Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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fcomin if ! MULE f Our Mr. Mat the ly selecting t'n I our trade. Fc stock c-annot be i South Carolina MAI WAIFS IN AUSTRALIA. , Tin* State Kind* Them Guntl Hume nntl linn Xu Or(tlintin arc. Australia is a continent without nn orphanage, a country without an orphan. Eueli waif Is taken to a receiving house where It is cared for till a country home is found. The local volunteer societies ennvnuu ?!>*.!> borhootls ami send to the children's committee of the destitute board the names of any families they have found where childreu may he placed. The children's committee selects the home which it judges is best adapted to the development of the child in question. No child is placed in a family so poor that the child might suffer. The foster parent receives a sum averaging $1.'25 per week for the care of the - child and for proper clothing. When of school age the child must he sent to school. The local volunteer committee looks nfter its care and culture, and zealous neighbors often assist in watching the growth and education of these happy children. When the child is fourteen years old he begins to work. His earnings are placed in the Postal Savings bank, and at the ago of seventeen or eighteen he goes out into the world an independent man. The state, at an expense of les>? than $70 a year, has raised a man or woman to contribute to its wealth and prevented the manufacture of a criminal and the expense of courts, prisons and reformatories. Carry Your Own Pillow. Many people when away from home find it difficult to sleep well in a strange bed and arise in the morning with a sense of having passed a decidedly unsatisfaecoiy night. An old railway official, who ought to know, says the trouble is nil in the pillow. It's the pillow first, last and always. lie has slept in ninny lands and under all imaginable conditions and years ago came to the conclusion that with one's own pillow at hand it mattered little ubout the bed. On an extended tour lie always takes bis pillow with lihn, stowing it carefully at the bottom of the trunk for future reference. "If 1 could start life over again," he says, "I ?VUIU v i I L 11 111 WllUUUl a P I IIOW (the only proper way), but the art must bo acquired during childhood. The next best thing Is your own pillow wherever possible. Try it and be convinced.?Philadelphia ltecord. Wouldn't Knl It.*?!*. A well known naturalist tells of an experience in the Hebrides last summer. "We saw great numbers of eels actually leaving the sea and ascending a small clear stream which formed the outlet to a shallow loch," he writes. "They varied in size from mere threads to specimens weighing two to three pounds each. The migration continued for a whole week, and one day we suceeeded in rapturing half a score about fifty yards away from high tide i mark. These were offered to a high- j land shepherd, who, with a shrug and i a grimaee, said. 'Ocli, sir, I would ! liefer eat snakes.' " J a When you want a pleasant laxative 1 a take Chamberlain's Stomach and Liv-j or Tablets. For sale by Titumons j Bros. & Crosson I>rug"Co. a BONMRHaHHHHBMIUnwaByatl II " This & Our farmers have more money and and we merchants are enjoying a lar For this condition of affairs we sh< 1:1 ly the large trade that has come to i In addition to the large number ol | ly for years, we have gained scores ol proud of every one of them. We are to hold your trade and it is for you t< attention, large and varied stocks, lo ours and we arc y^urs. New goods of all descriptions are c an abundance of everything. 1'E. J io0! arrive DECEMBE IS! ws is now in the market c ese mules to fill the wa >r quality an excellenc i duplicated in the st . is t his 'customers whom we have served regulai ' new ones. Of course we are delighted an for Progress and shall strive in every wa ) say whether or not we merit it. If go< w prices, w ill draw yc u to us, then you ar oining in for our Christmas trade ? sue ONE mmmmm HMwwaaBMMni wtmammm t ntv> ?mm?a? aiM.ii Slioe Sho|i* lit Jnpnn. LIIso sill other shops in .Inpun, n shoe shop opens a hroail side to the street. It seems ji misnomer to en 11 it shoo shop, a place where you can only buy sandals or clous, things we are not accustomed to call shoes. They are footpear anyway. There Is ji low platform in front, upon which the < ustonier sits and drinks tea while making his or her purchases, the ; shopkeeper meanwhile squatting on his heels and discussing the news of the day. The sandals worn by the rickshaw 1 coolies are called wnrafl. They are woven of rice straw and are sold for half a cent a pair. They are made in the country villages, and the foreigner 1 watches the weaving with amused in- . terest. The prehensile hig toe of a Japanese is of great assistance, as it is used for catching and holding the straws, leaving the hands free to weave. I ???????? People AVlio 1,1 vt- In Keila. Travelers who have returned froui the heart of Africa and the Australasian continent tell wonderful stories of nest building people who inhabit the wilds of those countries. In the hush- , men of Australia we liiul perhaps the lowest order of iuou that are known. They are so primitive that they do not ' know enough to huihl even the simplest form of liut fcr shelter. The nearest they can approach to it is to ] gather a lot of twigs ami grass and, . taking them into a thicket or jungle, build a nest for a home. The nest Is usually built large enough for the fataily, and if the latter lie very numer- | ous then the nests art? of a very large size, tsonn-tlines the foliage above will ' form a natural covering, but there is never any attempt :it constructing a nuAiont ii\M *u?- ?' , * - lutl 1 $nt-h 11 Nice lllilille. "Dill you ever lioar the alphabetical cdnumlruui, Angelina ?" "No, Augustus. What is it?" "It is. When will there be only twen- 1 ty-five letters in the alphabet?" ' "Oh, I never could guess that!" "It's when U and I are made one. uiy ' darling." "What a nice conundrum it is. An- 1 gustus!" ^ Youthful Aspiration*. 1 Hold en Both of your children are 1 getting along. They'll soon have to do- < cide upon their careers. Belden?Oh, ' that's all settled long ago. Tom has I made up his mind to be a retired mil- j lionaire, and Henrietta thinks she is , cut out for a rich widow.?Boston I Transcript. ( Conrtins Pracr. "Smith never quarrels with his wife. She spends nearly all her time abroad." i "Yes, thej* get along together by living apart."?Houston Tost. 1 The Advocite has the largest eircu i ^ tiou of any paper between Columbia tl r.d Augusta. It brings the best r,?- ? f? urns to advert isers. * _ a rtraBTOryy- ???a tm Has Be Good crops products than they have etc-r had 1 efcrc ger and better trade l?y far. mId all lie thankful. We appreciate high TH3B B R 15TH 1904 1 areful - T nts of < e this LEA -ate of /S & E CLIMBING SERPENTS. T?ie Methoil by Whlrh They fillde I'p Smooth SnrfaeeM. Serpents cau easily climb a smooth wall. "I have often seen them do so in Central America," says a traveler, writinir to a ionriin! nuhlishnd In ifmno "I watched a little one, whose bite is fntnl. climb up a canvas stretched taut between two snakes. On reaching the top the reptile curled itself round a handglass, and I killed it with a cane." A serpent is to be seen in almost any zoological garden which makes no trouble of climbing its glass case. This Is how it sets to work: Stretching itself up the glass for about four iuches, it discharges from its glands a quantity of viscous matter which serves as an adhesive liquid to hold and support its body long enough to enable it to thrust Itself up a little higher, when the process Is repeated. In warm climates this mucus !s very thick and glutinous, so that by Its aid even heavy serpents can glide tip perfectly smooth surfaces. aiicroMCUiilc UptcollTo. Ehrenberg, prince of microscopists, tome years ago was employed by the Prussian government to investigate a ase of smuggling. A ease hud been opened, valuables extracted and the asc repacked and shipped onward to ts destination. The only clew to the -riminnls was that the unpacking must tiave been dune at some of the customs nouses through which the goods had passed. To all appearances the ml roseope bad a hopeless task. Ebren>erg took some of the sand which bad teen used in repacking, placed it uuJer the microscope, looked through the tube, and, heboid, there on the sand lay a peculiar specimen of forauiinlfera. That animal was found only at sue place in the world and told just ft'here lite crime had been committed. t'luwor Pbhpiicph. To extract the essence from any [lower place a layer of the flowers in x clean cart lien pot and over them a layer of tine salt. Repeat the process until the pot is filled, cover closely mil place in the cellar. Forty daws ifterward strain the essence from the whole through a crape by pressure. Put the essence thus expressed in a dear liottle and expose for six weeks n the rays of the sun and evening lew to purify. One drop of this es- J lenco will communicate its odor to a lint of water. The Wrone Fl*ce. "Porter, do you intend pasting a lot if those labels ou my trunk?" said the roung mnn. "Yes, sir," answered the porter. "Well, Just give them to xue, and I'll 1 >ut them on myself." "Oh, 1 wouldn't do that, sir. You'll ook like a tattooed man if you do."? J fonkers Statesman i | nCT -ANTI I> ? Everyone who I a | printed stationery to remember ' liat we have just received a fine line :i f Stationery and ink.-.?iliat 01 r tyoe s ices are new and stylish at d that tie 1 dvocate Job Office is turning out. rst-ciass work. :en a P andhigh pr \ A few one horse v j other new lot of sty * in. Coir.e early am ^ Don't forget that } Mens Trousers, Met < s, Harness, Sa (l ) S When here come t e t C y buy or do not. 2 terms and accomtr.o h ^ ^ (momtc r on i _s. atesbokg advo.cate = 1 I Zomins ^wo Full Car L< MULES! 8VILLE .DING MERC &OUKIS THINK OVER THESE. -?? 41 * ti n.? in*.- mi iwiiama rrooKen r How ol.l must a grapevine be before begins to bear? What wood will l>ear tlie greatest weight before break lug? Can you tell why leaves turn upside down just before a rain? You can see any day a white horse, but did you ever see a white colt? Why does a horse eat grass backward and a wow forward? Why does a hop vine wind one way and a beau viue the other? Where should a chimney be the larger, at the top or bottom, and why? IIow many different kinds of trees grow in your neighborhood and what are they good for? Can you tell why a horse when tethered with a rope always unravels it, while a cow always twists It into a kinkj* knot??Wesleyun Advocate. KmcrpimI the '*Mlicht IIrtc Deen." "Yes," said the gentle optimist, "I confess I ain superstitious enough to wear a lucky stone." "And uo you really think it gives you luck?" "Oh, I aui quite sure of it." "Did you have it with you yesterday?" "("ertniuly." "And in spite of It you lost a live dollar gold piece, tore your coat by catchiug It on a nail, sprained your nukle and failed to close the business deal of which you expected so much.' "True," replied the gentle optimist, "but think of what might have happened to me if I hadn't had my lucky stone."?New York Tress. CulohMtrr'i Thaukaiflvlng Plea. Mauy tunny stories are told of the early Thanksgiving duys. The town of Colchester, for instance, calmly ignored lue uay appointed by the governor and held its own Thanksgiving a week later, when the sloop from New York bringing a hogshead of molasses for pies had arrived. In Revolutionary times Thanksgiving was not forgotten. The council of Massachusetts recommended that Nov. 1?, 1770, he set aside for "acknowledgments for mercies enJoyed." In the next year Samuel Adams recommended u form of Thanksgiving proclamation to the Continental congress. Merely Exlilrd. A number of lawyers were exchanging stories of their experiences with witnesses under examination. One of [he parties told the following: lie was rjuestionlng a witness and said: "Yoii have lived In New York a number of years. How long?" "Just twetity-flve years." "Where did you live before that time?'' asked the lawyer, hoping to prove an important point. "I didn't live." replied the witness. "I was stn,-1 Call and inspect our line of lluyler's 'andios. Ail sjMviallies, chocolates md bun t ons? always fresh. Fresh hipment every 1.7 days* NVe sell this andy on its merits and its reputation 1 ; t t 1 \ , ' i . ( i i rv * 1 uspci Ull ice cotton ma ,agons just received this week - they i Ii11 top and open buggies, surreys to s I get your choice. we carry a big stock of Dry (ioods, N< is Hats, groceries by ttic car load o (idles, Breech loading guns & o see us-w e shall be glad to show and ta Bear in mind we wont be undersold ai lation to you as any reliable lirmHoliday goods. ????{ wt?i r '^" ^^ ^"1 r,,"?i''^ " ? >liw^ MI ir awcwu-i; . f r \ <n jads of Thoroughbred Kentut *b Close no trade before examine what we are goi ;hants Our terms will be easi all buyers. P. S. Where is the K( IIGHT com HSH9NHHHDHHHflHHMnF3Sn5&32KVKSfc3!222^ -^?3? .? j t Clothes that i gingerbread t \ They tempt i fragments on The Bailey CORED CD I- ' ;J \ \k>S $ e firm and single idea of maid, look your Itst kip ft- \ c i them, e wish you c (i )( t it: c t with a surgeon's knife then tl x ' SIDE GOODNESS, the rc as cn ft Outside Gocdr :es< TtT/Mlld h /-^ wuuiu ut; piain. BAILEY ( K )l > 1556 Main street Corner Ma COLUMBIA, C m ?i?mijm; Now is the time to subscribe to ithis month the subscription p I whole year to new subscriber; ?IIT illlH? M l I i| 11 I iliil l ----s Year to U< ke everybody happy. will go cheap. An t v, in 3 1 II l> > r A 11 \r.ii ran nlVnl !( uit any and all just s 3 I'A I? I ( I! < >II'? A N S oi <>!.< of oil it ions, Mens Shoes ? n.as present. 'T? ill be a sj,! -n I f every description. / thcm and *,ve P^asM" and < nj< J and m-fdi <1 just si.ch ;t pn 1 nl it > less they aw iliu.ixi, \t,u w, v ciiirM), hi id i \ i II tin t In* t on i fiii ,1k withyou-wliether s " "co.^hv?,i will give as good ) s""' I gi t n select from, and t hat will^ut hi j all combined. So easy. E. J O JS-f^Tayi^ar * -. i"? :aeat nm? trm.-gg-^rwrnf ?-??li%WB ? zkv Mules MULES! you see and thoroughly ng to ofi'er you. j and arranged to su 3 | ?y to the Money Box? 'i D A MV S! .1 /~&I ^ K "I -> IWW ! u PMITIB cost but little are like the ops sold around Christmas, :.. xi_ i > in Liie wmciow anci are the morrow. Copeland's HANI) TAI:~ OTHES are made with iq: von O \un m, 1 tU.n' i thdr % IrrrK EA3SJ ) CO, in and Taylor streets, *. C. A .T^ rT? ;i5^g'3Jj-Jj??5j^ The Advocate. Daring rice is lo cents for one y.jiT3r\^^-,.i ^ wf t a ^ All ^ A fcJi.'l | } 19 i > i n\ \ on t v if< < r ? t i t.c < f mi r NICK * ' r> l.\ ! I W I Nl M .' 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