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e Not a Fsjper Though Barefooted. For scute nnk' gentleman elegantly j dressed. c>.cc >? a.s regards his feet, has ; been walking -rr several hours daily in j one of the j r.tlic gardens of Mo-cow. ! On hi- feet he wore neither shoes nor stockings. ;.: d f r :h> reason he natural- j ly attracted :ruch attention from the ; crowds t!:..t frequent tile garden. That he was a m..n of wealth many pcr-ons .ro' :'r. hi. cxtremclv fa ll ionablc at::rc. J)::: why he did no: c ?\cr his feet they could rot understand. l ite my-ti ry ha- now been solved. As the odd locking pcdc-trian was walking \ in the garden the other day. an elderly woman, confident that lie was a beggar, approached him. and. taking out her purs* handed him twenty-five cents, sayitvjft "Take this and go and buy yourself a pair of second hand shoes. I am only a poor w. man: otherwise I would give you more." Willi the-c word- she went away, hut the gen.'crr.an followed her hastily, and. holding i ;u the twenty-five cent-, lie said: 'Tica-c take this hack, for I really do not nad it. 1 can buy all the shoes 1 want, but am a disciple of Kneipp. and I think it healthier to ?o barefooted." The won?n. however, had never heard of Abbe Kneipp.ar.d. -rill convinced that the tuan was a beggar, she refused to take the money, ard hurried off so fast that the gentleman could not overtake her.?Arte i on Jicrata. High LijhtsThat courte-y which is not oWquioti? iicss is the finest grace of commerce. Escape from yesterday and faith in <to-morrow help us pud through to-day. With the thing- which money will buy human nature con- -ics itself for the tlungs which money won't bny.?Chicago A'?v< rd- He rani. Look Carefully To Your Kidneys Dr. Jenner's Kidney Pills 4 cause the kidneys to work as nature intended they should. Thev build ud the sic.-?'ken walls of the kidneys, as no known remedy has been found to do before. As a cure for urinary troubles they have no equal. io, 25, 50 Cents us DR. W. V. BROCKINGTON, Kingstree, S. C. |5ubtle | Dyspepsia ii unrecognized in 55 liulf the rases, it deceives tho gK unknowing sufferer. Its many w Bg variations wcrk along the weakest BR lines of the system. To buttle against only one of them is vain. 3*. H) Uur booklet explains its synip- (fin ^6 toms. Our DyspepsiaTabletsgivo dft ma complete an 1 lusting relief. fx* I DyspspsiaTablets 11 S ?3 Ino" SOC! ? DK. \V. V. BROCKIXGTOX. Kiugstree, S C. Don't Force Your Boivel with harsh minerals which ilways leave bad after-effects on the entire system, and where their use is persisted* in, tend to completely wreck the stomach and bowels. ..USE.. Edge./sCathartic Confections The cr.'y harmless, vevetab!cv bowel regulator, and liver vitaiizer known. As pleasant to the taste 2.3 candy, and as positive as the harshest iTiincra!. iNo gripe or pain, C30 JO, 25, 50 cents. Lit. \V. V. BUOCKINGTOX, Kiccstree, S. C. v.* ... ? I Benefit to t!ic Farmers, ^?|?y HE question is often asked your Commissioner how the stone roads are of any partic? ular benefit to the fanner, and whether the increased taxation resulting front the building of them j docs not amount to more than the advantages sained. This question is more easily answered. says the fifth annual report of the New Jersey Road Commissioner. by citing the practical results in some sections of the State. Gloucester County and the southern part of Camden County are great producers of watermelons, tomatoes, white and sweet potatoes and many other varieties of fruits and vegetables so largely sold in the city markets. Before the advent of stone roads the leading highways not graveled were almost a bed of sand, through which teams struggled with forty to fifty baskets of produce to the Philadelphia market. The roads were so heavy the farmers were largely forced to ship by ivilroad and by boats passing down the numerous creeks that intersect this portion of the country. The expense on the few baskets they were enabled to carry from the farms to the city wore so great they found it much cheaper to send by car or boat. Now. since the leading roads have been macadamized toward the (lloucester City ferry, there are from 1000 to 190o teams a day passing to and fro on this ferry, where probably front 200 to 400 was the maximum before. These teams now carry from 100 to 173 five eighths bushel baskets of vegetables and fruits, while before they only carried from forty to tifty baskets. They are now carting to market instead of sending by boat, as they once did, and returning with "three and five ton loads of manure. Their reason for so doing is that they offert a very large saving. Their experience Is that the average basket of fruit or vegetables sent by boat to Fhiladelphia markets costs from six to eight cents a basket; the items of expense by boat are two cents for attendant, and one and two cents for carting in city; total, scveu to eight cents: then. If the commission be added, it would average three to four cents more; total, eleven to twelve cents. By carting an average load of 130 baskets the farmer saves by the use of his own team about ?10 a day. so if he were to cart about five days in a week tliere would be a saving of $."0 a week, less ihe ferry expenses of seventy-five cents a day. Another advantage consists in the produce being landeu at the commission or consumer's door, thus being in a much better condition for sale than when going through its different stages of handling to and front the boat or cars and the rough usage of carting to the consignee's door. Then the farmer by marketing bis own produce very often saves the commission by being enabled to directly dispose of it to the consumer. The charge of selling is ten per cent.; 021 an average load of loO baskets the commission would be somewhere in tlie neighborhood of $t>. This, added to t!ie $10 saved in transportation, swells the saving to $10 011 each load. This calculation seems large, but if It were one-half realized it shows how the stone yards benefit the farmers. Tiie result has been, where the early opposition of tiie farmers of <Gloucester County was marked by the sending of numerous persons and petitions to the Legislature to have the stone road law either abrogated or the mandamus or forcing clause stricken our. that applications are being rapidly sub h.uuu'u ior ule remonstrances. making it impossible with the limited appropriation to come anywhere near meeting their petitions. Another one of the results is that the far:n::v are rapidly buying larger, heavier wagon's with broad tires, and ir' the present rate of increase keeps on the capacity of each wagon will he almost equal to that of the small boats formerly need in this carrying trade. The Sand Itnad. Shale harms a loam or clay road, but improves a road of sand or broken : :o : . since u prevents the evaporation of the moisture from the roadbed. Th -ivfore a sand road can be permanently improved by planting trees so as to shade the traveled way. They will prevent, in part, the drying effect of the winds, as well as intercept the rays of the sun. A road on pure sand improved temporarily by covering it wl.h a layer of any vegetable libre. as <! -; raying leaves.straw marsh hay. waste j i: >; rnr.ni i1 Oi* Si.n\iZiS-T. ClC. *1 1 i;S li'.rcr.s maiorial s . >n in- 'uMcs i:u-.. - ' Voraud vitb th* sand and deer. a- s Its inobiiii.v. The vi'^.-taLlc ma d cays .and v.vnrs out, : !: ] < ; rncntly ilie i-: is contniraiivdy tent vy. The ii ny'.n of time s-mdi , enpcdiiuts will last depcuds u>)jn the climate and the amount of travel. I I Sand roads Improved with three to four inches of shredded wood (excelsior) have kept in reasonable condition for a year or two. The only thorough and permanent improvement possible for a sand road is to add a layer of tough clay and incorporate it with the sand. This is expensive at best, and it Is difficult to get the sand and clay thoroughly incorporated in the right proportions. Inllnettce on Farm I.lfr. The inllucnce of good roads upon farm life is to dignify it. They make country life hotter worth liciug: they broaden, educate and uplift this most important branch of the commonwntiltli iliov hrim? the mlvnntflfes nf tlio church and lecture platform to the residents of country districts: they relieve the country dweller of isolation and drudgery. LICHTS ON IN THUNDER STORM. Trolley Car Order in Torce in Kanun* City. During a thunder storm at any time of day the lights in the trolley ears of the Metropolitan system arc always turned 011 by order cf the company, says the Kansas City Star. There arc two reasons for it. One is for the protection of the car and the other for the protection of t' e passengers. When tlie lights a'*e on and the ear is at a standstill the trolley pole becomes a lightning red. When a car is in motion the electric current, which leave- I tlie power house and is carried along 011 the trolley wire, passes through a wire in the trolley pole, into the motors of tlie ear. setting them in motion. anil then down through tlie J ] wheels into tlie rails, by which tli3 I current returns to the power house. | Thus the trolley wire, tlie car and the 1 rails form a complete circuit. When J 1 d.f. mi. !c o ctmdstill thr? cnnnec- i ' tion between the trolley and the motor j is rut off. breaking: The circuit. However, turning: 0:1 the lights lias the same effect as putting: the car in nio- , tion: that is, it complet s the circuit. < That is the exact reason why the lights arc 011 during: a thunder storm. Should lightning: strike a trolley ' wire the flocd of current would ho J carried with a rush to the nearest car. If this car should he in motion < r the lights ho turned on so that , the circuit with the rails was complete there would he a chanco that the extra current of the lightning's stroke would pass down the trolley pole and Through the ear into the rails . without doing any harm. The principle is the same as that of a lightning rod. which carries the electricity of a holt of lightning into the ground. But when there is 1:0 connection the current of a holt of lightning would hum out the motors of the car. and if 1 ?? ?i. wrvtiia tiio ear Ml'OIJJi riiuiirii 11 uu?> and injure the persons who mlgh l>e riding in it. | Tiie Metropolitan Compnny lias had the rule for turning on the lights In trolley ears during a storm in effect for a long time, and it is believed that ( by 1 hi-; simple fact many serious accidents have heen prevented. WORDS OF WISDOM. " " ' ?W|,l?l, nrnUs the ' ^OUMICUiil! I 2* in.?i m miv.. beggar above the dignity of a king. Life, without tlie absolute use of the actual sweet therein, is death, not life. (Irani causes are often made to appear as fanaticism through too much | talk. He who always complains of the clouds receives little of life's sunshine and deserves less. In this world it is necessary to look at things in their host light. Life is so beautiful and so short! Slow natures are often, at critical i times, most decisive. Itight and j wrong stand out to them in distinctive colors. There is 110 such thing as self-deception. It is easier to find an old friend than an old mother. Friendship begins . with liking or gratitude?roots that m can be pulled up. Mother's love be- ~ gins deeper down. If a proneness to egotism has been brought about by too narrow a life, the evident remedy is to widen it. To come into frequent contact with many people of different occupations, tastes, opinions, standards, who look at life and men l'rom utterly different points ' of view, will do much to unseat the I solf-sutlicicuey which is so displeasing [ aiiJ so often attacked in vain. Ttic "Cl?l 3Irtt?" Z'luiit. | la neai.y e'ery old-fashioned tardea j i:i the no:i!) of Europe, says Median's Monthly, a plant of wormwood is regarded as essential. Tlie leaves dried, r df.e.il i ) powder, mined with bread into a i ill. is a a infallible remedy as a vermifuge. It is li.-o called "old j an"?but why is :. it on record. .va.r.Iariy. on the IVcilie. Artemisia t';.ii.'i r::ia i< a I.-.- ceiled "old man." Ti e Indians la-lieve they can foretell the weather. ! ' before the rainy sea?! a < r.m s. the root.; are not mere than ijit- hes long, there will be ph ntv of rai::?if over a foot, there wiil be a dry season. 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