The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, January 02, 1902, Image 4
Convict
* | F^A. Ober
S.manafflnff editor of The
Patriot, Havana soon be-
cnmo too hot to hold me.
Saspeeted of correepoadlDg
with the Insurgents, I
was hauled before, the tyrant Weyler
nt the p&laee. This was one morning
early. At noon I was aboard a train
for Batabano and at night on a steam
er for the Isle of Pines, the penal set
tlement for political convicts.
'It might have been wane, of course,
for the tribunal might have sent me to
Ceuta, on the African coast, where
chains and a cell would surely have
been my portion. Instead, however, I*
was confined within the borders of a
beautiful Island which a bountiful
Providence had provided with every
gift of nature and deprived only of my
friends and my habitual environment
Soon after ray deportation, having
been landed at one of the two ports
here and finding the wretched town
life not to my taste, I wandered away
to the eminence known as the Crystal
bill, from the summit of which I could
look out over the desolate sea and the
forest Intervening between It and the
plantations. These and the town lay
on the plain eastward of the bHL Some
distance down Its western slope I
found the yawning mouth of a cave
open In the direction of the sea. Its
farther end somewhere within the
bowels, of the earth. It wss Urge and
dry, with.Immense natural pillars sup
porting a roof hong with stalactites,
while a stream of clear water Issued
from Its unexplored Interior. In Its
outer chfunlwr I bong a hammock, a
lire of gum food dispensed warmth
and perfume when the nights were
chilly, and I thought I should he con
tent here for a month at least or until
I could venture back to Havana.
I had money and tires nos, and provi
sions were dally supplied me by s
faithful Islander whom I had befriend
ed In former time*. la the surmund-
tng forest were many pUnts and ani-
tnsU which could afford
If ay auppt
cot off, and I Ucksd ontv companion
ship to ■ska ms perfectly contented. __
if otOy Olivia were here—Olivia, my
•anesst If I had but marrisd her be
fore this unfortunate affair! But rar,
for s tenderly nor
in I the daughter of the
isf Pa
I sat In the cave's
it of the Naina
l it ( |
HlF * r
ffln ‘(wi'
IFli 1 i
hands of tbs authorities when her ra
ther, Don Amedeo, should overcome
his pride and command the Inevitable
search for hU daughter. It could not
be long deferred, and so we lived In
dally apprehension of capture and sep
aration, yet were happy.
The knowledge of impending sorrow
only gave present joys a keener seat
It seemed Impossible to escape from
the Island, closely guarded as It was.
Yet I made my preparations. Fir
down below ns was the solitary shore
of a Und locked boy, beyond which
were innumerable cays, and still far
ther off the ocean. Nelther^ca nor
shore was often visited, save tow and
then'by a smuggler or filibuster.
Every day nt sunrise, Olivia and her
maid accompanying. I went down to
the land locked harbor and worked
upon a great raft of bamboo, which,
when finished, I launched and anchor
ed In the placid bay behind the coral
reefs. . Day by day thereafter during
the whole of Christmas week I carried
down clothing, provisions, arms and
ammunition until at lost our frail craft
was laden with everything necessary
for n voyage.
Foi!r days passed after wo were
ready before we saw a soli upon the
ocean. It was late In the afternoon of
the last day of December, when, sit
ting In ttyo shade of the cave, Olivia
pointed out a speck upon the waves.
She. looked long and earnestly, then
said:
"Dearest, It Is a ship, and It Is coming
toward our Island.'’
“Will you venture" I asked.
"Certainly." she answered, smiling
Into my eyes. "But first let us be In
deed sure It Is approaching.”
It drew nearer, nearer, rising higher,
higher, until, as the sun sank behind
the hill crest, the white sails wore II
lumtned by Its ray a Then, no longer
doubtful, vat* went at once to the shore.
Hut as we etnluirktd the maid refused
to risk the voyage and chose to return
to brave the wrath of Don Atnadeo. 80
she and tier mistress tsule each other a
tearful farewell, and we set nail with
out her. ' We had a fair wind, and 1
laid a course for the bark, which, as It
was sslllng slowly, 1 hoped to. overhaul
within an hour or two.
Half the distance had been traversed,
sod. though dark ness now overspread
the ocean, we could still make out the
ohlp's position by her lights. The sen
rougher aad more- turlmVot,
and suddenly I sensed a new danger.
While I was watching the fisun crested
bttlows swreytng toward ns in order to
avtdd them I saw In their dark hollows
rapidly moving streaks of phosphor
IM'<'
Wo were beset by sharks! Thrir
Banting tins were cleaving the water
all shout us. The block waves were
alive with ’beiii.
Hut the hark was looming strsdlly
before us. la an >1 her half hour we
should be within hall even If she did
not sunm-r see us and lower a boat
IVrhaps | was nui<li- too ronddrat by
warning, s
1 the raft
wavs car-
> the dark-
her aide
oid Ti«ncj?;‘“r;
New Ycar’i
■ «»» • ;; ^, Dulch
Customs M. Ckin"^
OIN’ to sit up tonightr
“I reckon—yes, I reck-
I will. Nothin’ In It.
y’ know, but lots o’ fun
and fresh elder.”
Such a conversation might have been
beard In any rural region of the cen
tral west some forty years ago on any
Now Year’s eve. And the “setting up’’
was tho one and only point In which
New Year’s observances differed from
those of Christmas. The Knickerbock
ers have so far Impressed themselves
upon American llfo that, most of .the
present generation think “wills and
congratulations” have always been the
great feature of New Year's.
Know then, Innocent^yputh, that as
late as fifty years ago “Xojv, Year's
OOW3 FELL'
trintN Tiir.ni
MUHT
KM:.s at m iii-
calls’’ were an iHiknown Institution In
threi‘;fourtl.s of tls* Culted Hlntes.
RUt In the ’sillier states. «*}*<• laflj t!.e
southern aeetUm i of the states Just
north of .the^ Ohio, the practice "t
"wntchhur the old )«.nr out and the
new year In" was the one thing.|m*-
rullar to New Yeaf’i*. VVtsttVnni
things were to is- m-en at that liTftif
('own fell u;>on thrir knees, fo.vls welil
through a **irt of ren-nutlai |«-if»rru
anec. the wild nnlnin
•f r.nu. n;..l certnln
trrloua nature sprau:
yard. — —■ — --
“I have had the children pell
l.mt their r.
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r^Trwr-r
r.<r sngi t
v i-r. sl»' ! i
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my Jtand.'
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this
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a»jr
area. In
tsd thr
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Hut tl
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s*r tips
sm vra
it I swa
1st out I
l*»cv for
ist lasts
lain tu
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1 away Iota
i su lltly u
1 <9 1
t «Ti
';#»! I Mlm',
W.I!l!lkJ»l|
IkiLi
bat • brscae from
tbs leaves of tbs pi
Mod to disturb the dssthllke calm till
to us familiar riaahtng of branches
eaussd me Jo start tod reach mil fcx
my rifle. Veiling against a rock.
I Hat meted as 1 was, 1 expected noth
tog less than a vUlt from the Spanish
w wtsj RunimsT mti’Ttminffr
hat looking up, I saw before me the
figure of s glrk Bhe waa comely, sod
her face shone with Intelligence, yet I
knew that she belonged to the serving
rises. It was. Indeed. Cannela. the do-
voted maid of my flaoceol She smiled
and held out a folded psficr. At first
my bewildered senses cotud hardly ac
cept this token of her existence. My
vision was blurred, the see no before
me swam In a mist; but murmuring
vaguely my thanks, I took the letter,
opened It and read: -
My tatbrr baa drirrn aw froip hi* house. Do
you loas met Will you vtlcoae met I am near.
Ouvu.
I turned to the maid. "Where—
where Is sheT" I demanded, leaping
from my hammock. The girl shrugged
her shotriders and pointed to the pines
on the brow of the hill, but vouch
safed me no other reply.
I scrambled up the rocks, and there,
steadying herself against the trunk of
■ a pine, was my sweetheart! She look
ed at mo timidly. In her eyes a mute
Inquiry, as If doubtful of the reception
I would offer. Not long, however, wah
she hesitant Then, shaking a finger at
me with playful gesture, she said: “Oh,
Felipe, you did not think I would
come! Now, did you? And now that
I have come, do you not think me over
bold, or are you glad to see me, to have
me bide awhile with you? Now, ns to
the hereafter — well, we must allow
events to shape our course.» Now lend
me to your cavern. I am tired—faint”
While the maid set the cave In order
gnd my beloved reclined In my ham
mock I prepared a simple repast with
from, the hillside near, and soon set It
before her. 1 —
After she had partaken and had been
refreshed by a siesta she Joined me at
the cave’s mouth, where we sat hand
In hand until the plain below waa all
In shadow, only the white trunks of
the palms standing oat pallid as ghosts
In the gathering gtooa,. —
During the week that followed Ollvtg
and her maid occupied the Inner cham
ber of the cave, which vaa sacred to
thrir privacy, while I guarded the
cave's mouth aad the outer room. We
i mi to
fmet.
■nt. an bt-r eyes looked
line, a cry burst from
shs Sh.uk U-iM-ath the
-til'd at tor dress aad
•trove to raise tor, hut my strength
• s* uiiS\ailing ss szain t that uf thr
onttsli-r lltsl Usd wised U-f.
Ihiws. dosn. la-low the turmoil of |
wares sod rusting billow* wv sank to
(ether. I «n-tsited my knife from its j
thaslh. six! In my fury iilungcd It Into |
tto mss •ster’a body, gray soil ghostly, |
aksigBide nf me Ths grim Jaws
Isxrd thrir hold. sod. dragging the ap-,
parently lifeless form to the surface 1
bars it to tto raft and cast myself down
bsstds bar. There, while tho woven
■wept over no. while tto fins of tto |
shorka hissed snd gk-stood la the room
ing waters. 1 oall<-d to tor. brut over j
tor, press*-d my lips to bets.
Then, overcome by fatigue and de
spair. I swooned by her side.
| T^roST a dn-amirs* sliv-p. fnnn hover-
tog on the horders of olUIvkia, 1 woo
awakened by strange vriccs. I was on j
ef o- skip. I saw foirnypH
nn-n imsa vaguely before me, sud by
my side—yen, (tore alive- sat one whom
I had tlmuglit no lotigi-r Ih lug.
Her shining eyes looki-d Jnto mine
again, and tto-u ato told me of our ns
cue from tho wares. Tto night hai 1
passed, and now tin- tita n I ad cqtiw
[and with Its coming) tto Outterlng <
■alls andMto' rattling of anchor eliab
Informed us that n pint was rvuclml
It was that of (Iruud Cayman, tu tie
soathcast of Isle of I’lues. a neutrai
port, and wo were safe.
We were married that day at noon-
| and thus was achieved the consmmua
tlon of our happiness. And the captain
[ of the bark, who himself had taken
Olivia from the raft, said solemnly as
be placed her hand In mine:
“Her life belongs to me, for I saved
It, but It Is also yours because she gave
It to you. That was yesterday, and
hence last year; this is today, and hence
the new year. That which perished In
the oid year the now year secs restored
to Hfe. God Mess you both and sancti
fy this New Year’s gift.”—Buffalo Even
ing News.
By far the most charming or tne
German New Year’s customs Is one
observed from time Immemorial In
Frankfurt-am-Main. There at the
same moment the whole city salutes
itself—wlshi's Itself a happy now year.
On the night of pec. 81 all the city
keeps the festival; watching tho old
year ont and tho new year In. Family
parties or gatherings of friends are to |
be found In every house. Games, sto
ries, music and klndiW diversions.
1 lire
>«if rl
other
!cr rn
to
4Wc*
turns
dell ;t
ful fr
for mj
Hut
nig-it
si Nile
Rent!.
>f I!m
►«d tto mcmU-re elded
to renewed deletion and
thfulncwi to duty” fur tto
g year. Tto nocrers, always
to adapt their eld African rus
to thrir new religion, took speetul
it In this one. adding many fsiK-l-
ititrew, stsl It still survlvt-w In tto
utb as “walking Egypt."
what of tto original “watch
r“ Weil, nil we ran say la that
of our niMv-stnra brought It from
nd with them, and, as they told
- wonderful things that had hap-
ivncd In Rcotland, so thrir children In
Kentucky snd Indiana told tto name
things as haring happened In Mary
land, and by and hy thrir children In
Illinois and Missouri told of them as
occum-ncvs In Maryland or Kentucky,
simI bo the superstition lived on In
many neiglihoJlMssls even to the out
break of the rivtt WST .. ‘
Strange tD say, the custom of calling
on Now Tear’s day grew tqnot ncvirfy
BhlTfraal aHMUir tto I'lilmw.! aiwi
\merienna. Tto former celebrate the
new year through three daya, during
which they call on thrir friends, cx-
cgnw a social gala day. The young
bloods went, half a doora together, In
carriagas. and parties vied with, each
other ss to bow many calls they could
tnaka In the palmy days of New
Year** calling the most fashionable
people wore evening drees, the blinds of
the parlors were closed and the gas
lighted. The sccno within was often
like that of an evening reception, of the
present day. . ,
But as tho Dutch New York burgh
ers pf old were overrun by the Eng
llah so the New York swells of today
have suffered the same fate. A dls
eaSo caltyd anglomanla appeared In ,the-
land and seised upon swelldom. The
English aristocrat spends the Christ
mas season at his country ei-at, and^
when the New York parvenu became
wealthy enough to have a country seat
he lSust needs Imitate his English
model and go to It for Christmas and
New Year's.
When tho New Yorker began, to
spend the holidays as his English
cousin spends them. New Year's calls
began to fall off. So for several years
New Year’s calling In cities has been
dropped. Fortunately there are still
left people who do not have chateaus
In tho midst of great parks who cling
to the old custom. On New Year's day
they visit their friends with something
of tho simplicity of former days and
enjoy it as it -was enjoyed then. But
tho great rush of New Year's day as
It existed tea years ago Is passed and
It is no great loss.
h
Small crops, unsalable veg
etables, result from want of
Potash.
Vegetables are especially
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■NEW YEAR'S SUPERSTITIONS
Beliefs of the IVssswt Polk In
Prowtoelal Knit land.
“Don't take a light out of the boose
before one has been brought In,” is the
solemn Injunction on New Year's night
of the peasants of Lincolnshire. Eng
land. Death lircvrtaln to result If this
advice Is not followed.
To permit a woman to enter the
house firat OB New Year's day Is said
to tic a sure forerunner of evlL The
same results are said to follow tto
throwing out of dirty water, ashes or
any kind of refuse. ^
In sweeping the house the dust must
to swept from the door to the hearth
or death will to the consequence. A
custom largely observed at present la
after making the Arc In the morning
to spread tto a*to* simr tto threshold
Jf In tto morning there Is sn luiproa-
■W»n of a foot leading from tto houan.
a death In that family Is no firmly to-
■fleved in that prejxinittons are made
for It. hut If the footmark lends to
ward tto In Mine ■ birth during the year
Is mire. and*{ir»'pnrnti«XM are made ac
cunUngly.—New Orleans ITcayune.
The h» hr T"®*’ “ .
Begarand
NewYeir’s
~ ° It Went
Cs & f Q i Through
supporting columns, scrolls and cur
tains; some display festoons of flow
ers and a variety of animals.
The cognomens of naval officers
emerge from the midst of spikes,
anchors, ropes, flags and other naval
insignia, while military officers ap
pear surrounded by helmets, cannon,
tents and soldiers. Artists figure amid
palettes, brushes arid other adjuncts
of their art, mostly accompanied by a
graceful female form, and every kind
of musical Instrument has been called
Into play—lyres, harps, trumpets and
harpslchordav-for musicians. Birds of
many kinds bold scrolls bearing the
names In their beaks, or they are
written on their breasts or outstretched
wings. Animals often play a double
part. The name of Hare, for example,
Is represented as a rebus by that little
animal running at full speed, while a
goat figured on the fashionable designs
of 1783. Archery, agriculture and sport
generally left their Impress on the
visiting card.
About 1810 pure white cards with
embossed horders and large cmbossM
letterings were tho prevalent mode.
History again repeats Itself — the
daughter’s name appeared then with
w
HOW THS DUTCH KADH NEW YEAR'S cat.is
IN NEW AMSTERDAM.
change greetings in the streets, beat
gongs, offer paper prayers and make a
Fourth of July of It In fireworks.
In the days when a little group of
frame houses with gable cuds of Dutch
brick clustered about tho fort adjoin
ing the point called the Battery In
New York, Mynheer and Vrouw, to
gether with their children, the youths
and maidens of New Amsterdam, would
Wlt . h honorable attention to eating J ^p tybeul mAklng viaita to eoch other,
Hmr-drrnklhg; serve 'to speed
last hours of tho dying year.
Suddenly at the exact moment when
from tto' great dome of the cathedral
the first stroke of mldul^t sounds Its
warning every house throw* wide open
its windows. Forth from the case
ments lean all the dwellers In the
town, old and young together, each
with glass in band. The glass Is rais
ed on high, and the word* of the toast
burst on the astonished air of night in
obb massif* tone born of mors tigui
100.000 voice* Joined In the* cry.
(“Happy ‘
celebrating the day As only a primitive
people could celebrate It, tho elders
| smoking their pipes and the young
er* making merry and'all enjoying
themselves heartily.
But the burghers of New Amsterdam
as new generations came on waxed
nch. Broadway passed the oM rope-
walk near the present site of the As tor
House, shot or nr Union square, and
where th*| Fifth Avenue hotel now
stands met Fifth armor, which,
climbing Murray Hill, now runs
through the aristocratic
HAT an ordinary, onto
t(-resting item in oar
social Ufo la the mod
<*rn visiting card! But
tills was not always
■u, though it has Isirriy torn In exist
core 12ti ycara It owed Its origin to
the custom of writing ths name or
■oeietlinrs a message on ths hack of a
playing rani, says a writer in the
WashlngtiNi Fust Occasionally oor
particular card mas chosen with Intent,
and tto Duchess of I Hx-sst received an
apt epigram In return for one she sent
to a well known clergyman. Tbs verses
end as followa: “You sent ms ten
heart*, tto tit to* only nine, flo give me
one heart and burn t'other nine."
Toward the end of ths last century
the visiting raids of ths upper classes
were veritable works of art. and by
their means many moat Interesting
types of engraving, survlm They were
of varying slsn. but ths majority not
larger than about two and * half Incites
by two lucto*, while today those used
by gentlemen are two Inches by one
and a half Inches and by ladles four
-taMics by two and a half Inches. There
were many square ones used about
WNffto 1790. Ohe belonging to an Eng
llsh ssHMy hwdii *of~T'Tchtury ago'
dates from • Hollo street. Cavendish
square, a spot associated with Lord
Byron. Her husband's card Is smaller
and has a sketch of the family home In
one corner, which still remains In the
possession of their collateral descend
ant*. Tho notion Is so good It deserve*
to be followed, for It would certainly
add to the Interest ot tho cards we
leavq to each other If they bore the
semblance of our friends’ homes ss
well as their names.
Another example shows that history
repents Itself, for, although Issued In
tho eighteenth century, tho lady was
“at homo on Monday," as many mod
ish dames arc now. Visiting en blnne.
as it was call»>d—via, by leaving a card
-^Wns a novelty then, and on many
which come from Italy “In persona" Is
written, showing that they had been
left and not sent by a servant
These ore the simpler class of cards.
A vast number of others In use at this
time show the ruling powers In decor
ration. Hundreds of tho decorative
designs bear tho names of contem
porary duchesses, or, rather, according
to tho ancient spelling, "dutchesse”—
8L Albans, Bolton and Grafton among
thq number. The latter, according to
Horaeo Walpole, saved her llfo by
playing loo when In Home, Instead of
going to a party at a palace where the
roof fell In.
Many of the '’tickets,” as visiting
cards wore called In those days, were
engraved with architectural buildings
Rome, Berlin -and elsewhere *nd
r jnathsf'a. as it dnwa now
my of the titles then extant have
died out! It very often happened that
the lady's cards and the gentleman's
were of the same sixo. but not slwsys.
For her “ticket" the Duchess of
Leeds In 17A4 favored s very pretty
engraving of ■ f’hlnree figure looking
over a low do>rway. with sn Angtt
fixed pagoda at the ride. On soothe?
card bearing a famous lord's name
figures ■ powerful sagravtng of the
sphinx, with the Egyptian pyramids
In ths rear.
Many a great dame of those days
had her name oo her visiting card ear
rounded hy a framework held by OB-
rsttfor than the
»mher looking raids eovsred with
| art. engraved, bar frontal line*
a vary deep border Monogram*
and corunsts figured on some of them
snd bars left to posterity floe sport
mens of steel engraving, but the most
els borate of heraldic cards were gen
erally foreign, and sotas of ths for
sign-embassies employed colored crests
occasionally Introduced in ths center
INDUSTRIAL AND ORNRRAL
While dowers are the most odonltr
ooa.
It is illegal to practice hypnotism in
Belgium.
Ons-fifteenth of ibe inhabitant! ol
Spain are noblsa.
Thoroughbred dog* are lee* lalalh
gent than mongrels
ljuils 50 per cent, of the property ol
England is insnrod
Nearly all the royal pereonagufl ot
Europe are cousins.
London requires bou.Oou cows to sup
ply it with dairy
whose wife ad rises him that her hus
band has come horns intoxicated.
Mui Mary Mildred Lee, a daughter
of Gen. Robert E. Lee, visited the
State Senate at Richmond, Va., and
was introduced, the Senate taking a
recess of five minutes in order that
the members might be personally pre-
■med.
When United State* Ambassador
White was introduced to Count Yon
Mollie as a man who was boro at
Homer, and had been president of a
University at Ithaca and a resident of
Syracuse, the former inquired if it
would be proper for him to address
Mr. White in Greek.
Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Secretary of
the Interior, had a grocery, and provis
ion store in St. Joseph, Mo., when a
young man and sold provisions mostly
to pioneers passing through that city
for the far West. He went to China
after selling out and returned to St.
Louis a wealthy mau.
The will of Thomas Mannion filed in
the surrogate’s office at Morristown,
N. J., is one of the most peculiar doc-
undents ever recorded there. Mannion
was a resident of Netcong and owned
considerable real estate. The family
homestead, with tho exception of the
cellar, is left to. Kate Mannion, a
daughter. The cellar is left to the
widow.
It is said by a correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun that West Virginia is
rapidly becoming more and more the
Mecca of the'negroes of j the South.
The climate of the State, as a whole,
is congenial to this race, and the great
coal and coking industries in operation
in slifiost every county, together with
the extensive railroad ‘ construction
being carried on, furnish rtady, as well
as lucrative, employment for negro
laborers, of whom 15,000 arc employed
in the mine*.
The per capita of currency was
928.73 .on December l,ou a popula
tion basis estimated by the treasury at
78,324,000. The total amount of money
in circulation was also larger than at
any other period in the country’s bis
lory, being $2,250,25*>.230, a* com
pared with 12,158,761 ;kl7 on Decem
ber 1, 1000, an increase of 9yi,4'.»4
The amount of money held in the
awoa.
snd man
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THE YOUNGBLOOD
LUMBEK COMPANY
AUGUSTA. OA
Orncs asn Worn**, Nosru Acscrra A 0
Doora,
Bllsds
Mardwi
sad Builder**
Un8* rreaatn-y aa aaasta af (ha gftBarnmanl
was 928!* f 0!»5,C<n>, which was a de
crease of more than 98,000.000 since
November 1, due to hood purchases.
A valuable sword and Bible belong
ing to the late Rear Admiral John W.
Fhilip hare been sent from tbs Brook
lyn navy yard to the Smitbsoolao la-
•UtuUon. The relics have been pre
sented to the institution by Mrs. I’hi ip,
who is now living at Aonapolia, Md.
It was said at the yard that another
sword, which was presented to Admiral
1 tulip by the riOseus of Tnxaa shortly
before his death, aad which ta said to
he worth 910,000, will also to present-
eri to the Smithsonian loectutloo by
Mrs Philip.
The most healthful place in the
United Sutea to live la is Manun.l
Iowa, according to report* received hy
the manna hospital service from 1,100
cities and town* haring a population
of 100 or snore. Marion has a popula
tion of 4,loO, and ths re were only ms
lealht in 1000, making the death rats
ths phenomenally low figure of I 4«t
par 1,000. The town la the Foiled
Stales having the highest ratio of mor
tality last year wee Carlvle, III. The
population was 1,874, and the sum tor
of deaths 100, making a death rate of
53 31.
Ths land speculator will soon be in
ciovar la the lluiipptoen. There are
over W0,000,000 acres of lead in the
l*hilippine islands, and, whila it is im
possible to say with any accuracy how
much of th* land ta owned by private
interest*, it is believed that at least 50
per cent, will come under the classi
fication of public domain.
ffmoKiNS. simNG.r.Eiijwn and ..
INSIDE FINISHING LUMBER
IN GEORGIA PINE.
given
All
leuoa.
prompt M
FALL STYLES
From th* Up-To-Date Carpet H
1517 Main Street, Columbia, 8. C
MUTUAL CARPET TO.
Write us for Samples of aaythiag in
oor has. Goode shipped anywhere ta
the State free of freight. We are al
ways busy. No dull day* wfoh aa.
Whea la t'adnmhia, toms aad see ua.
Anybody can show yoa th* place.
EE M Medicated Cigar*
tmiwn,
long In fashion. They were sold In
packets. The names were frequently
written upo«-them, and even
they were printed It waa rare that one
particular pattern was kept for any
special person. The head of a well
known W arwickshire family during a | creased fourfold
vlalt to Rome In 1783 kept, and hoe
handed down. , those left by trie ao-
qualntntoe. On these figure tto arch
of Tttua, 8t Deter** tto castle of 8t
Angelo and many other Hons of Sone,
Not a few of tto visiting cards of this
mod recall nothing ao much aa tto
tineral monumeota --of those daya
I lorartlmes the name* appear on well
engraved rase*, aomrtlmea on chlm-
Culored races never ItAlAhl
Their eyes *H Nnyt 4
brown, brownish7yellow or black.
• The contract for bnilding the largest
cantilever bridge in the world has been
awarded by the Wabash railroad. The
new structure will span the Mononga-
bela river.
I’reeideut Roosevelt is to be present
ed with an Arabian saddle horse by
Captain John Cobb,aif American, who
has been a resident of Morocco for
thirty years.
According to the last census sixty-
six per cent, of the men between the
ages of 17 and 35 are unmarried ant
the average age at which the 34 per
ceat. married waa 25 years.
Sweden has 2,303 miles of Jgoveru
meut and 4,387 miles of private rail
road?. The government has not yet
succeeded in acquiring the latter, al
though efforts have been made to do so
Senator Clark, of Wyoming, predicts
that his State will soon be the wealth
iest in the Upion. His prediction is
baaed on the discovery of a depoeit o:'
platinum in a Wyoming copper mine
In England, where the governmeni;
owna the telegraph lines the newspaper
rate is 4 cents per hundred words
This would permit of the telegraphing
of an one-thousand word lette r for 40
cents.
One of the moat curious plants in
the world is the toothbrush plant, a
species of creeper which grows in Ja
maica. By cutting a piece of the stem
and fraying the ends the natives make
a toothbrush.
On a rural free delivery route re-
cently estf blished in Kansas there were
three aubsenptions to dully papers.
Within a month there were 100 and
the subscriptions to weeklies had in-
It is estimated that 1,000,000,000
acres of land are devoted to the culti
vation- of tobacco. The wdrld con
sumes each year 6,300,000,000, pounds
or nearly 2,812,500 tons, v forth 52,000,-
000 pounds atorling.
A Missouri saloon keeper has an
nounced that, not only will be sell no
bqoore to minor and inebriate*, bat be -
Hair Falls
"I tried Ayer's Hair Vigor to
stop friy hair from falling. Ont-
Julf a bottle cured me."
J. C. Baxter, Braidwood, HI.
Ayer’s Hair Vigor is
certainly the most eco
nomical preparation of its
kind on the market. A
little of it goes a long way.
It doesn’t take much of
it to stop falling of the
hair, make the hair grow,
and restore color to gray
hair. si.m ■ mu*, an
If your druggist cannot supply you,
dollar and we will ex
■end ua one
yon a bottle.
J: c. a 1
exprees
Be sure and giro the name
Address,
of your nearest express office.
YKK CO., Lowell,
MONEY TO LOAN
On farm lands. Easy payments. No com
missions charged. Borrower pays actual
cost of perfecting loan. For information
write
JNO. B. PALMER A SON,
Columbia. S. 0.
ABO
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For mere *f To Sense that suffer vtlh ■'*
larvfc Aethas*. ov Brwnchili* W* guaran
tee aa aM I tuin aad peraiaaeai cuss ei
< atarvk and it la the only known
fuv May Fere* II your druaamt nvi
done art keep ic wmn K AM i O . Al
Ua. lev Fven Haapln Trade tup?Und by
(arvenier Hrun . UranavtUa, f. C., or
I'm u-hield A Teirtnoa. Heartaoburs. a C
IDLE MONEY.
We ran une It (ov eortoa. Will sell a
bailed nurabev of oar 7 par eenc eertifl-
eate* I ate root payable January aad Jute.
The bant cotton mill Intent Mat offered
Araoune to suit No dobveataitea Re
draw a 11 on short notice
b* ffso.eaaaa jmfcl la
ran direct ana on receti* of money we will
daj
■sail certlSratee aarae day.
rMMammriLLB mr*t co,
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aOUTHCRn SHQBTHBnd
HJHO Graduates. Receives from 1 to k ap
plications daily for bookkwpers and ate-
noeretdiers. Bookkeeping. Hhortbnnd.
Teiegraphy taught. Refers to Allasta*
butmeaa msn and banker* Write for cat
alogue. Address A. C. BRlbOOK, Pres.,
or L. W. ARNOLD. Vice-Pres.. Atlanta.O*.
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VOMERSE COMMERCIAL
SCHOOL,
B. W. OKT8INGKR, Manager,
o Hpartanburg, B. C.
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to our agents besides the regular commia-
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Fifteen years’ business record back of this
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Order outfit and secure choice of terri
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HUB, CO., Atlanta, Ga.
Notice to Teachers.
Teachers can get books for their own
use at half price by calling at my office be
fore January 1st 190*J.
JA8 B. DAVIS, Co. Supt. Ed.
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