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STAGE MANNERISMS. Grossmith Rebelled Against Imitating Charles Mathews. Weedon Grossmith In "From Studio ?o Stuge" has something sensible to nay about the practice of Imitating tbo methods and mannerisms of great ac tors, a practice that was once more frequent than It is now. On his re turn to London be played a pnrt that had been played many years before by Charles Mnthcws and who had thus established a sort of orthodoxy In Its presentation. Mr. Grossmith relates: "I was asked by the producer to do tho same business that Charles Ma thews did, and when making my exit at the end of the first act the stage man ager said. 'Now, Mr. (Jrossniith, throw the tails of your frock coat over the back of your head.' ?i 'Why?' 1 asked. '"Because, Mathews did it." be re plied. "'Never,' said I. 'Not having had the good fortune to see the groat Charles Mathews. 1 naturally can't imitate his methods, and I must do things my own way.' " 'Really,' said the producer and. looking at the other members of the Company for applause and encourage ment, in his host cynical vein added. 'We have many of us heard through press notices what a brilliant actor Mr. Weedon Grossmith Is in America, but Is he going to improve on Charles Mathews in London?' " 'That's not quite the point.' 1 replied. 'How Charles Mathews did ibis busi ness I don't know. At any rate, he was a gentleman In every pa t he played, and I am much afraid his imitators have vulgarized his business, for it doesn't seem to mo possible that Charles Mathews would make an exit from a drawing room in the presence of ladies throwing bis conttalls entire ly over bis head. and. whether be did or not, 1 absolutely decline to do It!' " BEATS OF THE HEART. Sounds That Tell Just How Th.it Won derful Organ Is Working. Do you know what a doctor bears when he sounds your chest and lisleiis to your heart beating'.' Your heart, if it is quite sound, makes a noise very like "lUU-dup, luh dup, lub-dup," all the time. The two syllables come very quickly together, and between each "lub-dup" there comes a paust?, the short period when tln> heart is resting, as it. were. TllO "luh' sound is due to the blood llowing out of the heart, and the "dup" is the closing of the Heart's valves Just by the loudiicss of these two syl lables the doctor knows if your heart Is working as it should do. Supposing the "dup" is very loud, for instance, t! at tells him that the valves are being "slammed to," just as a door is, and that the pressure is greater than it should be. The cause of this is generally what is Known as an "aneu rism." If the valves are not closing properly the doctor hears a sound very like "dull" Instead of "dup." The heart is then said to have a "murmur," ami the physician knows what sieps to take to correct it. When the first sound, "luh," is sof tened into "luff it warns tin? doctor that bis patient has something wrong with the mitral valve. The "luh" sound is always very much weaker When one is suffering from fever, and it Is this weakness, dm; to the weak ness of the heart muscle, which makes the doctor so anxious at those times. Whou the heart says "lufr-iluff" be tells you to knock off work for a time and have a complete rest, for your bttort Is in a bail way. ? Pearson's Weekly. Police View of Wagner. Here Is a description of the great composer which was dated May 18. 1841). when a warrant was issued to "arrest Richard Wagner, one of the most prominent adherents of the revo lutionary party, and to deliver him up to the roynl court of Justice. Wagner is thirty-seven or thirty eight years old, of middle height; has browII hair, wears glasses: open forehead; eye brows brown; eyes gray blue; nose and mouth well proportioned; chin round. Particulars: In speaking and moving he is hasty." ? London Spec tator. Dickering For Talent. "My wife has adopted a scheme used by these baseball managers." "How now?" "She is carrying on negotiations with our neighbor, Mrs. Wombat."' "About what'.'" "My wife wants to trade our laun dress and a couple of housemaids for Mrs. Wombat's star cook, '.ait Mrs. Wombat wants a bonus." ?Pittsburgh Post Making a Burglar Useful. "Lie still there and I won't hurt yon. All I want Is your money anil your jewels anil then I'll git." "All right, old man, and while you're searching Tor the jewels if you run across my dress studs I wish you'd put them out on the dresser. I haven't been able to lind them for a month."? Detroit Free Press Giving Himself Away. "Here, ma." requested the hoy, hur rying In from school before time, "hang my jacket up behind the stove." "Is it WOt?" "No. but teacher sent me home to tell yon to warm my jacket for me."? Judge, The Logic of It. Kelly If ye/, foorce me to pay that note now 1 can't pay It. O'Rrlnc Put If I wait till yoz pay It I'll nivir git It! ?ruck. BIRTH OF THE GRAND CANYON. Nature's Mighty Force* That Wrecked the Cruet of the Earth. "How do you explain It?" inquired one on meeting Sir John Murray, the eminent English geologist aud presl dont <?f the ttnyui Geographica] so ciety, referring to the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. This was briefly the answer, though not in his words: "On either.side of the wide plain ex tending from sixty to a hundred miles to the right and left of the canyon evidences of severe volcanic action are visible, in the center was a plateau, but you now look down upon It as the vast chasm of the canyon. Thrice the volcanic forces of nature, operating on either side, violently ami with tremen dous power, forced this plateau up ward, and finally in one cyclopic, tie tnctldoUS upheaval the plateau parted, and the Grand canyon, the wonder and mystery of the world, was born. ?imagine a loaf of dough rising si lently under the continuous pressure of the yeast until finally the crust is broken and the loaf divided Into two. Then look at this broken crust of mother earth. In the early days a vast area embracing a great portion of the interior of the American continent was covered with water. It was a great sea .\|| oxer the canyon fossil oyster shells proved this contention. The Grand canyon opened; the waters of the inland sea rushed through in a tearing (lood and carved the fantastic forms you now see." The (ptestloner further inquired of Sir .lohn. "No doubt this was all very remoto, in the early ages of the world V" "Oh, no.'' said Sir John. "Modern, quite modern not more than twenty or thirty million years ago!"?Leslie's Weekly. TRUE HORSE MARINES. They Helpod Bolivar Out When He Was In Need of a Fleet. The Ihlliuro of South America lives on horseback, trades, buys and sells on horseback, and during the war with Spain the Ilaneros contributed much toward achieving the Independence ol both Venezuela and New Uranada. In "Up the Orinoco and Down the Mug dalcim" Mr. n. .1. Mox.ttns tells of an occasion when it was necessary for Bolivar's army to cross the Apuro in order to engage Morillo. Hut l'.olivar had no boats, and the A pure at this point was wide and deep. The Spanish Hot Ilia w as guarding the river at the point opposite to the patriot forces. l'.olivar was in de spair. Turning to PacB, he said. "I would give the world to have the Span ish Hot ilia: without it I can never cross the river." "It shall he yours in an hour." said Paez. Se'iecting 300 of his llancro lancers, all distinguished lor strength ami bravery, he said, pointing to the gum boats: "We must have these ilechcrns or die. Let those follow who please." At once spurring his horse, he dashed into the river ami swain toward the Hot ilia. The Ihmeros followed him with their lances In their hands, now encouraging their lenses by swim miiig beside (hem and patting their necks, now shouting to scare away the crocodiles, of which there were hun dreds hi the river. At last they reach ed the oilier side ami sprang from their horses' backs on board the boats. headed by their leader. To the aston ishment of every one who beheld it. they actually captured the entire flo tilla. The Old, Old Problem. New times, new problems. Rehold how even the old world Is smitten with modernity and its horrors as re vealed In "Servantgallsm; or, What's to Become of the Missuses?" Servant Ca I ? Oh. if you please, ma'am, there was one other thing 1 should like to 'ave settled. Lady?Yes.' Gal?Where do you go to the seaside in the summer? Because I couldn't go to a dull place or where the hair wasn't very bracing. For the enchanting picture that Il lustrates this consult Punch, volume 24, 1853.- Now York Tribune. Burning Up Gold. Burning a small piece of gold leaf is n custom observed by the Chinese at certain anniversary celebrations, and it is estimated that gold to the value of $10,000,000 is destroyed annually in this way. This estimate is based mi the assumption that each individual of a total population of 440,000,000 burns at each of two anniversaries a piece of gold leaf weighing ..".'>^ grain, making a total of 271,000.000 grains, A live dollar gold piece weighs 120 grains. Quito Safe. "So he accopted a job like that, did he? Well, l did not know that a man of his standing would accept such dirty money." "Oh, he washed his hands with an antiseptic solution before he took the fee."?Baltimore a inetiean, How It Happened. "A biter addressed to me and mark ed 'Personal' cniUO to my house ye let day, and my wife didn't open II." ; "How do you account for it?" "She was out of town attending the wedding of one of her cousins."?Chi cago Itecord Herald. Ordered It. She (In restaurant) I'm so hungry I could eat a house! Ho?Then that's what we'll have. Waiter, a porter house, largo, for two! ?Condon Tele graph. What is Just and right is the law of laws. Latin Proverb. I AW A For Constipation Famous Liver Buttons from Hot Springs, Arkansas Better than Calomel. When the best physicians in the world's greatest hoaith resort don't bother to write Er oscr iptious, ut just say'"(Jot a bux of Hot Spring? Liver Buttons for your bowels and liver, an I to givo you an apposite." then nil who suf fer ought to know enough to out out Culomol, and geta box icMlay. They surely put your liver and bowels in regular working order ?nil druggists 25 cents. Get thorn *? LAURENS DKUti CO. Luurens. S. C, SPRINGS LIVER BUTTONS See the big values we offer oil our Ten Cent Counter. S. M. B. It. Wilkes X- Co. FINAL SETTLEMENT. Take notice that on the 29th day of November) 1 will render a finui ac count of my acts and doings as Execu tor of the estate of Maria S. Houlware. deceased, in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurena county at it o'clock, a. m.. and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trusts-as Administrator. Any person Indebted to said estate are notified and required to make pay ment OU that date: and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or,-before said date, duly proven, or ivK forever barrod. D. L. I toil AVA UK. Executor. October l".'. 1913. 1 mo. To Prevent Wood Poisoning nvt'ly at once tlio wonderful old reliable OK. rORTKR'S AN YISKeTlC UKAI.ING Oil,,a sur Kical dressing tliat relieves pnln ami tu ais at the same time. Not a llultueut. 25c. 50c. (1.00b LAND SALE. Stato of South Prolin?. Count) of Lauren*. in Court of Common Picas J. M, PITTS & PRO.. Platutirt against GRO. A. BROWNING, JR.. Defendant. Pursuant to a Decree of the court in the aboVO stattet case, I will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder, at Lnurens C. 11., s C? on Snlesda> in December next, being Monday the ist day of tbc month, during the legal hoUI'B for such sales, the following de scribed property, to wit: One-half Interest In all that lot, piece or parcel of land lying, being and situate In the state and county aforesaid, in the .own of GoldvMe, containing two acres, inoi'e or less, bounded on the north b> land of Ilia lock ami llrowniny. on the east b> public road leading froun Laurens to Newberry; on the south by public load leading from Milton to Wh'tmlre. ami west by land of L W. C. Blalock, said lot having thereon a seven IOOUI dwelling house. Terms of Sole: cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. If th?> terms uf s&l? are not complied with, the land to he re sold ou Bomo or Borne subsequent Salowla) OU samt- terms, tit risk of former purchasor, c a row mil C.<\ C. P. and ?:. s i .aureus. 8. 0. Hated, this Nov. S. 1913. 16-3t Asthma! Asthma! POPHAM'S ASTHMA REMEDY Rives instant relief and an absolute earn '< in nil cases id Asthma, Bronchitis, and Hay Fever Sold by druggists; mail on receipt <i pi Ice ?> oo. Trial Package by mail io cents. WUJJAMS MFC CO.. Pr?e*,. Cleveland, Ohio LACHEMS DttUG CO. Laurens. s. c. W'c arc sbowliiK a big tin.- of Porco* tutors In Nlckh- Plated ware and in Miimlnufrl S M. & K. II Wlikes & Co. IT PAYS l<> BUY IN LAUltKNS, IT PAYS to hi \ in LAI'ltKNS. J.C. Burns & Co/s Department Store The Red Iron Racket is by far the largest retail house in Laurens. You can buy very near anything you may need in this Big Department Store: Clothing, Hats, Caps, Shoes, Dry Goods, Millinery, Rib bons, Laces, Embroidery, Hosiery, Underwear, Notions, Shirts, Collars, Ties, Suspenders, Handkerchiefs, Gloves, Pants, Overalls, Ladies' Dress Skirts, Shirtwaist, Underskirts, Corsets, Corset Covers, Long Coats, Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, Drugs, Stationery, Candy, Tobacco, Cigars, Trunks, Suit Cases, Um brellas, Rugs, Oil Cloth, Window Shades, Wall Paper, Crockery, Tin, Class and Enameled Ware, Lamps, Lanterns, and Racket Goods at WAY DOWN PRICES. WHY PAY MORE? Come to Laurens and buy your Goods at J. C. Burns & Company and Save. lo to 35 per cent of your hard earned money. Our buildings are packed jam full from Basement to the Ceiling of the worlds' best merchandise gathered together under one roof ready for your inspection. THESE GOODS MUST, SHALL AND WILL BE SOLD. We Guarantee that all Goods listed in our Circular are the same quality as sold by all other First-class Retail Houses. wholesale: and retail?. r.i<; STOCK. Soda, Soaps, Matches, Raking Pow ders, Tobacco, (!igars, etc. Big stock heavy Winter Shoes at money saving prices as long as (he stock liists. Hurry up ami gel your Shoes. You "11 save money. (Ionic along John and Listen to my song And get your winter goods I lofore i hey a re gone. 1 good Lantern for.32 Special lot good Sweet Candies, lb .. .10 MKVS HAT?! Just made a big deal in Men's hits going at .48. .75. .98. $1.39 up to $1.98 Our bats cover the head of ibis Pied mont section like the dew. NOW FOR RED 11< IT PRICES. 25c Table Oil Cloth.15 25c Colgate's Talcum Powder . . .15 $1.00 Watch, good timepi. .. .68 $2.00 Solid Gold Hand Ring_ 1.00 10 boxes Matches (worth 50e) .25 12 cakes Polo Soap.25 8 cakes (no) Laundry Soap . . .25 20c large Tin Bucket'.10 50c Men's Heavy Underwear.. .38 5c Good Callico.04 1 2 $3.00 Eight Day Clock.1.98 1 Durham Duplex Razor, guar anteed .29 20c Tooth Brush.10 1 Table of big values in Crock ery, (-ach.10 50c set white Plates.39 50c set Teacups and Saucers . . .39 Don't fail to see our 5c. 10c. 15c and 25c bargain Tables in the base ment. $1.25 Men's "Pants.98 $1.00 Alarm ('lock, wake tip .. .59 :? lbs Epsom Salts (30c) our price.10 1 lb Sulphur (10c) our price.. .05 All $1.00 bottle best Medicines made for.84 All 50c bottles; bur price.42 We carry a full line of Standard Medicines. FIRE FIRE! (inn Shells, loaded, red hoi prices. 0 lbs good Parched ColVoe now ....$1.00 Job lot Plates, teacups and saucers goln i at per se|.30 Hosiery for I he w hole family, warm members .08c. .10c. .13. .15 up I.....25 "We wan I your trade" is why wo sell same goods for less money. 1 large (20c) Tin Bucket.'.10 Big values in Tinware, Crockery and Glassware, down in the basement. (Ynne and see. Burns is making the Iii? fly. 1<> boxes Searchlight Matches for.25 Good warm Gloves going ;it 25c. 39c. 48c. up to.98c ?."?<? Corset, extra long.43 $1.25 Corset, extra long.08 WE BEAT TUP WORLD ON CLOTHING. Men's Sails range in price $3.98. $4.87. $5.98, on up (o $15.00 for a regular $20.00 Suit. Special values in Men's Over coats _$4.69. $5.98 up to $12.39 Boy's Knee Pants Suils, the best values we have ever brought to the Sunny South. Suits range in prices $1.39, $1.98. $2.75 up to $5.89 for the $7.00 kind. 1 large Art Square 9x12 feel at 2.97 $1.50 large Rug.98 $6.00 large Rug, our price . . 4.25 Men's fine Dress Pants $1.75, $1.98. $2.48 up to $4.98 for the $0.50 kind. $1.25 Men's Bull Dog .bans Pauls, our price.98 .lohn B. Siels..ii Hal at $3.48 for the $5.00 kind. And other fine Hals $2.25 up U> MILLINERY. The latest creations in Hals, and Ihey are just, beautiful. You will feel like buying 2 Imts when you sec the low price we sell them ;it. Call and see Miss Florence Jones and lei her make your hat. You will be glad you inet Miss Jones. MKVS NECKWEAR. Four in hand Tics and bows, beauties too.10. .15. .25 to .43 Skirls for everyday and Sunday loo.'. ..*. . 39. .45 up to' .98 Don't go ragged. Paul-..98 up h $4 97 W.ar clot lies, led good, do good, smile and he happy. ? ( ( ITTON IS IT." Cotton goods at same old prices here. Iliirrv up and buy your cotton good". Molley has j.'1'eal Working power al Red I f?n Racket, w hich makes n possible I" >e|| same good-. I'or los? money. "SWEETER THAN EVER" 21 lbs Standard Granulated Sugar $1.00 SHOES: SHOES! For everybody from baby up in granddaddy. We will save, you from 10c, 25e to 50e a pair on your fall bill of Shoes if you Will come to J. <'. Burns & Co., the big Department Store, and figure with us. $2.50 large Family Bible.98 Special lot Ladies' Collars.10 10c Lemon and Vanilla Extracts .08 l'.'.c pkg. Black Draughl.15 '.' cakes Toilet Soap.10 We can save you from 15c to 35c on your purchases made here. The proof pf the pudding is eating of the pudding, not chewing of the bag around the pudding. The proof of our saving you lo |o H5 per cent is in buying your goods here not men ly talking aboul it. Come buy a bill and put ii,*- lo tin lest. MEN'S AND BOY'S CAPS. Big ''.ip values going at .15. .25. lo.48 Spei ii lol Men's Hals, bought at house samples and odd going al .68. .98. 1,48 Fine Dress Hals latest styles $2.50 guaranteed Hal for . . 1.98 RED IRON RACKET CREW "Is Johnny On The Spot" and will wait on you. Messrs R. E. Thompson, R. L. Simpson, Carl A. Bramlett, Smith J. Martin, D. R. Simpson; L. E. Burn-, and Miss Florence Jones. Six Special Bargain Days Each Week. Don't Spend a Red Cent Until You Get to Company l^f^l^ if^^^l^ t^E^*J^L^^^^tk..^^ ^ ^ Company We arc Located Completely out of the High-priced District 210 West Laurens St., Ne xt to Bramlett's Shop