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*. . WET GUNCOTTON. t«r« Stable Than Dry aiMl Explodes Only From a tavara Shaek. Owing to Its high percentage of nitro gen oxide, guncotton whan axpeaad to air In a dry state rapklly abeorba oxy gen from the air and becomes very dangerous, exploding spontaneously or from slight shock. Dry guncotton In unconflned mass merely burns with a flash like gunpowder, pnly much more tepidly; It does not exert explosive ef fect unless confined, hs In a shell. In He dry state guncotton Is seldom used for primers and detonators, as it is too unstable and will explode with a slight shock or blow. The guncotton carried aboard war vessels and submarines for the ex plosive charge of torpedoes is always wet guncotton, kept in air tight con tainers to prevent evaporation of mois ture. Wet guncotton can be exploded only by a severe shock; hence primers or detonators of some more powerful explosive are necessary, these expldd- ing on impact of the torpedo against a ship's side and in turn exploding the guncotton in the war head. Fifty to 100 pounds is the usual charge of a tor pedo. Ordinarily safe if properly stowed away from heat and kept moist, gun- cotton becomes dangerous from liabil ity to spontaneous explosion when alight excess of add is present, and constant and regular tests for acidity are part of the duties of ordnance offl cera of war vessels and ammunition depots. Guncotton giving a high acid test is promptly condemned and either destroyed or reworked and washed.— American Druggist - COLOSSAL GRAVEYARDS. I m peeing Meunteine That Are flu IK r4 Animal Skeletons. Many of the most Imposing mountain ranges of the globe are largely made up of limestones composed slmost en tirely of the hard animals which once lived in the eea< the most- important of these rock building foruft being of a very email size. The solid earth is, in fact, a colossal graveyard, and many of Us most lmi>osing eleva tions are stupendous tombstones. The cbalk making up tbe white cliffs to which England owes her name of Albion (Latin, albus, white) is chiefly composed of microscopic shells closely resembling those^no^v,, ,fpun^ at the bottom of the sea. Hills and mountain ranges largely made of this bhalk ex tend from Britain and France round the shores of the Mediterranean and Won at a Shooting Match By OSCAR COX > - PEACE RECESSIONAL LAW OLD AND NEW. A Cynical Visw of Past Methods and Those of tho Present. Law, more especially criminal law, has usually been an occult science. It U still the practice in Burma, we be lieve, to give two disputants candles of tbe same size, to be lighted at tbe same time. Tbe one whose candle burns longest gets Judgment against tbe other. Less than 100 yean ago a defendant la an Engliab criminal trial appealed to the ordeal of battle, and the court mors or less surprised to And that tbe ancient law on which be relied bad never been repealed. Determining a man's guilt or luno- eence by his ability to walk on hot plows ha rea or carry a hot Iron or drink a poisonous decoction or by throwing him bound Into water has been practiced for ages among many peoples. Tbe medieval method of let- ting accused and arc oner fight K oat with waapona was common over Eu rope. Our modest ancestors confessed their InabUtty to find tbe merits of the cause and ao relegated. the whole af fair to the Intervention of supernatural agencies. The main difference Is that we art leas modest Instead of tbe ordeal of battle or tbe old key and Bi ble test or the “sirre witch.” we have tbe defendant play a game of trip tbe court If bo can catch tbe Judge put ting down an *1” dot over an “a" be wins and Is pronounced Innocent—Sat urday Evening Pont* •miff and a Creek. Robert Pinkerton once told a story of his father, tbe founder of tbe de tective agency, which Illustrates tbe elder Pinkerton's caution. A noted criminal was detained In Pinkerton s Chicago offles. Tbe elder Pinkerton left tbe room and when he returned took tbe precaution of bolding a re volver In front of him ready for use. fie saw the criminal standing by the door with a snuffbox be bad |>lcked np from Pinkerton's desk In his band. "This Is good snuff." affably re marked the crook an he took a sniff. “For tbe eyes or the nose?" asked Pinkerton, who knew that tbe crook bad intended to blind him In an effort to escape. “Well," remarked the criminal. “I’m aorry to say that tbe nose gets It this time.’’ away into Asia and are largely repre sented in other parts of the world. Even more remarkable Is the limestone of which the pyramids are built. This Is chiefly made un of coin shap ed shells (muinmulltes)W,'artly respon sible, no doubt, for eastern legends of magic money. Tbe limestone contain ing them attains a thickness of sever al thousand feet and Is the material of which many mountain ranges are largely built. Beginning on the west, we have the Pyrenees and Alps, fol lowed by the Carpathians. Caucasus, mountains of Asia Minor, north Africa and Baluchistan and, lastly, the Sulel n an mountains, Himalayas and ranges in China and Japan. Vo’ want to know why we culled gemmelmen nebber fought a duel— case we got mo' sense 'n white folks Wha' de use two ulggahs staudin’ up to fight to’ deir bonuh wbeu delr honab won’t bp no use to 'em when dey get killed? One live man is wuth two dead ones any day. m De’ neares' 1 ebber come to seeiu' two culled gcmmelmcu tight a duel war down in Mississippi aftah de wuh. One ob de Liucun culled regiments wah disbanded down dab. Majah Wa'fleld. dot belonged to Curuel Wa’- fleld befo’ de prokelmntlon. wasacap'n ob de regiment—dat Is, so mady ob de white ossefers wah killed dat dey had to put in culled ones. De majah was mighty swelled up wld bein'' called majab and put on all de airs ob a plantah what owned a t’ousand ulg- j gahs. All de culled gals was stuck ou he fine manners and dc brass button! he wore and buzzed about him like flies on a sugah bnr’l. Wha'ver he went der war suah to be a string ob ! slrnp'erin’ gals at he heels. • (Apologies to Kipling)' , " Goddess of Fortune, known of old, Fat* of our thin brown battle line--- Beneath whose kindly hand we hold i The lows of Peace from palm to pine; GoddeMgof Peace, make us aware Sh«*jj*We prepare? Should we pre pare ? . a .. , v The tumult and the shouting dies The peace ship sails to foreign shores We hear the - thundering protests rise, We watch the flag which proudly soars, Goddess of Peace, hear thou our prayer, Should we prepare? Should we pre pare ? If deaf with din of war we lose All thoughts of bitter sacrifice, Or miss the greater good and choose A*golden calf to canonize, Goddess of Peace, do thou declare, Should we prepare? Should we pre pare? JOHN J. JONES, Attorney and Counselor at Law. Practice in all the State and Feder al Courts of South Carolina and Geor gia. Prompt attention given to Col lections. . ' 0 . Office 413 Dyer Bldg, .But de majah didn't want any ob *itpitsta fern 'cept Sue Venables, de likeliest AUGLST ^’ GEORGIA. THE JUDGE’S CHARGE. it Who Dazsd the Culprit’s Lawyer, Felt He Had Won His Case. The following experience of a Mis slsslppi lawyer was related by himself years ago. He said: ^ I was defending a prisoner for horse stealing, and seeing no other means of defending him under the circumstances I set up the plea of innnutty. i argued it at length, read many extracts from works of medical jurisprudence and had the patient attention of tbe coiirt The prosecuting attorney did nof af tempt to reply to my argument or cou trovert my authorities. 1 seemed to have things my own way and whisper cd to tbe prisoner that he ueedn t be uneasy. Then cams tbe Judge's charge, in which be reminded tbe Jury that there was no dispute between counsel as to the facts of the case. Indeed, there could not have been, for several witnesses had sworn positively tbni they saw my client steal the borne "But," concluded the court, "the plea of Insanity has been set np, and I charge you. gentlemen of the Jury, that It should recslvs your very grave and serious deliberation, but I must be allowed to say. gentlemen, that for myself, upon a review of tbe whole ease, I can discover no evidence of In sanity on the part of the prisoner, ex cept perhaps in the selection of his counsel.”—Chicago News. gal on de Venables plantation. < and de only reason he wanted her war j case Jim Archibald war gwtne to marry her htasclf. Majah Wa'fleld waa like a rooster In a chicken yard dat won't Mow any udder Tooster dah. He went shinin' up to Sue. and soon ; ns she sor dat she could git tin ossefer I she kind oh dropped Jim. Deu Jim says, says he: “Ef yo' want Majah Wa’fleld mo' dan yo' want me I'm gwtne to slide out.” ' “Who said I wanted Majah Wa'fleld mo' dan I.waut yo'?” Bell ’Phone 3237. A. H. NINESTEIN, ' ' HERBERT E. GYLES, Attorneys-at-Law, BLACKVILLE, . - . . s. Will practice in all Courts. Money to loan op Farming Lands. DR. W. C. MILHOt'S. Dentist. Office hours;. 8:30 a. m. to 6 p. m. Persona living away from Barnwell will please make appointments before | coming.' By so doing they will be sure jof immediate serviep. Dr. HARRY B. HAIR, Dentist, « W1LL18TON. S. C. Office open every day in the week. Flexibility of English. English is not only, as Richard Jef feries asserted, the most expressive and flexible of tongues, but also. In Swinburne's opinion, the most musical. He proclaimed tbe lines— Music that gentlier on tho spirit lies Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes' to be uumatebed for melody In any language. And few would venture to This Country ef Signets. America Is a quarter section, not square foot country. It Is the land of tbe. biggest lakes, the longest rivers, tbe fastest trains, tbe tallest buildings, tbe land of tbe huge corporation and the spacious farm and the prodigious Industrial enterprise. Tbe Inhabitant of this country of bigness feels tbe urge of these Immeasurable Interests therefore his fascination for large fig ures and enormous scales of measure ment He feels that be must keep up to tbe pace of business or get out of the game or be run over. One advance step nedessKates- a -longer stride to follow. He mqst always have his ’•next” • • • Big and swift busi ness always fascinates the American mind.—From "American Ideals,’’ by Clayton Sedgwick Cooper. contradict suclnrmaster of music god tongues. But surely French ranks next on tbe roll of languages. Fqg clearness Of faction It is unrivaled, ahd, thanks to its abundance of vowels (close on one for every consonant). It flows rhythmically from the tongue. An Odd Apology. Ttate la the classic apology of a cele brated statesman of the last genera tion: “Hr. Speaker. In the beat of de bate I stated that the right honorable opposite was a dishonest unprincipled adventurer. 1 have now, in • calmer moment, to atate that I am aorry for It** i One Lesson Leamsd. ___ Tn this practice to become a soldier your first 'lesson moat be of prompt and unquestioning obedience to your superior officer." . . v “That’s aH right, captain; Fm mar ried. What’s tho next lesson r-Balti- Amorirtn. Habits of tht Wildcat. To say that a dog can “whip his weight In wildcats'’ Is to pay about the highest tribute to his strength, cour age and activity, and there are very few dogs that would care to earn such a tribute If they understood all It im plk*d. Not that a wildcat is of a spe dally aggressive disposition. On the contrary, he would sooner mind, bis own business any time than figtat. So anxlods is he as a rule to keep out of trouble that he has often been ac cused of cowardice, but he lias on so many occasions given evidence of the most desperate courage that it is doubtful if the accusation is a fair one. When wounded or at bay he is perhaps as dangerous as any ci^eature of his size. WALL * HARLEY, Well Drillers. - Let us Estimate on Your Work. J BARNWELL. 8. C, R. F. D. NO. 2. H. R. ERWIN, Civil Engiaeer and Surveyor, ALLENDALE. S. C. march ‘16 EDGAR A. BROWN, JAS. JUL1EN HUSH, Attorneys-at-Law. Money to Loan in any Amount for any Length of Time -“Wha’ -yo'. eotton to him so fo* if f Walker Building, "Barnwell, yo’ don't want him?" 8ne. she wouldn't give np de majah. and she wouldn't gib np Jim. Dat’s de way wld some gals. Seems '■ If dey want to msk' trouble ’tween de men. De majnh amt Jim kep' giftin' hotter and hotter till dey war Jnst sis- alio*. At las' wha' war goln' on spluded. De majah, who had carried de pistol In an affair ob honab 'tween two gem melmen and reckoned be mus' put on all de airs ob whits folks, sent wo'd to 1 Jim dat If be wanted Sue he mus' fight fo' her on de field ob honab. Dar war no odder way to git her. Wbeu Jim got de challenge be war walkin' town'd de ba'n, and settln’ be side de ba'n do' war Unrl# Mose. a nig gnh wha' bad de moc* sense ob any nlggnh on de plantation. Jim toT Mose about d* challenge, and Mose says, aays be: . % "Dat fool niggah fink he mighty sma't Jes' case he belonged to de army. Yo' leab It all to me. Jim. I git yo’ de gal." Jim agreed, and Move called on Ma jah Wa'field's second to arrsuge de te’tna. “De bes’ way fo’ to settle de mat- tab" says Mose. “Is fo’ Majah Wa'fleld and Jim to see which Is de bes' shot. To do dls dey needn't shoot at each nd- der. Dey kin shoot at u ma'k, fo' If dey git killed wha' use ds gal to 'em?" The majah was persuaded to leave Sue to de bes’ maMcamnn, and Mose said dat dey shoot at an. egg hung to a thread. Whoeber put de mos' 'shots Into de egg war to bah de flel' cl'ar to git Sue. All de nlggahs turned out to see de sbootln' match. Mose. bein' de oldes' niggah. war master of ceremonies. He hung up an egg, and, lookin' wise, he said: “Yo', Jim, yo' fire six shots at dat egg. Den Majah Wa'fleld fire six Shots at anudder egg. De one dat puts de mos’ shots In de egg gits de gal." He handed Jim a revolver wld sis shots In It. Jim tuk de pistil, shot Ids eyes and fired, hlttlu' a niggah stand- in’ to one side In de heel. Den he fiiTd some mo', o|>en!n' his eyeg mo' and mo', and de las' shot he hit de egg and splattered It ull ober de crowd staudin' roun’. ^ Majah Wa'fleld he lafed, feelln’ sho' dat he could hit dn egg eltery tima Dr. J. W. Reeves Dentist In office last week of each month. Barnwell, South Carolina Offles In Harrison Bulldlag. oct31-li-lyr The Orkney Island*; “The member from the Orkneys” Is the only man In the British house of commons who can say be sits for 200 Islands. Only sixty of the Islands are inhabited, but the constituency em braces more than 00.000 ppople^ 1- The Orkneys were once given by Norway to England as security for a queen’s dower and never redeemed. In tbe islanda tbe voters must go to the polls by boats, and in some cases the distance to be traveled fs eight miles. on tbe The OM Family Tree. let ef men get Job* •f their ancestry?” ▲ fleed f am fly tree has pre tty S ph»r—New Toth Tate- Oxen Cavalry. ViV Madagascar possesses the only oxen cavalry reglm^m iiLJhe world. The climate is so unhealOj-y-for horses that some substitute h^d t^be found. The oxen hare been trained to maneuver with surprising skill, but of course are not speedy. Hiq Jeks. “Hicks has a Job I wouldn't care for —pooria* molten metal la a foundry." "Moat be hot work." “To* bet! Be parspbea at every It ag'ln. Six times he fired and six times Joggled de egg. Den Mose said to him, says he: “Yo* go’n way from hyer and leab Sue fo’ Jim. She be long to Jim anyway till J-ou come ’long wld yo’ fine soldier manners.” The majah he Jist tu'ned around and walked away, and he didn’t show his face about dere no mo* nohow. Mose tuk Jim by a a’m and ma’ched him to where Sue waa, and he said to Sue, says he: “You quit yo’ foolin' and take dis man fo‘ yo’ wedded husban’. He won you at a shootin* match. Ain’t dat enuf to make him wuth while?" An' Sue she Jist looked proud as a young chicken dat bad*-lal{l Its first egg. fp’ she had been fought fo’ by two ciiUed gemmelmen an’ dere wn'n’t no blood spilled, only de flllln’s ob an egg. An*, she tnk Jim by de a’m an’ led him away with all de style ob a cakewalk. Dat Var de ncares’ to a duel 1 eber see among culled folks Why did de majah only Joggle de egg? Why. yo’ aee. Hose had taken out de finin', leab- ta' only de shell De wind ob de bul let pushed tt aside ao de bullet couldn't it Majah Wa'fleld might M. B. CALHOUN Funeral Director Allendale, , Barnwell, Blackville. T'irst-class Undertaking. Hearse for both White and Black. a Offices. - Allendale: Home Furni ture Co., Barnwell and Blackville. All calls given prompt attention. 9-2-15 Pension Notice. I will be in the Auditor’s office ev- When Mose hung up nnudder egg de majah fired. He dldHT hit de egg. but c * • r Joggled it., He fired ag'ln and Joggled urda / in January, commencing the first day, to approve pension blanks and all parties desiring to ap ply for a pension will please meet me there on those days for the purpose of securing pension blanks, which must be approved before the General Board meeting, which will meet the first Monday in March, 1916. G. E. BIRT. BANKERS AND STOREKEEPERS. Bank Jokes is a humorous paper op posed to big mail order houses/ de partment stores chain stores, five and and ten cent shops. Bank Jokes be lieves that true prosperity follows home trading. Bank men are “Bank Jokes” when they trade out of town, so are clergymen and town officers. Bank Jokes has been $1 a year, but for the present it is but ten cents a year. Do not send postage stamp!. Address BANK JOKES, Yarmouth- Mass..—adv. shot all day Any weekly wishing to “run the ? above ad for aix months for |4 net ■ W-rt. ■ > # r, - ^ i :: So you can see it behooves you to take thought for tomorrow'’ in this connection. There’s a grand chance to do it, here nowr^The first-comers will get the best selections, naturally. Come In! Mid-Winter Quarter-Off -• * % Sale of Clothing and Furnishings % Coat Suits and Dresses. • I We announce^today the] beginning of our Mid-Winter Quarter Off Sale. As^eyerybody in this vicinity knows, these sales are real events with us. They offer very great money-saving opportunities too, for anyone who needs or will later need, high-grade clothing and furnishings and who has the fore thought to buy them immediately. This year there is a special inducement. Owing to the war, the foreign-demands for woolens of all kinds has created an unparalleled condition in the American market. There is a tremendous scarcity of raw wool in this country now, and the scarcity is daily growing more acute. Nobody knows where the prices will ^ 1 *"** * be another season. But certainly they will be higher. I | Y | f sad he cosddat bill to Bosk Jokes, I m 7<m JOB WOU. J. A. Porter, .' . "• -■ J Barnwell, S. C