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A Free Seat. He was old and poor and a stranger In the great metropolis, j As he bent his steps thitherward To a stately edifice. Outside he inquires: "What church is this?" "Church of Christ," he hears them say; "Ah, just the place I am looking for, I trust He is here today." Ha Dassed through the spacious columns, And up the carpeted aisle, And as he passed on many a face He saw surprise and smile. From pew to pew up one entire side Then across the broad front space; From pew to pew down the other side He walked with the same slow pace. Not a friendly voice had bid him sit .. To listen to gospel truth; *: Not a sign of deference had been paid 585- . ; To the aged one by youth, No door was opened by generous hand, The pews were paid for?rented. And he was a stranger, old and poor, Not a heart to him relented. As he paused a moment outside to ? think, * Then passed into the street, Up to his shoulder he liitea a sione "That lay in the dust at his feet, And bore it up to the broad grand aisle, In front of the ranks of pews: Choosing a place to see and hear, He made a seat for his use. \ Calmly sitting upon the huge stone, Folding his hands on his knees, Slowly reviewing the worshippers, A great confusion he sees, Many a cheek is crimsoned with shame, Some whisper together sore And wished they had been more h. : N courteous To the stranger, old and poor. ... As if by magic some fifty doors Open instantaneously t And as many seats and books and hands ?|'; Are proffered hastily, Changing his stone ^or a crimsoned - pew, And wiping a tear away, He thinks it was a mistake after all, ' And that Christ came late that ||v I day' . 9tte preacher's discourse was elo quent, The organ in finest tone, But the ~ most impressive sermon y heard Was preached by an humble stone, Ir. JTwas a lesson of lowliness and worth That lodged in many a heart, y And the church reserves that sacred P**6** . < stone 3&'" That the truth may not depart. ?Author Unknown. _ English in Prescriptions. Shall the sick go on paying for Latin on the prescription label? Dr. Bernard Fantus, professor of phar: machology at the University of Illinois, thinks not. He has started a campaign to compel the use of English in preparation of prescriptional instead of Latin heretofore in use. .? Latin names have sold common drugs at fancy prices to the public for many years, according to physicians, druggists .and surgeons who , have expressed themselves in favor of the English prescription. The J mnTrnmnni' VIOITA ItJiVCLtJI S ui Hit? l ciui 111 mwvcuicui uo?*c met opposition among drug manufacturers, druggists and surgeons, who are members of strong clubs. They say the use of Latin has been universal almost from the beginning and that any change in the United States would reflect on the foreigner's impression of this country and tend to tempt householders to prescribe for themselves. Dr. Fantus sent a copy of his paper, which appeared in the Journal of the American Medical association, to the deans of a number of medical schools and the responses showed a big majority to favor the use of English prescriptions.?Chicago Herald. From a City's Mountain Tops. Upon the top of one of New York's man-made mountain^ there is the same peaceful quiet as on any mountain top. No sound from the street below comes up this distance. Men on the sidewalks are infinitesimal dots, darting hither and yon. Looking down upon them, one is inclined to reflect what puny beings humans are, and often from this lofty point of view almost forgets his sympathy for their personal interests. Then comes the realization that this mountain was built by these puny beings from materials dug out of the earth in a crude state, purified, shaped and fastened together in a manner that will make stand practically for all time, and then a feeling of reverence for the human brain?that God-given boon which has made these things possible.?Geographic Magazine. ? / GAVE BEST ROOM TO ALLIGATOR. I>r. Ditmars Tells of Difficulties in a Soutli Carolina Swamp Hunt. How he captured a big alligator for the Bronx Zoological Garden and then didn't know what to do with him, finally letting him spend the night in the best bed room, was told yesterday by Dr. Raymond L. Ditmars, curator of reptiles, who has just returned from the low grounds of the Savannah river in South Carolina, where he went with Keeper George Palmer to catch some reptiles because the European war naa cut off the supplies from the old world and there was danger of race suicide in the reptile house. Dr. Ditmars brought back 560 reptiles, of forty-seven varieties, ranging from a small lizard to the big alligator. The turtles, lizards, snakes, and batrachians weighed altogether more than 400 pounds, and were transported north without mishap. The party had some stirring adventures chasing the reptiles through the cypress swamps, but the capture of the big alligator was the real thrill of the two weeks' expedition. The thrill wasn't over until the animal was safely in a big pool up in the Bronx, where it keeps company with another alligator hatched from eggs collected fifteen years ago not far from where the new addition was caught. According to Curator Ditmars there aren't as many alligators down alrmc the* Savannah as thprp nspd TO be. "Like many other wild creatures threatened with extinction," said Mr. Ditmars, "the alligator is fighting hard for its life. In its battle for existence it has certain advantages over other animals. Its ability to recover from gunshot wounds unless wounded in a vital part, and its hahit of remaining close to sheltering, muddy water, constitute important factors in self-preservation. "Despite the alleged low mentali-. ty of reptiles the alligator appears to have developed a fear of man and of guns equivalent to the sagacity of the modern bear. Throughout the greater part of its former distribution the big reptile has retreated from the rivers and from exposure to hostile observation from boats, and has taken up its abode in swamps that are remote and little disturbed. Alligators Go to Swamps. "On our recent trip we expected to find the alligator almost exterminated, and were not surprised to learn that these reptiles are 'pretty scarce' along the Savannah river and larger bodies of open water. During a series of trips into the dense cypress swamps, however, the discovery was made that alligators are even vet fairly numerous. They had retreated into these protecting swamps and multiplied in greater numbers than formerly. "These cypress swamps are of vast area and almost inaccessible. Their, scenery is weired and impressive, and their atmosphere, to human beings, is decidedly unwholesome. They shelter legions of moccasins and various species of blook-sucking insect pests, some of which burrow under the skin and cause dangerous sores. On entering the swamp one is immediately impressed by the spectacle of great trees that swell at the base like a compressed mass of organ pipes. Many of these trees are 100 feet high, and some are much higher, and their foliage is fine and | feathery like that of the northern larch. In some areas not a ray of sunlight strikes the ground, although there is a peculiar and really bright effect of lighting that is due to reflections from the mud-encrusted tree trunks and cypress knees. The great river backs into these swamps during the freshets and stains the trunks from six to ten feet high to the color of its conee-coiorea waters. This dries out to a pinkish brown color, and imparts an effect like a weird stage setting for an allegorical opera. "The alligators in the swamp were very shy. In making our way toward the pools, it was necessary to go with the utmost care, in order to avoid stepping upon brittle twigs or rustling the leaves of bushes. Their sight is so keen that it was necessary to use bushes and tree trunks as screens. Coming in this way to a bayou we observed an alligator about eleven feet long sprawling on the bank, with fore and hind feet j stretched in abandon. The mouth was open, and the eyes appeared to be shut. Near by were about a dozen small specimens, ranging in j length from two to four feet. We had consumed about twenty minutes in our stealthy progress to the pool, over the last 100 feet, and we crouched behind an enormous cypress trunk smothered in vines. One of the party, sinking in the ooze, threw out an arm to save himself. On the instant it seemed that every alligain f V? A Vioxr/xn V?o ^ haaaitta/1 O n iui iu tiiu ucfcjvju. iiuu icv^civcu au electric shock. The big specimen went into the water with a crash, sending up a geyser of muddy spray. THE HUDSON RIVER. What Europe Would Do With America. You can imagine what the Europeans would do with the Hudson if they had it, says Senieon Strunskkyi in Harper's?the Dickenses, the Hugos, who have wound and curled the murky streams of Thames and Seine through the life of their capitals, making the river a force, an agent, a mirror, a commentator upon the life of its banks. The rivers of Europe are the Greek choruses to the drama of the cities?London Bridge and Pont Xeuf. Hardly a hero of Parisian fiction crosses the Pont Neuf without making it his confidant. Yet what is the tiny current of the Seine to the mighty sweep of the Hudson? What are the-lights on the bridges of Paris to the thousands of lights of mystery that swing along the base of the Palisades north and south?lights of heavy, squat barges lost in the shadows; lights on trim, white enamel; and the sudden upflare of huge spouts of flame from the furnaces and gas houses on the western bank? It is only a question of finding our Dickens, Wordsworth, or Hugo, before the electric blaze of the great real estate advertising frames on top of the Palisades is coined into legend and story. Life. Chapter I. "Glad to meet you." Chapter II. "Isn't the moon beautiful?" Chapter III. "Oozum love wuzum?" Chapter IV. "Do you?" "I do?" Chapter V. rlo /Jo /Jo f " JL-/CL ua UU UU . Chapter VI. "Where the samhill's dinner?" ?Chapparal. Read The Herald, $1.50 per year. The rush of the smaller reptiles was practically simultaneous, and it was followed by the appearance of many infant alligators that had been prowling among the cypress knees. They came from all directions, running like chicks, seeking the protecting water. Caught With a Hook. Our experience in a number of bayous were quite similar. During one of the excursions we noted an alligator diving into a water-hole not more than six feet in diameter. When we sounded this hole we found it to" be five feet deep, with an underwater tunnel running off at a sharp vertical slope to a distance of twelve feet. Our collecting wagon was not over a mile away, and we returned there for a steel alligator hook, an axe and coil of rope. "A slender young cypress was cut and the hook attached to it. A half hour's manoeuvring ' enabled us to hook the reptile that was located in that underground retreat. It remained motionless until the hook wras firmly caught, then so furiously did it struggle that to drag it out was a herculean task. The hook had penetrated a forefoot, and we brought the animal to the surface I for a view of its size and to determine upon methods for its subjugation. "A noose was made, the creature was again hauled out, when the rope was slipped over its jaws, a loop thrown around and behind its fore feet and thence over the jaws again. Then we tied the reptile to a cypress tree and made ready to bind him more securely. The struggles of the alligator were fast and vigorous. We worked on a platform of bark hastily torn from a decaying tree, and which prevented our sinking to our knees in the swamp. Between showers of mud thrown by the alligator's tail we looped the creature's paws in a way to form a rope muzzle, with about ten feet attached for pulling. "We hauled him to a full quarter mile out of the thicker part of the swamp, thence led the wagon a tortuous route between the trees to meet the captive. Lifting the animal to the wagon we bound him to the floor upon paddings of Spanish moss, then drove ten miles over corduroy roads to the pinelands and our collecting base. "We had rented a house as oui camp and having no cage for the alligator were in doubt what to do with him until morning, when a shipping crate could be built. Our troublesome specimen was eight feet long and about 200 pounds in -weight. Threatening to destroy the wagon and hissing furiously he caused us some anxiety until the idea occurred of locking him in our best bed room. With much prudence we moved out furniture and baggage before the alligator went in. His initial struggles with his new surroundings shook the house and a blow of his head loosened the door fastenings. But in the end the room held him and the next morning a crate was built for his shipment north."? New York Times. . GREAT SPECIAL CLEAR FOR FIFTEENC BEGINNING SATURDi AND ENDING SATURI DURING THIS FIFTEEN DAYS SALE V TICLE WE HAVE IN OUR LARGE STO< This is your opportunity to buy goods, clean, fiee from regular price. If you contemplate season now is your chance to do it at a great s sold a whole lot of goods this season, but we dise vet on hand, entirely too much for us t / 7 ?/ all the room in our store to fill up with fall an start to come in. We must make room for goods must go regardless of value. We hav goods back, or to point out to you a few snu each and EVERY ITEM IN OUR STORES during- this 15 days sale. We have enough wants. Shoes and slippers of all kinds for and children, in all leathers, canvass white a clothing. A special lot of Palm Beach Suits The latest in dress goods, shirt waists, skirts, broideries, silks, hats, ribbons, men's and bo the line of notions, all go at Sacrifice Sale P more you buy fro mus during this sale the hats in our millinery store during this 15 day Remember the Sale Starts Saturday, July 22i H. KAI EHRHARDT, S. C., and I"?ISouth, I Now Well I B "Thedford's Black-Draught B B is the best all-round medicine fl PASSENGI B I ever used/' writes J. A. B effj Steelman, of Pattonville, Texas. fl "1 suffered terribly with liver n0 Arrive Bamberg Fi B troubles, and could get no relief. B 24 Augusta and intermed B B ate stations B Th? doctors said I had con- 25 Charleston, Branchvil fl sumption. I could not work at B1 and ^intermediate sti fl all. Finally 1 tried B 18 Augusta and intermed j of0 ctfltioTlQ I THEDFORD'S l|" -53SS?. B HI 1AII B 22 Augusta and intermed H U| n l [f B ate stations fl DLHUIV' fl ^ Charleston, Branchvill B Wmmmm Wim B and intermediate st; I DRAUGHT I fl and tn mv sumrise. I cmt hetter B1 Schedules publfc I and am to-day as well as any H For ^ man." Thedford's Black- H f_ ___ Draught is a general, cathartic, H rl? W vegetable liver medicine, that H THE SOI has been regulating irregulari- H ~ ties of the liver, stomach and I RUB-MY-T bowels, for over 70 years. Get H DL . . , . Will cure your Kheu a package today. Insist on the H Neuralgia, Headaches, genuine?Thedford's. E-70 H Colic, Sprains, Bruises, : .burns, uja sores, stings HbSSESBBSHH Etc. Antiseptic Anodyn seashore round trip fakes ternally and externally. From Ehrhardt. WEEK-END EXCURSION FARES /> 7 r ? $2.95 to Isle of Palms. UOOa LOOKS CLYi $2.95 to Sullivan's Island. Tickets on sale for all trains on with 4 each Saturday and for forenoon 1 trains on each Sunday from May 27 m M 1 to September 1, inclusive, limited re- JylO OfflOllSL J turning to reach original starting * * O *ij point prior to midnight of Tuesday j next following date of sale. |<0 I?y1 s? SUMMER EXCURSION FARES AJC*lllIe "fe $4.15 to Isle of Palms. . 81 15 tr? Siiiiivnnjs Island. Look as good as__your city c $11.70 to Myrtle Beach. matter if you do Tan or hreck $20.75 to Norfolk. Balm will surely clear your sk Tickets on sale from May 15 to Heals Sunburn, too. Just put October 15, inclusive, limited return- riour ^ace an(^ aga*n ing until October 31. Liberal stop- simple and sure to please, over privileges. to-day and begin the impr Schedules and further particulars onc?? White, Pink and Rosecheerfully furnished upon applica- 75 cents at Druggists or by tion to M. T. JOHNSON, Ticket c a h/vdi c* ddi Agent, Bamberg, S. C. oAJMJrl-Jli r Id ATLANTIC COAST LINE v von mfc co 40S0 5thSt. B The Standard Railroad of the South. LTONMFOCO^So^SuB A man who will kick at being * thrown in t.ho shad a will stand in his Big supply of Waterm own light I Fountain Pens at Heral(* 1 ANCE SALE >AY5 ONLY W, JULY 22nd I DAY, AUGUST 6 fE WILL PLACE EVERY ARCK TO GO AT SALE PRICES. seasonable goods at a great sacribuying any goods to finish out the aving in money to you. We have still have a whole lot of merchan;o have at this time, and we need id winter goods, which will soon ^ the new goods and all our summer e no desire to keep any of our ill articles at a reduced price. But i A GO AT SALE PRICES J foods on hand to supply all your large and small, for men, women md Palm Beach, men's and boys' | at a Great Sacrifice Sale price. 1 parasols, underwear, laces, em-' iys' top shirts, and everything in rices. Now is your chance. The more money you save. All ladies' s sale go at cost and below cost. H ad, and Ends Saturday, August 6th I irait tHOfi I 1 OLAR, S. C. I ern Railway SR CARRIER OF THE SOUTH. R TRAINS SCHEDULES SCTTVE JANUARY 23, 1916. All Trains Run Daily. rom No. Leave Bamberg For i- 24 Branchville, Charleston ..5:05 a.m. and intermediate staje tions 5:05 a. m. a- 25 Augusta and interme..6:25 a. m. diate stations 6:25 a. m. <4 ,i- 18 Branchville, Charleston . ..8:43 a.m. and intermediate star_ tions...." 8:43 a.m. m 35 Augusta and intermedi. a.m. ate gtations ...10:57a.m. ^ 22 Branchville, Charleston ..6:37 p.m. an(j intermediate stae, tions 6:37 p.m. a- 17 Augusta and intermedi..8:17 p.m. ate stations 8:17 p.m. ?Through sleeping car service between Bamberg shed as information only. Not guaranteed, formation, tickets, etc., call on McMILLAN, Agent rirn nr?>T f -r-1-r-?nmin ran m OATTrTTT . J Antrim ar^n v inn autj.n. L?? Old Age and Death Cramps, I Cuts ana IK ||lf#kM s Start the Liver I Your liver is the Sanitary Depart- I m y meat of your body. When it goes I i Easy ; I wrong your whole system becomes ^ jg&gfGL- I Phoned and your vitality is weakesed. I The best remedy is i pir I Dr. Thacher's Liver m?7 | and Blood Syrup ousins. No I ^ Purely vegetable compound, laxative ;le Magnolia I ndtonic in effect. It cleans put your in instantly. I body,anc* Puts energy into your mind and a little on I nauaclea* We recommend this remedy bebefore dry. I c?1186 we know from many years' expertTry a bottle I 6nce ^iat ^ 1? effective, ovement at Keep a bottle in your home. 50c and Si Red Colors. at your dealer's, mail diredt I THACH?R JJEDJCJNE QQ EE. I | CHATTANOOGA, TENN. rooldyn, N.Y. ' Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System ????? j The Old Standard general strengthening tonic, an's Ideal GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out , Malaria.enriches the blood,and builds up the aysbtore. ^m. a true tonic. For adults and children. 50c. ? / A - * ' . " f , ^ ^ ' " '* ' '