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HUSBAND he Could Not Bear ht of Seporation. TO KILL HIM. Mrs. Charles Avery, of Cleveland, Ohio, Doomed (o Quick Death From Concor, Having Dcen Told Hho Would Live But a Few Dnys Longer, Attempted to Toko Her Husband With Her. Doomed to quick death from cancer and crazed at thc thought of parting from her husband, Mrs Charles Avery, of Cleveland, Ohio, thirty-five years old, and well known in society, shot him twice with a re volver Sunday night in their resi dence, 1(511 Superior avenue. Tbc first bullet struck Avery in the back just over the right kidney and may cause bis (lentb. Tue second bullet tore through his left wrist, as he turned toward his wile to enter on a desperate struggle for possession of the pistol. The Averys came here several years ago from New York. The husband is at the head of the Cleve land branch of tbe Lipton Tea com' puny. About a year ago Mrs. Avery was stricken with cancer, and six months ago she submitted to an operation m the Lakeside hospita!, but with only temporary relief. Wednesday she summoned a spe cialist, and insisted on his informing her ol his opinion* of her case. Ht told the woman she bad only a few days to live. ..nd at once she cried she could not bear to think of dying and leaving ber husband behind her. The Averys have been almost in separable companions since their marriage almost li ? tren years ago. lt is not known how Mrs.-Avery obtained the revolver, and she has refused to answer any questions. She sent thc nurse from the bcd room on an errand and then asked her Husband to search in a drawer for a book of poems. Crossing the room, Avery laughingly remarked a drawer in a bureau was a strange plac? to keep a ho.?k, and his w it?. S?.id: "Now, bear with mo, Charlie, dear; I doi 't know why 1 asked the nurse to put it there." Avery found the drawer filled with articles of wearing apparel, and while he waa rummaging for thc oook his wife crept up behind him. She startled him with a erv: "Gnarite, we'll die together!'' The husband had ni? time lo glance over his shoulder before his wife shot him, lie swung around, ano! with Ins left arm warded the second shot from his body. The husband and wife were in a desparate strug gle for tho pistol, when suddenly the woman's muscles relaxed and she Cell to the Moor unconscious. Avery had not strength to support his wile or even to break thc loree or." her fall. He was dazed alike by the sudden ness of the attack ami Ins wounds. For a few moments ho stood waver ing, and t'aen, his strength gone, he fell straight across thc form of his wife. 'J he next moment servants burst into the room, and Airs. Avery was pul in bed and her husband taken to Lakeside hospital. Avery manifested rio resentment. Instead, he said he understood the footings of his wife, and was tilled With collina sion toward her. "Our life together has been ari unbroken holiday," he saith "If ever a couple w ci e really one it. was my wife and I. She simply did riot want to leave mo, and she came to a realization of the hopelessness ol' her situation; Thc thought infiam cd her mind; it unbalanced her reason. Poor, dear, sweet wife! I know how she felt, and 1 forgive her." Mrs. Avery regained her senses an hour after the shooting. She was rational and expressed great sorrow. The doctors told h< r lier husband would recover, aridkhe brought tears to tho eyes bf several nurses at the bedside by offering a prayer to heaven for his recovery. ?TllDUN'T IHSCIPIdMiD Decurso Ho V. ;\s Too Fresh With Win. J. Drylin? Because he was altogether to fresh with William Jennings Bryan, when tho orator was" in Attn Arbor last week to deliver a lecture, Coy Iv Marshand, of Alliance* Ind., was mercilessly hammered by a parly of fifty students late Saturday night Among other torments meted out to him was tho slipping, one at a linn, of a haifa cac of spoiled eggs down the hack of his blurt and breaking them against his bony, The pim i sh ment was brought about by one of the mOst amazing piece of freshman nerve that wasevci exhibited in Michigan University, When Mr. lilyan lectured tho) it waa arranged tor him to attend ? banquet given by tho Arin Ar hoi Democrats al tho armory down town after the lcd ure. A carriage wa Ordered, and Profs* Bogle avid Pun ker, of the law department wen delegated by by I he tacit I ty, and thc Students' Leen re (V&sociation; to at? him from the lecture to the banquet hall. As Mr. Bryan completed his talk Marshand, who had no oilicial con nection with the ceremony, ap proached him, seined his arm and rushed him to Iiis carriage, ile opened the door and climbed iii al ter him, clo. ed tho door, and order ed the cabman to drive lo the ban? quet hall. The two professors were more than mildly em bar rased when they saw their charge escape them. Only professional dignity Kepi them within the boundaries of decorum. They climbed ighomiously on a si reel car anti followed. At the banquet hall Marshand still maintained his mastery of the sil uni ion. Ho inlro dncod Bryan to all tho Ann Arbor leading Democrats anti many of his freshman fri. nils. A pariy of senior law studollt?i captured Marshand and took him out ro Ferry Ifield where he was "disciplined." [t is pleasanter to rush the growler than to bo chased hy a dog. FUE GOOD OLD TIMES'. Some Reflections Oki Them by ? the American Farmt?. ?? KvcrythliiB Was Very Ohoap, But Dollars Woi'O Sonrco and Hard To Got. Had you lived in the fourteenth century says The American Farmer you could have bouirht draught horses at 72cents eacn and oxen at $1.25. In the days of Henry II $50 would have equipped a farm with three draught horses, half a dozen oxen, twenty cows and two hundred .sheep, leaving a balance of $2 to ward the payment of rent, which was about $5 a year. In England pas ture and arable lands were ridulous ly cheap, 2 cents an acre for the for mer and 12 cents an acre for the lat ter being considered a fair annual rental. Two cents or its equivalent would buy a pair of chickens in these bles sed days of old. For the value of a nickel one could acquire a goose fit for a Christmas dinner or two ducks Unit would make a fine roast. A penny would purchase a dozen strict ly fresh eggs, and wheat sometimes fell as low ns 40 cents a quarter, or eight bushels. j his period seems to* have been the paradise of topers, as the brew er wan compelled by law to sell for 2 cents three galions of beer, the equivalent of forty-eight glasses, it will give our modern labor union: thc cold shivers to read that .'1 cents a day was considered good wages for an ordinary labores. Our far mers will probably heave a sigh of sympathy when they learn thal even at harvest time 4 cents was the highest amount expected. Yoinig couples about to marry had no such terrors before their eyes as confront them in Ibis era of pros perity. Housekeeping might safely be entered upon by the most timor ous in those "good old days." Mouse rent was so low thai the Lord .Mayor of London paid only $4.80 a vcar to his lanlord. The Chancellor of the British ex chequer, the man who dors- the work j if our Secretary of the Treasury, had an annual salary of $192, When i father sent lu's son to a university 1 cents a day looked upon as a com fortable allowance, with a margin for sueli luxuries as wine at 8 to 12 cents a gallon. A salary of $24 a year was consid ered munificent, King Edward VI gave lus daughter an allowance of ??I .Sha week with an additional $24(v 09 a year for tho maintenance of ber eighi servants. The bed that a king then slept on would now be shunned by the humblest larmer in the land. There is no a renier m the West i hal would not be cosido red rich by comparison. Remember, too. that they had no railroads in those days or decent roads of any kind, A trip of a few hundred nines was a momentous uh dcrtakin, and a man sidling out from London to Edinburg made his will v. Uh little hope of getting back. Of I course, there were no intercurbens, or street cars or even canals, and wheeled vehicles w#re entirely out of the reach of any but the aristoc racy. Lut il ?snot necessary togo back to tho fourteenth century or to Eng land lo lind out what was meant by . "thc good old times." Come along down to tho nineteenth century raul to our own country ?nd seo bow people lived much less than a hun dred years ago. .Many men now living remember when one had to work all day at the hardest kind of work for one bushel of.wheat. Fifty cents in trade was what ono got for beginning at daylight and grubbing or splitting rails until the I iiil;ia."-.--un reminded him to quit his arduous task. Farm produce, when salable at all, absurdly low. There were no markets., only the n< ighborhood consumption, and, there being little or no money, ev erything was barter. Eggs went a-begging at a cent or two a dozen, poultry was but little better, stoc k of all kinds at thc very lowest ebb and no larmer could hope to make, profil off any of his produce, Morely a hying, as the result of days devoted to toil and nights de void of ease, was thc best thal could be anticipated by millions of pioneer farmers in "tho good old days.'. Some fen timon t still lingers about those limes, wo recall with interest nany < i the ro nrnticand tragic in cidents, but WC hardly think any of our farmer readers would care to be transported back, except in fancy to tho period which did not fully ead until tho last century was more than half over. " The good old times" are well ; enough for thc poets, thc writers of ? historical novels and the ancient dames who crown in the corners of the blessed days of ?lihsy-'woolscy dresses, jeans .suits, corduroy road:; and cabin doors. As. for ourselves we prefer the present, despite ?ts graft and greed, its selfishness andi its sordidness, for at least it has re placed penury with plenty, depriva tion ol' all kinds with inn?mera! comforts, and bas changed agricul-j culture from r groveling calling to t he noblest and most prosperous of I he professions. A Safe Pr?diction, "W'iLh'n (ixe years WO shall have war with Japan, I measure my words when I make thc prediction, Our interest in tho Pacific conflict and <?ur Wealth is alluring to thc Japanese, who have gained their es timate of the white race from tile llUss'ims. We are totally unpre pared far such a struggle." Thus says Hudson Maxim, one of tho "realest Inventors of war machines. (Ic is also of thc opinion that the J trna nose could land two hundred thousand men on thc Raciiic Coasl and get thom as far as tho Rockies befor? we could check them. What hi the remedy? Why, says Mr. I Maxim, the united States should ipei'id two hundred million dollars lo equip a Meet, in the Lacie as large as iapari'Si Wc believe 1 hat the first predic tion is. a safe one. We predicted tbout tho same I bing when thc Japs md Russians wore fighting, and we ire surer of it now than wo were hen, The Japanese t bink I Lev ci n ,vhip any people on tho face of the i ??rth, and just OS soon as t hey recu leratc from their last war they; yill undertake to demonstrate thal 'oolish nation, and tho first power hey will attack, will be tho United states. Negro Attempted a Criminal As sault on a Lady. THE FIEND LYNCHED. Tho 11 ii si mi id of Tho Lady Fired tho First Shot. Hcyouud Confessing His (lullt tho Scoundrel Would I Tuvo Nothing to Say, Ho Wns S un un a ri ly Executed by II Mob of Throe Hundred. Clovoland Harding, tho negro who attempted to assault Mrs. Hen * . Klee near Florence, Ala., Friday and who was driven off by Mrs. Rico's shepherd dog, was summarily exo Otttod Sunday hy a mob of 200 or ?J 0 0 persona. '1 ted to a tree with Ids arms up, tho negro was riddled with bullets, the lirst shot, it is said, bolng fl rod by Mr. Hico, following which every man in the crowd emptied his rovol viM at the prisoner. Ovor 1,000 shots wore fired. The negro was captured Sunday about a half nillo below town and wan taken before Mrs. Hice who fainted at sipht of him. Upon recovering she fully identified her nssaunnt and on hoing asked what should bo dono with him, told tho negro's captors to do as I bey thought best. Harding was taken a short dls tanco from tho Rico home where a conference of tho mob lend rs waa hold. Some said burn him, but shooting was decided on. ll oyo nd co nf osgi ng lils guilt, the nogro bod not li in to say and wan stolidity Indifferent, it seemed, to bis Tale. The body wns left tied to the (ree by the mob, members of which made no attempt to shield their Identity. ATT1?MTTKD ASSAULT Negro Filleted the Room of n Vonni; Lady. A special dispatch to the Charles ton Tost says Columbia was oxclted ! Saturday over an nt tempted criminal j assault early that morning on Mi Lula Norton, tho ul noleen year old daughter of Mr. ?lhort Norton, a well known gontlemiui holding ;i clerical position in tho eily, at. his homo i\*o. GOS Taylor street. Tho criminal is a negro house boy named .lohn Richardson, who came from Sumter. Ho gained admission to Mic room of Miss Norton, who was Stooping v>ilh her sister, Miss bolla Norton, nour the sam.' ago, hy plac ing ti i,?di?cr against tho Window, tho sash of which .vhs Up on account of ibo warm weather. Miss Norton was nwakened by a hand passing over lier bare arm. W hen Bbo bcreamod tho negro bad gotten out Of tho window. This was Ut 2 o'clock a. m. rho police were at once notified, and an hour later caught Richardson pretend lng ld bo asleep on hip pallet in Hie kitchen. At first ho denied knowing any thing about the matter, but when confronted by tho young ladies al il private bearing before tho recorder (lils morning ho admitted en torin u ibo room with criminal intent, lie was sent to j; il and held (or trial at thu coming term of court, for at torn plod criminal assault. Ile says ho ls sixteen years old, but looks to 1)0 about, twonty-throo. So far there seems no danger of a lynching. Dsfy United States Authorities at Muskogoe Indian Territory. They Claimed the <iovirnmeiit Had No Jurisdiction Over Thom and Helled Serving of a Warrant. At Muskogee, i. T, as a result of a fight between members of an organization of negroes known as "United Socialis" on one side and city aud government officers on thc other, Thursday afternoon, John P, (Jeffield, a white police oilicer waa .-bot above the heart and will die; (?us Fisher, white, a clerk in a wholesale grocery establishment, was phot through the shoulder; Sam and lalbert -Barker and a man named Scott, all negroes, atc (lead, two other negroes whose names cannot be learned were badly wounded, andar? iii hiding with friends, and six negroes are tn jail. The United Socialists are estab lished in many Indian Territory towns aral one of their claims is that the United States authorities have no jurisdiction over thom. The leader of thc organization, W illiam Wright, is among those arrested. The light I 'Ok place at a house oc cupied by the Organization. Officer (Jofficld went there to servo a war rant on Filbert Barker and was Rho! down. ?nilod Stales Deputy .Mar shals Lodbetter, Hubbard, Williams and Smith responded toa riot call. When they reached tho porch of the building they were met by the negroes ann in reply to the demand that they surrender one of the ne groes raised ? sitie. | Tho officers tired simultaneously, The nee roos through \VOUnded, rc-1 I urned tho (ii*e, but without effect. Then followed a fllflilillie in which about 50 shots were fired resulting in the wounding of Fisher and two other negroes, and (lie killing of Scott. As tho United Socialists are disliked by others bf their race, fur ther rioting is not looked for. The Socialists li veil apart from tho Other negroes and were known tis "money linders" because lt was their custom to I ravel about tit night and hunt for buried money. If a woman goes oui of town for lunch il's a house parly. Kvcrybody is sorry lo he abused unless its beean o he is rich. The one thing a woman can't un derstand about a man is tho way he will throw away money on useful things. Men who say they are in pot: ?c.-. for the good of tho country some how gc! tho idea into their heads that, they are the country. lt would sCom to bo in accord With the eternal ii th ess of thino; when a patient man weds ti trained nurse, When a man buys a porous plaster at a cut rate store he Ls apt lo get stuck on his bargain, Most men measure the standard of their own goodness by the badness Of their neighbors. MANY WILL RUN -. Against Latimer For His Seat In the Senate. Tho Probable Candidates Aro Boing Mentioned and Groomed by Their Many Friends. Tho coming- race for Senator Lat imer's place continues the principal topic throughout thc state. Follow ing the custom of the governor, the adjutant general, attorney general and secretary of state being all first termers will have no material oppo sition in the campaign a year off, so exceptio;- this senatorial race it will be an off y "ar in South Carolina pol ities. Interest then naturally centers in the senatorial race, particularly, so in view of the way the probable can didates grow in number. Senator Lalimer has said emphatically that he will make the race tosucc? ed him self, and it. is practically certain that Col. George Johnston of Newberry, ox-Governor John Cary Evans of Spartanburg and Dan S. Henderson of Aiken will be in the race with him. Ex-Governor D. C. Hey ward has been spoken of from time to iime as aprobable candidate, but he says that he is done w ith politics and will not enter this contest. He prefers to devote himself to business here in Columbia, where he is very com fortably situated. Congressman A. V. Lever is very popular througout the state on ac count bf his ability to bring things topa.- for his people at Washing ton, but it is not likely that he will m tor the li >ts, He has told .some of his cio. esl friends that he had finally decided not to enter. Mayor R. Goodwyn Rhett bf Char le; ton is thought by many to be grooming for the race, but at pre sent his chief interests seems to be in Charleston and immigration. In convocation he rather discourages the idea that he will make the race, Ex-Speaker of thc house, M. L. Smith, isa splendid stump orator, and a man ol' ability generally, has been mentioned as a candidate but it is understood here that he has de cided not to enter, although there is talk that he held oil'from the race for governor last time in order to get ito this senatorial game, As Will be seen it at least is cer tain that Mr. La timer will have, some of tho strongest mon tn the state to play against. Come and See Us. Some of our up-country friends seem determined to make it appear that this seel ion of tho State is a bar ren waste, with few inhabitants and little or no money-making enterpris es. In discussing the Public Service Corporation the Newberry Newsand Herald says il is a movement in the ... dil lirection, and we believe that the time is not tar distant when this up-country especially, will be con nected I y a net work of trolley rail roads." Thc news and Herald them goes on to say 5 We have never been able to see, however, the wisdom or the good business judgment of this corpora tion when it proposed to build from Gharlesto to Orangcburg, lt seems to us that this is startling at the wrong end. In the first place, there is not tho population that would use a road of this kind to warrant the ono that is proposed to be built from I harlcston lo Orangeburg* lt indif f?rent in the Piedmont section, where are numerous colton mills and quito a number of centers ef popula tion, which would use the road if it wen- kain in this section." ( hir cotcmporary is altogetecr mis taken about this section. In the first it ii a very thickly populated, it is true a large proportion Cf the population are negroes, but it is a notoriou s fact that negroes are great rtizen "?'railroads. They spend more money cm the railroads than white people do as a general thing. One seldom ever rides on the trains he does not find them crowded wit ? negri ; s. At least that has been a r c \p i ience. In thc second place this section of the State produces a < r per con tage of the cotton and il i r produce, all of which requires to get it to market. In the third plaCC our merchants sells lots of goods . which have to be brought to i ?u ni over railroads. Hj a little investigation Our con temporary would lind that tiiis is icu ?lie kind of section it. thinks it is. Lands here today are worth as muck, if nol more than they are in the Piedmont tection, When it comos to making money no section Surpass es this in opportunities, One Ol the half doz u millionaires in South ('ar el ma made his money in the city of Oran i burg. We only mention this 10 call uti dion to thc fact that this seel ?on of i ae State has just as good ad van tag? as other sections for the thrifty, enterprising business man. 'J his could not possibly; bo the case if 11 was the land of country sonic of our contemporics claim it to be. The Herald and News ought to know better, and wc hereby extend an in vitaran to our friend, Editor Aull, to come a >wn and spend a week with u , and we will show him some of the I sections of South Carolina. Where tlx- people are P icklysettled, Contented and happy. Then he could ? Understand why tho Public Service i iorpoi'iil ion people want to run their ?lead through this section.-Tho Or angcburg 'l imes and Democrat. Tl KM-uTlllS IIIO.XI). Why .lames Parker, Who Canght Cobing, Went Crazy. Tlie Charlo lon Post says' thc .-tory ol' the downfall of James Par ker, the Sou tit Carolina negro, who was the first to strike down the a> sa: in of i'resident McKinley at t hc Rulfalo exposition is not at all sur prising. The negro was made a hero by the yellow pi e: and tho foolish pub i lo;;!; him up and made much of li n and his hoad was turned until he nought ho was. a gVoat nm^A And so be lost his heail and went^to ex ec: ' and low he is a drunkard and a physical and montai wreck. li's, haial enough for a 'while man lo stand against I li" corrupting in fluences ol' nol< i ?ely and extrava gant praise and almost impossible for it poor negro. ! Ll F-'l? ON MONT BLANC. 8clentlflo Observers ?8 Badly Off There as Arctic Explorers. Lifo In the observatory on the sum mit of Mont Riane le oven frostior | than on an arctic expedition. The ob servatory waB founded by Plorre I Janssen, tho French physicist, In 1893, and since thc lirst ascent of thu moun- ] tain lu 1780 a temperature nbove freezing was never recorded there un til 1U0G. when for a few minutes a J {temperature of two degrees conti- , grado,, or about 36 degrees Fahren heit, was obsorvod. Tho observatory ls gcnorally occu- i plod from about the beginning ut . 1 Juno to tho end of September. These aro the utmost limits at. which men could llvo thoro. Tho work IK both I astronomical and meteorological. Ono of tho greatest drawoacKs to the work Is tho st ream of tourist H in July and August, who oxpoct to have everything shown to thom regardless 1 of tho loss of timo to tho men of science. Ono of theso, W. dc Fouvlellc, in a recent account of tho work on the mountain tcp dwolls on tho courage that lt takes to spend week? and months amid tho monotony of Mio snowfields and glaciers. The me-tal depression is all tho harder to light on account of the physical conditions, to which lt ls very difllcult to become accustomed. At that olevntion human beings aro tortured by an unceasing thirst, UUO to tho rapid evaporation of moisture from the body. On tho other hand, tho appctlto almost ontlrcly disap pears. At first nil tho system can stand in a few glasses of warm toa daily, with plenty of sugar and pulverized milk in it. Recourse to alcohol Is absolute ly forbidden. Spirits of all sorts aro found to be exceedingly harmful. When the men begin to get accli mated, a diet prlclpally made up of meat is round to be best. The M.jat is carried up fruin Chamouuix and frozen in order to insure it,s preserva tion. It ia stored in tho cellar of thc ob servatory, where the temperature ranges from i'? to 16 degrees Fahren heit. Canned or preserved meat In never used. It is found to bo loo trying to the digestive powers in mut region. The meat is for tho most part bolled. Oreen vegetables are eaten With it to provont scurvy or similar disorders. Tho process of cooking is far moro tedious than nt ordinary levels. An water boils far below i',12 degrees, it takes four or five times as muon lioil ing lo render the food lit lo be eaton as it does in ordinary places. The sclentilie men who spend their summers at the observatory have to live in Arctic clothing. They spend day nmi night in au atmosphere a? i ; out ing point, li ls true that the building ls warmed with fires Of coal and wood. Cut it ls only wanned degrees Kah renholt. The moisture froni the breath of the inhabitants condensen on the walls In n thin coating of ice, and icicles dopend nom the ceiling* and beams an lintels. When it gen a little too warm the leo molls aud there is a veritable rainfall In every room. The observers gradually learn to be comfort able at '?2 degrees. Thoy taite off their gloves to handle the moro delicate im ti amenta. They sleep In bags and keep their health. When they go homo for tho winter they don't feel tho cold. Their scientific! work ls, besides, generally recognized as compens?t ion for all thoy endure to accomplish it. Value of Mutti,!. Nutria fur comes from a little ani mal which makes his home on the banks of the Uiver de la Plata In South America. The climate and )?*. cation suit liim so weil thal he han nouer been found in any oilier locality. Ho ls equally at home in tho water ox* isl o e, being provided by nature with nostrils set very high, so that he can swim with Just the lip Of lils noso out of the water. The old lady Nu tria swims around with five or six yoting ones on her back, tho rest of her anti-race-suicido family tagging along as best they may. Nutria holds the same position among tho huniers' furs as gold decs among tho metalo or silk among fabrics.--Hatman. Shooting the Whale. Tho Norwegian whale fisheries ex tend ovor noarly tho whole OL the Arc tic i-ioa, from tho north of Norway to ward Spitzbergen and oven to Uia Shel land Islands. Tho whales aro shot from small Bl camera, the implement used being ihe so-called bomb harpoon, an arrow shaped Iron spear furnished wita a line, which la discharged from a small cannon. Tho whale often drags the vessel a lone; distance until it becomes ex hausted and expires. lt is then towed lo tito anchorage, whore lt ls stripped of the blubber, Tin.*, whale flehory was begun by a well known Norwegian, Svend Foyn, In 18??. While only thirty whales wero killed In tho lint year. 1.0S0 whales wero talien In 1807. when M3 men were engaged on twenly-tlve Steamers. At first only thc h. lbher was utilized for train oil; nov. tho bonos are crushed for manuro and tho flesh ls used for fad dor, CURES A lil J SKIN TROUBLES Sulphur tho Accepted Remedy for a Hundred Years. Sulphur ls ono Of tho greatest remedies nalino ever gave to man. livery physician knows it cures skin and blood troubles. Hancock's Liquid Sulphur enables you to get tho full benefit in mosl convonlont form. DO not taite sulphur 'tableta' or "wafers" or powered sulphur In molasses. Hancock Vs Liquid Sulphur is pleas ant lo lake and porfocl lu Its action. Druggists sell lt. A well known citizen of Danville. Pa., writes: "I have had an nggra \aled ease of l'?zema for over 2f> years I have used nevon i>0-cont bot tles of the Liquid and one jar of you Hancock's Liquid Sulphur Ointment, and now I fool as t hOUfl h I had a brand new pair of hand?. lt lins cured me and I am certain lt will euro anyone If they persist in using Hancock's Liquid Sulphur, accord lng to directions. lintier Edgar.' livery mun has lois of fair-weather friends. Egotists waste a lot of hero wor ship of themselves. DESIRE BLONDE CHILDREN.. Many People Want Light Children Wrmrn Adopting Little Ones. Strange ES it may peem, said a prominent philanthropist In tho Ne.ty York Trlbuuo, not a fow children of the thousands who must ho classed RS strcot waifs rocoivo a valuadlo iu tiorttanco of blue eyes and light hair, which, without too great a strolch oj tho imagination, may bo culled golden. V/hllo I do not pr?terai to undorstand tho psychology of thu luostton, facts will nevertheless bear this out. Of tho great number of requests re ceived by tho charitable Institutions of this city for Children for adoption tho majority of those who specify asl? for the blue-eyed, golden-haired type. Bo, you seo, the Inheritance of BUO? coloring is a sort of "open sesame" to a good homo. Th I j curious predi lection was much more marked 10 or 15 years ago than now, but it si 111 crops up occasionally and ls certainly an interesting trait. Tho figures and loiters obtainable at charltablo institutions contain In formation corroborative pf ibis state ment. For instance, In tho records of the Now York Juvenile Asylum, au Institution which for the last l>0 years has given a real home and useful training to some 40,000 children whq would otherwise have grown up lu tho slums and has placed (?OOO of them In outsido homes, mostly lu tho West, there ls a multitude ol letters asking for children to be adopted. Some of thom show this curious blue and yel low choice. Can you send a caild out here for adoption? says one lottoi from a ?.Vest* om stato which every year receives] many children from the Institution. "If so, have you a little ghi with blue eyes and curly golden bair?" Wo should be glad to give fi good homo to a little boy, says auoinor. Wo ' prefer ono with light hair and blue ! eyes. Of course a brunette complexion 13 no handicap to the child tor which tho juvenile asylum is striving to get a (Kiuare deal. Bul tho o who wish to adopt light-haired children geir>r ally specify on this particular, tinco on other points the Judgment of the asylum authorities is regarded as suf ficient. One man who leis long watched tho work of this and other institutions of a similar kind insist? that the psy chology of a selection is si m ph-. Ac cording to lils theory thc West, where a real chance ls found tor m u,y ot' ihe children, has a population made np b) large part of Bottlers from Northern European countries, where blue Oyoa and light bair constitute tho prevail- . lng type. (Naturally enough whon adopting a child ono of such color?n.", is preferred, ail ot which, while direct ly opposed to tho theory Of attraction of opposites, serves to ompliaslzo tho value of blue eyes and light bair to tho New York waifs. Strange Holiday Custom . The posadas ("posada" meaning dwelling place or Inn) comme.not ile the Journey of Joseph abd M iry from Nazareth to Bothlohoni, whittier they went In obedience to the Hornau (va porer's mandato, io ho enrolled in tho -, census. This journey, made by Ai.ay on a donkey led by Joseph, ls sup posed to have occupied hine days. ? Wherefore tho posadas kial also for nine days. Each evening, as iii? shades of night descende !, the hu,anio pair naturally begged shelter, which, in many cases, was at ll r?t r >. d. lt is this nightly episode thal is. com- ; uicmorated in Mexican homes by tho posadas, or "begging shelter." Very nearly every Mexican family, of whatever rank, gives a series ol' ? "posadas" on varying seal s of grab- i dear, and to (.liesa functions iiumOtoiis gUOSt? are invited. Each guest ts OX pectod io bo present at tho entire series of nine "posodas," id il is j considered extremely discourteous to' absent tine's self from even ono of them. Iii the conservativo ami old fashioned families, only dear friend* and relatives siro allowed to si in tho posada sen; on. but. tho Inore (jos mopolilan Mexicans are bro?cier ?. ed, and frequently Invitb forei\,.*?rA J to join their Chris? nias? pa rik i, li* o i" Croup, When a doctor cannot he secured promptly in an emergency it (3'neces sary to have a good remedy always on hand when children are inclined to he croupy. A mother who will provide herself willi half a pint of raw linseed oil ..MU fight tho worst case of croup she may meet with. It ls said to ho an unfailing remedy, and for quick results it boats anything else which can he given for that dread disease. Half a teaspoonful ls a doso unless the ch I Ul ls Choking very badly; then give a teaspoonful. lt acts two ways. Ill tho lirst stago of croup, where there ls not much mucus, it is loosened and carried off through the bowels. In tho second singe it causes vomit ing; hut, unlike Ipecac, lt leaves no soreness of the throat ns an nf tor dilll culty. It ls rarely necessary to give moro than om? dost?, when the child will get relief anti go lo sleep again. This Simple remedy ls one that is within the roach of every mother and one that cnn he kept Oil hand at all times, and while lt ls in the liOUSO thc dread membranous croup need eau te 110 terrors, The Best Eggs. Nothing has boob more clearly de-; IllOllS tra lcd than tho tact that lt pays Lo get. the host broods of pl ? tl IH and in I mn ls; in this ?t le:?sl tito best is tho cheapest, says tho Progresivo Partner and Colton Plant. Wo wish lo urgO therefore that every ro let >f this paper, now thal tho hatching leason ls her??, gol al least one sol ing of pure-bred eggs. Ero ni il lo f)f> Invested in bettor blood for the ?IOUItr.V yard In 1 U07 will pay bigger lividonds than gold mining slock. Try lt at once._ If men weren't brutes women wouldn't have so milch tun taming t h em. Money may talk, bUtnt'Ool million is cold and distant. Women think mon are cowards if they refuse t-> argue with them. The devil knew how lo caleb a l>i;v haul when he invented dresses that fat ten up the back Tor tho husbands to hook. One of thc meanest things about having money is the way everybody worries for fear yon will keep on having it. HE KNEW A flOOD TH! SO. Found It ? Paying Enterprise ano Kept It i)p. A UvRBinn grre.;) duke, Anding himself with a tow day? to s wiro in Pari?, wont one. evening to the thoutor, and hoing a poison of lmuortnneo, thought hluiBolf bound to sond a bouquet to the principal actress, says II KIBO. A month after ward, being In tho sanio apartments, his servant nnnouncod that a lady wished to seo him. doing to the room ? ho found an unknown, lady bet?re him. "I am afraid your highness doo* not recognize nie," she said. "I am Mariquita, an aciress, and I hov?? come to thank you for your kind at tentions." "1 recognize you now, madam/ replied the duke, "but I think yon aro mistaken. I only sent you ouo bouquet.'1 "Hut lt was your servant who brought them each evening," sha sa i d. Accordingly the servant was called, and eventually, with much confusion, ho said lo his master: "VVhon I took tho Hist bouquet, your high noss, the lady gaye me a tip of five fiancs, and as the bouquet COS? only forty seas i made tnroi francs over it. So I repeated the por foi ?nance, willi the same result each timo. 1 pray your highness' pardon." No Politician, Politician Yon don't seem to take much Interest in polities. Citizen No; I have to work for every 'loilar I get. -Chicago News. What Ho Was Afraid Of. T io late Cileries Hodson, Chief Ch rh of tho American Embassy lu London, served under eight Ameri can Ministers -under Lowell, Welsh, l'a; ard, Hay and so on. "Mr. Hodson." enid a New York Importer, according to an exchange "became an Intimate friend of Low ell's during the pools' Incumbency, flo had all Lowell's books with auto graph Inscriptions, and lie would ni crate many stories of Lowell's quick vi lt. "At a dinner I once heard him say that Lowell was travelling pn a Mod it; minoan steamer when a shabby old musician took out a liddle one even in;-; a"er dinner and prepared to make a few pennies by playing a tune, or two. " A little American girl stood be tide Mr. Lowell. Watching tho mu sician, sho said : " 'Why does ho put a handker chief under lils chin Uko that vrhe.r. he lavs? Is lie afraid of soiling his coila r?' " 'No, my dear," said Mr. Lowell, 'He ls afraid of soiling lils violin.' " Know tho Difference. A certain major general In tho British Anny took a great interest in tho subject of compulsory education, and would frequently pay a visit to the viliugo school, which was situ ated near his country son'. Ono day ho had been giving them a brief sketch of tho lines of some fa nions generals. "Hoya," he concluded, "you all know the great George Washington was a general. Perhaps you also knew 1 am a general. Now, cnn any ono t< ll me tlui difference between Gem e Washington and myself'.'" "1 know, slr," answered a young ster al tho back of the room. "Woll, what is tim difference? Speak ap, my lad," said tho general. "George Washington couldn't toll a li'\ slr," Shouted tho boy in exult ant tones. It Happens livery Might. At the end of ono of the sessions of tho world's convent ions of the a's Christian Temperance union in Boston, Mrs. L. M. N. Stev ens condemned the habit thal so tiny men have ol' going out be tween the acts at the theater. "1 am In hearty sympathy," rall stevens, "with a woman whos innd said heartily to her, at the end bf an Interesting drama: . ..love, what a play! 1 don't be llevo there was a dry eye In the 0 when Hie curtain weat d?Wp on tho third act.' " 'No,' said the lady, bitterly; 'but tl ra soomed to be the usual number of dry throats.' " Yes, Indeed. Anxious Housekeeper-It ls tOD .i vating that those miserable bens always lay the least when iggn in so .lear. Berliner Illustlcrto Zelt.il ng. No, Alonzo, it. isn't proper to curry favor with a currycomb, Pianos and Organs At Factory Prices Write us at once for our special pinn of payment, on a Piano or Organ If you buy either instrument through HS VO? gel a standard make, one that will last a life-time. Write M A LON ICS MC? C HOUSE, Columbia, S. C. We Rave , :\'5 horco yiovror Talbot!, nocondh overhauled. This Engino h >f bargain for anyone who is in ri headquarteta for anything i pl attention will be givon to all i v. rite narben you are in the i .r* rtonvrioee before plaoing Y ?Mf HOT TUB FATTED But tho iront Was Sufficient t? Bring Him a Dinner, A. goud stevy i? co?? o? rv ooupl-? aZ farmers living a fow milo? apart, One day ono called on tho other, hap pening around at dinner time. The person called upon, by tho way, wa? rather a penurious old follow. Ho eat nt the table onjoying his diu.nor. Tho visitor drow toward the table, expecting the old farmer to invito him to dine. The old farmer kept on eating. "What's tho news up your way, neighbor? No nowB, oh?" Presently a thought struck... the visitor. "Woll, yes, friend; I did hoar of ono item of nows worth mention ing." "Ha! what ls lt?!' "Neighbor John, has a cow that has flvo calves." "Is that BO? Good gracious! What in thunder does tho fifth calf do whan tho othors aro foodlng?" "Why, ho stands and look?, on, just as I do, like a dumb fool." "Mary, put on another plate," drawled tho farmer, as ho caught tho point.--Judge's Magazine of Fun. A FarcicaJ Vengeance. A magazine editor was congratu lating Richard ?(arding Davis on tho success of his farces. "Yr a handle tho farce," said the editor, "UH skillfully us you used to handle tho short story. You havo the gift of seeing everything In u farcical light." "Oh, 1 don't know," Bald Mr. Da vis, modestly; ' Coi lid \ oi." pursuod tho editor, "treat farcically tho situation ot a wife's elopement with her hita ba ed's friend? Would you got any fun out of a situation so grimly sad and horrible as 1 hat ?" Mr. Ha vis laughed. "One ol' tho principals In Just sucii a situation," ho said, "got a good deal of fun out of it. I allude to the deserted husband. He got fun and a terrible revenge as well. This deserted husband, the day after his friend, sent the aforesaid best friend a pucket and tho following, leto-r: " 'Dear Slr-Please hand the en closed set of false teeth to my late Wife, and iu>k her to be so good as to return m.\ father's, which, in tho hurry of tho moment, she took by mistake.' " Eighty-Year Old Woman Cured. Hod Suffered Toitures From Rheu matism for 20 Years. 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I am now eighty years of ago, and wish to testily that I believe Rhou maclde is the liest remedy for Rheu matism. And I heartily recommend lt to all who are suffering with any of the forms of this dread disease. "Very truly, Mrs. Mary 1-3. Welhorn," Your druggists sells and recom mends RHEUMACIDE. Intelligent treatment at your home 1$Y Ono of tho gre.Uoft mistakes rondo by people residing In tko country ?nd Bimi: I towns th their I'm ure t? c. iiHult the experienced specialist for their doop-beuicri or citron o dis idem. They Miller at ng tiny ti ter day, shortening tlioir livos by mouths and jearb, either through Ignotance of what ' tho epoch) isl ooi ld do lor thom ? r tho belief lint special I rea till' nt would ro qulte their roniovM to the city. It is not D0?06 a y tlifit you should res'! e in Ike saine city in order to re coi ve benoit I of our special trout mont. We in ito ul. ililli'rot s from doop sonicd, long*Sla o big troubles 0! Heart, Head, Linios, StoniAOh, lt wolf . Liver, Dladdor, Blond, Nervei;, or diseases po cul ur 10 either s-x, to write or cull upon us mid lea*'> yviiftt we havo done for othors similarly n III toted, and what we can ?'o for them, T?tere is no chtirgo for this ennsu"ta lion, und it is wi rth your I imo and ef fort whotlier j MI decido to both? treat ment or not, l-'or niOio than twenty years, I, mid tho spir'oii lists as.? 'intel with mo, hnvo given pur entire time, th. light mid Mad tollu ollie ol tho deo;) scated dir nie ur nervous iMsordors, which lave ba, flied ih?< lessoxporiouotd a 11 round physician. Wtntcvoi you may 'hick yourlihnont is, it is liol pr. tallie that you can quito Mire oi y ur ov n diagnosis or that of th? ordinary phyjccimi. Or you ms> wri O US, lirst, in catiro oonfldonce, If you ch ose. Some c so3 d<> not reed a personal visit, although ul wa s adv mlle, Soiid for our booklet on "Brain and Nerve IO\hfoistion " Mailed freo in nun luted wrap: or. DR. HATHAWAY ft GO.. Suite M B, i,,,?,.,. 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