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<*0H!, ACCORDING TO MARIA D> PRATO. Sweet macaroni, 70a must softly simmer ' In savory bomllcn tili you're soft and mel? low. Then, blended like the nc tea of Ante and 'cello. The cheese la sprinkled-parmesans bright glimmer, With gruyere grated, unctuous and dimmer, The whole a -wondrous symphony in yellow. At last served steaming to some lucky fellow. With red tomato essence for a trimmer. Such was ambrosia that the gods invented For feasts Olympian, crowned with nectar thirst. Great Jupiter hfmsfrtf assayed it first, Them passed the dish, and Juno was contented Double faced Janus, off ?juard for the nonce, Partook of it. He had two plates at once ! .*.- -Henry Tyrrell in New York Sun. ^BEACHED FAME AT A BOUND. Bqpr tb? Famous Dialect Novelist Made Hi? First Hit. Tbe man who had sprung into sudden prom menee in the literary world bad grown a trifle reminiscent under the innuenoe of a good cigar and a small bottle, and one of tito members of the party decided that there could be no letter tame to get ?be story of his re? markable success. "I do not recall that any one ever be? came more suddenly famous in the lit? erary world than yon,*' suggested the curious one. "I imagine that I came very close to breaking a record, " replied the literary light \ "Ons day yon were unknown, and 'the next day every literary critic in the country was singing'your praise and people were standing in lino to boy . your books, " continued the curious ona "Qnite true, " admitted the literary I light "My reputaticn was made by a single story, and that story might be called an accident ' ' "That's what I want to get at " ex? plained the curious one. "I want to hear the story, of that story. Where did yon get the idea and what impelled yon to write it? What was your inspira? tion?" The literary light laughed and reached "The secret cf that story is soon told, " he said as soon as the glass was empty. "Yon see, I had a typewriter. "Young and pretty?" they all broke in. "Machine, not operator, " explained the literary light "Machine was all I could afford at that time, and I had to get that on the installment plan. 11 ran it myself, yon know. " "Well? Goon." "One day I thoughtlessly went ont without putting the cover-on it, and my 5-year-old boy got at it " "Omidn't mn it could her' they "Of course not but Pd let him help me put the paper in and take it out un? til he had mastered that much of the operation of the machine, and as the dick of it pleased him and there was no cue there to stop him he hammered away at it for about two hours./' "But what has that to do with your story?" /That was the story," answered the literary light "When ? saw what he had done, I gatherred the pages to? gether, numbered them, got upa title and sent the whole thing to a leading magazine with anote saying; that it was a dialect story of a Scotch-Welsh settlement that got mixed up with the Butch in South Africa, and-weil, I haven't had to do a thing since then except buy typewriters for the boy. Be's a little bit rough at times, but so long as he doesn't smash over one ma . chine a month I can afford it"-Chi ; cago Post Striking: Effect of Climate. Occasionally an eloquent testimonial to the virtues cf a "health resort" fails to find a place in the printed matter sent out by the hotel keepers or others interested in the prosperity of the place. A railway president who had gone to one of the summer resorts of the north? west to spend a few weeks was sitting cn the veranda of a hotel enjoying the lake scenery and his cigar when he was accosted by a resident "boomer** with the remark: " You'll find the air here full of ozone, sir. You'll sleep like a log. Before yon have been here a week yon will gain ten pounds or I miss my guess, and Pm generally right " "I don't doubt it," replied the rail? way magnate. * *I gained eight pounds the very first day. " "That beats the record," said the /'boomer, ' slightly dazed, but recover? ing himself promptly, "though I've known instances almost equal to it " "Yes," rejoined the other, "eight pounds. I weighed myself on a nickel in the slot machine at the railway sta? tion when I landed here, and the in? dicator pointed to 157. An hour later % I stepped cn the same kind of machine at the hotel, and the figure was 165. ' Gain of eight pounds in 60 minutes, sir, and I hadn't eaten a bita Hadn't . done anything but breathe this wonder? ful ais: Never saw anything like it Marvelous climate, sir-simply marvel g cns. And all it cost me was 10 cents." -Youth's Companion. Bare Felicity. She-Such lovely bargains as there are at that new placel I He-Ah? She-Yes, silks at 18 cents, and in a -?fire so small that a hundred persons v^wd it to suffocation 1-Detroit Jo?=r jff_ ^Johnson's Chill and i Fever Warnie Hws Fever Slum Work In London. To accomplish any substantial result in slum work in Loado3, a woman canst sot only give time and strength but life itself. Miss Meredith Brown, the English philanthropist;, wfc? has bees the champion o? the factory girls for some years, says that women who know only the shims of New York aDd Chica? go have no conception of the horrors and misery of the slums close to the aristo? cratic parts of London. The girls which Miss Brown's special mission reaches are so rough and lawless that the Sal? vation Army would no i take them in, and the directors of a mission which had invited the girls to tea refused to allow them into the building again. The girls came to the feast with pillow slips under their aproara and snatched everything to eat off the table before their hostesses could stop them. Finally the courageous women inter? ested in the welfare of these young semisavages decided that to reach the girls they would have to live among them. Ten dauntless women took up their r?sidence in a ric fco ty old house in the very heart of all the misery and squalor which makes the wild girls what they are, and their efforts at; last were met with more ttan an encour? aging response. " But i* is very hard on the health,** says Miss Brown. "Two years will break down any one, so we? na ve lost some of our best workers. Kew York Commercial. In a total population of a little over 3,000,000 Switzerland now has over 1,000,000 depositors in savings banks, with an average for each family of $275 in cash deposits. The busiest time on the Atlantic cable is between the hours of 10 and 13 in the forenoon. During that time on an avers .ge about 900 messages pass over the cable each way. GARTER'S INK. Some people prefer BARTER'S INKS to all others, and are not sat? isfied unless they can ob? tain what they want. We have a full stock of GARTER'S INKS and HJII8ST^met??Dg to suit all ink users. These inks are put up in Quarts, Pints, Half Pints and smaller bot ties. STAFFOBITS IKS af FLUIDS. There are as good inks made as STAFFORD'S, perhaps, but fc?ne bet? ter. We have in stock at all times a complete assortment of ST AF" FORD'S INKS and FLUIDS m all sizes CREAM PASTE. It is better than muci? lage and more conveni? ent to use. Try it in tubes-5c and 10c a tube. INDELIBLE INK. Mark your clothes and avoid loss in the laun? dry. One bottle, cost? ing 25c, will mark a whole lot of clothes. School Boote, Blau ls Books, Writ? ing Taper, Office Supplies, Holiday Goods, Magazines asid Periodicals and Seas-ral Stationery. H. G. OSTEEN & GO. 0 Land Surveying. MR, H D MOISE, will pi re prompt at? tention io calls for aorreyiotr and platting land Oan be fouod at his office, next door to office of Lee and Moise, Sumter, S. C. NOT. 18 The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge WHEREAS SHEPARD NASH, C. C. C P. for the County of ?Somier, made snit to me to ?rao: him letteni of admiois tration of tbe Estate nnd Effects of J< seph T. Andrews and W. Smith Andrt-vs, deceased ; These are therefore tt? cite and admorjidb ?ll and singular the kindred aod ceditors of the said Joseph T. Andrews ar. \ W. Smith Andrews, deceased, that they Iv? aod appear before me, in tbe Court of Proha'e, to b?? be?d at Sumter C. H , on the 31st ?? y of January A. D 1898, next, ftfir?r pablic-?tion thereof, at ll o'clock In the forenoon, lo stow c*n$r if an? ?her have, why the ?aid ftdojinistration shouid r ot be granted Given under mv hand thin 2d dav of D^cecjb^r, A. D 1897 THOS V WALSH, Judge of Probate. 22 6t GETTING READY Every expectant mother has a trying ordeal to face. If she does not of uncertainties ii ! Nature is not given proper assistance. Mother's Friend is the best help you can use at this time. It is a liniment, and when regularly ap? plied several months before baby comes, it makes the advent easy and nearly pain I less. It relieves and prevents ''morning sickness," relaxes the overstrained mus j clee, relieves the distended feeling, short? ens labor, makes recovery rapid and cer ! tain without any dangerous after-effects. Mother's Friend is good for only one purpose, viz.: to relieve motherhood of danger and pain. ; $1 dollar per bottle at all drug stores, or sent by maison receipt of price. PROT BOOKS, containing valuable informa? tion for women, will be sent to any address upon application to THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta. Ga. ._V THE BANK OF SUMTER. SUMTER, S. C. City and Oounty Depostory Tr* mac ts a general Banking business, apo bat ? Savings Bank Department, Deposits of $1 and upwards received. In? terest allowed at tbe rate of 4 per cent, per ?Daum. Payabl.e quarterly, jap first days of January, April, July and October. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, W F. RHAMB, Cashier. President. Jan 13. LANDS WANTED. PERSONS WITH LANDS FOR SALB are requested to put them in my hands for ?ale. I ?rn in constant r*c*iptof so nany letters of enquiry about landa from Northern and Western parties, rr-at I may be able.to effect salea for those who trill give me accu? rate detailed descriptions of what they hare. No charge will be made unless satisfactory 9a les are made Descriptions must be such .s can be guaranteed and most eire : No. of acres, loca'ion, character c* land, proximity to railroads, post ?ftres, schools, churches and to??n?, kind of itnproTezaents. Con>munication8 strictly cor>6d<ruiial when j . i desired { JAMFS G GIBBRS, Stave Land A gt nt, i NOT 10- Columbia, S C. G- R. E.L SOLD1KR, Citizen and Christian Patriot A Great New Book for the People. LITS AGENTS "WANTED Ever* where to show sample page? and get up clubs. Extraordinarily Liberal Terms. Money CKT\ ne m-iGe rapidly. and a vast amour ? of-good done in circulating on?? of the noblest historical works published during tbe past quarter of a century. Activo Agents are Now Reaping a Eich Harrest. Some of our beet workers arejselling OVER ONE BC\DKED BOOKS A WEEK Mr. A G William?, Jackson county, Mo., worked four 'days and a half and secured 51 orders. He sells the book to almost every tc ? n he meets Dr. J J. Mason, Moscogee county, Ga , sold 120 copies the 6rst fire days ht- cmVHSsed. H C Sheets, Palo Pinto county, Tex., worked a few hours and sold 16 copit-s mostly morocco binding. J fl. Banna, Gaston county, N. C, trade a sooth's w?ge8 io three days canvassing for this book. S M White, Callaban county, Tex., is selling books al the rate of 144copies a week. The Work Contains Biographical Sketches of all be Lending Generals, a vast amount of Hi8'o*ics] Matter, and a larKe number of Beautnul Fuli-Page Illustrations. It is a gram; oook, and ladies and gentlemen who can ..?ive nil or ftoy part of their time to the canvMSS are bound to make immense sums of money handling it. AB Elegant Prospectus? showing the different styles of binding, sam? ple pages, and all material necessarv to work with, will be sent on receipt of 50 cents. The rt'Rgnificeot gallery of portraits, alone, in the prospectus is worth double the money. We furnish it at far less than actual cost of i m?npf"cturp, and we would advise yon to ! ord-r qoickly, and get exclusive control of th? hi?st territory Address BOYAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, 11th and Hain Sta., richmond, 7a. Nov 30 DR. B. ALVA SOLOMONS, DENTIST. office 0v?B 8TO BI OF eUMTIB DRY GOODS COMP A? Y Rntrauce on Main Street, Between Dry Goods Go. and Dorant ? Soe OFFICE HOURS : 9 to 1.30 ; 2 to 5 o'c?ock. Aprils! 2 The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER.. By T. V. Walsh, Esq, Probate Judye WHEREAS, THUS H HARRIS, made soit to me to grant bim Letters of Administration nf the Estate of and effects of Z>mmermm S Harris, deceased These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the s-id Zimmerman S. Harris, late of said county ard Sta?e. deceased, that they be and appear before me, in tbe Court of Probate, to be held at Sumter, on Jaonary 6th, 1898, next, after publication thereof, at ll o'clock io tbe fore noon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be grant? ed Given nuder my hand, this 22d day of December, A. D , 1897 THOS V. WALSH, Der 22-2t Judge of Probate. THE Weather DID IT ! In making our contract for Blankets, which we did in June we failed to , consult1 the weather man, so that the mild Fall we have had has beaten us and left us with just 34 pairs Tar Heel Blankets, On hand which we do not care to carry another season, for two reasons, the first of which is we need ^money, and the second, it is hard to keep them clean and free of moths, and for these reasons we have determined to dispose of them, even at a loss to us, and will make the price as long as they last $2*85 per pair* Don't be surprised if you should call in a few days and find them all gone. m Another item in our stock that has not moved as rapidly as we would wish, is Children'* Jackets? We have picked out 31, sizes 4 to 10 years that we have been seHing at $1.50, $2 and $2.50, and make a round price of This is the greatest opportunity offered this season of making your child? comfortable for Tittle money. O'Donnell & Co. 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For many years we have made a study of it in ail its branches. We be* Heve that the special knowledge we have thus acquired will be of utmost value to every prospective purchaser. Our stock is too large to mention everything, but you can count on getting anything in the Hardware line from us. We have a large and exceptionally fine line of STOVES AND RANGES. We can give them to you at almost any price. Furniture and pipe to fit. Get a new one and make the mistress of the heme happy. In Table and Pocket Cutlery, We can offer almost anything you desire If you want genuine bargains in real, solid values, without fancy words, but articles that are eloquent in themselves, come to see us. Paint Your House Twice! That is, give it two coats of good paiut. Two coats of good paint will look better and la6t longer than thtee coats of poor paint . We are not giv? ing paint away, nor selling it at cost, bot we are selling paint that is good paint, that will be a profit to .us and the man who- buys it. We are head? quarters for Rubber Beitin?, Zion and Lead Piping, Blacksmith's and Carpenter's Tools Machine Oils, Tin-arare, Guns, Pistols, Ammunition, Ssc. R. W. Durant & Son? Sept 29-x. Tte Larpst ii lost Complete Estalilisbment Senil Geo. S. Hacker & Son, -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH, BLINDS. Moulding & Building Material. office and Warerooms, King, opposite Can? non Street, CHARLESTON, S. Cr ^^Pnrchaef our make, which we goarantc | superior to any sold South, and therebj pave money. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty October 16-o BOARDING. HAVING TAKEN the House on Main Street second door south of the Nixon House, I am prepared to accommodate a lew jesular boarders, and also lodging aod meals tc transient customers. Terms reasonable. Mas W. B. SMITH. Sent. fi. _ MICE TO TAXPAYERS, ._ * NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will be io roy office to the Court House at sumter from October 15th to December 31st, nut, for the collection of taxes for the pres? ent fiscal year, and for colitctioo of commo tatiun rond t?x for 1898. It is very important, for two reasons, that I you should pa) up earlier than usual. In the first place, my salary taring been re? duced twenty per cent, by the last Legisla? ture renders it impossible for me to employ my usual dei ks, t:ence with the usual rush toward the last. m*ny will f&il to get in. In the second pl-ce, the Auditor bas never re? quired heretofore that the t?x books be turn? ed over to him promptly for making up the penalty book. Re bas already ooiified me tbrtt on account of a chance in tbe Law regu? lating the work of his office that be would be compelled to have the boobs as required by Law, so that I am compelled to close up on Dec. 31st N.B. In view of the above reat?os don't put off till the last and then expect me to protect you. It will bc impossible H. L SCARBOROUGH, Treasurer Sumter County. S?pt 22 -THE Sumter Institute, Sumter, S. C. The thirtieth collegiate year begins September ninth, 1897. For catalogue-address MRS. L. A. BROWNE, or Miss E. E, COOPER, Principals. _g July ^ ___flMHi