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K?NGS AMONG ELEPHANTS. Two Fine Beamte That Had Slave? to Walk on Them. it was our good fortune to be present at an important meeting of tbehhed dah at Cbila, on the banks of the : Ganges, where the Nepalese government bad sent down their magnificent troop of tame elephants for the chase of wild ones. They were about 150 in number magnificent, noble creatures, writes a ^contributor to the Boston Journal. The two finest among them were the inkings" of the troop and were called Bijli Prasad and Narinn Gaj Prasad. Bijli Prasad, which means "lord of lightning," was such a grand fellow! The width of his brows was so great that heoould not put his head through our hall door, and he knows to the smallest point what, a mighty creature bois. Ho and, his companion, Narian Gaj Prasad, which means 4'the peerless lord," ure provided with two slave, elephants* and the only dnty of the lat? ter- ls to fetch and provide fodder for. Bij? and Narian Gaj. They do their -jtaty right well. At early (?awn their mahouts, or drivers, drive them into '^g|^ jnagles, and they work like real slaves. They; collect the sweet sugar canes, tearing them np hythe roots, the young, succulent grasses and tender leaves and heap them up in masses which weigh about 300 pounds each. These loads are put on their backs, and thrice a day they gladly carry in their - burdens and lay them at the feet of their lords. We went out by moonlight to see the latter fed, and any child would enjoy the strange sight First of all the ma? hout makes a great big campfire of twigs and brushwood, and on it he places a large? fiat, iron dish, supported on two bricks. Then he takes wheat four and . kneads it with water into great round ' fiat cakes about an inch thick and twice the circnnx5erence of a soup plate. These cakes he bakes on the iron dish. We were anxious to taste them, and we found them very good. We punched, out with our fingers all the nice brown spots ?nd ate them, piping hot And to make np to Bijli and Narian for taking part cf their supper, we had prepared a treat, cf. which, they are particularly fond. From the bazaar we hid brought great balls of : sugar cane juice boiled down and made solid, called "goor" in that country. Each ball was twice the size of a tennis ball and in each wheat caJfce.or "capati" we rolled a lump of this molasses. You should have seen how the big beasts enjoyed their feed how their great, trunks rested down oa our shoulders,, always upturned for tho forthcoming delicacy ? True to Instructions. My^friend: the. newspaper man told me a f army little story which happened during the last election in a certain newspa^ ofoce in this city. They were pressed for men and had to take on some of the old printers thai, went out of oflioe with the arrival of the typesetting machines. One of the edi? torial writers wrote what he considered a fine effort cf rhetoric, on McKinley. Every page was sorely crowded, and the flat had gone forth that nothing should ' be leaded, not even editorials. In tho midst of the editorial effusion occurred the. following sentence: "McKinley's name led all the rest" This piece cf copy was turned over to ene- of the old discharged men. To everybody's astonishment half of the editorial in point was leaded, making a very offending column to the eye. % Tho old printer was sent for. Bede? cked he had followed copy exactly. . Asked to bring the proof, he hurried up stairs and from a bundle of written sheets extracted what he wanted. * In the. meantime the editorial writer had discovered that "led all the rest" had been omitted entirelyr and he was laaon^ .than ever. "Where is the rest of that sentence?'' It?.growled when the ancient fossil ap? peared with the copy. "You've chopped tins ciT at 'McKinley's name. ' " "There is the copy," said the aged file. * 'Bight after McKinley's name yen wrote * led all the rest,' and I leaded it, of course." The editorial writer had nothing more to say after that-St Louis Republic. Prc rsl lng the Soya! Society. The proceedings of the Royal society of London were not taken so seriously 150 years ago as they are now. A sail? or who had broken his leg was advised to send to the Royal society an account of the remarkable manner in which he had healed the fracture. He did so. His story was that, having fractured his leg by falling from the top of a mast, he had dressed it with nothing but tar and I oakum, which had proved so wonder? fully efficacious that .in three days he was abie to walk just as well as before the accident This remarkable story naturally caused some excitement among the members of the society. No one had previously suspected tar and oakum of possessing such miraculous healing powers. The society wrote fer further particulars and doubted, indeed, wheth? er the leg had been really fractured. The truth of this part of the story, how? ever, was proved beyond the shadow of a. doubt. Several letters passed between the Royal society and the humble sail? or, who con tinned to assert most solemn - ly that his broken leg had been treated with tar and oakum, and with these two applications only. Tho society might have remained puzzled for an in? definite period had not tbe honest sail? or remarked in a postscript to his last litter: "I forgot to tell your honors that the ^leg was a wooden one." - Harper's Bound Table. heddie's Suggestion. Freddie's father had just been strug? gling with an old fashioned bureau, and, retiring disheartened from an un snccessful effort to open one of its com? partments, he moved to the window, and looking out upon the lowering sky he exclaimed, "It's mighty strange that the weather bureau can't give us a change of weather. " "Maybe," shyly interposed Freddie, "they can't open the bureau drawers. -Boston Courier. BETTING RI?DY Every expectant mother has a trying ordeal to face. If she does not get ready for it, there is no telling what may happen. Cliild-birth is full of uncertainties ii Nature is not given prop sr 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? less. It relieves and prevents ** morning sickness," relaxes the overstrained mus? cles, relieves the distended feeling, short? ens labor, makes recovery rapid and cer? tain without any dangerous after-effects. ?other's Friend is good for only jar? pin-pose, viz.: to relieve motherhood o? danger and pain. $1 dollar per bottle at all drag stores, or sent bv ma? on receipt of price. Fires BOOKS, containing valuable informa? tion for women, will be seat to any address apon application to THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Ga. Mint M Geo. S. Hacker & Son, -H ANTJF ACTUREFiS OF DOORS) SASH, RUNDS, Moulding & Building Material. office and Warerooms, King, opposite Om DOD Street, CHARLESTON, S. CU Po renae* oar make, which we gaaraotf superior to any sold Sooth, and thereby, *are money. Window and Fancy (Has 3 a Specialty October 16-o TO SUFFERING HUMANITY. THE MEDLIN CHALYBKATS SPRING, located at Danbar, S. G., is DOW the attraction o? snfferers from Ic digestion,-Dys? pepsia, Rheumatic affections, Kidney Trou blet, Bright'si DisPMe, Dropsy, Catarrh and ail skin diseases, from tbe fact, wherever the water has been osed for these diseases, it bas rtlievd. and when asad sufficiently, it bas eurea It is being osed for all tbe diseaaea men? tioned above, al! over the coan tr j. Tb'"s water bas been analysed by Prof M B. Hardin, Sooth Carolina State Chemist, aod found to coo tain the folio 7 i og M?dicinal properties : - Sod io m Carbonate 893 Potassium Carbone's 374 Caleiom Carbonate 571 Magnesium Carbonate 344 Iron Carbonate (Ferrons) 1.411 Manganese Carbonate Trace Copper Carbonate Trace Potassium Sulphate 041 Sodium Chloride 1 347 Alumina Trace Silica 2 391 7 277 Ammonia .02 paris per million. Ait'umenoid Aa monia CS " " We bare glowing testimonials from people a'l over the country, and frcm people in your own ?owo. Among them the Rev C. C* Brown, A. W. Cresswell, F. E Grier, et al., If you are suffering, sud want relief, and core, come and see me. I ats here tc eupply yon tbie water, and take jour orders, or to make arrangea eots with you for visiting tbe Spring, where ample accommadation? arc to be bad, at low prices. J. E. WILSON, Dec 15-3m Sumter, S G. ClareiflDtLot|elJ4i.F.M THE REGULAR MONTE LT COMMU? NICATION of Claremont Lodge, No 44, A. F. M.. will be held on Thursday Evening, Mcb 31, at 7? p. m. Brethren will take dee notice and govern themselves accordingly L. S. CARSON, W. M. Attest-P. C. MOSES, Sec. NOTICE OF REGISTRATION. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SUMTER COUNTY. orace 0? SUPERVISOR op REGISTRATION, SUMTER CC?NTY. SUMTER, S. C., May 1, 1837. Notice is hereby given that in accordance a iib an Act of the ??eceial AeeemMj, tbe books for the registration cf all legally quali? fied voters, and for the issuing of transfer?, ?kc, will be cpeD at the court boase, between tbe hours cf 9 o'clock s. m , i nd 3 o'clock p m., on the erst Monday cf each mcnth, and for three sticce?3i?e dayl, until'thirty dats before the next genoral election Minors who eba!! become cf *?2 during tba period of thirty divs, sba!! be entitled to registration before th? books are closed, if o?berw:se quaiififd E. F BURROWS. Feb 1. Supervisor of Registration, j neTer herd eel a primer lot of choice motton on tte hoof than yon will find in our fine stock Succulent, sweet and tender n.utton and iamb is one of our specialties, and our fine juicy roasts of beef and steaks i* what we bank our reputation on, as expert judges of fine meats. Manufacture;: and shipper of San sage, ortieis by mail or wire promptly attended to. E. HOGAN, Telephone No. 26. TTJOMEYsBLOCK. Oct 25 1898. Chain?es8 Columbia, $125 Standard Colombia, $75 Models 7 & 8. Hartford. $50 Models 15 <fc 16, Vedett, $40 2d hand Columbias, $25 to ?50 Satisfaction guaranteed on every wheel sold by me. D. JAS. WINN, Deo 10 SUMTER, S. C. BARBY # CO., WHOLESALE BROKERS, -AND Cotton Storage Warehouse PBOPRIETORS. UP-TOWIf OFFICE. COURT HOUSE SQUARE* 1,000 Tons High Grade Am moniated Fertilizer, 1,000 Tors Acid with Potasn, 500 Tons Dissolved Bone, 500 Tons German Kainit, 400 Tons C. S. Meal, For Sale. We are prepared to meet any and all prices for STAND? ARD GOODS. Get our prices before purchasing. Respectfully, HARBY & CO. Dee 16 SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA RAILROAD. PASSJ3NG??R DEPARTMENT. Corrected to Jan. 24tb, 1897. DAILY. DAILY LY Charleston 7 10 a io 5 30 p m Ar SummernUe 7 46 ara 6 10 p rx ** Prevails 8 18 a ni 6 50 p m " Georges 3 30 a ra 7 04 p ic Branch vii!* S CO a m 7 50 ? m ;I Roweevi?h 9 15 e m 8 C7 p m <; ?rangeteorg 9 28 a o 8 24 p m 44 St Mattheus 9 48 a ai 8 48 p m (i Fort .Moue 10 00 a m 9 03 p m ' 41 Kvc?rille 10 10 a m 9 20 p m .: Columbia 10 55 am 1010 pia LT Columbia 7 00 a m 4 00 p m Ar Kicgriiie 7 40 a m 4 44 p m *l Fort Mona 7 tl a ca 4$!Spm " St Matt hew a 8 02 a m 5 09 p m " Orangebu?g 8 24 a m 5 27 p m " Sowfeivilb 3 38 a m 5 42 p rn 14 ?SranchriUe 3 55 a m 5 55 p rc " Georges 9 35 a m G 37 p m " Pregnalia 9 48 a m 6 50 p " Summery.lie 10 22 am 7 22 pm 44 Charleston ll 00 a ia 8 00 p m LT Cbarleetoa 7 10 a m 5 30 p n 44 Br^ncfaTil.'s 9 15 a m 7 50 p o " Bucfcerg 9 41 a m 8 19 p ir " Denmark 9 52 a m S 31 p rr \ Blackville 10 10 a m S 50 p a " Williston 10 27 a m 9 10 p cr '.Aiken ll 09 a m S 57 p rr " Angosta 1151am 10 45 p rr Ar Augusta 6 20 a m 3 20 pm Le Aiken 7 08 a m 4 07 p ts 44 W?HistOB 7 49 a m 4 44 p c " Blackville 8 OS a m 5 03 p tr. "4 Der mark 8 20 a m 5 17 po ,: Bamberg 8 33 a ra 5 29 p ra 44 Branchville 9 10 a na 5 55 pm Ar Charleston ll 00 a m 8 00 pm Fas: Express, A og asta and Washington, with Through Slicers to New York. L7 Augusta 3 05 p n Ar Aiken 3 44 p rr ,? Denmar* 4 59 p ra LT Denmark G 25 a m " A?kifn 7 28 a ii Ar Augusta 8 10a rc D?^iiy ?iseept Sunda?. Lv Camden '8 45 a m 2 25 p m 41 C?r:de^ Junction 9 35 a m 3 55 p m Ar Kiogv?lle 10 05 a ra 4 35 pm Lv K-npvil?e 10 25 R m 6 (0 a ra j .' Camden Junction ll 00 a m 6 40 a m j Ar Camden 1155 am 8 15 a m; B. 8 BOWEN, L A. EMERSON, Gta'l Man'g'r Traffic ?an'gr j Generai ofSc&?-Charleston. S. C. OM? River & Clarles?on Railway Cf Conjnnctlj with the Son?? Carolina & Georfiia Eailroad. Schedule in tffect October 18, 1887. North bound. S C & G. South bound. 7 10am LT Charleston Ar 8 00 p m 8 57 a m Lv Branchville Ar 5 55 p m 10 25 a m Lr Kingsville Ar 4 44 p m 0. R & C. 12 05 pm 1.7 Camden Ar 3 00 p m 1 05 p m Lv Kershaw Ar 2 00 p ra J 45 p m Lv Lancaster Ar 1 00 p m 2 30 p m Lv Catawba June Ar 12 15 p m 2 55 p m Lv Rock Hill Ar ll 55 a m 3 3 ) p m LT Ycrkville Ar 1115am 4 50 p m Lv BlfCksburg Ar IO 10 a m 5 20 p m Lv Shelby Ar 9 20 a ra ? 5 55 p m Lv Henrietta Ar 8 35 a m 6 12pm Lv Forfst City Ar 8 20 a m 6 27 p m Lv Rutberfordtoo Ar 8 05 a m 7 30 o m Ar Marion Lv 7 00 a rn i (Gaffney Division) 6 30 p m Lv Black&burg Ar 7 25 am 7 05 p m Ar Gaffneys Lv 6 50 a m Trains north of Camden ron daily excrpt Sunday. Trains between Charleston and Kingsville run daily. For information as te rates, Clyde Line Stiling etc., call on local, contracting and traveling ?gents of both roads, or E. F. GRAY, Traffic Msngaer. S. B LUMPKIN, Gen . Pass Aet. L. A EMERSON, T M. Blacksburg.S. C. S. C. ? G. R. R Charleston, S C. Wilson at? SIEK?I IR in effect Januarv 15th, 1895. TRAINS GOING NORTH No. 72.? Leave Wilsons Hill' 9 10 a m .* Jordon, 9 33 a s M Daviij 9 45 a m 14 Scmmurtcn, 10 10 a a; u Millard; 10 45 a m " Silver, ll 10 a sa '" PacksviHe, i 130 pta st Tindal, 1155pm " W. & S. Jane, 12 27 p in Ar. Sumter, 12 30 p m TRAINS GOING SOUTH, No. 73.* Leave Sumter, 2 30 p ai " W. AS.Jane, 2 33 p rn " Tindal. 2 50 p xa " Packaville? 3 10pm " Silver, 3 35pm ? Hillard, 3 45 p ra 11 Sammertcc, 4 40 p m *. Davis, 5 20 p rn ' Jordon, 5 50 p ra Ar, Wilson Mill, 6 30 p tn Trains between Millard and St. Pani leave Millard 10 15 a m and 3 45 p m., arriving St. Paul 10 25 a a and 3 55 p m. Returning ?eave St. Paul 10 35 a m and 4 10 p zn, and arrive Millard 10 45 a m and 4 20 p m. Dai? ly except Sunday. ?Daily except Snnday. TB J M AS WILSON Pred aient. Atlantic Coast line. W?LS1NGTG? , COLUMBIA AND AUG?6 TA RAILROAD. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. \ TRAINS GOING SOUTH* Dated Dec. 20, 1897. Leave Wilmington Lea?<e Marion Arrive Florence Leave Florance Arrive Sumter Leave Snmter' Arrive Columbia No.55. P.M. .4 00 6 43 7 22 P.M. .8 00 9 10 P.M. 9 13 10 30 lie.35 A.M. .3 25 4 29 No.52. A.M. ?9 37 10 55 No. 52 rans through from Charleston via Central R. R., leaving Charleston 7 a. m.. Lanes S 23 a. m., Warning 9 05 e. m. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Leav- Columbia Arrive SumVr LeiTc Sam ter i rri73 Florene* Leave Florence Leave Marios Arrive Wilmington No.54 No. 53 A.M. ! P.M .6 45! ?5 00 8 08 A H. 8 12 9 2?> A. M. 9 f-8 10 36| I '?0 P 20 No.32 P.rf. ?3 30 7 45 ?Daily. fDaily except sunday. No. 53 rons through to Charleston, S. C., via Central T?. R., arriving Manning 6 58 p m., Lanes 7 36 pm., Charleston 9 15 p. m. Train3 on Conway Branch lsave Chad boam ll 43 a. m., arrive at Conwa> *ay 3 0 p. m., returning leave Conway at 2 46 p. m., .f-i *e Chadbourn 5 15 p. nv ?er.re Cbfidboarn > 45 p m., arrive at Hob Et S 25 p. m., return: c leave Hub 8 30 a. r. nrrive at Chadbonra 9.15 a. m. Daily 6x cept Sunday fDailv ezceot Sundav. J . KENLY; Gea'l Manager. T. M. EMERSON. Trafic Manager.* H. M. 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I am in constant receipt of so tteny letters of enquiry about lands from Northern and Western partirs, that I may be able to tffect sales for :ho*e who will give mc accu' ruts detailed descriptions of what they have. No charte will be made unless satisfactory ss!c8 are made. Descriptions must be such as can be guaranteed and must give : No of acres, location, character cf land, proximity to railroads, post offices, schools, churches and tov. ns, kind of in pro ve tr en ts. Communications strictly confidential when so desired. JAMES G. GIBBES, State Land Agent, Nov. 10. Columbia, S. C