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A Daring Waap. Borne wasps live In part upon honey, which they collect from the most open petaled flowers, and thus to a very moderate extent tliey may be regarded In the light of flower fertilizers. Klrkland says In the llrst volume of the American Naturalist that "the paper hornet (Vespa maculnta) often enters my nucleus hives when 1 am rearing Italian queen bees and captures the young queen In the midst of her little colony, usually just after she has commenced her flrst laying. I have seen this depredator enter the small hive, drag out the queen and fly away with her to tho woods" (page 52). Borne of the species of the genus pollstes store up honey which Is poisonous, from the fact that It 1ms been collected from poisonous flowers. They are found In Bouth America, where also species of the genus chartergus occur?wasps that ninko a very remarkable and tough nest, with funnel shaped combs inside, arranged one inside of another, nest fashion, but not in contact except at their points of suspension. At the apexes of these cones occur the apertures of entrance for the Inmates to pass up among the conical tiers. Stcerlnu Ship. The work of steering a great ship, even with the aid of modern machinery. Is much more delicate than one would imagine. The larger and faster ihe ship the greater is the difficulty. It is not enough to hold the wheel In the same position to keep the ship on her course, for the wind and wavos and the currents of the ocean tend constantly to knock the ship off her course. The great wall of steel (for the hull may be 700 feet long and sixty feet high) offers a broad target for the wind and waves. The art in steering is to humor the ship to these forces and when she Is deflected lning her back quickly to her course. If you could watch the binnacle, especially lxi bad weather, you would see the needle of the compass constantly shift lng from side to side, which moans thrt the groat stool prow Is not going forward in a perfectly straight line.? Fr; ncls Arnold Collins in Rt. Nicholas. New York'* Cal? Driver*. A driver has to have a license. That iA} ferlous official, the mnyor's marsh: , grants one upon the payment of 25 ents and two written testimonials cf onesty. A man come out of Sirrr Ring, whither he has been sent for highway robbery or stoning the minister's cat or any other crime, If he presents two greasy letters?one of any Jones and the other of any fimlth? atatlng that he Is an honest fellow he will get a license. No Inquiry Is made. Ills references are never looked up. Indeed, if you are a desperate criminal ?guilty of murder or failure to pay alimony?you can do no better than take out a license and hide on top of a oab. Ro into the business drift all sorts and conditions of rogues. Under the aegis of the law (the aegis being a twenty-five cent badge) they rob you and mo.?Vance Thompson in Outing Magazine. The HeMftlmiM l*lnjre?l. It Is a matter of record that upon the first official celebration of pendence (lay by the Continental congress music was secured for the occasion by forcing the Hessian band, "which had been captured by George Washington nt Trenton In the previous December, to play In the public square nil (lay, to the great delight and amusement of the people. It Is also stated thnt these Involuntary celebrants were obliged to practice appropriate airs for three weeks previously In order that they could not plead Ignorance as an excuse. Carioua Coincidences. When the Ring theater, In Vienna, was burned, with great loss of life, one of the other playhouses of the Austrian capital was playing Pailleron's "Le Monde on 1'on S'Ennuie;" when the Stadt theater, In Vienna, was burned another theater In that city was playing "Le Monde ou 1'on S'Ennule," and on the evening of the day when the Are In the charity bazaar In Paris took place the Theatre Francals was announced to play "Le Monde ou VM1 J A'illllUlt*. Jealousy. That word 'eommuulst,' my dear," observed the young husband, correctlug her, "has the accent on the first syllable." "Ilow do you know?" "The dictionary says so." "I never saw a man as prejudiced In favor of dictionaries as you are!" exclaimed the young wife. "I wish you had married a dictionary!" Too Much at Stake to ForRot. "When you are absorbed In your business cares downtown today, Herbert. you will forget your little wife entirely." "No, darling. That.steak you cooked for me with your own sweet hands this morning for breakfast will keep you in my memory every minute of the day." Overdoing the Exorcize. F< >tpnd (with revolver) ? Hold up yer hands! Victim ? You can go th. o gh me If you want to, but I'll be di J inged if I'm going to hold up my hands any more! I'm tired of doing it. -You've the third since I left the lodge. ?Chicago Tribune. Acoordlna to Clreamitnncca. t A man never talks much about the 'sweetness" of a cob pipe so long as he has money to buy clgars.?Topcka Capital. Coal dust mixed with salt and water and made Into good sized lumps will t? found very useful to bank up fires at night _ ** M ' 1 I & 10 BALLS T 5 Cent A f t e ] right s t r that is i 1 You'll ne\ cotton if with SPECIAL /-i PRICES RUBBER BOOTS. i IlunnltiK For KxoroUe. A professional runner gives the following suggestions for exercise: ltlso at 0:30 a. in. Put on old clothing, easy shoes and a sweater. Time for dress| Ing, Ave minutes. Walk one-fourth of a mile; time, five minutes. Then run i a mile at a dog trot in eight minutes, arranging your circuit of a mile and a quarter so that you will finish at your door thirteen minutes after starting. That exercise will expand your lungs and stimulate your heart action and land you at your doorstep at 0:48 a. m. panting for breath, thoroughly exhausted and perspiring at every pore. You are then ready for your bath and sliave and breakfast and for the natural routine of the day. The man of sedentary habits who patiently pursues this exercise may kiss all drugs goodby. iuw lie Lcnrnea KngllNh, Curl Schurz onco told n friend something of Ids early struggles with the English language. lie knew It about as American college hoys know their German?that Is to say, barely at all. One day. "deciding such nonsense must end," he entered a bookstore and asked for the classic of the English language. A wise clerk guve him "The Vicar of Wakefield." He carefully translated It Into Gerihan and put his work awuy for six weeks. At the end of that tlmo he translated his translation back Into English and then made a searching comparison between his version and that of Goldsmith's original. "After that," he said, "I knew English." Six FlnKerrd Monkey*. In several places In Capo Colony and the Orange Free State of South Africa caves have been discovered which yielded hundreds of mummified remains of a queer species of six fingered monkeys. All of the full grown specimens of this remarkable raco have the tall situated high up on the back? from three to five Inches farther tin ; thnu 011 the modern monkey?and other 1 distinguishing marks, such as two sets | of canine teeth, beards on the males, etc. Municipal Newspaper. Dresden Is one of the few cities possessing a municipal newspaper, and this was bequeathed to the city by the late I)r. Gunt. The bequest Is a very valuable property and consists of a dally nowspaper, which In consequence of Its extensive circulation Is the principal advertising medium In the nelgli borhood. The profits are applied to the beautifying and Improvement of the city and to charity. Tho German 1 and Yon. It is surprising when any one tukes t lie trouble to notice how many letters beglu with the pronoun "I." To Germans this Is egotistical, and their etiquette in letter writing forbids It. It Is probably on the same principle that they write I (ich) always with a small letter and you (Sle) with a capital, reversing the English custom. CkRM?ter, The tlrst thing that a human being should recognize about himself Is that his character Is his distinguishing fen-: ture. It Is not the amount of money, the amount of power, the amount of brains, that a man has, but his character. Swells. She (sentimentally) ? How like life are the waves of the sea! lie?You bet. Come to the shore in great style and go away broke.?Detroit News. The gifted man Is he who sees the essential point and leaves all the rest aside as surplusage.?Carlyle. br/r/'6 * 'HREAD 8 r pricing elsewhere aight here and buy y F you want to save me rer know the storm st you do your Decembe: i ohristmas g?5 z l w s ! WE HAVE A CARE FULL I Cut Class Salad Bowls Cuke j Plates Chop Plates Bread nnd But Q ter Plates After Dinner Coffee I Sets Celery Trays Fruit Plates and Dishes Ice tea Plates Vases Cups and Saucers Salt and Pepper shakers and Dishes Tea Strainers li >n Sou and Nut Bowls Oatmeal | CAN] 1 Nunnerlys an I Fresh eve Ik Fine FA I ^ OFFERED FOR I I FOR C & Tho farm and dwe ?N D. Roberts, ii the % section, 12 miles fror jft on the Bay Bottor containing 100 acre tion, fino cotton land high sttc cultivatioi J* church, \ milo from i from public road, wi m, \ mile from Eddy Br. w Railroad. Six root rooms coiled with goc ]^| ufA nrv of ? mv ujratuil ft I I "OIIIH, jg .vet unfinished. Goc 9 33 feet deep. Good Kim trees. Yellow 3 the tract, 11 gla J building. Goods c< within one mile of pi ^ Speak quick if you be bought only on a] H law office of I H H Wo< I ATTORNKY. I COFWA . -*V .*3 If-' ? I ' $1.00 REMNANTS 9 0c. come our goods )ney. ruck your r trading I SHOES | Cheaper Stf. Thau Ever "N I \ CHRISTMAS rail I Vf Y SELECTED LINE OF Sets Ice Cream Sets Berry Sets etc. A few nice Purses Bill Folds and Cases Collar and Handkerchief Boxes Hand Mirrors Fine Box Stationery Fountain Pens and Lots of other things for Christmas Presents. I DIES d Montagues ry week. Drug Co. S ittlp I kUUU fl RM I JATjE cheap fl 'ASH. I lling of Mr. G. Id Port Harrelson B n Conway, S. C, B n public Road, fl 'S, clay founda- B I, 16 A. cleared fl a. 1 Mi from fl school, 100 yds. fl th avenue, and H ike & Northern H n dwelling, all H >d lumber e?gcept fl which are as fl >d water pump fl place for store. H pine timber on H ss windows in H )ulcl be landed H ace. want it. Can ^plication at the H Ddward, I AT LAW I Y O. I BACK AGAIN!, Wednesday Dec. 12 TWO PERFORMANCES Two and Eight p. m. I' f'' I I |i# " V * v&p* ' I m' ! Hi iSSISl | ill f!, lip' ; Pill "fKlttW* IMWvL I lifellf 1 nil WMY IW? I MSSgSli j MwffS#11 .Uli mVOVMAMCl. I iilll ?i 6W1W ?* I .. ???? ? feiSHHL *? Miv.ttir. * and Great Trained Animal Exposition. ENLARGED TO MANY TIMES ITS FORMER SIZE With a host of entirely new and extraordinary features Traveling in its own Special Train of Palatial Railway Cars. Will pitch its aoros of canvas in CONWAY and give Performances afternoon and night Truly stupendous federation of Aronic Celebrities in a Mammoth Programme, *ullofsnap, novelty and surprising excellence Famous champions of the sawdust ring, in a bewildering melange of sensational aerial acrobatic and novelty acts, with beautiful costumes, costly trapings and enterance music. See the great performing elephants, lions, tigers, *' beautiful trained horsos, ponies, dogs and ipqplfeys. Wholn ' * ' wuupc ui luuny ciowus. Fanhancjle I'etc and his coiriedy mules. Gorgeous Street Parade at Noon, and Big . Free Exhibitions at Show Gro&nds Immediately after Parade.