It's a square piano." 8ounds Like It. "What's a superman, pa?" "Tho kind they take on at theaten to do the yelling, my son." MEAN WILSON TO SWEEP COUNTRY I -Ttr ?. t ' 7 ' ' ? m i Democratic Gains in Vermont and Maine Impressive. ' 'Xu' ' ^ ' ??''-/ ;V-> " ? -yij? ' r ^ - ?S4 1 Q ? Vj <? ^ v' > ' OTHER PARTIES' PLIGHT .]v>. v>.'; V V mmm, r ? ? Third T trm?n (o Poll Th?lr Lntlr# tHrenyth From th? ft*pi<Jly T'linniny Republican Hunks. VW: That tfa? result of the state ele.c? tioiiK In Vermont un<1 Malm- m<un a tremendous UoiducntUc victory iii h|<>> yember, U freely admitted by all ?:<? copt the bitterest luuiiH Politi cal experts have done no me analyzing, ami Homo claim to have reached novel conclusions Hut thofo i ;n lb |t|ud out. On Monday, September 9, 1 9 1 the ItWWloHi and Third Ttm parties combined elected William T. Maine* governor or m aim-, av?r i-* ? uUurick w, Plninted, the present democratic in ol umbo lit, by 3,02a plurality; in 1908, a pri'?i(i? i,iiaJ y?ar, a Republican was elected governor by 7,653 plurality; In 1904, the plurality way 25,800, and In 1900 it wan 34,132. in other words, in J2 yearn the Democrats have cut down the Republican plurality In state election* by 31, LOU, in thin period the Democratic vote has increased from 39,000 to >68,000 whereas the itepublican vote has de creased from 74,000 to 71,000. Thtt Democratic vote of thin year exceeds that of September, 1008, by 1,000, but the itepublican vote la about 2,000 lorn* than that party cam four yearn ago. The split. in the Republican raiikn, following the election of William T ilalnes, In prououueod. if the divi sion in Maine In November in an it wan in the recent Vermont election, nix-teiithn of the itepublican vote Av 111 go for Taft, threo-tonthn for Roose velt, and one-touth for tho Demo crats It In significant that the latter party has to date suffered no losses, as compared with the vote in previous years, from the Third Term move" merit. On the contrary, it has gained. The result lu Maine may be expected to be something like this: Wilson, 74,000; Taft, 42,000; Roosevelt, 21,300. Tho returns f^om tho refcent Ver mont election show, In round figures, that the joint Republican and third party vote was eight per cent, short of the Republican voto four yearn ago, whlie the Democratic vote in that state shows a gain of twenty-live per cent, over that of 1908, It In of spe cial interest to speculate what will happen next November throughout the nation if the ltenublican and Democratic voto for i national tickets happen to be affected an tho gubernatorial voto thin month in Vermont has been affected. The New York Evening Post ban done some interesting figuring along this line and as a net result It is shown that, under the contingencies mention ed, President Taft would carry only two states lu November, Rhode Island and Vermont, ail the others going for Gov. Wilson. The conclusions reach ed by the Post follow:, "To compute this result we Bhould have to deduct 8 per cent, from the vote cast for Taft four years ago and apportion the remaining vote in the ! ratio of 62 to 38 between Taft and Roosevelt, and we should have to add i 35 per cent, to Bryan's vote in 1908, ? and give the 'deranitlon total.' io Wood row Wilson. In other words, give Taft 57 per cent, and Roosevelt 35 ' per cent, of Taft's vote four years ago, and give Wilson 125 per cent; of Bryan's vote four year<$ ago. , "The result in round numbers would ['be as follows, so far as regards Tafl and Wilson. Statin. Taft. Wilson. Alabama ....... 14,000 93,000 Arkansas 32,000 109,000 California 122,000 160,000 Colorado ....... 71,000 159,000 Connecticut ....... 65,000 85,000 Delaware 14,000 28,000 Florida 6,000 39,000 Georgia.... ... 24.000 90,000 Idaho 30,000 45,000 Illinois 360,000 503,000 Indiana ..199,000 423,000 Iowa 167,000 226,000 Kansas ~. .113,000 201,000 Kentucky 136, 000 305,000 JLoulsiana 61,000 ? x 79,000 Maine . .. .-38,000 44.000 Maryland ...? 66,000 145,000 Massachusetts 152,000 194,000 Michigan 192,000 210,000 Minnesota ..112,000 136,000 ; Mississippi V 3,000 75,000 Missouri 199,000 448.000 Montana ? ' 18,000 33,000 Nebraska 73,000 164,000 Nevada 6,000 14,000 New Hampshire. 30,000 42.000 New Jersey 151,000 208,000 NevYork?rr . .-.t-, . v49ty 000 SU4.00U ; North Carolina .... 66,000 171,000 North Dakota 33,000 41.000 i Ohio 327,000 528,000 J Oklahoma 63,000 163,000 I Oregon 36,000 4X,000 ? Pennsylvania 426,000 561,000 | Rhode Island 35,000 31,000 South Carolina .... 2,000 78,000 South Dakota 39,000 50,000 j Tennessee 68,000 170,000 i Texan ... . . r:r.7V," 37,000 271.000 j Utah 36,000 " 53,000 i Vermont 23,000 14,000 \ Virginia 30,000 103.000 i Washington 61,000 73,000 I West Virginia ..... 79,000 139,000 I Wisconsin 142,000 208.000! Wyoming 12.000 18.000 j INAUGURATION OF IRON AGE Authorities Differ as to the Tim# end Piece of Iti Firel Introduction to the World. Some authorities Incline to the view that the lion age wa# luauitur ated In Asia or la Afrlcat Tim luvos ligations gf recent yeait huv.o pointed to the conclusion that it vat not worked In Egypt until tbe ninth cen* tttjr*. before Christ, or In Libya until 4W> H. C.; tlAWt the Bemlte adopted it* u*e Mill later, und that It baa been ItpOvrn In Uganda only witUin tho lant fiVf or six ctotorldf, There aro. Chinese retards of date about four centuries before Christ that mention iron, Bronze weapons were employed In Cfalna until about 700 A. L) it is thought (but <i'? metallurgy of li oo urn i i lgfnAtftd In Cenii 1 1 Europe* especially lu Noilcum, which approximately represented modern Austria und Bavaria. Only at Hull' Atett and in Bosnia and Transylvania, from which countrleii tbo Achalaus and Dorians arA supppj i .1 t have ml grated to Hellas, are found evidences of a gradual introduction of iron, at first a* an ornament applied to the bronze which it ultimately replaced. Everywhere else Iron was Introduced In no gradual fashion, a fact that implies u foreign origin. \ . Meteoric Iron was known in Egypt] in remote antiquity, but no doubt it was worked ns films are worked, by cutting or chipping, and wrh not smelted. In other words, It was tho metallurgy, not (be knowledge of iron, that originated in Central Europe. ' DOCTOR FEELS HIS HANDICAP Recognizes Distinct Limitations When Called On to Cop? With Modern "Scientific" 0&be. Betauao the doctor did not put on his seven-league bootu and start the minute he heard there was a sick phild lu the neighborhood, the woman who had summoned him accusod bin* of Inhumanity. Hut the doctor pro tected (hat he was not inhuman. "I am not anxious to Tesppnd," he eald, "because the parents will not do anything I tell th^uiV^ and will get a docuft* n > o r liking later in the day. know? You (iB good ub Md m^a^yourBelf, You Bald the youngkt'er> was a scien tifically reared baby; nerejp^ltticw a kiBB or a cuddle' oi* a ^erm or , A tummyacho until the present attack. Scientific babies are the de.gpajr of old-fftBhloned practitioners. The kinda of babied be is used to are those that depend mostly .Upon mothering to make them well. If an old-fashioned baby bumps his head or stubs his too or mashes his thumb. Just lot mother kiss the bruise and Jt will stop hurting.' Having been brought up on such nonsensical notions and believing in them still to ascertain extent, there is no denying that in treating the new-style baby tile old doctor is not a great success.** Concerning the Mole. Naturalists aver (hat among com mon animals few have been less studied In their life history than the mole. Accordingly a British scientist his turned his attention to the mole, with the result that some Interesting data s concerning this queer creaturo have been collected. Under the ediflco which the mole constructs above the surface of the ground will always be found a series of tunnels. A curious feature, almost invariably found, is a perpendicular run penetrating about a foot below the bottom of the nest and then turning upward to meet another run. A molo is never, one authority contends, found in his nest, although it may be yet warm frcyn his body when opened. Guided by smell and hearing, a mole frequently locates the nest of a par trlde or pheasant above his run and, penetrating it from below, eats the eggs. Vbe adult molo is practically blind, but there are embryonic indica tions that the power of sight in the race has deteriorated. ? Harper'* Weekly. Opened His Eyes. Sweet Master* Ghahcer Kplcus and Amaryllis fair, went strolling by. tho mill-stream ? a most idyllic pair. "My loveliest of loves!" broke forth tho swain's excited muse. "Permit me to extol the charms which thus my souf I enthuse. Your little ears, so shelly | pink, for lovers' praise were made; i no fairy feet than thine more neat, ; e'er tripped o'er moon-lit glade; your j eyes are llko twin stars . of night; j llko fine-spun gold's your hair; your ! lips put Cupid's how to acorn; your | teeth are past compare." But here a ' playful gust of wind ennio gayly through tho trees, and VhjBked hie | darling's hat and hair away \\\u>n its | hrapze! Alas! why did the maiden then permit herself to shout, and i cnuse her lover added pain to ,see her teeth fall out? Lucky to Get Anything. Tho law of tho land had spoken, and ! Ve verdict was $5,000 damages. "Fiv*? thousand dollars!"' muttered the senior partner in t lie legal firm who had managed tho plaintiff's case. "Not so bad.'* j. "I think it pretty good," said the junior partner. "How much shall we give our client?" "H'm! Say $300," said tho senior thoughtfully. "No, stop a minute!" "Well?", "We mustn't bo too hasty," said the successful lawyer slowly. "Perhap* you'd better write and promise to pajr him tho three hundred." p I A w ? . N O s ? . ? IN THE PRODUCTION OF THE KIMBALL PIANO ? ? ' . ?' v "v " : ' ?;?.????? . ? '? .. ~ 'j7 an active progressiveness is joined with over fifty years of experience concentrated on the effort to pro duce piano quality of the highest type. Piano custom ers WHO KNOW appreciate this fact, which ex plains why so many of them say that the Kimball piano is the best. W HEN in the market for piano or organ, set the (timball before you buy. Write for catalogue and price Jiet. State whether piaho or organ ia wanted. mtm - ,rrr~ > "? V T -v i W MELTON, Factory Distributor for Kimball Pianos and Organs J. W,___ CAMDEN>. SOUTH CAROLINA LITTLE SURPRI8E8. "Mister, your gas bill Is so little this month that we'll tack It on to next month's statement. Good day." "Match? Certainly; here's a box of 'em. Stick It In your pocket." "Dear Sukie: . I am sorry to say I shall be unable to visit you this sum mer as contemplated. Aunt Hester." "Mr. Swineford, this is the last month's salary you will ever receive from us. We *are going to take you in to the firm." "All I want, young man, Is a pair of shoes that will fit mej I don't care how big they are." ? "That was the worst cigar I ever tried to smoke, Dugan, but I voted for you, Just tho same." Unrivaled Experience. Prospective Employer (perusing ref erence)? -Have yon ftivy knowledge of the silk and satin department? Applicant ? Spent all my life among ?em, sir. Prospective Employer ? And sheets and blankets? Applicant (forcibly)? Born among 'em, sir. ? Town and Country. Attracting Some Attention. ' . , Transient? You are getting to be quite a city here, aren't you? Native ? You bet. We've had tho militia down here three times this year and tho state board of health twice.- Not bad, eh? ALSO MANSLAUGHTER. "Does Roosevelt over ride in an an tomoble?" r ? ; ?_ "He can't and be consistent." "Why not?" "He's opposed to race suicide.** Troubl? omjh - Who buyeth books at so much down And bo much now and then, Kra long will look with frightful frown On all Installment men.' For Sale Store on Bro$d Street recently occupied by J. Wj Smith as garage. For prices and terms apply to | C. P. DuBose & Co. | THAT piece-; oL broke can be made g??d new at a nominal cost. Bring it in here 31 and lef us give you a price on it. We can mc? anything in reason? stones reset and jewelry -J tered to suit your fantfy. ? ? "hS 9 1 G. L. Jeweler and Optician. Camden* S.1