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. ~ OUR TWO GOOD HANDS. Why It One Carefully Trained and the Other Neglected? It was under the apologue of twoj Bisters, one of whom was carefully trained and educated and the other neglected, to grow up in igno-> ranee and without accomplishments, that Benjamin Franklin quaintly and aptly described the right and left hands. Franklin's appreciation of the advantages of ambidexterity, the equal! use and education of the hands, has i made little progress in placing these j , 6isters cn an equality. In fact, | though there is no bias of heredity j to favor the use of the right hand, i no sooner does a baby begin the use j -I+o ori/l finrroru than t-llP : VI HO LXiUJXJWO UX1U VUMM V-? | mother, the father and all the rela-! tives generally supply every arti-J fice to discourage the use of the left hand to the encouragement of a monopoly of the right hand, this in i the face of the fact that every child j comes into the world ambidextrous, i Among Americans and Euro- j peans an ambidextrous adult is a novelty. It is probable that the: Japanese come nearer being alnbi- j dextrous than any other people of today. On this subject the Xew j York Medical Record says: ''There have always been, during all ages of which any history or I tradition has been handed down, j ambidextrous individuals, and some-1 times a race has possessed, possibly by training, two handed dexter-j ity; thus the inhabitants of the Ba-' learic isles, who gained great fame ; in the faroff times in which they] lived bv their ambidextrous manner of slinging. _ "Also we find mention in the Old Testament oi the vuu tfenjamue 6lingers, who were able to demons strate in the most practical way how useful it was in a battle, and especially in a battle in which man and not machinery counted most,) to be able to hurl the missiles from the sling with one or the other arm equally well. "There were doubtless more left handed or ambidextrous persons in the old times than now, Plato, Aristotle and other of the ancient writers frequently referring to ambidexterity." A Poor Robin Almanac. One of the scarcest and most amusing of the early English almanacs is entitled "Poor Robin, anj Almanack of the Old and New, ncntoirtmrp o ttTA- I iacua'u wu laiuiug a mw fold Kalendar?viz, the Julian, English or Old Account, and the j Soundheads, Fanatics, paper-scull'd j or Maggotheaded New Account," etc. It is a pamphlet of sixteen! pages and is dated London, 1690. The dedication is "to the world" * and in it Poor Robin says: "With Pipers, Ballad-singers and Fiddlers it is a merry World; with Prisoners, Sick-people and Money-less persons it is a sad World; with a \ Soldier it is a hard World; with a: Divine a wicked World; with a Lawyer a contentious World; with a Courtier a slippery World; with most men c mad World, and with all men a bad World." Hay Fever Germs Giante. A scientist makes the statement that hay fev^r is not caused by rrarrr-e i-n +>10 hln/vl Vlll+ VlV tTPTTTlfi 6"m3 * " "w "'"""I D so large that they cannot get into the body at all. He says they are much larger than the blood cells. But they do gather in the air passages, where under favorable conditions they multiply until they block the passage. Nature revolts against their presence, so the victim falls to sneezing, and they are thereby expelled. The doctor says that if they were not got rid of by sneez; ing and coughing they would choke the hay fever victim to death in time. I Milk ?nd Buttermilk. The nutritive value of milk as \ compared with buttermilk is not1 nearly so great as some appear to: think. It is about as twenty to eighteen. You get about as many : energy units out of a pint and a quarter of buttermilk as you do out of one pint of sweet milk. Besides, the bacteria of typhoid tend to die out in buttermilk because of its acidity. , Never a Letup. "Poor pa's just working himself to death." "Why, 1 thought he had a political job." l*nt it cnnnie qc if ViD Pft I HC liUO J "U U IV r<VVUie UO iA ??v uv | sooner gets reappointed than it is : necessary for him to get out and work again so that somebody else | won't get it next time."?Chicago ; Herald. . Cautious Elimination. "Father," said the small boy, "what is a freebooter?" "I don't know exactly, my son.' But I will say that with leather costing what it does, you want to get your mind away from any idea that a freebooter is a man who sells shoes for nothing."?Washington Star. it i GET RID OF "BLUE MONDAY." Do It by Eating Leas and Exercising More on Sunday. GTouchiness is more prevalent on Monday morning than at any other time m the week, and to such an extent tl.at life i> made disagreeable temnorarilv for many families and for many co-workers. That such I manifestations of ill feelings are I detrimental to private and public interior- i> widely aekuovi edged, but it has remained for Dr. Samuel I (i. Dixon, state commissioner of! health, to call public attention to the Mondi.y morning grouch and to tell how it cats 1 e done away with. j "The majority of people," Dr. Dixon says, "..re apt to fall into two general divisions. Dae c!a? tries to crowd too much into the time between one week's end and the beginning of the next week's labor. They take up their business on Monday morning exhausted and overtired, instead of refreshed by the 'day of rest.' The other class goes to extremes bv overeating and underexercising, and the result is equally unhappy." To these causes the doctor could have added the "hang over" from Saturday night, for that there is more dissipation then than during any other night' in the week is be yond dispute. This is followed by late rising on Sunday morning and, if the stomach will permit, the eating of three meals, which are always heavier on Sundays than on other days. The remedy then lies with the individual, and it consists in abstinence from liquor Saturday night and less eating and more exercise?nothing better than a long ! walk?on Sunday. By following this plan what is known as "blue Monday'' will be wiped off the social and business calendar and everybody will be fit to enter upon the duties of the week.?Pittsburgh Chroniclej Telegraph. Leander's Feat. I 'Stories of the ancients who per| formed prodigious feats pale into inI significance compared with modern ' accomplishments?for example, the j story of Leander, who swam the I TJalu-itVi r?micr>trnrthv i object of passing an hour in the presence of his sweetheart. Now, the body of water known in ancient times as the Hellespont is in these days called the strait of Dardai nclles, and the distance across is rather less than a mile. Compared with such a swim as that of Captain Webb, who first swam across the strait of Dover, a distance of twenty-one miles, Leanders performance seems not only credible, but insignificant.?London Globe. Horses of Andalusia. Since the beginning of the seventeenth century Jerez de la Frontera has been the most noted horse breeding center of Andalusia, for many hundreds of years famous for its fine horses. Jerez de la Frontera was one of the first and last Moprish strongholds in Spain, and tfie be6t horses there were all tjred * 1 J IV il-i trom tamous Aran siamons, bo mui what is known as an Andalusian or Spanish horse has always a good deal of Arab blood. It has, however, been crossed with so manv other breeds, especially Flemish, that today the Spanish horse is not registered in the books of record of pure bred animals. Wheat Train* In Manchuria. Wheat comes into the mills and to the rivers and railways of Manchuria from almost incredible distances. In the winter, when the rough, imgraded roads are frozen hard and smooth, the natives haul wheat for 200 miles in some cases by means of a heavy two wheeled cart drawn bv four to eight mules. T * * - - ' A_ A 1 .Long trains 01 xnese cans, uiiu-iing together for protection and companionship at night, can be seen on the main highways all winter and are the piost picturesque fea t -?r 1 : lure 01 .Muiicnuuaii me. Old Time English Fops. A gallant's toilet in the days of i the Tudors in England was no easy business, and a slow or clumsy sorv-1 ant no doubt got many an oatii and blow if he failed to tie uj> the i points of the hose, lace the doublet J or arrange the stomacher and frill-1 ed shirt to his master's satisfaction, j A gentleman's dress had so many i fastenings, with so much tying and I lacing of his garments together, I that it was impossible that he j should ever get costumed^sic) without assistance. The long hose had to be securely tied by a number of latchets to the doublet; the doublet itself was laced up the front, and the sleeves, being slashed to show the shirt sleeves, had also to be laced sometimes.?"History of English Dress." The Quinine That Does Not Affect the Head Because of Its tonic and laxative effect. LAXA- ! TIVE BROMO QV1NITJE is better than ordinary | Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor ringing in head. Remember the full name and look for the Signature of E. W. GROVE. 30c. 1 The Orangeburg Chamber of Commerce hopes to secure the establishment there of a new steam laundry and a wood-working plant shortly. The court of general sessions convened at Orangeburg Monday with not enough cases on the docket tc warrant impaneling a petit jury, for the first time in the history of the county. Remember The Dead Monuments and Tombstones ol every style and desciptrion at lowest prices. Satisfaction guaranteed. See S C Anderson, Kingstree, S C. 3-8 I A.. ????^ I. Ml Wl HI I UlLBtKI H. MCULAM KINGSTREE. S. C. CONTRACTOR FOR HOUSE PAINTING, DECORATING, AUTO PAINT1N6 AND UPHOLSTERY WORK, Headquarters at King Hardware Co.'s, 8-.i3-3mp y Reasons! k L | Why you should use fej Cardui, the woman's P% tonic, for your troubles, I > LI have been shown in UkJ thousands of letters from 1^ actual users of this medi- I ^ k 1 cine, who speak from M personal experience. If 1^ ^ the results obtained by IT k 1 other women for so many M years have been so uni- 1^ ^ formly good, why not M k 1 give Cardui a trial? ^ Take CARDU1 ^ The Woman's Tonic Mrs. Mary J. Irvin, of M Cullen, Va., writes: "About 11 years ago, 1 I ^ suffered untold misery ^ with female trouble, bear- ^ i ing-down pains, head- , % ache, numbness ... 1 w would go for three weeks fc. almost bent double ... M ^ My husband went to Dr. ; W for Cardui . . . ^ After taking about two I ^ K1 bottles I began going %| around and when I took three bottles I could do ^ all my work." E-80 1^ In surance! When you want Insurance of any kind, call on us. We write Life Fire . Live Stock Plate Glass Accident and Health Bonding a Specialty We are the largest and most experienced agency in Williamsburg county, and are in a position to give you the best service. --- > P l.l_ I Kingstree ins., iieai tsiaie I & Loan Co., Agts., I I PHONE 85, KINGSTREE, 8. C. I Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days Your druggist will refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to ct.re any case of Itching, Blind. P>?ed:n?TT Protruding Piles In 6to 14 days. The Iks*.application givts Ease ard Rest. 50c I MHBBHi i ?? ! Everyone But we wan line John E | a i Kingstree Thi I I I 'l j Good Thir , We have them. 1 Meal, Meat, Butt packages, cans 1 erything else nee We sell cheap for < i Feed for ? ' Your stock have I your money. Ke< I condition by feedi Hay, Corn and V I ===l====!5=!===_==s=== THE CAS | ODOM (SL DENN I Phone 120. Ac L. S. DENNI I . 121c lb Paid I Choice Beef, 1 '' m a . . Mutton a Agent for Sant< THE PEOPLE H. A. MILLEF < Knows We t to say that w i of the celebra >. Stetso 1 i!-11 1! iso a iuu une u 1 Cheap Dry Go 5 Store of Quali igs to Eat. See us for Flour, | er, Cheese, goods and glass and eyded for the table, cash. Stock, Too. i helped you make jp them in good ng them on our elvet Bean Meal. H STORE FIS, Proprietors ademy and Mill Sts. S, Manager Mir Ml n * n i I lest MarKet trice ram for Cow Hides. Pork, Sausage ind Veal. ee River Bricks. | : S MARKET I, Proprietor. . ] Sell Hats e have a full ted I >n Hats I f er Hats tods Co., ty Dr. D. Zed Rowell r\ i n uentai surgeon Kelly Building; First Room in Front Andrews, - South Carolina DR. ROBERT J. McCABE, DENTIST, KINGSTREE, , S. C Office in Nexsen Building, 3 doors from Postoffice. Phone 78. M.D. NESMITH, DENTIST, Lake City, S. C Mil I TAVIAD ill jlj* irs i xjv? DENTIST, Offic* in N?xi?n Building HING5TREE, - S.C. 5-21-tf. 1866 1917 A. M. SNIDER, SURGEON DENTIST. Office at Residence, Railroad Avenue. J. DeS. Gilland Attorney-at-Law Second Floor Masonic Temple Florence, S. C. General praccicioner in all State and Federal Courts. Benj. JVMNNES, M. R.C. V. S. B. Kater MclNNES, M. D., V. M. D VETERINARIANS. One of us will be atKingstree the first Monday in each month, at Heller's Stables. 9-28-tf A./ KINGSTREE Lodge, No. 46 /^p\ A. F.M. meets Thursday before full moon each month. Visiting brethren are cordially invited. S P Harper, W M. J D Britton. Sec. 2-27-lv Klngstree oamp no- 27' 'fkm Wfll IWFLll uinitti r "ie ''bird Monday W^lfDl iD^eacn Vlilting choppers rox dlally Invited to com# ap and sit on a stump or hang about on tbe limb*. P H Stoll, J M Brown, Clerk. Con. Com.