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VKGKTAKIAN SETTLEMENT. Nothing llcmalns llut the Stream Where They Once hi veil. The faddists got to Kansas rather early. The first thing In that lino ] Booms o have been .t vop L 21 ** * * 1onv t ' 'm t!> ? t 101 ' tho purpose ot establishing a settlement In Kansas Territory. C. 11. DeWolf of Philadelphia was elected president. D. .McLanren treasurer, and 11. S. Clubb of New York secretary. The place chosen was on a small crock about six miles south of Humboldt, Allen county. About 100 persons located there In 1856. This colony refused to indulge in the use of meat, tea, coffee, tobacco or other stimulant and lived only on vegetables and fruits.. Though each colonist was to own his own property, the colony was to 1)? to a eortain extent, co-opoperative. During tho summer and fall of 1856 there was much sickness and the greater part <>f the colonists left the country. The only reminder of the colony which now remains 1h the fact that the stream on which they settled is still known us Vegetarian Creek.?Kansas City Star. v- 1)1 vino Clamor Appreciated. The family were gathered in the library admiring a splendid thunderstorm when the mother bethought j her sell of Dorothy alone In the nursery. Feeling lest her little daughter should he awakened and feel afraid, she slipped away to reassure her. Pausing at the door, however, in a vivid flash of lightning which illumined the whole room, she saw her youngest, olive branch sitting B'^uiglit up In hou. Her big brown eves were glowing with excitement, and she clapped her chubby hands while she shouted encouragingly, "Bang it again, fJod! Bang U again ! "?Brooklyn 1 ,ifo. Work of a Steam Plough. The first steam plough In Saline County has just been sold to Will Johnson, who lives four miles west of Salina. The plough has twelve disks, which can he set so as to cut twelve furrows. When running two and one.half miles an hour, it will plough thirty acres in ton hours. It was started in a 10 0-aore field at 3 o'clock in tho afternoon and Mr. I .Inhrnti >n flnloUo 4 A < ^ ' w Iiinoiiru lllU IH* IU I >v U Vlil yu later. I i*? had two crews on and kept I the plough running day and night. Mr. Johnson said he would never bother with a common plough again. The plough turns the ground as well as a walking or sulky plough. Peitil Is Carbonate of liime. The pearl Is nothing hut carbonate of lime, and vinegar or any other acid will cut away the polished surface in ? fe??r moments. As to the opal, hot water is fatal to it, destroying its l?re, ana sometimes causing it to crack. Soap is a deadly enemy to the turquoise, if a turquoise ring is kept or the hand while washing, in a short time the blue stones will turn to a dingy green. Cap and flown. The new regulation at llangor University College, ordering women students to wear cap and gown, has suddenly transformed the dingy Btreets of tlie town with the vision of dainty little uirl crraduateR nttir,?d in their becoming robes. Women seem to know the proper way to wear the costume to add a new beauty and grace to their appearance.? Woman. Two-Mile Walk. Suggesting a two-mile walk to and frorr. one's office is not unreasonable, but t has been suggested by every family doctor from time immemorial, and usually has been systematically and conscientiously neglected. Poor human nature Is not proof against etreet cars, automobiles, and other Impediments to health. ?Chicago Tribune. Gigantic Silver Tray. A gigantic tra> of solid silver weighing more than 10,000 ounces, has 1us. been made by a firm in London for an Oriental potentate, The 'tray is seven feet in diameter, and Is said to be the largest ever executed; it has been in the hands of the workmen for over a year. Telephone Service In Alaska. There are 130 camps and rond % ? ' * - nouses, in Alaska provided with telephones, in addition to many business houses, residences and cabins situated within the limits of the larger cities. The main exchange is at Nome. Skagway and Whte Horse aro connected by telephone. Oldest Scottish Peer. The oldest of the Scottish peers is the Earl of Womyss, who is now in his eighty-ninth year and who has lived in the reigns of five sovereigns. He is still a very active man and very fond of shooting, fishing and motoring. He makes frequent speeches in the House of Lords. Germany's Many Electrienl Devices. In 1906 Germany took out 5.000 patents for electrical devices, more tha" twice as many as the United 8tat?s did. A census was taken recently of the 8t. John's Road Workhou.e, Ixmdon, which showed that the number of inmate.*, was 1,613, and of these, 1,160 were over 00 years old. Expensive Law. New York's law department ^111 icost the taxpayers $3,14 9 a day during next year. TRAITS OF WILD HEASTfl. Veteran Trnlticr Says They Are Much Iilko Human Beings. Borne one said once that the more he saw of dogs the lower opinion he | had of men. After thirty odd years 1 pr * nearly e . . " a ' < c?l I \ h i t <ir has l> .1 in c. ,<i.. George Conklln or iho Harinnii and llailey Circus, I'd change that saying a bit. I'd say, "The more 1 see of , men, the better I understand animals," for In every way the four- ! footed beasts have the traits and are moved by the snt^e passions that I move their two-footed brethren. Love, hate, fear, courage, treachery, viciousness, Jealousy, anger, selfishness, generosity, greed, selfsacrifice, every passion of which men are capable, the animals have, though of courro, they are Intensified. No matter how good tempered an animal may ho, no matter how placid, how tractable, lie is liable at any moment to change to a dangerous, bloodthirsty creature, intent only on slaying his trainer. In the very traotabllity of an animal lies the greatest danger to the trainer. It makes htm careless. The watchfulness which > e will use with an animal of which he Is uncertain is allowed to lapse, and it is that moment of carelessness for which the animal la ever on the alert. To such lapses are due 95 per cent of the accidents and attacks on animal trainers. A lion will work himself tip Into a frenzy of rage through jealousy. There Is cue trainer I know who was almost killed by a lioness who was I..., > * " ' ji-.uiuiH, noi oi anotncr animal, out o* a woman, The trainer was in the ch>;o at the time, when lie saw ilia daughter outside the cage. 11,- smiled at, her and the lioness saw it. In a moment she changed. Her docility changed to fury and she sprung at liitn. lie was terribly torn before ho was dragged out of the cage. Animals get used to strangers looking tit thorn from outside the cage, but a stranger Inside t lie cage would have little show of escaping with his life. Even experienced trainers hesitate about entering a cage until they get the beast used to seeing them and to hear theli voices. Animals will nurse a grudge for years and wait for an opportunity to have rovenge for some real or fancied Hi treatment by man or mate. Tills is particularly true of elephants. We had a helper once?It was 11 fteen years ago?who used to tease Jug, an old bull, on every chance he got. The man was with the show | only one season. Ten years later that man was nearly killed by Jug In a little town In the West, where tlie man lived and the show visited. The animal remembered Ills old enemy and reached out from the street parade, seized the man and badly crushed him. The most treacherous animals are the leopards and jaguars. You hear people, particularly women, call them "poor pussy" as they lie blinking and purring. Let tliem get close and they would find that "pussy" would scratch. Their slyness and cunning are wonderful, and they will spring at their trainer the instant his back is turned. No two animals are the same. They have Individualities and characteristics liko people. Lions particularly, are like men. They are slow to anger, but when their tern per is aroused, tnoy are furious. For children elephants often form a strong attachment. They take Instinctively to some people, while for others they always hold bitter animosity. All this talk about the power of the human eye Is tommyrot. It's nerve, pure and simple, that makes a man a trainer. Let a trainer lose It only for a moment, and the animals instinctively feel it and attack him. An animal knows wh-en you're afraid of htm, and he'll take advantage of your fear. The only thing he respects Is pain, and tho truest friend a trainer has Is a heavy rawhide whip, with one end loaded with lead. ^ Building Walls With Bugs. The practice of constructing breakwaters and submerged parts of piers with concrete inclosed In bags has been largely developed In Scotland. The concrete Is prepared as near as possible to the place where it is to bo used. It Is Inclosed In bags to protect It temporarily from the effects of contact with tho sea water while It Is lowered Into place. The bags are placed In a box suspended directly over the spot where (hey are to lie. The touching of a trigger opens the box nnd allows n hag to drop out. A line of bags having been deposited, the longer axis of each bag In the next series Is so nrrunnorl Il.? ... I ? . I - * Kiufsuvi nun tuv m^cii ii H t*u&u? in two of the bags in tho lower row will be covered. Thus a regular wall is built up and as the concrete hardens It oecoines solid and immovable.? Youth's Companion. Married One Himdret Years, From Vicnnu eomos tho story of an aged couple who have boon married one hundred years. They live In tho Hungarian village of Isonbolgi. Tho husband is Said to be 120 years old and his wlfo 110. They have no fewer than 712 descendants. The old couple live In a modest cottage; they are aunost blind and spend most of their time deeping. Tho patriarch can still smoke h's pipe, however, and from time to time he drinks a glass of wine. The couple have never seen a railway train. ' -v. * ) \Vis?? New Yorkers. The spectacle f>f New York reluc/ tanlly falling in lino with the progreasio politics of the rest of the nation has again been presented at Denver. ebon as it met the eye of ? !<? " obsrvrs of 'h ? Republican roe t : ion 0 r?* ??.. .f, . < me v .? , >. o. s s.ia'i: i , via, to secure! the aid of New York in the effort to defeat William .leanings Hryan for the nomination. ' Charles |?\ Mnrphv, the Tainniam ' | boss, was the object of their solicitations. hnt Mr. Murphy, after re- ' i.mining reticent for a long time, finally vonshsnfed the information ' that unless lie could lie assured of ( enough delegates to actually defeat ' Bryan on the first ballot, his men ( would he for the Nebraskan. And ^ there were not enough anti-Bryan delegates to keep the great Com- 1 monr out of the place. This is till ' the more remarkable when it is re- ' inetnebered that in the Demoehatic convention it requires two-thirds to ' nominate, while in the Republican ( convention a hare majority was suf- ' lieient. 1 While it seems that New York is j ' being to some extent forced In both.' parties to take a back seat, even on 1 the bandwagons, the Kmpire stab' ' wing of the Democracy is wise. v They tire willing to defeat Hryan they are anxious to defeat Hryan? but they are not anxious nor are P they willing to oppose Bryan and then have him successful. They do 1 not care to be rated as opponents of P a successful candidate, if they can ' [ i see in advance that he is going to lit successful. As one newspaper man expressed it, they are willing, to defeat Hryan, but they are not willing i<> almost defeat him. Spar-, tanhurg Herald. i I I )e Witt's 11 a/el Salve is good for ctil... I?ui lis limit's: unit XCI'M lelwic It is especially good for piles. He- j I commended and sold hy j ALL DRUGGISTS. 1 I Close to Anarchists. That political party which figures ' every four years in a small way and ' delights to call itself Socialists, re- !l seats with scorn tlx4 imputation that ,they have anything in common with the anarchists. They declare that * they are for law and order in a ' way, hut that they would make x sweeping changes i 11 the existing or- { der. They deny most emphatically 1 that they aie anarchists, and ike J vehemence of this denial has drawn a ronsid'Mal le number of more or less harmless cranks Into their 1 vanhs. The nomination of a hoy und?%? 'he constitutional age, who is serving a Hii-year sentence for manslaughter, to lie President of tlx4 United States shows more clearly than words can express, tlx4 true inwardness of the Socialists. It shows that if they had! the power this magnificent structure j which we call goernment would topple ami the end would he chaos. This last act of insanity lias put tlx4 Rc cialists 1 cyoixi tlx4 pale. They arc no longer e? tithd to respect due tnei misguidi d and feehle minded. They hae proved to he far worse than that.?Greenville Daily News. Bert Barber, of Elton, Wis., says: "I have only taken four doses of .vuui i\itint:y it 11(1 niUUUei 1 Ills .111(1 they have done for me more than any other medicine has ever done. I am still taking the pills as 1 want a perfect cure." Mr. Barber refers to DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills. Sold by ALL DRUGGISTS. Kiros Started by Moths. Moths and flames are universally connected yet few people suspect that dangr could arise therefrom The insects are of such frail structure that generally they get destroyed before it is possible for them to inflict injury and it is hardly credible hint the wings would ignite and retain the flame long enough to enable the moth to fly to its surroudings. That however has occurred. The moth was a very large one, and its wings must have been very dry, so that when it flounded through the flame it set fire to one wing and darted on to a curtain nearby which at once flared up. It is possible that many summer evening fires in I the country could he attributed to a source of this kkind. It is notorious Hint l .yr.teiious fire often aru-o iit sunset in the hot months.?Strand j Mag r/ino. There is one preparation known today that will promptly help the stomach. This is Kodol. Kodol digests all classes of food, and it does it thoroughly, so that the use of Kodol f ora time will without a doubt help any one who has stomach disorders or stomach trouble. Take Kodol today and continue it for the short time that is necessary to give you complete relief. Kodol j is sold by. ALL DRUGGISTS. Senator Voraker lias accepted tnej invitation to open the Republican I I campaign in Ohio at Youngstown in September. If his late speech at Cincinnati is any criterion in which I he gave the evidence that Republican policies have produced the pan! it, the Republican managers must , want to beat Tat't as well as the State ticket. This world is none the poorer for | losing the religion that rau itself out in rhetoric. X SLAIN BY HER DAUGHTER Iged Peasant Woman Killed Because of Her Life Pension. Emilc Zola, in "La Torre." has old no grimmer story of squalid !; . s { (iat ci'ijiio ill i:t . ? >ut iu tlii; iissi>.o court of Kodez, in \nvergne last Wednesday. A widow ?f sixty was shot dead in an orchard >v some one hidden behind an apple roe not fifteen feet a?vay. Suspi ion pointed to the woman's dauglier, (lernianie .lainmes, and her hus>and. They had been sued by t lie leeeased over a money transaction, ind had lost their ease, being order d to pay her a life pension of 51 1.S7 a year. Afterward both daughter and sonn-law had constantly threatened to mi the widow out of the world, be anse of the money she would cost hem for the rest of her days. At he trial it was proven that the laughter and her husband, the former envying a gun, had gone out at light fall to shoot the widow. The .voman tired while the man looked >n, and havng brought down her not her wth the first shot, they went mine wthout trouldng to find out vhether she was dead or not. (humane Jamines made only ineoleient remarks at the trial, and vranghd with her brothers and sirers in court. The jury found mitigating circunistances for the daugher's crime, and she was sentenced inly to ten years' penal servitude, ler husband getting five. Newspaper l-'olk. The hundred i esvspnper men ana voinen gathered at (Jaffney are representatives of that which is best and loblest in South Carolina. The gathering is thoroughly representative. Not all the newspaper vorkers in the State are bi?rr? umi tii,. >itv is (hat more are not here to oin in I he pleasures that have been irovided; to talk shop and enjoy a >rlef and needed rest. No people on earth deserve a hanee to set away from the "evorasting mind" than do these men ind women who day after day toil 0 provide the news. Dr. Lodge said that . he thanked Sod that there was not a single velow journal in South Carolina; this vas simply saying that there is not 1 dishonorable or unclean newspaper mhlished in all Carolina. It may ie more remunerative to publish a 'sensational sheet" but that is not the sort of journalism that is practiced in this proud old State?and will never be. Newspapers workers deserve an prcciation and (hoy are receiving it more and more every day. It is largely because people are better infotn.ed because they read more and because they see results of conservative and well directed journalism. | Til rewards of the real newspaper man are not what they should be, but that will come too, in due time. An independent and self-respecting press is the surest way to (receive just appreciation.?Gaflney Ledger. A Pcculiir Well in Florida. In their investigation of the wells and underground waters of Florida the geologists of the United States Geological Survey have noticed many interesting things. Among these is a well at Welaka, on the St. John's River, from which two kinds of water are obtained. This well is 309 f*(c deep The length of 1 licensing 110 feet The well was tirst drilled 1G0 feet, and from this depth ordinary "sulphur" water was obtained. The well was then carriedd to a depth of 3 09 feet, wheie it encountvjied a strong mineral wau-i, having a disagreeable sa'-'.v taste. In order to use both knds of water an inner tubing was run nearly to the bottom of the well. Both this and the outer casing were connected with pumps, so that ordinary water and mineral water can he pumped at the same time. A favorite jhoe playe<\ on visitors is to give them a drink of the weaker water in the first glass and to replace it with tie* brine in the second. Not more than half a dozen wells of Ibis kind tire known in the country, but there is no reason why similar wells can not he obtained in regions where the waters in the upper i strata differ from those lying deeper. J In these investigations of tlie wa-1 n-rrs ui r loi'Hiii i nu i\ai loilill an(l State savveys are cooperating, and much valuable information has been gathered during the water's work This is what Hon. .lake Moore, Ctr.in WV...1?.% ~ ~ ~ uuUv; >> (iniru ui Ut'Ulf;ia, ill Kodol For Dyspepsia: "E. C. DeWitt ?Sjt. Co., Chicago, 111.?Dear Sirs ? I have suffered more than twenty years from indigestion. About eighteen months ago I had grown so much worse that 1 could not digest crust, of corn bread and could not retain anything on my stomach. I lost 25 lbs; in fact I made up my mind that 1 could not live but a shorfc time, when a friend of mine recommended Kodol. I consented to try it to please him and was better in one day. I now weigh more than I ever did in my life and am in better health than for many years. Kodol did it. 1 keep a bottle constantly, and write this hoping that humanity may be benefitted. Yours very truly, Jake O. Moore, Atlanta, Aug. 10, 1904." Sold by ALL DRUGGISTS. Programmes and policies aro vain without power. V > \ BANK OF OON W A rU'lTAii STO< If IOTA I, AShliTS 1)1 (IF4 1 I). T. Mo.Will. .1. A. Mi l)i IS. (?. < olliiis, M. W. Collins A "S'avingc Hank has recently beeno ^titoiioi). Inquire for terms and r;? *? W'e wish to 11)ank the public for th ami cordially soii -it their future busii D. A. SPIVEY, V. P HUBERT B. SCARBOROUGH, II. PRESIDENT. 1 BANK OF Conwa ? CAPITAL STOCK SURPLUS LIABILITY OF STOCKHOLDERS. SECURITY TO DEPOSITORS DIRIK Robert B. Scarborough, H. L. Buck, f leorgo .1. Holiday, \\ o continue to pay f) per cent intcre it youraccount m. H n bM Ituadu JtL. B ALL BET UP READY TO RUN*^ 3 Please send me Illustrated Catalog No. i FAIRBANKS, MORSE Aspect of the Yellow l*erll. The danger of any union between China and Japan, for aggressive purpose, does not loom as large as it, undoubtedly, did three or four years ago, Indeed, between China and Japan, there are evidences of strained relations, consrtiuent to Japan's hold on to Man* huria, which it almost looks as if she is ready to divide with Russia1. The island em piie has also lost, rather than grained hy her forceful altitude in her recent collision with China, over the seizure of arms, imported from Japan, presumably for the use of rebI els in China. And it may be that | the passage of the fleet of the United j States into Pacific waters had a deeper meaning than that which has been heretofore attached to it. Without control of the sea, Japan's fine army would find it most difficult to make any serious impression on the great celestial empire, and while it would crumple up the army of China, should the ?latter ! kingdom accept the gauge of battle and contend for mastery in the plains of Manchuria, the destruction of Japan's fleet would lead to the inevitable discomfitnre of Japan's army in time, Possibly it is the appearance of the fleet of the United States on the Pacific coast, which has enabled the astute Japanize to realize the possibities which might ensue from any undue pressure exerted on China. It is extremely doubtful that Japan could count on British support,] if aggressions against China brought remonstrances irom the United [States; for if that was rendered i them, there would be the extreme | probability that intervention upo.i the part of Germany would follow and then there would ensue a struggle, in which the Napoleonic wars would grow small and pale their (ires, in contrast with the titanic contest thus aroused. Hritish diplomacy would not permit any such terrific risk, to involve the empire, to save the amour prope of Japan and a settlement would be effected in some manner. Perhaps, the thorough understanding of this is mo explanation ol the recent conciliatory attitude of the attitude of the island empire towards the United States. The banks have discovered that if they join one of the Currency Associations the law makes no provision for voluntary withdrawal from such Association and Some of the big hankers .therefore refuse to participate. Use HeWltt's Little Early Risers, pleasant little pills that are easy to take. Sold by ALL DRUGGISTS. J . ... v Mi&i mm* Mm ? ? A < CONWAY. % <Y, S. O s "O.oori no $250,000.00. I'OSiS :Mi*nu)(l, Jno. C. Spivey, ( . 1*. Qiuitllclmuin, I>. \. Spivey, rganl/.ed in connection with our ins in this department. oir liberal patronage in tho\nast, ness. N. . & Cashier l. buck, will a. freeman, 7ice President. Cashier. ' HORRY, y. S, C. $ 50 000 JCY000 50N00Q I1 u uuu rioRS W. R. Lewis, AN". A. Johnson, AN"i 11 A Freeman, f-t on yearly dej osits, eiitlve sclictforV ri A a" C 3 ?>till A U /i.i i. u GASOLiNR ENGINE ft pSfek NEW HCLUtFa Fr"E~a rJlLL K '?I Yflk This Is tho only outfit that will t<A y\ grind K;ir t'mii s-ii !> fio I >riI> 3 | _ y\ with srunll t>riw<T. Tlio f>n?jne oaii HB - \ft ?1ko l.o tisoil (or pumping, niw- n ' inir w.ioii. shelling corn, rutting H fodder, r'liinitu:' renin .separator, W churn'.r washing nim hine. Si/ok w 1,952 from 2 11. 1'. up to 2U0 II. P., ver- Qt iicul, horizontal or porlubio. Lgl 8l CO., Chicago, HI. 1 | PROFESSION Alt CARDS. 1 \V. E. McCOltD, SURGEON DENTIST. CONWAY, S. O. Over Rank of Horry H. H. WOODWAItl) Attorney and Councelor At Law. COX WAV, S. C. 4-. | C. E. ST. AMAX1>, Attorney at Ii?w Conway, 8. C. R. R. SCARBROUGH CONWAY, 8. 0. Attorney at Law. B. WOFFORD WAIT. Attorney at Law. CONWAY, 8. C. Office In Spivey Building. \ H. H. BURROUGHS Physician and Surgeon. CONWAY, 8. O. Spurt Advertising. Spurt advertising, like a shrtwindod horse, never wins the race, .lust as well move your store every three months as to do flint vin.i advertising. People may not what you s? I ;,ust now. but they will sooner or later, and if, when they do want it, they don't find your ad where they iirst saw it they naturally conclude that you have quit business. What a salesman is to your business, just such is your ad. Each soils your goods and you cannot prosper without both. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup p ti croo 1 i' * - ? 1 ' hcini.y u|iun ino Dowels anil thereby drives the cold out of the system and at the same time it allays inflanmion and stops irritation. Children like it. Sold by ALL DRUGGISTS. For Young Men. ^ t Young men who start, out in with the fond expectation of someday becoming President, should take note of ilie vast possibilities open to them when the term is over. Mr. Roosevelt, will go to Africa to hunt. lions. The bid of one dollar a word for all he may write of the trip and t all expenses, made by Collier's has been raised by the Saturday Evening Post and McClure's. Under these contracts it is possible for the President to make his present salary look very small.?Greenville Daily News.