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A COIN OK COl ltTKSi' THE GUINEA OF THE ENGLISHMAN 13 NOT A COIN AT ALL. Am a pin* ot Ural Moaey If Ila* N# r.^lafcnt-r, anti It !• ^'•»*tl Only l« ImnclnnfIon n« a Raflifr %t»Uwapd Standnrtl at StonPtary Value. Of ail the ol»taclcti that ronfront the Eu^li^huiau the (nilnca lit the inoat amazing. The other day an American iruea? Imiuired of mo. “What Is a guin ea?’’ He had l>een allied for one by a rlrrulatlng library. It eoems an eu*y question to answer, but a» I had been puzzling ovof the division of an Imagi nary guinea into four |»arts the expla nation took time. It was as difficult as explaining cricket to a German—In Geramu. ••Show me one,” said tile American. I confessed that I did not possets one. “What, not $5.25?" “Yes, 1 ut not a guinea. We don’t have n guinea In England any more." “But you talk In guineas!" “That’s our fun," I replied lamely. Nevertheless there Is something to be said for our system. Indeed, one might argue that this Incessant obstacle race over the multiplication tables that we have to ent<jr Insures a bracing of the muscles. We are always kept on the alert to fathom the relations between a pottle, a perch and n guinea or some such absurd and fortuitous combina tion. And one may suspect that thia lightening and strengthenin'; of the muscles In the obstacle race Is really the source of England’s greatness. For all practical punw*«c* the guinea —|n which wfr talk—Is the most prepos- ter msly .ihsurd co|fi In the world, for It does not exist—corporeally. Borne few. honest citizens wear spade guineas on their watch chains. But If they tried to pass them over to the booking clerk on the underground railway they wonkl be In danger of the Judgment. There are no guineas In England. Tea, In lUoLgipatlon they exist - And never more accuse yourself of belonging to an unimaginative nation of shopkeepers! The guinea Is the coin of curtesy, Just' becamajt Is not a coin at all. And Its preservation as an anomnly-sls a curious proof of the in nate courtesy of the Englishman, who will face any arithmetical inconven- deteo rather than put a slur on a friend. » jjniU ycu may aec from the lists of fuWrlptions for the gentleman In dis tress. You cannot offer him the neces saries of life. When the friend falls by the wayside It must be guineas, not sovereigns, that you supply, and one feels glad that the remarks of the meanest^port that exist*—the sport of kings—offers prises In^aora.” It la merely the analogue of that convention which regulates gifts between equals. Etiquette forbids your sending a friend a leg of mutton—that ta, a sov ereign, the ordinary, humdrum coin. But you may send him pheasants, oys ters. grouse or salmon, more especially If the salmon la the victim of your own "rode, pole and perch." Possibly the real explanation is that ea a matter of courtesy, you may uot give a man what he could obtain at the nearest shop- It must be something that Is not easily obtainable. Now. n guinea is not easily obtaina ble. and the difference between offer ing a man a guinea and offering him a sovereign U the difference Itetween ■ending a man a leg of mutton and ■ending him a barrel of oysters. That little silly shilling stuck ou to the sov ereign. that retention of the ghost of a coin long dead and borne on a watch chain, with the locket containing, a lylst of great-gneat-aunile’s hair, waa Its significance. It Is the embodiment of the English man's Innate Idealism. It Is like the equally silly “Esq." which we tack on the names of friends. There are no esquires nowadays and no gufneas, but we see them with the eye of faith. And we sacrifice to our faith consider able muscular exertion, many blobs of Ink and sundry shillings that might otherwise stock our houses with cheap reprints of the world's beat books. You will naturally conclude that I did not put this view before my Amer- 1. U lean friend. He would scarcely under stand It. I led him gently to the pala tial bank promises Into which I hur riedly csfst my weekly wage for fear I should lose It on the way home and pointed out to him (lowering my voice discreetly, as becomes the suppliant in the temple of wealth). "Note that young man." T said. “He la adding up three columns of figures. There are guineas, things that won't fraternise with half drowns or four ■billing pieces or florins or half sover eigns or sovereigns, but you will per ceive that this young man la taking them In his stride., Now, what about bis muscles r “I should (Conclude," said the Ameri can guest thoughtfully, “that a youqg man who can put 12 guineas together and make 'em deHart can do any thing.” “The guinea." I explained as' we went out into Piccadilly, “la the source of England’s greatness." And the American guest remained thoughtful --London Chronicle. | - -v. • » • * ■ _ • _ ■ _____ _ • SC0TT 3 EMULSlOl^vcn t nuke s hump back rtTzight, atiiHrr v*ill tt ovakc ** a short leg los^, but U sott’tone and heals diseased bene and is among the few genuine means of recovery in rickets and bone consumption. » Send for ft** Mtnpfe- SCOTT A. HOW N E, OWi**, 40941$ Pearl Street, Near York, foe. and fwoo; all druggieu. kaver.e! Notes. Editor Press and Standard: The busiest season for the truck farmers ** •» is now getting to a close as the cab bage crops are all gone and the po- tatoe crop is nearly. gone too. I heard one man cay that ou a small lot ol three acres he had got 145 lbs per acre. That is a wonderful turn out. bnt it is true; balance -of that man’s crop,’20 acres average 70 to 76 lbs per acre. That’s good for a far mer. Misses Jauie and Ella Moore arc spending sometime with their friend MUs Celia Peselieu,’ and the three young ladies have taken advantage of the beautiful June weather :ind liuve taken a trip to Cl.afleuton, while there they will visit Mr Pleasant and Isle of Palms. * Messrs (I II and Charlton DmJer celebrated their joint birthday on last Sunday oy a family g^iering. We wish them many happy returns. It was with sadness that I read in The News and Courier ot the death of the little son of Mr and Mrs J U Peurifoy and sympathize deeply with them in their hour of sadness and sorrow. We need rain very badly now in our gardens, especially for tomatoes and ocra as they are beginning to ripen. Cannot boast of any good thing to eat out of the river w old Horculese has gone to fanning and wont go in the river now. Still wedding bells are in distant hearing and PH get a bid and some cake this time and with the wish that the editor qbitld enjoy it with me, I will bring this to a close. Yonr , v Country Cousin. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. (Complaint no served ) THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Colleton Countt. t Court of Common Pleas. W B Biachoff, Herman Bischoff and Henry T. Bischoff. Plaintiffs, against Irene Bischoff, n minor of the age of nineteen years, Jennie Bischoff, Marie Berneuanu, Ernest fcernenann, Olga tternewtuu aud Helen Bcrnenann, au infant of the age of nineteen years, Jennie Uernenann, Henry William Be roan an a and George Ernest Jack Ueruenaun and W. L. Harris, Defendants. ’mTHE DEFENDANTS, mane Ber- nenauu, Ernest Bemenann, Olga Ber- nenann aud Helen Bernenann, an infant of tbe age of nineteen years, Jennie Bernenann, Henry William Beineuaun sod George Ernest Jack Bernenann. YOU AHE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint in this action, which is filed in the office of tbe Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the said county, and to seiTe a copy of yonr answer to the said com* plaint ou the subscriber at his office numter 16 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service: and if yoo fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the i^aintiffa in this action will apply to the Court for the relief de manded in this oompiaint. May 28, A. D., 190(’>. J. N. NATHANS, JR , Plaintiff's Attorney. HD PADGETT, Clerk of Court 0. 6. A Q. S. > TO THE DEFENDANT'S above named you will take notice that the complaint in this action has been filed in th: office of the Uefk of the Court of Common Pleas, Colleton County, South Carolina. June 6,19C(I. JN NATHANS, JR., Plaintiff's Attorney. JEWS FEAR RiSTS Will BE REVIVED ® 1 , The Citrus of Bialystok Are ’ • Panic-Striekaa. MESSENGERS CARRYING $!25,0C0 Were Attacked by Robbers Vfho Kill and Wound Guards and Secure the Money-—Robbers Were In Turn Shot and Money Recovered. J SL Petersburg. June 23.—Dispatches from Blalystuk report that the citi- •o <■ zens there are panic stricken ov.ing to unconflrmablc rumors that the ex cesses a III be revived. There is a general dispaly of ikons and crosses before the houses, to pro tect the Inhabitants from attack, pa trols are to be seen everywhere and strict martial law Is enforced. * Three men, two of w hom were Chris" tians, were recently i;not for falling to obey orders to bait. la St. Petersburg, a sergeant of po lice was killed Friday night in the turbulent Karvn district, which is the renter of an armed revolutionary or- canlzat'-on . 0 TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Taka LAXATIVE BROMO Qniuine Tablets Druggists, rafnnd money Yf it . E W Voronzeh, R" la. lur.’ 2". The pearaots «f th<* village of K:ufna;u forkl, enraged at the killing of a cow by two members of the rural po lice. called a commune meeting, for mally condemned the two men to d*ath and executed tht sentence.’ Peasants Execute Two Police. Kiev, Russia. June £3—Messengers on the Southwestern railroad, who were carrying $125,000. were attack ed by four robbers who klijed one mes senger, wounded a second, seized the money and drov^ away at a gallop In a cab. Two of the messengers pursued the robbers and wounded the robber who was carrying the money, with the result that he fell from the cab and the nicney was recovered. May Be Included in Charges. Kansas City. Juno 23.—Proceedings may be brought agalnTt the shoe and dry goods merchants of St. Louis, Omaha and Kansas City,, on a charge of accepting rebates from railways, se cured for them by George f>. Thomas, the New tork freight broker, who, with hla^tihief clerk, L B. Taggart, were In the federal court here Friday ii*ned and given sentence. These firms, numbering seven, were mention ed by Judge McPherson in sentencing Thomas and Yaggart He declared that the rc5a f e taker was as guilty as tbe rebate giver. Peachtree Inn Catches Firs. Atlanta, June 23.—A fire originating from a defective flue in the kitchen of the Peachtree Inn, on Peachtree street shortly after 11 o’clock Saturday morn ing.^, caused considerable excitement, both among the guests of the hotel and residents of tbe surrounding neighborhood. An alarm was turned In,., but before the arrival of the fire department persons in the building had succeeded In extinguishing the flames. V The damage was very slight. r A HAPPY HOME '• is one where health abounds. With impure blood there cannot be good health. With a disordered LIVER there cannot be good blood. M’s Pills revivify the torpid LIVER and restore its natural action. A healthy LIVER means pure blood. Pure blood means health. Health means happiness. Take no Substitute. 9 AII Druggists. In Remembrance. On the morning cf the 24th Inst the angel of death visited the home of Mr and Mrs Jno II Beach and bore away their infant ton, little Fay. He was one year, 10 months and 23 days old. How hard it is to part with our little darling, the sunshine and happiness cf our home. But Coil said: “Suffer little children to come unto Me* and forbid them not for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” And His will must be done. Little Fay was a bright little fallow, and was busy all the tmje prattling with every one. His little prattle and smiles will be sadly missed. The little busy hand? are still and cold. The sw’eet welcome voice iS‘"’ hushed. The little bright eyes are closed, but never will be forgotten. ’f is God who giveth and God w ho taketh away. Blessed be His name. Fay is gone, but not forgotten. Precious in his little tomb All 01 ns hope to meet our darling, In so bright and sweet a home. Sleep on darling, sleep on Until the Resurrection morn. God in his Almighty wisdom saw best to take this earthly bud, where it will bloom in heaven. Sister Annie. Rstabltithed in Oldest Firm ip Aninr«<< D. A. WALKER £ CO. ip FK1CE CHEAPcS TRAH W8&0 52 Meetina Street, '«v r CHAR LESTOfVS C • A>- „ . MARBLE.'AND , > ✓ ^ GRANITE WORKS. and Send For Prices, Mr A. K. Beach represent* us at Walterboro A D WALKER. J D. SCOTT WE will mail free a pret ty Gibson Art Post al to any one that will send us the cor rect answer to the * following example: Multiply 7 by ioiYd(l 30, mul- tiply by 2 add 40 and 41. A- A. sl-^ ?&/">: jS iTTWjt Li? ChAhLSlTCXS-C. , . 77^7 | fAAQtf Deadly Serpent Bites arc ss common in India as are Moraacb acd liver disorders with us. For the latter however there is s sure remedy: Electric Bitter; the great restorative medicine, of which 8 A Brown of Ben- nettsville. H C, says: “They re-tored my wife to perftet health, after years of suf- ferine with dyspepsia and a chronically torpid liver." Electric Bitters cure chills and fever, malaria, bilion^Dess, lame back, kidney trouble and bladder disorders. Bold on Guarantee by John M Klein, diuggist. Price 50c. White oxfords are just the thing for snmmer wear. , We o* G* ■ have the newest styles. Snow white cleanes them, ioc a box. New Spring Goods —at— J. R. READ & 60. Houss Declares Coudrey Elected. Washington, June 23.,—The house has adopted unanimously the election of the committee’s report that Ernest E. Wood was not elected to member ship In the house from the twelfth congressional district of Missouri, and that Henry M. Coudrey was elected to succeed membership. There was ap plause when, on request of Mr. Bar- thodlt, of Missouri, Coudrey present ed himself at the bar of the house to take the oath. - NOTICE. Orangeburg Collegiate In stitute 'has recently closed what has been by far the most suc cessful session in its history. It is a fine place to educate your boys and girls.*" Our catalogue tells all about the school. It is free for the asking. Send us your address, and we will take pleasure in Sending you a copy. W. S. PETERSON, President. Orangeburg, S. C. Fifty Houcos Wrecktd by Storm. Lawton, Okla., June 23—Fifty hotiaea were wrecked between Lawton and Quanah, Tex., Friday night by a heavy wind storm A passenger train near I^iwton was nearly blown from the track. The storm covered a large area in the southwest. No one was killed, so far as known. .. , Named by the President. Washington. June 23.—The president has sent to the senate teh following nominations: Consul at l.a Pax, Mexi co, George P. McGoodgan, of Indiana. Marshal of the Southern District of the State of Texas, C. G. Brewster, of Texas. fails to cure tors is on each box GROVE'S signs- 25c. King and Queen Hatd Levee. , Trondhjem, June 23.—King Hsakon and Queen Maud Saturday held their first levee and tbe palace was the cen ter of Interest. All tne special em bassies. statesmen, officials and other prominent persons attended. Winthrop College Scholarship and Entrance’ Examination. < Tbe examination for tbe award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop Col lege and for the admission of new students will be held at the County Court House on Friday, July (Uh, at 9 a. m. Applicants must uot be less tbau fifteen years of age. When scholarships ore vacated after July 6, they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this examination provided they meet the conditions gov erning the award. Applicants for scholsrship should write to. President ohneon before the examination- fo scholarship application blanks. Scholarships are worth 9100-and free tuition. Tbe next session will open September \9th, 1906. For farther in formation and catalogue, address Pres. D. B. JOHNSON, Rock Hill, S. C. If vonr stomsch troubles yon do not conclude that there is no care, for s great, many have been petmsnently cured by Chamber loin's Stomach and Liver Tab lets. Try them, they are certain to prove beneficial. They only cost a quarter. Bold by John If Klein. Our first shipment of New Spring Wash goods are arriving daily; such as Ginghams aud Cham brays at 10c and 124c, White Madras and Mercerized Waist- ings at. lowest prices, 12 Vc, 16c, 18o, 20c, 26c. White Lawns at §c, 10c, 12 jo up to 26c. NEW Colored Lawn and Or gandies. A handsome lot of new patterns at 12$e. NEW BIACK DRESS SILKS. FRICES range from 60c to $1.25. We call special attention to our 36 inch guaranteed “Chif fon Taffeta.” Special prices $1.00 and $1.10. HEW BLACK DRESS GOODS MEDIUM weights for full suit# and separate skirts. NIW COLD DRESS GOODS ARRIVING by every steamer, marked dow” lowest cash prices. cold bilks FOR Shirt Waist and; Shirt Waist Suits^ We call special attention to our white and cold china silks for suits and shirt waists. 27 inches wi(^e afr 60c. Full Hue white wash 1 "silks, at 25c, 30c, up to 76c. -FULLline of Gloves, Hosiery Embroideries, Laces, Collars and Stock dollars, full line - Novelty Neckwear. New Shirt Waists and Ready Made Suits, arriving by every steamer. Mr. R. L. White,* Mr. A. H. Peteeband Mr. Charles Webb will be glad to serve their many friends at the popular old Dry Goods Hopse. J. R. READ & CO MO King Street- CHARLESTON- 5. C • /