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M SEA FLiiraS Htutial Exprettlont Common in OU Nantucket. my iNffl Somtwhut Odd t? th? VI* rter, but Arc U.?d by th* Without Thought of Any Ineongruity. The *MP? of a Newbiiryport (,la? she had once brought hit ahlp ,7 port herself, when he was Incapacl ?t?i by Injuries revived In a typhoon "wa* long the Joy of an old-fashioned totrdlog ,,ou,,* other residents ittt chiefly quiet maiden ladles, be usf of her breezy manner, loudvolce ud oddly nautical turns of expree iton. She would Invite a fellow board H across the narrow table to pass tha totter In tones suited rather to hall w the masthead in a gale, ipvery grin* her store of foreign sweet aeots, and Jsms and Jellies compound d of queer tropical fruita, provoked m irruption of small, red ants, which would emerge In endlfess proces ,ion from the crevices In her closet; U4 every spring she would shoot iloud at breakfast her Intention to ?tw?b the hull place with lie of pen nyr'yal and the<1 ca,k every dratted ^judje John C. Crosby of the Massa^ cbusetts Supreme court, an authority oo the history and customs of quaint jfiotucket, has recently given some Interesting instances of the adaptation there of nautical terms to landward bjm. Whether or not the Inhabitants of the Island are the salt of the earth, their manners and speech are enjoya My seasoned by the salt of the sea. - ' When a man goes to the mainland x. jlf Is vald to "go tq America" or to ?the continent." This form of expreq ilon Is In everyday use without any consciousness of its peculiarity. - ~ ? ~ In Nantucket you don't rhlse an um brella; you "set it" like a Jib. A houjy blind does not work loose; It gets adrift. ? "Everything Is drawing" means mak ing the most progress. During the last phase of the war you heard that "the allies have got everything drhw 'Inf." When one Is prepared to g6 anyT there he Is said to be "hove short" (that is, on his anchor cable) and "ready to trip" (the anchor). Just be fore the kaiser's flight I was told that he was "hove short and about ready to trip." Instead of saying that a man Is used up or ''all In," they say that he Is "fln out" (like a djttfcg whald^t : "I was nearly fln out with the influenza." I once heard it said of an extrava gant man on the island, who spent ?ore than his Income, that he had, "two lamps burning and no ship at m." When Obed Macy, who wrote the history of whaling in 1835, drafted his *111 Id the year 1841, he Inserted the following clauses, which are character istic of the nfiutical expressions of the natives: "Item. I have cruised with ' ?j wife, Huldy Jane, since 1811^ We signed articles in town before . the preacher on Independence day. I want her and my son, Jotham, to be captain tBd mate in bringing' to port whatever Heave and see that every one of the trew gets the lay as writ down on this paper. I put mother In commaftd. I know sheel be captain anyway, for lit months after we started on our life cruise I found out that I was mate ind ehe was master. I don't mean that she ever mutinied, but I know that whenever we didn't agree she al ways mauoovred to wlndard.' , "Item. I want mother to have the house on Union street till she goes aloft. Then I want It to go to the children in equal lays, etc." fcot long ago the following notice waa published In the local Nantucket ?ewgpaper : . ? ? "The thief who stole a Jug of ollv from the life-saving station on Great Point on Sunday last Is requested to return the jug to the place which he took it and he may keep jhe oil to Ufht his ^rime-stained steps through Purgatory. And no questions will be ttked by Caleb Cushman, superlnten You th's Companion. To Strengthen Steel. ? Cincinnati is one of six places In the world when* steel is strengthened, by being boiled in oil. Recently mt a plant In Carthage, a steel shaft weigh ing 30, 00() pounds, the largest piece ever subjected to the new meth'od, went through the process of being strengthened. It was a "hollow-bored tumbler shaft" for use In dredging told in Calif ornla, costing abou^ $17, WO. The gr?*at shaft was first sus pended In an upright furnac?| until Seated to Just below the melting point. A crane tlien picked It up and dropped It Into a huge well of oil, where^lt tolled and sputtered, throwing out *loud? of oily mist. ? r* Some of the Rind. An Indianapolis man says that-' re ^tly he took home some honey with Wlte a bit of comb In It. . Naturally tie smallest boy desired/ woe bread and batter and honey, btfi asking for it, said: "I want' some ^ad and bmter and some honey, find want iotnp of the rind, too." v World's Currency.-' ' y From oflW-inl data supplied by the wector of the mint the monetary ?tocka of tifty-six of the principal Cwatrle* of the world have bee? ??ti nted la term* of American dollar*.. V* W- put a t?on shows the mouey of wai approximately fOO^M^ DOGS ASSIST LONDON POLICE ? ; WtllTnlmd Animali Nave Found of Qn?*t H?lp in Appro* henalon of Criminals. The present wove of crime hu given ?a Impetus In Great Britain to the training of dogs for police purposes. Police dogs were need to assist In bringing tbe breaker of lawa to Juytlco before the word police was ever known. In older days bloodhounds were used on tbe border* of Scotland In ccrtaln districts Infested by murderers and robbers, and a tax was laid on the In habitants for maintaining them; also there was a law In Scotland that who ever dented entrance to one of these dogs should be treated aa an accessory to the crime. The training of these dogs calls for a lai^e amount of patience, intelligence and resource, far removed from the old Idea of dog breaking, which was usual ly to beat the animal mercilessly Into the observance of a few set rules. It la step by step In his dally lessons that a dog gradually becomes a track er of criminals by their scent, pursues escaping prisoners, discovers missing people, or finds sus|>ected ones In cop* coalmen t. He learns fearlessly to seize and pull down any aggressor whether his "ma ter or himself be attacked, and to do It with the least possible damage, ceas ing at once when the enemy gives lQ. xne popular conception gt the police dog la a wild, savage brute, which prob ably accounts for tile antipathy to his use displayed in some/ quarters, and It Is well that tbe public should realise that the properly trained dog Is at all times perfectly under control,. ONE THING THEY OVERLOOKED 4 v s ? British Military Authorities Forgot the * ? - Humble -Printer In Desire to Pre serve War 8ecreta. The marquis of Hartington tells an episode from the war days when the spy scare was at Its height, according to a writer In the Halifax Chronicle. Certain confidential Information that the military authorities wanted to keep absolutely secret was sent round by trusted couriers In locked dispatch ^boxes, with elaborate precautions of signing and countersigning and check* lng every Stage. No one below the rank of major general was entrusted with the knowledge, and even these were bound by tremendous oaths of secrecy. After a time It was^found that these weighty documents, which were circu lated lh printed form, were being set up by ordinary printers, who were un der no obligation to preserve secrecy, and, in fa<jt, took no precautions what evec-agftlnst leakage. However, noth ing did leak out, but the military man* _darlns, lt_ls said, shnddprpd when they realized the risks that had been run. - Getting Ready, for Channel Tunnel. The gigantic task of moving back the railway station platforms through out the Great Northern' system to -al low the. passage of continental trains when the channel tunnel is opened has been hpgun, the Dally Mall Is In formed. work of making the stations to fit the trains will take several years." said iwi ottieial. "It means that .every platform In both freight and passenger stations will have to be al tered." ' The distance the platfofms are be ing set back Is two Inches. This will a'llow a good clearance for the con- , tlnental sleeping ears, and also the large freight Cars. The "gauge" (the distance between the rails) of the continental trains is .rougfhly half an inch wider than the British standard, but the shaping of th6 trend of the wheels makes It pos sible for .trains ef both British and _ continental system to^rim on the same track without risk of accident. . y When He Died, He Died Ail Over: "Doggone!" said Jesse Eschbach, chief examiner for the state boa^d of accounts, a's he read one of the letter^ In hla mall. "Here Is.ohe." ' The letter told of a man who had] paid his dog tax to the township as sessor and the ungrateful cur had gone and died. The dog died before the as sessor had turned in his books to the county assessor and the Inquirer^ wished to know whether there was any way to get back the dog tax. i "The cruel law," Mr. Eschbach will reply, "states that taxes are paid on1 property owned March 1." That'll raise a howl I" he added verbally. ? Indianapolis News. , N Desert* Land and Desert 8ea. A portion of the Journey between Sydney, the New South Wales ca#Itaf, and Broken Hill, the mining heart of Anstralia, lies over waterless hot country. Lieut. Sydney Pickles, who has* shown the feasibility of an air service between the two cities, saw no landmark as he crossed the barren stretch and so had to use his compass. Describing the pioneer flight, he com pared the interminable rolling land be fore him to the gray lonely wastes of the North sea which he had' patroled In his seaplane. Get Rid of Pestiferous Fly. , ? Health authorities at Saranac.Lake, N. Y., declare that this probably Is the first "flyless town" In the world. De spite the unusually hot weather of last June and July, there were scarcely any more files In the town than most places have In January. It cost about f 1,000 eradicate the fly nuisance, which was accomplished by requiting that manure be screened and frequent ly removed* , ? , . NOTICK. N'othv*U hereby fiveu that Willie 1 41 who rne, who Is a minor, left my home July 'JOth. Thl* U to notify the pitblle not to harbor or Lit auy way give employment to the mild Willie ).awhorue. i (AMI'S LAWIIOKNE. | Cassatt. s. f\, July 20th. 1020. 16-1S|mI Whkkey Dealer P?)s Dividends. **a?u Robinson, a dweller In the statehurg section <?f the county. was rounded up l?y officers Chandler and Owens Saturday night, and In his pos session the otllcers found three gallons of whiskey. The boo*** was <xm Iterat ed and Sam was lodged in Jail. Sam is aroused of bctlnfl a wholesale dealer In boose and, Is said to hAve had regu-i lar customers. The chief asked him to put up a bond of |49Q for his | I pearanee In the court, which wa* done and the bond forfeited. Rural Police* man Norrls found Sam runulug a still on Saturday and ran him In again. This time the tine was made $100. This also was paid by Sam to the treasury of the city, out. Of tile 'undi vided profits *?f the business. ? Sumter Herald. i ? ? ??V ? ? ? I "Nobody Killed." ( Sta tesvlllo La nd ma rk . ) One man met another one day and; said, "I hear there was a railroad wreck last light. W4s anybody kill* I ed?" The other man replied, , "No there1 was nobody killed, just the eu? gliKH'r. and fireman." A long freight ttfaln eased along the winding track down the mountain through the rainy night. The head-, light of the engine fell In two whin ing bars oit the wet rails ahead. The! big ;*? mountains loomeil : startllngly close at hand. And the lonesome bkrst of the whistle reverberated | through the dim valley. It was three o'clock In fhe morning. Hack In the caboose the conductor: was poring over his report. He was studying the- uumlicrs-that- meant - the^ cars making up his tcUln. As lie studied he told the flagman just how low In his estimation raided ti e railway com pany that ' would thrust on n hard-! working conductor twenty cars of cows; and fifteen cars of coal on a night like this. As for, the flagman he ! slopt. Curled up on a locker he slept peacefully, oblivious to the rainy night, " - 1 & . i ? | the steep mountain road, the twenty cars of <kwo, the fifteen ears of coal and t 1m* grumbling conductor. About midway of thf > train a brake man ma t morosely on top of a eat tie car. lie hail tightened a brake, and j too melancholy to tratifcPou the ?ttflue or back lu the caboowe) he sat elad in lils allckpr, In tlu> rain Oft ? ? ?i? of a eattle oar. Ho had been summoned by the call boy to take this extra run just aa he was going to bed, and he, was very unhappy. He wanted the rain to pour on hliu. The uncomforta- ' ble drop* trickling tuslde hi* collar, \n *-?>*' In keeping with hla mood. Ue wa? going to sit there In the rain, get- ' mi.; dumper and unhapplcr. He would alt there till morning If he wanted to and defiled any railroad to make him get off that car. | i The fireman eat lu hit* place at the left window of the engine ahd stud ied the night. I lie t<?ok a fierce Joy in a trip down ( the mountain on a might like this. He 1 loved the swaying of the engine, the ru tabling of tj>e train through the I mountains. the rfcln driving agaiust the shine of the headlight, the big1 shadows of the mountains and the dlm-j iner shadows oi the valley. HIh mother had not wanted him to follow the road, , but he was a born railroader. Jle mpst always have the road and t ho big en gines. Then lie fell to dreaming of that day when he should have an engine of his own; ? ft ?hottkHieHiie most beaut I- 1 ful engine on the division. When he got his engine he was going to marry a pretty girl who was always worrying j about i lie dangers of railroading. He smiled in remembrance of her -prefcloua fears. He looked across the cab to smile at his engineer. But the engi neer was staring ahead at the two| ' shlnliig bars of light. ! The engineer was staring mechanl j tally ahead, fie was thinking about j his Imhy. ' That night when he left he went to the little white bed and watched his eon, Such a chubby lit*! tie boy with his arm* thrown over his head in sleep. The big engineer was pondering on the sweetnass of his lit ! tie boy. He made a comfortable living. | Arid hlw boy must jbaYC-fln education | :iiud settle on some safer .profession j than his fatbcr had. The little son must never know the fbtfclnstUon of j J this railroad game. He must always j have :.he best in life, that chubby baby I asleep lu his white bed. ^ k There was a iHH'ullnr serapirfg noise land tlx* cab shook violently. The en ' glncer reverent! his engine. He looked ttcroHM tUt? <*ab *it the fireman aud the .vuuiucer tuau'a eyae wvru aa afraid. He a cheery goodbye to the boy. ? p" K --v:?' yrSLr^v- JR. % PL,. 'I'lu'u tbe (mix i at* left the track. , "Nobody wa? killed ; Just the eogl iiwr aad fireman." ? \. "N ? ? *?Sggi ..*? ' r No. 473 STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION'-QF THE BANK OF LUGOFF Located at Lugoff, S. C. at Th? Clo?? of Bu.ine.. June 30th, 1920 Resources I /ohiik mihI DWeount* Overdrafts - V- .y * < 282.44 . FurOtltur? and Fixtures - -,r.r 1,430-*W I?u>> fixnn Hanka ami Banker* ...... 8,617.27 Currency \ .'t.osi.oo 8llver and 0t|?p Minor IVdu ... ? ?,... 419.80 ('htH'Ifctt ?tl(l (>*h ItttM* . . ? -#,*->? ....... ^.. . 1,416.8ft Tutnl , - 3- $07,90<fc>2 Liabilities ? Oa|>ital l\?id Iu f 25,000.00 Undivided Profit* Leas Ourr*i>t K*i>eust?rt ami Tax*** I*uUl 1,587.75 Due to Banks am) Banker*, - Individual Deports Hiibjeot to Obet'k Ul.iU4.Wl ; HaVinips Popowits ' ,* .,-4,101.44 IThjM Certificates of Deposit ? 1--- -9,515.00 Cfesbier'a (toeek* 07.18 v v 84,008.58 Note* ami Hills Bed Iscoun tint .J ^ Tut a I ..... - $07,000.02 st air of 8outh Carolina, County of K?r?haw. Before Has dame J. B. Wallacs, 0(i*hier of the above named bank, who, beiiiK <H*ly sworn, as y? that the abov> apd for ego in* statement is a trua condltiou of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank. J. B. WAIjLAOK. , * Swyru to and ?uU*L>ribed before me tills lOtli day of July, lOSOr? 8, N. McDowell, Notary Public S. O. Correct Attest J. J. Bell ; Jaunts Team * Director* B. W. <Jettys - SHE WANTS THE BEST Kvery womun wants the best things for her table if the price be not prohibitive. She can have them by trading at this grocery. 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