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FIFTY-NINTH CONORESS CONVENES. Speaker Cannon Reflected and 61 New Members Sworn la. Washington, Dec. 4.?The fifty ninth congress opened at noon today. Formal proceedings in both the senate and house followed the regular routine of opening day. In the senate the moat spectacular feature was the swearing in of many new senntors. In the house the re election of Speaker Cannon, his speech and the drawing of seats by members were the chief incidents. No attempt was made to transact important busi ness, an agreement having been reached by both houses to adjourn over until tomorrow before receiving the presi dent's message. Youngs Township Meeting. The Youngs Township Cotton Asso ciation met at Youngs, Dec. 2nd, 1905. The following officers were elected to serve for one year: John F. Sloan, President; W. H. Drummond, 1st vice president; L. S. Cook, 2nd vice presi dent; C. R. Wallace, secretary and treasurer. On motion of W. P. Harris, the fol lowing members, W. W. Wallace, L. S. Cook and J. B. Cosby were appointed a committee to thoroughly canvass the township, to enroll members of the as sociation and to collect the fee of three cents per bale on cotton. As a means to a more perfect organ ization of the farmers of the township, Dr. M. C. Cox moved, and the motion was adopted, that each vice-president be instructed to organize an auxiliary, one in the northern, and one in the southern section of the township. The following members were elected as deleeate;; to the County Association: J. F. Sloan, George Cook, J. W. Lan foni, J. B. C'^sby and C. R. Wallace. No other business, the Association adjourned. J. F. Sloan, President. C. R Wallace, Secretary. ' ROSS Uli I. CHR0NICT.1NGS. Appropriate Thanksgiving Services Were Held at Presbyterian Church. Caoss Hill, Dec. 4-Mrs. W. C. Rasor and Mr. James Rasor are visiting relatives at Mullins. Mrs. Janie McSwain is spending the week with her sons, Messrs. L. F. Mc Swain of Clinton, and W. A. McSwain of Newberry. Mrs. Alice McGowan entertained a few of her friends in honor of Misses Allcne and Ruth Turner of Greenwood Wednesday evening. Appropriate Thanksgiving services were held at the Presbyterian Church by tho Rev. Messrs Martin and Brad ley. Miss Estelle Turner entertained, ser ved tea Thursday evening in honor of her friends. Misses McLees, Robinson, Mosely and Sherard. The ladies of the Baptist Church gave an oyster supper at Mr. James Cole man's Thursday evening. Mr. J. R. Todd and Mr. Sam Todd and family spent Tnanksgiving with friends here. Mr. Hugh Pinson of Ninety Six spent Thursday with his parents. Mrs. J. E. Hitt and children left Fri day night for Virginia where her hus band is engaged in business. Miss Blanche Clardy is the guest of Miss Sara Beeks. Real Estate Transfers. The following real estate transfers were recorded in the office of the Coun ty Auditor for the week ending Monday December 4th. Laurens Township?W. D. and A. E. Simpson to J. D. M. Shaw 85 acres, $?77; Fletcher Mills to Zilfer Boland 15 acres, willed; E. M. Martin to F. H. Dominick, one lot, $325. Dial-John Burdette to W. A. Bur dette 65 acres $5, love and affection; B. C. Burns to James Todd 22 1-2 acres $303.75. Waterloo-W. W. and J. J. Dendy to Sallie Bate 2 acres, $50.00. Hunter?Henry A. Coleman to Jos. T, Ligon 140 acres, $2,000. Jacks?Clerk of Court Bolt to J. A. Bailey 48 acres. $215. Scuffletown-A. Y. Thompson to W. M. Blakely 10 acres, $160; Lou Lawson to G. F. Mosely 200 acres, $1,200. City of Laurens?J. H. Boyd to J. C. Shell house and lot, $1,500; Cora F. Mc Cord to J. M. Shell house and lot, $1,100; H. Y. Simpson to R. W. Nichols and L. R. Roper, certain lots near city, $719.83. Youngs?M. G. Johnson to C. L. Wal drop, certain tract, $1,000; William L. Hudson to Magpie A. Craig 93 acres, $1,000; R. A. Jones to B. Frank Dial 9 acres, $377; R. A. Jones to T. E. Jones 20 acres, $576. Cross Hill?H. Harvin, interest in 64 acres, to J. H. Lowe, $216; J. T. Ligon to Mattie W. Coleman 157 acres, $3,000. Sullivan -W. J. Balentine of J. M. WoM 40 acres, $496; J. C. Milford to J. A. Davenport 1 1-2 acres town of Princeton, $300; J. A. Davenport to J. E. Walker 1 1-2 acres, town of Prince ton, $200; H. Y. Simpson and R. A. Cooper to W. T. Putman 135 acres, $1,350. Town oi" Clinton?Elbert F. Copeland to Howard Caldwell 14 acres $2,500; Mary G. Owens to P. S. Jeans lot, $167.5^ REPORT OP SANDY SPRING SCHOOL. Honor Roll ?od High Marks Attained in the Grades. The following shows the average of the different grades of the Sandy Spring School for the month beginning Nov. 6th and ending Dec. 1st, 1905. Tenth Grade. Li Hie Peterson?98. Ninth Grade. Amanda Glenn?97. Mary Dillard? 98. Hugh Donnon 94. Lydie Peterson 97. Eighth Grade. Jessie Dillard 96. Russell Poole 93. Seventh Grade. Irene Dillard 98. Mattie Bell Peter son 97. Grace Poole 95. Furmam Poole 88. Fifth Grade. Willie Wright 95. Fourth Grade. Annie May Donnon 95. Janie Donnon 95. William Peterson 92. Fannie Poole 93. Third Grade. Roy Sanders 80. Marvin Sa iers 88. Second Grade. Bess Donnon 94. First Grade. Mary Little 93. Talula Little t. Josh C. Poole 91. John Peterson 87. aOLL of honor?attendance. Irene Dillard, Jessie Dillard, Mary Dillard, Annie May Donnon, Bess Don nan, Janie Donnon, Amanda Glenn, Talula Little, Lillie Peterson, William Peterson, Fannie Prole, John C. Poole, Furman Poole. HONOR roll?recitations. Lillie Peterson, Lydie Peterson, Amanda Glenn, Mary Dillard, Jessie Dillard, Irene Dillard, Mattie Belle Peterson, Grace Poole, William Wright, Annie May Donnon, Janie Donnon. Olivia V. Burnside, Teacher. Returned to the Old Home. Mr. J. Wister Cooper, who has been with Wright & Grubbs for a number of years, moved his family to the old homestead in Laurens county last weak, and will try his hand at farming next year. He is a good salesman and held the confidence and esteem of his em ployers. ? Honea Path Chronicle. L. & M Paint. Lead and Zinc. Wears 10 or 15 years. Saves paint bills. L. & M. costs about $1.20 per gallon. W. L. Royd, Laurens, S. C. 14 ?13t. OASTORIA. ENGLISH MANNERS. John Hnll'H Self CoBtrlonn finnrrl.^. I?> Only Dart DrcrdliiH. It Is seldom, Indeed, that mi ICn liali man will acknowledge timt u mau of any other nation has the tulvantage of htm In any respect, Indeed, tbero Is, I believe, only one fault which we arc nationally ready to allow may be fair ly attributed to us- a certain lack of pharm in manner. In recei'.t year*, when I have lived much abroad, I have several times beard the English people say, "What a pity It la we haven't more charming manners!" If we are ever to have as pit ?mint manners aa.our neighbors the first idea wo must get rid of is tbat It Is a sign of woakuess to be agreeable. A gim let eye and a stiff upper lip are not sure indications of a moral grip or ?ven of physical strength. Olnnts, we know, can be genial, and a smiling saint can be quite us godly ns the austere skeleton with an expression like a distressed moukey bemoaning the sins of the monkey house. To have what Is sometimes called "man ner" Is not to write yourself down ef feminate. We English laugh heartily at what we call the "bowing and scraping" of Frenchmen and Italians as if we thought that by bending his body a man parted from bis masculin ity. This is folly and betrays only a confusion of mind that wukes scorn in the intelligent. When a Frenchman or an Italian comes Into a drawing room he bows low and kisses the hand of his hostess. This Is pretty, but it is not 'pretty pretty." It Indicates a not servile gratitude for hospitality accorded and a graceful respect for one's hostess, The Englishman's entrance into n room bud greeting are more brusque and show less courtesy. Then we are. ns a rule, much more "oa our dignity" with those whom we consider beneath U8 in station than are the other Knro penn nations except the (iermaus. Wo like to mark our position, I suppose there Is nothing more es sentially Underbred than "standing on one's dignity," yet many of our Kng llsh aristocracy do It ns well us the nouvesux riches. They seem to think It necessary to give themselves airs. Why? I often wonder, especially when 1 note the easy simplicity and well bred familiarity so universal among foreign ers of the same class. The English man, for instance, usually treats serv ants "merely as servants," to use a phrase I have often heard In Kngllsh mouths. lie Is probably quite Just to them. lie often prides himself on tbat. But he Is markedly detached. He Is not human with them. It must always be n case of master to servant, never of man to man. Ills servant Is to him a machine. He speaks to him With curt coldness. He looks at him with a frosty eye that Is likely to chill. Again I ask, "Why?" Where Is the necessity of this tacit and perpetual Insistence on a difference of posltidh? The foreigner-horrid but useful word ?seldom bothers about such matters. He treats the people round about him who minister to his comfort with a friendly familiarity, and rarely Indeed do they try to take advantage of it. They lu their turn venture to be cor dial. Wo English are not bad hearted, but wo are bad mannered, and as most of us know tills wo ougbt to make an ef fort to mend our manners. The truly good manner comes from being just this? unaffectedly human and simple without arrlcre peusoc. Suroly we ougltt to bo able in tlino to munage to bo that. It to all very well to comfort ourselves wiw. such phrases as "our bark is worse than our bite." No doubt it Is, but a barking dog is a nui sance. He sets nerves on edge. Wo too often set foreign nerves on edgo by our bluutneaa, our rough awkward ness, our determination to have our own way in trltles at all costs and our unwillingness to see Unit the habits and customs prevalent In othet countries are not bound to he idiotic u'.erely be causo they are different from our own. "I will bo sincere," says 'he gruff Englishman to himself when he sets foot on foreign soil. "None of your foreign nonsense for me!" How pleas ant Europe will lie when John Hall and his womankind enn be sinoorely j cbormlng!?London Mall. DUBLIN JARVIES. The Happy Go Lack? linrKnirn ?< the Irlnh Metropoll?. The Dublin Jarvles are not what you would coll good whips. They drive, as unladylike people say, like the dlvll; they cut around corners foully enough and go slashing up heartbreaking hills, but nine out of ten of them drive with a loose relll. They talk to the fare, and the little horse runs on, doing the best he can and following his own dauntless will. I lay no fault upon the Jarvy. The Irish horse shares Paddy's gragh for independence. Uf liliu, too, H may be said Hint ue serves without servility. The Jarvy - light hearted lad, be he young or old - gains in the run of the days an average of 0 shillings. The fares are Jolly cheap. Vor a "set down" within the boundary the charge for two persons between 0 a. in. and 10 p. in. Is only sixpence. By time the charges arc one and six an hour, with an added sixpence for each suc ceeding hour. Still the Jarvy does fair ly well. Hartley, who Is no better than the others, took me to Iiis home, It was lu Spring Gardens, where there are rows upon rows of nent little red brick cottages, with gardens nnd sto bles. They rent nt ?20 a year. Own ing his ear its he does, Barney pays no car rent to any one, and if he drives I.awler"s mare 'tis more for love than profit. Year in and year out he puts by a bit, for the "ehllder, (?od bless 'em!" are growing and will have need of edu cation. In but smart little home, with his smart little wife, there are un luckler men than he. "It 'twere not for the flghtln'," says Mrs. O'Hea, "a better man than Barney never pulled a shirt over his head." Barney, It seems, believes that ani mosities should be cultivated. Being a good man with his hands and blithe and gay lu battle, ho colors the week's end with riot?Vunee Thompson In Outing. THE MEXICAN LIZAKD DELICIOUS EATING, HIS FLE8H LIKE THAT OK CHICKEN. A Tale of the Carlou Tnil of <he Unnim - Thi> Way Thf ? Peculiar Creatare Can Grow a New Append. mm* la risen of On* i.o?t or Stolen. My tale is of tbo toil of a lizard. We bad steamed and railroaded many hun dreds of miles and at the end of civili zation had started over a steep and narrow trail with horses and pack xnules, finally finding ourselves en camped In a deep canyon or burrauca In west central Mexico. Iguanas, great, black lizards, three feet or more in length, were abundant in the deep caves of tbo cliff, coming out early in the morning to sun them selves and bobbing up and down as an owl ducks his bead to get a better look at us as our Moxlcau cook started tbo fir* or stirred about tho eump. Wo fo.ind them delicious eating. Though tlu Mexican demurred at llrst, preju dice was soon cast aside. Their limbs mlghf bo black skinned and scaly with out, buv vlthin all was sweet, wbito meat, like tbat of chickens and frogs' legs. The Iguanas, which had their bur rows in tbo ground, would climb up ?ach morning, up, up to the topmost limbs of some trees, and there bask lu the sun. They had a most startling way of descending, a headlong dive to the underbrush or into tho water. As twilight fell the sight of these great black apparitions sprawling earthward was most remarkable. If one of them had ever struck us lu its descent our Interest in this strange habit would suddenly have become lessened. Our usual method of procuring these giant lizards for our larder was to ?hoot them high abovo us, when they would tumble headlong to our feet. Sometime* we could approach close to one when it was fast asleep in tho scorching heat of midday. Onco I seized a big fellow by tbo tall. I was sorry a moment later, but as I did not want to bo beaten by a lizard I held stoutly on. Never before had 1 taken hold of such a steel spring. The crea ture curled and twisted and snapped Its body about, the sharp scales hav ing anything but a pleasant feeling on the palm of my hand. Suddenly some thing gave way, and I fell on my back, while the Iguana shot off In the op posite direction into a deep hollow among the rocks. When I regained my feet I found boqio nine Inches of tatl in my hand, almost one-third of the entire animal. This is not an uncommon occurrence among lizards, and the ability to part with so considerable a portion of their anatomy Insures many an escape from what would otherwise be inevitable death. Almost all animals with backbones have a thick, pliable cushion of car tilage between each of the bones in their spinal column, which permits them to bend and twist it with much freedom. The backbone of the lguuna Is at first all cartilage, and when the hard cells of the bone begin to bo do posited a deep, narrow wedge or crack la left In ?ach tail boa*. ThJa Is filled with soft cartilage, so these bones are greatly weakened near their centers. Instead of au accidental defect this la an all wlso provision of nature, fere seeing that hawks, vagrant naturalists and other enemies may some day be too quick for the reptile and will seise its tall before It can escape. When this happens, as In my case, tho stram of the struggling creature's body is too great for the weak spot* in Its tail bones, and one of these gives way, with the result above narrated. Tbo muscles, too, ate arranged to aid this phenomenon. Tbey aro short and thick and conical Instead of running tho whole length of the tall, and, being only dovetailed together, they readily give way. Only a few drops of blood escape; then the stump heals over, and before long a new tall begins to shoot out. This, of course, contains no bones, but instead a long, uujolnted rod of cartllugo exactly like the ancestral one which was present lu the embryo Igu ana. Stranger still, tho scales on this new tall are unlike those on the rest of the creature's body and actually may be like those of some bygone ancestor. In the smaller lizards, called geckos, this seems always to be the caso. When I closely examined the tall which the iguana had left In my hands I saw that It was one of these "fraud*" tails and had long ago supplanted toe original appcnduge, with whleh some other enemy, doubtless a feathered one, had absconded. Two new vertebrae or tall hones had come off with the base of my piece. But the owner ceres nothing for the number or character of bis new tails. They serve htm well, and he Is content. It Is a curious fact that the tall making machinery lu his backbone Is so active that sometimes a double or even a triple tall will push out at the stump, and when the original tall Is even only slightly Injured at one side a tiny tall will often sprout out where it has no right to be.?O. William Beebe tn Nevr York Tribune. Accnrnle ( looUa. Every port of tho clock down to the minutest detail has been the subject of study aud improvement, and they are made and adjusted with such pre cision and delicacy that in testing them the question is within how small a fraction of a second will they run. Not content with their marvelous per formance when under normal condi tions, some of the finest astronomical clocks are surrounded by glass or metal cases In which a partial vacuum Is maintained, and in order that the cases may not be opened or disturbed tho winding Is dene automatically by means of electricity, the frequency of the winding In some cases being ns often as once every minute. These clocks are set up in especially con structed rooms or underground vaults, where they ore free from jar or vibra tion, where the temperature nnd ba rometric conditions remain practically constant nnd where every possible pre caution is taken to further minimize the errors of the running rate. BAKED BEANS. How They Ar? Cooked For the I.nm hertueu In Maine. Didst ever hear?oh, yo epicure?of the lunibennau's baked beans, tbo deli catessen of the backwoods, the twenty one times n week, stick to tbo ribs provender that ltoats In amber Juices and that when mined in tbo morning from the bean holo emit such delicious odor as to make mouths water all along the border? The cook and tho eookee Join drives in building up this monument to high art in culinary. The woods cook usually bakes a tin wash boiler nearly full of beans, first par boiling them before he gets them ready for the pot. Then he peels an onion and slices it htto tho bottom of tho pot. Then he pours in half the beans; then slices over them another onion; thon puts in the chunks of salt fat pork; then douses In the rest of tho beans. Over all this he pours a pint of mo lasses and then more pork. Just enough water Is added to cover tho beans, and then a sheet of birch burk is placed over the top of the pot and the cover pounded in tight. When the water begins to steam tho bark swells and seals tbo pot, holding in all the flavor. The eookee (there's all the dif ference in the world between tho cook and the eookee) builds tho Are in the bean hole. When the birch wood has heated the stones that Uno tho hole and has luelf burned to redhot couls most of the coals are taken out and the beans are put in. Tho beans are placed hi tbo hole in the afternoon. They stay thoro all night lu the morning they are dug out All other baked beans are libels on the name, for these have the sauce of tho plno and the spruce.?i/owiston Journal. AMERICAN COLLEGES. They Are Unique Among: Institutions of Lenrninv. The American college is In every way unique. It may be defined in a word as a school for imparting more general and advanced instruction than can be obtained in the various acade mies and private schools. Tho univer sity, however, more portlcularly com prises a numbor of technical schools, imparting Instruction in all depart ments of knowledge, including classic al literature, tho arts and sciences, ns biology, medicine, surgery, law, theol ogy, mechanics and so on. Tho issue as to which is tho most desirable, the most useful, has been discussed at ed ucational congresses, in tho public press and notably in the leading re views. There has been evident in these discussions a tendency to look upon the college as a kind of inferior school which must be given its place only when there Is not enough money to establish the more expensive uni versity. On the other band, the college has not wanted its stout champions, In whose view the American college, with Its concentrated curriculum, the close ness of touch between pupil and pro fessor, Is not only an institution that is to bo conserved, but Is one that of ten, If not always, offers a better kind of education than is available in the university.-- -Leslie's Weekly. DURING THE MONTH OF We beg to Offer to close Cash Buyers an unusually large and well= selected assortment of Stylish, Comfortable, Serviceable, Useful and Long=wearing Stock of Goods. GENTS' DEPARTMENT To Men we are offering unsurpassable values in Clothing, Shoes, Over coats, Hats, Underwear, Etc., Rubber Coats, Rubber Shoes and Boots, Over alls, Jumpers, Leggings, Etc. We carry the famous and fashionable Hart, Schaffer & Marx's line of Men's Clothing. Our $7.98, $10.00 and $12.50 Suits defy competition. Other Suits to suit your purse. Wright's Health Underwear at $1.00 a garment; others at 50 cents and 25 cents a garment. LADIES' DEPARTMENT To the Ladies we are showing Stylish, Useful and Serviceable Jackets, Dress Goods, the latest shapes in the famous and fashionable Ultra, and Dorothy Dodd Shoes at $3.00 and $3.50, and many other equally fashiona ble and serviceable shoes at less money. To the Boys and Girls we are pleased to show some handsome and "long-wearing" Suits, Overcoats, Jackets, Shoes, Caps, Underwear and other needful and useful things at Special Prices. To the general buyer we are showing Special Bargains such as Cotton Blankets at 48 cts a pair, in assorted colors; Heavy Comforts or Quilts at 98 cts each; White Sheeting and Plaid Goods from 5 cts a yard up. Outings, Flannelettes, Table Linen, Towels, Lace Curtains, Rugs, Umbrellas, Etc. J. E. MINTER & BRO.