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EI .ES EJR Eutered April 28, 1903 at Pickons, B. C., AS second olass matter, under act of ,gress of Maroh 8, 1879. VOL. XXXVI PICKENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1906. NO 19 Tobacco the "National' Vlower." If the great' republic must have a flower, why not adopt the tobacco plant Nicotiana tabacum)? It is a na tive f this country and was first found in Virginia. There is nothing sectional or local about the plant, be cause today it is grown.in most of the. states from Florida and' Louihilna to Connecticut and Is now used i every nation on the globe, civilized and bar barian, if it Is posible to obtain it. It is not commonly known that the to bacco plant bears a very pretty pink blossom,- which 'might come into the flower gardens but for its rank and disagreeable odor. The Indian corn, or maize, Is another plant indigenous to the United States .ndl was found in use as food by the Indians from Vir ginia to Massachusetts. But it we must have a flower that is esteemed as such without regard to any economic considerations or utilitarian qualities, why not adopt the laurel (Laurus lati folia), mountain laurel or broad leaf laurel?-New Orleans Plenyune. Vegetablem and Fruits. The term vegetable has reference to the whole or any part of a plant culti vated especially with reference to use at the table. But the use of the word 1 'getablo doesn't always depend upon cooking, for celery is a Vegetable and apples are fruit whether eaten raw or cooked. One would suppose the toma to to be entitled to the term fruit, for the method of its raising resembles that of fruit. But it is usually called vegetable, whether eaten raw or cook ed, in spite of its appearance. The quince is so fruitlike in appearance, so. resembling apples, pears, etc., that it persists in being called fruit though eaten only when cooked. Sometimes the vegetable is a bud, as with cab bages and brussels sprouts; leaves, as spinach; stems above ground, as as paragus; stems enlarged (tubers) un derground, as common potatoes, or roots, as sweet potatoes, turnips, beets and carrots.-St. Nicholas. The Wonen of Tehuantepee. The climate of the Tehuantepec lath mus coniparel most favorably with that of Panama, being mild and health ful, writes Itene Bache in' Technical World Magazine. Coffee, cacao, to bacco, vanilla and sugar cane are grown in the region, which has a pop ulation of about 50,000. The Inhabit ants are hardy and Industrious. those of the plains on the Paelfie side being descended from the ancient race of the Zapatecos and boasting that they were never conquered by the Spaniards. It is saitl that the women of this race have from time immemorial been able to maintain supremacy over the weak cr male sex,..leaving the men at home to take care of the house and children, while they carry heavy burdens to market on their heads. They are very handsome, these women, and their na tive costume Is most artistic, including a picturesque headdress. Why Cut Glass Dreaks. Cut glass makers explain why it is that there are frequent reports of cut glass suddenly breaking or crumbling on a table, shelf or sideboard in homes and elsewhere, although the glass was not in use. They assert that whenever the tone of any cut glass article comes into contact with its responsive chord the life of the glass will go with the tone, by which it is affected, and the glass collapses or crumbles. It le on record a famous opera singer could b~reakc cut glasswvare by reaching high C in her singing. Several tests were made in New York and Paris, and by her singing she brokce several pieces of cut glasswvare. The tone of a violin it attuned so as to be in true accord with cut glass wvill destroy it. Hebrews and the Sabbath. There is not, and there never was in tended to be, any such feeling of Puri tanism or of Calvinism with regard te - our day of rest as there is connected with the Lord's day of our neighbors. The Jewish Sabbath was to be a de light, and we read that inm the medlaeval ghetto dancing, among other recrea tions, wvas common on that day. There is nothing contrary to the spirit of Judaism In the playing of games or -in 4 dulgence in any form of light recrea .tion on Saturday fio long as it is com bined with a duo regard for the sacred claims of divine worship. - Jewish World. The White Headed Doy. The p~hrase "his mother's white head ed boy" Is as old as the hills in Ire land. It appears in many of the Irish fairy stories of the last century. Irish mothers who Iknew good fairies always kept the secret for the "white headed boy" of the family. Gerald Griffin in -one of his best short .dtories years ago used the phrase as one he had bor rowed from an old Celtic book. mlixed as to Deninittone. Hungry Hliggins-Woti You dunno wet a miser is? A miser is a man that denies hisself the necessaries of life when he has the money to buy 'ema. * 4 Weary Watkins-Oh, I have met some of them fellers. JBut I t'ought they called theirselves Prohibitionist.-In dianapolis Journal. F'ulF 'Valued Then. - "We never rehlise the full value of a thing until we lose it," remarked the man who was fond of mloralising. "That's right,*' replied the practical man, "especially if the thing Ilst was insured."-Philadelphia Ledger. His Balance one. Guile--Taylor bet all the money he had in the bank that' ho would walk a slack wire for twenty feet. Quay.-Did he win or lose? Guile-He lost his bal anuce. To try to be happy at the expense of other people is to be bad,--Deland, - St. Napoleon. Many people ignorant of the true his. tory of- the church will be scaudalized I when they read the title of this article, i Let them read It to the end. There 4 was in Corsica some hundred years I ago a very pious family called the Bo- i napartes. Their first child was born i on the 15th of August, Assumption I day, and as he looked very small and E feeble they wanted him to be baptized without delay. Their priest consented to perform the ceremony, but as it was eustomary to give to a child the name I Df the patron saint of his or her birth- I lay the good priest could not and I would not call him "Assumption Bona- 1 'arte." In his embarrassment he look- 1 id carefully over the "Livej' of the 3aints" and finally found the name of i saint. martyr who in the first centu 'les of the church had been stoned to I leath on that very day of Aug. 15. of. !ourse neither Mr. nor Mrs. Bonaparte I >bjected - that their firstborn child I hould be named Napoleon, having I .hus the high patronago of a brave nartyr of the early Christian church. .etter to Philadelphia North American. A Blunder In Poets. "Tennyson is not the only poet lau eatoe whom Regent street has known. Southey relates a ludlcrotts scrape into i which he and Campbell fell one day in I the Quadrant. Campbell wished to elieve a poor woman and rushed into the nearest shop to change a sovereign. rho shopkeeper was attending to cus Lomers and delayed to oblige him, and the generous poet lost his temper. Thereupon the shopkeeper jumped to lhe conclusion that he had two rogues [o deal with and rashly sent for the po- 1 Ice. Campbell stood in helpless fury, jut when. Southey explained things to . .-he constable that worthy. who happen Md to be a Glasgow man, at once ex :laiamed, "Guidness, mou, Is that Mais ter Camell, the lord rector o' Glaisgie?" After that it was difficult to separate Pitnmpbell and the shopkeeper, so warmly were their hands interclnsped in explanations and forgivenens. - Westminster Gazette. Cornish FIshermnen. In the estimation of the average Cornish fiherman rabbit Ia an omi ious word, and should It happen to be 1 used by any one in their hearing when 1 they are on their way to sea it Is sumfl eient to send them home again for that occqaion for fear of accident. In Corn- 1 [Ih fishing circles many tales are told i of t.Viasters that have followed def- I ance of this superstition and persist- 1 Dnce in putting off in their boats after the uniucky Woril had" been spoken. [ormerly the word church iafas equal ly obnoxious to the fishermen and was sedulously eschewed in conversa tion, on the water particularly. It a j -ase arose, as sometimes it would, In a which a sacred edifice had necessarily f to be referred to, "cleeta" was used 1 Instead of church, and whatever was t Dmlous or evil in the sound of the latter was Imagined to be thereby avoided. S IX years agc opened oui .Pickens coi of a Revolution in tia county. Year by ye this year the increase tations; so great has been conipelled to ai space to make roomi Dry Goods, Clothing ware, Stoves, Farm Buggies, Furniture, HEJ *LEADERS Blind From Birth. It would be of great 'interest to know iow much Helen Keller, losing her ight at nineteen months, really retain td of the sense of night. With Laura 3ridguan, a woman of niucli logs in ellect, there was evidently -little or iothing left, even as a memory. With ter taste and siell were very feeble, io that cominunleation With the world was, indeed, through a narrow pas iage. Her sensltlveinoss to vibration was so fine that without any trace of he sense of hearing she was aware of he tolling of a bell. But her biogra >her, giving us in detail the record of ho 'slow steps of her education,' te.ll is little of what Iden She wa1 abWe tW 'orm of things. It is e:penh:Inet who gives ono hint of what we r.l1 want to know of the hol'n bilmli. 11o lays that a nan blind from 1.Irth to vhom sight was given by an operation mt his hand to his eye to grasp there ind not in their place the things lie aw.-London Chronicle. Yhe Crumpet Story. Oliver Wendell Holmes profess.ed to iave a profound respect for the Dutch, pOssibly on account of what he used to call "the European aborIgines of America" being Dutch. Ile gave an ispect of slyness to his respect which inspired the idea that it was not un tenpered by humor, but he maintained that the Dutch, in spite of their stolidi ty. had a great deal of humor them ielves. "For Instance," he would say, "the crumpet story has a Dutch or Rin." "What Is the ernmpet story't" ?eoplo would ask. Aid he would tell hen that It. had many var:ants, but re one with which he was famillar vais about a man who was going to be mzinged and was anked whether he bad my last request to make and said he would like to have a dozen hot crum Pets, very buttery, because lie had nev r dared to eat more than oie beforo. Mechaninm of the Ihuman Body. The ituiman body is an epitime In na ure of all mechanles, all hydramulies. ill architecture, all machinery of every' :ind. There are more than :t0 omchan cal lovemnents kIowi to inceies oday, and all of thies are libt modi nations of those found in tihe hiimnu body. Here are found all thae bar. Levers, joints, pulleys. plimips, i pes. ivheels and axles, ball and socket movements, beams, girders, trumsses, buffers, arches, columinns, cables; aind mpp)rts knowii to st-iete. Aevery point man's best niechanical work can be shown to be but adiptitOnin of )rocesses of the h1umiiani body, a roveh. lon of first principles u1.4edl In iatumre. AN INSIDIO( S DANGIt Ote of the worst. fe a nres (f kidney roub o is Ihiat it is an insidionm dis aso nt; before the victim re-al z s ls iaoi vr lie may ha:.vo a fatl malady. Take ?oley's Kidney Cure at the first sign (f roublo as it corrects irregularities and >reveuts Bright,'s disease and diatetes. 'rkins Pharmacy, Liberty, and Pickenm )rug Co. EX CEI ,the 4th cday of October, -doors to the tradcing public anty, and this was the becginni *e mercantile basiness of PIick< ar our business has 'ihereas has been far beyond our exp been the increase that we hf Id to our'already enormous f1 for the tremendous stocks , Hats, Shoes, Millinery, 1-a Implements, Groceries, Wago kc. ITF-B IN LOWPRICESR A m ca of ents dceltres it In the worse of luck for- 1i pot black cat to foreaki your horMe. A woINan Of cats asserti it Is tho hedt of *luck. III the muiddk ages ,-a tai's fa vorite Yorm wis a bIndl, eat. . Wltehs -always lli e a cat a. their famiiliar-ai stray bilack pussy ir, prefur.=evC. If it white ent race.s acrosi your yard : chid Is goIing ta dii. If stray (at of :uiy color take; t4) witi you, isin.:: yo.ar house, its home, yol will hav1%e go. Nuk.Klpoleon Bona parte s;hovel a morbid horror of eats 1 Tihe iight bef'ore the hattle of Wiater loo 1 blatk eat pAsed )( 1e1 him, anl at the sight the preat warior was comt pletely uimenrs el-'. H tIw an oe13 of defea-t. I inry 1I. of I ran-e swoon eii wlnovi' ho a .i, :1ul one o th( iordinlanlids -of G 'rzmany wouMl treitibl in his boats If a harimless tabb3 Sgot in the IIe of hIs vIs!on. Ai'moul t h lomnxus (:it w.s a syibol of lib erty. The E:.-:th1aus ehld the aiinima tu rener.tion u:ndor the niami3e of Aelu ru11s, a diity wIh 11 ihua111 body ilid I cat's head. Wh-oeer killed a cat, eve by ieeldent. was put to de:ith. Dlnut nssniiied the fori of a cat and ercite( the fury O the ghtits. -Yellmvtnil FiNiig. Theie are no "betweni rounds,'. n< breathiiig sptlin. with ti yellewtail Ile I% flghtiiig for his life desperately no riuarter givenl nor asked, with ali aminn.IJI, stayinag power akii to that marv'elous Ifa culty of the .leaping tuna, h'lle in-rder' is 1;I orl likely to be he first onev exhausted; the Inches of Hine ;radually enillted to the "pumllp. lIn;" rod ar ' t.11-i: ed 1,y,* the sweat of his brow and th3 :.- 'I!paralysis of tile bI ceps. I got 1i fish or a devil't" ex claimied a we.iiry Eigiish:nan after a half hnoirs w'ork, with Sir Yellowtail still gaiboling- at the end of 200 feet of line. Aimtl mnanty lnve shared his nstonishmllent wh.]iIle "entehlIng" these a3inmated ; ie hatterls.. Tiat Imion hans l lived and lived In, tensely to w\hoiste bendting rod a half doen. iny :v llo.v1il have Capitulated irr bi;i:Iht -I biroon. M1ay his re mnif hs. Iry be ever so humldrumi or pmie.totcrisp encounlter wnOI ll13unnto th dullest noiteuts.-F. L. Ilnrdlang InI ild anld Streaml. ili .Size. chioly N(v-' D'ye know, NlIso .R. ;-(, ihn I've( only Just melt You, the:-- ~ : -e s iae a .mrt of liltellectual1 symanhy ~ y~n be:h i Yukow Just hov to : . 'ily tasite0. yr)u se. rS o C. 1. : --1 . ol tefg ? lly Smr.a - No; l' auL 'Iriten teaicher, loW 'M A I :T) iNEUIMONIA. Y it .. v1. i(e'nmonia IId other .e-l* - n1-s 1 ' ii a cold 1y tak'iig Fkol.'ys li' .ey umi 'I'iar. I stips tie ouiigh uind exph tihe cold from the sys tt n as it ir in:ibl!y lax ,tivo, Refuse an but the geunine in fhe yellow package. Pat kins Pharmiacy, Liberty, and Piokons Drug Co. . IS THE [ Iiilinery Opening. ~ October 10 gOn the ab)ove (late 'i HnS iats anid D ress Goods. D epartiment all the latest ceC low as good material will j all the~ ladies to attend our >or. . ofyou all the latest nlovelties of&c., aind wvill have many b; 1roider'ies to offer you. nis Wednesday and Th ursday, Did you knowv that W RUSE. OF VITAL INTEREST TO EVERY CITIZEN. .......... *k .. . . . . . . . ....c L7 MR. HERMAN ROESE. AManof Prominence in School Circles and Overseer of the Poor Says Pe-ru-na Has Proven a Most Efficacious Remedy. Herman Roose, 18 Now Butternut St., Syracuse, N. Y., is Prosident of the Board of Trustoos of Webster graded schools, Dist. 8, in the town of SalIna. Ho is also Overseer of tho Poor, which position has afforded him amplo opportunity for noting the causos of diseaso, as well as tho best moaua of preventing and curing the samo. le expresses his approval of the uso of Peruna as a very effectivo moans of solving a problom of sue-h vital interest to the community, as follows : 4d3xposure seems to affect the lungs and kidneys of the poor and I have seen hundreds of those. who, were brokendown In health from this cause. : I am pleased to tell you that Peruns has proven a most efficacious 'remedy in a number of cases where no other medicine was used. a1 consider it a specific for any dus. orders of the respiratory organs.* VI.TO V - 11* k V jIli. AVO It. I P l 1 IT . T'Wi) l A' hnb0ituall'f 1"0 tIll t it., Orm Lnxantive- Fruiit S\ rny1 cares coi e Mt iaticn by i t i till et u, theo liv it:.l d h) "wf nui-I Iv: ton fite 111L url uti-onl of t.hle howVels. Orilo Laix-tive Fr- it S:'ru p (ltmH 1'o' tiausnte or gripo nice is iii an1d pi Ia-eanIt I take. Ref! eo substi lute-a, Pra.rkins Pharina y, Liberty, and Pickt us Drug Co. JOLY31t0MfAMTAR stops the cough and heslunge WATCH WC ednesday and Thursday, Io th and 11th, eC will display our Pattern thi Vou will fmnd in our Millinery D) tyies in H-ats andl prices asa ermnit. We cordially invite ' op~ening. We wvilI show yO a~ Dress Goods, Trimmings, sa' trgains in Laces and Em.. Don't forget the date, co] October z oth and 1 i th. pkI agons, Buggies and liar..a Fyou think all ready-made Clothes are alike, you haven't seen ou r Schloss cioth es. The way they look is one difference akcd a big one. Ex tra good sty!ing and tailorimnr is responsible for that and ti materials are as good as the tailoring. Jiust drop your lprejudice against "Ready-Made" long enflough to try oi a Schloss Suit. You'll imd ; far better than I the average custom- tai i or's w~ork. We have all the latest styl:i Come anl see thi. SoHto BAOs- o Fine ClothesMakers O3AL7YA4QRC ond vxw QRo" Suits $i0 to $30. 12o -South Main street, H. E~ndei ______ _ Greenvilee, 5. C. Where you find Shield Brand Shoes it is a safe place to trade, because they are sold by reliable merchants $ everywhere. Be sure to ask for Kiser's King $3.50 Shoe for men, and you will get your money's worth. Made in 37 . styles and all the popular <n Leathers, Patent Colt, Vici, Gun Metal, Box Calf, etc. . .'. Kiser Company Manufacturers -t.8Col ATLANTA, GEORGIA Dlucher. Job Printing--ihe tasty kind-we (1o. 6T1PAdvertisinqg in this paper br igs r'esiltfs. IRD A T ass has adlvanlced from ; to :so pe.r ce:nt., hut we oked a1headl and unmt il Ch ristm as we w i sell you | Iggies at the same old price. | W'heat sowing timeW will soon be here and after|i Sheavy rains y~our lands1 should be turned with a. sc lIow. - A fresh car of the Chattanooga Revers-.| Ie D isc just received, both two and three horse. fore you sow your wvhiat e I-ue in and let us show ui 0111 "Superinr" o ;L an unol fertilizer D)rills, it will Our stocks~ i.:. .cients are larger and more niplete than th av ue e:ver been and we have em >yed extra sales forces so you will not have to wait, 1our motto Is, " Undler Buy, U nder Sell.' ROW2. PICKENS. S. C.