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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
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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
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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
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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.'"
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X ALL DRUGGISTS I 80
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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 ,
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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. AND $1.00. trill
Obstinate cases of constipation
and nasty, mean headaches promptly
disappear when yon take DeWi't's
Little Earl? Riser Pills, bold by
W. L. Wallace, M. D. )
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to be a better paper in 1907 than
??er before. In the course of the
year the issues for the next great 1
Presidential campaign will be fore
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to keep informed. The Thrice-aWeek
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other day, serves all the purposes of
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The news service of thin paper is a
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reports fully, accurately and prompt- <
ly every event of importance any- j
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political new* i* impartial, giving
you facts, not opinions and wishes.
It has fnll markets, splendid car*
toons aud interesting fiction by
standard authors.
The Thrice-a-Week World's regular
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papeis. We otter this unequalled
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ord together for one year for $1.75 j
The regular subscription price of j
the two papers is $2.00. ,
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TILL YOUR PROPERTY
18 DESTROYED, BUT INSURE
NOW, ,
Against Uss
By Fire er Cydene.
If you want the best, get your
Insurance in a strong "Old
Line" company. 1 represent
several of the largest Fire and
Cyclone Insurance Companies.
L. H. FA1REY
At Bank of Kingstree.
7-24?tf.
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produces fine results In 30 days. It acta
powerfully and quickly. Cures when others fall.
Young men can regain their lost manhood, and
old men may recover their youthful vigor by
using BBVIVO. It quickly and quietly removes
Nervousness, Lost Vitality! Sexual
Weakness such as Lost Power, Falling Memory,
Wasting Diseases, and effects of self-abuse or
excess and indiscretion, which unfits one for
study, business or marrlag^ It not only cures
by starting at the seat of disease, but iss great
nerve tonic and bleed bwilder, bringing
back the pink glow to pale cheeks and restoring
the Are of youtm. It wards off approaching
dlsosse. Insist on having BBVIVO,
no other. It can be carried In vest pocket. By
mall, 91.00 psr peerage, or six for $6.00. We
give free advloe aad counsel to all who wish It,
with guarantee. Circulars free. Address
ROYAL MEDICINE 00.. Marine Blfe. Chics##, III
For Bale in Kingatree, |8 C. Bj
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Trespass Notice-!
All persons are hereby warned against
hunting,fishing,cutting timber or
n any manner otherwise trespassing or
jntermg upon the lands of the undersigned
in Lake and Indian townships on
)enalty of the law against such tresjassing.
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#j brought to Kingstree.
<9 lot of new goods. Speci
J to the following lines:
Bed Room suils, Bedsteads,
J Rcckers and Settees, Loun
J Go-carts, Carpets and Rugs,
| COFFINS anc
Jj| Services Rendered
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Brick in any quantity to suit purchaa
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special shapes made to order.. Correpondence
solicited before placing yeiir
orders. W. R. FUKK,
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I handle the well known '
"SHIELD BRAND"
clothing. When a purser
is difficult to please,
i "Shield Brand" will fill
; wants,| as I carry it in vaius
beautiful patterns and ies;
the ,'desires of critical
stomers are carefully conlered
in the make and styles
this line.
All the latest, newest points
i fully brought out in the
hiela Brand of clothing, I^Hj
yOU have a most cordial r\
citation to come in and in- J
id our stock. \
I have been here long
ough for you to knowHhat
do not misrepresent any
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