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OUR F m 7 w Ill void Plaid S Ladies' t MILL ORIGIN OF SUNDIALS. 1>?e Chaldaana, It la Said, Mada tha Pirat Onaa Uaad. The Chaldeans elaim the honors of the first sundial, and from them the knowledge of it found a way through Egypt and Greece. Herodotus says that the Greeks learned from the Chaldeans the art of mak s* t i f i? it. j ing aiais ana aiviaing me uay mvo twelve parts, and while many allusions are found in Greek literature A bearing on the length of a shadow in telling the time of day no explanation is given of how this measuring is done,. A story is told of a man who was invited to dine when a shadow was twenty feet long, which was about the hour of 5 in the ^fternoon,* according to the host's reckoning, but the overanxious guest mistook the invitation to read according to morning shadows and arrived before the feast was served. This story finds a parallel in the memories of many who have visited in secluded mountain districts where the mountaineers tell the time of day by the shadows that i -creep from summit to summit. The Arabs wero the very first to introduce sundials showing the hours of equal length. The oldest now in existence, however, give signs of Greek workmanship. One is found in Egypt at the base of Cleopatra's Needle, and another, the most pretentious of sundials, is in Athens? the Temple of the Winds, in reality iti an octagonal building with a dial e&ii Pi the eight sides. Many Greek dials were hemicyclean in form, while those of the Scandinavians and Saxons were vertical or horizontal. ' ? Augustine introduced the Roman system into England, and many of the ojd churches in England hSv?"vertical sundials over the , Tioors, and throughout England and Scotland they are frequently found on the side ot houses, while the hor * ' -! !-! -- --.J in ilia Mn^AH rt? llOIll&i aim is ubcu iu kuc g?uv. -on the lawn. In time they became ' the fashion, princes made gifts of them, and they were considered appropriate monuments to the dead, and they became more handsome and elaborate in design. A fine sample of the art is that at Glamis castle, which has eighty-four gnomons. The simplest design is that primitive block of stone with a dial engraved upon it and a rude gnomon, or triangular projecting piece, which by its shadow shows the hour of the day. The word gnomon, or gnommone, is fancifully a derivation? "the know man or gnowman of a dial, the shadow whereof pointeth out the bowers."?Kansas City Star. Egypt'* Saer*d B*?tlM. The scarabaeus, the sacred beetle of Egypt, was an object of worship in olden days and was most carefuli lv embalmed at death. The ancient Egyptians believed the heart to be the center of intellect as well as the source of life and removed this organ when the embalming process took place, a model of the scarabaeus being put in its place. There ~ s\t 4-kio qq r?ror? are uiauj mucuw ux im? m.w^ beetle, as the monuments in Egypt show. The scarab was the favorite insignia of both men and women and was worn as a charm to protect from harm and insure desirable qualities to make them attractive. Many hard stones were used for these models, and turquoise matrix, lapis lazuli, jasper, amethyst, agate and onyx were much in favor, Some of the ancient ones are cleverly cut and were used as coin of the realm. The finest are found with the mummies in old tombs.?Argonaut. "Billington's 8ea." There is tangible evidence thai the pious passengers of the Mayflower were not entirely without t sense of humor. Back of Plymouth over the hill upon which the) planted their cannon is a largt fresh water pond perhaps a mile u diameter, which, it appears fron the records, was discovered by J6hr Billington while he was prowling around one night, probably on t scouting expedition looking for Indians. In the mornina he re nortec I ALL LI e, Broadc iilks in al 1 i\t\d Phil INERY SPEC1A / that he had found the sea in that i direction, and there was a lively dispute between him and the other pilgrims as y> the accuracy of his information. He stuck to his theory with the same tenacity that he adhered to his religion, and to this day that pond is called "Billington's sea." Net His Legs. A Russian peasant, having gone to the town to buy himself a pair of new boots, fell asleep by the roadside on his way home and was stripped of his cherished boots by a light fingered tramp, but his sleep remained unbroken till a passing wagoner, seeing him lying half across the track, shouted to him to "take his legs out of the way." "My legs ?" echoed the half aroused sleeper, rubbing his eyes. "Those legs ain't mine. Mine had boots on I - 'Paris Figaro. Much Broken by Misfortune. Mrs. Cartwright, in search of a painter to toach up her kitchen walls, wa8 directed to Napoleon Lamere. "Do you think/' asked Mrs. Cartwright, eying tottering Napoleon doubtfully, "that you could paint the aide walls of my kitchen?" "But yes, madam," returned Napoleon, "eef dose appartment eet ees not of a too large highness. Eef you 'ave som w't you call low down iob, me, I can do heem de mos* bes' of hannybody else. "But, madam! Helaa! No mora can I do dose up high ceiling, dose steep roof, dose so elevate church steep', dose sky scrape. Me, I 'ave hon ma two foot too great of de shake. Behol'l Already, madam, me, I 'are de large misfortune to broke seez of ma lalg." A Christian Pianfat. A young woman re< iving instruction in piano playing was told one day by ber instructor tbat sbe was a "Christian pianist/' On the way home she debated what might be meant by the expression. Her father also considered the "compliment" as doubtful and, meeting the instructor a few days later, asked why his daughter had been called a "Christian pianist." "Oh, sir," was the reply, "I simply meant she didn't let her right hand know what her left hand does."?Philadelphia Record. TH?m Hustling Americans. At a recent gathering in Baltimore two men from different sections of the country were discussing the capabilities of "nervous, restless Americans" for being most slow and deliberate. The Marylander claimed the palm for slowness for the inhabitants of the Eastern Shore of his 6tate. "It is a saving hereabouts," said he, "that if oysters had been created with legs the people of the Eastern Shore would all have starved to death." "The folks around Mount Monadnock have a saying that beats ' yours," remarked a Vermont man. "Of one man up there it used to be J observed that if you were to give ' Hiram Higgins forty yards start 1 stock still would catch him!"?Harnor'sj Weekly. . 1? - ? A Verbal Puzzle. 1 " 'Lieutenant colonel' is probably the worst verbal puzzle that con" fronts the child, says a writer. 1 "Our pronunciation is a heritage 1 from the sixteenth century spelling ' 'coronel,' which represented the Spanish forth, wherein the change oi T to V was linguistically nat, ural, though popular etymology ' wrongly connected the word with 'corona,' a crown. It is really from the Italian 'colonna,' a column, the 'compagnia colonella' having been the first company of an infantry regiment, the little column which the ^colonel' led. In the seventeenth century 'colonel' had three lr syllables, as in Milton's line 'captain * or colonel, or knight in arms, but in'Johnson's time the common proj nunciation was 'cornel.'" NE IS ( loths, Cre I the late dren's CI< L ; Y Consumption it lest d o Certain relief and usi r %rill result from the foDoi o Hope, rest, fresh air, t Emulsion, X ALL DRUGGISTS I 80 I Thomas A. Edison, the great j American* inventor, says: "Folly eighty per cent of the illness of man- , | kind comes from eating improper 1 food or too much food; people are ! inclined to over-indulge themselves." . This is where indigestion finds its 1 beginning in nearly every case. The , stomach can do just so much work and no more, and when you overload it, or when you eat a wrong kind of food, the digestive organs connot possibly do the work demand- | ed of them. It is at such times that the stomach oeeds help; it demands help, and warns you by headaches belching, sour stomach, nansea and indigestion. Yon should attend to 1 this at ouce by taking something < that will actttallv do the work foi the stomach. Kodol will do this. It is a combination of Datural diges tants and Tejjetable acid* and contains the same juiced found in a healthy stomach. It is pleasant to take, irtligests what you eat. Sold < by W. L. Wallace, M. D , ! The nicest and cheapest line i of harness in town, at F C Thoma's, Kingstree, S C, Weak Kidneys Oum man Irwblt tbM ujothu orgaa at th? body. Tb? f?BoUoi of fit* kldaor* U to MpuO* loor^uOc salt tad viUr la U?? pro and**!BrtMTT^d iscmlut ?m tf* malillto ^s^irs&r^ "KdSTfi DtWHfi Kidney ?od Bleddtf Pilli Bioaptlr allqUaata potaoaa fron tba >y1i a at the mm Dm maka tba kidoaj* vail BfOtf, i Foe Waak Kldnayi, Baakaoha. In* flaanmatton of tba bladder and all i urinary troublaa Da Wltrt Kidney and Bladder Pllla are uneurpaaeea. i A Week's Treatment for 25t Money book If they flail. Railroad Fare to Fair Cut in Hall October 28 to November 1 The railroads have agreed to give half rates from,all points in South Carolina to the great State Fair this year. That is one fare for round trip to Columbia and back to your home. This is considered one of the best and lowest rates granted anywhere} in the ! south for any occasion and the Fair authorities feel that they are Justly recognized as having a deserving, big show. Never before In the history of the Fair (39 years) has the outlook for ' 1 1 ma.k. a Dig ana crowaea snow uctu ou wwed. The tremendous cotton yield with the extra money at hand throughout the state means the biggest crowds ever known In Columbia. And the Fair authorities have been wide awake. More accommodations bave been' arranged than ever and everybody will be in Columbia Fair Week. The big football games will attract thousands of people. Clemson will be in Columbia. Winthrop will be in ' m onn! nlH UOJUmuia. iuuubouuo ui ;vu . friends will be in Colombia. Everybody ought to be in Colombia for Fair Week, October 28 to November 1. The finest races ever held in the Sooth Atlantic States will be witnessed at the Fair this year. The largest, most varied and most instructive exhibits ever gathered for a soothers Fair will be displayed this year at Colombia. The biggest and best Midway ever seen fax the Booth win have their shows wide open st the Fair. j, :omple :pe de Chi :st shades oaks. eadly than it used to be. V { ually complete recovery o ! ring treatments V \ , and?Scoff's o. 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