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FOR BRC AKFAST. K waii early iu tba history of th# ?ew ImiMlwW' -What w,! #ot *or br?tkfatt |.ft" ?Mkod \fr. .fuatmarrlod. " (lib wife looked a4 him with tron Med aye? "H was have boon bapon," ?h? hut i>o<m cOpfc'f burnt It." "Poor cook! I ehould think. ?jp, in deed!" exclaimed.*; Mr. Jurat ma fried "(JonlOJjnd bcf; Hayo yQU"g|vaa het ? poUce? ''Oh, no; we inuHiti't bo too cross Miii ber. darling/' Mtid IiIh wire. "Hlie'H ho younK and Inexperienced. Won't you be satisfied with a kiss for ^reakfant?" she coaxed, archly. "All right, floar." refilled Mr. Just aurrU'd, suddenly paoified. "Cull h.-r Great Scheme. ?Iu there any mo?i<\ar Iu a perpetual ?motion machine?" aelted the long ??io. 'i man. ?1 gn$?8 there to," replied tho man Miln the red tie. 'Tire got a little ma (Mne Iu my saloon ttiat would bring i? millions If I coiHd keep It In per. yataul motion." ?What is It?" aMked the long-hairej! RUM). "A cash register," repMed the man the r?d tie.' NOT ENTHUSIASTIC. Iron&on? Some day we shall be coaversing with the Inhabitant* of Ham. Woodnon ? I ? hope ? not ? ? tetc pkone to 1 1 h for conversation within' ?i9 narrow limits of this earth are. big eiough to make one shudder at the (k?ught. Obeyed Order*. He Ukea to be a fellow wta* Does as lie'* bid. The lady told hint to Hk4dd00h And lift Bklddld. Discontent. "Man is never satisfied. " "I guess you are right." "Penwlddle used to Mt|r If he could Jsat own an automobMe he would be kappjr." "And now?" "He rows he'll never bo happy until he gets an auto horn that sounds like , M&tng else on earth." Religion. Mr. Bullion (thoughtfully) ? I really hetiere old man Magnate has passed no financially. v Hta Wife ? Impossible. What makes think so? . b Mr. Bullion ? 1 noticed Uev. FaHhlOiT prayed toward him instead of toward *e this morningj ? Puck. A Common Type. lill ? What kind of a fellow is Dob Was? WiU ? He can tell you how to adopt a latlonal system of cup;ency that ???Id pay off the nation a(debt, but he ??'t raise the price of^Jbia grocery fca. . >x> Too Much. "Tou have to ctiter to the public," ?aged the manager. "That may be," responded Yorlck with dignity, "but I decline to< stage any version of 'Hamlet* that whdB up with a happy ending." difficult ENUNCIATION. ? ? , - , ^ ; ' _ "I guess Bangs waa talking through tea hat." " - f ' ? . ? "Tea, hin hat' la a faiuejr one." 1 Fascinating. " "I f-ar you've had a wicked H^t,** The maiden fondly alRhed: | And he was wIko to let her fhlnk j 't could not be denied. ? In Order. "TWe- ^-aa a packed jary in that "That s all right. It waa a trxink ?y?tery case." . '-rr * Preoccupation. ' How did you come to ha*4 that ? *tttomobitp accident," <->* "1 *ot absent-minded trying to T* *o?)h?r the tra;!*<* renutattw*.** Vs" ' ?" V'V - ?"*" ' rv- - Ml A p0it card raomUy mulled at Kftritfiulu', Qvnniliy, beurs the plo lures of the Herman emperor's daugh ter, i'ltycess Victoria l.oulse, her Id tended husband. Prince Carl August <>f < '.Wtthi j laud, and Hrtnr?* < )m':i i Tot plctura wax talv> n lit t lit: park at Karlsruhe and shows the smiling princess walking between the two uniformed young ipeo? who alB# "looked pleasant" for the cumera. The card probably would have been colitis catod had a (lerman official read what wuk written on it: "Isn't thin real Herman? Not that the young |>eo pie walk hand In hand that'll right for this is a real love match - but that two mem walking with a young girl be tween them ahould both bo smoking. Well, maybe It's all right these days* but we should be satisfied to see the third party swiokeless." Modern Egyptian Womani In Kgypt some old customs are pre- - Talent regarding women which could scarcely be more destructlvo of those qualities that lead to progress or more certain to bring h race to a standstill.* As a rule there is no family life among the masses, and superstitious of the grossest kind are entertained. The wives are not permitted to eat at the same table with their husbands, and occupy a pitiful position as chattels bought and paid for, being iu con stant dread of the disgrace of di vorce, which may be arbitrarily im posed. Among the more intelligent women the movement for political equality has been eagerly received, and It to expected that the new suf frage aBBoclatlon of Egypt will become a strong and influential group. ? Chris tian Herald. Big Massachuaetta Cranberry Bog. The largest cranberry bog in the world is being prepared in Assonet at an expense of $300,000, and it is to be planted as soon as the 20fr men em ployed for the work can get it ready. They are using electric machines to change the surface of the land to the required conditions and establish a flooding pond. It is one of the re quirements of a cranberry bog that plenty of water be storod on a higher level to be handy for flooding the ber ries in the fall before they are ripe to prevent frost getting at them on cold nights. That Is the kind of blan ket th$ cranberry farmers use, be cHtrerr-rt ~t s~tmpo8alble In the matter of expense to cover a large cranberry marsh as the gardener does his squash vines. Rings Blessed by Monarch. The belief in the magic of rlngfl blessed by the king was almost uni versal in England in the middle ages. On Good Friday the king went through the ceremony of blessing certain rings to be distributed among the people as an infallible cure for cramps. "Com ing in state into his chapel he found a crucifix laid upon a cushion and a carpet spread on the ground before It. The monarch crept talong the carpet to the crucifix as a token of his humility, and there blessed the rings in a silver basin, kneeling all the time, with his almoner kneeling by his side. After this was done the queen and her ladies cam** In and likewise crept to the cross." Whera They Were. Sallie, a negress noted for being an excellent worker, was visited one day by one olf her old employers. Her little shanty was very small, consisting of three rooms. ' Well, Sallie," began her caller. "I have not seen you for many years, but 1 have come to ask you to do some house cleaning for me. Will you come tomorrow?" "Oh, no., missus," replied the other, "I can't com^ any^nn^C I'se married an' has a large fambly. I can't come." "How many children ha^e you, - Sallie?" 'Twelve, missus." v *'Where are they? I don't see any about.'\ "Ya'sum, I have twelve-^eleven in heaben and one in de house of refuge." 2? ' Cultivate' Sense of Reat. \J this age of rush and, strain not a single opportunity to add to ?ho sense of rest should be overlooked. Never, when, resting during the eve^ ning, sit in a straight-backed , chair un teas necessary; lie down, or put~:your feet upon another chair, or if neither ] of these is feasible, use a footstpolr" Tired girls, going to their rooms aft er a long day'a work, or wearjf iniroth ers darning stockings after the chil dren are in bed, should do what they have to do in a way which Is as near to lying down as they can make con venient for their work and give their heart a chance. Willing Sacrifice. He is but a little lad, William, but tlready he "manifests indubitable '.raceB of a quick and ready wit. The teason was early Lent, and the talk *t the family dinner table turned on the various Indulgences to-be denied themselves by different members of the household. "What will you give dp, Bonnie?" asked the mother, when tjt was William's turn to speak. "My. morning bath." decided William, who hatea ordinary water as his aatanic majesty is supposed to hate that of a roller variety. 'Td Just as soon give that up as not ! " L i-M _ - - ? Unsatisfactory Either Way. The late Joaquin Miller once enter tained, among thia train of . pilgrims continually flocking to his Piedmont camp above Oakland, a young woman fortune-teller. Though the tyoung woman was both pretty and persua sive, th? poet would not let her tell his fortune. He said gravely, push ing back his leonine white mane: "No. ao! A peep Into th^ future would un doubted ly be as ansatistactoix to all nf v. ?' . % ?. ; . MODERN WliDDING IN JAPAN Ssldom Nowadays That flrld# and Groom From B?it Are Msrrlcd In Old Way. I ' Near llibiya Park, Tokyo, Japan, is the llibiya tHajingu, or the great god shrine. the mobl famous place lu the empire for th? oqlsbraUou of mar riages, Twelve years ago such a cuatoin. that of performing wedding servlci* at shriues, was unheard of. and it wmp Or. Baron TakagJ who es tablished the practice, following that of tho western marriage rites lit most respects. Since thin Innovation the Ualjingu wedding hah become niobt popular, and It Is seldom nowadays that any bride or groom from a family of good standing Ih married In the old fashioned tnanuar with the ceremony of three times three cups of sake. Whan the bride and groom and the relatives have asBombled at the shrine (he head priest advances to the altar of the gods and says a prayer to the ancestors of the country and then makes tho couple promise that they will never separate- The priest then serves the gods with sake, after which It la given to the bride and groom, who make a vow beforo tho gods that they will be constant to each other, aud such a promise given beforo the gods is one that does not admit of any lapse on the part of either party con-' oerned. Then the sake is given to tho rela tives, and the signal Is made to repair to a western hotel for a foreign ban Quot or perhaps to a native restau rant where a purely Japanese monu will be served. WAS SHAMEFUL COME-DOWN James B. Hammond Commiserates With Son of High Flnanoier Who Went Wrong. The late James 13. Hammond was, though a millionaire himself, no friend to "high finance." ' The son of an ex-hlgh financier went wrong some years ago. aqd one afternoon ' Bent for Mr. Hammond from the Tombs. The youug man, with sighs and tears, confessed in his cell In the;, Tomba that he had stolen a dollar. Mr. Hammond did not upbraid the youth: but ela'pnlng Mm on ? lh*_ shoulder, said: "What a come-down! Why, your father would never have dreamed of taking less than half a million!" Early Printing. The first book printed In the Eng lish language was not printed In Eftg lsnd. William Caxton, the English zqercer, carried on business In Bruges. In 1469. he began to trans late into English the "Recueil des His tories de Troye," am-. to supply the great demand for copies of the book he set himself to learn the art of printing. The "Recueil," the first printed English book probably appear ed in 1474, and may have been printed either at Cologne or in Bruges. In 1475 Caxton printed another work translated from the French. Its title was "The Game and the Playe of the Chesse." This was the second printed English book. Caxton left Bruges in 1746, and set up his press in West minster, England. Such is one ac count, but other authorities hold that the book on chess was printed at Westminster and was the first book printed In England. There Is no com plete history of printing In the Eng lish language, though T. L de Vinne's "The invention of Printing," and Rob ert Hoe's "A Short History of the Printing Press," might be of use to you. Any good bookseller should be able to get them for you. i Mexico's Easy-Going Newspapers. Mexico, despite its revolutions, Is one of the most conservative countries ; inj the world- Few of the- poorer people can read or write, and the "pub lic newspaper reader" makes a com fortable living by going the round of the drinking places of the city and re-j citing ttte-~i?ews of the day. News, however, generally fairly stale be-; for? 4t reaches -print in a Mexican j&per. "Good news,", said one Mexi oitn editor to a traveler, "is like goodi w\n&l>lt Improves with age. It 1b al-i w4ys better to hold news over for a j wtfek. If it is true, we get more IftOtli; . If it proves false, why should we print it?" Bad Hand/ Ix>rd Wolverhampton's complaint of the burdens added to the car&s of heads of departments In official by bad handwriting recalls an amufttog incident which occurred when the House of Lordtf was in committee on the reform bill of 1867. The clerk of the house intimated that an amend ment had been handed in, the writing 1 of which was so illegible that he was unable to say what it was about or< who had written it. It was then dis covered that Ix>rd Lyttelton was the author, and it turned out to be a pro-: posal disfranchising all persons who^ could not write!? London Answers. \ She Snapped at Him. A new $35,000 hotel was opened in Liberty recently and certainly," to quote the o. f. editor, "it Alls a iong felt want." Several years ago this department took dinner in Liberty at, one of thtt Hum -leading ? hostelrte*. There were many things wrong, which we suffered in silence, but Anally we ventured in a meek and apologetic way to enll th? wait ??**.' "ttcniic- to W large bluebottle fly^ in the scream pitcher. "Ain't you never seen a fly in the cream before ?" she snapped, snd. snatching up the aquarium, car ried it off. We took our eoffwe black ? CUy Tim"*"; UHOWING OOWIMKAH. ChqniMMi Bulletin SHyM (Jowl Vwl<?() Nltould l*Uut(?l. v ifivory farmer in South Carolina recognizes (hi neueswlty of growing eowpOHH. but fow hooiu to lOttlltrt til? value of planting u good variety. Boino of the most progr?B?ive farin or? in tho State, wlio exorcise groat] cnro in tho planting of tho beat y a rletio# of cotton, corn or oats, pay no attention whatever to their cow pouK. if wo oould got tho best ns aultb from a field of cowponH, it i? equally an necettHury that wo plant good seed oT <*fi? of tho bent vnrle 1 1 < *M . From our experience during tho past two year* In our work with tho farmorn of tho Htato, wo feel no hesl tumy In recommending tho Iron ami tho Jlrabham a? probably tho bent variotioH of cowpottH for 1 1? lw Htato, Both of thOHO variotioH are too well that they have proven almost unl known for dlscuBRlon hero. Tho fact verBally uatiufactory in several parts of tho State is sufficient proof of their growing and keeping qualities. Th? Iron and Hrabhaui cow peas have a special advantage over the common varieties In that they ure resistant to both wik au4 root kuot dlneaseij very provalont In the eaat ern section of (hit* Htate an well m in other Southern Htuteu. No eonn mon variety of cowpoas tdiould he grown on land infected by these di seases, becuuse the trouble Ih in creased by their growth, The <*>l worms, which cause root knot and in oreRHo the Iohh from wilt, find an easy plUCQ to live ?tnd multiply on the common rowpeas which they do not find on the realstant. varieties. Hy thus using thq Iron or Hrabham pea In a few years of proper rota tion these nematodes or eel worm* wlti?h ciiiiHo so much trouble can be starved out- The elimination of root knot In a noil by thin meson in the first real problem In the control of cotton wilt, -After the soil is free from root knot, thon wilt, resistant varieties of cotton can bo grown huc wssfully, but until thin is done little HUcceHs can be hopod for even with tho moat resistant cottons. It Im highly Important, therefore, that onr ly the Iron or Hrabham cowpertn b? grown on lAnd where these disease* are present* l j. O. Watson, Ilild Pathologist. Miwlounry luNtitutc. Till- W. M. U. of 8. (J., announces a Missionary Institute to l>o held in Bamberg, Junn ?Srd nnd 4th, H>18, ? Among the speakers will bo Mr?. w. J. 1 luti-liur, acting president; Mih. J, H, FUer, corresponding ?eo retary; Mrs, V. K. OllnkHtialos, Y. w. a. Superintendent { Mn> C lb Wot son, vice president Northern dl vlelon. Wiu'h church is entitled to two delegates who will be given fre?* entertainment NauiH of those who wIhIi entertainment should bo. sent at once to chairman Hospitality committee, Horning session at 10 o'clock, afternoon session at a. Mrs. J. C, l^wis, Chairman Hospitality 0/om. . Mrs. H. K. (lood ah\ Associations! Hunt. Thin Ih to remind you to iusurs your crops against destruction by hail. Our coupon books give you more ice for the same money. They save you the an noyance of making change, waste of time, and the handling of wet and dirty money. Phone us for a coupon book? give the ser vant the coupons, as needed* ~ _ Sunday hourt, 7:30 to 10:00 A. M. CAROLINA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY L. S. BAXTER,. Manager. 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