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Hippie Concert ( a < f /f* tJ ^B^^^:v:'-;:-"-:- v::',>'-'^^W^^^iii^^v!i?<w.vi Earl H. Hippie, "Wizard of t Concert company, which will be heai of the other members of the comp: woik. The company's program is both no miversal In scope that It pleases The Hippie company has enrrn ment field, and enthusiastic words cemlng this organization by people SAVEDJYJABBI1 Lucky Catch Preserved Lives o Surveyors. ??????? On tho Verge of Starvation in Cam dian Wilds, Small Creature Wat Godsend to Men and Doga. The fiying survey that the engineer ?f the Grand Trunk Pacific railwa made through the unexplored forest ^ and mountains of Canada was atteni ed by all maimer of hardships an adventures. It is remarkable that s ~m few men lost their lives, for the worl which was pushed forward winter an summer, was always filled with dai gers. An experience related in Mr. I A. Talbot's book, "The Making of Great Canadian Railway," affords .graphic Idea of the pains und per altles that many surveyors endure x In that silent, unpopulated country: In the depths of winter x was ei with one of the surveyors on an ei ploratlon trip. We had four dogs an a couple of sleighs not heavily ladei -Somehow or other, owing to tt [blinding snow, wje were delayed an -lost our way. The dogs had to q without food and we ourselves did n< itaite a bite tor three days; nor dl we catcfc sight of the smallest sgec nnen of game, gn? tiling after* anoti ~ thrown off tfrg sfelghs to gjy the plight pf the dogs, ^o'wn so thl from want of food that their rll showed through their skins. Only oi aloeplng bags were retained. Throug the day we stumbled along on o\ jnowshoes, constantly falling over ol stacles and bruising ourselves again the trees. At night we lay down t our camp fire, utterly exhausted ar falnt'from hunger and cold. It was on the third morning that descried the faint footprints ot Jack rabbit. It was the first sign < game that we had seen for three day xrr,inn's attention" ( JL UlCW UiJ V. VLU puiuvu W the Tracks!" "Stop right here and light a fir We'UJiave something to eat thte mori ting or else J jron't come back again II cried exeltediy*as 1 grabbed my gui yT I aped off with my eyes glued t those scarcely ^iscernlbfe footprint But it was weary traekUjgTthe tra . wal as efusivk ? wUl-o'-u&^isp e VLaftoib. could find la the forest? three solh! E<5tirs I folldifad it relen lessly, stumbling and falling jrlldl; bruising my shins and tearing m bands through the bush? At last it disappeared into a .willow shrub. Crawling up warily, I searche the thicket, and there spied the quai ry. Fearful that in tny excitement might take too harried an aim wit my rifle, miss, frighten, and lose th animal, I crawled steadily forward o my hands and knees. When wlthl an arm's reach I made a sudden sprln :?ad caught It by the scruff of th neck. In a trice it was dead; bnt ; had captured a sorry prize. Like em ?' ? maa <n ?nre need of food, fo I Sei4H?, (I ?It coald obtain but slender sustenanc . from the snow-covered ground. I retraced my footsteps as hurrle< ! ly as I could. I found my comrad Bitting before the fire holding his hea in bis hands between his knees?a abject picture of misery and despai In a few minutes the rabbit wi skinned and spitting merrily on an it t, provised roasting Jack. The skin wi yflk - cut into four equal parts and give ' W* 1 to the dogs. They devoured it rave \ > ously. Not an atom of that rabb v was wasted. The little bit of food pi V new life into us and we pressed c j through the forest until finally v reached our camp. o Subscribe now for The Recoru. Company Chautauqua Feature MMHHMHft i { fB-<> P f I fcffijg W? -':88 Trkir * I If IBB |E|^Wf B| | HB^C/^rr ^ he Xylophone,' is manager of the Hlpplt d here at the Redpath Chautauqua. Eact any Is thoroughly experienced in concert classical and popular In character and li > the entire audience. ?d a splendid reputation In the entertain of commendation have been written con in all parts of the United States. r FABLES ACCEPTED AS TRUTHS ' Stories That Have Long Been Implloitly Believed Really Have No Foundation in Fact I ? The famous Damascus blades that ttoro rut iron bars In two were not superior to the Toledo blades of the present time. , Seneca was not a half-Christian philosopher, but a grasping money lender, and died leaving a fotune equivalent to three million dollars. ' Charles IX did not fire upon the ? Huguenots with a lrarquebus from A the window of the Louvre during the ** massacre of St. Batholomew. d The Maelstrom is not a whirlpool 10 which sucks ships down Into the L> depths of the ocean. It Is an eddy, d which in fair weather can be crossed l' in safety by any vessel. ^ Horatius never defended the bridge. * It was a story manufactured by the a same Roman historian who put forth ** that other fabrication of history that d Micius Scaevola put his hand in the fire. lt Pitt never made the celebrated rec* ply to Walpole beginning. "The d atrocious crime of being a young man." It was composed by Doctor Johnson, 19 i who was not even present when the d actual repl? was spoken. Alfred the Great did not visit the >t Danish camp disguised aa a minetrel. d Theij Is excellent authority for asaerti' lng that be could neither play the te>r nor speak Danish. He did ngt je let'jSe > The hanging gardens Babylon dS tr not hang and they were not gardens, 'h They were terraces supported by ir arches and overgrown trees. They were erected for the amusement of a st Babylonian queen who had come from >y a mountainous country, id Pocahontas, the Indian princess, dM not save the life of Capt. John Smith I by standing between him and a club a held by her father or bjr any o^ier method. It is now considered but a s< romantic' -w "spun" "by Captain [9 Smith's imagination and perpetuated ^ by the historians^ ^ ' 'Wju*, e. Hannibal did not send three bushrw olc rtf crrtM rtfiira to Iron fmm hflnria - CIO VI PYt* VHBVU AI VU4 vv !" of the Romano knights killed on the field of Cannae back~t<? Qarthage as 0 evidence ^f his vleT^.^.Thj feet was s. as follows: The messenger who ci?R ried to t?e Carthaginlaif senate the i* pews, on finishing his report, "opened >? his roBe and threw out a number of i- gold rings fathered on the field."? 7, Dearborn Independent, y ^ ^aii&tftgid Raeeil; iv .Apes are so humafi that even tfhen d 1 they display traits that In man would r- be slmpfy abominable man cannot help 1 laughing. A correspondent in South b Africa writes that certain large apes e are so mnch la the habit of raiding n the coffee plantations that they have n to be guarded. g Among the coffee trees there grows e s shrub, the fruit of which the apes I particularly enjoy. But as wasps fasr ten their nests to the shrubs, the apes, ir fearful of being stung, usually keep * away from them. One morning the people In a certain plantation heard j. the apes making fearful outcries and, [e rushing out, saw a singular scene. A d large baboon, the leader of a band, q was throwing some young apes at the ? ? ? ? Wam mlnK* hodS wasp nests JU31 as a uu,y uiigiii. na.v ig thrown stones at them. The poorvlctims, stung by the infuriated insects, lg were crying piteously, but the old ,n baboon paid no heed to them whatever. While they were suffering from lt the anger of the wasps he quietly proceeded to regale himself with the fruit, which he could now pluck without danre ger. Occasionally he would throw a handful to some females and young a little way off.?Youth's Companion. o i To prevent a cold take 666. I IIIIM tt ;; ;; | :j You buy what you want and buy freely. || I ;; We will sell you what you want (in our line) 11 :: and guarantee satisfaction in each deal. i | j: On that basis reconstruction problems j 11 ; take of themselves. ;; | :: Our prosperity is the greatest it has ever :: jj been. We are improving that situation by ? ; having on hand whatever you may need in ::i :: our line. -| You Will Improve it i^^T^ing Here. j11 ii i:: } I II m r" jjjTCHICKENS'' WANTED i | I will pay 20c a pound for hens and ! 15c a pound for young roosters, cash. > * J Will buy any quantity. The People's Market:: * COLD STORAGE PLANT, j| \ \ ' H. A. Miller, Prop. Kingstree, S. C. ?? - Illtlllll I I I I I I I II itx II i When in need of Good Printing call on The Record. RECORD SPECIAL ADS. GET RESULTS ] I iXliixAl AA ii AXAi iXAXiJ Leads Dunbar!? White Hussars t yat^hautauqug, J |H j|jH ^ear and tear to wh 8WCCT. *V 8j 6Ver^ ^^l^lial Par Ai^?rt wiii personally direct ine E8 for everything from well-known Danbar's White Hoaanre HH at the coming Redpath Chautauqua. Ud In addition to gaining fame as a band Ford durability IS] * St17i.rz ft: painstaking thoroug * * " - ? nA-w /\-P r\TiA/n c?i /Ml large orcfieetrai ana Dana compcei- nm a uai UJ_ ptwolVil ft car now. No matter Arrival and Departure of Trains rfj multiplies faster. 0 Southbound: No. 83, 10:58 a. m. v deliveries?Runabou No. 78, 11:21 a. m.. No. 47, 6:17 p. m., B FordSOn Tractor. No. 89, 9:22 p. m. ft Northbound.?No. 80, 7:16. No. 46, V 11:45, No. 78. 5:58.If you've got the cash see me be- A W ^MIT fore buying merchandise. I've got ft Mr If VllMM M (the goods and will not be undersold. ft E. C. Burg-ess, successor 10 renpie:; Anfarf iimii r Mercantile Company. ^ PDIlL Li yW|| I L Quick Ice delivery, 'Phone 17S A UlIIIIfclfcLI V ILLKi D. & B. Ice Co. pr , 666 breaks a cold quicker than any al remedy we know. 1 The People's Market? COLD STORAGE PLANT g Dealers in Beef, Pork, Mutton, Veal and I Sausages * Everything up-to-date in a first-class 1 market. H We are paying market price for Hides. I H. A. MILLER, Prop. 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