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ADVtNiURES OF A HAT" By ADDISON HICKOX. When Andrews announced early in June that he was going to buy a straw bat his family knew that summer was on its way. in spite of the bleak winds and cold rains that made them all shiver. Andrews laughed aloud over ' ~ otinn n hv wnmcn ill ' lUr lUUii^iniroo oiivku - ~ . bring slaves to fashion, but he would i never venture out with a st^aw hat before the proper moment, even though ! he sweltered for weeks. "Well," his wife sighed, "I'm glad of It, for that old hat looks too shabby j to wear any more. All I ask is that i you don't get the latest fad in straw because the latest Is never becoming to you." "Oh, I'll get a good one, all right," he assured her cheerfully. "A conservative model, but one with some dash jpst the same." So h% did. He was leaving for a ; business trip and bought the new hat ; on his way to the train, so as to have an up-to-date look when he met the man with whom he was to transact business. In the early afternoon a | young boy delivered a large round box ! at the Andrews home. "Maybe somebody's sent us a pres- j ent," Lucy Andrews cried in pleasant anticipation. "It couldn't be fiowers, j could it?" " tho cnrrl nnd onen- I ntl U1UU1CI Uiunv l.v ed the box, and so displayed to view Andrews' old darby. "Isn't that just like a man?" exclaimed Mrs. Andrews. "The idea of sending home that old hat! It comes In handy for me, though, because I wanted to have Dan carry out* some boxes from the cellar and I'll give this hat as a reward." Dan was the furniture man. He was pleased with what he termed a "swell lid," and w-as profuse in his thanks. "I'll wear It to a christening Thursday week," he said. "An' won't I be the swell guy, though!'!' That night cold rain came down in torrents, and Mrs. Andrews did not sleep well, because of a new worry that troubled her. Getting up to look after the windows, she roused Lucy to whom she expressed her worry. "Your father'll be home tomorrow morning," she said, "and I'm perfectly sure the first thing he'll ask for is that derby hat If it's raining like this he jujst can't wear his new ^ straw hat to the office, tt would look absurd." 1 "Oh, never mind," Lucy said consolingly. "You can't tell what the weather's going to be. Maybe It'll be hotter'n anything tomorrow morning." But it wasn't. Further, Andrews had barely kissed his wife and daughter before he asked for his old hat. "Hat?" his wife said vaguely. "What hat? I thought you wore your hat out of the store when you bought it." "I did wear my straw hat I mean * * the derby. It beats all how unaccommodating some stores are. The man promised faithfully to have that derby np here yesterday afternoon, yet he doesn't seem to have meant a word he said. Lucy, if you don't eat so rapidly you won't choke." Lucy sat on the window seat in the dining room for two hours that morning watching for Dan, supported by the excitement of it and by the joy of staying at home from school. When Dan finally arrived she summoned her mother with a Joyous shout. "I'm sorry, Dan," Mrs. Andrews said awkwardly, "but I didn't understand that Mr. Andrews wanted that hat. If you don't mind, I'll be very glad if you will bring it back today." "I'll bring it if T can, ma'am," he said, grumpily. "But I loaned it to a friend of mine to wear to a dance to', night and I've got to hunt him up." Mrs. Andrews gave him a silver dollar, which he rung on the step before he condescended to accept it. Then there was nothing to do but wait. The day seemed as long It would never end, dragging its weary hours along until nearly five o'clock, and perilously near the home-coming hour. , "Dan's been here to take out the ashes." Lucy said, cheerfully. "I guess he didn't find the hat after all." Mrs. Andrews went out in the rain to the next door neighbor's, where she saw Dan. "Oh, I got it," he 6aid sourly. "But I had to give the feller 50 cents for It." Mr6. Andrews refunded the 50 cents and Dan appeared at once at the door V/vAMtnr* tVirt V??t in ito Kav fn T* all tlin 1/cai 1115 cue uac jji no wua, av* ??? v??v world as though it were a wedding cake or a basket of eggs. Mrs. Andrews was so glad to get it that she almost wept, and stood off to admire it after she had hung it on the rack in the hall. / "There's no use saying anything to r papa about it." she told Lucy. "It would just worry him to think I had ao much trouble. Here he comes now." The door swung open to admit the man of the house and a gleam of late sunshine. "Hello!" Andrews cried breezily. "My, but I'm glad to get home! Well, wen, meres my nai at jasi; tuuss eort of funny, doesn't it? Probably because I've been wearing my new one. I think, after all, my dear, I won't bother with that derby. I didn't realize that It was so shabby. You'd better give it to Dan." Its Kind. "Did you see where manufacturers In Massachuetts are accused oi plants lng dynamite?" "I should think they could easily prove that to be an exploded charge." Keep Chlggers From Straving. It is estimated that there have been nine million picnics in this country this year?all of which served a purpose, If you know what it was.?Joiiet (111.) Herald. MEXICANS AS FIGHTERS. Despite Splendid Courage, They Never Won a Battle From Us. The battle of Buena Vista was one of the decisive battles of the Mexican war. There were about 20,000 Mexicans to some 5,otin United States troops engaged, ami the result put the northern part o! Mexico at the mercy of the United States. It may ho said that as it was in J that hat tie so it was in every Kittle of the Mexican war. From the beginning to the end the Mexicans did not win a solitary victory. The Mexicans showed a splendid courage. In nearly every instance they greatly outnumbered their adversaries. and in nearly every instance. apt in. they had the advantage of position. Still the Ameri-! cans invariably heat thein. At Palo Alto 2.000 American-j routed 0.00ft Mexicans, and at Ilesa-! ea de la Palma the odds were about] the same. At Monterey. Tavlor | with (i.Ooft men. stormed a placej that was defended by a force 12.00"! strong. At Rnena Vista the oddwore four to one aeaitHt the Amer j ieans. a< they were also at Sacramento. At Sierra fiordo General Scott. with S.000 men. found Santa Anna stroniric intrenched with 12.000. and yet lie walked richt over him. killing and wounding 1.000 <>f his men. capturing .1.000 and dispersing the re<t. Finally Seott. with 12.000 men as against .10.000 of the enemy, won Churuhuseo. Chapnltepec and the Citv of Mexico itself. ( Thus in every instance through a mil thn Mnviesin war worn the invad-ll ers victorious and notwithstanding the fact that the advantage in numbers and in position was invariably with those whose country they were invading. This is a decidedly unique faet in the history of warfare, since it would be difficult, if not impossible, to find another conflict between two nations in which there was not, to some extent at least, a division of the honors of the battlefield. The explanation is left for the psychologists and for those who study the deeper traits of men and nations.?New York American. Easy to Locate the Poles. Suppose a person who was ignorant of astronomy and the method of takinp observations should set j out to find the north Dole. How I would he know when he reached it ? By setting up a vertical rod and measuring its shadows at frequent intervals as the sun passed around the sky. If these shadows all remained of the same length during the sun's course through the heavens, the "ignorant" explorer would then know he was at the pole. If the lengths of the rod's shadows varied during the twenty-four hours he could not be at the pole, and the direction in which the shadows fell shortest would indicate the way in whicli the boreal point lav. Of course such observations could only be made during the "arctic day" ?that is. when the sun is above the I horizon in the northern latitudes. I | For headache Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pl'!? 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The doctors didn't do an eood. Mv mother wis persuaded to tr Sloan's Liniment, and in three weel was entirely well ? and I believe she cured forever." Relief From Rheumatism Miss II. E. Lint>elkaf. Gilroy,Calif writes:?" My mother has used one 50* bottle of Sloan's Liniment, and althouj obtained great relief from her rheumati Rheumatism I Miss Evelf.tta Myf.r. of 1215 V " My mother was troubled with rheuma Sloan's Liniment and her rheumatism i family was troubled with ring-worms?t sisters and I and Sloan's Liniment curt SLOj UNlf is the best remedy for neura pains, asthma, hay fever, cr< At all dealers. Price, Sloan's Book on Horses, Cattle, L ^^Dr^EAR^^WA Soft Drinks Wii You can use them as a stimulant over." Every drink made at my F that's something to be rememberei children. We give dirt, dust and n where you get service at the wink Where every one is young, even th you come here you are coming horr Candies that are made from the t ter's nap. Cigars?Well, yes, they are good Rread just 5c the loaf?loaf nere, Meet me at Courtney's . Pniirtnou'e flafo am uuuiiiiuj u uuiu uih virgil kind: Kingstree, C. W. DIGGS VETERINARY DENTIST Can now be found at the stables, of the Williamsburg Live Oinnl/ Pn oiuorv uuif a Kingstree, - S. C. I acumn} By PARCEL 1 Delivered Prepaid al SEE THIS MAGNIFN EKLY CONSTITUTION, Tuesday, ' % 3 times every week, one full yeir FID VACUUM WASHER, one of th< line Clothes. Simol*' Perfect. Perfectly FOR ONLY $2.27 cly Free to You for a Club of Five Yearb Rapid Vacuum W; Perfect in Merits, Perfect in Pr Machine is guaranteed to give as as any hand power machine on ess of price. Delivered at your do postage prepaid. it shows the \va r complete ready to b - wash boiler. It is beyond all question tht v invention in the form of washing machii e work is done by vacuum waterforce?1 j forci J through the goods by com pressed a chine -toes tin- w. rk in less time than the most ex] ;et?is easier operateu and costs hut one-fourth f!>e Vacuum Washer can he attached to any ti it?no screws to tighten?nothing to adjust?a chil ?>n tninutes.and with Oils machine your clothes c batting process used by other makes. With the E It Is simple in construction, but initfhty in effect, 'vi 11 thu wtifrhii'kt iliiniAk/p. anif 1 his is absolutely I radding the batting or breaking the stitches, lever and used in a nail or other small vessel for * - pounds, and it can be easily folded up and put *ID VACUUM WASHER AND TRI-WEEKI ad a Club of Five Subscribers and $5.00 wi iher Free. Your live subscribers may take advar , if they pay the extra 81.00. Address al! orders an CONSTITUTION, All (institution and T ;h she is over 83 years of age, she has ?m." entirely Cone r'yoming St.. 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