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E I flPiiiiillH BeB Kg - 5P . "^T; ? Copyright 1909 by Hirt ScbafTncr & M?r* A MYSTERIOUS PACKAGE. There was a great ado in the Stanwood home. A package had been delivered at the door addressed to Mist Grace Stauwood, had Leen received by tt^ butler, and the bearer had gone away without stating who sent the package. There was nothing on the wrapper by which the sender could be Identified. The Sianwoodti were enormously rich and feared that some socialist or anarchist had sent them an infernal machine. Miss Stanwood looked at the thing?it i vroicu v/u n luuu: in uiu uruwiug (room?Btudled the address, but could not recognize in the writing the banc of any of her friends. "I'll take off the wrapper, mum,' said the butler, who felt somewhal responsible or having taken th< package in and letting the messengei escape. The butler cut the string, removed the wrapper carefully so as not to jai the contents and laid bare n t?-?j iwith a slidn .j cover, i 1 here w. a r.ug at the rh< I 1? so happened that Lord Ldv -d Tallyw ig an li!i|>?-eui; us I. ttd> r nvoll wb?*> i > > ? pond with a view to lent .h n oxrhetMier n> u :a i an . ? ? t- ? wne, nad been iuvlted to dinner. H? had proposed for Miss Stanwood't ha ad. to eav of bar fortune t I Before tearing to last for 10 day* % 29 Taylo ft 15 K. f 10 Dew 10 Howa IW 10 Texas w 5 Moline fr Y ou will r ft goods for le ft Don't t'< -0- tonic 1 | i iM E SUITS FOR YOUNG MEN Young: men like to keep - - ? up vvuli tut; proeession. Tiiey want the thing in suits. They like new styles, and we now have ready, a inatrniiieent. display of new spring suits. All the new fabrics and -hades. $12.50 $15, $18. 50 Single and double breasted complete line Furnishings, Hats, Under wear, ete. Call n. fW, L. Kinard THE CLOTHIER, 1523 Main Street. BllllllSSflBBHBBBn ?no, uus is \.?Kunicaiiy 11; orreetthe settlement was to be specified ? a legal document, and the matte wub as good us settled. The onl thing In the way had been removt , ?namely, Hob Otis, to whom Ui [ lady had been engaged and who lin been told that In view of this r.pler did opportunity ho must be relegate l to a position as Lord Tallywag's bei man at the wedding- Bob had sul I mitted to the sacrifice so nobly tin he had been Invited to dino with it lordship with a view to gettiug h , instructions as best man. . 'Where was 1? Oh, I remeinbei r There was a ring at the doorbell. T1 I butler pulled himself together an I opened the door, admitting the guc of the evening. Lord Tallywag "I'm so glad you've come, i>oi ^ Tallywag," said Mrs. Stanwood e: 5 cltedly, "to tell us what to do. Eon r one has sent Grace an infernal 1111 chine." I "Some disappointed lover, 1 sui r pose." remarked his lordship. r*-*rv " e... ?? ' \\ > M . ? ' ; ? ? 1 i 1'Mother! Sam'OO'i > "he's sure to appcrr. Lord Tally v. a; k this is our old trend Mr. Otis, i "Deliabtad in i nut vou " said hi W land gi ig cut down my buildings am ohlig ; only. r-Gannady top bugj \ Guano Distribut Law Cotton Planl .rd Guano Distribu i Middle Bursters Cotton and Corn I nake a bi? mistake ss than factory cosi ~>rget your live stoc lesses and Pratts fc killer and poultrj ie place your < Rutland THE B lora&nty wm+v | "Glad to know you," replied Dob, I bowing formally. "Some one." remarked Mrs. Stanwood, "has sent Grace an infernal machine. I>ord Tally wag suggests that it may have come from a disappointed lover." Something in the tone of Mrs. Stanwood's voice caused Mr. Otis to draw himself up stithy. Then he said coldly: "Since I am well known to have long been an admirer of the lady in question it is incumbent upon me to! prove my innocence. Where is this ! infernal machine?" "In the drawing room," Mrs. Stanwood replied. Mr. Otis walked into the drawing room while the others looked on through open doors. "You are right," he said to those g-iping from a distance. "It is indjed an Infernal machine. I can hear) ticking. Lord Tallywag, if you will come here and hold the box to your , ear you may hear it distinctly." "Good gracious, man! Do you suppose I'm an ass?" "You have seen fit to intimate that an American gentleman would send his sweetheart who had discarded him a bomb. It becomes me as an American gentleman to relieve Miss 1 Stan wood from an unpleasant sltua- j tlon. I shall open the box." i He began to draw the cover. Those I looking on, headed by Ix>rd Tallywag, 1 , rushed to the rear of the house, some stopping In the dining room, though liis lordship did not pause till he had I gone out at the kitchen door into the yard. Some minutes passed. Grace Stanwood went back to the drawing room and looked through the Open S door. On the table stood the box. the cover removed, while Ilob stood with ~ an inner box in his hand?a jeweler's watch case?regarding a lady's watch of gold and enamel, set with jewels. n ... "Sonic one has sent yon a wedding T , present?" snid Bob. *v i "Oh. Bob!" she whispered. "I fear-. i ed you would be blown to pieces. : ? | You're brave as a lion." ! "Where is the man who inlimat'i ed"~ ' "In the cellar, I expect." She burst 3 into a laugh. 1 | "Lei us go and find him. 1 wish ; hiin to see my vindication." 13 i Lord Tallywag was found in the 13 back yard and shown the contents of t tlie Ikix. Thi n Boh Otis excused hitn| self from dining witli one who liud charged liitn with intent io do a cow1 i ardly murder and departed. j The episode overbalanced Miss I Stan wood's desire for a title. She j shipped his lordship and married 1 Bob Otis. It was not till after they 10 were married that Roll confessed he l" ; had sent the infernal machine.? Florence Norton. KILLED THE COBRA. t- '.if tv, r> f. 0 f t t, " ?> t nV-nit . , ! ? * x I# For a \h< jm were averse to attacking the cobra, although they ran round and round ? Ml iflflUirLurf*. CGha jtOAke. which was 3 i ves anc in pric< ;e to move some <>l the ?ies were $75.00 now ers were 9.00 now ;ers were 3.50 now ters were 5.50 now were 6.50 now banters 15.00 now < if you let this chance t. k in spring time the >od will help them. I r food for chickens. dollar goes fartl BATESI S. C ATSBURfl ADVOCATE. a spiemn? ?fomrcu &uu ormunruily marked, exhibited much alarm ns soon as it saw its antagonists, and curled itself up, ready to strike. After some time the mongooses warmed to their work and the light began In earnest. Again and again they dashed in and seized tlw snake by the tail ?r lower colls of Its body. Jumping out of striking distance before the cobra could touch them. Their ability in this respect was amazing. Tired out 1 with watching them run Hist one j way and then the other, making an j occasional dart in and jumping as j rapidly l>aek again, a time came when ' the cobra, failing to turn with sulii- J cient speed to face the mongooses, j me iauer sprang 111. setzeu tne suaue by the back of the head and killed it at once. Hallucinations Hrorn starvation. Disturbances of the mind caused by deprivation of food are described by a French physiologist. Dr. J/assigqardie: "lils conclusions were to the effect < that fasting promoted the dev? lopment t>f the intellectual faculties, especially the imagination. In actna' tavatlon the character changed and became Irritable and cruel, with In .. ot ; memory and will power, and develop- ] ment of hallucinations, agreeable or : distressing. He has recently been j studying the mines who were burled for so many days in the mine at Courrlers. One miner was not teleased mi til after an Interval of twentv iw ! days. He frequently imagined himself at home and talked with his wife and imagined that he found scraps ot food, which he ate with relish. I ike most of the others, he frequently imagined that lie saw bright lights In fore him. All the miners said tHat they became ver> irritable and frequently quarrelled. Tiny all had hallucinations gene ally agreeable, but nearly all retained tin ir reason ihi'\ a few being actual dupes of their tin agination."? Journal of American Medical Association (Chicago.) Sicily's Biq Tree. Sicily boasts tbe largeM tree in the world- It Is known as ' . ie Chestnut Tree of a Hundred Horses " and is situated at the foot of Mount Kfna It has five enormous brain he . oaeli as large as an ordinary trie, is ning from a trunk which is 212 feet in ? ir cuniferenee. A large hollow in the trunk is capacious enough io contain a flock of sheep Its name originated in the story that Queen Joan ot Aragon with her nobility and llu ir r? tin , ues once took refuge from a violent storm under its spreading branoiu: Walrus Whiskers as Toothpicks. , In the Chinatown of . very eily the grocers sell toothpicks made of walrus whiskers. These are excellent toothpicks, and in China no fashionable . dinner is complete without n ! -idle ' of them. From either side ot the ? ? virus whi?i">? llltil'U fci'C I'llO Everybody is willing to h?*lv so nobody else, at s'.m 'body elso'a .. nn & h* AtSs SHjk ^ ' > , 4 'i^ IV > : IJi 0 .11 v.' 111J -.ills only 50 00 ^ only 5.00 ?| onlv 2.50 $&? only 3.50 sjjy&; only 4.00 J?; )niy 10 00 ; slip to buv M y need a %iVlso lice ^ iest tj| 3"CHR.G- ||ji II I Presents. .! KWKl.KY, DIAMONDS, STHKLI N<J SI LYKK, WATCH KS, CCT CLASS, ART ({(>ODS. All Nnw and absolutely beaut it'u 1 < Jootls. ('ome 111 wneiiever you nave | an opport unity. R1 we only bardie SOLID and Clenuino litiods. If no', con venient to conic in, send in your Mail Order, which always has our l? rsonul Attention, with a (iuarantce to Please. Always Rind to Eoe you at SYLVAN BROS. > I rw Hers, Silversmiths and h Opt ieians, Cor. Main and I lampton St?. COLUMBIA, s. C. THEY WENT TO CHURCH. Preferred it to Work Though They Were "Atheists." Attendance at church service is obligatory upon the part of soldiers at ^ certain Knglish posts, and amusing stories are told of the excuses that arc sometimes resorted to in order to es- ?cape this requirement At one post where a number of recruits were temporarily stationed an old sergeant was ordered to ascertain t, to what religious sect eacu man belonged. and to see that lie joined the | party told of for that particular form of worship. Nj Some of the men bad no liking lot | church, and declared themselves to ! | be atheists. Hut the sergeant was a Scotsman and a man of experience. "Ah, weel." he said, "then ye hae no need to kape holy the Sabbath, and t the staldes hae no been chined ott ! lately. And lie ordered them to clean ! v out the staldes. This occupied prac- ^ tically the whole day. uud the men lost their usual Sunday afternoon's leave. Next Sunday a broad smile crept ov- ( er the face of tile sergeant when he i heard that (lie atheists had joined the i nurch of Hnghtud. J ^ The Joke Was on Her. A woman member of the bar In j New York gi\cs the following correspondence with the reservation that no names shall be quoted "I ant * one oi the lew women," she says, ,, "who can set a joke even if aimed at myself ] do not feci that in this h case 1 t ame till tirot > tr , int> reply was sonl: "Gentlemen. . . note yours agreeing to n settlement, although 1 cannot congratulate you on your gallantry in begging the ^ m* i<>n. Like the original Adam, you seem inclined to hide behind a woman's petticoat " And tite following letter < los< d the correstrondence: I IVar Miss Ml .ah If vou will turn w to t early pages of Genesis you , will nvi i that Eve did not wear a 11 i. < atS Mexican Pottery. S Al: . - i vi'iy one of tlie tourists rt who \i Mexico during the Winter ^ s.-. s' n ?att away some specimen i in Mexican pottery, be it tne |. gray, t?1 nd ;< i| Gttadalailiara, the | ei. en -l ix. >i ti.iv.i'-a, the terra cot la | inlaid witli chip of broken china- j ware from ( m . i.a a\a. or tlie blue i and while pot cry or Pttebla, often called for pari <?:' I'aiavt j a." Si This particular pottery is in itself le vetly Dltrnrlivo, t s.?- eht acterls^tc J pi type in ing that of a yray ish-whitc re ground partially < <v> :?al . .tl a pat- ai tern usually of di >p Delft blue \xitli which brown and yellows are sometiiucs sparingly i in ! nation The patterns are gen< i illy n raldic oid aim i-t invar . 1 1> ci and mod iaeval in design j French Opium SniOM rs. In .!? aiiselme, one of the professors at the Paris Em ttlty of .\i dicine, stall, that the ouinm hanit is nun h u toot common among I'iriiili navv ofiit? . lis. i is gtMU'iall;* uppos?*(J, ^ ami think it quit i ' idle that ? lie !)!- x Vie e of tills C lllse lllilX I X * I ' pisun tin- numerous disasters whieh have overt il;e:i tiie Eiem.. navy of lilt In .leitn line sets the nuiiiher of op. im nioUeis in the colonial inlanti it eiment at lf? per cent, in tin foi.'ign leg ii hi at 20 per cent, and o - - ? .in: hi native regiment - i nl -;i per cent ]I< sn>> that opium i ili i. abound at Toulon, lirest, I.orhiit. | :tochef?ut. Cherbourg ami I'aris. h Making Stage Monty, , I';-* irlou. i-olncirit u that most t. "f '.In iiv.i " money t' : (| t,, v11- ' a lains In melodramas, ami fut which d there is so much hlood b iting and murder In sensational plays. Is made in Washington, almost within the shadow of the UurfHii of Kugrnvlng (l md ITinting TJu* ib-maud for it has Htised it to develop into quite a little j, industry, it is widely ns< d as "prop rt>" for regular dramatic producion.s and also for amateur thoatricolsIt is engraved on green paper lihe ,1 'greenbacks,'' w The Harbor at Manila. f |e Ttie amount of money spent in the ( a! lltrbor of Manila and the baaaig Hiv- , tli r durine the past year totaled at ( ,\| enrl> fo n nnd ;t half million dollar?' i ie t 1 now i lie best and safest harbot ,,i n tin Orient Breakwaters and IW|? J cl overed docks have been constructed ( ind channels cleared. The improvenents mi not yet complete? 1 HF. MOST POPULAR CAR IN THH WORLD. I MhKh IS A Kl-AS( )N. This reason will be tully demonstrated to the citizen* of Batesburg now soon. Our Mr. .1. B. Roddy will he on hand with a car. In he meantime read up and get posted. It will simmer own to this?"The Buick is t!: <' most wonderful carol nv price." (iKKGORY-CONDKR MUI.K CO.. Columbia, S. C. fa AUGUSTA MUSIC FESTIVAL. t he Greatest in the South. April 26 ind 27. MMK KMMA KAMI-S AND DAMROSCM'S NKW foRK SYMPHONY ORCHKSTRA ()l- K1ITY Willi ( )UK Kl N< )WNED SOLOISTS. Grand Chorus of 200 will render Rossind's Stabat Maer. Low rates for both days, good returning 011 third lay. Augusta will been fete. Augusta and Jacksonville tilth ,\tl I i > 11, i i??l?rin* Poll luimo ?i ill K. > 1. ! ........ , ti\. L/il 11 Itilllio W 111 I'l'l.V l"UM Ui\.>. Ni.uhl Pri.cs Si.oo to $3.00. Al'teniooii Prices ^oc. to $2.00. I: C5 "I'd Rath r Die Doctor. ! Any laJy reader of this pape than have my feet cut off." said""1 clever "No . T . ' . t- . ... ... 1 Drip Coffee Strainer Coupon privi1. L. Bingham, o: I rinceviLc, 111. j lege, from Dr Shoop, Racine, Wis. but you'll die from gangrene which j It is silver plated, very pretty, and ad eaten away eight toes) if you j positively all drippiny of tea or cof.. ? . , 1 Tnntno i u~ ' rec- The Doctor sends it with his new on t, said a.1 doctors. Instead he , , . .... cc .. . 0 , free book on Health Coffee simSuhscrib, iVr the Ativo- tedious, AJ to dU minutes boiling, "Lade in a minute" says Dr. Shoop. ale IU)\V. $i per v<*ar. Try it at your grouer's for a pleatant suprise. Dreher Bros. The old fashioned way of Posing a ooinmunieation, and the aggrifaue cak stomach, in stimulating the leng,h ?[ M,'"e natIve S1:ite !iacs ,i:lJ . ... . . _ grown iroin 2.002 miles in taa7 to Ieart or Kidneys is all wrong. Dr. :M7] Inl]0!j ln 19u(J Gl- ,ho 2!)0!)7 hoop frst pointed cut this error, miles <?t" line in operation in India his is why his presbription?Dr. at "l0 Hose of Inst year all but 110 , , . i ? miles were more or less under Oovhoop s Restorative is directed enti ernmem control. :ly to the cause o. thesd ailments te weak inside or controlling nerves. European Ostrich Farm. isnt so difficult, says Dr. Shoop,1 Rome interesting facts have boon > strengthen a weak Stomach Heart j published concerning the success ?>t r Kidneys, ii one goes at it correct-! the experimental ostrich farm started Each inside organ! its control-[ ,w<) ynrs ago near Nice, i acre were ng or iiv.ivie nerve. When these i^it..?1.> thirty-two hints tweutx frves foil then Ifcose ortfsns mubt lu'' r""" California tuul seven froui rely falter. Th?e vital truth ?e] Their pnnwnjr up to tun ? . i, present, numbers lit). The cost 01 ad.ng drugg.str every wncrd tods- ina||lu,Man,.t. is su|d to aVtfrage ense and lecoomenti 1 r. .mi < s 1(._. jdrd unnun, while the istorattve. lest it tor a lew days, average value of a set of plumes is id see! Improvement will prompt)/: g|Vt.? at L-.l0> aml th(. average life or )llow. Sold by Gunters Drng Store, an ostrich is estimated at eighty ?????? . years --Ixmdon Tit-Bits. A WONDERFUL CAVE. Three Sherwoods. 1 Mrs. Catherine Sherwood, at the Was Discovered Near Engihoul Bel- age of j'2, gave hirth to triplets, who gium Rcvealir.g Beautiful : were named respectively Franklin, Chambers. Francis and Frederick. They '.ill hers r? >.. i I. i . .... eanio sea captains and all lived to lx Quarrymen near Engihoul. Belgium, ... . ,,,, ? ' more than seventy years old It is n expected I v opened a passage into a * , related of the brothers that while In real and previously unknown <av- _ . . . Charleston. S. ( .. they sill went into m ?? however had h. t ^ ^ ^ ( t<> uspected b> a local mInert og.sJ Mr , ^ OM |h|i (>Jirly mornlnKi om .. Doutl )U. on account of the d.sap ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ , aran.. of small streams in ^ ' aud the barber said that he never saw .ghbot hood. Mr. I)oudou at :? # nian whose ,,par|| grow s(| ,.ap|dh egan an exploration of the new ?a> , ag lhut man,g (Ud mi, which hits since been continued. t . mains many large and beautiful Latest "watches Fo~r the Blind, ituhurs. but it especially c> reinarK , Id- for its concretions and for a kind On the face of one of the latest l mineral snow covering the lloors. watches designed for the use of blind 0 light that a breath sends it whirl- people the hours are Indicated b> ht found little movable buttons In roio.f .... n. ill rxuui- jmm .. nix ----- lit- vi | <11 isins filled with limpi<1 wafer. whivh \ strong pointer shows the minutes. 0 begun to cover itself with a fine I lie blind person passes his fingers lm of crystalline glass. The inauin o\ r the dial; the button Indicating rable crystal stalactities in the ere the font he finds to be depressed re remarkable for the musical toi: s while the position of the hau l gives icy gi\e forth at the slightest to . the ininnti s The buttons are held by t< circular plate beneath the dial. Railways in India. which iias at one point on its circmn Tr length of railway In operation feicnte a notch Into which the but* , British India was appreciably ex M;"s <,,u' "f,,'r ,ho 0,h? 1 ' "" nded during the decade ending with ' with ?he movement . r ;KM; inclusive, the length of line in j n"' ;v,,,Ks T,,i Hfrv'7 1,1 oritlng at the close of IfhiG being of 1,10 <M d,,,a'y hour hand ul * i,u??7 and tl?o progress made during watch. ie ten years being 7.980 miles. The I,let extension was in State lines. Unique spire ism Lown. blcli expanded during me ten years , A spire that was un'que in church 1 the extent of f>,04G miles. The ' architecture has Ju.-t t?. u torn dowt ngtli of State lines now in operation ' at Providence, U 1 . It being that ot mounts to a nilleagp of 21,917. Of J the .lefferson Street ]lapti?t clntrch. ie original guaranteed systems tiie which was entirely of brick even to adra s Hallway is now the only one the apex, each brick being especially ft; It comprised last year 904 miles fashioned for the place it occupied, ' line. Native Stales have oeen juCllouslv r.u '*^44;od to develop 1 ..J