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WATIR TOYS OF THE EAST ingenious in the Extreme Are the Con. trivances Devised for the Amuse. ment of the Youngster. Europe and America turn out for their children many ingenious toys, but they do not compare in ingenuity with the strange expanding water toys with which the children of the far East have amused themselves for con turies. These curious toys are placed- in small wooden boxes, similar to the.lit tie paint boxes often seen in our own country. They have the appearance of soilld shavings, broken matches and dilapidated toothpicks, but when thrown Into the water the ingenious playthings at once exhibit properties that show them to be more than mere toys or bits of stick. The wood of these toys have .been kiln dried, and immediately it touches the water It begins to absorb the water and to expand almost indefinitely. As it increases in size it separates and suddenly opens, becoming a very pret ty toy. One stick will change into a flower pot, containing a rose bush In full bloom. Another becomes a fat mandarin carrying an umbrella. Still another will take the form of a sea serpent, very ferocious in its tiny di mensions. Then, too, there are toys Wvhich show as whales, tigers, croco diles, 'etc. The fidares are colored, and present a bewildering variety In. de sign and treatment. Their manufac ture is a trade secret kept by the guild that turns them out by the thou sands. For older children there are provid ed larger and even more artistic f1g. ures, consisting of historical charac ters, rulers, poets' and soldiers, and dwarfed trees and tiny houses, whose doors and windows are full of inmates, are .also among this class. The more ordinary kind cost a mere song, but the finer toys are quite expensive. DRESS OF DIVIDED COLORS Peculiar Garments That Are Allotted to Inmates of Holland Orphan Asylums. The Dutch differ from the Chinese in announcing to the world the birth of children only in the article dis played. Tho Chinamnen hang a piece of ginger over the main entrance to the house, while the Hollanders indi cate the event by a 'piece of lace, com bining with the lace a pink background for a boy and tinsel for a girl. The orphans of some of the cities of Hol land are quite conspicuous, and espe cially so when seen on the otreets of Amsterdam dressed in what might be termed half-and-half clothing. The east half of a boy's coat, including the sleeve, is red, while the west half is black. The dresses of girls are divided in a similar manner, but are topped off by becoming white caps, which make the young misses look very neat and attractive. This singular style of dress is said to have been adopted to enable the railroad officials, as well as the authorities, to keep track of them, says the National Geographical Maga zine. As the orphan asylums of lol land have the control of children com mitted to them until they are of age, the more mature of the unfortunates (wearing these odd gar-ments in pub lic) present a Very striking appear ance. Ember Days. In the Roman Catholic and the An glicaun churches the Ember days arc three days appoInted four times in the year- to be observed as days' of fasting and abstinence. They arc the Wedlnesday, Friday and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, after the feast of Pentecost, after the 14th of September, andl after the 13th of D~e cember-. Tihe Ember (lays dlate from 'anm early per-iodl in church hiistory3, andl~ werd introdued~ into IEngland by Au gustine. Originally they were only in part devotedl to beseeching the grace of the Holy Gihost, as periods when ministers were adlmittedl to holy or ders4; but It is to tils p'urpose that the E~mber days are nowv particularly de votedi, Rlomian Caithllecler-gy beinig or dained only on tihe Satur mdamys or the 1Ember days, while the whole (churchl fasts andl prays, andi a generally simI lar usage prevails in the chlurch of irnglaind, which has apipointed specil prayers for use at theOse seasons, but usually appoints ordlinations for Suni (lays or holy (lays, Dutch Colonies. Holland, with a population number Ing only a little mere than six million and witih an area only about one-fourth the size ot' thle state or New York, raniks third among the countries of thme earth in the number of its coloni als and fIfth among them In theQ area of its colonies. Only Great lBritain and France have greater tpolonial pop ulations, and only Groat Brnitain, Vranco, Germany and Portugal have greater colonial areas, The Dutch rule six times as many peoplWe-38,00,00 coutsidle of Holland as there are within its boundaries. Your Own Predestinator. The cause of every condition in one's life Is primarily in his own men tality. The outer things that senm to be caused areo merely occasions. If one is looking without, blaming oth ers or circumstances for unpleasant conditions, lhe will fail to find a remn edy. There is no more f'mportant truth for the overcomer to learn about him self than this, that he is the one who 'inakcei his own body and his environ )net Whein he knows this he can FRENCH 1FL,L WHY PROGRESS IS SLOW but Say Warfare Ili West Is wen ring Down the German Armles. Paris, Aug. 5.-An explanation why so little progress is being made in the French and Delgian war zones so far as actual ground gaining Is concerned, Is afforded in a statement froin Un utiestionable authority in which the almost insurmountable difliculties of the present struggio are set forth. "During the last six months," says this authority, "there has been veritable siege warfare along the length of the broken line of trenches. In this war fare lnane4vers are Impossible on ground where every square meter is marked and swept by artillery fire. The only. alternative is a frontal at trick. Such an attack is smashed to pieces in one part or another against the formidable organizations of de fence, in which all the resources of art and science have been eniployed by the two adversaries. "In concrete subterranean works, arliored and casenlated, flalked with rapid firers and mortars and linked to one another by miarvelously concealed commiunicating trenches which are protected by the fire of heavy bat teries, dwell the infantry. To take pcssession of one of these works, it is first necessary to dismantle these trenches and destroy the material which they shclter. This is the artil lery task. No one before the war Could have imnagined the vast amount or shells required. Several thousand shells fired during a few hours on a restricted space announce an attack for which this preparation is being made. But 110 matter how numerous the heavy guns or how Well directed it often happeiins that the prepaiation has been insiflielent. One or two rap id ii rers inowv down the troops whlio cn11111) front tle trenches ready for the clarge, aid after siffering heavy sac rilices the attacking party arrive at he ir'st line of the trenches of the e'ieliny. The opposing artillery With i a literal wall of fire, effectively preven ts aly reinforceients from advaniciig to their support. They must fortify the captired trenchcs, being subjected the while to nIiuch niior'e accurate bom bardinnt as the enemy knows the ex act range of their former positions. Such offensive mnovenIents could not he multiplied indefinitely. Neither can such offensives be Improved. Before beginn ing an attack large quantitites of material .and projectiles lunust be gathered in one place, advanced for tilcations dug in the ground minutely studied. Wearig Down Eneiny. "if despite these dificulties the French ariny reiiews an offeisive at the price of a bloody sacriflee It, is witi the consclenidlous niission of holding large eneniy forces on the western front. By the Marnie victory 11. stopped tle invasion and in ibled Ihe first G crn'iani plan, which was, iirst, to shutter France and retii in then aginlost Russia. It would be a seri os miistake to ineasure 0111' effort by tihe groun11d contlinered; tie deinoralizxa tion and wecaring down of the Gerimh armny is the real goal. We have at tainued this goai since it has been pr'oved that dur'ing these six monthus the enemy has suffered heavy losses and, taking ever'yting into considera Iion, lie can only remiove from our' front eight 1101 cent, of his total ef fectivye." Th'le stateomen t thlen reviewus lthe ohilef battles that have been fought on the we s tern fruntI, tell Iiig of thle reOsul ts achIeved by tihe allIes, and adds, "'bit eveni wvhient no0 engagement~iis takeo place lie irole of thle tri(ops ini thle trencl(he~s is a continual battle, the first line of iinfaty IVoinly ai few tmoter d''S ist antI froin thle einemiy." P'ies Cured In 6 to 14 Days Your druigglst will refund muoney if PAZO OiNTMENTi frills to cure any case of Itching, Bilinid, Dleed ing or P'rotruding Pies in 6to 14 days. The fihst application gives Hfase and Rest. 50c. Wamter' iilles, .iny of the smaller hikes o ndi ina a fewv years ago Iloated an abund aiiee of wa tor i'll ies. As thle yoears havye gone by and the tinmber's of ex ciirsioist s and sitiaunune guests at these laces have Increased thle lilies have greoa tlyd(ecre'ased and flown soiue ilk's almost disappeared. What a beautI iul flower', beautifuil In its inys 1i(n) Ilovel iess is thle whbite wvateri lily, whIch belongs to the nsame species as the lot us, which the ancIent 10gyptians held( sacred! Hiow lovely is out lIly floating amid Its gr'eat roiunded loaves closing at night to i'eappeai' the next mornIilng in all its unspot ted puily. ~July and1 August nare the months foir thiis floweir. An 01(1 writer in enthu siastic admlir'ation of this lily says: "Alh, huow~ lovely It looks, floating double, lily and shadow, with Its br'oad leaves looking like gireen resting lplac en foir this qumeen of water's to sIt upon whIle dlipping her' ivory sandalls .in the yielding silver; or', when rocked by a gentle breeze one may falncy they look like a movIng faIry fleet wIth low green 'uilis and~ white sails, slowly me king for the shor'e!" But unless the vandal hand of the visitor to these lakes is stayed these lIlies will soon be as rare as white blackbiirds PICK OUT YOUR OWN MORAL Possibility Reader May Determine That There isn't Any in the Story Related Here. Once there was a farmer who got Plumb discouraged. It seemed as' it whenever he got a good crop prices were so low that it didn't pay to haul the stuff to market, and when prices were high he had no crop. At last things got so bad he said he'd be hornswoggled if lie was going to work any more. lie figured that if he was going to starve anyhow, there was no use working himself to death at the same time. So when spring came he didn't plant anything at all, but let the iveeds have full sway. Everybody predicted that he would be in the poorhouse inside of six months, but that didn't worry him in the least, because he knew he was headed that way anyhow. There was some talk of electing him county sheriff In order to provide for his family, butt his political convictions were all wrong, and it couldn't be done. A bout this time a bunch of sports from a neighboring town were looking for a site for a country ciub and golf links. They asked the farmer how much lie wanted for his land, and just for a joke he said he would sell it for seven hundred dollars an acre. lluch to his surprise, they took him up and paid cash for the whole hun dtred acres. ''lie farmer moved into town and lived happily ever after, lending money to his former neighbors at exorbitant rates of interest. If there is a moral to this it must be that some people are born lucky. CALLED DEAD FROM THE SEA Peculiar Custom of Indians That Really Seemed to Have the Effect Desired. On the rugged coast of Washington by the Copalls sands (writes a friend of the Companion) there is a tower from which the Indians watch for sea otter. They are very eager after that game, for the hide of one of those Creatures is worth all the way from $500 to $2,000. Two young indians were watching one day wlen they saw a sea otter off in the surf. Two shots froi their riles killed the otter, and then they rushed (own to their surf boat. The sea was heavy, and when they were out some distance from the shore their boat broke in two over a comber and the men were thrown into the sea. One of the Indians drifted ashore on a piece of wreckage. The other, although a splendid sHwimmer, was drowned. The news soor, spread to the reservation, and the Indians from far and near came to the beach and stood on the sands, silently beck oning to the sea to give up its dead. It wias a solemn, impressive sight the stalwart, rugged, copper-colored men aild women standing at the verge of the sea foam asking the sea by the motion of their bands to send the body ashore. For three (lays they waited and beckoned, and then a dark object was seen (rift ing into shallow water. Sometimes it was burled completely from the vfew by the heavy surf; then it was seen again a little nearer, and so the body of the dead Indian came ashore at the call of his tribesmen. Youth's Comipanion. Fish and Game. The fishes of prehistoric times were always identical with the fIshes of to. day. Perhaps this is not so very sur prisitng after all, for wvater is water always the same. It does not change. It is not subject to climatic variations as are the earth's mdre sol id totons. The fIsh of this country now have a monecy value fatr In excess of its game. Seine of us can remnemtber whetn this was not so, w~hien game sold for dollars andi~ fIsh for dimnes. ii ad it been p~ossi-. bile to propiagate gatme as it has tlish, no doubt thle result would still retmain as in otnce was. 1llow the one has shrnuk atid the ot her growni by lea ps and boituns told by the ('xhiblits of each at thle San Farancisco expIosit iou, antd no better objiect lesson (an th e hadl or the gaht of one and thle less of thle otheir thtan by vilsitintg the variouts din lays of' each. Ali (of which points out as a proba bie fact that at no (list ant dlay in Amuer'ea the rod will supersede the guni, and1( shootinug, except at the trap, will be0 limtit ed to a fortuntte fewv owninig well located ptivat e preserves. --Outing. lnundationis In Holland. Desite thle gr'at (likes of Illland,. holdinig at bay the eager waters of the sea, there ar- .record(s of terrible ini undl~ations which have claimed great numbers of the populationi. Ini the lat ter' part of the thirteenth cetutiry the waters overcame the (dikes at thte mouth of the Ems, causing a loss of 80,000 lives. Again, in 1421. the over flow of the leiuse burledl 72 villages and dreownedl 100.000 people; and in 1570 aniother 100,00t0 lives were swal lowed utp by the North sea, when it broke through. Hard to Fill. 'Queer reqiuests are often receIved for prescripitions, which might puzzle either dloctor 01' chemist, far moreo sklilel than the proprietor of the ordli nary driug store. Ilere Is one recenitly rep~ortedl. It is a note from an excit able mother, whose nerves were ap parently as much in need of treatmett as the digest ion of her infant: "My little baby has et up its fa thor's p'railh planter. Please to senud an anecdote by the inclosedl little girl." ---Youth'n omnnnion. NEW FALL GOODS ARRIVING AT MINTER COMPAN We announce the arrival of first shipment of Ladies' Coat Suits and Men's Clothing. Perhaps you are going away and will need a New Coat Suit or Dress Suit Case or Trunk. We can please you in these, and invite you to call in and look them over. New Models in Fall Coat Suits, $12.50, $15.00, $20.00 and $22.00 New things in Ladies' White Hats - - $1.50 and $2.00 Michael Stern Fall Suits for Men just arrived $15, $20 and $25.00 Summer Goods at Closing Out Iices. All Summer Goods are Being Closed Ont'at Reduced Prices. Our Contest Closes August 20th. MINTER OMP N * This (Coupon Is good for 30 votes *. *'S Phei it nt I *evil Nuniler L %' .'- mid $1.110 * iI 3Miter Co. ('otest. *le''s "We. A V I'11ol 3.iltiig. Cr ~Iljot(l(eld. kII ding Pt C't(iii-e tha~t it aimls to stil l'nion ()IIIn-r 3Iyoo Liuor ('reed.ou Second and third divisions of the I 1-e beei a 'l~hi1 to state wiy I .d i-ets. lantron-els Association ll -I be held at .1)11 fa o of polb io . I "I e ls.it tle ,11u ag of ie S - l'oplar Springs 28 and 29. Ike my ostion clear 1 , pieme (01C r I I II a olina, S iti lld a y. I alt lop p se d t o t ie liq o r I t , iitlo', i l its n tt re, is d an g e rou s D evotional exerc ise "s. ea los e it ,rod ice s v onoin i c w aste. so ,he inoral; of oo i ore , Ii alth, hlow to 'ray.- W . .. haldtwd in, .l eca ut , a j di ga i a s pen- and s afty o r t c IieO pl&' . Cheek. ti t, It a ii ally wastes m illions o I w a fo r l y Ii favo r of local o - Dities of 1)eacons.- Il. II. Mahon, .1. money and sas the vitality of iillions tion by counies lit iqor ivCI 'I 1. Martin, A. 1b. Moore. of 1e1. ('"tily lies. I caIil l it oteet ile The ideal Ilome.--.. 0. Martin, A. Iecatise it is an enemy of law and it Ii of ml family by keeping my lot M. Drummiond. order. Cleati, if 1ilt1 is allowed to aeu The Sin of I'rofanit y and Useless Il i t Is t etietily to lii le i l Ile rem ises of my neighbor. Speecl.-W. .M. Coker, Z. 11. Trayn- morals and putlille y. The I mule il 01)111 tn, b trItlie in lot lutl, C. B. obo. eca se it has kIlled mote ilien aniicl y ticets. ie Iratile Iti slaves wet Siliidty. brotught sorrow andl~ dcxtliution lInto out before tihe rising t ide of Chistiani )evot ional exercises. more homes than war and pestilene. s(iit , and the legaliel taIfie fil Ilow to Iave a lRevival.-J. A. lecatise It. lures and seeks IC gi it Is 111,00c, C. IT. Roper. i lisal I l lt aw' by feedil" tig iipoti tile Iino wlls n flow 11roekd. C.o II. Irooper. H-las (Ile State ile Itight to Kill Peo- l;oys of ott voittry. Newberry, .1tily :10, jsle for Their Crimes?---I. L. laggot. flvaise it Is te open doo, to fraud Recess for d111(iinr. and graft. P'rohihition ani its Ilestilts.-.\. .1. lleatise it debaces out' 11111 and Soe o ilne of Ice 'I'eai t'eex- r.i 0ow*I ngs. I debases otil publthIic senItimet. a lid lid ii ig tat (its. We av I v iii-111 Ma rks of a Rteal Christian.-Open Reca o It Is coi iiia itatihood iii 1 0 ma ii trile 'Iow rices. i. .I w se been se t and wh I For in fao $390.00ton Ien n)Ford mTour i C lar 440.00ngwh For psd Totoa the. liuo 640.00ie: meyand i isoas te vitalit of simil~is iti'" Pofit-hrn g priitsl~iii ceenuse 01 it) 'it n l enemy it ipltitsblicdli iii piss I oreal s t 1d 215 pu li d enlcy. la Itswll a ' uI(its~t. lttihi(cause it hki Clld' mor en iandt liits~ i 1110 t s broughsf t s W orouw and esituion intotttlli/ii sev cml ileCause ithr ores an setk t~'o glu~itshi'lii 'l'hre s aI~sleCause not itt he n doore PtloCi' tfa ugdnitc a NO'l'l(E TO eRI)s O iNtS deauhes our mae andl~es 'lrbteCi leadtps edrs's ingpees ta tamst u 4> Motor-rt our schools andiimproveeour LAURENSnhelanuaS.f teCu rnIe 'u44fSut>'roia