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.ion of tN Best of Mark Train's Humor. , , h, Aib'rt Blgtlow p?|n? ??., Humeri#^ ??< *'????? ?A? " o"u*r " agricultural mmIov HIM. wm B Sw?BlO? ?f Mmk ?L- ?).? *?*? ''ls "<? ","1 ff*?:,, Ma letters, tins now gone * wrlltus" Ot l""""rlKI i u<o cl.ulcoat bit" Th*? 'KlstilleU ? l?ll<?? ?t muoy vol '.Jim* biviiKl't out I" ? 1 -MomoutH Will. Mock ? The following extract. "How , i .mi Agricultural 1'aper," !h % m written in " halt tin hour *11 old gentle 1 ' u h a flowing beard a?d ? ttne ?UKtorc face, entered, and &atiny invitation. Helmed something on W? ?u n^ He 1 >ir his bat and set It on the floor. 1 0[ out a red ?,lk handkerchief ot our paper. nut the paper on his lap. and ? L nollshed' his spectacles with iSlirchlef, he said, "Are you lidltor r ^ jJJ'yow ever .Milted an aierlcul i Lnpr before V" - l ?ald, "this Is niy first at ? If vlrv likely. H?v* y?u haU any ex' nce in agriculture, practically ?" y 1 believe I have not." _Jlt. instinct told me." said the Sleuiitii. putting on his ?pectn ,L looking over them at iue with irity wlflle ho folded his paper t wnvenifiit shape. "1 wish to V0U wftri't must have made me /that instinct. It was this edi il Listen, snd see if il was yon wrote it: ?Turnips should never be pulled ; res tlieni. It la much better to abov tip and let him shake the vJv, wliit t do you think of that? ? really suppose you wrote it." hlnk of it. Why, I think It Is 1 have no doubt that every year Hions and millions of bushels of nips are spoiled In this township t Ijv helnjt pulled In a half-ripe Ution, ? lieii it they had sent a ; up to slink'1 thr tree Shake your grandmother! Turnips n't grow on trees !" h. they don't, don't they? Well. | said tlie.v did V The language Intended (?? be figurative, wholly j mrative. Anybody that1 knows any- j _jvili know that I meant that , jv should shake the vine." n this oitl person got up and tore paper all ln to small shreds, and Biped on them, and. broke several with his cane, and said I did I know as much a* a cow ; and then fit out and banged the door after i. ami, In short, acted In sneb a way I fancied lie was displeased about Jdng. But not knowing what the >if vrn*. I could not be any help to Forest Figures. quantity oT lumber cut every ir in the United States Is three the natural growth. At the nt rate of destruction the forests have disnppenred In less than a J Deration. The center of the lumber riots has been pushed rapidly iwril until today It has reached stete of Washington, and Is np chlng the Pacific coast. Every ' tome 80,000,000,000 cubic feet of fid Is cut In the Toiled States, the j valued at nearly $2,000, MOO. The most serious drain upon forest resources Is for railroad , anrt the demand Is constantly in t^iog. In spite of the apparently Hwr?^ use of coal for heating, the litetl Strifes still burns up In the '<? "f a year 90, 000, OtXK- cords of I. There nre at present upward !2(J00OO,ono -acres of land set aside oitlonnl forest land In the United *tw. Alaska and Porto Rico The mneiit appropriates more than 0,000 a year to protect and eultl tliese forest lands. ? Boys' Life. QUAINT OLO ENGLISH CUSTOM Dv*tllert in Cornith ViiUyc Maintain Thair Right to took on Statue With R?var?nce. lit La u aces i oh, hh ml I town in t %oc\\ wall, om* imago ami 094 <?ui o^dom have remained in spit? of the i'urt tans. says u contributor to London Country Life. relate# u curious survival of the oh! days when Oliver riomwell and his ln?i?u?* Kinashlnu ttl tilers ruled Ritgltiiiid. Perhaps it was because the Cornish did not take kind l.v to the I'urltuu spirit, continue* the Writer, hut the Mugdnlcn of Launcea loii remains and thepooploot taUucw ton Htlll hollove In her power lor gotnl and evil. The figure, which rests in n canopied niche between t he center of the three w indows at the east end of the parish church, is a little less than life size. and represents the Majf dalen as lying down in an atti tudo Of grief. By her side Is what U descrihed as a skull or the box of ointment. ? What ts still inert' UitoresUng is the largo number of stones, pebbles and pieces ??f slnte always to he seen scat tered and untidy nn the bark of the ttgiire or upoh tin* sill of ibe window wahove. They repre.swni^ihe triumph oi' custom or superstition. 'The people be lieve ilia l If you. cii^-t a stone up at the Oiiurt and It remains upon h yon will net your reward, if you treat th * suit ue with disrespect you will Milter. The stones on the window sill repre sent tnlUtre: those on the figure',' suc cess. The people of I.Muneeston are i v 1 1 1 < ? I rn io uti.? !?1mi(ii this belief of ;heirs. If you its''. they will half shyly loll th.it fhe .bildren believe if. and .hat n>e.\ reini'iuhet: .that when they w oi?* children tl.-ey ihrew h stone up when tl toy wanted a ne>V pair oi i boots or a ireut of some kind. "'.Mid did you get it?" > ou ask. You will generally bo told. "Vox." j If you witti.h. you will .see. that* tin -hlldrcu still believe it. and that sonw ? the "'children" have long since pass ; ed school age. The atones are always i there. alweys increasing <?f the 'many I sjtories I heard of the Magdalen of Lituncuston one wars of how the nai to tor, when a boy. many years ago ' ( auie r mining home from school and. passing the statue, .jumped at it to hit its face, lie told nio that it might have Iktu that or it might not, but before he wus out ot the ehrrehyard j he slipped. sprained bis rnkle an<l was in bed for innny nays. No one stems to know how old tlx* cu* loin is, but the i si a I tic Itfself is noi old us eocles'nstl cal figures count rtge. Power From Gas. The question of l innsinit lug power long dis'-a tiros* t?y means' of gas made in the coal Ne'ds i< r;i^sttl^-4u the en tf in oert ni: su pp1 '*ii: cu t of :i Bvll'slt pa 1 prr. One of f.h" objects sought in erecting the piopo?>'.' capital power stations in KneJend and d'strlhuiing ! electricity from tbeni. 'is to save the r cosf of A'onveyiuK coal to Individual factories. It is possible thai !he same J advantage would be realized b.v trans- ; milting gr?s insteai1 of electricity. It is ^uufceKted further tluH the gas ? now nu.de In a multiplicity of gas ! works scattered nH over the country j could l?p generated on modern lines in j large works on the coal fields. The j writer calculates that the moony spent ; on the carriage of one year's conl by j one of ihe London gas undertakings j would aloue suftb.e to pay for a main | large enough to bring from Yorkshire all the gas It makes in the year. ? New York Post. Nitrates From the Air. j When Thomas Kdison was asked r<*' 1 cent l.v what lie considered the great est inventions since the electric lights, he mentioned first wireless telegraphy a nd second Mv? American process for making nitrogen from the air. Be fore the war we depended upon fJer- i many for our supply of nitrogen, and i especially for the fertilizers which | inside our farms so productive. The j Corai-ins had deposits which they only J need dig out of the ground to sell at , enormous prices. Today there are | great plants in the south whe-e the i nlr is put under pressure and frozen . to a liquid fortn from which In turn ' the nitrogen Is extracted. The sup- j plv Is of course absolutely lini'iles**. ! By harnessing waier falls to these j plants the work Is done very cheaply, j Fr*m ? t aAtm rw Mr. K.tf/i k?mt, Nnu Ytrk City. I Before buying that OCnv*5 phonograph Rachmaninoff has not only made Re -Creations for the New Edison. He has also made recordings for one of the standard talking-machines. We are glad to announce that these talking -machine recordings r?ay now be heard. We want you to hear them ? and compare! De termine for yourself which gives you the real Rachmaninoff. Let us play Rachmaninoff's Edison Re-Creations for you. Mark how clear, how true the piano tone. See how every'' note in his runs, every accent in his in terpretation, every shade in his pedalling is perfectly Re-Created. This was proved by a test made at Mr. RachmaninofFs home in New York City. He played the Second Hungarian Rhapsodie (Liszt) in direct comparison with the Re-CreatIOn of his perform nnce by the Wl'W Edison. The absolute fidelity of t he Re-Crkation to the artist's original peformance astounded the listeners. Make the Rachmaninoff com parison. It will guide you' right in selecting your Christmas phono graph. Ash a ho aboat our Budget Plan It brings your New Edison for Christmas without squeezing your pocket book. Remember, too, that, in buying a New Edison now, you are virtually buying a before-the war-value with an after- the-war dollar. The price of the New Edison has increased less than 15% since 1914, and a portion of this increase is war tax. "Edison stood the gaff" to keep his favorite in vention within the reach qf, eveiy one who loves beautiful music. THE CAMDEN FURNITURE COMPANY Telephone 156 ? Camden, S. C. a ntu NEW EPISOW'aTsea* Hold Your Cotton and Insure Rates Are Especially Cheap on Lots of Ten Bales or Less WE GAN INSURE YOUR COTTON IN THE SEED, BALED, STORED OR IN THE OPEN WILLIAMS INSURANCE AGENCY R M. KENNEDY: PRESIDENT The Oldest and Strongest Agency in the County PHONE 52 j. k. shannon. Manager