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STORM SAVED BURNING SHIP Waves, Breaking Over Abandoned Craft, Extinguished the Blazing Benzine. A strange shipwreck story, unreport ed by cable from the Azores, arrived at New York from Horta, Fayal, by the Holland-America freighter Zanudyk, which was forced to put into this port by heavy weather that reduced her coal supply. Captain Barendsen says he learned from the skipper of the Norwegian tank steamship La Habra, 4hich arrived at Horta on February 7, bound from Talara bay, Peru, by way of the Panama canal, for London, that her cargo of henzine caused an explo sion aboard as she was nearing the Azores to replenish her bunkers. La labra was quickly ablaze from stem to stern. About half of the crew were on the forward part of the tank and tho other half aft. Fearing that the falls and other boat gear would be burned, the tank's skipper ordered all hands to leave her in lifeboats and stand by. The engines had been stopped and La Ilabra drifted into the trough and, as she was deeply laden, the seas, which were very high, washed over her. The chief oflicer and live men were in a boat towing astern when the hatches of the tank were blown off and cataracts of blazing benzine shot over her sides and stern. The boat's painter was burned off and the chief oflicer and his ien went drifting (own the blast, being without oars or sall, and disappeared. The other boats were threatened with destruction by the burning benzine, which spread out all around La llabra, making her look like a fire ship in a lake of flame. The skipper of the tank expected her to be destroyed utterly be'for his eyes. Ile was elated when a giant comber broke around her, dousing the fire almost completely. Other seas helped in the work, and all hands ex cept the chief offiver and those in the vanished boat went back on their ship. They found that all charts, books and instruments of navigation had been de stroyed. London's Treasures Guarded. Extensive precautlions havo been taken in London to guard art treas ures against the menace of air raids. The custodians of art galleries and museums long ago removed to vaults or similar places the most precious of their portable exhibits. At the British museum a number of priceless manuscripts, books, and other objects have been stored away in safes. Some measure of risk must, however, be borne in a building which contais 40 miles of bookshelves and massive pieces of sculpture. Visitors to th National gallery fild the major part of the building closod. At the Guild. hall the most valuable pictures have been placed iII the basement. The mnagulficent Gainsborouigh, "Fording the River," has beon removed from the walls. In the corporation strong room in the basiemt is stored what is probably the finest collection of municipal records in the world. It includes the charter of William the Conqueror "to William, Bishop and Gosfegdh, Portreeve, and all the bur gesses within London," securing to them their ancient liberties. Every reign since the Conqueror is repre sented in the charters. The Latest War Story. Soldier's Uinmarried Wife' (who has been living with heir man for' eleven years, to charming and aristocratic widow, the local representative of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Families' asso ciation)--Well, ma'am, I'm going to be married next week, andl I want you to come to the wedding. You've been so kind it would net be right without you. Fair Widow-I shall be delightedl to come, Mrs. Brown. What (lay is it? Mrs. Blrown-On Thiursdiay, ma'am. Fair Widlow--Thmat is ver'y unfor tunate. I am afraid I cannot go, as I have another implortant engagement. ' Mrs. Brown-Is it very impxortant, ma'am? Can't you put it off? Fair Widow-Well, the truth is, I am going to be mnarriedl myself. Mrs. Brown-Ah, I quite understand. Tt doesn't do to miss the chance of getting married when you gets the opportunity!-London Tit-Bits. Real Sanitation in Air Towel. An "air towvel" used in the large public lavatory in the District build ing at Washington, D). C., is the inven tion of J. M. \Vard, superintendent of the District building. In appearance it resembles a rectangular box eleven inches by three, set in a sanitary base having twelve-inch legs, with an open ing in the top of the case in which the wet hands are held while being dried. The dlevice consists of a lowv er that forces air through an electric heating element to ducts and detlectors suitably placed for distributing the warmed air to all parts of the hands at the sanme time, and is operated by a foot lever or pedal, which in turn operates a quick-adting switch, there by setting the blower in motion. By removing the foot the device is put out of operation. The hands come in contact with no part of the device, thus assuring a perfectly sanitary op oration. Point of View. The pretty plaintiff had testifled fpr three solid hours. She had talked and talked and talked. "That is alJ, madam," said the law yer. "You may leave thme witness box." "Chatterbox," grunted the lawyer for the defense, for he was mafried and had suffered.-Philadelphia Pub lo Ledger. * Leading Exponents of the Spirit of Progress Among' the Business Men of LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA Attorneys at Law Banking Wholesale Grocers Jeweler, Optician Opera House Featherstone & Knight Palmetto Bank NOIC[ M[RCHANT Opera House "PIKEi", MANAGER Lnurens, South Carolina. We call attention of our Attorneys and Counselors .J. 1. Piugs, Pres. .. J. Craig, Cash. tht e v to e ffce at Law. It. 11. Terry, Asst. Cash. and oir iiowv located in the Company, and a change of program Capital Stock $50,000. warehouse on Sullivan street) I AM HERE TO PLEASE every day Surlus 15,00 ust bel w Eiclelb rge's M Y CUSTOMERS AND WANT M13 A D P S AN H I Prompt attention given to all surplo PATRONAGE. 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