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LOST HIS NERVE. Why It WasThat Bis Pete Failed to Hit the Sheriff. There were thirty men in the White Wolf saloon waen the sheriff of Silver county sauntered in to arres* big Pete Thompson for murder. Pete was play ing a hand in a game of poker, and after nodding to him the sheriff stood up at the bar and called for a drink. His back was scarcely turned when Pete laid down his cards, pulled his gun and fired six shots as fast as his finger could pulUhe trigger. The sheriff never moyecL When the smoke had rolled out of. the open door and we could see, the sheriff stood in the same position and wore the same smile. One bullet had bizrned his cheek; a second had grazed his ear; a third had cut through his shirt collar under the left esir. Big Pew was a dead shot, and yet he had missed'his man at fifteen ? feet. - "'Got through, Pete?" asked the sher iff, breaking a silence that was posi tively painful "And you?you are not heeled!" ga?ped Pete as his arm sunk slowly down. "No; come on." "You didn't taring your guns?" JiXo; if you are through shooting, we'll go." Pete, laid his two guns down on the table before him and walked to the door and out into the street. His horse was tied to a post a block away. He reached the horse, mounted and then headed down the long street after the sheriff, who weis giving him not the slightest attention. In five minutes the pair were out of sight. "What ailed Pete?" was asked of ike barkeeper, who had come to the dew of the saloon. "Lost his nerve," he brusquely re plied. "How do^you mean?" > "Why, the sheriff coming without a gun and standing there to be shot at took all his sand away and made a wo man of him." v ; "Suppose the sheriff had had a gnu?" The man jerked his head towarH the field wherein fifteen or twenty victims had been buried and said: "He'd :a' bin over thar." "And will big Pete get clear?" "Likely; but he'll have to leave here. The hoys have already put him down asN.G." WAVES OF WATER. The Nile is the only river in the world that flows for 1,500 miles without a tributary. "~ Off the Cape of -Good Hope waves thirty-eight feet high from trough to crest have been noted. , Prismatic lake, in the Yellowstone National park, is the largest body of "hot water in the world. Three rivers' as big as the Rhine would just equal in volume the Gan ges,- three Gangeses the Mississippi and two Mississippis the Amazon. The St. Lawrence river is frozen four months of the year, and its navigation is so difficult that an average of one steamer a month is wrecked in its wa ters. Askel Chin, in Tibet is the lake which lies at a greater height than any other in the world. Its level is 16,600 feet The Jowest the Dead sea, 1,200 feet below the sea level. Xot An Reformed. At a dinner given by a philanthropist to the Society of Reformed Criminals a gentleman complained to his host mid way through the festivities that he had lost his watch. The host-was a man of great ingenuity. He caused all the lights to be turned out Then he ob served: "Some one here has a watch that does not belong to him. If by the time X have counted a hundred it is not piaced on the Soor in the middle of the room, the police will bo sent for." He counted a hundredV aap the lights were turned on again. Tmrty-three hand some watches lay in the middle of the room. It Was Bud. * The other day a young London street arab, having found a bad sixpence, was trying to make use of it at different places, but to no purpose. At last he went into a tobacconist's and asked for a threepenny cigar. Having got the cigar and also the change, he was leaving the shop when the man called out: <4Come back here; it's a bad one." "Never mind, sir," replied the young ster. "I'll smoke it if it makes me ilL" And he bolted out of the door.?Pear son's Weekly. POPULAR SCIENCE. Mercury's year Is only SS days, that of Venus 225 days and of Mars GUI days. Cumulus, or thunder clouds, rarely rise over two miles. Seven miles is the outside height for any cloud. The edge of the moon is so broken by peaks, ridges and'valleys that the length of totality during a solar eclipse is affected by thein. The sun's heat raises from the earth 37,000,000 tons of water a minute. To do the same work artificially a cube of coal 200 miles deep, wide and high would have to be burned every second. The archaic, wasteful "beehive" oven process of making charcoal has been superseded in many parts of Germany by modern methods which save all the ammonia, gas, tar and other products of the wood. . A human body contains some of the small things of nature. The blood, for example, is a colorless liquid in which little red globules are floating. Every drop of it contains about a million of the globules, and they are susceptible of division into smaller globules stiiL Too Rough. "I wish yon had broken the news more gently," sighed the editor as the office boy pied the first page by drop ping the form down a flight of stairs.? ^Baltimore American. INDIAN TRADING" The Way to Beat tlie Red 3Ian Down In His Prices. "Few white men know how to trade with an Indian," remarked a Denver man who has made a study of Indians for ten years past. "I once met an In dian with a magnificent mountain lion skin. He was willing ts part with the ornament, but his price was too high. I offered him $12.50, but he indignantly refused. Later, on the same day* after 1 had learned to trade with an Indian, I bought the skin for $1.50. "The secret of trading with the' In dian is to appear indifferent. The most successful trader is the cue who goes with a supply of the same article he is most desirous of buying. The Indian sees that the stranger has had experi ence, and negotiations are carried on upon a strictly business basis. An In dian refused $10 for a bow and arrow. It was bought for $1 by a man who carried several bows and arrows in his hand. This wily individual leased the supply from a store in order to im press his copper colored friends, and he succeeded. "The Indian," said the speaker, tell ing of traits of character he has ob served in his red friends, "is one of the most faithful followers in the world if he has confidence in you. If he takes a liking to you, there is nothing you can ask he will not do. If he dislikes you, the less you have to do with that Indian the better." ? Rocky Mountain News. A Knockout. A young lawyer was engaged in a case not long ago when a witness was put in the box to testify to the Deputa tion of the, place iu .question. This witness, a stage driver; in an swer to f.. query as to the reputation of the place, replied, "A poor shop." The lawyer inquired, "You say it has the reputation of being a 'poor shopV " "Yes, sir." "Whom did you hear say it was a 'poor shop?'" The witness did uot recollect any one he had heard say so. "What!" said the lawyer. "Ycu have sworn this place has the reputation of being a poor shop and yet cannot tell of any one you have ever heard say so?" The witness was staggered for a mo ment at the words of the lawyer. The lawyer was feeling triumphant when the witness gathered himself together and quietly remarked, addressing the lawyer: "Well, you have the reputation of being a poor lawyer, but I have never heard any one say so." CANiNE INTELLIGENCE. A Dos: That Felt He Had More Sense Than His Master. My friend was staying one autumn in Wales: Smoking and chatting one evening with a local farmer, the talk fell upon dogs. The farmer's sheep dog lay before the fire, and the farmer instanced his sagacity. He made an exclamation in Welsh. At once the dog rose and went to the door. "Xdu might let him out," said the farmer. " The sheep are in the corn' is what I said to him." The dog passed eagerly out. In a few minutes there was a scratching at the door. The dog en tered panting and lay down at the fire again. Shortly afterward the farmer repeated his Welsh remark. Again the dog ran to the door, and my friend let him out Again in a few minutes was the .scratching at the door, and again he lay down before the fire pant ing. After an interval the farmer re marked in Welsh, quite in the way of conversation: "I am not easy about those sheep. I do believe they're in the corn." The dog, without rising, looked up at the farmer, gave two sharp yelps and turned round to his sle:p agrlin. He said as plainly as though it had been in words: "Don't be a fool. I've been out twice and ther're not in the corn."?London Out look. Adam's Staff. The Talmudic writers tell us that "the blessed God gave to the first man in paradise a staff which had been created between the stars. Adam gave it to Enoch, Enoch to Noah, Noah to Shem, Shem to Abraham, Abraham to Isaac, Isaac to J icob. Jacob carried it into Egypt and gave it to his son Joseph. When Joseph died, his house hold goods were taken to the house of Pharaoh. Pharaoh took the staff of Adam, which had descended to Jo seph from the first man, and put it among his special treasures." MANY PEOPLE Are willing to sacrifice themselves and their chil dren, to the prejudice of "what people say." Tas Fcolish Prejudice Against th9 Use cf Glassss By children with defective Eyes often results in the greatest suffering?some times permanent disability of one who might other wise become a power in the world. E. A. BULTMAN, Jeweler and Optician. Dr. Z. F. Highsinith, Optician, in charge of Optical Department. 17 S. Main Street, Samter, S. C. Phone 194. TEMPTED, HE ATE. A Story of Heinrich Heine and a Toothsome Lyons Sausage. Returning from a journey to the south of France Heinrich Heine met. a friend, a German violinist, in Lyons, who gave him a large .sausage thai bad l5l*on made in Lyons, with the request to deliver it to a mutual acquaintance, a homeopathic physician, in Paris. Koine promised to attend to the com mission and intrusted the delicacy to the care cf his wife, who was trav( I ing with him. But as the post chaise was very slow and he soon became very hungry, on the advice of his wife both tasted of the sausage, which dwindled with every mile. Arriving at Paris. Heine did not dare to send the remainder to the physician, and yet he wished to keep his promise. So he cut off the thinnest possible slice with his razor, wrapped it in n sheet of vellum paper and inclosed ii in an envelope, with the following note: ? Dear Doctor?From your scientific in vestigations we learn that the millionth part of a certain substance brings about the greatest results. I beg. therefore, your kind acceptance of the accompany ing millionth part of a Lyons sausag?, which cur friend gave me to deliver to you. 7f homeopathy is a truth, then this little piece will have the same c-ilect or you as the whole sausage. Tour HEINRICH HEINE. ?Ughcttfs "With Physicians 'and Cli ents.'* Kaid So Time The Boy's Fatiier-Jdadam, let me ?sk if your daughter knows how to run a house?can cook, for example, and nurse the sick, mend clothes and, in f3.ct, is familiar with all the multifari ous details of domesticity V The Girl's Mother?Certainly uot, sir! Why, if she had learned all, these things, her education would have beep neglected.?Judge. Greenville, January 1.?While on a raid in the upper section of the coun ty, near O'Neall, today, a party of re venue officers and State constables cap tured a mule, buggy and eighteeen gallons of liquor. The driver of the mule saw the officers in time to make his escape, leaving the team in the road. Deatsville, Ala., January 1.?To day Mrs. B. Lane, a white woman, shot and killed a negro named John Watkins, at the home of Mrs. Lane's father about a mile from this place. Watkins had entered the house, sup posedly with the intention of robbery. Discovered by Mrs. Lane, he fired upon her, but missed. Mrs. Lane then emptied both biarrels of a shot gun into the negro's body, killing him instantly. The dead man was a form er convict. MM I I II?? Ben Tillman at Columbus: "1 don't know how this negro problem will be solved, but one thing is as absolutely fixed to me as that tomorrow's sun will rise, there are not enough long-nosed Yankees in hell, or out of hell, to keep the white men of the South from con trolling the South." [ A little four-year-old was learning to say the Lord's prayer. She said it correctly until she came to the part, "Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors," when she said: "Forgive us our debts as we forgive our dentists." T?RKEY RAISING VERY PROFITABLE. Thousands Have Been Shipped to Market From Virginia. Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 31.?More tnrkeys have been raised and shipped to market in this section of the State this year than probably during any previous season, immense shipments having been made within the past three weeks. Over 4,000 were shipped within a few days from Culpeper county, and probably as many more , from Orange county, and from I Spotsylvpnia. This represents a large ; sum of money, which was distributed ; among many homes, as the turkeys ' would certainly average $1 each to those who raised them. Mr. Henry Shackleford, of Culpeper county, shipped to the Baltimore market a few days ago twenty-two I head of splendid "beef cattle, which I averaged 1,410 pounds each and sold i for 85 per hundred pounds. Mr. J. W. I Coons, of the same county, shipped j twenty-one head which averaged 2,160 I pounds each, and sold at the same I price per hundred pounds. These are i said to have been the fattest cattle ; ever shipped from this part of the I State. Virginia Girl Weds Indian. Richmond, -Va., December 31.?L. H. Wall a full-blooded Ute Indian, from Eufala, Ind. T., and Miss Lucy Ramsey of Alamine, Franklin county, daughter of Mrs. Susan Ramsey, were married or/Christmas day and were in Roanoke today en route to the Indian Territory. The marriage was the result of an advertisement in a Chicago matrimoni al paper. When, the Indian arrived the young woman was disposed at first to back out of the bargain, but she finally decided to marry him, and Rev. Mr. Wade pe/formed the cere mony. The groom has ax laundry at Eufala and seems to be in good cir cumstances. A Scientific Discovery Kodol does for the stomach that which it is nnable to do for itself, even when but slightly disordered or over-loaded. Kodol supplies the natural juices of digestion and does the work of the stomach, relax ing the nervous tension, while the inflamed muscles of that organ are allowed to rest and heal. Kodol digests what you eat and enables the stomach and digestive organs to transform all food into rich, red blood. J S Hughson & Co. Hon. A. F. Lever announced that he has appointed Mr. M. E. Zeigler to be his private secretary. Mr. Zeigler is a resident of Orangeburg and a graduate of N Clemson college, class of 1901. He took a prominent part in the aSairs of the student body and was editor and contributor to college publications. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of BUY ONLY . . The High Grade Fertilizers, Manufactured by The W. C. Maemurphy Co., of Charleston, S. C, Successors to the Wilcox & Gibbs Guano Co. No cheap materials used. No low grade goods made. 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JITST ,1 it RIVED Thirty Head Choice This shipment contains some of the smoothest and nicest mules ever brought to this market. Come and see them, whether you wish to buy or not. A look will be worth the trouble. Respectfully, AftTSI,EY D. HARBY. Sept 17 Coro, Oats?, Hay, Ship Stuff, Hulls ami C. Seed Meal, Carolina R. P. Seed Oat? at HARBY& CO.'S STABLES. Also full line of standard grade Wag ons, both one and two horse, Buggies, Harness, Carriages We also have on hand a full line of building material, such as Lime, Cement, Plaster Paris, Hair, Laths, Fire Brick, Terra Cotta Pipe, Stove Flues, &c.. We want to give you prices when you need any of above, and we will get your patronage. Yours truly, HARBY & CO. Aug 8 DO YOU DRINK ALE P Glenn Springs Ginger Ale, made with Glenn Springs Mineral Water, is the best on the market. II*//IV Because all ingredients used are the purest and best. Because it is made from Glenn [Springs Min eral Water. The old reliable, that, in its natural state, has been alleviating suffering for over one hundred years is now being made into most delightful drinks. Try it and we know that you will say, as all others have said, that it is "the best." Drinkers of Ginger Ale will be delighted to get this de lightful and refreshing^drink, made with Glenn Springs Min eral Water. Experts pronounce it the finest on the market. Try it and you will be convinced. Ask your dealer for it. THE GLENN SPBINGS CO. GLENN SPBINGS, S. G,