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KISSING THE HAND ^The Practice Was Instituted by the Early Roman Rulers. The practice of kissing the hands was instituted by the early Roman rulers as a mark of subjection as much as one of respect, and under the first Caesar the custom was kept up, but only for a time. These worthies conceived the idea that the proper homage due to their exalted station called for less familiar modes of obeisance, so the privilege of kissing the emperor's hand was re served as a special mark of condescen sion or distinction for officers of high rank. No such ' restriction, however, was placed on the emperors themselves, who, if they wished to confer signal honor on any of their subjects, kissed either the mouths or the eyes of those they wished specially to favor, the kiss generally intimating some promotion cr personal satisfaction for some achievement. Roman fathers considered the prac tice of kissing of so delicate a nature that they never kissed their wives in the presence of their daughters. Then, too, only the nearest relatives were allowed to kiss their kindred of the gentler sex on the mouth, for in those days, as now, kissing was not a mere arbitrary sign, but it was the spontaneous language of the affections, especially that of love. Under the Romans if a lover kissed lus betrothed before marriage she in herited half of his worldly-goods in the event of his death ?te?ere the marriage ceremony, ancTlFshe died her heritage ' descended to her nearest relatives. A PANTHER'S DEN. dean and Bright, In Decided Con j traat to th? Popular Idea. -J? It was my good rortone to discover the newly abandoned lair of c: cougar family and further and to me new evidence of that fastidious cleanliness Whiek is a marked ? characteristic of the animal This retreat was notatali the-typical "panther's den" of tradi tion, but a bush grown harborage un der the edge of a rock with just enough of shelf to keep off the rain. I should not have found this breeding place but for a certain well gnawed array of bones scattered over a little smooth bench above a creek channel. From this boneyard there was a very tracea ble path leading through grass and "brush to the retreat where the dam had housed her young. The evidence here told plainly of the cougar's long immunity from annoyance and attack and of a thoroughly cleanly habit of life. There was no bone or other sign of feasting about the ?air. The dam had carried her kill to the creek bench m every instance, and the emp?ren had been called to the dining room. As bones which would have been crunch ed of eaten by grown animals had been perfectly cleaned by the kits I was able to-judge of their summer's diet This had consisted mostly of jninor game/rafibrts, marmots, grouse and the like, with an occasional small t?eer. At least one whole family of badgers, old and young, had been served, pussy having probably ia::n for them at their hole 'until th?y. were all In.?-Franklin Welles Calkins in Out ing. Th? Horse Is Useful Even if Dead. The whale can be put to a great number of uses when dead, as can also the Horse, the various parts of which are utilized as follows: -Hair, of mane and tail for haircloth, stuffing mattresses and making bags for crush ing seed in oil mills, etc.; hide and skin "tanned for leather for covering tables, etc; tendons used for ghie and gelatin; flesh for food for dogs, poultry and man; fat used for lamps, etc.; intes tines used for covering sausages, mak ing gut strings, etc.; heart and tongue for food; hoofs for gelatin, prussiate, fancy snuffboxes, etc.; bones for knife handles, phosphorus, superphosphate of lime and manure; blood for manure and shoes for reuse or for old iron.? Spsre Moments. In Suspense. "So you don't knew whether you "Want to go to work or not 7" "Well, sub," answered Mr. Erastus Pinkloy. "I'd like de refusal ob de job a little while." "But I need somebody right away.** "In dat case I'll have to let it go by. Vze jes' bought a policy ticket an' 111 hafter wait till aftuh de drawin* to see .whether I'ze gwine to work at ail or 0?t"?Washington Star. Tho. Time Honored Spanker. - ?nce ray sifter Floy was sent on an errand for some things for my mother. -There was a traveling man taere who was soiling carpet spankers, and he asked her: "Has your mother got one of these spankers?" ? "No, sir/' she replied. "Wliat does she use?" he asked. "Her hand," was the prompt reply.? Chicago,. Chronicle. Hade His Mark. "Hivens. Mpike, th' eye a ye! Phat's the matther?* "I sthruck a^man yisterday r.n' he gave me a receipt for it."?Ohio State Journal. His Favorite Remedy. "Mamma,"* said Tommy, 'does sugar ever cure anybody of anything?' "Why do you ask, my boy ?" "I thought I'd like to catch it," said Tommy. A Way She Has. Inquisitive Neighbor ?I hear that your sister is engaged. Is that true?. Small Boy?I dare say. She gener ally is. Mus? L?e Good. Young Husband?My r!ear .Melanie. I must say that this putlding tastes very bad: Wife?AH imagi;:.:::.''", dear: it says in the cookery l col: ?Uc.t i: t::s:es ex cellent: urne Very Olt! Pronunciations. "Laylock," the pronunciation of lilac once -very common, has now almost entirely passed away. It is hardly likely to be found in dictionaries or glossaries except such as profess to give provincial variations of spelling. Sixty years ago, however, it was by no means a provincialism or a mark of the uneducated; I well remember that Walter Savage Landor always spoke of "laylocks," as did my own mother and most people of that generation. It belonged to the age, now almost en tirely passed away, which called Rome "Room," gold "goold," St James "St Jeames," with other variations of sound now deemed vulgar. I have heard my father say that George IV. always spoke of "my loyal city of Luniion," while "obleeged" and "cow cumber" were heard from the most refined mouths. I can distinctly remember on the first Sunday in Advent 1S25, hearing the officiating clergyman at St. Mary Woolnoth give out sonorously when reading the first lesson "like a lodge in a garden of cowcumbers," and my dear old rector, Julius Charles Hare, twenty years later adopted the same pronunciation, saying at table, "Obleege by passing the cowcumber." "Yilets," as a dissyllable for violets, was equally common among people of good education.?Notes and Queries. Merely Symptoms. "Life is a failure," said the tired looking passenger in a grave and far away voice. "Man is a fraud, woman a bore, happiness a delusion, friendship a humbug; love is a disease, beauty a deception, marriage a mistake, a wife a trial, a child a nuisance; good is merely hypocrisy; evil is detection. The whole system of existence?life, morality, society, humanity and all that?is a hollow sham Our boasted wisdom is egotism; generosity Is im becility. There is nothing of any im portance but money. Money is every thing, and, after all, what is every thing? Nothing. Ar-r-r-r-r!" "Glad to meet you, sir," said the thin little man with the ginger hued whisk ers, extending his hand cordially to the speaker. "I have the dyspepsia pretty bad at times myself."?Chicago Journal. Australia's Stony Desert. The, great stony desert of north Aus tralia was discovered by Captain Sturt, an Australian explorer, in 1S45-46. It is north of the river Darling and is about 300 miles long and 100 broad, consisting of sandy dunes or ridges. Its want of trees, except aiong the creeks, gives the country a sterile ap pearance. These ridges were probably formed by the joint effect of winds and a gradually retiring sea. According to Captain Sturt, these waters were gradually lost by evapora- j tion or carried to some undiscovered sea. The only vegetation, growing scan tily, are prickly acacias in full bloom, all of stunted growth. Water is scarce except in the creeks which are shelter ed, and this is generally brackish. Few travelers care to traverse this in hospitable desert, Sueking^ Poisonous Wounds. Among all people the sucking of the wound has ever been considered the most effective remedy of immediate application for snake bites. In Africa, a cupping instrument is employed in emergencies of the kind to draw out the poisoned blood. The ancients fol lowed the same methods, and when Cato .made his famous expedition through the serpent infested African deserts he employed many savage snake charmers, called "psylli," to fol- ! low the army. They performed many mysterious rites over men who were bitten, but the efficacy of their treat ment appears to have consisted in suck- 1 ing the wounds. A Musical Beat. The Courrier de Paris relates that a party of men, sitting in front of a boulevard cafe, were recently ap proached by a man who had a clarinet In his hand and who said: "Gentlemen, excuse me. I have to make my living, but I suppose you would rather give me a sou not to hear me." They took the hint He repeated this perform ance several times till one day one of the men said he felt like hearing a tune and asked him to play. "I am sor ry," said the man with the clarinet, "but I cannot play a note." Kot Work to Preach. A minister who used to preach in Somerville had a little boy. A few days before his father left the city to go to his new parish one of his neigh bors said to the little boy, "So your father Is going to work in New Bed ford, is he?" The little boy looked up, wondering. "Oh. no," he said, "only preach."? Trained Motherhood. The Dead Sea. The daily average of (5,500,000 tons of water is received into the Dead sea from the Jordan. There is no outlet, and the level is kept down by evapora tion only, which is very rapid because of the intense heat, the dry atmosphere and the dry winds which are con stantly blowing down from the gorges between the mountains. Good Reason. "I wonder," began the man with the investigating mania, "what makes ba bies cry?" "Probably," butted in the practical fellow, "contemplation of some of the things they're in d??nger of being like when they grow up."?Baltimore News. Appropriate. The professor of painting has just entered the classroom, where smoking Is strictly prohibited. Here he finds an art student holding in his hand a newly filled cherry wood pipe. Professor (ironically)?What a queer paint brush you have got there! What are you going to do with it? Student ? Oh, Pm going to make clouds with it! A Good Grain Drill ? A Firs-class Hay Press ? A Mower or Rake ? A Good H orse or Mule. A nice Buggy, Carriage, Wagon, Harness, or any Farming Implements. If you do call on or write to me for prices. I can supply your needs, and the prices will please you. W. B. BOYLE. Oct 22 SUMTER, S C. Received to-day a car load of Kentucky Horses9 ?elected in Lexington by We 51? Graham? Among them can be found horses of ail kinds. Including pairs, single, driving and saddles. Also a carload of well broke mules* Full line of vehicles of all kinds A Large quantity of Native Rust Proof Seed Oats* Suinter, S. C., Sept. 10,1902. M&GQNj G6, SUMTtRi S, C. ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. Artope & Whitt Co., Gr. E. RICHARDSON, - - Manager. Marble and Granite Monuments, Head stones and Iron Fencing. Large Stock Finished Work on Yard. You will find our prices much lower than you have been paying. Investigate, call or write for designs and prices. Special discount for the next thirty days;. Office and works 33 E. Liberty Street, Sum ter, S. C. Aug 11? Y $11 GALL We claim to be the Lowest Priced Whiskey House. We really sell whiskey as low as $1.10 per gallon, and mind you, distilled whiskey?not a decoction of chemicals -but, of course, it's new and under proof "Casper's Standard" 10-Year-Old whiskey is a liquid joy ! It is actually produced by honest Tar Heels in the Mountain Section of North Carolina by the old time process. Every drop is boiled over open furnace wood fires, in old style copper stills, in exactly the same way it was made by our grand fathers a century ago. First rate whiskey is sold at $5 to SG per gallon, but is not any better than "Caspers Standard." It is the best produced and must please every customer or we will buy it back with gold?we are incor porated Under the Laws of N. C, with an authorized capital of $100,000.00 and the Peoples National Bank and Piedmont Savings Bank of Winston Salem, N. C, will tell you our guarantee is good. This old honest, mild and mellow whiskey is worth one dollar per quart, but to more fully introduce "Casper's Standard" we offer sample shipments of this brand at half price, (packed in plain sealed boxes) 5 Quarts $2.95, 10 Quarts $5.00, Express Prepaid Anywhere in U. S. All orders and remittances (in stamps, cash or by check etc.) as well as requests for confidential price list must be addressed as follows : W. S. CASPER CO., Winston-Saiem. N. C, U. S. A. MAIN OFFICE AND WAREHOUSES: No's. 1045-46 Liberty andl. 3,4 and 5 Maple Streets. WHISKEY $!J GALL aus 29 Land Surveying. I will give prompt attention to all calls for surveying, platting, terracing hill sides, draining bottoms, <fcc. BANKS . BOYKIN, D. S?, Oct 19?0 Catchail, S. C. ATLANTIC COAST UNE R. R. CO. Condensed Schedule. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Dated May 25 '02. ? No 55 j No 35 ? No 51 m am Leave Wilmington *3 45 *6 00 Leave Marion 655 S 45 Arrive Florence 7 50 9 25 pm am Leave Florence *815 *3 45 Arrive Sumter -9 30 4 48 No 52 pm am Leave Sumter 9 30 *9 50 Arrive Columbia_10 55 11 10_ No. 52 runs through from Charleston via Central R. K., leavimr Charleston 6 40 a. m., Lanes 8 15 a. m.. Manning 8 57 a. m._ TRAINS GOING NORTH. No 54 L No q3 j No 50 am pm pm Leave Columbia *6 55 *4 55 Arrive Sumter 8 20 6 15 No 32 am pm Leave Sumter 8 20* *6 35 Arrive Florence 9 35 7 50 *7 55 am Leave Florence 1010 8 30 Leave Marion 10 53 9 09 Arrive Wilmington 1 40_ 45 *Daily. tDaily except Sunday. No. 53 runs through to Charleston. S. C via Central R. R., arriving Manning 53 p. m. Lanes 7 35 p. m., Charleston 9 20 p. m. Trains on Conway Branch leave Caadbonrn 12 01 p. m., arrive Conway 2 20 p. m., returning leave Conway 2 55 p. m., arrive Chadbourn 5 20 p. m. leave Chadbourn 5 35 p. m., arrive Elrod 8 20 p. m., returning leave El rod 8 40 a. m.. arrive Chadbourn 1125 a. m. Daily ex cept Sunday. W. J. CRAIG, Gen'l Pass. Agent M. Emerson, Traffic Manager. H. M. Emerson, Assistant Traffic Manager. Northwestern Railroad TIME TABLE NO. 2. In effect Sunday, May 25, 1902, at 6 a m Between Wilson'sM II and Sumter. xVo 73 STATIONS ?o~72 ?m m 00 i Le Sumter Ar 12 01 3 03 Summerton Junction 1157 317 Tindal 1125 3 30 Packsville 1[00 4 05 Silver 10 35 V? Mmard V? 5 00 Summerton 9 47 5 45 Davis 9 34 6 00 Jordan 9 : 6 45 t Ar Wilson's Mill Le 9 05 m am Between Millard and St Paul. 73 75 STATIONS 72 74 pm am am pm 4 15 9 52 Le Millard Ar 1015 4 40 i 20 10 02 ?Ar St Paul Le 10 05 4 30 Between Sumter and Camden. Southbound Trains._Northbound Trains. 69 71 STATIONS 70 68 pm am am pm 6 36 10 20 ?Le Sumter Ar 9 00 5 45 6 3S 10 02 NW Junction 8 58 5 43 6 58 1022 Dalzell 8 25 5 12 716 1032 Borden 800 4 58 7 36 10 42 ' Remberts 7 40 4 43 7 46 10 47 ? Ellerbee 7 30 4 3S 8 05 1115 Sou Ry. Jnction 710 4 25 315 1125 ?Ar Camden Le 7 00 4 15 (S C & G Ex Depot) HOS. WILSON. President. 50 YEARS' EXPERIENCE Trade Marks Designs ccpvr!ghts &c. Anvone sending a sketch and description may qnlciily ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. Communica tions strictly con*jdc?:ti:iI. Handbook on rtents sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken tbrouerh Mann & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the ill?i!& jSSIi^I A handsomely iilnstrated weekly. T.nrcest cir culation of any ecientiHc .inumai. Ternir.. ?3 a vear ; four months, $L Soli by all newsdealers. MUNSI & Co.36?3road^- New York Branch Office. CH5 F St. Washington. D. C. ATLANTIC COAST-LIME North-Eastern R. R. of I CONDENSED SCHEDULE. TRAINS GOING SOCTH Dated fan 14, 1901 No. 35? No. 23* So 53* No 'me Florence lie Kicgstree ir Lanes Lie Lanes it Cbariesi-ol. a m 2 34 3 38 3 3S 04 m 7 4? 8 46 9 04 9 30 10 6 "S ru S 45 S 9 4? 1> li ? :m TRAINS GOING KORTL . 78* No 32* Ko S??* .e Charleston kr Lenes '.e Lane* Ki^gstre? ? r Florence a ra 6 33 8 16 S IS 8 32 9 25 m : L 4 4ft e is frlP r, /\ 1 i. ~ a cl 00 t> - 4 0 ?: 5 3' 7 0? sDaily. fDai?y except Scn ay No. 62 ruas throngb Columbi? O?. m' S. R. of S. C Tra?as Noe. 78 aac S2 ran via ^iiso- ac 'r.yftteville?Short Lire? aod make c;c? -csnectico for all rcir.t? Forth. T'??aa oc C. & D. R. P.. Isare Fiorea* lei'r except Sunday 0 50 a a^aerv? Oar?as od .0 15 a in, Harfsv?Ie S 15 a . Cher** Il 30 a ta, Wad?sboro 2 25 m Lear Florence daily ezeept Surety ? 5S ? r?, a: rire Darlicgtor i 20 a:, Bennettsvil?e 9 o m, Gibson 9 <? r? Le.^re Fior-tv. Sunday on!** 30 ?. arrive Dar?icprti' 10 05 a m Leave Gie-or. rfsily rjcept Oneway ? j . ta, Eenaettsviilc 7 00.: n?, >>.r:ive r,?r't.: or 00 a ra, Ie?>y.. Dsrllogton S ?* h .r. * :: 8 Florenre 9 15 . ra Lee ve **.?<??-*??,?? Uily ereept Sand ay 3 00 ? m, Cfcere* '. ' ra. B?rtsvi;"s ?; 00 a ra. "-a; y ra. arrive Fie ?1 ree ? 00 s?, linsen Sende; ( r?r & SC3C 9 15 a ra. W.J - . ^ Vi SrQcrs-n T.a-. ??. -.--? H.V.Sme?oi As -is a-1 Tra ffi A We promptly obtain U. S. and Foreign PATENTS ^ Send model, sketch or photo of invention for1 free report on patentati lit v. For free book, < HowtoSecurcTninr y a i/o v>Tite( Patents and j ItM?L-fflflnilO to GA-5N0WI. Opposite U. S. Patent Office WASHINGTON D.O. THE SUINTER SAYINGS BANK, STJMTEE, S. C. ESTABLISHED SEPT. 26,180], CAPITAL STOCK - $25,000, Does a Savings Bank business. De posits received from 25 cents uppwards. Interest computed quarterly cn the first days of January, April, July and October, at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. Deposits may be made by mail or ex press and a bank book will be promptly returned. Call in and see the Home Savings Bank. This is something new and will interest you. We lend it to you free of charge, the only condition being that you have a de posit of $1.00 with us. Try one of these Banks and the amount you can save will surprise you. HORACE HARBY. President, I. C. STRAUSS. Vice President. G. h. RICKER, Cashier. DIRECTORS: Horace Harby, L C. Strauss, Marion Moise, J. M. Knight, D. J. Chandler, G. A. Lemon, H. M. Stuckey. fyl2o FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SBMTER, STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DE POSITORYj S?MTER, 8. C. Paid op Capital.$ 75,000 00 Surpius and Profits - - - - 25,000 00 Additional Liability of Stock holders in excess of tbeir stock.- - 75,000 00 Total protection to depositors, $175.000 0? Transacts a General Banking Business. Special atteation given to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1 acd upwards received In terest allowed at the rate or 4 per cect per annum, on amounts above $5 and not exceed ing $300, payable qoarterly, on first days of JaDuary. April, Joiy and October. R M. WALLACE, R. L. Edmukds, President. Cashier GUN AHO LOCKSMITH. I take pleasure in giving no tice to my friends and the pub lic generally, that, having re gained my health, I have re opened my shop, and am ready to do any work in the line of Guns, Locks, Sewing Machines, &c. Prices reasona ble, work done promptly and satisfaction guaranteed. Shop removed to No. 22 West Liberty street, two doors, from Osteen's Book Store. R S. BRAD WELL. Ite irpst ?t Most Complete Geo. S. Hacker & Son, -MANUFACTURERS OF 000BS, SASH, SUNOS, Moulding & Building Material. ofSce and Warerooms, King, opposite Can non Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. .^SEF* Pnrchae? oar make, which wegoaracti superior to any sold Sontb, and thereby save money. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty October lS-o A PAINT SHOP kept by a practical painter of 30 years7 experience, where can be got Lead and Oil mixed .any color, also Ready Mixed Paints and Paints for different use, such as Floor, Roof, iron, Var nishes, Bronze, Sandpaper, Put ty, Gold Leaf, Dry Colors, Calso mine, etc. I want some work painting and upholstering. I will paint your house, Kalso mine or paper the walls cheap, for while at work I am very apt to find a Sofa. Rocker, or Sideboard that' needs scraping and varnishing, also upholstered. I have some pretty colors in Morocoline, Hair Cloth, Mohair Plush, or I may find a Car riage or Buggy that I will paint for ten dollars and give you a set of harness free, or paint the buggy for five dollars and no gift Buggy tops ?9.00, Etted on Wheels, steel tires, painted and put on ready for road, ?10.00 per sett. Shafts, paint ed and trimmed, $2.00. Agent for Council's Self-lu bricating Axles. Office in Curtis House, No. 326 Sou/h Main street. E. B. CURTIS. 'Phone 196. I paint signs.