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fe. 0 Hr iT' 9 I ‘-r Wednesday, Thursday and Friday Beginning Wednesday Jan. 13th Oil IMIi LUi, Wm. E. McNAB, Manager. WILD GOOSE LIFE L i; r f B ■ >. * w thu Qandw Is a Mastar mi ttratogy and a Flaraa Flo****'- Wa know nothing of tba coartsblp at tba wtM gooaa. bot wa aaanrad that U moat be a arrmly and worthy affair. Once mutrd. tb«ra la no fur- tbar nwd for r«na and proteatntlona. for tba bird* mute for Ufa Tot:ether they unit* In building the neat, out the gooaa alone watebea o*«*r the eittn*. while day and night the gandar weave* In all direction* on water and on land bit traila of wntchfulne** Neither man nor tH-a*t m*j approach Without helm: flervel.v * ff atirce**fnllx assailed huflcti-rl and ruuital by a re lentlrwa atbo-k with beak and wing*. This gutirdlniiMhlp l* trebled when the new generiittou helpies* and de|>end ent, eolce* ita t1r*t peed for firoter*- tlon from the iwnla wbii'b enitmipaaa and beaet It * If. perchnm-e. the amaJI faintly electa to remain ou tli*j shore the |>«renta will circle round and round the group of golden gOHllnc*. and If danger threatens from any one direction the gnuder, by some miracle of strategy, will succeed In idaclug himself at die one vulnerable point of hla Intrench roent. Ills loyalty, aatnteueas and un selflabncss are not to be found In those unolraervnut folk who have presumed to slander him In swimming the strictest discipline la maintained. The young form In single file, following the mother, while the gander bring* up the rear, with eyes constantly sweeping the whole range of vision. Ill* vigil la ceaseless and untiring. guch la the life of these two birds that are mated In more than sex. and when death comes to one or the other of them we know that mnuy times the one that remains will seek no other mate, hat will return each spring to the site of hla former nest, which he will never renew again.-Atlantia - ' X DISGRACED THE SENTINEL For Net Killing the Army Chief Who Had Struck Him. In France in the aeventeentl) century the office of sentinel was a very aolemn charge, and a part of the sentinel's duty was to resent and punish any af front The severity of this punish ment was In proportion to the high Im portance of hU office. A Frenchman relates an Incident Illustrative of this f flirt: In 1022 U. de Marillac rode away on bone back from an audience with the ktng Bis horse stepped on a seutl nel’a foot. The man atruck the horse, which leaped forward and shook VL de IfarlUac In bis saddle. rider turned and struck the sen duet (The soldier belonged to the com pany of M. de Goes, who when be ■'bear&W this bad him arrested and im- He himself s« out sword search of U. de Marillac to ion for an insult to bis The king wa* informed of the ln«*t dent and sent for M de <l«>e* end hi de Marillac He reprimanded de Marti, lac acverely. told him that the sentinel should have killed him and fortaide him to eservtse hi* command aa cnief marshal for six days The sentinel was tried tiefore a coon rll of war and wne eeiiteuied as a pen alty for not kiiiIiik l>e Marillac to be deprived of hi* arms in the presence of hla regimen! snd to i>* tortured by the strappado—that Is to lie hoisted by a ro|ie to a beam and let fall Tbe king pardoned tbe man. but M de Goes would not have him In bis company again — Washington Star. Paddlsd Away In a Coffin. Several men have succeeded In es caplng from Pevll'a Island, where Cap tain Dreyfus was confined. One bold prisoner escatied from hla cell during a dark night and foriasl his way Into a abed where coffins were made. Se lecting a large shell, he nailed the lid down In such a way that a bole was left big enough for him to crawl Into Then he raided s storehouse and stole a supply of food, which he placed In aide the coffin. His next proceeding was to drag the coffin and Its contents down to the waters edge. Beaching It In safety, he launched hla sepulchral vessel, crawled Into It and paddled away by means of his bauds. Devil's tsand never saw him again Too Much Push. “Ton must push matters a little. James.’ 1 said a druggist to hla new boy "By calling a customer’s atten Uou to this article and that article you ofteu effect a sale." “Yes. sir,” responded the new boy. snd then he hastened to wait upon an elderly (rerson who wanted a stamp. “Anything else, mum?” Inquired the ambitious hoy politely. “Hair dye, cos tnetic, face powder, rheumatic drops belladonna, mole destroyer”— The elderly lady deals over the way now. , > tr : r "’ Ambiguous. Dncle Sol threw aside the letter he was reading and uttered an exclama tlon of Impatience “DoggoneT’ be cried. “Why can’t people be more explicit?" “What’s the matter, par aaked Aunt Sue. “This letter frotff home,” Dncle Sol answered, “says father fell out of tbe yld apple tree and broke a limb.”— Youngstown Telegram. Like Accepting an Office. “Do yon take this woman to be your lawful wedded wife?” solemnly in quired the officiating clergyman. “TWidlng with reluctance to the ear neat solicitation of my many friends, 1 do!” sonorously answered tbe Hon. flowlobd Roopmore.-l’nck. The New Sdeace of Agronomy. “Farm products cost more thsn they used to.” “Yes,’’ replied the farmer. “When a farmer is supposed to know the bota nical name of what he’s raisin' an’ the entomological name of the insect that eats it, an’ the pharmaceutical name of the chemical that will kill it, somebody has got to pay.” ‘ The Shepherd of The HilU.” There is a character in “The Shep herd of the Hills,’’ the dramatization of Harold Bell Wright’s novel, which will have its first annual engagement at the Barnwell Opera House, January 20th, called ’’Preachin’ Bill.” Despite the roughness of his character, he has a brand of philosophy that in its way is quite equal to that of “David Harum.” Some of his sayings are: “Some fellers can do mighty big things in a durned little way.” “F.very hound has his strong points, but some has mare of ’em.” “There is a bond of fellowship in sorrow that knows no conventionali ties.” “God ’Imighty fixed it somehow so th’ birds and varmints don’t make no mistake, but left hit plumb easy for men and women t’ make churned fools of themselves.” v “Hit’s good fer a feller t’ be down in the back onct i»a while, if hit warn’t for that we’d git to standin’ so durned proud and straight we’d go plumb over backwards.” The dramatic critic of the Birming ham, Ala., News in reviewing the play last season enthusiastically calls the character of “Preachin’ Bill” every body’s friend, “a lasting memory.”— adv. Luke McLuke Seyt. Once upon a time a man remembered that the day waa tbe tenth anniversary of his wedding and he brought home some flowers and candy to his wife and gave her a kiss. And it took eight doc tors nine days to restore the poor woman from the effect of the shock. The Soft Hearted men are the best fellows and have the most friends. But they are usually working for and pay ing rent to the Hard Headed men. After sizing up the people he meets every day, a man can't understand why any blamed fool wants to be a cannibal. It is funny, but it ia a fact. The Rich think the Poor are Extravagant and the Poor think the Rich are Stingy. There are all sorts of people in the world, including the human hog who eats five times a day and roars about the Evils of the Liquor Habit , If you hate a man you also regard his dog as the sneakingest, erneryest brute in the world. We have just had a peek at the new Pension Notice. The Confederate veterans and the widows of veterans in Barnwell County will please take notice that I will be in the Auditor’s office in the Court House every Saturday in January, commenc ing January 2nd, 1915, for the purpose of receiving applications for pensions. G. E. Birt, Pension Commissioner. THE BEST SHOW WINDOW IN TOWN IS AN AD IN THIS PAPER Thos. M. Boulware, winter lingerie. No, it wasn't being worn. It was in a fashion sheet. The popular garment ia the Umbrella Com bination and it is about aa big as a mans pocket handkerchief. It begins at the waist and it doesn't reach the knees. The dear things wear this and get prickly heat and the fool men wear their heavies with the botfoma rolled up into wads around their ankles and then they holler with rheumatism.— Cincinnati Enquirer. PERF DRESS m COMFORT e Y OU need a good, warm roo^rt to shave and dress in. A Perfec tion Smokeless Oil Heater will warm any ordinary room in a few minutes. 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