Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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kii. J1" ' J % ? The ? Scrap Book fhat to Do When You Drop an En. %Vt a breakfast party i:i I'ugln'id illicit Joseph II. <"lt'iate att tided while Ve was American a:n!?assad ?r a yi,n:;j; lady at bis riabt accidentally spiilwl ^Jttie contents of ho- plate. mM~"Oh. Mr. Cboate." she exclaimed, "I J^Hrdon't know what to do, fur I've druppc.. xi3v, an e;rK 011 ,1,e I,:)< "If I were you I'd cackle." ; ? rAl-I'MXY. sr vA whisper woke the air, A soft, light tone, and low. Yet barbed with shame and woe. Ah! Might it only parish there. Nor farther go! 3ut. no! A quick nr.d eager ear Caught up the little meaning sound Another voice has breathed it clear. And so it wandered round 'Yom ear to lip. from lip to ear. Until it reached a gentle heart Chat throbbed from all the world apart. And that?it broke! -Frances Sargent Osgood A Remarkable Baby. v A teacher disturbed by giggling tailed upon oue of tbe culprits to tell him the cause. . "Please, air," responded tbe lad. ^Turner says a baby who was fed elephant's milk gained ten pounds a day." "Turner," said tbe teacher sternly, you should not tell lies." "But it's true, sir," rejoined Turner. "Whose baby was it?" * "The elephant's, air." Kick ad the Wrong Man. young married man in Boston met a friend of bis bachelor days and instated on his coming home with him to lunch Hit wife was anprepaied for 'visitors and, calling him aside, told him she had only one dosen oysters and that when his Mend bed eaten his quota of four he must not be naked to take any more. In ?(dte of his prat ise to remember, when the guest had fa his four the host pressed him to more. The wife looked distressed, tbe friend declined every time tbe ;e nuSBand asked. Later tbe wife said te her husband: "How could yon urge him to have * more oysters when I had explained to yon that there weren't any more?" "im very wrrj, wnu un; |Kuim>t < husband, "bat I forgot *B -a bo at It." > "Forgot about It! What do yon snp>'' pose I was kicking yea trader the ta ble forr "But you didn't kick roe." > , As the Heard ft. A fashionable wonwni had a bit of fi iiMrh# tW Inarrintton "Kls M "?""o ? r met." A housemaid <dnsftng the room ' asked the mistress: -Shore, ma'am, what's the m'anin' W of the writin' era the bottom of this?" BR -Oh, 5<m mean ^Jflfimet.' It means ML' fate.'" j^K Bridget was limiting painfully when out wKh ber sweetheart not long aftBf^R erward and apologetically explained, NjHfr "Faith, I have the most tirrible corns |^B on me kismet."?Ladles' Home JourBB nal. BR A Sermon and Its Reminder. Sn^B A Brooklyn minister gave a scathing HK "scoarw on The evil effects produced ^B^R had example and exhorted all mem-: >rrs of his congregation not to countefl B nance by their presence such a place H^Rof iniquity as Coney Island. At this HR one of the ehnrck wardens excitedly ^RB snapped his fingers. fl^^R At the close of the service a member accosted the church -warden and said: (r "How was tnat ror a sermon r t "Great! I hope It Willi bear fruit," was the reply. "What did you sn*p your Angers ' tctr "Why, it reminded .me that's the ' place ehwe f left my wmbreiia." jf Contortions I. Daring a husking bee in Maryland two young people were missed. "I wonder where Kellies&nd Jim are!" somebody exclaimed. A small boy edged his way forward - -ifrfjipointing toward the vague dark- j tea beyond the bars door, said: "They're out there ktsilil' thelrselves."? Llpplncotfa. A Matter of Doctor*. "There were two sisters lhring in Michigan," said Senator Burrows, "who warred constantly about the two great schools of medicine. One pinned her faith to allopathy and the other to homeopathy. "One day there was great excitement t in the family ef the lady who believed ; in allopathy, and It was soon an* pounced that she was the mother of f? .bouncing twin boys. |-r? ? "The other sister etm? down la a / hurry. 'Well,' she said, 'now see what's happened. I wanted you to have a homeopathic doctor. After this I gaess k 'f |on will listen to me.'" i!, " > Agreeable Men. | Speaking of the philosophical temper, C y\ there is no class of men whose society k* V,ls more to be desired for this quality I* : than that of plumbers. They are the I a t ' most agreeable men I know, and the I boys in the business begin to be agreeI able very early. In the dry est summer B days my garden fountain became die* f abled. The pipe was stopped up. A V . couple of plumbers, with the lmpleV ments of their craft, came out to view t the situation. There was a good deal of difference of opinion about where Kwgytbe stoppage was. I found the plumHMLJkers perfectly willing to sit down and HHn&Ik about it?talk by the boor. The BH^Kork dragged a little, as it is apt to HBbHo by the hour. Sometimes they would HHd upon arrival that they had forgot HB^^Kksomelndtapensabie tool, and one shop, a mile and his companion ? ! mill i mmmmMwmmm I would await his return with the most j exemplary patience and, sit dowu and ' j talk?always by the hour. 1 do not jv know hut it is a habit to have some- ! thine wanted at the shop. They seei.t- i ed t-.? n.c \v." ?'?! vorkiucn ami al- 1 way. wiiii::;: t stop .1:1 ! tall; about the j ,'d' r atsytl.:: > d-e wit ;? I went near ( tit ... '. a > of th "u will sonictinn's wait a early half a day while a coin- 1 r c i: < t r a tool. I think they , ' have very lie..r!y ? -Ivod the p.obb'ii! of ; life. It is 10 w rk for-other people, , -- ' i.?. t t!i" hour. You then li-iw no ;i!ixic-ty I ?uj 1:: t lo work. Work eg l>y the hour ! tend* to nuke fine moral. I never heard a phi in tier swear or exhibit the j J-.-ast impatience at any small vexation, j working by t!ie hour. Nothing can move a man who is paid by the hour, j llow sweet the flight of time seems to I bis calm mind!?Charles Dudley War- [ tier. indignation Unexpressed. A letter dictated by an old gentleman runs thus: "Sir, my stenographer, being a lady, cannot take down what 1 think of you. I. being a gentleman, cannot express it, but you, being neither,, can readily divine it." Lamb With Mint Sauce. "I was walking down an English lane with an English girl on an August afternoon." said Richard Le Galllenne. 'The sun shone through a soft bare, and In the green fields many white lambs played. ** 'Is It auy wonder.' I said, 'that poets from time immemorial have made the lamb the emblem of Innocence? "The young girl smiled radiantly. *""Lambs.' she said, 'are Indeed delightful finimals. especially with mint moce."* M Supper With the Legislator*. A drummer stopj>ed at a hotel In Montpelier.. Vt., when the legislature was In session. It was the heedquar- 1 era of many legislators. I At the supper table tbey began to i call upon each other to pass the food In this wise: "Will the man from Brad- , ford please pa?s the roHsT" "Will tbo gentleman from Essex pass the pie?" "Would the mau from IVrtland please pass the batter?" The drummer bad been unable to get I anything, and during a brief Interval of quiet he turned to tbe colored waiter and remarked, "Will the gentleman i from Ethiopia please pass the bread?" , 8h? Knew Him. An architect remarked to a lady that he had Iteea to wee the great nave In the now church. The lady replied, "Don't mention names; I know the 1 man yon refta- *o!" Grandpa Objsdti. 'An elderly Wasbingtonlau was recently discussing with a lady the bring- I ins up of fbe children of the present ) day. when "he declared that for un- i adulterated Impudence and assurance | the American'child Is without an equal "While enjoying a stroll In a suburb the other afternoon," said he, "I was approached by a boy of, I should say, twelve years. "'HeThx grandpa! Have you aeen j my dog7 he asked. " 'How dare you address roe in that 3 way? I exclaimed. i " -Don't ''let that produce Insomnia, , grandpa, I'm uot trying to make a hit with you. Either yon have seen my . dog or you have not. If you havenX ' we'll part In a friendly way,'with n? 1 clothes torn; If you have, then please 3 produce the pup. It's a Boston "bull, thoroughbred, a prize winner, and an- < 8wers to the name of Booties. Anything doing in the canine line? " *1 have not seen yonr dog.' "'Then an re voir, grandpa/ shouted the little fiend, as he darted away."? ? Llppinecftt's. ??? i| Tha DiSsnanca. "You are ruled," said a Briton, ""by a lot of rtflgar rascals whom you weald " never dream of meeting socially, dtartt you know." n "Yes," refilled the American, "b?t to i England yea are ruled by a lot of "people who weald never dream of meeting , you soctaQy." j His Unlucky Says. Seated In a row on the porch of an < old country Inn, with their chafes tipped back, some old cronies were gs- " ing on about unlucky days. After aft bad given what they considered their unlucky days a quiet old chap at oae end spoke up: I "Aa'H tell ye ma unlucky days. Aa's % fund oot In ma time that it's unlucky ( te be struck wr leetnlng on a Monday, or te be catched wlv a circular saw on * a Tuesday, or te tumble owerboard on * a Wednesday, or te be run ower by a 8 motor car on a Thursday, or lose a ten t pun note on a Friday, or be bitten by a mad dog on a Saturday, and her nowt for dinner on the Sunday!"? r Ladles' Home JournaL f Sheer Waste of Money. , At the Metropolitan dub of Washington Justice Harlan had Introduced to him a well known New York bqsl- 6 ness man. With the apparent purpose 2 of impressing those about him, the New Yorker remarked that his Income exceeded $100,000. "And I simply have to make that amount" be added, f "Why, It costs me $80,000 a year to a live!" q "Dear me," said Justice Harlan f "DasIIw fKof'o fAA mnnhf T UJauuij. ivcatij uwi, o wv ?MHVM( wouldn't pay It?It Isn't worth Itr A Chance to Branch. A colored preacher would never become ordained, being content to remain just an exborter. One of his congregation asked him about It "Well, lfs dls way," said he. "When e you's a preacher you's gutter have a tex' an' stick right cloee to It but If you's only a exborter you kin branch." ' * THE SHOEMAKER SAINTS. I , Story of the Roman Brothers Who Perished by the Sword. 7 . | St. Crispin and his brother, Oris- j iinian (always associated together; n the calendar), were two natives j if Home who. having become con-, 1 cc rerts to Christianity, set out for j tjla;1! to preach the faith about the S< r.UW.o of the thir! century along (. ivii:i St. ?i:itin and otIters. The ct mothers settled at So:>-o::s, where. ar 11 imitation of the apostle Haul, [iic;. [>; ?..ichcd puhikiv t;i tne uuy-j rr time worked with their bands j1? :l Jii_!it, earning their own sub- a', unce by m.ik.ng shoe>, though {} aobly born. They s;ij>{?!ievl the poor G it a low price, and a lege; d tells us ai that an i.:i:el supplied them with ^ leather. The heathen listened to o their instructions and were aston- G ished at the charity, disinterested- C ness, piety and contempt of glory displayed in their lives, and many k yrere converted to the Christian faith. After they had been thus engaged j? for several years the Emperor Max- p] imianus llereuliug came into Belgic c< Gaul, and a complaint was made to pi lii:n against the brothers. He, de- * siring to gratify their accusers as well as to indulge his own savage iTuelty, gave orders that they should be brought before Hictius Varus, the most implacable enemy of the Christians of that time. The ? saints bore with patience and con- I stancy the most cruel torments and I at length finished their course by being beheaded with the sword about 287 A. D. According to a Kentish tradition, their remains, being cast into the sea, were washed ashore at Romney marsh. In the sixth century a great church was built in their hon 1 Ci F.li?riiia ri/?Vilv or d V OUUWUU^ nilU AJiagiwo ? ornamented the shrine. From their martyrdom to the present time they have been regarded as the patron saints of shoemakers, who were accustomed to honor their day (and are yet in some townp) by great festivity. One special ceremony was a procession of the brethren of the craft with banners and music, while larious characters representing King Crispin and his court were sustained by . different members.?St. James' Gasctte. \ The t~*unsl and tha Sunflower. The laurel and the sunflower have been found, according to Country Life, to be of the greatest use in damp situations. People who live m sucn spots, especially near undrained land, think there is no help for them but by removal. Sue- . oessful erperiments have shown I that it is possible materially to iro- I prore the.atmosphere in such neighborhoods by the planting of laurels and sunflowers. The former give off an abundance of ozone, while the latter are potent in destroying the malarial conditions. These two, if planted even on the most restricted I scale in a garden or anly ground ? dose to the house, will be found to increase speedily the dryness and salubrity of the atmosphere. From Lnnoriek. II There was a young maiden of I Leigh. A talented lady was sheigh. \ She baked some mince pies as a pleasant surprise for her bough, who was coming to teigh. But when the youth tasted her 9 doagh he groaned out a terrible ? "Onerlil" In nncniish he bawled. rhra the doctor was cawled to see erhat ailed Mabel's bough. Said the doctor in accents most ^ruff, "I'm afraid this ye?g man's bad it xuff !" Cried Mabel: "Oh, myl He had mly one py!" Quoth the doctor: "Hope's off! flhat's enuff!"?London Answers. A Financial Qenius. An old gentleman who had discounted from his horse walked into l wayside inn at Burley-in-Wharfeble and left the animal in charge tt a scantily clad urchin. On reurning he found another poverty itricken boy holding the horse. Eximining the little lad through his yeglasses, he exclaimed: "You're not the boy I left with ny horse!*' "No, 6ir," replied the boy; "I just peckilated and bought him frem other lad for a penny." For his candor the boy received ixpence. ? London Penny Magaine. Domestic Courtasy. At a Lambeth guardians' and oficers' dinner Mr. Frank Bryant told storv of a Lambeth lad who was [uestioned by his schoolteacher as o his father's Christian name. Teacher?What's your name ? Boy?J ones. "Tour father's name ?" "Jones." "And his other name ?" "Mr. Jones." "No, no! What does your mothr call him ?" "Old fat head." ? London Exreas. - : ; ;ii? iajA1 _ - ^ ^ @.?::?:@:@:@:?:??:@:@:?.@:@:@?:@::?:?@:@: ? ? @ . The @ I Daylight Store. | ! I Notice- j By Georgetown & Western Railroad , Company of its Intention to Apply to J the Next eneral Assembly of ihe State of South Carolina for an ( Amendment to, .Alteration and Change , of its < harter. I The < Georgetown & N estern Railroad 1 tmpany will, at the next session ol I :e General Assembly of the State of < iuth ' arolina. apply to said (General I ssembly for an amendment to its ! harter .-.nil for >uch alteration and | lange therein as will confer upon it by . 1 Act "f said General Assembly, a- | ong other rights and privileges, the ght to build and construct a railroad I om some point on the line of George- 1 iwn & Western Railroad, between:1 anes in the county of W'illiamsbarg, ' d (Georgetown in the county of eorgeio^n, through the counties of ' eorgetown, Williamsburg, FlorenceI; id Marion, t:? seme point or points in J tid counties by a route or rouvs to be I, jtermined upon hereafter by said ( ompany. !. eorgetown- & western railroad i ompany. By Raymond -S Farr, i General Manager. J-10-J an-15t-08 ? #?? Trial Catarrh treatments are being | ailed out free, on request, by Dr. hoop, Racine. Win. These tests are roving to the people- -without a penny's >st?tne great value of this scientific rescription known to druggists everyhere as I >r. Shoop's Catarrh Remedy, old by D. C. Scott. MAGAZHfE 1 " Dsinms n smrcsr MAOAxm tsssite'ctelris tx.50 a 4* Far fA C A Wit A CSAFT . A?y aad waA la Am ar- . Mic nprndacWk af 4a kart fl,00 wa^afuaataaf aad paafanaaal B ]Wt paacagrapMn. ROAD 09 A TlOUtAlD WOtDKXt a boak al 75 pafaa, mtMM 120 caUad ^j? J I0.75 pcnraqiB tfmm m vhmm aod Onjm. Total . . . $3.35 All for ... . $2.50 Addtm ftfl order* to SU1TSET MAGAZIFB S"F"^*,1 WHENEVER You Have Any KIND OF BUSINESS In eal Estate See STOLL BROTHERS, (ingstree, - - S. C. imcui mxktikoi i 3rd Wond^j V2*AJ// vniHDf inuTOtH ?? ^rVWKSKry dUlly lnTitetf to come vv^NSPi.' Jcv up aud sit on a stump or hall& ?bouton the PHILIP STOLL, 2712m. Con. Com. ^Jnsuranc e. I Fire Insurance, I Tornado Insurance, I Plate Glass Insurance I i Life Insurance, 1 Health Insurance, B Accident Insurance, I ..Burglary Insurance. | We represent only B Companies of unques- I tioned reliability and j a policy is as good as I a gold bond. I Weil I Bond You.. I As Cashier, Treas- I urer or any position I of trust in any of the I largest companies in 1 America. The Wllllamsbura Insurance & Bonding floencu, I OFFICE OVKRL STACKLEY'8 I I STORE, I I Kings tree, - S. C. I I (?j ~ ? t > 'I'he largest stock of fall goods we have ever carried has ar- Jgj ? rived and all and every f>ody is cordially invited to call /g\ and examine all goods. Exclusive agents for Walk- Jgj Over shoes for men, the best on the market; @ Browns' Shoes for men and women ? None better. $1,000.00 worth of men's pants, best (?) ^ quality and make. $1,000.00 worth of boys'suits and single jgj ? pants; Shield's Hats for men and boys', all styles and colors, prices ^ jgj $2.00 and $.1.00.The best line of Dry Goods, Millinery Goods, Fancy (?) w Goods, Laces, Ribbons and Notions. We guarantee every piece ig<" ? of^merchandise bought from our store. <a> ? | Stackley's Cash Store. | j @ KINGSTREE. S. C f! ?:?:@:@:@:?:@:?@:?:?:??:?::?:?:@:?.@:?? ' aj For Sale at Cost. v, . \ On November 1 I will offer for sale my entire stock of merchandise (except groceries),at Vox, 8. C. This stock consists of DRY GOODS SHOES, NOTIONS, HATS, s HARDWARE, HARNESS, ETC. This sale will begin on November 1, and will continue until the goods are disposed of. These goodk will be sold ABSOLUTELY AT COST, and now is the chance to get bargain prices. Remember the date and the nam e: NOVEMBER I, E.F.PROSSER vox, s.c. I 10-10 07-4t ' - ' ' LOW RATES, v _ * ; %' to Columbia, S. C., * , "V? Account of v''. ; rfizm 5TATE FAIR ( . ' / VIA * Atlantic Coast Line. Tickets on sale October 26 to 31, Final return limit November 4. For further information, etc., communicate with your nearest Agent or write, W. J. CRAIG, T. C. WHITE. Pass. Traffic Mgr. Gen. Pass. Agent. WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA. \M THE GREATEST ' "J) State Fair ? EVER HELD WILL BE THIS YEAR AT COLUMBIA, S. C, October 28 to November 1 Railroad Rates Cut in Half. Plenty of Accommodations for Everybody. Grandest Exhibits Ever Gathered in Dixie, finest Races in the Whole South. Two Bio- Football Games. MAKE YOUR PLANS TO BE AT COLUMBIA ALL OP PAIR WEEK . ' I .