Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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"V f IN A 3CENE P?OMGTyHB TR I A N 0 1 B- Fl N E ARTS PLAV THK MAJESTIC, THU K8DAV. OKCRMIiKK 7TH. fRlMONIAL TRIALS. fe 1* always contradicting In luck." ' ? ? I fe acts as though my opln not worth contradicting-." Misanthropes. >{ life Is filled with thorn* ? who try to And them, ich day's mischances small er blessing blind them. Paying the Price. p la the kind of irtttti W*d ?g* it their face value." _ ^ so.?-" arrled a pretty woman wtoo, ITTO he a shrew." Kqual to tno T??k. Her ? If you attempt to kiss ma I shall scream for help. Him ? You seem to have overlooked the fact that I am an athlete. ^ Her ? put what has that got to do with the case? Him ? I don't used any help. The Woman of It. "But how do yo.u know he loves you If he hasn't told you so?" queried the gtri in the sport skirt. "Oh." replied the maid with the bar gain-counter hair, "I can tell by the wa<y he looks at roe when I am not looking at hla." / ? ,y- ? .. I , T ? , Her Cholco of Evils. Smiley? I hope you Won't mind If I bring a couple of friends home to din ner tonight, my dear? Mrs. Smiley ? Oh, no; that Is better than being brought home by a couple of friend 8 after dinner. - Investigating. ' ) Reddy the Y egg ? You write burglar Insurance, don't you? Agent ? Certainly, sir. Reddy ? What I want to know la do you Insure 'em against death an' acci dents only or do you Insure 'em against convictions also? His Idea. "Success In life Is a relative term,* .paid the philosopher. "No doubt," replied the man of easy luibiU. "-But when a person who has i reached middle age still depends on an 1 alarm clock to help him hold his job, I I consider Hint his Ufe is a failure." New Mothoda* at Lloyda. Old-faahloned bualneaa methoda bp marine Insurance. which la cantered at Lloyda. in London have gun* by tha board aa a. reeult of new condtttona. Until tha flrat of March a ehlpowner who wanted Inaurance approached a broker at Lloyda, who aat down tha particular* on a allp of paper and paaaed It tp different underwritera. who wrote on It the amount of liability they were willing to aaaume and ap pended their lnltlala. Thla paper, after aeveral weeka* de lay, frequently reached the aaaured In a torn and grimy condition, It la aald. The new achome provides for a cen tral office with a staff of woman, clerka, auperlntended by an underwriting ex pert, and pollctoa will be Isaaed the tumo day thev are ab^!Ui * ? Buay and Useful Life. NVllUam Murray Black, who baa been appointed chief of englneera of the army, 1b recognised aa one of the moat prominent englneera of the coun try. llorn In Lancaater, Pa., he gradu ated from Weat Point In 1877. He waa long engaged on river and harbor lin provementa. Important work waa carried on under his direction In Por to Rico and Cuba, and he was aeulor member of the board charged with ralalng the wreck of the battleahlp Maine. Among the booka which he haa written are "Improvementa of Harbora" and "Public Work8 of the United States." He haa alao contrib uted to varloua periodical*. Pony Petted by Three Generations. John Malta, deputy sheriff o f Lewis ton. Me., owns a Shetland pony^whlch is probably the oldest in Maine; she is thirty-five years old, and has been the pet of three generations of Malla chil dren. She is as affectionate as a dog and haa been made bo privileged a fa vorite that she is as much at home in the house as in the barn. Famous 8enteno?e. Thirty days! ? I pronounce you "husband aud wife." You'll not stir a boot outside this bouse tonight! Johnny Doe. you'll stay after school aud write "obey" 500 times ! ? St. Louis post- Dispatch. Very Reprehensible. "Well, ma, I gave young Mr. Smith ers his conge last night" "Law sakes, Amelia, no girl ought ,to be giving young men presents like that"? Baltimore American. Poor Conaolatlon. "Yoqr dog always howls when he seca me coming." "Yes. He Is rude enough to express what most people feel." -r Baltimore American. AMDEN OPERA H. L. SCHLOSBURG, Manager hursday : Friday : Saturday December 7th, 8th and 9th the show of A THOUSAND WONDERS? iTk'l .. t'CT. . ; ~ ^ ; ^ $? -"- V- ...\3B5 ^(Legitimate Successor to the (oreat Lafayette) Supported by Miss Crystal Williams And The Entire Original Production MflVELY A GUARANTEED AttMACTION MANSFIELD AS AN ACTOR. | HU Q?nlu? Kmblfd Him to Turn Bad Part* Into Good On**. We were to oi*n a new theater iu Panton street, which was not roady.no we were transferred to tho Royalty. Mausfleld was a young ma? then, about twenty-four, I should say. Ho was practically uukuowu. lie boon begsn to shlue at rehearsal ' ills part wee tb?U of ?u old beau. ,1. U. Taylor wan to play a certain waiter. The play was an adaptation from the Preuch. Parole was tho adapter, with no pride of authorship, ho ho allowed Mansfield a good deal of lilxity In tho way of In ter|K>latlon and business. Day by day the part of tlio old boau was hullt up. especially In Taylor's scenes. until Mansfield* |>art assumed the pro|>or tlons of a leading character and Tay lor's purt. wldrh was the principal j comedy part of tho play, faded away luto the background. Wo all begau to tako uotico of Nlunstleld and to |H>r celve that his character was going to l>e the part of tho i>lay. One day Taylor rebelled, lie told Parule and Alexander Henderson, the manager of tho theater, that ho was the leading comedian of the company and that Manstleld's character had now become the most Important |>er sonage lu tho couicdy- lie protested violently, ramie was In a dilemma. Mausflold'u business and additions were so clover and so valuable that be deserved tho proinlneneo accorded to blm. Taylor wbh an Important actor and could not be dispensed with. ' Mausfleld came forward. "Would Mr. Taylor like my part?" he said. TSylor felt that, as the principal comedian, the best part belonged prop erly to Ulm. He ought to have Mans field's part Mansfield handed It to him. "By all means." said he. "Uefre It Is," and be handed over the manuscript covered with Interpolations, corrections and business. We resumed our rohearsals. "You will allow me." said Mausfleld to Parole? "you will allow me tho same privilege with this new part you wero so generous as to accord me with the other? Mr. Taylor has the advan tage of my suggestions on the other character; you will permit me to do my best with this?" "By all means." said Parole, and to work we went again. Mansfield built up again. Day by day. Uttle by little, his new part ab* s os bed scene after scene. ? B. II. Both* era in Scribner's. Mad* a Costly Mistake. A big commercial house In the mid' die west raised the salary of one or Its officers to $40,000 n year. The . officer wug greatly pleased "Now my ambition Is satisfied," he said. Within two yeurs the concern had found a way to dispense with this of ficer's services. It was done cleverly and smoothly. The man never suspect ed the foal reason why he was released. The head of the concern bad over heard Ms remark. "We want no m en in this business whose ambition Is sat isfied." he said. "When a man Is satis* fled, when he ceases to plau and flgbt for the future, we begin to lose money ?on him,"? Woman's notne Companion. Why 8Ha Mads No Outory. "You say*." said the lawyer, "you beard this man break into your house in the dead of night, end yet you made no efltort to cell for help." "That is so." "Were yon too frightened to call out** ---"No. M w as not disturbed a particle; He bumped into the rocker of a chair end swore, so I tJbourfit It was my bos- : band. "-Detroit Freo I'ress. The Cheerful Face. Do uot bo gfnippy in your own borne. Some folks save eij their smiles for Company or special .occasions. It is far more necesMtrjr to happiness to be cheerful tn your own home and with your own family. If the borne is bap. py one can bear rudeness met els?-' where. If the home Is happy tbe hap piness will radiate among nelgbbort and friends. ? Milwaukee Journal. Electrieity'e Friends and Foe*. Experiments have shown that tbe beet conductors of lightning, placed in the order of conductivity, are metals, jges cokJe. graphite. Solutions of salts, acids and water, The best nonconductors, ending with tbe most perfect insulation, are India rubber, gutta percha. difrelr end gases. Wool, ebonite, silk. glasA. was; sul phur. resins and paraffin. Renewing Rubber. . Rubber that has lost its elasticity may be rejuvenated* according to the Journal de Pharmacle et de Cbimle. by immersing It for five minutes tn e bath of glycerin mixed with twenty flve times Its volume of distilled weter and heated id TO degrees 0. and then drying it with niter paper. ? Too Polite.' . Little lady that talked to me in the peril g*ve me some candy. |f other? I hope yotj were polite. Little Boy? Tee. ma. 1 was. ifotber-Wbat Old you mj T Uttle Boy- 1 said I wished pe bad met her before be got acquainted with yen.? Chicago Herald. Not Facially. ; "Bow do yon preserve the peint so wonderful?!" 8 ? ?t p?t many coats of varaJeh over It" explained tbe artist "But" be added hastily, t fcerdly think that freoMI work ln **or ease, deer te4jr.** fcontovinioS rfcjttteai. Ttae worts wonders and so w<wld esost people If tbey were as Hrswse a^ ?Hm? rrooaoio. ?This wtMitihiK notlco In the Sqnld vllle Hauutn* fjlnh'N the kmhuh Ih a *rlH liitf young buHliu'NH n??n , M "What ?to you Infer from that?" "I Infer that ho will haw to riUa* a roiuti<U>rAble <llKtai>ce before he will bt? uble to drop a bomb tu Wall street." INFORMATION WANTID. "Say, officer, Is dere any inouey In Ue p'leeco hlsnesst "Cause Pin fhlnkln' of qulttln' do uewspapsr sell In' game an' goln' Inter soraeplu' else!" Very Mysterious. Interpretative dutfcere Am ?n In ?v?ry show. But whai they ir? Iriterprettn# Nobody Ntitu to know. Disillusioned. Hhe seemed so modest and demurs, with eyes of blue and soul so pur*, that I feared to speak of earthly things, to this charming angel with out wings. But at last to her there words I said : "How glorious Is yon sunset red." Then, like thunder from a cloudless sky, came her auswsr ; "That ain't no lis." Ybruiii Ry? Mak?w Kxc^lwl Hour. One of (ho most Interesting exhibits at the Qranjteburu lX?uuty Fair waa AhruKid ry? flour. Tho flour is a* white as high Kmdo wheat IliHir, and mafces a wore sujierlor bread than the ordinary ryo flour. It baa a alight Hour taste, tuit thts slight sour nesa cut) )??> eliminated if so desired, by tho use of the proper yeast*. This Hour is most promising, especially In the face of tho present Illicit i?rli"0 of wheat and wheat Hour. Abruwd ryo Is ho easily it town ami with very little attention yields as M^b as ;u? bushels to (he aero. It Is grown now only as a winter cover crop. Since t It 1m grain can l>e grown so casl^i und still produce such a line >rmdo of Hour Its use should be encouraged The State Market Auent Is mak Ing arrangements to Hnd markets for the flour. lie is ?|1no making arrant uten ta ? with .the Home hiconomtes i>e partiuent of W'lnthrop t\dUw to ?lvo this flour a thorough trial. Observed Thanksgiving. The Jackson graded achool conduct ed -Us thanksgiving exorcises Wednos day afternoon during the flual hour of the (lay's session. Hevorul of the chll dreu participated In Ihe exercises and they did well. At. tho conclusion of these exercises they received their dls mission until Monday, December 4th. with much appreciation and passed happily to their resiavtlvo homes. The following pupils, namely; Oella ltrown. tVua Itracy, Saloon Carlos, Pauline Fortune, Kallle I*m> Jones, 8u sle Oitvii, Xmoh lievy, Kllen MeDon ald. Frances Nelson and Kllen lloy nolds are sollcltltig aid from the W? lie to aid uh in paying for a very much needed set of boojyt^or our school li brary and (k commt-^lal mup of the WOlNia. Any tUid *Kg^wntrlh\itiohH made to the*o U appreciated from Very reap O. 1'rlncljMil .John Humph, a fatally burned at Mil Into a boiling lug plant Ahothe; scalded In trying On? Exn Coi^Ynccd Me of its Value t ^_? VOne of our sales* meli demonstrated the , value of the Long Dis tance Telephone to us. He was at Huntsville, Ala., and upon his own responsibility put in Long Distance calls for fifteen merchants within a radius of several hundred miles. ' ; * / "in less than rme tour he 'had sold 2100 .harrels of flour at a total cost to us of less than six dotiars. I t ...... "Since then we have applied the Long Distance Bell Telephone to every feature of our business with most profitable results. Title service is fine, the rates are reasonable and there 1* more satisfaction in evic Long biitince Telephone talk than in half a dozen letters0 w SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY The W. E. DeLoache place, situa ted three miles East of Camden. Plantation contains 255 acres, ten tenant houses, dwelling, barns, etc. Situated on one of the main high ways into Camden, and is one of best propositions for a Hustler Fered anywhere. SEE ME FOR PRICES _ AND TERMS R. M. Kennedy, Jr. Realty Co.