Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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You Will Miss It if you don't give us a chance to quote you prices on High-Grade HEAVY GROCERIES, CORN, OATS, HULLS, FLOUR AND SEED OATS. If you keep a horse get a sack of Arab. If you want more milk and butter try Larro Cow Feed SPRINGS & SHANNON Camden, jS. C. . . Let Us Serve ! You WITH Fruits, Candies, Nuts, Raisins, Celery, Lettuce, Tomatoes and California Cranberries. Just Receivedj[Large Shipment Lowney's Candies. CAMDEN CANDY KITCHEN We Pay Highest Cash Prices for Don't give your profits away ? ship direct to us by express and get your money next day. We pay highest prices for green and dry hides of all kinds Beeswax, Tallow and old Metals, old Rubber and Furs. Try us with a ship ment now. Send for Price List. CAROLINA HIDE & JUNK CO. CHARLESTON, S. C. I Is Your Bath Room Complete ? A porcelain tub does not make a bath room. It is the small devices that gives each member of the family an allotted place for his or her pos sessions. We have received and ar^ now show ing an assortment of SAN-O-LA BATH ROOM FIXTURES ? something that is extraordinary in bath room equipment. In this line we show many articles that go to make a bath room complete. In this assortment you can find anything you need for that bath room, and all ARE LASTING PRESENTS g Malone -Pearce-Young HARDWARE CO. TOAD GOOO FRIEND OF MAN T Itl-Favored Creature Has Been Ml?un deretood and >s Just Heginnlng to Be Appreciated. Few well meaning croaturee have beeu inoro thoroughly mlitun(loniio64 than the homely, meditative ut t<l retir ing toad. Formerly tho toad wuh considered a venomous reptile, but in our day lta habits have been more carefully observed and lta great value to tho pomologlst and Kardener haa been fully established on accouut of lta propensity for destroying Insects. I We nhould, therefore, cultivate the friendship and assistance of the in | sectlvorous reptiles, lncludinx the striped auake, as well aa that of the birds. Kvery tidy housewife detests the cockroach, mice and other Terrain. Two or three domesticated toada would keep the coast clear of these and would be found more desirable than a cat, as they are wholly free from trespassing on the rights of?man as does the cat. The toad la possess ed of a timid and retiring nature, lov ing dark corners and shady places, but under kind treatment becoming quite tame. > Many instances might be cited of pet .toads remaining several years In a family and doing most valuable serv ice with no other compensation than that of immunity from persecution. In Kurope toads are carried to the cities to market and are purchased by the hortioulturlsts, who by their aid are enabled to keep In check the mul tiplication of the insect tribes which prey upon their fruits, flowers, etc. THOR'S HAMMER STILL USED Kngtteh Fisherman Consider It ? Charm Agalnet Drowning Sonne Other Peculiar Bollofg. The fishermen of Whitby would merer d^eam of venturing out of port without a little hammer-shaped bone, from the head of a sheep, known as "Thorns hammer," as this little ob)eet is a very special charm against drown ing. The mole's foet la also a "aureM sure for toothache or cramp ? accord ing to locality. Amputated limbs are in some cases preserved so that the ?ripple may not be deficient in this re spect in the next world. At Scarborough an old peasant ha a come to be regarded aa almost a wizard, for the country folks from round about come to him for relief from rheumatism. His "cure" consists of a copper bangle and ring, and on either end of the bangle two small-bore brass cartridge cases are wedged. These charms are aold to the patient. In Suffolk a girl always keeps her first tooth ; then when she marries and has a child the tooth is suspended about the infant's neck during teeth ing, as It is said to bring inatant re lief. These superstitions mostly exist in the counties which are washed by the North Bea. Doubtless they are sur vivals of the days of the bold Viking marauders. ? Ireland's Own. Retold for Tourists. The Bale-Geneva express, says the Standard's Geneva correspondent, was overcrowded the other day and trav elers had to stand In the corridors of the second class coaches. One tour ist saw a seat vacant, but covered with luggage and asked a passenger sitting near whether the seat was "occupied." "Yes," replied the stran ger, "the man is in the restaurant wagon and will return sOon." There the matter ended until the express reached I^ausanne, when the owner of the baggage prepared to get out. "Pardon me," said the tourist, "that luggage does not belong to you," and called the guard. The latter sided with the tourist and the whole matter was placed before the station master. The selfish traveler had to prove, piece by piece, that the luggage on the seat belonged to him, and he fin ally was obliged to pay for two sec ond class tickets. Various Earthquake Sounds. Earthquake sounds are described as variations of heavy rumbling, so low in pitch as almost to be more felt than heard (ip many cases inaudible to per sons who are deaf to very low tones), and belonging to one or another of the following types: The passing of wag ons, thunder, wind, the fall of a load of stones, the fall of a heavy body, an explosion, or somo other miscellane ous sound. In Btrong earthquakes the sound area occupies a central region (on a,n average two-thirds) of the dis turbed region; in moderate earth ! quakes the two areas are approximate ! ly of the same magnitude; while in many alight earthquakes the sound area is larger than the disturbed area. As a rule the beginning of the sound precedes the shock, and the end of the sound follows the end of the shock. Our Fairy Godmothers. The world, out of fairy books. Is chary in furnishing its fairy god mothers, yet most of us have friends ! at whose touch we bccomo more truly and happily ourselves than at other ' times. They seem able to endow us, ! through eame magio of their own. i with the beauteoun vestments and the glass slippers that free the spirit. These are our fairy godmothers, Wo ' do well to love them and pay thorn good heed, for through them we may enter into such possession of the pre cious gifts that we need have no dread bf the striking hour. This, we must 8uppof?e, is. what Cophetua did for his beggar-ir.aid. At his glance the queen in her blossomed, which later all tiiu world could see. I ONE WHO DESERVES JRIUUTE 8te.togrspher, Hammering Out Dic tated Paragraphs, Time* Her Effi ciency to Our limitations. Who else Knows ub It h I f so well? Hho hub heard all that we have said mui then mads notes of It HM? has read our Incoming l??t t??r? Hho knows who pleads with us for help and what wo do about It. Do we write frankly or evasively, she followu (ho straight hewed lluo or the eurvo of our devlous iiobh Are wo courteous only to the powerful, or Is our treatment even to all who oomo seeking? The woman at our elbow, hammering out our para graphs. Is a clear eyod witness. Over the telephone volees drift In from the world, and the tone of each In caught and judged before our presence Is acknowledged. She knows whether our friends are worthy. Is the home happy? Hho knows It. Hhe notes all our tricks of person. Our good temper our clean speech, fly further than w? guess. Hho Is familiar with the stale phrases we scptter over the thousand routine letters, and Is gladdened when ' we light up the languid page with an unspoiled turn. Hhe Is aware when we hnvo tumbled out from a laden desk to a world's series ball game. Hhe, too, would enj/>y a great player's versatility, but she wades through our debris till twilight. Hho could keep our tardy correspondence up to the minute, but she has to time her effi ciency to our limitations. Nerer out pacing us, she is as loyal In the back ground as our shadow. ? Collier's Weekly. RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WILD Something Hard to Define, but All Lovers of Nature Will Have Knewl edge of What It Means. The wild! What 1b that that it should so Impress the heart of mau; that It should have lured me all the dajB of my life, like music, a solace and an enchantment? It Is beautiful In Its way, as In a very different way cultivation is beautiful, but this alone does not explain its influence. There is a spirit of the "wild, with which the spirit of man acknowledges a relation ship as old as the race; and If the con ditions of his evolution from primitive man have, in the course of ages, sep arated him farther and farther from that original affinity with nature And made him a wanderer from the father land, that bond will never become wholly a thing of the past. It still haunts and will haunt ? a dim, inex plicable, subconscious memory of a long burlod past. It is natural, then, that In the presence of any bit of wild landsc- >o, or a patch of virgin forest, some minds should experience with a thrill a half return to an origi nal state ? with a thrill, Indeed. There Is a wilderness motif hoard in an in ner ear by those men, as Siegfried beard tho Valhalla motif. It rules their stars, as might the wanderlust or the passion for music or art. ? Prom "North and South," by Stanton Davis Kirkharp. \ Lord North's Witty Reply. When ho was HI his doctor asked him what ho felt. "What I have not felt for a long time," said North; "my ribs.". He was, indeed, what used to be tormed a man of full habit, and could make a jest of it. In the house an angry opponent once railed at him as "that thing, a minister." North rose unperturbed. "Well, to be sure," said he, patting his ample Bides, "I am an unwieldy thing; the honorable member, therefore, when he called me a thing said what was true, and I can not be angry with him. But when he added 'that thing, a minister,' he call ed me that thing of all things he him self wished most to be; and therefore I took it as a compliment." In his blind age ho met an old antagonist who was similarly afflicted: "Ah, Col. Barre," said he, "I am persuaded there are not two men living who would be more happy to see each other." Well might Gibpon say, "If they turned out I.ord North tomorrow they would still leave him one of the best companions in the kingdom." Eastern Fanaticism. A French statistician wrote to the vali of Aleppo and asked these four questions: "What are your imports? What is the water supply? What is tho birth rate? Tho death rate?" Tho vail replied: "It is impossible for any one to know tho number of camels that kneel in tho markets of Aleppo. The water supply is sufficient. No one ever died of thirst in Aleppo. Tho mind of Allah alono knows how many children Bliall bo born in this vast city in any given time. As to the death rate, who would venture to as certain this, for it is revealed only to the angels of death who shall bo taken and who shall be left. O son of the west, ceaso your idle and pre sumptuous questionings, and know that things are not revealed to the children of men!' Simple Remedies. For sick headache apply a hot-wa ter bottle to head and one on stom ach. This gives relief in a short time. For tired and aching feet put two tableapoonfuls of sslt in two quarts of hot water; when cool add two ta blespoons of alcohol or camphor. Let j feet soak In this for 16 minutes. This is also good for soro throat. Dip coin press In the Varm mxiture and bind on throat. For burns, use butter; it takes the fire out quickly. For outs peroxide will stop bleeding. For colds take a cup' o: milk and add a level teasi*>onful of red p^p ^or; stir well snd drink very quickly. t Baruch-Nettles Co. ,4 1 he Store That Set* the Pace" *V>pyrijh? Hart 8cb?(fhcr It Mux *7 tie Home of Hart S chaff her & Marx Clothes Don't make the mistake of thinking you can't be fitted in ready clothes. You can get just as good a fit in ready clothes as a custom tailor can give you. There's an easy way to prove it; because fit is something you can see for yourself. Ask us to show you a Hart Schaffner & Marx suit or overcoat at $22.50 or $25; make some comparison of style, material, tailoring, with the made to measure suit or overcoat at $40. It it doesn't fit, don't buy it. We have their suits and overcoats to sell from $18 to $35 Baruch-Nettles Co. "The Store That Sets the Pace"