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' MEERSCHAUM PIPES. erieans, It Seems, Do Not Make or Keep Them Right. "You don't see the best raeer?chaum pipes in this country," said j i German pipe dealer who learned " -'.is trade in Vienna. "Why? Because the Americans are in too hi? a burn*?haven't time to take care of J meerschaum, haven't even time to learn how. When the American is through smoking he knocks his pipe on the heel of his shoe to remove the ashes, shoves it in the most handy pocket and is on the run. "Now, in tho old country a man takes his pipe seriously, very seriously. lie expects his meerschaum to last him a lifetime and then be in good repair to hand down to his heir. The pipe is passed from generation to generation, and it is always handled as carefully as a newborn babe. The smoker never touches the bowl while it is warm. That would spoil the fine, glossy color. When the German has completed his serious and meditative smoke his pipe is laid very carefully | away where it wii! cool properly and without danger of scratching. He does not ram it into his pocket with other miscellaneous articles, as the rushing American does. He ( takes his time and gives it nis care and attention. "The best meerschaum pipes in the old country are made of soft meerschaum and are hand carved. Then they are boiled in beeswax. The soft meerschaum absorbs the ax. The fine color is produced by | the wax and the nicotine combin-, ing. When the pipe is smoked the _ ?wai softens from the heat. That is j why the pipe should not be touched while warm. Touching mars the gloss. 'The American manufacturer! does not carve or polish them by hand. The work is done by machines. The soft meerschaum, if treated that way, would break, so hard meerschaum, a low grade, is used. The hard clay will not absorb beeswax, so it is boiled in glycerin. The most beautiful colors cannot be produced with glycerin.", ?Kansas City Times. L . ? ?v A Poet Physician. pV 0i Hearing of Dr. Goldsmith's great: or humanity. <& poor woman, who beP*\or ieved him to be a physician, once "j " sue .rote to him begging him to prePy or -ribe for her husband, who had aT P^ost his appetite and was altogether j 0 ? very sad state. The kind heart-. oi? ed poet immediately went to see a, h?r and after some talk with the jL qydian found him almost overwhelm T je^ed with sickness and poverty. ^ *cl "You shall hear from me in an ** u: hour," said the doctor on leaving,' * "and I shall send you some pills j which I am sure will do you good." Before the time was up Goldsmith's servant brought the poor woman a small box, which on being opened was found to contain 10 i guineas, with the following direc- j tyons: "To be used as necessities require. \ Be patient and of good heart." _ > No Reward Offered. <rHave you lost anything, madam?" asked the polite floorwalker of the square jawed, austere looking V shopper who stood before the "Lost i and Found" window of the large dex partment store. a "Yes, sir," she replied; "I've lost 114 pounds of husband in a light brown suit, with black derby hat, y*8 small tuft of hair on its chin and a !?' frightened look. I lost it in a crush pj. at the fancy goods counter. It's an probably wandering through the tobuilding in search of me, and I the - thought perhaps you could find it | in t* easier than I can. I want it on ac reba- count of a bundle it is carrying un- i t^ 'der its arm." ?Woman's Home | tr? VJournal. seev OS Absorbing. \ "What arc you reading that causes j . . you to smile so delightedly ?" ^ "I beg your pardon." mortS }'ou w^ia* are .vou reading ? at hai Something new *n fiction?" than si; "Fiction? Just a trace." roar#, o) "Any poetry?" at the uii Well, that's more like it." member Oi^ot philosophy ?" board or a >ienty 0f ;t? <uSrfnSar^ come! What are you readshall pcrso ? ' J fMira^em^6 report of the secretary of td, or who?u^ure- Don't bother me."? mamiiartnn?land Plain Dealer. ?eeut to ap le.* above m Clear Evidence. any reblge?What's your name? i? t\om an>soner?I'm Pat Murphy, your rewer, deallerein provic-jiere do you live?? ""ahaYbe*?10' 1 d?n t livC an-vwhore' emeanor, an, . , fined not '^e (t0 second prisoner;? lan $1,000, t's your name? ib?r for n m Denis McCarthy, sorr." ?r inoie tl Where do you live?" led ana ;Begorra, your honor. I live next rn ot th?,or {0 pat Murphv." ? London "" ,be Punch, atraiac rent, % AUTHORS' HANDWRITING. _ , Jules Janin Would Rather Rewrite Than Read His Manuscript. Charlotte Bronte's handwriting : seemed to have been traced with a needle, and the penmanship of I>rvwoj nfrrrrnvw m tvnll fnrmPll ilflfl ClllW "WO v ..V, decidedly phasing to the eye. ' Thackeray's writing was marvelous: ly neat and precise, but it was so i small that microscopic eyes were needed to read it. Longfellow : wrote a bold, open backhand which was the delight of printers. The handwriting of Captain Marryat was so microscopic that when he rested from his labors he was obliged to mark the place where he left off by sticking a pin in the paper. Napoleon's handwriting was I worse than illegible. It is said that i his letters from Germany to the Empress Josephine were at first taken for rough maps of the seat of war. Much of Carlyle's temperament may be read in his handwriting. He I wrote a patient, crabbed, oddly em-1 phasized hand. The chirography of Walter Scott, Leigh Hunt, Moore and Gray was easy to read and ran smoothly. It was not expressive of any especial individuality, however. The writing of Dickens was minute, and the author's habit of writing with blue ink upon blue paper, with frequent erasures and interlineations, made his copy a burden to his publishers. Byron's handwriting was a mere scrawl. His additions in his proofs, often exceeded in volume the original copy. To one of his poems which contained only 400 lines in the original 1,000 lines were added in tne proois. One day a distressed compositor appeared at the house of Jules Janin and besought him to decipher some pages of his own manuscript, i Janin replied that he would rather rewrite than attempt to read over what he had once written. Few printers could read the copy of Balzac, and those who could invariably made a strict agreement with their employer that they would be required to work at it only one hour at a time. Even after the hieroglyphics had been translated into print the proof sheets came back more illegible than th<? original copy. While having his house repaired Rufus Choate had promised to send to the builder the model for a carved mantelpiece. Failing to-obtain exactly the kind of mantelpiece that he wanted, Choate wrote to his workman to that effect. The carpenter eyed the missive from all sides and finally decided that it must be the promised plan. Forthwith he set to work to fashion what would have been the most original mantelpiece ever made.?New York Tribune. i ne uypnoj or nun^ai/ Hungary is the home of the Tziganes in so far as they have any home. In all other European countries they were persecuted for centuries, but in the fifteenth century the Hungarians took pity on them. There are about 150,000 Tziganes in Hungary, and, with few exceptions, they are musicians. The typical Tziganes may best be seen near the Croatian frontier in the district I of Nagy-Karped. Their camps are always set up at some distance from the town or village and if possible near a forest. Their huts have but one room and are devoid of furniture. Tziganes take their meals and sleep on the bare boards. Many unsuccessful attempts have been made to restrain the Tziganes. The Emperor Joseph II. once allotted land and ordered them to cultivate their acres. They turned their houses into stables, set up tents near by for their own use, and to prevent the corn given them for seed from sprouting they boiled it. Method In Her Submission. 'I'd like a transfer for Fourteenth street/' she said meekly to the conductor. "I can't give you one now, madam." he returned fiercely. "You should have asked for it when you [ paid your fare." "Oh, very well/' said she. "He's a hateful old thing," de- j clared her friend, who sat by her. i "I wonder you took his sauce so j quietly. Now you'll have to pay' another fare. Why didn't you ask i for it when you paid your fare any-; way ?" "Because," she answered, "I have I not paid my fare." ? New York Press. ; Good Service. "Was that a serious call?" asked the nervous citizen. "No," answered the driver of the ambulance that had dashed madly down the street. "The case was not serious, but our trip was not in vain. We did good service on the return trip, picking up the pedes- j trians we had run into and people i who had been thrown out by horses j we scared."?Washington Star. \ \ ? BIBLICAL MYRRH. j You May Buy It and Frankincense In ' the Drug Stores. A druggist recently gave a Sun-1 day school teacher a shock that he * is not likely soon to forget, says the 6 St. Louis Globe-Democrat. While c seated at the soda fountain the * teacher was delivering a lecture con- * cerning how much the world had \ forgotten since ancient times and ' how well it would be if we could : learn something more about the!s nrtinlps nf pvprvrlnv lisp for in- i ^ stance, mentioned in the Bible. "Now, there's gold, frankincense ? and myrrh," he said, "that the wise; men brought from the east. Of!c course we all know about sold, but c who knows anything about frankincense or myrrh ?** "We've got 'em for sale right ^ here," said the druggist, reaching ^ for a bottle, which he placed on the j counter before the astonished lec-' turer. "Here's your frankincense, i and," setting down another bottle, [ "here's your myrrh. Now, while ^ I thirk of it," bringing a third bot- j tie, "here's your manna too. They r ate all gums. Myrrh is the dried sap of a genus of trees and shrubs ' growing in Arabia. Persia and In- ^ dia; incense is composed in great . part of the olibanum gum, the sap g of a tree which grows in Arabia all along the Bed sea coast, on the east r coast of Africa and in great abun- < dance in India. T "To make the incense used in the s churches the olibanum is sometimes mixed with myrrh, cascarilla v and storax, also an oriental gum. l The shrubs producing ravrrh are found all around the Mediterranean,' j, the best qualities coming from Sic- f ily. The manna of the drug store ] is also a kind of gum, an exudation , from several varieties of small trees g and shrubs growing in Arabia and x here and there through southern ^ Asia. The monks of Mount Sinai ^ pack 600 or 800 pounds of manna t every season. "Both myrrh and manna are often used in compounding prescriptions, c and incense, of course, is in con- 1 6tant demand in the churches. It is rather curious, however, that dur- f ing all the centuries from the time <3 when the Jews marched out of ] Egypt myrrh, incense and manna t have year by year been collected and a sent to Europe from the same coun 1 t i.i? ? i. I tries in wmcn iney are urst uieu- j tioned and that the incense burned a in our churches today is of the same t kind and comes from the same r places as that which smoked in c Aaron's censer." p t He Wasn't Excited. In Sullivan county, N. Y., a story is told which had to do with a man who was picking blackberries when ^ he saw a black bear coming his way, r nose to the ground and, as he 6 thought, following his trail. He c put the bucket down hurriedly and, r selecting a handy tree, made for it with the intention of shinning up ( to a nice strong limb, prepared to a stand a siege. Along came the bear, j head down. It passed the half fill- j, ed berry bucket without seeing it, g passed the tree without taking notice of the man's scent and went on down the path until it was out of e sight. "Now," thought the man, t "ia the time for me to beat it for | home," but when he moved as if to fc climb down from his lofty perch he a found that in reality he was sitting t on the ground with his arms and v legs wrapped around the tree trunk. Excited? Next!?Forest and Stream. " I Origin of tho Rothschilds. The founder of the Rotjjgchild famih*, Amschel Moses Rothschild, kept a coin store at 152 Judengasse, of Jewish quarter, Frankfort on the t Main. Before this shop was dis- r played a red shield; hence the name a Rothschild. Amschel dealt in curi- c osities, art goods and old gold and o silver. His son, Mayer Amschel, e was born in 1743 and died in 1812. d He, like his father, continued in the b coin business. In the course of his ii coin business he met a collector, the court banker to the landgrave of Hesse. This banker was so impressed by Mayer's business ability that he loaned him money for investment, and it was in this way t that the great banking firm of * Rothschild was established.?Elder J' Monthly. His Compliment -j fvnm !1 Vmshand's liDS is al- n -1 ?I ? ways pleasant to the wife, but the praise may be too discriminating to suit her. "I thought it was nice of you to r tell that carpenter, who seemed to t think women know nothing, that I could 'hammer nails like light- < ning,' " said Mrs. Morse to her hus- c band. "But I'm afraid, dear, you h are not an unprejudiced judge. I o really don't think I'm such a very j; good hammerer." "Oh, he knew what I meant," said c Mr. Morse cheerfully. "You know r lightning never strikes twice in the same place, they say." I I 1 < - ^ CALLED TOO LATE. | \n Incident That Is Full of Human < Interest. "Shall we call ?" That is a quesion so frequently aske<l and so coutantly discussed that the following xtract from a letter recently writen from a small town may be of inerest. It tells its own story and eaches its own lesson, says the New fork Tribune: It was a short romance, a passing ummer episode, but my eyes fill nth tears whenever I remember it. rhey looked like children, he and he, when they moved into the fororn little house on the roadside in >ur village. "Just married, of ourse," said the gossips. "Shall re call? Better wait perhaps till re know who they are and what his msiness is," etc. So no one dis urbed them. The young husband rent to town early every morning, ind the little wife sat alone on the >orch and awaited his return. They >lanted morning glories and nasturiums and hung a hird cage among he vines, so the place blossomed nto new life and looked as it had lever done before. The young peo>le seldom left home. Only on Sunlays they walked to the Presbyerian church and rut i:i a far back >ew hand in hand through the ervice. One duv 1 saw the doctor's cariagc in frout of the little porch. Dear mc!" I thought. "I wonder rhat is the matter there. I must ; urely icok in tomorrow." And I lid. l .:t, u'-is, a grim visitor, who .11! 11 j I le denied, had been before 2?? rc As no one responded to my 14 ;nod:, 1 opened the front door and ct ound my way to the sitting room, g; u cn instant I knew what had hap- $ >er.ed. There sat the poor boy ilone, his face buried in his hands, rhile his whole frame shook with r* Iry, tearless sobs. I put my hand g ipon his shoulder?he was younger cj han my own son?and I whispered: "Oh, let me help you if I can." "Oh," he groaned, "if you had inly come before! She was so loney. She longed so for a woman's _ land and a woman's voice. Yes," ? le added, "you can help me. Tear lown the flowers when I am gone, i ley were hers. And give away her I >ird. I shall never see this place I tgain after today." J The sorrowful departure took 4 ilace that very afternoon, and I did j ^ s he requested. I never pass the >are porch of that house without ! ^ cmembering that I had practically 1 ? lenied the kindness and the sym- 1 V> >athy so sorely needed and craved >y one of my sisters. 1 jjjjj YT( Thoee Haunting NoUa. : There was a peculiar sound from he direction of the woods as the nc aember of the Bird Lovers' society ?? at in the window of her friend's P? ountry home one summer after- mi toon. ' Sf She quickly took her small "Bird M juide" from her ever present bag j tnd rapidly turned the leaves. At j) ast she paused with a smile of sat- ' gfaction and listened, with her fin- , ? ^er between two leaves of the little _ took, till the sound came again. W When it was repeated an expres- ' ion of doubt flitted across her feaures, but still she was hopeful. 5 "You probably know many of the ; tird notes, living so near the woods ind in such a quiet spot," she said o her friend. "Can you tell me ; chat bird that is?'" 5 "That," said her friend briefly, j Is our goat. We shall have to move i urn farther <> ?." ? Youth's Comtanion. ? A Wei! Drcirc(.' Hsir.. Lord ltu>sell when practicing at he bar one day examined a witness i 'hose evidence promised to be damging unless he could be previously onfused. The only vulnerable part f the man was said to be his self steem. Th; witness, a portly, overIressed individual, went into the ox, and the great lawyer took him n hand. Mr. John Tomkins, 1 believer K "Yes." ^ "You are a stockbroker?" ? "I ham." | Lord Russell regarded him atten- | ively for a few moments and then I aid, "And a very well dressed ham $ ou are, sir." The shout of laughter which fol- ti oweu completely uiscuncei teu Jir. <; .'omkins, and the lawyer's point 9 ras gaired.?Scottish Nights. An American, Most Likely. The ''seeing London" automobile rj oiled out Piccadilly in the direc- fi ion of Hyde park. ' "That, ladies and gents," shout- B d the guide as they passed an anient edifice surrounded by a high "" rick wall?"that is the town house f the Duke of Dea, one of opr lar- J est landed proprietors." T The eyes of the beautiful Ameri- w an on the back seat were illumined ho nth sudden interest. "Who landed him?" she cried.? ?1; London Mail. t. Norths FloridaA passenger service u ^<maa ?? |i CUIUbUIIIIUI ltO|UI|^CU V Dining, Sleeping and 1 For rates, schedule, i tion, write to WM. J. (tenet * Two New Bargains. No?62 179 acres, 25 cleared, 4 torn dwelling, barn and stables, r miles to P O, 3 miles to lurch. High land. Bigbarlin. Near Rome P 0. Price 1,000. No 63?35 acres, 15 cleared, 6 >om dwelling, barns and ables, 1? miles from town of arpers. Land higb and first ass. Price $1,000. Write or see Stoll Bros. Kingstree, S C. REVIVO j*? RESTORE! nMt wsmaa tRBAT ?dnce? flae remits la 80 days. It seta werf uUy and quickly. Cures when others tail. iung men ean regain their lost manhood, and 1 men may reeorer their youthful vigor by Ing BE VIVO. It quickly and quietly reives Nervousness, Lost Vitality, Sexual eakness such as Lost Power, Falling Memory, ssuog i/iwum, idu euecia 01 seu-auuse or sen and Indiscretion, which unfits one (or idy, business or marriage- It not only cores starting at the seat of disease, bat la a great irre tonic and blood bnllder, bringing ck the pink glow to pale cheeks and reirlng the dre of yonta. It warda off apjaohlng disease. Insist on having BJKVIVO* other. It can be carried In vest pocket. By ill. $1.00 per package, or six (or f 5.00. We re free advice and counsel to all who wish It, th guarantee. Circulars free. Address YAL MEDICINE CO., Maria* Bid*, Chicage, IIL For sale in Kingstree, S C. By C Scott, druggist. ' 1 (}. Ollie Eppsi K1NGSTREE, S. C., Dealer in V General Merchandise. SPECIALTIES Bibles and Tesameofs, School Supplies, i Fancy Stationery, j Postcards, I . Waterman's g Fountain Pens, I McCall Patterns, | Candies and Fruits, I Fancy Groceries. | Call on me g Corner Main St | Opposite Depot. I 1?17-3 mos. ^ II WII IIMIll IELP IS OFFERED O WORTHY YOUNG PEOPL2 c earnestly request all youngr person--, no matter w limited their means or education, v. ho wijh to tain a thorough lusiitcss training and yyVi r-os?m, to write b;- first mail for our fTeat h?lf-r?*to "cr. Pucccs--, independenccan.1 prolktl'lc Avr-.unc e guarantee.'. I^n't delay. V: ite toi.-. 13 Ct.-i*.I2. Ecrlr.ws CcSaiJr, "-en;., r-. ? ' > T-. ' * V * > r ''"*A 1c @st ftp JOHFAREoflfen/EL =n (feeIP South -Cuba. unexcelled for luxury rith the latest Pullman 'horoughfare Cars*, maps or any informa* CRAIQ, ral Passenger Agent, ft Wilmington, N. C. I 21 ?'Vr :JfJ* ??? - ^4, j m tiB 11 ska&A,c^d "M ? f. . jO XW W.LBw A. C Hade BASS & HINDS, Attorneys-at-law KINGSTREE, S. C. f 9-20-tf. . < M IDK Hi ll lski> Cltv. s. c. M " Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty. AH Work Guaranteed. =i==a ? I : .. W. L. BASS Attorney at Law LAKE CITY, & C. ? I Dr R J McCabe Dentist EINGST1EE, . - S. 0, 1 ? FOE SALE. H Brick Id an? quantity to sott porchat er. The Beat Dry Press Machlne-mada Special shapes made to order, "vorrs- .- ? pondence sollc' ted betore placing roar order*. W. R. FUNK, Pressing Club Notice. Since the recent fire I have re* opened my Pressing" and Tailoring business upstairs in tbe^_ Punk building where I will be pleased to serve my patrons. J. P. Fulton. $1 1-15?tf. Auditor's Notice. I, or my agent, will be at the follow- rjj ing places on days below mentioned for the purpose of taking returns for year y$ 1907. Returns must be made for all , -1 personal property and for all sales or purchases of real estate made since J returns of 19C6. All males between the ages of 21 and 50 years are liable to PoH tax unless exempted by law and must make a * . return of ?auie. A penalty of 50 per cent will be emposed upon all parties failing to make I return. January SB K"inorsf-r<?#> 1. 2. 3. 4 and 5 9 Indiantown 7 Benson Bloominevale J Morrisville 1&- a Rhems 11 M Kingstree ? ? / >w Rome 14 yS Lamberts 15 "-M S B Poston's Store 16 E F Prosser's Store Leo ' 18 ^ Kingstree 1? .'i Church 21 >1 Scranton 22 ^ ^ Lake City 23 and 24--Cades 25 Concord 26 :,, *a Kingstree 2* and 29 Mouzous 31 M February Kingstree 1 and 2 J| Gourdins Suttons -? ,'dH Harpers J J| Kingstree 9 and 11 ~vM Greelyville 12 and 18 Salters H and 15 Kingstree 16 to 20 inclusive.. vMu JJ.J. B. Montgomery, 12-6 Co. 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