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MAKING ARTIFICIAL NUTMRO Belgium Manufacturer* Manage to Make a Clever Imitation. According to Fuer A lie Welt, there are made In Belgium artificial nutmega In so clever a manner that they can hardly be distinguished from geuuiue ouch, especially If mixed with the latter. A chemical analysis has shown them to consist of a mixture of finely powdered nutmeg (from extracted or Injured kernels and about 20 per cent, of mineral substances. The following means of detection are recommended: 1. When the kernels are cut the well-known plant like structure so characteristic tn genuine nutmeg is absent. 2. If the kernels are treated for three or four minutes with boiling water they become soft, and can he rubbed up into a powder with the finger* 3. Upon being burnt they leave about 18 per cent, of ashes, while true nutmeg contains but 2 to 3 per cent. 4. Ttio ....... 11 ? 41 uv tuuvn vivm Iiinrv Ml r UtJIHIl)' | much heavier than the genuine articles. Taint and Ocean Travel. "The worst feature of ocean travel Is never mentioned in Btearnshi]> company prospectuses or In books of travel." s?id a returned tourist. "It Is not seasickness, for only a few are taken that way In the new ocean greyhounds, that neither rock nor pitch. It Is not the narrow quarters or the Inferior cooking or the tipping huhit. It Is ]aiint. There Is always wet paint on an ocean Hteamer, and there Is never a sign on it to warn passengers. The modern sailor Is a painter, constantly wielding the brush, always painting some part of the ship or other. There Is hardly a passenger on an ocean liner that does not land from a voyage with some article of apparel damaged by puint. A sailor told me once that evey ship Is entirely repainted Inside and out at least three times a year. The work goes on constantly In port nnd on the sea, and the passenger can never escape." ? Philadelphia Record. Karl lest Lighthouse on Record. The Pharos of Alexandria which was considered to be one of the seven Wonders of the World, on account of Its grandeur and utility, is perhups the flrsi lighthouse of which we have any definite description. It stood on the island of Pharos at the entrance to the harbor of Alexandria, and it is snid to have been constructed about 3 00 years before the Cnristian 13ru by Sostratus Cnidlus and was dedicated to the "(iods protectors of the safeguard of sailors." The height of the original tower la given as 4 50 feet, but Joseph us writes that the light was visible at a distance equal to above 3 4 English miles. This would have necessitated a height of about 550 feet. Huge Ventilating Phmt. The largest mechanical ventilating plant ever placed under a single roof is that recently constructed for the Carnegie Library extension at Pittsburg. It has an aggregate capacity of moving over 600,00 cubic feet of air per minute. The plant consists of a number of small units M. 1. I ~ * niitvu ib regaraea as more effective than large emits and easier of installation. There are 1 F? fresh-ail stations, having 19 funs, and 21 exhaust stations, having 30 fans. The heating apparatus iH entirelj separate from the ventilating systeir and the air is delivered by the lattei at the normal temperature of tht rooms supplied. Marrying in England. Kvery year from 800 to 1,200 couplet come to England from the continent mostly from Germany, to get married To comply with the conditions of th? English law the bride usually comet over first, stays one night in a bote and gives notice of the marriage oi the following day. Then the mar arrives and the ceremony takes place It Is generally by license, as other wise both would have to be In Eng land for four weeks. Rat Paste Causes Fire, The remarkable discovery has beer made that many of the recent grea bush fires In New South Wales ant Victoria, Australia, were caused b; the phosphorus paste laid down t< kill rabbits. The paste is laid dowi by the ton In all the rabbit-lnfeste< districts. As soon as the mixturt dries it catches fire under the hea of the sun's rays and starts disnstrou conflagrations. Helling Genuine Diamonds. There is a very easy and slinph way to tell if a diamond is genuine says an expert. Make a small dot oi a piece of paper with a lead pencil and look at it through the diamond If it shows but a single dot the dla niond Is genuine; if it shows mor than one, or the mark appears scat tered, it is false. Hindus Loiijx Fast. The Jains of India, a lieterodo: sect of Hindus, are considered to h the champion tasters of the world They fast as part of their religion and among them fasts of thirty, fort; and fifty days at a time are consider ed nothing out of the way, hut onl; as an ordinary part of their wor hip. Cost of a Suit. Sixty years ago a Fennsylvanli farmer cut down a chest nut tree on i neighbor's property. Last Saturda the heire of the two farmers pali the costs upon final decision of th ult. The total expenses have bee: $30,000. Poetry Worth . Reading The Boys of Long Ago. When I go Acwn to Oungawampw As now and then I do, I run across some good old chap Whom long ago 1 knew. And he wtll want to stop and talk. And pass the time o' dny Ar.u j.sk how 1 have got along Since 1 have been away. "Uv course," says he, "yew understand 1 ain't a-noetn' 'ouad Inqolrin' Intew yewr affaire. But Bill, I'll Jest he hound, I'd kinder Hke ter know how much Yew've made; uv oeuree, yew know We' re interested tar the boys > Who lived here years ago." And Aunt Ellaa, good old soul, She meet a me ot\ the street, And makes inquiries for "the folks'* In tone and manner sweet. Then, confidential like, she says: " 'Taln't true, Bill, what they say, Yewi wife goes aous tor work ter help Her liushan' pay kls way?" 1 Another one will hem and how And say: "Bill, is it true That yew hev trouble with y?wr wife Ez people say yew dew? Uv course, I ain't a-meddlin', Bill, I jest wanted ter know; Becuz we're Interested in Our boys of long oga." The Deacon's Compromise. Deacon Eliakim's conscience so st long Told him the circus was wicked and wrong; Nothing at all but a snare and a wile, Luring the soul to destruction the while. Nevertheless, when the music would play, , Ittb tickling Jollity holding its sway, Deacon Eliakim wandered within? I liUOKing ai annnnis wasn t a sin. Thus on this multiple cJtcub of Life Deacon Elinklm's scruples were rife; All of Its beauties and spangles and clownR He would denouueo with mout virtuous frowns. Nevertheless, when the fan reached Its height Deacon Ellaklm saw a great light; Man Is but fresh, so he wandered within? Looking at anlmnls wasn't a bin. ? McLandbugh Wllsn. The Endless Day. Sometimes 1 dream of following the sun, With even pace, from land to land afar, Basking In sunshine, with no night to mar The endless day, forever but begun, Then should I see no more the dying flowers, The naked trees, the fields frost bound aiul bare, iiit-; MiuwiiUKos sweeping uirougl tho Icy Hir, Nor long for spring through dreary winter hourB. And yet?no more to see the sun arise And mount the sky, the conqueror . of night, No more to watch him as he proudly dies, [ In gold and purple clouds withdrawn from sight? If these were lost, what could we count for gain? Better to bear stern winter's chill disdain. ' Ninette M. Lowater. A Home in the Heart. ! Oh, ask not a home in the mansions of pride. Where marble shines out in the pillars and walls; i Though the roof be of gold, it is brilliantly cold. And joy may not be found in its j torch-lighted walls. But seek for a l>oaom all honest and j| true. Where love, once awakened, will i never depart; 1 Turn, turn to that breast like the dove to its nest., And you'll find there's no home like a homo in the heart. Oh, link but one spirit that's warmly sincere, That will hoierhton vntir nlona-ira i and solace your care; t Find a soul you may trust as the I kind and the Just, v And he sure the wide world holds ^ no treasure so rare. Then the frowns of misfortune may shadow our lot. * The cheek-searing tear drops oT a sorrow may start, t But a star never dim shines a halo * for him Who can turn for repose to a home iu the heart -?Eliza Cook. B , Celestial Gab. 1 Just look at the hang of that blonde , angel's wings! . Just glance at her robe! IIow absurdly It clings! e She got it at some second-hand sale, I guess. Poor woman! She never did know how to dress. Just look at that halo! On crooked - # - ? x ?>i course. e Her ribbons are bum and her saudalH are worne. I know her on earth. We were neighbors, oh, yes. Y Poor woman! She never did know how to dross. Y ?Louisville Courier-Journal. The Banqueting Board. The earth is a banqueting board Which all of us well can afford; Each moment life gi^es us of breath B We quaff of a liquor called "Death." y And then, when we've taken too i much, o We stammer, we reel and we clutch, o Sit up just as long as we're able And fall down to .sl?ep 'neath the table! A-ji % mmmmammmmmmzimmmmmm?MmmmmmammmMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmammmm The True Home. What are those whom we meet in society to us as compared to our own home circle? Why do we take pains to be polite and agreeable to them and neglect those who have the strongest claims upon us? It all comes about because we have got into the wrong way of thinking. We have put the home in the background, when it should occupy the foremost place in our thoughts. We should strive to make ourselves such members of the household band that our absence is like the loss of sunshine from a summer day. We can do it if we enter into the right spirit of home. The idea seems to exist among us that to be polite to each other in the family circle is foolish and like "putting on airs." We must rid ourselves of this notion and act on the principle that whatever helps to make our intercourse pleasanter with those outside the family circle should be brought into use there. What have you set your heart upon? Is it upon wealth, or position, or fame? Then let us tell you that you may pile your gold to Heaven, you may scale the dizziest heights of success, your name may be heard on every street, and you may still have made a dismal failure of your life. Have you ever heard of a man who was happy because he had outdone every competitor? Never. The supreme lesson of history is this, that a dry crust with a clean conscience is more to be desired than millions of dollars with an aching heart. Let your ideal he to pursue and practice the highest truth, to master fully the christian science of right living, and not merely by your own vanity and selfishness in gaining a few more pounds than you can spend, or to intriguing for positions which will bring you terrible responsibilities which you are sadly unfitted to carry. Let your ideal be to build up a manly character, and then everything will fall into its proper place. Change. T The secret of happiness is constant change within the limitations of rea' son and common sense. A rut in the human soul is like a rut in the road, dangerous and upsetting. If we must remain at the same tasks year after year for nearly the whole of lifetime, then it should be our constant effort to get all the variety we can into our lives in other ways. The fact that farmers' wives go insane more than any other class of persons is attributed to the terrible monotony of their lives, which are one unceasing ,1 i i i. A L; iwuiiu ua iiaru wuik. /\ inacninc bearing on a single point of metal, wears out that point speedily. It is precisely the same with our lives. One dull round of thought, doing the same tasks at the same hour year after year, will break down the finest, strongest brain. So get out and have a vacation. At least give yourself a vacation of thought. Read new things; walk along fresh roads; look at new pictures and new buildings. Invite fresh new thought always to your soul; so shall you keep always young. Be not so sure that your fondest theory is exactly the correct one. Standing still is decay and death. Hold the same plow handle, bend over the same desk forty years, with your thoughts chained down to them, and you become a humped shouldered old hunks?blind, deaf, weak and disagreeable. Keep up with the wagon. Change your old views and habits for new and better ones when you find them, and be always on the lookout for them. Was Young Once. Bill Nye, when a young man, once made an engagement with a lady friend of his to take her driving of a Sunday afternoon, says Harper's Weekly. The appointed day came, but at the livery stable all the horses were taken out save one old shaky, exceedingly bony horse. Mr. Nye. hired the nag and drove to his friend's residence. The lady let him wait nearly an hour before she was ready, and then on viewing the disreputable outfit, flatly refused to accompany Mr. Nye. "Why," she exclaimed, sneeringly, "that horse ^ x >i *f _ i may uir i>i age any moment. maaam," Mr. Nye replied, "when I arrived that horse was a prancing young steed." The Peking correspondent of the London Times claims that the Japanese have virtually nullified the open door principle in Manchuria It must have been a very simple minded person who believed thai they would do anything else. IIFST HACKER~& SON.^ The Largest and Most Complete. . Establishment South. Doors, Sash, Winds, Moldings, Building Material. Sash, Weights, Hardware and Glass HARDWARE AND READY MIXED PAINT. Charleston, S. C. \ . . I 8ET FIRE TO PIER. To Cover Shortage in Account* With His Employers. Short in his accounts and expecting the arrival of an auditor of his company, George P. Decker, agent of the United States Express company ai Old Point Comfort, Va., robbed the safe in his office and set fire to the Federal pier on which the office was located. In a few minute the pier house was enveloped in flames, and the fire alarm guns called out a large ' detachment of soldiers. All efforts to save the pier house or its contents were in vain. In the couflagration were destroyed the offices of the Adams Express company, United States Express company, Old Bay Line, New Bay Line, Baltimore Steam Packet company, Old Dominion Steamship company and other lines. Decker was suspected and when arrested by detectives, he broke down and made a complete confession. He said he filled a large box with excelsior, piled other books on top of it in the middle of his office door and set fire to the heap. Then he fled and hid himself to await developments. The prisoner admits that he was short in his accounts, and that he learned an auditor was coming to examine his books. He took $60 in cash from the safe, . and, it is understood placed the ! Knr\lro - -1 -1 1 1 wwvmo WIIVTI*J Lltey WUUIU ue sure to burn. Decker is 21 years old and comes from Harpers Ferry, W. Va. PltKDHTK PAY OF DOOM. "Lnst of the Prophets" Says It Is Nineteen Mont lis Away. Lee L. Spangler, who has styled himself for a number of years as "the Last of the Prophets," has issued another of his remarkable bulletins. This time he is more specific in his statements. He now asserts that the world will come to an end in nineteen months. He warns all the people to beware and look out for the dissolution of the world. Spangler says there will be no more seasons; that summer and winter will be as one, and there will not be any way of telling one from the other. Snow in July need not be a surprise, and sleigh riding is likely to be one of the summer pastimes. He adds: "There will be more black spots to occur on the sun's disk, and by the latter part of 1908 the sun will he ! entirely black. The earthquakes will shake all the principal cities of the nations. Great excursion wrecks will occur, and there will be great i distress in the land until the end shall come." KILIjKI) at a crossing. Engineer llowcn anil Machinist Harrison Victims of Crash. A dispatch from Savannah, Ga , to the Augusta Chronicle says Engineer Daniel Bowen and Machinist William T. Harrison met their death at 3 o'clock Wednesday morning in a wreck at the crossing of the Central of Georgia and the Charleston and I Savannah railroad, i The light engine Bowen was driving crashed into another of which H. . J. Allen was engineer. Allen was I slightly bruised about the face, his escape being regarded as miraculous. Harrison crawled from beneath the wrckage, terribly injured. As he [ lay on the track he begged piteously that he be killed to relieve his terrible agony. He welcomed death when it came. PAPER OUT OF STALKS. i GafYney Ledger Reports a Very Imi port ant Invention. The Gaffney Ledger says that the Messrs. Daniels and Kuhne of that city have constructed a machine to seperate the bark from the wood of 1 the cotton stalk, and that the wood will make a good quality of paper. ; Very important, if true. Tribute to Women. . Place her among the flowers, i foster her as a tender plant, and you . will thus make of her a tender plant, . and she becomes a thing of fancy, ; way-wardnessand folly. She is annoyed by a dewdrop, fretted by the touch of a butterfly's wing, ready to ! faint at the sound of a beetle or the rattling of a window-sash at night, 5 and is even overpowered by the per fume of a rose bud. But let real calamity come, rouse ' her affections, enkindle the fires of her being and mark her then how . strong is her heart. Place her in the i heat of battle, give her a child, a I bird, or anything to protect, and see her lifting her white arms as b child, as her own blood crimsons her upturned forehead, praying for her life to protect the helpless. Transplant her into the dark places of the earth, call forth her energies to action and her breath becomes a healing, her presence a blessing. She disputes inch by inch the strides of a stalking pestilence, when man, the strong and brave, pale and affrighted, shrinks away. Misfortune hurts her not; she wears away her life in silent endurance and goes forth with less timidity than to the bridal altar. In prosperity, she is a bud full of odors waiting for the winds of adversity to scatter them abroad?gold, valuable, but untried in the furnace. In an interview in Richmond Bryan said that he would be a candidate for the presidency if the party demands it. raommoKAL card* ' W I | ^ V[ W. E. McCORI), 8VRGEON DENTIST. OONWAT, g. O. Orar Raak of Horry H. H. WOODWARD Attorney end Councilor At Law. OONWAT, 0. 0. B. WOFFORD WAIT. Attorney at Low. OONWAT, 8. C. Offloa to Spirey OONWAT MARKET. Freeh Meat# ud 8aa> i?|c always on head. Orders are taken and promptly delivered erery day. GEO. L. MARSH. Proprietor. H. H. BURROUGHS Physician nnd Rargoos. CONWAY, 8. C. R. B. SCARBROUGlf CONWAY, S. C. Attorney at Law. The old veteran's had a grand time in Richmond last week. It was one of the largest reunions ever held. robert b. scarborough, ii. President. BANK Of Conwa CAPITAL STOCK SURPLUS LIABILITY OF STOCKHOLDERS SECURITY TO DEPOSITORS DIRK Robert B. Scarborough, H. L. Buck, George J. Holiday, We continue to pay 5 per cent intere it youraccount BANK OF CON W/ CAPITAL STOCK TOTAL ASSETS DIIIEC] R. G. Collins, I). A. Si I). T. McNeill, This Rank cordially solicits tlie corporations. D. A SPIVEY, ?' QBOff J Whis IJML ?Fu" c (ft / V\ v? Carolina t Carolina Whi?key wiH | t'l , Mkl 'JM article and in oar oatir I ill [ j HI' nffi tares sold by irreapona I I In | U| M per gallon. We make a i II 11 IIL1JL| that we are not afraid ol teen acres, making ua tl MMfflBfllS [3 SAMPLE BOTT idMftOQa will ship yeu by expi Include Irysame SPECIAL NOTICE lyV. bottles and wo will pre* I will THE CASPE V JU11 111 (HIH IP/ (AIM Wl.tlo?.Si?leM, S.O.) i|| A" w,,4",,'e n>?<10 under ji I i lajalipiiMiipiw amwoww i ww??1 * IfirEI i fs I c^SJr "3j I ALL ACT UP RCADV TO HUN. Please send me Illustrated Catalog N< I FAIRBANKS, MORSE The Horry leralii COMWAT, S. C. Thursday, June 13, 1907. Bert Barber, of Klton. Wis., says I have only taken four doses of your Kidney and Bladder Fills and they have done for me more than any other medicine has ever done. I am still taking the pills as I want a perfect cure," Mr. Barber refers to DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills, which are unequaled for Backache, weak kidneys, inflamation of bladder and all urinary troubles. A week's * treatment for 25c. Sold *by Conway Drug Co. Most men think they know a lot more than they know they know. People would have but few real There is no case of indigestion, no matter how irritable or how obstinate that will not. be speedily relieved by the use of Kodol. The main factor in curing the stomach of any disorder is rest, and the only way to get rest is to actually digest the food for the stomach itself. Kodol will do it. It is a scientific preparation of vegetable acids containing the very same juices found in a health stomach. It conforms to the Pure Food and Drugs Law. Sold by Conway Drug Co. When a man's moral rights go wrong he begins to talk al>out his legal rights. A prompt, pleasant, good rennWy for coughs and colds, is Kennedy's Cough Syrup. It is especially recommended for babies and children, but irood for everv inemhor nf tlio fnmllv It contains no opiates and does not constipate. Contains honey and tar and tastes nearly as good as maple syrup. Children like it. Sold by j Conway Drug Co. (troubles if they didn t try to act smart. When you feel the need of a pill take a DeWitt'B Little Early Riser, Small pill, safe pill, sure pill. Easy to take, pleasant and effective. Drives away headaches. Sold by Conway Drug Co. l. buck, will a. freeman, ^ice President. Cashier. f HORRY. ' y. S, C. $ 50 000 10 000 50 000 110 000 :iors W. R. Iyewis, W. A. .Johnson, Will A Freeman, st on yearly deposits, and we solicconway. \Y, B. O $ 50,000.00 $200,000.00 rous C. P. Quaff lebanni, >ivcy, M. W. Colling. 5 accounts of individuals, firms and Respectfully, V. P & Cashier. Quarts For 0 0 QC Vhiskey "'vLUw civ* excellent satisfaction. It la a well aged nation, far superior to the decoctions and mixible mail order whiskey houses at $3.00 to $3.&0 i special price on CAROLINA WHISKEY to show f any kind of competition Our plants cover fourio largest mail order whiskey house in tho world. LES FREE. Cut out this advertisement and . return It With f $2.05 and We ress 6 full quarts of Carolina Whiskey and we i box, complimentary, a sampld mttle of each, ! and" and Casper's 12 Year Olu white Corn. ?- J.tl i? ? lu-iivcr ine aoovo express prepaid anywhere rrinia and West VirKinia, but customers living < i by Adams or Southern Expreao Companies, Buyers cant of hrisaissiopi River residing on es must send $3.9"> for t'.ic Oqua-la and 3 sample j >ay express. Itemit cosh witn order and address: R CO., 'inc., Roanolle, Vau ! Own?ri of U. S. Reglatpred Dlatlllery No. 80.',, filh Dial., Xa. ipervUlon of IT S. OCIi it. nnd Riiarnatrml pure under the .initial I'ure Knod and Inn* Law. ?TOW?? ! ' lUW'lB>i>ilimii?IJii??II JL, Jack of AH Trades! GASOLINE ENGINE | Ifipat NEW HOLUNB FEED MILL I VI This Is tlio only outfit that will ^ \ Vn grind Ear Corn satisfactorily 7 I ?Vh with small power. Theengino ran ! .. \Tt also be tt8cd for pumping, bjw. lng wood, shelling corn, cutting fodder,Runningcrenm separator, B ?hurn shwaslilng machine. 8lr.es |E rom 2 p. I'. up to 200 II. P., ver " ileal, hirUontul or portable. B 1 & CO., Chicago, III. I