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Professional Envy. Aj? Italian philosopher has amused himself by constructing a scale of de grees for the measurement of profes sional envy. The highest point in this envy measurer is ten. Architects are happily placed lowest on the scale. They register only 1; advocates and priests *and military men are ranged, at 2, and in- the as cending scale he gives us professors of science and literature, 4; journal ists, 5; authors,"" S; physicians, 9; ac tors and actresses, 10. The. small amount pf envy among architects is held to be due to their precise, severe and rigidi studies. The same thing ap plies to advocates. Among 'the clergy envy is found mostly in preachers. In the military career envy is quiescent in time of peace, but can become acute in time of war. Envy makes men of science and literature lead: solitary lives, diffi dent of each other. Among physicians envy is s?li more prevalent, and they do not spare their colleagues, often terming them charlatans. In the the atrical world envy reaches its acute form, vanity playing a great part in its production. Crows as Weather Prophets. The belief that two crows are a hap py omen and that taey appear to warn men from disaster is very ancient Alexander the Great was thus saved in Egypt by two crows, and King Alonzo would assuredly have perished in 1147 had it not been for two crows, ?ne of which perched on the prow and the other on the stern of his ship, so pointing the prow of the royal barge safely into port Grows and rooks are very much alike. It is said that when rooks desert a rookery it forebodes the downfall of the family on whose prop erty it is. >,?r?ey ?ie also credited with m being good weather prognosticators. When the weather is about to be very bad, they stay as near home as possible, but when they foreknow that it will be set fair they'start off in the morn ing right away to a distance where they have an instinct that the food they* need is plentiful. Again, if the rooks are seen venturing into the ' streets of a town or village it is a sure sign of an approaching snowstorm.? All the Tear Bound. Books and Bookshelves. "Low bookshelves, * says a furniture 'dealer, who is a lover of books as well, "have an origin in a reason besides the price of fashion. Heat Is injurious the binding of choice books, drying -abut the natural oil of the leather and .making them warp and get out of shape. Most rooms are very warm in the upper parts, and taese five and six foot bookcases are a necessity rather than a notion? Cold is as hard on books as overheating, and an atmos phere that is too damp or too dry also Injures them.1 The su? pouring in di - erectly on the shelves fades the bind ings. You can have a cheerful, sunny library and yet keep the volumes out of the suifs full power." ? Breaking; Up '"Chatter." The famous painter Fuseli had a. great contempt for "chatter." One aft ? rnoon a party of friends paid a visit to his studio, and after a few moments spent in looking at the pictures they seated themselves and proceeded to in dulge in a long and purposeless talk.. At last in one of the slight pauses, Fuseli said earnestly, "I had pork for dinner today." "Why, my dear ilr. Fuseli," ex claimed one cf the startled -group, "what an extremely odd remark!" "Is it?" said the painter ingenuously. "Why, isn't it as interesting and im portant as anything that has been said for the last hour?" Parliamentary _ frontiers. On either side of the commons cham ber of our parliament house there is a distinct line along the floor, and any member who, when speaking, steps, outside the line on his side is liable to be called to order. These lines are supposed to be scientific frontiers, and <the neutral zone between is beyond the length of a sword thrust, and, although members no longer wear swords, ex cept those who are selected to move and second addresses to the throne on certain occasions, the old precaution Still lingers on.?Westminster Gazette.. Unhappy Youngrster. Kind Gentleman?Why are you cry ing, my little lad? Urchin?Boo-cch I * Billy Wells hit me, air* feyther hit me because I let Billy hit me, an' Billy Wells hit me again because I told feyther, an' now feyther'Il hit me again because Billy? (Exit kind gentleman.)?Chums. At Any Rate He Aroused Discession. Lucille?Cholly is such an uninterest ing person. Helen?Oh, I don't know. He gave rise to an animated discussion last night as to whether a person can be considered absentminded when his mind is neither here nor elsewhere.? Town and Country. Scant Consolation. The Pessimist?The longer I live in the world the worse it seems to get The Optimist?Oh, well, don't let a little thing like that worry you. Per liaps it will be better after you get out oi it?Chicago News. His Measure Taken. Aggie?He told me I wuz de only gurl he ever loved. Katie?Well, when a feller talks like dat give him de googoo eyes reversed He's nuthin' but a born diplermat!? Puck. Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.? Cianfrinine There are three things about the north po!e that have never been dis covered - exactly where it is. what it is and why it is. Snails* The popularity of the snail as an ar ticle of food is not confined to Paris, but extends throughout southern Eu rope and some parts of Africa. Dr. Edrard, a French writer, in a pam phlet says that 90,000 pounds of snails are sent daily to Paris from the gar dens of Poitou, Burgundy, Champagne and Provence. Those reared in gar dens are fed on aromatic herbs to Im prove their flavor. Their market price is from 2 francs 50 centimes to 3 francs 50 centimes a hundred, while those from the hedges, woods and forests bring only 2 francs to 2 francs 5X1 centimes. The proprietor of one snail ery in the vicinity of Dijon nets over 7, )0 francs annually. The snail is reared and fattened with great care in some cantons of Swit zerland as an article of luxury and is exported in a pickled state. It is also eaten as a relish and nutritious article ?f food in Austria, Spain, Italy and in some sections of the United States. The Ashantees and other African tribes smoke them and eat them as daily food all the year around. In Algeria in the markets large heaps of mails are sold by the bushel and the hundred as an article of food. Venders hawk them in the streets of Cairo. In modern Rome fresh gathered snails are hawked by women from door to door. Centnries In Building. Persons who are disposed to grumble tit the length of time required to finish public buildings should take heart from the example of the Cathedral of St. Peter, in Cologne. That structure was 632 years in building. It was be gun in 124S and was pronounced com pleted in ISSO. The great Catiiedral of Milan was begun in 1386 and was not completed until 1805, 419 years lat er. Rostermel castle, in Cornwall, took ninety years to build, and one-third of that time was employed in excavat ing for the foundation. The late Lord Bute was engaged for orer twenty years in building his great palace in the isle of Bute, and his successor is still at work on it The palace of the Dukes of AtholL in Scotland, has been building since 1830, and the work is still going on. In the cases of the oth er buildings mentioned, however, the money for their construction did not come entirely out of the pockets of the taxpayers, which, after all, makes a considerable difference as to the mat ter of looking at it. For ui abet i c Patients. In a diet for diabetic patients milk is only occasionally allowed, yet eggs, cream, buttermilk and all kinds of cheese may be taken freely. Tart fruits are permitted, and peaches and strawberries may be eaten with cream, but without sugar. The sweet fruits pears, plums, grapes, apples, bananas, : etc.?are forbidden. Koumiss, coffee with cream, but no sugar, and cereal coffee are the drinks permitted, tea be- ? ing excluded and no wines or liquors except claret, Rhine or other acid va rieties. All vegetables containing sug ar or starch are forbidden, which leaves cauliflower, lettuce, string beans, spinach, cucumbers, greens, young on ions, etc., to be eaten. Olives are net forbidden. A moderate meat diet is recommended, particularly the fatty parts, and all kinds of fish are al lowed. Cdditiec of Color Blindness. While the number of color blind per sons is not very large, only about five in every hundred suffering from any defect in this respect and most of those being affected only In a minor degree, yet the phenomenon sometimes as sumes very remarkable phases. An oculist states that he found two persons who possessed monochromatic vision?that is to say, all colors ap peared to them to be simply different shades of gray. If the reader will look at a photo graph of a landscape-or, better, of a garden filled witb brilliant flowers, he will bo able to form an idea of the ap pearance which nature must present to one who suffers from the infliction called monochromatic vision. A Kind "Word. Many a friendship, long, loyal and self sacrificing, rested at first on no thicker a foundation than a kind word. Two men were not likely to be friends. Perhaps each of them regarded the other with something of distrust. They hatl possibly been set against each oth er by the circulation of gossip or they had been looked upon as rivals, aud the success of one was regarded as in compatible with the success of the oth er, but a kind word, perhaps a mere re port of a kind word, has been enough to be the commencement an endur ing friendship. The Sinecures. Beeler?You are the last man I should have expected to find opposing the pensioning of government employees no longer able to work. Heeler?When a man gets so helpless that he can't do what little work there is in a government job, he eight to be taken out and shot?London Tit-Bits. No Life There. Little Dot?What's all this talk 'bout Mars? Does folks live there? Little Johnny ?They used to live there, but they is all dead long ago. "How do you know?" "I heard papa say the names of all the seas an' lakes an' islands an' things is from tue dead languages." Those Girl Friends. "1 had a proposal last night and rr. fused it" "You are always thinking of the wel fare of others, aren't you, dear?"?Ohio | State Journal. 9 Ensy of Solution. Mrs. Hushmore? You'll have to settle up or leave. Boarder?Thanks, awfully. The last ?lace I was at they made me do both. A Good Grain DriJl ? A Firs-class Hay Press ? A Mower or Rake \ A Good Horse 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 Horses, selected in Lexington by We M? Graham* Among them can he found horses of all kinds, Including pairs, single, driving and saddles Also a carload of well broke mules* Full line of vehicl e of all kinds A Large quantity of Native Rust Proof Seed OatSo Sumter, S. C, Sept. 10,1902. MACON, Q&. Sy^TCBj S, C. ROOKY 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. 0. Aug 11? M 1 Ii We claim to be the Lcwest 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 prcduced by honest Tar Hetis 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 ?G per gallon, but is not any better than "Casper's 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., Winst. l-Salem. N. C, U.S. A. MAIN OFFICE AND WAREHOUSES: No's. 1045-46 Liberty and 1. 3. 4 and 5 Maple Streets. WHISKEY $14! GALLON. anc ^ Land Surveying;. I will give prompt attention to all calls for surveying, platting, terracing hill sides, draining bottoms, &c. BANKS H. BOYKIN, D. S., Oct 19?o Catchail, S. C. ATLANTIC COAST LINE R. R. CO. Condensed Schedule. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Dated May 25 2. ! No 55 i No 35 i No 51 Leave Wilmington Leave Marion ' Arrive Florence Leave Florence Arrive Sumter Leave Sumter Arrive Columbia pm *3 45 655 750 pm *?l5 9 30 pm 930 1055 am *6 00 845 925 am *3 45 448 No 52 am *i) 50 II10 No. 52 runs through from Charleston via Central R. E., leaving Charleston 6 40 a. m., Lanes 315 a. m? Manning 8 57 a. m._ TRAINS GOING NORTH. No 54 I No 53 [ No 50 Leave Columbia Arrive Sumter Leave Sumter Arrive Florence Leave Florence Leave Marion Arrive Wilmington am *6 55 820 am 820 935 am 1010 1053 140 pm *4 55 615 No 32 pm *6 35 7 50 pm ^7 55 830 909 1145 Daily. tDaily except Sunday. No. 53 runs through to Charleston, S. C. via Central R. R., arriving Manning 6 53 p. m., Lanes 7 35 p. m., Charleston 9 20 p. a. Trains on Conway Branch leave Chadbonrn 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 S 20 p. m., returning leave Elrod 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 11 and Sumter. No 73 m 300 303 317 330 405 415 4 40 500 5 45 600 6 45 ?Le * Ar STATIONS Sumter Summerton Junction Tindal Packsville Silver Miliard Summerton Davis Jordan Wilson's Mill No 72 Ar m m 12 Ol 1157 1125 ?IOO 10 35 1015 9 52 9 22 Le 905 a m Between Miliard and St Faul. to 73 Fm am 15 9 52 I? 4 20 10 02 ?Ar STATIONS Miliard St Paul 72 74 am pm Ar 1015 4 40 Le 10 05 4 30 Between Sumter and Camden. Southbound Trains. 69 pm 636 6 38 6 58 716 736 746 805 S 15 71 am 10 20 10 02 1022 1032 10 42 10 47 11 15 1125 STATIONS Northbound Trains. 68 ?:Le Ar Sumter W Junction Dalzell Borden Remberts Ellerbee Sou Ry. Jnction ?Ar Camden (S C & G Ex Depot) HOS. WILSON. President Le 70 am S00 858 825 800 740 730 710 700 pm o 45 5 43 512 4 58 4 43 4 38 4 25 415 50 YEARS' EXPERIENCE Trade Marks Designs Copyrights &c. Anvone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is prohabl patentable. C 'iumunioa r.io:i3?irictlyco:i?(je?tiaI. Handbook on Patents sent free Oldest a?enc-y for securing patents. Patents taken throuch Mann & Co. receive special notice, wifhout clinrgc, in the Scientific jftaeriaut handsomely illustrated weekly. Lnnrest cir culation of anv scientific journal. Terms. $3 a veur; four months, $L Sold by ail newsdealers. MliKS&Co.36?3*N8wYorl( Branch Office. G?5 F SU Washington. D. c. ATLANTIC COAST UNE Sorth-Eastern R. R.- of S CONDENSED SCHEDULE TRAINS GOING SOUTH Dated fen 14, 19C1 No. 3 * No. 23* No 53* tfo 51* Le Florence Le Eingstree ir Laces Le Lanes ar Charlaron 1 m 2 34 3 38 3 38 5 04 m 1 45 8 46 9 04 9 30 ?0 a t? 4 8 SO 9 4( li tt !1 SC i 0? TRAINS GOING NCRT? No. Ivo 32* A" KJ am th Le Charleston 33 \ 45 Ar Lsnes Le Lanes .e Kicgstrc? \.r Florence 8 ie 5 IS 8 32 6 25 ? E2 6 l 6 15 7 25 a ui '<2 i O? 5 3? 3! * 1 ?l rr r:J?:- y TDsiiy escept annduy S'j 62 rane ?hrocgh to QotTLShfe v?a c-e : .. ?.ci S ? Tci^u- Sos. ?o and 32 run ~:>. t71;sc? as srcitsr-'Ic?Short Lief?-and rjp.k? ro .otr.ectlft: for r.?? peint? Ncri'c. f e ?. H D. R. H. Isar? Fioresc ? execj t Sunday 9 30 & ?, ?rr -e O~?il~? en S 15 a ufirtsrl??s l: :3 a Charit il 30 zi, W&desbero 2 25 ? s> Usv ?Icreacs daily creep: Scnday 7 fi ? v-, a? ivs Dar?cgton 9 20 ?a. Beanettsv-I?ie ? ) rj, Gibaos 94- ffi Lea*? Flores? Sunday on!j S 30 c arrive Dar'licq?c 10 05 a 2 Leave Gibeoc cai?y ?jcep? Suu-'aj 6C\ ? m, BenscttevLr?? 7 00 r. rD, arrive Dcr?iag :os 3 00 ft m, Derlingtcn S 50 :i m, a: rire Fiorctca & lo e Lesre Wa?e*bor? ir.;!; ezespt Sunday 3 00 m, Cheraw 4 4i m, Kartsvine ? 00 a rc. Darliagtoe 6 2f ra, arrive Florence 7 00 m. Leave Dar lingtoa Sccdav ooly 3 50 a :ai irr v?? F'c sloe 3 15 a .?. W.J ORA a G n i. pffw A ; M Enereon aft " n^p . v?. Ei;e:soQ As?s a-1 Traffic e e; v\v promptly obtain U. S. and Foreign Send model, sketch or photo of invention for free report on patentability. For free book, How to Secure ' Faients and TRADE-MARKS v?e Opposite ?. S. Patent Office I WASHINGTON D.O. VVVVWVVVVVVVVVVV THE SUMTER SAVINGS BUI, SUMTER, S. C. ESTABLISHED SEPT. 26,190]. CAPITAL STOCK - $25,000. Does a Savings Bank business. De posits received from 25 cents uppwards. Interest computed quarterly on 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 yon. We lend it to you free of charge, the only condition being that you have a de posit of $1.00 with us. Try one of these Banks and the amount you can save will surprise you. HORACE HARBY, President, L C. STRAUSS, Vice President. G. L. RICKER, Cashier. DIRECTORS: Horace Harby, I. C. Strauss, Madon Moise, J. M. Knight, D. J. Chandler. G. A. Lemon, H. M. Stuckey. fy?2o FIRST RATIONAL BASK OF SUMTER, STATE, OIT Y AND COUNTY DE? POSITORY, SUMTER, S. C. Paid op Capital.$ 75,001? 00 Surpias and Profits - - - - 25,000 00 Additional Liability of Stock holders in excess of tbeir stock. 75,000 00 Total protection to depositors, $175.000 0C Transacts a Genera! Banking Business. Special attention given to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of ?$! and upwards received In tereflt allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annam, on amounts above $5 and not exceed ing $300, payable quarterly, on 6rst days cf January, April, July and October. R M. WALLACE, R. L. Edmuhds, President. Cashier bun amd logksmith! 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 a BRAD WELL. le Largest ai ist ta}ls!e Soil Geo, S. Hacker & Son, -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS] SASH, BLINDS, Moulding & Building Material. office and Warerooms, King, opposite Can non Street, CHARLESTON, S. C, .^S* Purchase our make, which we guaran?* superior to any sold South, and thereby save money. Window and Fancy GJass a Specialty October 16-o A PAINT SHOP kept by a practical painter of 30 years' experience, where can be got Lead and Oil mixed any color, also Ready Mixed Paints and Pain's 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 ? am very apt to find a Sofa. Rocker, or Sideboard that needs scraping md varnishing, also upholstered. [ 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, fitted Dil Wheels, steel tires, painted md put on ready for road, 510.00 per sett Shafts, paint ed and trimmed, $2.00. Agent for Council's Self-lu bricating Axles. Office in Curtis House, iso. 326 South Main street: 9. B. CURTIS. Phone 193. I paint signs. i