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1 fHnber tfye \ Chestnut (Tree! Doctor and Hearse. A Washington physician was recently walking on Connecticut avenue with his 5-year-old son, when s they were obliged to stop at a side street to await the passing of a funeral procession.. The youngster had never seen anything: of the kind, His eyes widened. Pointing to the hearse, he asked: "Dad, what's that?" "That, my son," said the physician, with a grim smile, "is a mis* taken diagnosis."?Portland Express. Times Had Changed. "Did you and pa start with plenty of money?" asked the daughter. "We lived upon very little else but lave, dear!" was the mother's gentle 1 answer. "But I suppose pa soon got lots of salary?" "No, dear; it was a great struggle at first." "Then how did you manage? Pa had a little in the bank?" "Not a farthing." "Oh, my George is in just the same u position, and we love each other, and ? "If that penniless adventurer ever dares to enter this house again I will T fkintr /vP Vlim ! l/CIl 1111X1 wuai X Ulllia vx nuuf w w your room at once!''?Stray Stories. A Reasonable Presumption. * "I was counsel for a railway com\ pany in the west," says a prominent New York lawyer, "in whose employ a section hand had been killed by an express train. His widow, of course, sued for damages. The principal witness swore positively that the locomotive whistle had not sounded s until after the entire train had passed over his departed friend. " Tou admit that the whistle blew?' I sternly demanded of the witness. " 'Oh, yes, it blew.' " 'Now,' I added impressively, 'if ^ that whistle sounded in time to give Morgan warning the fact would be in favor of the company, wouldn't it?' " 'I suppose so,' said the witness. " 'Very well. Now, for what earthly purpose would the engineer blow bis whistle after the man had been struck? * " 'I presume,' replied the witness, with* great deliberation, 'that the whistle was for the next man on the track.' "?Harper's Weekly. ???? ? A New Disease. t Young Featherhead, soon after purchasing his elegant new touring car, was taken with a swelling on the back of his neck. He went and consulted .his physician about it, says the Youth's Companion, "Doctor," he said, "are there such things as automobile diseases?" "It is not unlikely,' was the doc* tor's response. "At least automobiling may develop tendencies to disease that lie dormant under ordinary conditions." fc "Well, I wish you would look at that spot on the back of my neck and tell me if the excessive use of my motor car has anything to do with it" The doctor complied. "H'm!" he said, gravely. "That looks as if it might be either a carnr an ant-Amo-bile." ! A Nasty Trick. > ."An amusing but nasty trick was played in the early autumn at George W. Vanderbilt's Biltmore estate near Asheville," said a Pittsburg florist, j) "A friend of mine, one of the Biltmore gardeners, wrote and told me about it the other day. "It seems that at the entrance to Biltmore there was a sign that read, 'Please do not pluck the flowers without leavte.' "Well, one visitors' day, some joker added an's' to the sign's last word. As a result, every visitor left t Biltmore that day with a delighted smile and an enormous bouquet." A Gentle Hint. "I got a neat rebuke for my curiosity once," said a well known Baltimore man to Lippincott's Magazine, ' "and it was administered to me by a native of the Cheat river region in West Virginia. "I had stopped over night in the district in question, and in the morning was strolling about the place asking all sorts of question. Presently t mftt ? lankv mountaineer, who \ greeted me with 'Howdy/ and passed the time of day most pleasantly. Seeing that he was barefooted, a circumstance, it seemed to me, quite odd in a mountainous region, I asked: " 'Is it the custom of this country for the men to go without shoes?' /} " 'Waal,' the native drawled, 'some on us do, but most on us atten's to our own business.' " When Mr. Jones's seventh son was born there was great rejoicing. Two < or three days after the event, one of the neighbors, meeting Tommy, the - eldest son, asked if he were not sorry that his baby brother was not a baby % sister. Tommy shook his head. "No, ma'am not me!" he replied with great decision. "Y' see we're tryin' for a baseball nine." It Is a Good Umbrella. It was a sound, substantial umbrella, with a cheery wood stick. We found it hanging on a peg In the corner of our room in the hotel at Bruges (writes "P."). Such an umbrella could belong to none but an Englishman, and it at once occurred to us that it had been left behind by some former passing isitant The umbrella was particularly Interesting to me because I had foolishly come away from England without one. I eyed that umbrella as a small boy eyes a forbidden orchard. The next morning threatened rain, and I could not resist taking the umbrella tentatively from its peg. unrolling It and displaying its comfortable tentlike proportions. I put it back on X1? a cfrrh onH nnhlr WPTlt Ult? WIUU CL OlgU UUU UVM?^ .. out unprotected. During the stay in Bruges my eyes and thoughts returned to the umbrella with strong fascination. and on the morning of leaving the temptation was still more acute. The angels of light and darkness struggled within me, but the good one triumphed, and we went to the station without the umbrella. We left our luggage in the hotel to be brought to us at the station by the boots. The Brussels train came in. but our luggage was missing. We took our seats, and at the last moment the boots rushed up, compensating for want of English by a large smile, and dragged our bags?and the umbrella. He threw it in to us. and the train departed. It is a good umbrella.?Manchester Guardian. The Way to Succeed. Here is a bit of advice that will go ?n far as anv that was ever paid for: | The only way to succeed Is to be successful. Doesn't sound very profound, does It? It Isn't It's about as simple as anything that has ever been printed, and at first sight it may appear idiotic. But there is a lot in it The man who succeeds is the man who brings to a successful termination every minute undertaking of every day's activity. The successful man's life is made up of a myriad of successes. If you let one little item of your day's work get by you without satisfying yourself that you have done your best on it you are preparing for a failure. A million treatises on how to be successful will not help you. The trouble with too many of us is that we are so busy trying to see a great success In the future that we can't see the chances for little successes under our noses. Heaven is not reached at a single bound, and neither Is success. The only way to succeed is to be successful. It is worth thinking over.?St Paul News. Tha Oriainal Tobogganer. The otter was the original tobogganer and his slide the first of its kind deliberately chosen. Whence came his information? I know not Turn if you can the leaves of nature's wonderful volume back to the opening chapters of animal life for information upon1 this and countless other curious traits. Maybe the primal otter saw a cube of ice break from its parent glacier and go sliding down a polished path to the sea. He may have then tried the feat himself under the notion that such sliding was rare good fun for otters. Quien sabe? Wherever the otter may have obtained his idea of sliding, he has neither lost it nor improved upon It He slides as his forbears did for love of sliding, but he does not altogether depend upon snow and ice. During summer earth slides serve well enough, and these will surely be found on the banks of streams frequented by otters.?Outing. Westminster Abbey Customs. Burial in Westminster abbey is not of course a question of money, but there are certain fees charged for interment within that ancient pile. Formerly the fees amounted to ?150 or .rien Haon Cfonlov fntrr?/inr?pd manv A1W. v reforms In the scale of charges, with the result that the maximum cost is now ?111 4s. 2d. It may, however, be ?20 less. The variations in the cost arise in connection with the contribution demanded for the fabric fund, which is ?26 or ?36 or ?46, according to the place of interment Other items in the bill are ?34 2s. 2d. for fees to the dean, canons, choir and vergers and ?31 2s. on account of silk scarfs, hatbands and gloves to the clergy, choir and vergers, which were formerly provided by the undertaker and charged in his account?Westminster Gazette. Grounds For Suspicion. The artist came in and seated himself with a foreign and unaccustomed air, a slight something of hauteur the woman thought "My landlord," he began, "came to me this morning and told me to have anything I wanted done in the way of improvements in my apartments. He told me to spare no expense." The woman looked at him hard. "I begin to suspect you," said she, f'of having paid your rent"?New York fPrpRS Fish Have No Eyelids. Goldfish do not close their eyes excause they have no eyelids. There exist In fishes no genuine eyelids, but in some (mackerel and sea mullet) there is a transparent film over the anterior surface of the eyeball, and in certain sharks there Is a nictitating or winking membrane that is regulated by a special muscle.?St Nicholas. The Converse. "Is success a crime?" 41 would not say that," answered the conservative citizen, "but I must state that crime 6eems to be a success in some quarters."?Philadelphia Bulletin. Self forgetfulness in love for others has a foremost place in the ideal character and represents the true end of humanity.?Peabody. PROTECTING THE SUBSCRIBER. Foreman Couldn't Go Back on a Man Who Had Paid in Advance. The other night at a little gathering of magazine writers the talk centered around Mr. Bryan's charges! against the New York newspapers. | "I have worked for many newspapers," said Robert H. Davis of Munsey's, "and I never knew one yet that wasn't true to its readers. When I was a cub I worked on the Carson Appeal, out in Nevada. Late one night when we were pulling off the 300 circulation on a Washington hand press a half dressed man with a stubby black beard slipped in through the door and asked if we had a suit of clothes we could let a feller have. There were always a lot of old clothes hanging behind the press that anybody was welcome to. We told him to help himself. Pretty soon he was well rigged out. He started ,to leave, but hesitated, watching the printing. 'What does the paper cost?' he asked. We told him $8. He dug up the money. 'Where should we send it?' Til let you know when I git settled/ he said. 'I'm traveling/ ' 'With that he went out. In about * * 1 t Al _ .l.i.1 halt an nour we neara me ciatter hoofs and the clanging of weapons, and looking out in the moonlight we recognized the sheriff and four heavily armed deputies. They came in. Had we seen a half-dressed man with a stubby black beard? We had. Which way did he go? I started to tell them that he had gone around the corner, through the side street toward the hills. The foreman nudged me to keep quiet. Til attend to this/ he said. Then he went on to say the man had gone down the main road to the canyon. They mounted and rode away in the wrong direction. "Our visitor was Black Bart, the highwayman, who had just escaped from the penitentiary. "What did you do that for?' I asked the foreman with some indignation. "Hell!' he said, you wouldn't go back on a subscriber, would you."? New York World. , You know as well as any one when you need something to regulate your system. If your bowels are sluggish, your food distresses you, your kidneys pain, take Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. It always relieves. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. H. F. Hoover. [D. DELKI CARRIAGE WORKS I ANYTHING ON WHEELS I Delivery wagons, one and two I horse farm wagons, ice wag- I ons, log carts, sewing machine I wagons, or any kind of special I work built to order on short | notice. First-class repair ana paint shop, does pipe work and R carries piping and fixtures, brass fittings, engine supplies, injectors, steam gauges, engine oils, large stock of buggies, harness, lap robes and whips for sale cheap. All work will be appreciated and satisfaction guaranteed D. J. DELK BAMBERG, . : S. C. WANTED! Fifty Colored Laborers at Once For Logging, Railroad and Sawmill Work. STEADY WORK GOOD WAGES Paid Every Night With ? - ? ? i Checks wnicn may oe turned into office every two weeks to be cashed. House Rent Free Also can use white labor Call or Address BREON LUMBER BO. ULMERS, ----- S. C. Located on S. A. L. Railroad. jw. P. RILEY | l-lKCj o ACCIDENT t 1; INSURANCE 1 J J BAMBERG, .... S. C. J 0 =0 Ruby Beauties Of Dual Merit. V -0 In color the Devon is a rich red throughout, except a tuft of long white hair in the brush of the tail. The back is straight, broad and covered with a thick layer of flesh. The horns are rather long and slender; size would be classed as medium. In this breed the beefiug and milking qualities are well developed. The steers, while not large, are quick, easy feeders. Good Words For the Devon. The Devon as a two purpose cowgets some strong testimony from farmnfo/vHool Hnirrmpn One of ci o auu p* u\, Livuj j ? ? the former says in American Cultiva-1 tor: Along in the eighties in Ohio we had some Durham cows, and the first frost they would get a bow in their backs and get poor and bawl for more feed, so they did not suit me, and I thought I would try the little Devon. I just had money enough for one cow. I put her by the side of the Durhams, and she made more butter and got fat on one-half the feed the Durhams got We then disposed of all the Durhams. Then we tried the Jerseys ? giving them a fair trial?but they would not come to the place with Devons in making butter or milk to our satisfaction. So we gave them up. Then we caught the Holstein fever, and that was worse than ever. She gave plenty of milk, but it would not te.it with the Devons. wmiiri us much feed and hay as any three Devons we had In the barn. We now have no other cattle but the Rubles and will stick to them, as they have lifted us out of some very tight places. Another Devon enthusiast writes: Being fine milkers and their milk of DUKE OF VEBNON. [Devon bull owned by A. F. Bronaon, Vernon, N. Y.] excellent quality, their flesh tender and of fine fiber and the fat well marbled with the lean, they are especially adapted to the requirements of either the grazier or the dairyman. About a year ago James Wood of Westchester county, N. Y., and Dr. J. Chetson Morris of Westchester, Pa., after making careful tests of the milk of the dairy breeds selected the Devons for their dairies. They found the Devon milk superior to all other ror tne proaucuou of a perfectly balanced milk for city consumption and obtained the highest prices. Some years ago a celebrated chemist reported milk from the Devon to be the best milk to raise babies on, as it had more sugar in it and nearer the milk of the baby's mother. t Resistant to Ticks. There are three breeds of cattle that promise to be valuable to the growers of beef In the south that seem to stand the ticks better than the true beef breeds. They suffer from the ticks as do dairy cattle, but actual losses are rare. These breeds are the Ayrshire, the Devons and the Red Polls. I have seen cattle of all these breeds in Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina and Alabama, and they seemed to be thriving well with ticks on them. Of course they were not as fat as cattle should be, but they looked to be good enough to try. The three breeds are In that class that is recognized as dual purpose. Often the cows are very strong milkers, and there Is fair beef conformation. Of these the Ayrshire Is somewhat the roughest breed and not large. The Devons are beautiful cattle of dark red color, with very long horns. They are small, but quite good in beef type and very hardy. r u-fn-A Ar thrw> hprris of 1 uaic v iOiLCu mv v> Devons Id Georgia and find them In good condition, considering the feed and pasture.?Southern Planter. Good Cows Well Kept. There should be nothing spasmodic about the keeping of a cow. At pasture?at full pasture?all her needs are supplied, and when the pasture fails, either in quality or quantity, and the earth Is parched "and the grasshopper : is a burden" and when the nights and then the days turn cold the needs of the cow for full nutritious feeds remain the same as when she did so well in the first flush pasture. If we would not forget that the cow makes the milk from her feed and come into the clear understanding of ' the organic fact that milk making is a normal operation of the properly nourished functions of the cow we would have more good cows well kept ?W. P. McSparran. Cotton Cake For the Cow. hao heen demonstrated in Den mark that no other cake is as productive of fat In milk as Is the cotton ' cake," according to Consular Agent ! Benton. "Feeders of every class are fnlly aware of this, and cotton cake is [ prized more highly than in the United ? States." > The Red, White and Roan. | The extensive Shorthorn exhibit at > the Minnesota state fair seems to lndi> cate that thyed, white and roan cat> tie are better supported by Minneso[ tans than any other of the beef breeds. fT^TBRABHAMi @ OLD LIINE @ ? FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE | f ^iran/ri'nn. I WE ,EndeaTOr?.t?._J? \ , nu y aiiwin^ T Dusiness interests ux uui tua_ .. tomers in every legitimate way. In m so doing, our motives may be somem. llvll what tinctured with selfishness, for upon the prosperity of its patrons Interests I hinges the success of every bank, j WE PAY INTEREST PEOPLES BAIN K. I I BAMBERG SOUTH CAROLINA I ^ I--I--:li ;! -:l; -I--:l.: :! ? : I? il- el 1NEW NOVELTIES I - | $ $ ? 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