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ANTICS OF AN ACTOR. The Prank the Elder Sothern Played In a London Shop. One day the elder Sothern. the creator of Lord Dundreary, went into an ironmonger's shop in London and asked for Macauiay's "History of England." "We do not sell books, sir." aid the assistant. "This is an ironmonger's shop." "Wei!. I'm not par tieular," said Sothern. pretending to be deaf. "I don't care whether it is bound in calf or russia." "But this is not a bookseller's!" shouted the assistant. "All right," said Sothern; "wrap it up neatly. I want to have it sent down to the hotel. It's for a present I wish to make to a relative." "We don't keep It!" shouted the assistant, getting red in the face. "Do it up as if it were for your own mother. I don't want any "CEBTAINLY, 8IH!" tiling better than that" said Sothern. "I would like to write my name on the flyleaf." "Sir." bawled the assistant at the top of his voice, "don't you see we do not keep books?" "Very well," replied Sothern, quite undisturbed; "I will wait for It" The assistant ran Into the next room and api>ealed to his master, saying he thought the customer must be off his head. "What is It, sir? What do you desire?" asked the Ironmonger of Sothern as he and h:.s flustered salesman came into the shop. "I want to buy a file," said the a?rtoi>-"a plain file, four or five Inches long." "Certainly, sir," said the master, casting a withering glance at his assistant. Swarming With Them. Mrs. C. W. Earle's recent contribution to the history of English life of the first half of the last century, entitled "Memoirs and Memories," includes a fresh blossom In the apparently fadeless wreath of Sydney Smith's wit Mrs. isane s moiner impaneu me information to Sydney Smith that she was going to Bath to see an old aunt "What" he exclaimed, "you've got an aunt at Bath? I have an aunt at Bath. Every one has an aunt at Bath. It's a perfect ant heap." An International Comedy. Some years ago at a house party at Hatfield in honor of the kaiser the invited guests included the Prince of Wales?afterward Edward VII.?the Portuguese minister and M. Waddington, the French ambassador, and his wife. During the evening Mme. Waddlngton's diamond necklace became unfastened. After vainly attempting to refasten it she called the Portuguese minister to her assistance, but he was not more successful. Every one was , Interested in the little mishap, and then the kaiser remarked, amid laughter: "There is Portugal trying to strangle France!" The Prince of Wales rose to assist Hue. Waddington, and then the kaiser in a grave tone added: "It is really a serious matter. England is mixed up in it!" \ . A Browning Anecdote. In an English magazine a writer tells an amusing story of the poet Browning and how he received certain flowers from a lady, who, on being pressed to give their English names, shyly confessed they were called "bloody noses." I happened many years ago to be staying In a country bouse when Browning told the story In his Inimitable way. and he ended with the following lines, which I then and there committed to memory and which will, I think. Interest your readers: 1*11 deck my love with posies. I'll cover her with roses. Should she protest sv I'll do my best - To give her bloody noses. A Haitian Glass Eys. Some years ago a Haitian general wrote to a Paris optician to supply him with a glass eye. The optician, flattering himself that a successful eye would secure for him a Haitian decoration, devoted his utmost Intelligence to the production of a splendid glass optic. Six months elapsed. A small box reached him from Haiti. A cross glittered in his Imagination; but, to his horror, within folds of cotton was his j original eye, accompanied by the following note: "Sir?The eye you for iraraea to mo is ot a. uui iimh. iwruibles that of the Spanish flag, and I am too patriotic to wear any but the coloir of my country." The optician proceeded at once to the admiralty, there ascertained the eolors of the Haitian flag and then manufactured a scarlet and green eye, which he forwarded. 'r if""1 A .j " regain their liber- ! : C:JiM FiKlIlMI I ty from the AsSyrian yoke. Crg- I ed by his people, HiSaKSJ^^ Hezekiab Joined . ... . , UesekiatH Prayer. this confederacy and stopped the tribute money?contrary to the Lord's admonition through the Prophet Isaiah. The measure was popular, and the king did not seem to realize how fully the Prophet repre-1 sented the Lord in the matter. He should have remembered that Israel was under a special Covenant with the Almighty by which He was their Sovereign. their King, and the Arbiter of their destiny. The error was allowed to work out a serious penalty for the disobedient but when the king and the people repented and gave evidence that, the lesson hHd beeu learned Divine mercy came miraculously 1:0 their assistance. as we shall see. 8ennacherib the Conqueror The King of Assyria, with a large army, took the held. Krowing the difficulties of a siege of Jerusalem, he did not begin with it but p issed down the Mediterranean coast, overthrowing the Sldoulans and Philistines, to J oppa and farther south; and then eastward to Lachlsb, a fortified city of Judah. The whole country was filled with fear, as nearly forty cities of Judah, one after the other, fell. King Hezeklah and his counselors resolved to avoid, if i>o8sible, a siege of war, ? * A- *ri. ^ and sent amoassaaors iu dcunacherlb apologizing for their temerity In refusing the tribute money and asking what compensation would satisfy him. The penalty was a heavy one, amounting to nearly one million dollars. which at that time was a much larger sum than it would be today. The payment of It required the removal of much ornamental gold from the temple, but It was paid over and the release granted. The Lord was waiting to be gracious, as Be always is to those who are His , true people. He jfg delayed, however, * t0 ?ive the word WrfWl comfort, until ; ?necessItlefl of \ t^e case had J rtPs&A humbled the peopie and taught j them a lesson of ! faith and dependence upon their ; God. Then came ; the answer of TU Oftroytmt AtvtL the Lor<, thfi prophecy that the King of Assyria j should not come into the city nor shoot I an arrow there, nor even come before It with shields, nor cast op embank-' meats of siege, but that the Lord would defend the city as His own. Doubtless the prophecy seemed strange to the peop e. By what miracle this could be accomplished they could not think. The lesson to ub Is that: "God moves In a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants His footsteps in the sea, { And rides upon the storm." A Hundred and Eighty-five Thousand Slain In a Night Isaiah briefly and poetically declares that the angel of the Lord smote the camp of the Assyrians, without explaining In what manner. We remembar the statement of the Scriptures that wind and Are and lightning may be the Lord's messengers or "angels." I Quite probably. In this Instance, the messenger of death may have been a malignant form of fever said to pre- i vail at times to the northeast of Egypt; but it matters not to us what j messenger the Lord used to turn back the Assyrian hosts. The lesson for us is to note the Dl-1 vine power which overrules, orders ani directs, so that all things shall work together In harmony with His will. It was not His will that Assyria should become the first Universal Em pile. That honor was reserved for the kingdom of Babylon, a century later? at exactly the proper time when God wr.s prepared to withdraw His own typical kingdom, of the line of David, from the earth?to be "overturned, overturned, overturned" until The Mesi siah should come. ' The lesson to the Christian is that wt should keep right with God, abiding under the shadow of the Almighty; 1 and that so doing, all things shall work together for our good. J ^BLE-STOJIES-' SENNACHERIB TURNED BACK isaiah 37:14-38 "OoC it our refuge and strength, a very p e?ent help in trouble."?PicIS A previous study our attention was drawn to the good King Hezeklab of Juduh. bis zeal for ; the Lord and the notable Pass- i over celebration which be brought about and the overthrow of idolatry j following. Our present study relates ? ? - - - I-a I .J I ?? W1? 10 mm at a laier periou iu um ivifcu. The Assyrian empire to the north and east, with its capital at Nineveh, bad become great and powerful and throat- j ened to become the tirst Universal Empire. Before Hezeklah came to the throne of Judah his father entered into a treaty whereby peace was secured by the payment of _ an annual tribute. 1)1 Egyptians. Phiiis- ji|., tines and SIdoni- : uEV'ty' 'JH I ans urged Judah Sgi: <! to Join them in feajteW the confederacy h'tyW] [fax by which they --JA (A ' ' hoped all might ijMljVi ? I'/Vi.'tl I 1 WIN YOUR SPURS. I j Young men talk of trusting to the J spur of the occasion. That trust ' is vain. Occasions cannot make spurs. If you expect to make spun you must win them. If you wira to use them you must buckle thorn to ycur heels before you go into the fight. As a Critic Saw Browning. There was marked vulgarity about Browning/ particularly in his accent and in the tone of his voice and a certain indescribable savor of sycophancy j of a man eager to be of a grade to which he did not belong, but the poet was there?the poet's keen eye, the poet's heart obvious in his remarks I and descriptions.?Memoirs of John ( Cburton Oallins. ' Heart Disease Almost Fatal to Young Girl "My daughter, when thirteen years old, was stricken with heart trouble. ( She was so bad wo had to place her bed near a window ( so she could get | M her breath. One ] ?y doctor snld, 'Poor y c, child, she is likely *33*5 Pfa < i , fo il $)J! time.' 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RLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA \? **. iv.v^!NS'.' ? #w- 4A^/^*n- *' \ x . *v . \" v\ r ._>vy. ?- ^W^.NN s \ W Legal Notices I D AMotrotiftr* Vnti f*Ck iVCglOU(l>l/XVU XI VUAVV* j The cilice of the Supervisor of K?> loirniion will he open on the Is; Monday in each month for the purpose of registering any persou who is quali- i >, follows : Who shall have been a resident o? the State for two years, and of th< i county one year, and of the polling pre- ' eifid in which the elector oflers to | vole four months before the day of elation. and shall have paid, sh ' m<mths before, any poll tax then dm j ai d payable, and who can both read and write any section of the constitu- j tioii of 1396.submitted to him by the Supervisors of Registration, or wht can show that he owns, and has paid all taxes collectable on during the present year, pioperty in this State assessed at three hundred dollars or more. J. Y. McGILL, i Clerk of Board.; 1 Auditor's Notice. I will be at the following places, on dates named below, for the purpose of j taking tax returns for 1912: January. Greelyville, 10 and ll Gourdins, 12 Suttons. 13 Andrews. 15 rrio, 16 Benson, 22 ~ Bloomingvale, 23: y Morrisville, 24 jj R D Gamble's store, zo W C Wilson's store, 26 Cades, 27 J L Gowdy's store, 30 Mouzons, 31 February. Salters, 1 i Walter Poston's store, 10 Church, 12 Rome, 13; Lambert, 14 i Ard's X Roads, 15 > Johnsonville, , 16! Vox, ' 17 j Kingstree from January 1 to February 20, inclusive, except on above dates. 1 All males between the ages of 21 and j 50 years,not exempted by law,are liable to poll and commutation road tax and must return same. All transfers of real ! estate should be reported by both seller and purchaser. All parties making returns should1 J bear in mind that number or name of ! school district as well as township in i which they reside or property being re-' turned, must be given. Parties liable to j ; income tax will return same while other ' returns are made. A penalty of 50 per j cent will be added to all returns made after February 20, 1912. J J B Montgomery, 12-7-t2-15 County Auditor. Administrator's Notice j All persons having claims against the ^ estate of William W Wilson, deceased, __ will present the same, duly attested, to ~~ the undersigned,and all persons indebted ^ to the said estate will make Dayment to J" J S Fi lmore, f Administrator Estnte of William W I Wilson, deceased. JL-u-Aipa WATTS & WATTS THE KINGSTREE JEWELERS We keep on hand everything to be found in an up-to-date jewelry house Repairing and engraving done with neatness and despatch. :: As home " dealers, guaranteeing to quality and prices, I We Solicit Your Patronage i J NEAR THE RAILROAD STATION. ( 1-4-tf Receipt Books, Blank Notes, Mortgages and all Legal Blanks in demand, for sale at The Record office. If we have not the form you wish we can print it on shotr notice. 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