Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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'roduct, it* itood. JJs Lamed to [cocktail waa cooler in hot ^Jqual. As a tonic it ijrything alcoholic. As I in without a rival. A dill pickle. A lump Jlk to the brim. Quaff h a drink would not h of any prospective For Preaident. , Hero ia sweet buttermilk and sour Etermilk. Let the former severely Tone. Givo it a few days in the ice >x, and it will ferment. Then drink In the old days in the country, no -v.-^i- over thought of churning un was sour, and the residue? butter was skimmed off?was for the gods. Buttermilk from rn creamery, is a fraud. Only dealers servo good Never touch it unless it is fwhite. Yellow buttermilk is enow that buttermilk was a In. - i in the North up to about ''act, I have a vivid recollection specimen of Yank touring the it. that tipbo. At dinner in a So in" he IJLl to/the waitress, Jmve youflBptak?" "We have ^?jaatu!rmilk,"8he replied, glass. "Oh, take that Tay," he cried; "we only feed to hogs in. my part of the coun At last the therapeutic value of ?rinilk is beginning to bo under ld. If our hospitals would use moro Ltcrmilk and less sweet milk their lierita would be less permanent, buttermilk diet will invariably cure fio gout. It contains more casein than hjgle milk, cream, skim milk, or but The fact that casein does not fm uric acid adapts it for the use of gouty. Ab gout and rheumatism ^lirst cousins, buttermilk is good :ino for the rheumatic. There aro lwho feel obliged to take an occa nk of whiskey. Some of the rones take a small glassful of FTtcrmilk as a chaser, which shows huch wisdom. The most eminent scientist in Europe Ipcnt years trying to understand the merits of buttermilk. He has discov ered a few of them. A great majority pf men prefer sweet milk. In the good ild summer time they should never like a drop of it in a public house with lit the addition of a little lime water. Viereare 6,000,000 microbes in every [bic inch of sweet milk left at your )r in the morning by the delivery Fin. A few of these fellows may be Fid; most of them are not only harm js, but necessary to help you digest fc milk. Be not fearful of microbes. It has been stated and stated again That milk is the only perfect food. It supposed to be meat, bread and jTTrink." It is also stated that the mo 1 ment a glassful of sweet milk reaches your stomach, it is curdled, which [ncans, of course, that digestion has ^]un. Why allow this curdling pro to occur in the stomach? Sour ^ermilk is curdled before it enters ^alimentary canal, which relieves ?mach of one duty. The bacteria ?'u enabled to set to work immediately Lo relieve your vitals of sundry distem pers. "NOT AT HOME" IN SWEDEN. The Curious Custom of Hanging the Key Outside the Door. When the Swedes go calling they lock up and then hang the key on the bell or door knob or in some other con spicuous place. When they go visiting for a few weeks holts and bars are slid nto plaec and then out goes the key. the house is shut up for an entire bason or a full year the gaily swing ing door key says "Not at home" to mssers by. There is no kicking your heels on the 'door mat in Sweden while the bell or knocker awakes the echoes in an empty house. Agents, peddlers, friends and relatives all know this message of the door, and, seeing it, pass by. As can be readily imagined, writes a correspondent of the Los Angles Times, I this strange custom has been put to j Lkoo(1 usc >n many instances when visi Vtors wore not wanted. Instead of tell r ing the maid to inform visitors that Mrs. Jones is not at home, the mistress says lo Jennie: "Hang out the door key at .1 o'clock this afternoon and ^Jbring it in at 9 o'clock; T don't wish to ? ace anyone for a few hours.'' About the first of the month in cer-1 tain districts door keys swing to the breezes in great numbers, and collec tors, knowing the custom and also its , misuses, scratch their heads in perplex ity at this not-at-home signal. Many amusing stories are told of crcditoia sitting down to await the #btinmc)ftlieir man while the debtor ?"?nut S?^?fchcr side of the locked door and chuckled. There have been in stances when a collector has taken the key, unlocked the door and entered the house to be met by the owner, who * ^jaj[mly laughed over his ruse. Again, a creditor has entered the house in' which he supposed tho owner to be hiding, only to find it vacant and to be ^caught by the irate master, arrested Kind mado to pay a fine, while the debtor ? '.'<> 1 an extension of tune on his bill. P These illegitimate uses of this very I old custom of not only leaving the - latchstring out, but also putting the door key at the disposal of all who pass, are not discovered at first glance, and they aro really very much in the mi nority, for Sweden is pro-ominently an honest land. In and about Stockholm thcro is very little need of policemen cong boxes, for every man, how Tcv low down in the social scale, seems to have duo respsct for another's prop erty. Although a few of the moro suspi cious, or tho foreigners who have not been brought up in this strange custom of leaving tho door key out, may lock fcup with bolts from tho inside and use Brother door for exit when theY leave Anc for an extended visit, the old Mlentf. idually leave their homes at ?disposal of any who may care to Rends who call and find tho kty out perfect liberty to unlock the UfLL' r ;u,(l rest before passing on. Ijfi^ -ldom misuse the confidence. ?jistartcd yu?fs ago, when it was the usual thing for "holy men" or priests to travel through Sweedish villages stopping to leave their bless ings on the households of the neighbor hood. These visits were looked for ward to with eagerness by the pious Swedes, and it was considered an act of grossest discourtesy to bar the door, for whatever reason, against a holy man. Consequently, if a family left home the key was always put out against the arrival of the prie?tv Meat and drink were left, and should the holy man stop at a vacant house he en tered, refreshed himself, left his bless ing in the form of a candle, a pottle of holy water or a bit of consecrated green, and passed on. Thus the custom originated, and al though these quaint villages** have be come towns, and traveling priests have passed away and the influx of other na tions has modernized Sweden and brought the evil of theft with it, the door keys still hang out aa cvidenco of trust and open-doorcd hospitality. A thief selom dtakes down one of the keys and enters, fo, there is uncer tainty about the absence of the resi dents spoken of to hold him back, and the knowledge that an exposed door key may merely mean that the owner has stepped across to the store and will return any minuto makes tampering with property risky.?Ex. Nothing lud]):; you more than a good night's rest. You can get this every night that you sleep on one of our Vic tor spring and Dextor mattresses. Get them. You wont regret it. S. M. & E. H. Wilkcs & Co. Vermont'? Two Sennona. Ono winter when Thaddens Stereos had como back to his Vermont home he was the victim of a severe cold and could not leave the house for many weeks. One of his callers was Lewis Clark, a man of short stature, who In earlier days had beon a playmate of the "Old Commoner" and was a near neighbor of the Stevens family in their Peacham home. Vermonters had just begun to wear buffalo coats, and Mr. Clark arrived at the Stevens borne al most lost In a coat which reached to the ground. His upturned collar com pletely covered his earn and face, whllo a fur cap completed tho dlsgulso. "Is that you, Lewis?" asked Mr. Stevens In an incredulous tone. "Yes, Thad," he replied. "Well, skin yourself and sit down," exclaimed the other. During the Interesting conversation which followed Mr. Olnrk asked Ste vens If he wouldn't come back to his Vermont home and live. "No," roplled Stevens. "You have but two seasons here?winter and late In the fall."?Harper's Weekly. The Crooodlle'n Slrong Jniv. Sir Samuel Bnker In his "Wild Bcosts" says that tho power of tho Jaws of the crocodile Is terrlltc. Onco he had the metal of a large hook, the thickness of ordinary telegraph wire, completely bent together, the barbed point being pressed tightly against the shank and rendered useless. This com pression was caused by "the Bnap of the Jaws when seizing a llvo duck which ho had used as a bait, the hook being fastened beneath ono wing. On one occasion ho found a fish weighing sov enty pounds bitten clean through as If divided by a knife. This, again, was the work of a snap from the Jaws of a crocodile M. Paul Bert onco made experiments on the strength of a croc odile's jaws by means of a dynamome ter. He found that a crocodile weigh ing 120 pounds.exerted a force of ?0S pounds In closing his Jaw. Tho lion has an enormous Jaw power. On one occasion an African traveler pushed the butt end of his gun Into a Jlon's mouth, and the pressure of the Jaws cracked It as though it had been struck by a steam hammer. Hoar und Boiled Turkey. "The hog," said a Baltlmoro Judge, "Is the greatest animal In the world. Every part of him has a different fla vor, and each flavor Is bettor than that of any other animal la the world.** "Better than a terrapin?" "I don't call a terrapin an animal. The terrapin is a creation. But, to re turn to tho hog, nil of him is good, from his tall to his front feet. Chlno Is a great dish, but It doesn't compare with Jowl. Jowl and turnip tops In the spring can be beaten by only ono thing, and that Is a boiled hen turkey. No body but a Yankee or a heathen would roast a hen turkey In tho spring. Hen turkeys are fat beforo they lay, and the flavor is delicious. Properly cook ed and served, such a dish Is fit for kings, and nations have gono to war for leas cause."?Baltlmoro News. An Anatomical I'uar.le. Behind the bridge of your nose la a little cavity in tho skull, tho origin of vhlch appears to be unknown. It pi?. My was a gland, consisting of two I i ' lobes, Joined together, and Is name 1 i i Selln turclca. Physiologists belle"o tat this is the remains of a sixth sense, which was of practical value to our antediluvian ancestors, but whether It enabled them to see In the dark In days beforo they possessed fire or helped thorn to find their way through trackless forests as wild beasts oau today or what other purpose It may have served we do not know and probably never shall know. The Wrong ireafhecM. There is little except the method of inflation that distinguishes tho balloon of tho twentieth century from the ma chine used by M. Pllntre do Roxlor, the first man to trust himself In a balloon, in October, 1783. Ono of his groat tri umphs was to hover over Paris at the holght of 000 feet for a spneo of nine minutes. M. Pllatre achieved all his efforts by means of hot air produced by a flro which ho carried In tho bal loon Itself and was almost as daring ns an Italian philosopher who took flight on a pair of wings of his own con struction from the summit of the castlo ?f Stirling in presence of King James IV. of Scotland. That courogeous ex perimenter when picked up from the ground with a broken leg accounted for the collapse of his wings by ex claiming to the sympathetic courtiers that he had made a mlstako In taking some of his feathers from the creotures of tho barnyard whoso Inclination was toward tho earth. Had ho selected them from creatures with a heaven ward tendency, llko tho eagle, the ex periment would have been successful. He was bolleved and suitably reward ed. A Street Sweeper'* Gratattlra. A city merchant used to give an old crossing sweeper sixpence ovcry Sat urday. One day he discovered he had given half a sovereign by a mistake. So he hurried back to the crossing. Tho sweeper said in reply to a question, "Will you com*, sir, after 4 o'clock to thJjL.?ddrc?s?j|n?Xl?ll Mft If lo^aro right ?b??f th? Bolnf' Iii? iner*n?nt <U<S so and round a ?mall office- and two clerks busy at work. Presently the ?weeper appeared, bat, ob, so filtered! Ha was dressed nfeatly and loosed like a business man. "Ob, yes," ho to tho astonished merchant, "you were corredk Our receipts today wero nbout 10 sumingH more than usual, so here is your balf sovereign." As the merchant laft ttaa "office," vowing he would nev er give to the roguo again, tho sweeper called after hbn, "You've forgotten your uaual sixpence, slrl"?Dundee Ad- | vertlser. Storm Word?. "Typhoon" Is by no means the only word for a storm that has come to the English language through Portuguese and Spanish. Others are "tornado" and "hurricane," which Sbakospeare could still write "hurrlcano." Old time Englishmen, at any rate, speMed the last word In at least as many ways ao Shakespeare and other peoplo spelled his name, and some of the spollings Indicate frantic attempts to mako tho word suggest a derivation Intelllglblo to the English mind. Of such aro "furl cane," "hurlecau," "nerocano" and "Harry-Cain." Even "hurrlcnno" was Anally adopted no doubt ns suggesting "hurry." The original was the Carlb "huracan," or "furacan," tho navigators of Portugal and Spain having been In strumental only In bringing It to Eng land from tho west, as they brought "typhoon" from the eaBt. The Hippopotamus. At times tho hippopotamus exxides what has boeu described ns a "bloody sweat." Microscopically examined, tho exudation Is found to consist of a great number of ralnuto colorless bodies, ro sembllng tho colorless corpuscles of tho blood, and a smallor number of pink colored bodies, made up of somo crys talline substanco forming clusters of rodllko and trlradlato form. These, be coming dissolved, give tho surrounding fluid medium a deeper pink color than that observable beforo dissolution took place. Both tho colored nud colorless matter appear to bo exuded by special pores In the skin which display activi ty only Immediately after the Crcaturo has left tho water. Atitn n<t Germ C*rrlem. A German bacteriologist was con ducting an experiment In tho courso of which ho made use of typhoid Infected mice. In another cago ho had somo mice which were In good health. Short ly after the uulnfected mice also devel oped typhoid. Investigation showed that ants wcro passing from ono cngo to tho other. Borne of these ants wero examined, and tliolr bodies wero found to be covered with tho typhoid germs, which they were carrying from tho sick to tho well mice. The Wolvo?' Mnmlei). Ho was telling a thrilling story of one of his hairbreadth escapes abroad, and tiio young girl leaned forward and hung upon his words breathlessly. "And they wero so near," ho said, "that wo could see tho muzzles of tho wolves." "Oh," sho gasped, "how glad you must havo been that they had their muzzles on!" THE MEXICAN INDIAN. Ho 1m Simple Minded, Patient and ICintncntl)- Peaceful. To one who has lived long enough In Mexico to become acquainted with tho working elassos and acquire somo In sight Into their nature and some degree of confidence In and from them It seems unfair when writing or talking of them to Americans to refer to them ns Indians, ns they are so commonly called here. To tho average citizen of tho United States tho word Indian at once brings to mind tho picture of the sullen and revengeful red man of tho north. The simple minded, patient, docile Indian of Mexico is not In this class at nil. He Is eminently peaceful. Bounti ful nature and perpetual summer com bine to palllato his Improvidence. He cannot seo tho necosslty of laying up anything fur a rainy day. It rains half tho days In Mexico anyhow, but that only makes the mangoes grow larger and cheaper. If he has no tortillas to day some of his neighbors have, and they will gladly share, for conditions may bo reversed tomorrow. These Mexican Indians make the best and tho poorest servants In tho world. Their greatest charm from this standpoint is their perfect appreciation of their position. Always polite, nover presuming, with hat in hand, it Is al ways "your servant" and "with your permission." In tho household they ask a half holiday onco a fortnight, with never a word of complaint when working hours last from daylight to midnight. So different aro theso people from tho northern Indian thnt It seems an InJuBtlco, as has been said, to call them by thnt name to those who know only the Indian of the cold country. The Mexican Indian docs not want to Prht All ho asks Is to ho let alone. Ills po liteness and affectionate nature aro in born. Ills lovo for children is particu larly marked. It Is a common sight to seo a laborer In the street with but two pieces of white cotton clothing to his back or his name stop a woman with a baby In her arms and, holding tho child's faco be tween both his hands, deliver a re sounding smack and chuck It under tho chin. And in the sumo unconscious nud entirely unoffected manner will a young man take his sombrero from his head und reverently kiss tho hand of somo ancient relative In a tattored dress when ho encounters her In the crowded thoroughfare.?"Modern Mex ico." Appenrun von. One had long hair nnd a high collar, and the other had hair cropped close to his head. Their silk hats wero a little rusty, yet there was an nlr of gentility about tho two men, I saw them this morning from the window of a chop house. They walked to the sldo door of a pawnshop across the way after they had first taken a furtlvo look about to seo If anybody observed them. They would not have been seen enter ing a pawnshop for worlds. They carno out a minute later. Tho ono With tho long hair had one less watch chain than he had when ho wont In. They stopped Within two feet of tho door from which they had come. The long haired man divided some hills with his companion. Ho looked at n Uttlo Blip of paper In his hand, and any one might see that tho slip was n pawn ticket. There they stood for ten min utes by tho sldo door of that pawn shop, within sight of Sixth nvonuo and Broadway, thot all who walked might see that they had been to visit an avuncular relative. Yot thoy would not have thought of boldly entering thot pawnshop by the front door.?New York Telegram. The Advertiser 11.00 per year. . Disappointed Bridegroom hues. John B. Kori, a disappointed bride groom, has instituted suit against Jacob Nadar Hazouri, to recover damages in the sum of $369. The suit, which has begun in the county court, is an action in assumpsit, tho plaintiff seeking to recover the de posit made as evidence of the sincerity of his intentions, the money value of the gifts he lavished upon his prospec tive bride, and the expenses incidental to tho trip taken to New York for the purpose of marrying. Tho defendant, Jacob Nadar Hazouri, iB the father of the young Syrian wo man that Kori thought was to be his bride. He it was, according to the plaintiff, who put an end to the ro mance, and who, after promising Kori his daughter's hand in marriage, refus ed to carry out his part of the agree ment, and still refuses to sanction the marriage. FOLLOWING SVKIAN CUSTOM. Both Kori, the plaintiff, and Hazouri, the defendant, arc Syrians, and when Cupid wounded the heart of Kori, he, following the custom that prevails in ins native land, went to the father of the object of his devotions and asked for her hand in marriage. In Syria, according to the allegations, all nuptial matters arc arranged be tween the prospective bridegroom and his prospective father-in-law direct, tho bride-to-be has no part in these preliminaries. Another Syrian custom requires the groom to deposit with the father of his bride-to-be a sum of mon ey, a sort 0 ' alimony in advance, as a guarantee of his good intentions. If ho keeps to his agreement and marries her for whose hand ho has ask ed, the money is returned to him who deposited it, at his option. If tho par ent declines to allow the ceremony to take place this advance deposit must be returned at once. KORI MADE DKPOSIT. Kori, in his bill of complaint, alleges that on April 5, 1906, Hazouri promised him the hand of his daughter, the wed ding to take place a few months there after, and in accordance with the cus tom outlined above, paid $100 in cash as a guarantee of good faith. Then, says the bill, with plans all settled and the wedding a seeming cer tainty, Kori lavished gifts on his pros pective4 bride and upon her parents. The engagement ran from April to September, and in addition to gifts of jewelry, Kori says he presented the family with merchandise, groceries and money. All this he did with the understand ing that tho daughter of Hazouri was to marry him in September. THE ROMANCE ENDS. On or about September 26, 190(5 says Kori, he journeyed from Jacksonville to Troy, N. Y., to celebrate his nup tials. Troy was then, he avers, the temporary home of Hazouri, and he maintains that he took the trip at the express request of Hazouri, and with the understanding that the wedding would take place immediately after his (Kori's) arrival in New York city. At the appointed time he appeared ready, willing and anxious to keep his part of the marriage agreement. But Hazouri, according to Kori, had experi enced a change of heart, and would not, under any conditions, consent to the marriage. And this was not all, for, as the bill alleges, Hazouri clung to the $100 de posited, declining absolutely-to return it, refused to reimburse Kori for expen ses of tho trip to Troy, or to pay him for any of the articles that he had giv en him during the engagement period. BILL OF PARTICULARS. Now Kori, all other meanings falling, brings bis suit to recover what he lost through the shattering of the romance. Ho wants first the $100 which he de posited as a guarantee of good faith. Then he wants another $100 as reim bursement for Iiis trip to Troy, which he avers cost him that amount. For gifts given the family, and he mentions ladies' wearing apparel, co logne, soap, paint, valise, meat, dishes, medicine, groceries, bedding and other things as among the gifts, he asks $1G9, the cost thereof. The outcome of the suit will be watched with interest, owing to the unique grounds on which it is brought. Kori, whose address is given as No. 207 Bride street, is represented in the proceedings by Attorneys Stewart & Tabb. - Fla. Union Times. "Wo have only one life to live," she sighed. "Yes" replied the man who was try ing to keep up a house on a flat income, "and with prices at tho present mark it's a mighty lucky thing that one is our limit."?Chicago Tribune. Mabel ?No man could kiss me against my will. Stella ?Huh! If a man overdoes kiss you it will probably be against his own will. - Chicago News. The Cold Summer ot 1816. Persons are in the habit of fpcaking of the cold summer of 1816 as the clod est ever known throughout America and Europe. Having in our possession some facts relative to this subject we propose to give them in order to re vive .the recollections of such among us as rememberer the year without a summer; also to furnish correct infor mation for such as feel any interest in matters of this kind. We shall, there fore, give a summary of each of the months of the year 1816, extracted in part from "Pierce on the Weather:" January was mild- so much so as to render flres almost needless in sitting rooms. December, the month immedi ately preceding this, was very cold. Fcdruary was not very cold, with tho exception of a few days it was mild like its predecessor. March was cold and boisterous, the first half of it- the remainder was mild. A groat freshet of tho Ohio and Kentucky rivers that caused great loss of property. April began warm and grew colder as tho month advanced, and ended with snow and ice, with a temperature more like winter than spring. Majr, l;.ke the ono just ended, was more remarkable for frowns than smiles. Buds and fruits were frozen ?ice formed half an inch in thickness corn killed and fields again and again You are Looking for the ...GOODS.. We are Looking for the ..."DOUGH"?.. We have cut the price deep all over the store to make these goods go at the Red Iron Racket, the Underselling store. CUT PRICES ON Standard Patent MEDICINES Dr. Blaker says:?Must be well shaker! before taking that it may operate well. * Dr. Burns says:?Shake prices down well so it will sell faster. $1.00 bottle Aycr's Hair Vigor.87c $1.00 bottle Wampolo's Cod Liver Oil. .87c $1.00 bottle S. S. S.87c $1.00 bottle Scott's Emulsion.87c $1.00 bottle Dr. King's New. Discovcry.87c $1.00 bottle Hood's Sarsaparilla.87c $1.00 bottle Kilmer's Swamp Root.o7c $1.00 bottle Pinkham's Veg. Compound.87c $1.00 bottle McElrce's Wine of Cardui.87c $1.00 pks. Simmons' Liver Regulator.. .87c $1.00 bottle Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre scription.87c 50c bottle Sloan's Liniment.'12c 50c bottle Dr. King's New Discovery ..42c 50c bottle California Fig Syrup.42c 50c bottle Kilmer's Swamp Hoot.42c 50c bottle Grove's Chill Tonic.42c 35c bottle Fletcher's Castoria.29c 25c bottle Chamberlain's Diarrhea Rem.2lc 25c bottle Chamberlain's Pain Halm... .21c 25c package Barker's Horse and Cattle Powder.18c 15c pkge. Simmons' Liver Regulator. . .18c 22c box Indian Root Pills.18c 25c bottle Winslow's Soothing Syrup.. .18c 10c bottle C. C. Pills. 8c 25c box Mcncn's Talcum Powder.lSc 20c box Violet Talcum Powder.10c 25c box Pritcher's Castoria.12c 10c box Talcum Powder. 5c 1 Large Jar Vaseline.10c 5c bottle Vnsoline. lc 10c bottle Lemon or Vanilla Extract.. . 8c Be bottle Lemon or Vanilla Extract. ... 4c Clothing== Clothing Prices have been well shaken? $1.50 to #3.00 off of each suit. $0.00 Suits at.$ 4.50 $7.50 Suits. 6.00 $10.00 Suits. 8.0(1 $12.50 Suits. 10.00 $15.00 Suits. 12.00 $18.00 Suit*. 15.00 PANTS, PANTS, all going at Shake-down prices. There is money in our Hants for you. HATS, SLIPPERS, SHOES-all going out at walk-away prices. Come quick and catch 'em. MILLINERY closing out at away-down prices. Beautiful line RIBBONS, LACES and EMBROIDERIES to move quick. Special Cut Prices on Clothing, Hats, Shoes, Pauls, Shirts. Buy now and SAVE MONEY. Umbrellas, Red Hot Prices. 85c, 48c, 60c, 75c, to.98c Sox going at, per pair, 5c, 7c, Uc, 13c.. .23c Stockings, Red Hot Prices, 5c, 7c, 13c, 23c per pair. BARGAINS IN THE BASEMENT. Beautiful Line Lamps, China, Tin, Glass and Crockery. 1 set Cups and Saucers, bundled teas ..39c 1 set White China Plates.50c Big line WALL PAPER, 10c, 13c, 15c, 18c per Double Roll of 16 yards. 2 Good Handkerchiefs. 5c 1 Fine Handkerchief. 5c Job Lot Good Suspdndcrs, Red Hot... .13c Articles Every Look over the list what you need. The Red II? Prices will SAVE YOU MONEY 1 Big Sun Hat. 9c 3 boxes Searchlight Matches.10c Needles, Pins, Hair Pins, Key Chain... lc 3 pounds Soda, good, for.10c 3 sticks Blueing, Good Luck. 5c 20c Coffee, parched, per pound.12J 25c Coffee, parched, per pound .15e 5c package Refined (most harmless) Smoking Tobacco. 4c 5c package Gold Dust, cut price. lc 1 Nice Towel. 5c 1 Pair Lace Curtains.43c Set Silver Plated Knives and Forks.. . .69c Keep Cool Fans lc, 2c, 5c, 8c to.48c Special lot Cool Dress Goods, Lawns, etc., 5c, 6c and. Sc 1 set White plates.18c 1 set Plain Tumblers.18c Fine Decorated Ware, Cups and Sau cers, Plates, Covered Steak Dishes, etc., all going at cut prices. 10c Good Luck Baking Powder. He Special lot Slippers, $2.47, 98c, down to.48c Special lot Shoes.75c Special lot Straw Hats.10c 2 spools Good Thread. 5c 1 G-foot Buggy Whip.10c 1,000 Buggy WhifiSj^mecial deal at Itcd^. Hot Prices. 20 fresh Nutmegs. 5c 15c plug tobacco, Thoroughbred.10c 3 plugs Baby Ruth Tobacco.25c $1.00 Watch.68c $1.00 Alarm Clock.60c Six Special Bargain Days This Week at the RED IRON RACKET Three Cut=Price Stores?Laurens, Greenwood, Spartanburg replanted until deemed too late. June the coldest ever known in this latitude. Frost and ice and snow were common. Almost every green shrub was killed. Fruit nearly all destroyed. Snow fell to the depth of ten inches in Vermont. Several inches in Maine, and it fell to the depth of three inches in the interior of this state; it fell also in Massachusetts. July was accompanied byTfrost and ice. On tho morning after the 4th, ice formed to the thickness of common window glass throughout New England, New York and some parts of Pennsyl vania. Indian corn nearly all killed; some favorably situated fields escaped. This was true of some of the hill farms in Masschusctls. August was moro cheerless if possi ble than the summer months already passed. Ice was formed half an inch in thickness. Indian corn was so frozen that the greater part of it was cut down and dried for fodder. Almost every green thing was destroyed, both in this country and Eurnpo. Papers received from England said: "It will ever be remember by the present gen eration that the year 1810 was a year in which there was no summer." Very little corn in the New England and Middle states ripened. Farmers sup plied themselves from tho corn produc ed in 1815 for seed in the spring of 1817. tt sold for from $-1 to $.r> a bushel. September furnished about two weeks of the mildest of tho season. Soon nfter.the middle it became very cold and frosty ?ice forming a quarter of an inch in thickness. October produced more than its usual sharo of cool weather; fro3t and ice common. November was cold, and blustering. Snow fell so an to mnko sleighing. December was mild and comfortable. We have thus given a brief summary of tho "Cold Summer of 1816," as it was called in order to distinguish it from tho cold seasons. The winter was mild. Frost and ice were common in i every month of tho year. Very little vegetation matured In the eastern ami middle slates. The sun's rays seemed to be destitute of heat thoughout the sum mer; and all nature was clad in a sable hue and man exhibited no Httlo anxiety concerning the futUUO of his life. Ro chester American, New York, IS HI. Bring Your Thirst To Our Fountain It's Quality IThat Counts Scores of people ask us how we make it so good. We'll tell you the sei let of it all lies in using the very purest, fresh syrups made from selected ripe, Juicy fruit and you know there is a great knack in making drink;; at the fountain, It can be truly said that half of the deliciousnoss of a glass of soda is put there by the man who mixes the drink. If you appreciate quality, if you are thirsty for a delightful, delicious drink, here it is waiting foi you. Dodson-Edwards Drug Co. WASTING STRENGTH Women who suffer from unnecessary, disagreeable, painful, weakening, female complaints, will find that Wine of Cardui is a safe and pleasant remedy for all their ills. It acts directly upon all the delicate, inflamed, tissues, purifying the Wood, throwing off the clogging matter and relieving female disorders such as irregular, scanty, profuse, painful catamenia, prolapse, etc. Also relieves headache, backache, dizziness, cramps, dragging pains, nervousness, irritability, etc. If you need advice, write us a letter, telling us all your symptoms. We will send free advice (i:i plain sealed envelope). Address: Ladies' Advisory Dept., The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. ALL DRUGGISTS SELL iT IN $1.00 BOTTLES "I IVKOTE YOU f >r .11< i. o. .idj by foDowInf it nnd : ililr.u c i I n, |m |>m^lo Troubles , ,.? i urc (. '?Air*. K. S. Walluf*, i ov.tf.1, Ala. H2 WINE OF LITTLETON FEMALE COLLEGE. Splendid location. Health resort. Hot water heat. Electric lirlii: TtnJ othoi modern improvements, 240 hoarding pupils last year. High standard ojj scholarship, culture and social life. Conservatory advantages in music. Advanl ced courses In Art and Elocution. Business College, Bible, and Normal courses Health record not surpassed. Close personal attention to the health social development of each pupil. Uniform worn on all public occasions. CHARGES VERY LOW. 26th Annual Session will begin on Septembof I8th, I907i For catalogue, address REV. J. M. RHODES, Presidont. , LITTLETON, N. C.