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KEV. 8. C. TODD WRITES OF VOYAGE. Au Interesting Stop at Honolulu -A Beaatlfal Keglon?The Chinese Servants On Shipboard. The letter printed below ts from Kov. 8. Oharlton Todd, who, with Mrs. Todd, has gone to China for missionary work, to his mother, Mrs. Janie C. Clarke of this city. It will bo found of great interest. 8. ? Korea, Mid Pacific, December, 2, 1903. We are now fourteen days from San Francisco, and it has been more than a week since wo stopped at Honolulu. Wo uro to reach Jap m witb'n two or three days, and then some ten days more will put us in China. As wo are runuing ahead of time we are in hopes that we shall have a long er 6top In Japan than we are eoheduled for. If 60, we shall get to see much of the beautiel of that famous Island. From there we will send onr mail back. Wo thought about you much as wo enjoved the beauties of Honulu'u. We had some nine or ten hours thero. I have never seoa a more lovely place. Wbon in Florida it seemed that we had gotton to the garden spot of the world, but here the beauty far surpasses any thing there. Sitnated right within the tropics it has all the luxurious foliage and vegetation, and add el to that the peculiar charm of Honolulu. A day or two before wo were clad in tho heaviest clothing. There we ex changed it for our lightest, and fe't as If we had gotton into a June at home. Many there were dressed in whito lawns and duck. A friend of Lillian's who Is the lady missionary of the loading Church of the city mot us at tho ship landing and took us to lunch at her home and then to all the sights of tho place. Later I will send you some kodak pictures of a few of the many things we saw. Ono of the most interesting things was tbo native boys swimming by tbo ship's side and diving to catch tho money that tho passengers might throw over to them. They could al most sit upright in tho water and would overtake the money before It had gone very far under the water. Then thoro were the splendid views of the city and bay from tho Pacifio heights up to whioh we went on an electric line, climbing round and round its mountain sldo. You would havo enjoyed the lovely flower yards, lined with royal palms and filled with lovely flowers. Their houses ore built without any chimneys and they never have need of fires but for cooking and other things. Before civilization oamo th9 natives Went without any clothing. The natives are a deep brown, al most copper colored, and I was told that the half-breed girls are the most beautiful creatures in the world. The day after we left thero we passed an island, which was really a great ledge of rook standing out of the sea. No one conld live there, and it is called '?Bird's Island", because of the many birds tli a make their home. It must have been thrown up by some volcanic orupMon in the long ago. We went through tho steerage por tions of the ship today and saw how the seven hundred Chinese and Japan ese pas-ougers live. Their bunks are one above the other, as thick as rats, and yet they could And room for more, I guess. There in one room were some men smokingc plum. Two Chinese have died on this t: ip and Lillian saw yes terday a bowl of money that they had gathered to famish tboir warship When they got to Hong Kong. This sh'phas nino stories and though thoy are not so tall as in the average home, yot you can think of a house seven or eight stories high and you will have our ship from top to bottom. The engine room i* twenty-live feet below the water line. We use from a hun dred an! fifty tons to one hundred and seventy-flvo tons <.f coal a day, and they carry a full supply when they start to run from San Francisco to Ja pan and ero.igh provisions for more than a thousands persons from America to Hong Kong and return. Then add to th's tho thousands and thousands of tons of freight and you wM'see what a load this house of steel carries over tho seas. Tomorrow we are to go down and sde the engine?, and then I will write you of that which carries all this along. Every ono Is about over their sea sicknesi now tho sea is so fine. For two days it has been liko a lake, but Sunday it was rough and stormy, and the waves mounted up. Then many grew sick again, amongst them Lildan and Miss Fannio, but I was fortunate to escape. Lust Friday n'ght we went to sleep and wbon we opined our eyes the next morning wo found It was Sunday in stead of tho accustomed Saturday. This unusual perform mce came sbout in this way. Wo then crossed tin 180th moridi an, and tn ordor to keep in time I with tke revolutions of the eirth, ships when going oast drop a day here, and when coming weBt they double a day, and thus put on the one that they i\ row out going out. it was a'so at that point when we passed out from the Western into the Eastern Hemisphere, and got onto the other sld.j of tho world from you at home. Tho servants' on the ship are all Chi nese, and they mnko splendid ones too. They a>-e at work all the time, from five o'clock iu tho morning tp eloven at night. Think of sevon meals a day, bosldcsseparalo tables for the children, and you can see that these waiters havo no time to looso. There is no vor a speck of dust and the brass trimmings and wood work aro always polished. If our colored people at home would make such servants as theso what a load would'be lifted off yours and other shoulders._ Impossible to foresee an accident. Not impossible to he prepared for it. Dr. Thomas' Khctrlo Oil. Monarch over pain. ? ONE CENT A WORD. Strayed or Stolen, On tbo 27th ult-, one dark-bay mare, about ten years old Suitable reward given for return of animal to IJ. W Park, I^aurens, S. 0. MOUX I'VlLLE K. F. D. MO. 1. Tcrocss! and Social News?Col. J. D. M. Shaw Improviug. j MOUNTVILLE AND K. F. D. ROUTE No. 1?Col. J . D. M. Shaw Is improving from his recent severe Illness. Mr. John N. Wright, Jr., after spending the holidays at home, re turned to Clemson Saturday. Miss Georgia Whatley, of Greenwood, is tho guest of Mr. and Mrs. J.R Whatley. Miss Louise Harris, of Grey Court, spent a few days with Miss Kate Wright last week. Mrs- J. T. A. Ballow is visiting rela tives in Batesburg. Mr. A. B- Crisp and MUs Lyl Cul bertson visited friends at Rnpley last week. Mrs. H. A.'Teague, of Augusta, Ga. is visiting Mrs. R. T. Dunlap. Miss Ethel Teague left Tuesday for Attalla, Ala , where she will spend several months with her sister, Mrs. C. C. Robertson Miss Ruth Crisp leave3 to-day for Greenville, to resume her studies at Cblcora College. Tho sociable given by Mr. and Mrs. \V. A. Teague on Tuesday night was enjoyed very much. The following out-of-town visitors were present: Miss Louise Harris, of Grey Court; Miss Whatley, of Greenwood; Miss Nolle Puller, of Sign Board, and Misses Henry and Kato Wright, 8allIo Holmes, Ethel Teague, Julia Smith, Fannie V. Smith, Lorie Teague, and Messrs. G. R. Smith, Jno. N. Wright, Jr., Thcs. Holmes, John Teague, Rob and Henry MUam, of Lisbon. C. To the Members of tho Lyceum. Two extra pttraotlons have been se cured for our Lyceum Course. Germain?, the Magician, Is sched uled for Feb. 27th. Germain ranks next to Kellar the Great. In March we will have a lecture by tho Southern Orator, Dr. Geo. Waver Iv Brigg?, of Kentucky. Subject: "The American Girl." Remember that Prof. Charles Lane, the humorist, will be with us on Jan. 18th. Seats may be reserved Jan. 12. While getting your seats reserved, please call for tickets to the two extra attractions without further cost. B. L. Jones. Hypnotist to Exhibit. Not a very large audloace was out at the opera house last night to hear Mr. William Irvine Fayssoux, the noted olalvoyant, but all enjoyed his demonstrations,.especially his work in clairvoyance, finding lost or stolen and misplaced articles. He located guns, watches and many other artioles. Mr. Fayssoux Is just from New York, Baltimore and Philadelphila, where he showed to audiences of over 30,000. Mr. Fayssoux is a young man, but thoroughly understands personal mag netism and c'alrvoyance. While in New York he was given thirteen medals by a committee of 400 scientists. Ho be gan this wo. k wheu only eight years o'.d. The carriage drive yesterday after noon at 2 o'clock attractedquite a good deal of attention. While blindfolded he drove a pair of horses to where a committee nad hidden a written combi nation to a pdstoftlco box. He then proceeded to the postoflice and finding the letter that had been placed in this box he read the name of the owno- and delivered it to him, blindfoldod all tho while. Mr. Fayssoux will be at the Opera House tomorrow night. Marriages* Married, at the home of tha bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Dodsoo, of Laurens Coun'y, S. C , on the even ing of Deo. 23rd, 1903, by Rev. Watson B. Duucan, Mr. Eu?one Mitchell and Miss Sal lie Dodson. Married on Deo. 24th, 1093, by Rev. J. G. Henderson, at the home of tho bride's parents, Prof. J. E. Arnold, of Greenwood, and Miss Lillian Mitchell, of Princeton, S. C. Mr. C. E. McCrary Married. Mr. Charles E. McCrary, formerly of Clinton, now of Looxahoma, Miss., and Miss Julia Lewers, of that town wore married on December, 24. The bride's father was the late Mr. Samuel Lew ers, whoso father, was the Rev. Mr. Lewers who formerly lived here and was tho first pastor of the Presbyterian Church here. Visiting His Boyhood's Home. Mr. G. W. Llndley who has boon liv ing In the north-eastern part of Texas slnc3 1858 is here on a visit. Ho Is a native of Laurens and has many rela tlves In the Northern and western townships. The cotton crop, Mr. Llnd ley says, was short In Texas though in hie part of the state the boll weevil in no 1633 a stronger than here. Mr. Llnd ley stands about six feet two Inches and is a good type of the fine looking stalwart citizen that one some way or other always expects to see in the j Texas farmer. Appointed Chief Mechanic. Mr. Alexandor Rose of Columbia has 1 been appointed to the position of chief mechanlo of th9 Laurens and Darling ton Cotton Mills and with his family will live in Laurens. Mr. Rose has held > a similar position in cotton mills in Co-, lumbla. He is a native of Charleston A DANCE IN THE KLONDIKE Jooaaln Miller'* story and the Way He Clinched 1?. At one of his lectures Just after his return from the Klondike Jonquin Mil ler told tho following story: "One night I was invited to n dance in a miner's cabin, and while Bill Dalton scraped away on his fiddle we just hoed it down. But the miners tramped in and out so much between dances that bc foro midnight the ladles declared tho floor was so sllppory they couldn't tfanco another step unless something was done. Then something was done that ucver was possiblo in mining days In California. Each miner gal lantly opened bis buckskin powder pouch and sprinkled gold dust on the floor! And this was repeated through out tho night. And In tho morning, ladles and gentlemen, those miners novcr troubled themselves about sweep ing up that gold dust. They just hitch ed up their dog sleds and rode away." At this point of Miller's narrative there was a slight agitation in the au dience, an ominous sign of incredulity, but Miller was equal to it. With a wave of his hand toward one of the boxes, ho said, "And my old friend up there in the l>ox, Captain John Ilealy, will substantiate what I say." It was a master stroke of the poet, for the house burst into applause and greatly embarrassed the modest mil lionaire mining and railroad promoter of Alaska, who unsuspectingly bad ac cepted Miller's invitation to attend the lecture in the afternoon. ItOUUII SOUTH CAROLINA. I Sheriff John E. Vernou of Spartan burg died Saturday nigbt. The annual report of the state pen itentiary shows total receipts f91.030.ft0 Halauce in treasury $28,810.13, none of which can go to the state treasury as the penitentiary will need it. Tho pen itentiary has 607 convlots and ought to have more, aocording to the figures of tho attorney's general's report, printed elsewhere. Curious but the penitent iary with 090 laborers can only support itself. Somo of our farmers with that number of laborers would make a mil lion in a few years. CHANGING ONE'S NAME. The Method la a Umher Conti y On* In Great Britain. Muny people change their names without asking permission from any one or paying any fees whatever. This is certainly the simplest way of get ting rid of u name you do not appre ciate, but it Is npt to prove expensive. For lustnnce, such a course is Strictly illegal, and tho government could step in nt any time and demand tbo pay ment of a heavy One; and, further more, if tho individual who cbnuged bis nuino without consulting nnybody happened to come in for a Inrgc sum of money unexpectedly the authorities would decline to recognize his claim if ho had fulled to pay the fees duo to tho heralds' college for assuming n name not given in baptism. There are two ways of changing your name, and they nre both rather costly. Ono method is to havo a pri vate net of parliament passed for your benefit. This courso is generally fol lowed only by peers and people to whom money is no object, for it costs ?750. This nearly all goes in fees to minor officials for bringing your case before tbo legislature, inasmuch ns the actual passing of the bill costs prac tically nothing. And the only advan tage you will gain from this expensive wny of going to work is that inquiries will not he made Into your past history, which by tho other alternative are un avoidable. Tho usual method adopted for legally changing tho uamo Is somewhat te dious, If less costly, and you must have very substantial reasons for so doing or your chum will not be allowed. If, for Instance, you inherit property Which makes it conditiouul that you change your name you can do so on payment of about ?50 in fees. In the first place you must com municate with tho homo secretary, who, if he considers your claim valid, will refer you to the heralds' college and tho king Of arms. These officials will make full Inquiries into your his tory and satisfy themselves beyond question that your reason for wishing to make the change is in every way legitimate. This, done, they will again communicate with the home secretary, who will lay your claim before the king, for ho alone has power to au thorize the change being made. Even tually, after some months of waiting, you will be informed by tho heralds' college that his majesty has approved of your claim and the change of name is published in a remote corner of the London Oazette. Finally it is worthy of mention thai no one can hold a public appointment under government who has changed his name without tho comment of the king, however brilliant may hnv% fceen his services to tho country. Tho reason for this Is rather curious. Tho name given you at your baptism is In theory ratified by tho sovereign ns head of the church, and by assuming another on your own responsibility you arc delib erately breaking a law of the laud.? London Tit-Bits. The 1'invci- of the Thunderer. A great change had followed the re form bill, and tho newspnper had im proved ns It became the organ of the middle class, which then rose to power. Dehme of tho Times had to be courted by tho statesmen who had professed simple contempt for his predecessors, and In tho fifties the Influence of the paper had culminated till it was taken to bo the authentic incarnation of pub lic opinion. Klnglnko gives n graphic (I do not say nn authentic) account of tho secret of tho nnthorlty which ena bled it to order tho siege of Sevastopol. It employed, he declares, a shrewd, idle clergyman to frequent places of com mon resort nnd discover what was the obvious thought that was finding ac ceptance with tho average man. The thought was then put as though It were the suggestion of rlpo political philoso phy, while tho public so delicately flat tered wondered nt Its own wisdom.? Sir Leslie Stephen in Atlantic. Startled the Chaplain. An English clergyman tells many quaint stories of his experiences ns a prison chaplain. Ono of theso relates how ho took n reformed burglar out for a drive In tho country after an en forced seclusion In ono of his majes ty's prisons. The burglar appeared to enjoy himself immcnsoly, bnt when they passed a pretty house standing back from tho road nnd beating evi dence of the tnsto nnd wealth of the owner tho burglar fairly gloated over it nnd, turning to tho canon, exclaimed, "What a lovely little crib that would ? be to crack, sir, wouldn't it?" Tho Dominant Junttor. Mrs. McCall?And what did you sny your eldest boy's full name was? Mrs. De Courscy?Michael Brnnnlgnn Do Courscy. Mrs. McCall?Well-er-that's rather odd. Mrs. Do Courscy?Yes; but, you see, when he was born wo were living in a flat and wc didn't wnnt to move out. Mr. Michael Brnnnlgnn was the Jani tor.?Philadelphia Press. The Same Strand. "I really must send the cook nwny, George; she uses such dreadful lan guage sometimes." "What kind of language, dear?" * "Well?oh, tho same as you use, you know!"? Brooklyn Life. Tho Poet'* Meals. "I'm nearly famished," sighed tho garret poet. "But you told me you had two meals n day," said tho friend. "Yes; oatmeal nnd corn meal."?Phil adelphia ltccord. Sir Boylo Roche said, "Slnglo mlsfor tunes never come alone, nnd the great est of all posftlblo misfortunes Is goner ally followed by n much greater." Wc Stake Our Claim Of Flour excellence upon tho flour itself?it's the very best kind of evi dence. We know that if you will just try our flour once for yourself, you will nover want logo back to the Inferior kind;?. It will prove everything we claim for it. Be sure you get ' Clifton" flour, if you want the best. T. N. Barksdale, M. H- Fowler. i t 111 l i n n 11 n 1111111 m i i i; 11111 h h i i i : i i m mm m An Old Favorite | 0 GENEVIEVE By Samuel Taylor Coleridge LL thought*, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his saored flame. Oft In my waking dreams do I Live o'or again that happy hour, When midway on the mount I lay Besldo tho ruined tower. The moonshino stealing o'er the scene Had blended with the lights of eve; And sho was there, my hope, my joy, My own dear Oenevleve! '}' 8he leaned against the armed man, T The stutue of the armed knight; J. She stood and listened to my lay. Amid the lingering light. SFow Borrows hath she of her own. My hope! my Joy! my Genevleve! She loves me best, wheno'cr I sing Tho songs that make her grieve. T I played,a soft and doleful air, T I sang an old and moving story, J An old rude song, that suited well That ruin wild and hoarv. She listened with a flitting blush, With downcast eyeB and modest grace; For well she knew, I could not choose But gaze upon her face. I told her of the Knight that wore Upon his shield a burning brand; And that for ten long years he wooed Tho L,ady of the I,and. I told her how he pined: and ah! Tho deep, tho low, tho pleading tone With which 1 sang another's love Interpreted my own. Sho listened with a flitting blush, With downcast eyes, and modest grace; And she forgave me, that I gazed Too fondly on her face. 4* But when I told tho cruel scorn That crazed that bold and lovely Knight. j And that he crossed the mountain woods, Nor rested day nor night; That sometlmos from the savage den, T, And sometimes from the darksome Bhade, And"sometlmcs starting up at once In green and sunny glade, There- came and looked him In the faca An ungel beautiful and bright; And thut he knew It was a Fiend, This miserable Knight! And thut, unknowing what he did, Ho leaped amid n murderous band, And saved from outrage worse than death Tho Lady of the Land; And how she wept, and clasped his knees: And how tended him in vain; And ever strove to expiate Tlu- scorn that erased his brain; And that she nursed him In a cave, And how Iiis madness wont away, When on the yellow forcst-lcuves A dying man he lay; ?His dying words?but when I reached That tendered strain of all the ditty, My faltcrlnri voice und pausing harp Disturbed her soul with pity. All Impulses of soul and sense Had thrilled my guileless Ucnovlevc; Th? music and lh> doleful tale, The rich und balmy eve; And hope*, und fears that Itlndlo hope, An (indistinguishable throng. And gentle wishes long subdued, Subdued und cherished long. She wept with pity and delight, She blushed with love, and virgin shame) And like the murmur of a dream, I hoard her breath? my name. Her bosom heaved,?she stepped aside, As conscious of my look she stcpt,? Then suddenly, with timorous cyo She fled to mo and wept. She half enclosed mo with her arms, 8ho pressed me with a meek embrace; , And bending back her head, looked up, And gazed upon my face. 'Twas portly love, and partly fear, And partly 'twas a bashful art That I might rather feel than see Tho swelling of her heart. I calmed her fears, and she was calm, And told her love with virgin pride; And so 1 won my Genevleve, My bright and beauteous Bride. BURIAL CUSTOMS. Tl?o Verloun MeOiodn ttacd In the DlnvoHnl of (tic Dend. The disposal of the dead umoiig civ ilized nations hits usually consisted of one of tho following tht'co ways: Firstly, of dosing tip the hotly In earth or stone; secondly, oi burning the hotly nntl cotntnlttlng to etuih the ashes, nud, thirdly, the embalming of the hotly. Tho earliest" form of Interment of which we have any account was that of the paleolithic cave dwellers, who buried their dead In natural grot toes nntl crevices In the rock similar to those in which they had lived. When WO come to the later stone ago we Und that the people throughout Europe burled in chambered barrows nud cairns. Next comes tho bronze nge, with Its changes, and among oth ers the burial of the deatl. The cham bered barrows passed away, nud in their places barrows were frequently used without chambers, and cemeteries of stone cists set In tho ground were largely employed. Frequently a nat ural eminence of sand or gravel was the place assigned for burial, nnd around It were circles of standing stones. During these prehistoric times cremation was also practiced side by side with the simple interments of the people. Iri pagan times It wits custom ary, whether tho dead were burled with or without cremation, to put in their graves such articles as urns or vessels of clay, bronze, gold or glass, clothing, personal ornnments, imple ments and weapons of warfare. Cremation was largely abolished when Christianity spread over the country, and tho Interment of gravo goods was restricted to kbj^s and priests, who continued to bo burled in their roynl nnd sacerdotal robes and with their insignia of olllce. Down to the tenth century cremation was customary among the tribes locat ed nlong tho Volga. Hero also human wnciiflccs In honor of the dend pre vollcd. Records of eyewitnesses of the horrible ceremonies have come down to us. Charlemagne prohibited this usage among the conquered Saxons under pain of death. In India tho living wid ow was in many instances down to 1820 burned with the corpse of her hus band. NAMES OF FABRICS. Muslin Is nnmod for Mosul, in Asia. Serge comes from Xergn, the Spanish for a certain sort of blanket. Bandanna is derived from an Indian word signifying to bind or tie. Calico Is named for Calicut, a town In India, where It was first printed. Alpaca Is the nnmo of a species of llama from whoee wool tho genuine fubric Is woven. Tho name damask Is an abbreviation of Damascus; satin Is a corruption of Zuytown, In China. Velvet Is the Italian "vellute," woolly, and Is traceable farther back to the T.ntln vollUS, n hide or pelt. Shawl Is from tho Sanskrit sala, which means floor, shawls having been first used r.n tnrpet tapestry. Cambric comes from Combral, gauze from Gaza, btiizo from Bfljac, dltnlty from Dametta and JCAtfS from Jean. Blanket bears the name of Thomas Blanket, a famous English clothier who aided the introduction of woolens Into England In tho fourteenth century.? Philadelphia Bulletin. PnrnelV- Snneratltlona. Charles Stewart Parnoll was one of the strongest men that ever lived, but he had numberless superstitions. Once a colieaguo of his brought him tho draft of a bill to the cell ho was then occupying In KHmalnham. It was In thirteen clauses. Pnmcll was horrified. He insisted that somehow or other a fourteenth clause should bo added. Once rnrnell saw a colleague with three lights In his bedroom. He was quite uneasy until ho saw one of the lights put out. 1 traveled with him onco when ho had a scarf that bad been presented to him by n lady ad mirer. There was some greoli In tho scarf. Ono of his superstitious was that green was an unlucky color. Ho used to say, half Joke, whole earnest, that all tho misfortunes of Ireland came from tho fact that her color was green. Ho wos very muclf put out by this scarf. It was in the days when tho habeas corpus wos suspended In Ireland and wo wcro sleeping on tho mall bout at Kingstown and were not to start for Holyhcnd till next morn ing. Ho was (|ulte sure the green scarf would have us arrested before we left in the morning.?M. A. P. IRELAND'S ANIMALS. Sin-el ??: of FrOflra and Tond? Ar? J'umni In tlio Green It Is not correct to say tbnt there are no frogs or toads In Ireland, though it is very remarkable that tho common toad Is not found there. The natterjack toad is a native of Kerry, though it does not appear to be found elsewhere It Is an example of the mania which some people hnvo for meddling with nature that a Dr. Guitliers in 1099 took tho trouble to procure frogs' spnwn from England, since which time they have multiplied In Ireland. But the common lizard is found in many parts of the Inland. The slowworm la not. Though the common toad and till re cent times the frog were not found in Ireland, it Is worth remembering tbnt the English reptiles nnd batrachlans nro very local In their distribution. Tho natterjack toad is only found in certain counties. The edible frog was formerly only found in Foulmiro Fen, in Cam bridgeshire, and the saud lizard is most eaprlHciiiR In thp choice of a homo Tho "beautiful green lacertoe" which Gil bert White saw on the sunny banks near Farnhain are to bo found there still, the males being of the green color, nnd also near Bournemouth and in Dorsetshire beyond Poole Harbor. Yet there are many suitable places where nono are Been, and then they reappear again on some sandhills on the coast of Lancashire, near Southport. On tho other hand, tho nbsenco of many species In Ireland which are or wero commonly found In the larger is land can only bo explained on the sup position that they never reached the country. Among these are tho wildcat, tho polecat and the weasel. Yet the mnyh'n was always plentiful on tho ouScr side of St Georges channel, nnd stoats abound In the west. Five of the fourteen npecles of bat found in Eng land have not been taken In Ireland, neither is tho common shrew found there or tiro water shrew or tho mole, though the last is found in Anglesey. Only six of tho fifteen British rodents ore found In Ireland, and of these one, tho squirrel, was probably Introduced. Neither is the roe deer indigenous. In support of tho general theory that the immigration of tho English fauna was difficult in tho earlier periods and sub sequently checked altogether may be cited tho analogous instance of the Isle of Man. There, ns in Ireland, there are no moles, no snakes and no toads.? London Spectator. APHORISMS. Philosophy is nothing but discretion. ?John Seldeu. AH Imposture weakens confidence and chills benevolence.?Johnson. The only wealth which will not do cay is knowledge.?Langford. Trouble teaches men how much thete Is in manhood.?Henry Ward Beecher. Your real luflucnco is measured by your treatment of yourself.?A. Bron son Alcott. Human Judgment is finite, and it ought always to be charitable.?Wil liam Winter. Kindness in us is the honey that blunts the sting of unklndncss in an other.?Landor. Politeness Is a sort of guard which covers tho rough edges of our charac ter and prevents their wounding others. ?Jonbert. Tho constant duly of every man to his follows Is to ascertain his own pow ers and special gifts and to strengthen them for tho help of others.?Buskin. Mixed Metaphor. "Brethren." said nn earnest exhorter to n body of religious workers, "breth ren, remember that there is nothing which will kindle the Arcs of religion In the human heart like water from tfca fountains of life/' I'lHUNlble Inference. Ollbertr-Pray, how do you know Miss Merrill has remained slnglo from choice? Horace?Because I never heard hei ;?y sho had.?Boston Transcript. Mr. Wm. S. Crane, of California, Md., suffered for yeird from rheuma tism and lumbago Ho was finally ad vlsod to try Chamberlain's Pain Balm, which he did and iteffected a complete cure. For sale by Laurena Drug Co. "Little Colds'* neglected?thousands of lives saorlfloed every year. Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Byrup oures lit. tie colds?oures big colds too, down to the very stages of consumption; CITY OPERA HOUSE J. K. VANCE, Manager. Thursday Night, Jan. 7th. William Irvine Fayssoux, Hipnotism, Mind-reading, Clair voyance. Price 10, 20 and 30 cents. Subject put to sleep in Cope land's wiudow, Wednesday af ternoon at 5 o'clock. Saturday Night, Jan. 9th. The Elite Legitimate Presentation of the Season. SIMVELLE'S Elaborate Scenic Revival of SHAKESPEARE'S Immortal Tragedy of Love and Passion ROMEO and JULIET Special Electric Effects. Scenery, Propertie?, etc., carr'ed complete for the entire 0 Acts. Mag nificent and Historically Correct Cos tumes. An Adequate Acting Company. Price 25c, 60c, 75c. nnd $1.00. Reserve Soats at Copeland's. LEFT MINDED PEOPLE. The Way the Ilraln'n Ordern Are An nounced and Obeyed. Both sides of the brnln uro capable of performing tho duties of giving commands to the limbs, but the orders only come from one side, either from the right or left, but If the side upon which tho speech center lies gels In jured nnd la rendered Incapable of per forming Its duty then tho other side takes up the work, though It requires some time before It can do so properly. Supposing a man meets with a bad fall or accident of any kind which drunages the speech center on the loft, he becomes dumb for the time being. Then the right side slowly learns how to give orders, and the man guadually regaluB power of speech niter some years, but In many cases ho becomes left handed because now the orders from the brnln are transmitted more rapidly to the left than to tho right. You have often experienced. I sup jw>so, tho curious feeling that you have done something or met some one at some time or other when in reality you have not done so at nil. Supposing the left side of your brain conceived the Idea that you were go ing to tie your boot lace and that the right side was, say, a thousandth part of a second behindhand in grasping tho same Idea, the result, when the right side did grasp it, would be that you would Imagine that you had al ready tied your boot lace.?Dr. Wlth row In London Answers. Dream* of I'enee Allnre to Death. Dreams of peace have always allured mankind to their undoing. Human des tiny has been wrought out through wnr. The United States Is an illus tration. Little of the soil which now aciinowlodgou the sovereignty of the Union has not been subdued by arms. The first settlers slew the Indians or were themselves slain; next the Ameri cans and English conquered the French; afterward tho Americans turned on the English and, with the aid of France, ejected them, in 1812 we again fought tho English to defend tho national unity and subsequently took California from Mexico by tho sword. To consoli date a homogeneous empire wo crush ed the social system of tho south, and lastly wo cast forth Spain. The story Is written in blood, and common sense teaches us that as the past has been, so will bo the future. Nature has decreed that animals shall compete for lifo, or, in other words, destroy or be destroyed. We can hope for no exemption from the common lot.?Brook Adams In At lantic. MuhIo the Kernel of Welnh Nature. Music Is tho very soul and kernel of the Welsh nature. A musical ear is the national birthright. Every Welsh preacher who migrates to an English church finds the greatest difficulty In abstaining from that weird, peculiar intonation of his sermon which is known as tho hwyl and which Is often strange and objectionable to English ears. A remarkable and subtle fact which will bo Interesting to English readers and at the same time significant of tho sensitiveness of the Welsh musical ear Is that It Is positive discord to many among tho Welsh congregations If tho minister, in 'giving out' the first verso of the hymn, does not so pitch his voice that it shall be in harmony with tho key in which tho tuno has prelimina rily been played by the instrumentalist. ?Westminister Rovlow, DOMESTIC TROUBLES. It is exceptional to find a family where there aro no domestic ruptures occasionally, but tho?e can be lessened by having Dr. King's Now Life Pills around. Much trouble they save by their great work in Stomach and Liver troubles. They not only relieve you, but cure. 26 cents at Laurons Drug Co. and W. W. Dodson. Torrible plagues, those itching, pes torlng diseases of tho skin. Put an ond to misery. Doan's Ointment cures. At any drug 6tore. Wood'sSeeds. Twenty-five years practical ex perience, nnd tho fact that we do the largest business in Seeds in the Southern States, enables us to supply every requirement in GARDEN AND FARM SEEDS to tho very best advantage, both as regards quality and price. Truckers and Farmers requiring large quantities of Seeds aro requested to write for special prices. If you have not received a cony of WOOD'S SEED BOOK for 1004, write for it. There Is not another publication anywhere that aporoaches It In the useful and practical Information that It gives to Southern farmers and gardeners. Wood's Seed Book will be mailed free on request. Write io-<1?yt do not delay. T.W. Wood & Sons, Seedsmen, RICHMOND, . VIRBIHIA. THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW YEAR! Just now it is fitting that we express our appreciation of the highly satisfactory business which has beeu accorded us during our second year in Laurens. We thank our patrons for their interest and loyalty, and while expressing appreciation, we wish, also, to ex tend our best wishes for a New Year of Happiness and Prosperity for all. Your best interests shall be our interests during the coming year. Our service will, if possible, be better than ever before, as a prac tical acknowledgement of our appreciation of your continued faver and patronage. W. W. Dodson. ! ^R^K ^R^K ^R^K^K^?n ^K^K ^bs^bs ^R^K j WE TAKE THIS METHOD to thank our customers for their liberal patronage dar' ing the year now drawing to a close. Hoping by strict atten tion to the demands of the trade to merit a continuance of the same. May the dawn of the New Year usher in Happiness and Prosperity to all. - lies pect fully, W. G. WILSON & CO. i ^fV? IJfc? TilM' "iS%m ^'i' ^ifti' ??*?* TAT ^?1^ "jafci Vrlpi iA? - WHEN'A MAN MARRIES He assumes responsibilties for the support of his wife as long as SHE lives. His responsibility doesn't end when the undertaker comes. Such a thing might be possible if there were no life insurance companies, but they are here and it is their business to take up where you left off. They only require the payment of a small lee from each year while yon live and for this they will furnish an income for your widow as long as she lives. When A Man Dies And leaves the wife whom he has promised to cherish and protect?leaves her without the means of support during the long and weary years through which she must fight her way alone, he has not treated her fairly, to say the least of it. He has taken her from the roof-tree of her father, used her for his own comfort and pleasure during his life time, and then left her with the bag to hold, and nothing in the bag, save perhaps, half a dozen children. Did it oc cur to you ? D. SAM COX, General Agent, State L-ife Insurance Co., Columbia, S. C. 8 8 8 M A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS g b New Year TO ALL J. E. MINTER & BRO. A HINT IN NEED IS A HINT INDEED! How many ladies arc there in Laurens and vicinity who are much in need of a Fine New Dress and a stunning, handsome Hat, yet have been putting off thn purchase week by week in hopes of saving money by waiting? For all such ladies THE HUB has most welcome news?nothing less than the news of deep and decisive reductions in the price of practically every piece of Dress Goods in the store and on all our Hats and Trim mings. We never carry Goods over from one Season to another if we can possibly avoid it. Dame Fashion is too fickle to make it safe to do so. And so we cut the prices down very close to ACTUAL COST. Hadn't you better come and see for yourself just what price advantages we offer you. A hint in need is a hint indeed. II you need cither Dress or Hat, this hint of money saving is worth your heeding. Here are a few sample reductions: 45-inch Scotch Suitings, desirable patterns, worth 85 cts now 62' 56-inch Broad Cloth, heavy weight, " $1.25 now 85c 38-iuch Heavy Skirting , offered and going, " 60 cts now 45c 38-inch Zibelines, desirable colors, " 60 cts now 45c Lot of Children's Cloaks and Jackets at Actual Cost. THE HUB.