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F~ive or six domes will break any case, and if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not return. It acts on the liver better than Culomnel and does not gripe or sicken. 25. Advertis iga Sale! I ~u'OU don't leave your rig in the mddle of the road and go to a fence post to read a sale bill do you? Then don't expect the other fel low to do it. Put ani 2d In this paper *then. r'1sardless of the wenther. the rellow you want to reasch resadi your annou rnee men~srts while 'era :ed at his tt r sde if he is a pr oitectivec buyer Iyou'll have him at your saie. One extra.hi buer aften pays the enire expsense of the ad, and It' s an por nl. that won't pull that buyci. An nd In this paper reaches r he people yous are after. BI lls may be a necessity. but the id Is the thiung that does the Uuilness. D~on't thInk of havu.., In special snle wahhout us ing advertislig space in this. paper. One ExtraBuyer at a sale often paysth entre xpeseof the a. Get ThtBue SACRED TREE OF SPAIN. And Its Connection With the Ancient Euskarian Language. You all k now abolit the Charter oak, Ihint tree that figured in the light for inldepentence of the Ameri en colonies, and perhaps you have heard of other trees with natlionil sigillenn2ee. lid you eve' hear of i the snred free of Spain ni(1 the tluoinlls by which It. 1s p9rpetutled? i stanlid. close to I It town of tleillen, il lIllscay. fnd11 tillder Its sprending folinge the general Jun. tats ar1e Ilaiguratedl. . SeverI cetii1 rtes ago, whe Spin was ai loosely tied bundle of m1ore or less Inlependent states, the lords of Iiiseny took their oath tinder one of 111e parents of t his m111110 tree. where a ston'e bench was providel for their use. ats symboll of the enduring solidlity of their reign. In some respects the free shows at deep. "r symbolsin thlin is to be found in the bench of hewn stone, for both the family dignity andl the thiskarian lan gunge are hnnded fiom father to son. In lint Isolated region a form of speech that is utterly different from both Frtench aind Spanish has b~eeni malintaiiti!e( since the beglunings of Eu ropean civilization becnuse each father maside It his iusiniess to Iistill into bilA eldest son the iden hut . It was his duty to perpetunto his In igunge aid the peulilar Institutions of his race. The tree of the Il1ns4ues is e110 of the hardilest of nil the hardy things to tie found around the Iny of Islcay and the Pyrenees moultlains. The one that is now standing was taken from the parent tree in 170 and adt(] been grow ing for thirty years when its 30-year. old progenitor sneeumbed to age and a hard windstorm. Another shoot was started from this one forty years ago. ---St. Louis Globe-Democrat. CHINESE LETTER CARRIERS. Feats They Must Perform Would Tire a Hercules. Ilow nanny of our own !"ostimen would cre to transfer Iheltr ices to the (Chinese postoillee? To get. Ito the postal servie fin Chi lil Is not an easy matter. Inl the first plilnee ln1 apilielnt must have streingtii aind courage, and ii Or der1 to :rltin these he must le prepared to undergo an very (tuee' iethod of training. lie must wander through mountains and valleys, forests an ltd coves. The exact tu1ne to be occupied in a trip of this sort is fixed by the law, andit a very heavy ine I Imposed for any unne'essary delny. The would be postman11 must repeat these trips lit night, anid If he listens to the habd spirit, thereby failling to ny pear at the required time art at speellIed place 1he is sure to lose his olance of being a1 pos1man. Ilut that. is not all, for he Is obliged to cnry enormous weights for miiny miles and Iiust return wlit his burden within i given time, though hi s roand u5sually takes hIt through districts thirsk with h:ndits. Inl tirainlin1 , the postman ents very lit tIle-though he Io used to this--n1111 tries every triin hug exereltie. 'Then coeis his real exi n hil tlm1, under the (1tre tion of the gov",ernmaent oilleis-,1. IIIe Is aken1 into a large room, where. suts pende'd fra a Iligti Ibeam. are very heavy saeks filled w%-iit rocks. lie musist give i switinIg motton to aill Ihese sacks, run to and1 fro bet wt eei them). enrefully guarding himself atginst a blow fron te healivy weigh .-!Iondon Globe. Ancient Football. Piip~ Stubb1101 wrot~e in 158'3 in 1h1: book on "The Anatomi410 e of A buses:"' "For 141 'oncern'1 ing foot ball I pro I es1t unt you OUIt may13 rathe hiet'1430 enled ai freendly3 kinde(1 of liht Ithan a play113 of 'reeenion1)1; -n bloody a111nd urlthering I raet ice than11 a felow'ly sporilte of1 1111 tymie. For Eioth not ever'y (one lye in wailht for 111s Adlvers4erie, secking to 110se, thlouigh It he( on1 hard'O stones,14 so4 that by thlis mnnaes siomietme t1114heir backs, sometimes101 the(ir' legs, sometimes101 theIr armns, somtie one1 par0j)i1t thru'ist (lut of Joy lt,* Nomletme an104 hother; 1401110 111m1e1 the noses0 gushi out withI blood. somimIlies Itheu' eyes star1t out-fight 11ng, bra wlin1g, conten('ltlon, qlIurreh lk lng, mliur'theri, hom111h'le( and1 gr'eat effu-' saon of blood, 11 as expeience1 dayly Beethoven's Fits of Rage. lleethovent'I'4 blehaior)1'was often natro lus. Ini givig (essons11 to4 young In dies lie woIuhlmll mes41101111 tear' the miuisi to 41iee and 1se1nt'Ir II('It ablouit the4 Iloor 01' even'l smas11h thle fnurilture. Once(1 whlen plytyig in company1 11' ther'e l43ef ' th pino.1e14 Iie 14 one eint.e lri'e "I'll1mou1 (441 Colposers1." Horns of a Dilemma. ('o111lii lIng linleso 441 4 41 et4. t in- I : 14en . 44to l 1 b ln'(e; ho('Iel th I ui': 1 y 4 t I tho' "horns"18' (f lan ail1. Humility Not All. I IInIlity Is t he p':i o f 3 lIh.M ' ' E. ently Shie DidI. / As.1 14r'nIl lk'ters hulrt thle sighdt, 334 dol 0'. 1ll matters hhn11 that is too 1muc(h In. te- o hI.Pht-rh DARING WHALERS. Risks They Take When They Dive With the Harpooned Animal. Many of the Japa nese whalemen are most expert aid daring mIei After it whale has been conered. harpoonel and is slowly giving out fro m ex hanus. tion the liimb1lle expe;rt of1 thel- whlain. Crew 1inust prove his ll. ''Te skilledl,10 after Ju111111,lu pon the anunni1:t's back .1nd1 cut1tin:41 Iwo gushes in the heaid, onte on e ii 'r sile. through wlehi a rope liist I' lln nud tied, 'anit always pefor',eu his work in one trhi. Often the au,. .11 tinikes t deep dive. But the ilttle .1:11p lulist hold fast to his quarry an dlive also, trusting to the fates that his own air supply In his lungs will last as long as that of the whale's. The Jdfp Is safer from being drowned than from being crushed by the inIu rlated minimal's tail. If the little Jl) lets go it usually means his death, so he hangs on to the diving quarry. Fre. quently these whalenen lose their lives fromn drowning, but the members of their crew look upon this iuisfor tune with something of a fatalistle re ga rd. But the mnain business in hand is the cnpture or the whale. As the fight progresses and the iuitddened, fright cned tnniinat grows wenker and innal. ly is dying the boat crews row closer to the body and pray for the ease of his dep'artig spirit. Members of the crew will call out the words, "Joraku, Jornku, jornkii!" and on the third day after the mamiinl has been hauled ashore a service is held and prayers oflered for the animal's future content nment of spirit. As soon as the nulimal has been tow ed to the shore line lie is cut up, the Japs making huge excavations and lpenetrating liside the animal's body, as though entering a mine shaft or gallery. Ii Is ii grewsome sight, but Is looked upon purely as a matter of colrse iong the Jap whalemen. Exehiange. HOLD UP YOUR HEAD. It Will Stimulate You Mentally as Well as Physically. In a ietter to Rlobert Grimtshaw of the New ourk unlversity William Mul dooia gives ndvice that It would be well for every motan and woman, boy and girl in America to take to hearL lie says. "I was taught In early manhood not to throw my shoulders back, stick ny chest out, draw my stomach in or hold miy Chin down like ii goat preparing to butt. but to always 11ry and touch some Imaglitry thing with the Crown of my hiend. If one tries to do that-first un derstadlts how to try an1d then tries lie doesn't hae to pay atiny attention to the rest of his physical being. That effort to tolu11h somilething above him not w!th Ii his forehend, tibt with the crown of his head, will keep every par. t1ie or his body in, the position that natulre ilerileil It s.hould be. Al it s a boy I was alvisedi to fie iielitu tly back up lagainst the wall and manke the back of 1ny head, m3y shotil tiers, hiips, heels all press g: 111 the wall at the same timie, and in that way get. tit ies of wiiat was straight, or, lin ot~her word.. how crooked I wa"s becom-. ing b3 lroolping.'' 1;ot1 to 311tn mttel ohd Mar. liildoon's ohlI voil head up" suggest ion is in. spiri ing 'Try it. The effect physicl ly anld uena lly is ltiiediate. W1 hen the he:d ios bi lier thelit 1mpul isIs to (deep. er breanthing. A aiinnI findus iniore eias-. tielty in his limbs5. lie steps: (oult wI'ith mlore ease. 'There I la ore' spinag to is galt. lie isn't a iumb eriing, shamIlblut~g cicantire, biut aI man11 aiv e, WVith the e'levat Iion or thie ('rowni of the head here Seems11 to ('oIne eenrer thinikinag, a tuorel' butoyantt fe'eling 1and( a brihter otloo(1k -C'ominereie and1( innnce. Open the Eyes Under Water. Practil'e Opin(1g thle eyes under wa tei' in swiminlg, for with fav torable conditlins thlere is mluch to be seen and enijoyed in the queer. ghostly light be low. Tile ability to see when below the surfaee miay some timle pr2ove of priceless value. It is one of' the attri butes (of swli~umin~g, and2 it aay be ieadiily mallstered'. Butt do not1 open tile eyes unitil well belowv. Th'ie closed lid sa an2 ampl pr1k'i1otec'tionl lien one is pilnging from11 any h1'ieight. aind it should remini~ closedi until the first swift down war d rutsh Is ende(1d.-Alli Out Sizes of the Planets An ingeniious waty of c'omlparinig the sizes o1' pla2nets with the sunl Ia stug I .t the enruth, he says, bi e~ reresenited by a1 twtylt3 frane piiec'e; then1 V'enus is l5 fran23s, .\ ars 2, .\ t'reiltry 7. Urianus 30.?ThI 2ni3d t he still 3.7xi,OllO Didn't Care For It. 10' e'r try hllgutl sioap?" 2151.ed the 13:i. alid' di l'i waIIo" I'~le h -lhy a l "Ohi. wtei. o I havite to cat soap I'd Jusi as leat ' '.v it as driiik tt.' Money .my - .2 b. Shie -Wh\at s tIs I '' I i Ibot yur a0 ? iig'e - ome 32t31-'3 beemn 'iuhlin .~ -3 Wi w'. tas I le woman1211 Tr 4bh~iny s'icIt ' ..'ens. "lie' 03 e sI : ie n'giu; at, la he? "Well, I si'''nd saiy noil. Why, that nuan - 'aidn't eiivine a wvom: ii thati tuli was i're.ts v "-lA)I,1i'l enia Sb When You Come to Ths Store for the First Time You'll be received as a new friend. You'll find a spirit that will make youlike us;---whether you buy or not. You'll meet expert salesmen ready to help you and give you what you want---not what they want to sell you. You'll find Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes the finest made. You'll see the famous Varsity Fifty Five suits and the Varsity Six Hun dred overcoats. It wont take you long to ppreciate the advantages you get,/ y dealing with this store. Your complete confieneeismore valuable to us than any money you might spend for merchandise. Clardy &Wilson Laurens, - - S. Carolina - * I ttSpod c CU n lry live to c r' ' :. t. .'he 1 0.O :nd never Ii' fu '' ,{. i y l1 old enoW h to - -OI/'(.Iq., !-.'' V( y9 il not T *g ..~C* 'j kno r'm' joyv and ~ T . 1';," i;- _V ii': -? elr. h *t roiled y. c arette u nles you t cn ng-er c m4 pith Prince Allert tob: co! A. comes to you wi'1h a real re'son for 'i te goodness and satisfa:i Ci it ofir s. I i ms : r y a patented pr(. that rei nov" s htt an: perc You can e it lons; and hm wi m (m - ' ba rlince Albert has atvny 1 .n :o '1 t } ' u - pons or premiums. We p ea r to ; . -Prince Albert affords the keenest pre i - fI.E'tD if enjoyment! And that flavor rand fv Quiill i'3L coolness is as good as tha t '. ;t wnswers the universal <c ., r t bacco without bite, parch or luc Introduction to Prince A1bert i (ny harder Prince Albert 1s sold everywuhere in toppy red bags, 5c; tidy red than to walk into the nern p C. tha 1,t e tins 10c; handsome pound and half-pound tin humidors and-- tobacco and ask for "a supply Of 1 A. ' o pa oi that -:lever crystal-glass pound h/Ir...or with Aprye' nt. ten, out a little change, to be sure, b ut 'i the chLT top that peeps fI tobaccoin such splendid condition. fullest investment you ever made! the . national joy4 h 1 ut smoke R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Winston-Salem, N. C. Copyright 1916 by R. J. Reynolds Tobacco ( n. im-rFos, A lild, Effnctito Laxative & Liver TB. R. TODD UN' k Doos Not Gripe nor Disturb tho Stomach. K BrRrI )'v iV contains Cascara in tcc tLa)t -rbl. for. 'n, a ~irnt eIhev Lxativenn1Tonic. Lnx-on Lrd Snrejys a Sveelalty Undea:i ' and Emb'hnerg acts effect ively a:.a dIoes tot gril nior net.et"ndE(Amr't' hiturb stonach. At the same time, it aidi jamrete Work Skillfull; done er In Calls answored any hour. tay or ight. (1l estion, arouses the liver and secretions s p ie, cun .stores the healthy functions. 50c. 4:'swngs oud eisiuates of all Kinf LAUREtINS .& 1;.