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|_g__r * ' Ma case of conscience. mgrn ____ H By an Editor Could Not Bo Judgo In a 1.utorary Contoot. I Hie editor of a magazine was inM?d to act as a judge in a prize |HHy contest. ''Is it to be an 9|HBnymous contest?" the editor ask"Yes, indeed." "And I supn^pose all the stories will be typewritH9Ken?" "Certainly. We have parP^^ticularly stipulated that." "I'm veryvsorry." was the reply, "but I can't possibly." "But?but you will be asked to ! read only the best of the stories j submitted," reminded the publisher. ! "A staff of competent readers will j aift the wheat from the chaff, | and"? "I'm very sorry, but I'll have to refuses, and I can't tell you how it j grieves me to say this, for I appre- 1 ciate the great compliment you are paying me, and I would appreciate equally the remuneration you offer. But the fact is this?my conscience would smite me if I undertook the work. You see, I have had about twenty years' experience in editorial , work, and during that time I suppose ^the manuscripts of every pop- j ular and unpopular author of the i day have come to my desk for at- j . tention. I have been in such long j ' correspondence with many of these j ?*" t-Kat T l-nAw liiiTiilvrrJt ?UbXiViO lUOb *. ivnv ? viivn > V ings well, and even a glance at my morning's mail will tell me who my correspondents are. And?do not smile?I know their typewriters equally well. I know the various makes they own. and those who prefer elite type to the ordinary size, and those who use italics and inverted quotation marks. I can even recognize an author's peculiar method of making a caret and his own manner of punctuation. But all this is nothing to my ability to spot at once an author's style. Attempts have often been made to deceive me, but only on Tare occasions have they succeeded. But you must not think . this so astonishing after all. I have I been tied down to my one line of worker a long time now, and the ? ^QjiWber of really successful writers is not so great after all. It would be quite remarkable if I had not learned something about their characteristics after all these years. Almost all of them would doubtless submit stories in your contest, and perhaps the majority of their manuacripts would be passed up to me by your readers. If, recognizing any particular writer's work, I pretended to give an opinion based on supIposed complete ignorance of that writer's identity, I should not be doing the fair thing. For that reason I must decline to act. ^ou understand me, I hope." "Yes," said the publisher, "I do. But whom shall I ask in your place?" "Some one who is not cursed with quite so puch conscience," replied the editor.?Bookman. Alliaator Food. ST There is reason to believe that the flesh of a young boiled alligator 1 is barely distinguishable from veal, 9 ?ays an English traveler. It is probably cleaner and more tender than much of the meat of the animals that are usually consumed as food on the continent or in the east end of London. I have never desired to taste the flesh of alligators, cooked or uncooked. But in India I have ^ seen the Sontals and other casteless natives, greedily devour the flesh of an' aHigator without waiting to cook it. The flesh was very pale in color and probably was much superior to the flesh of snakes and' rats and such like vermin which form the ordinary food of the predatory Sontal when hunting in his native woods. A Little Ambiguous. A group of interested citizens was observed- standing in front of , . a billboard in one of Chicago's suburbs reading a large poster that had just been put up. Some of them were greatly amused, while others were highly indignant. A nearer inspection showed that the purpose of the poster was to ce __l i avert 180 a "genuine coiorea minstrels' entertainment" that was to be given at one of the local amusement halls. The particular portion that had roused the emotions of the crowd was printed in great, flaring letters: "It will be enough to make a mule laugh! Bring your wives and children V Lost Dignity. Irish viceroys are stripped of their sovereign attributes as soon as they reach English waters, which gives point to the following story told of one viceroy and a lady with whom he was acquainted. They both found themselves on board the Holyhead packet. During the voymo froi^ Ireland the lady treated lie viceroy with ceremonious re|peet. So soon, however, as the ^ packet entered Holyhead harbor she said to him. "Now, Bobby, you're no 'anger viceroy, so take my bag and A lake yourself useful." ? London M rutli. " > ' ' \ " I . * ALPINE CLIMBERS. 'Mountain Scratchars" Hold In Con. tampt by the Natives. There are lew things tnat rouse ! the Swiss inhabitants of Alpine vili lages to contemptuous linger so j much as the spectacle of ignorant ; tourists anxious to attack the unj known heights of dangerous mountains. These villagers have spent [ their lives among the mountains and realize their perils. When they see some stupid newcomer starting out alone on what may be nothing less than a suicidal venture, says the London Express, they say to each other, "Another mountain scratcher!" The sensible tourist never by any means purchases an ice ax. One day I noticed a man enter one of the shops. He looked at the ice axes and finally bought one. "No one but a mountain scratcher would buy an ice ax at a toy shop,*' said my guide. The next day I started out for an easy excursion to the glacier, having the same guide with me who had pointed out the mountain scratcher at the shop. He at once told me that the "scratcher" had also start VU lyJL ^lanci uiiati^uuwu. When we began to get on the glacier the guide fastened the rope around my waist. Xot being a climber, I had only my alpenstock. | The guide's ice ax was ample for the cutting of necessary steps. In a short time^ve saw the mountain scratcher. lie was chipping away with his ax on a broad slope of ice that reached away into illimitable distance. Without wasting words the guide stopped me ard untied the rope. "Stay where you are," he said. "That fool is right in the track of the avalanches. I must get him out of that at once. He may be killed any moment." The guide soon came near his man, but lie was over him, and a deep crevasse separated them. I saw the guide thrust his ax forward, but the man's nerve failed, and he did not grasp it. The guide saw that he must act promptly and thrust the point of the ax into the man's coat and under his leather belt and pulled him up by sheer force. The two came back to where I was waiting. There was a low rumbling noise, which grew louder and louder. White dnrts 01 moving ice came hurtling down over the slope where but a few moments before the man had been standing. We had reached him just in time. Proposed In Publio. One of the most unique specimens of the courting crisis on record occurred at a ,JLondon dinner party. He had long made love to her, and while at the table he learned from a friend sitting next to him that his rival intended to "pop the question" that very day. What was to be done? He was some distance from her, while the dreaded rival was at her side. Tearing a leaf from a notebook, he wrote on it with a pencil: "Will you be my wife? Write your answer, yes or no, on this paper and return it to me." This he sent to her by a waiter, saying: "To the lady in blue at the end of the table. Be very careful." This servant was careful enough, but the sender forgot to give him the pencil for the lady to use. She didn t have a pencil, but she coolly put the note into her bosom and {answered to the waiter, "Tell the gentleman yes," with as little betrayal of excitement as if she were accepting an invitation to a game of croquet. Humor* of tho Law. Law and equity are two things which God has joined together and man has put asunder. When a prisoner in Justice Maule's court was asked whether he had anything to say why sentence should not be i pronounced upon him, he replied, "I wish God may strike me dead if I stole the ducks." Maule waited for about a minute and then said: "Prisoner, as Providence has not interfered I must. Three months' hard labor." A mayor on taking his .seat on the bench for the first time informed the bar that during his year of office he would spare no effort to be neither nartial nor impartial.?Ad I dress of Sir Albert Rollit in London. The Sleep of Horees. When the horse sleeps, it i3 said that one ear is directed forward, why is not known. A writer in the English Mechanic thinks this is to guard against danger, being a survival of its originally wild habits, i Ho says: "Watch a horse asleep i through the window of his stable ' and make a faint noise at the front, j That ear will he all attention, and j probably the other will fly around ! sharply to assist. Now let him go ! to sleep again and make the same noise to the left. The forward ear still will keep guard, with possibly ; a lightning flick round, only to resume its former position." V . v* s :irr '"* GQ0ft USE HI 6EBBGET0WN. Lake City Mn First Cntest of tbe Season Georgetown, June 4:?The base ball season opened here this afternoon with an interesting game between the teams of Lake City and Georgetown, resulting in a score of six to four in favor of the visitors. Morris and Lake pitched for Lake City and did good work. Frost was in the box for the locals. The home boys did some good playing, but were erratic on account of little team practice thus tar. Lake City was in much better form, having engaged in a number of games already this season. Another game will be played to-morrow. There was a good attendance to-day.? Xetcs U- Courier. ? Items from Benson. BENSON, June '6:?Our farmers have defeated Gen. Green and placed his forces in a position to hold them down, unless reinforced by a repetition of last year's continued rains. Crops are fully two weeks behind, but are looking well and growing fast and generally in good condition. Our farmers are in fine spirits over the prospects of a fine price fof* cotton the coming fall, and it is hoped that none of them will make the mistake they did last year of selling their cotton before it is made Well, Mr Editor, the good people of this (and man)- other) communities did not have a chance to sign the petition asking for the election on the dispensary question. If we had. there would have been several hundred more names on the petition. Nevertheless the names we have are sufficient for about- 3,500 qualified electors, and it is well known that there are not that many qualified electors in our county, so we will patiently await the decision of our supervisor. The good people of Williamsburg will see that their lights are respected and that they get what they ask for in this matter. Several of our young people went down last week to attend the commencement of the Union Graded school. We are sorry to announce the illness of the baby girl of Mr and Mrs J G McCullougb, which though not serious, yet caused our worthy superintendent to be disappointed in not being able to attend commeuce ment at Johnsouville and Union schools. Dr D C Scott of Kitigstreee is treating the little sufferer and we hope for its speedy restore tiou to health. We hud a heavy fall of rain and quite a good deal of wind on Saturday afternoon, but no damage to crops resulted. We are preparing for Ohildien's day at Cedar Swamp church on the 5th Sunday, June 30. The public is cordially invited. Benson. Let me mail you free, to prove merit, samples of my Dr Shoop's restorative, and my Book on either Dyspepsia, The Heart, or The Kidneys. Address me, Dr Shopp, Racine. Wis. Troubles of the Sbanach, Heart or Kidneys, ire merely symtoms of a deeper ailment. Don't make the common error of treating symtoms only. Symtom treatmen is treating the result of your ailment, and not the cause. Weak stomach nerves?the inside nerves? means stomach weakness, always. And the Heart, and kidneys as well, have their controlling or inside nerves. Weaken these nerves, and you inevitably have have weak vital organs. Here is where Dr. Shoop's Restorative has made its fame. No other remedy even claims to treat the "inside nerves." Also tor bloating, biliousness, bad breath on complexion, use Dr. Shoop's Restorative. Write for my free book now. Dr. Shoop's Restorative sold by D i, ScottWinthrop College Scholarship and Entrance Examination. The examination for the award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop College and for the admission of new students will be held at the County Court House on FRIDAY, JULY 5, AT ? A M. Applicants must be not less than fifteen years of age. When Scolarships [ are vacated after July 5, they will t>e awarded to those making the highest average at this examination provided they meet the conditions governing the award. Applicants for Scholarships should write to President Johnson before the examination for Scholarship examination blanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. The next session will open September If, 190T. For further information and catalogue, address Pres. D. B Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C. j 5-9-July 4. ,r: k Visiter fnm.Hnjjstree. LeRoy Lee, Esq., of Kingstree, was in Charleston yesterday on business. He has not been at the bar many years, but he has been there long- enough to build up one of the best law practicesof any attorney in the 3d judicial circuit, and his reputation for giving sound advice to clients and lor handling- himseil and i his cases well in the court room! is growing- rapidly.. All the | Judges like him and respect! him, and he has hosts of friends in Williamsburg county. Mr Lee was urged to offer for solicitor to succeed the Hon John S Wilson, but declined to do so, although his friends were confident that he would be given the appointment. He says that so marked and continued is the growth of Kingstree that even the people of that pretty and thriving community are themselves astonished at its extraordinary developmeat.?News & Courier, May 31. Piles (jet quick and certain relief from Dr ."-hoop's Magic Ointment. Pleas, note it is made alone for Piles, and it action is positive and certain. Itchings painful, protruding or blind piles disappear like magic by its use. l^arge nickel-capped glass jars 50 cents. ?<old by D (J Scott. Are you keeping up with "The Kise of Jimmie Johnson'? rBOi m I fa W. L Bass A. C Hinds DAQQ j&14INnQ Lin, JtJ IX. 11UT1A/) Attorneys-at-law KINGSTREE, S. C. 9-20-tf. ?DM KM. m Lake City, S. C. Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty. All Work OiMCTOtotd v\/. L. BASS Attorney at Law LAKE CITY, 8. C. I)r H J McCabe Dentist. KINGST.m - S. C. JOHN D MOUZON'S BARBER SHOP ?in theft! Keiret Hotel is equipped with up-to-date appliances. Polite Service. ? ompetent Workmen. o?8-08. WHENEVER You Have Any KIND OF BUSINESS In Real Estate See STOLL BROTHERS, Kingstree, - - S. C. The Largest and Most f^mplete Establishment South. GEO. S. NICKER S SON. ?MANUFAl TUH '.KS OFFash, Doors, Blinds Moulding and Building .Materia), Sash Weights and Cords CHARLESTON, S C. 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