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? KEYS?THEIR USE AND ABL'SI Concerning the Inventions of Loci' smiths and the Disadvantages of Being Locked Out. The key is an acknowledgment <j Ban's depravity. If every man reaped Ml his neghbor's goods and privacy, w should not be burdened with carryin keys, in bags or pockets, huuriug fo them In a panic, and frequently losin or mislaying them. We have the car of a door key. aa >rflee key, a trun key; a safety-box key flf we are cot pon-cutters); our locker key. if we ar ports, and automobile and garag keys, if we own these luxuries, rvey aturally multiply with our outwar prosperity. Diogeues. living in t to! was a happy man. as far is the n apo risibility oi' keys went, and althoug some people might prefer more room apartments for a permanency. at leal Diogenes waau't obliged to turn hi toga pockets Inside out in a vain a tempt to locate bis key?when returi teg to the tnb after a brief sojour at the eluh. Key-rings, ui*?n *bich you ran <v>i eentrate your responsibilities, at sometimes desirable; -mi the oth? hand, if lost. the whole bunch must b replaced. 1 consider the mode of th public bath frequenter. that ot wea. the bath-house key on a rubb ring around the neck, preferable to-aa other method. It absolutely cannot b loot, unless the bather i? eaten by ahark.?Esther tJ Kabaoa. in Bosto Transcript. GOT MESSAGE FROM LIGH Famous Man of Letters Telia of P< culiar Effect Simple Happening I Had on Schoolboy. .friend of mine?an old !?;iut? who went to school in the north c Scotland?described, to me his exper ence. The dominie had one mornir; been particularly drastic in his metl odb, and thia led to great concentn tlon of thought among the pupH' while at the same rime it <fld not i ~ * -u? 4k" ???oI iMirPiint 11 me least aurr tn?T U-UQ. % their Ideas. My friend, for instano basted himself as usual, observin form and color, only with a keen? est and, as I have said, a more eoi eentrated purpose. It was a sprin - morning, and. for the first time tht year, a ray of sunshine came into th room, making a square of yellow llgt on the dusty floor at his feet. It wa only at that particular period of th year such a thing was possible; late on there would he too many leaves o the^ees. and in winter the sun w? .pot"In that quarter of the heavens. M friend was an unhappy and anxtoc richool?dy, bnt the event* of that mon and the menaces of the dominh combined with the^uddeh sunlight i his fe^J. made a ^ew hoy of him. an lie looked at the'.sq^qre^Jf brigb.tnea which stlrrqd his^heart. He recpivei as it were, ""his mistical message ran ome ttmfc afterw^ykwiUn|; a?*p? Ac became a landscape printer.-?Joh Butler Teats. . ' ????V. Mop* niere was once a cf&ecttee ator written whom point, lay lji.the maopc ftp: which a very larailiar "figure ma ?cape observation. In the trie severe persons swore no one had entere a certain building during/a certai pace of time. Afterwar^ it wa proved that the postman, had visite the place at his accustomed time, bv long habit had rendered him psych* logically Invisible to the witnesses. t So It Is with the familiar figure upon our streets. How many times day we may past by the traffic co] without perhaps realising that he I something more than an animated slg post until some act of courtesy awal ens us to the fact that a "cop" Is sin ply a man, and a gentleman at tha For, In spite of the many aggravation that must come during a day of direclng traffic, most of these officers r< tain their good temper, and even g j oot of their way to assist or dim some passer-by.?Omaha World Hei aid. % * . Wa^er for House Plants. Water la essential to the life < plants, whether they be in the ope ground or in pots, for only in the Ion of solutions in water ca$. suck up the Juices"Hf the earth, an It is the water circulating through U. channels of the trunk and branch* that pennits the exchanges betwee the leaves and the rest of the veg? table. Plants in a house should not b watered at regular stated intervals do the plants out-of-doors receive rai * on Tuesdays and Saturdays? The should be watered whenever they nee it This is the only safe rule. An we can tell when they need it by fee ing the earth in which they are grov ing; so ioug as this feels inolst th plants du not need wuter. "Blarney" Not Out of Place. Life at best pays back rather lirnl ed dividends, and knowing this, w should as we journey along tiiue thoroughfares, try, whenever the <>] portunlty offers, to bring a smile i tired llpt. Even though we must n sort to a "bit of blarney" if we woul accomplish this happy resu't, we ce tainlv should d<> so. Such a cour? may displease the person who pridt herself on calling a .spade a spat! every tl^e, but folks who approve t toning down, as it were, the sbai edges of life, will feel no twinge* < conscience for playing such a role, ft there in all the difference in the wor! between base liatterv and true ac merited approval.?Exchange. E WHY LAMB AND MINT SAU (. Ingliah Writer Goes Far Back Trace Custom So Popular In That Country. if Lamb is the only meat with \vl t- j mint sauc? is partaken, and Englan< e i the only country where the custon ? practiced. r The latter fact seems to disprove * idea that it originated with the Je * else it would have been adopted k other countries where the race pred * j inates to an even greater extent t v , In our own. Hence, also, It could 'e : have originated or been a**ocii '* 1 with the "hitter herbs" which w d eateo with the Paschal lamh. " Wheu one remember* what are *" vegetables usually eaten with lamb. ^ get a clue to mint' sauce. And il y one that lead;* us to what 1* prohs 1 the true reason of its combination * l* ! iauib. New potatoes anil green p are the adjuncts immemorial time ?* Jed us to associate with the flesh n the lamb. These. onr forbears <i<led, were provocative of indigest > and therefore an adjunct must be trod need to eorrect this tendei 'r ; Mint during all ages has heen a *" riated with such an office. The Li * | poets have broken into song regaril 1 Its merits, and the piver of a f? never thought of laying the meat y the table until the hoards had b * scoured with this herb. So, in ai a tion to being n corrective, mint ha ? reputation as an appetizer. Gera says. "The smell of mint doth stir the mind and the taste to a gre j fiesire of meat."?London Tit-Bits. ? FOODS NO LONGER IN U . Vegetables and Meats, Familiar in Middle Ages. Have Diaappearec r? From Modern Menu. if . 1" ' If the art of cooking baa decllr g It Is in part due to the changing ft v Ions In food. For instance, in f i- many in the middle ages many v< * tables were eatan which have li n sini*e disappeared from the table, s >f as violet leaves, mixed with young i s. tlea, and .green wheat, and boiled he g seed. Salads were made of mail t leaves, ivlery roots, and pursU i- mixed with Rait and pepper, for oil i g almost unknown.' Olive oil was c it sldered to smack of effeminacy i e Italian, luxury. Horseradish sa it was used instead. The origin of sauerkraut is lost ^ antiquity. But It was certainly ra >r by the German hausfrau long hef n cauliflowers or artichokes or potat " ware known. The potato revolutl T lzed the fare of the poor, who had 1 i" merly to rely on tin* roots of * ) plants. Tlje variety of meats i P. larger, Including heavers, and in Be lt bears were kept for food. Spices : d aroma Mrs were much sought after i S'Vfar more used for cooking. Gin 1. and nutmegs were used to flavor mi d dishes that have now vanished ft h J orn tables. O , . : C* r * 4 'J I Honored His Great Foe. The .Cfys^gl peLace, fiome of *iltftlsh Imperial Whr museum, was 7 scone In its earliest Infancy of a tot >r lng incident apparently unrecorded 7 any of Wellington's biographers. 11 cording to "Le Palais de Crista 1. d French weekly published In LoUdor n the time of the great exhibition, M 15 day in April, when our workmen w d .busily engaged unpacking exhibits >r the French section, the.dnke of T y tlngton appeared, in oosnpang with daughter, the marchioness of Dot * i Ho wax expressing his Interest in i o eral products of French industry, w ?. ?0 workmen happened to open a c '? containing a statue 01 tsapoieon. n duke stopped hv= conversation. moved his hat ,^?d bowed his head, i- was teasy to see. both by the attlt t- of his body .and the expression of face, that the old soldier was de? t- moved. There fell upon all present of those deep spells of silence wi *> tmply more than an ocean of won T ^ . Maritime Omelette*. j The "Pele Mele" (Paris) states t recent Issue that the eggs of the d fish"1 posseas all the nutritive qualii )f of ordinary farm eggs. Until lab p t the dog-fish was quite neglected e fishermen and flung back Into the ? as worthless, nut today the fish is d ing actively sought by ships specif e fitted for this class of fishing. 1 s eggs of the dog-fish are frequer u found as large as hens'" eggs. ^ . Tortoise eggs are considered a gr delicacy, and make excellent omeleti ** They are. however, understood to i; not adapted for boiling; the white n the egg does not harden as in the y dlnary breakfast-table egg. d d Offended Dignity. .. Gertrude was on the lawn in fr e of the house, playing with the ba aged two. Gertrude herself, not ui than three times the other's age. v acting the part of mother. Preset] j along came a young man, who thou t- he understood children. "Good mo e leg!" ne said, taxing otr his hat. "II 's are you ladies today?" Gertri p. looked at him .with dignity. "Gi o morning." she replied, and went e- attending to the baby. The yot j man stooped down. "Ah." he said, "i r- which is which?" "I'm Gertrude." plied the older giri. "and that's whicl " 'e The Source. "Experts tell us that, roughly spe ing, one marriage in three results divorce," began the chap with the fi )r 0/ useless Irritation. "Y#*,* the other chimed in, "f it's th* roughly speaking part ti causes most of the trouble." / CE! FATIGUE CAUSE OF DISEASE to That Fact Being Admitted, It Followi That the Best of All Cures Is Rest. ilch From time to time somebody pro j js pesos the "rest cure" for all maladies 3 iS and for a time we hear a great dea of it. Then the subject is dropped j'and little appears iL the public print! ,ws I concerning its value. But invariably j*n | it cotnes up again, and the "re?t cure* on? ! a(*vocated f?r a,l manner of all ban j menl?not Just why we should not ge aheat ltHl and accept it as a fact that the bea rere tr*?tment for most diseases la rest, w< do not know. It is well settled it the ^enc* aa anything pertaining to die eases that absolute rest la of tin WP h?nefit that tnns; dieeaeei * are the actual result of fatigue of nn< | kind or another. The human body li able to take care of itself when It li ^ not tired; It cannot take care of itael' when It is overworked, no matter boa ^ many drug* are poured into It. jnn There Is a splendid work to be darn ln^ by the physidacs in the matter ?' lcy teaching the people how to rest N? ont person in a hundred understand) ifin it. Unless the average pereon actu line a'l.T fools fatigued, he doesn't reallw ^st that his body is tired?or that hti n mind and nervous system are cryini w,n for rest. The average person doesn' (j(jj know there is anything the matter witl (1 hirr. unless he feels pain, and yet ther< rc^ , art many maladies that are not accom Up ' panled by pain. edy FAMOUS PALACE AND JAIL I SE Historic Tower of London Easil] "Most Ancient and Most Poetic th# Pile in Europe." I * Palace and prison, once noted als< [ foi its menagerie and Its pageantry . ' birthplace snd death house of mon ish- I arr^8, sce?o of hairbreadth escape! jer_ I and reputed hidden treasures, ghost!t ,Ke_ | In its memories of tortures and killins ong HD(* sacfod for its martyrs, the Towei uoh of London amply warrants descriptioi ^ as the "most ancient and most poeth ?mp 'n Europe."' reads a bulletin o: lQW the National tieograpNc society, ine, William the Conqueror gave Lon ,vas don a charter, but built the Whlt< on- tower to show the people how Htth und that charter might mean. Like tlx Uoe English constitution the rambling Lon don Tower of today is a product oi 5n centuries, and not -one., but many tow ers. are now scattered over some 13 >ore acres. The site hr.d been a fortresi since Roman times, ioa- , To the Middle Towsr Ellzabetl for- came back a queer five years afte; r-na her ieaious half slater. Mary, had kep wan i her there a prisoner. The humpback** rne Richard ITT hired three assassins t< and muder his nephews in Bloody towei and i Not until years later were their bonei ger found and taken to Westminster abbey any . Lady Jane Grey, she who "had th< ora birth of a princess, the life of a saint , and the death of a malefactor," wai beheaded in London tower. Fraudulent Old Clock*. ^ | The braes lantern clocks of the sti lch j teanth and seventeenth centuries havi b ' made a strong appeal to collector! Ac j and this fact haa led to the manufac ,? a , ture of replicas of the old clock* t >t When these are sold frankly as rep 0Qe llcas. there is nothing to be salt rere *^a,nst *uch a Practice; but, unfor ln tunately, the matter does not stop her and too often the attempt Is made b bls palm off an imitation as a genuln * old clock. Famous makers' names ar lit). added and various expedients adopts* hen t0 make the new clocl? Paaa muster a: ^ an old one. Such frauds are deplora j^e ble from every point of view, and th< Ignorance of many collectors make success possible. Every one, it is ob 0(jp vlous. cannot possess a genuine ol* jjls clock. It would be well if this fac >pl.v w*re fsced, and the clocks bough ftn'p simply as reproductions, by all thox who are not in a position to noaki reasonably sure that they are reall: purchasing a genuine old Engltsl dock.?Christian Science Monitor. 1B l0(. Quackery Sometime* Effective. "Faith and foolishness will cure an: pjy disease." says the cynic,- and Judginj b*y by some Instances of miraculous whole ^ sale cures, there seems to be som< fle- ground for the assertion, illy There is the historical episode of th< The prince of Orange, for instance, wh< itly during one of his campaigns, cure< those of his soldiers who were dylaf eat of the scurvy by a piece of quackery, tes. With his doctors, who were In the b* secret, he said he had procured a med ?f icine?really a decoction of camomile or" wormwood and camphor?of the great est rarity and value from the East. II was so strong that two or three drop; would Impart a healing virtue to a gal Ion <>f water. The men took the medley cine with faith and cheerful faces, and ^ so historians tell us. grew well rapidly Ul c vas itly Risky Food Combinations. ght An Argentine doctor in a Spanish >rn- medical review states that there are ow many articles of diet in hot weather, ide which, although sound and nutritious >od In themselves, are positively dangeron ous when taken with other foods, tug Everybody today recognizes the harm md of drinking tea with a meat meal, the re- tannin of the tea rendering the meat h !" as indigestible as leather. Yet in these lays of summer dishes, one is not aware perhaps of the fact that viuegar alf retard^ the digestion of food, and that . * the smallest quantity will lengthen dimd B's,ion l,*v ra,nutes at least. Milk 1 and cherries together are held to be singularly harmful, and were said to lDC* have caused the death of Franklin ^ I'ierce, president of the United States. [/NOTICE or HEARING UPON I PORT OF VIEWERS. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLIM County of Williamsburg. IN REr Kingstret Swann Drainage I j trict. Tr ali land owners in the above f ,[ jKiseni drainage district: j NOTICE, is hereby given that ' undersigned, as Clerk of Court Common Pleas for Williamsb County South Carolina, on Saturc ' thf 3 3 th day of October. A. D. 11 r at 12 o'clock noon, in the Court Ro * in Kingstree, S. C., will consider j , pass upon the report of the view , which said report cf the Board , Viewers was filed in the office of ? undersigned on the 2nd day of S ? tember, 1919, and is now on file ' said office. H. 0. BR1TT0N, r Clerk of Court of Common PI ^ :for Williamsburg County, S. C. ! | Kingstree, S. C. t ; September, 24th, 3919. , 9-25-2t. o??? To get a medium-priced ra f without a fault, buy a Cole's D< t 11)raft Range. They are made by ) ports. ? 9 keep strom As an aid to robustness, thousan upon thousands use : Scott's Emulsioi >! as regular as clock-work the ye j around. A rich tonic, Scott '? - I abounds in elements that co ! tribute to the up-building | strength. Be sure that y* | bay Scott *s Emulsion. Scott & Bowne, Bloom field, V. J. 1 1 r ; Help Your Digestion When ndd-disbewd, reliere the indigestion with ; Ki moidS 8 Dusolre easily on tongue?aj pleasant to take as candy. Keep 1 j your stniBfh tweet, try 10 yWi 1 MADE BY SCOTT tt BOWNE t I MAKERS OP SCOTTS EMULSION ! V and More Family Electrici e e 7 We offer. They ai i ties, past the state of large and vaned assoi 7 various kinds of hous< r electrical supplies, sue! a ing Machines, Elect Smooking Irons, El< 1 Shades. Flashlights F Electric IE-1 In matrimony, to hesitate is son; times.to be saved. 'A When problems get so eompl that no one seems to be able to sol them?why, they solve themselve; 111 Ask Your Dealer r wnnnmnriT?i Dge I \bitfccd^ni Whv not No* mmm -J Silage and roughage used % winter feeding are be C than most pasturage. J| t average pasture is ne ^ ? balanced, never unifo Ji throughout the season j| being the element most 1% Thousands of d a i r y m lC proved that this shortag C fectly replaced by? ST Ji n- 2 Purina ? 5 Cow Cho o_, Every 100 lb*, of Cow Our ; E 24 lbs. of protein, 85% of wiuc a \ Ji ible. *n?ii makes it possible j the cow's grass ration under all ?j I r and obtain an average of? I iC lbs. more milk pi ' iff per cow ' ?at us additional coat of ab | J" cow?a dear profit of about I* I. j| per day, or over $3.00 per m> ' SL your own cows tell you mon J Test it yourself ^ SoU in Chtckmbmrd Mm$t ' Nesmith-F J Kiag'stree, 1 LIFE I r> * 4 t? Comfortable lor r by Installing So Many Labor-Savi il Devices) re all practical household utili- f experimentation. We have a f tment of these devices for the ^ ;\vork, including a full line of 1 as Electric Washing and Ironric Vacum Cleaners, electric ?ctric Fans, Electric Globes, lashlight Batteries, Bulbs, Etc. ||| See Us F< iJp, Elec ' Jit We will be glad to s lation of any of our Ele strate to you some of th be macie to do to lightej home life more comforta :al Simnlv ?rrv le-1 The world will always be govern- ] led by self interest. We should not try to stop this; we should try to make i ex, the self-interest of cads a little more . ve coincident with that of decent peo- ' s- pie. 4 I IL^Pr / oaov j *1 \ nS'OHW i UYOueceoctts ^ I V |* lowers Co., . - So. Cai>r~ ? \m ; 1 Yourself and me of the ing I )r Anything :trical how and explain the manipuctrical Machines, and demone many things electricity can * i 1 household labors and make 7?:< 1 company i