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FOOTBALL. > The Old Fashioned School Game Wherein Everybody Played, There is no such spirit in the school today as in old times. They have a football eleven, it is true, and it holds its head well up among its mates; a lit? tle above 'em, too. most of the time the old school's the old school yet, I 'tell 'ern-but, after ail, it isn't the old same nor the old spirit I go out some? times to watch them and think, "Well, its a queer game they play now and ?li football !" They trot ont in such astonishing toggery-padded a nd guard? ed from, shin to/crown, welted, belted, strapped and buckled beyond recogni? tion. And there's no independence in the play; every move has to be told *em. Ifs as if they weren't big enough to run alone, and so they hire a big stepmother cf a university "coach," who stands round in a red sweater and yells and berates them. Not a man an? swers back; he doesn't dare to. They -don't .dare eat plain Christian food, but have a 'training table" and diet like invalids. I've seen 'em at a game not dare take a plain drink of water. When ifcey got thirsty they sucked at a wet sponge, like babes at the bottle! . It was not so in our day. No apron string: of a university coach were tied 1 -to us. We were free born men. When we wanted to play we got together and went down to the old pasture, to the big oak tree that stood near the middle of it, and there we would "choose up" sad tafce off our coats and vests and -oeckgear and pile them round the oak and walk out on the field and go at it everybody-not a pitiful dozen or so, wbile<the rest stood with their hands Ja their pockets and looked on, but ev? erybody! And it was football; no play? ing half an hour without seeing the ? hall In the air once. We kicked it all the time except when we missed it and then we kicked the other fellow's shins. And when we got thirsty we "^-werit down to the spring and took an -honest drink out of an honest tin cup. Cr. H. Teeple in Atlantic. A WHISTLER STORY. Tile Climax of a Dinner In'Honor nf the Eccentric Artist. At the close of the case of Whistler against Huskin. the former, find'tt-g himself very much in need of rest and j recreation, decided to make a southern trip. When he arrived in Venice his American friend thought to cheer him hy giving a little dinner in his honor, to- which were bidder* several friends of the artist, principally Americans ?nd some few Italians. During the fceal there arose a discussion which Jef.t an opening for Mr. Whistler to* ase upon his host one of those keen, incisive, verbal thrusts peculiar to bim. which left wounds extremely difficult to heal. The whole company was startled, but the host merely smiled, seeming to notice only the brilliancy of the attack. Presently, however, the ?dinner came to an end and the foreign guests took their leave. Then the host turned upon Mr. Whistler and. in a voice trembling with suppressed anger, said: ^Minnnie, do you know thai yon bru? tally insulted me tonight?" \? "Yes," replied the artist thoughtfully ".Well/' coutinued the best, "I held my tcrper while tuo?? We're others than our own countrymen present, but do yo-1 know wfcht ? shall do if ever **^OU speak to me like that again/f "What?" ?TU grab the nearest watei bottle and smash it over your head." The rest of the company sat quite ?611. horror and dismay in their hearts, while their angry host glared across the table at his antagonist. After a few seconds Mr. Whistler said in a tone of childlike inn<*.*euce: **Tben I know what I'll do. I'll never say anything like that to you again." ILoodon Academy. In Prosen IluKsia. In Russia, where the cold in winter is . very intenso. the markets are very curi? ous things. The meat is frozen, tho car? casses of dead animals, as shoop and pigs, stand upright outside the stalls: everything, even arrimo and poultry, re? spires to be tba weil l>ofore i? can DP cooked, and the market people's dress -4s as picturesque as it is warm and comfortable. Then tiie rivers are frozen over all the winter long, ami so thick is the io? that every one can skate anywhere and any time. Stalls are put up on the ice and busy markets held there. In thv Asiatic part of Russia the peo? ple live chiefly by hunting and fishing, and the fur of the Russian animals ls very beautiful-the ermine, fox. sable, i sea otter and others. At the end of the winter, wheu the j snow melts, the huntsman pursues tilt- I elk. wearing long shoes, in which he j can glide over the snow very quickly, "while the poor elk sinks into the snow | bleeper and deeper every step and is at | last overtaken and killed. His Two Purchases. A story ls told of a louisiana mer? chant who came to New York deter -samed to secure a bargain. Ile wanted cheap cloaks, and after trying in vain lo suit himself at the wholesale houses ie bought a job lot at auction. He ex? amined the goods hurriedly and had them shipped home. In due time he was confronted by an excited head salesman who said the garments were ?st of style. ^They didn't look that way." said the j merchant. "But they are," replied the clerk. The merchant persisted that the f doaks would se1!, but they didn't. In desperation be returned them to New York to be disposed of to best advan? tage. On his next trip to New York he again visited an auction house and hough t a lot of cloaks. When he re? turned home and examined his pur- ? done he savft that he had bought the j ?eoe lot as before.-World's Work. ASSASSINS AITACK THE KING OF SPAIN. Anarchist Throws Bomb at King Alfonso in Barcelona. The King Escapes Unhurt, But Two Bystanders Were Killed and Others Injured-Assas? sin Captured by Police. LondoD, April 7, ll a. m.-A renort received this morning from Madrid states that a man supposed to be an anarchist threw a bomb at King Al? fonso, jest as he was leaving the main building of the Barcelona Exposition this morning. The bomb fell short and the King escaped unhurt, but two peasants in -the crowd of sightseers were killed and a number of* others injured. The man who threw the bomb was instantly seized by the po? lice and placed in prison. Intense ex? citement prevails in Bacelona. wJULO Stir WHISKEY SHIPMENTS. Measure Favorably Reported to Give States Police Power Over Importation of Orig? inal Packages. Washington, April 8.-A favorable report on the Hepburn-Dolliver bill, granting the State police power over original packages. of liquor shipped within their borders as interstate com? merce, was filed in the house today by Representative Clayton of Alabama. The report says the bill is not a pro? hibition measure, but its sole purpose "is to allow each State to carry out its own domestic or internal policy in re? gard to the control of intoxicating beverages within the boundaries of the State. ^'TL- ^'^r rSSt^. The sole effect will be to permit the State, if it-so wills, to circumscribe the sale of intoxicating beverages within its boundaries to the 'full ex? tent that it may desire to restrain such traffic or to regulate the sale of the same through the medium of its own laws, including local option, high license laws, or dispensary laws." Charleston's Whiskey Profits. Columbia, April S.-The dispensary profits of the City of Charleston, which were taken away by 'order of the board last December, have been ordered restored. This will include the profits fer the months of January. February and March, which have been sent up to the wholesale dispen? sary since the order. The total amount returned amounts to about $4,500 or $5.000. The profits for December will also be returned after n sufficient amount has been taken oct to pay the expenses of the*litigation. !Just what this will be is not known"yet, but it will not be very great. New Fork City will send a souad of white uniformed street cleaners to the World's Fair to take care of the "Model Street.'' They will shew the latest devices in cleaning the streets | pf the metropolis. <-1? .. JJiMjP I III ??? TLe Old Jcycvish Wedding Ri nar. The old time Jewish wedding ring was quite a ponderous affair of filigree gold, enameled in colors. A dome or temple in miniature, which rose from the middle of the hocp, was a favorite i device. Sometimes the hoop was about ? three-quarters of an inch wide and had raised edges. One ring of this kind is described by an authority as having five elevations on the upper part, the center a hex? agonal tower, with penthouse roof slop- i ing down to tho hoop, the gables and sides pierced with fourteen holes, or windows, and the roof scored to imi? tate tiles. On either side of this was a smaller tower without windows. No other ring could find room on a wom? an*^ finger besides this. A Xe%v Breed. "I think ho's the most intelligent I hunting dog in this country,*' said the owner of tho animal, proudly exhibit? ing him to his friend. "When ho makes a 'point.* he turns his head and looks at mo a moment and asks as plainly as if lie spoke it, "Shall I go ahead and flush that bird r " .i seo." said the friend. "lie's an interrogation pointer " Where They Eat Tobacco. Perhaps there is nothing more pecul? iar about the Eskimos of Point Bar? row than their methods of using tobac? co, which, of course, they procure from the whites. They know good from bad tobacco. When they get hold of a few plugs. they show a marked apprecia? tion of it. The habit of chewing the weed seems to bo universal. Men. wo? men and even un weaned children keep n quid, often of ?mormons size, con? stantly in the mouth.. The juice is not spit ont. but swallowed with the saliva without producing any symptoms of nausea. Self Control. "There's om- li.ing 1 will say." re? marked Mr??. Cumrox. "and that is | that my daughter Arabella has a fine dispo.-i'io"." "Indeed'i" "Yes. sir The way she can sit for bou rs listmiing to herself play on the p:::t;<> s!???..vs remarkable soif control." Kxchauge. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. Tbs Kind You Han Always Bough! Bears the Signature of A Battle of Langaa^es. Three or four languages strove for mastery in ancient Gaul, which is now France. German was spoken by the 12.000 Frank invaders. Popular Latin was spoken by G.000.000 Gallo-Romans. Literary Latin was the language of the church and of literature. Low Latin was afterward tho language of the ad? ministration. Gorman was the first to succumb. In four centuries it ceased to be' understood by the soldiers, and in seventy years more it had become an object of ridicule. But it survives in more than OOO words, expressing the things of government, law and war. and thus forms no insignificant part of the French language. Charity. Every good act is charity. Giving water to the thirsty is charity. Remov? ing stones and thorns from the road ia charity. Exhorting your fellowmen to virtuous deeds is charity. Smiling in your brother's face is charity. Putting a wanderer in the right path is charity. A man's true wealth is the good he does in this world. When he dies mortals will ask what property has he left be? hind him, but angels will inquire, "What good deeds hast thou sent be? fore thee?"- Mohammed. Broa<l Ertongrb. A large and stout woman called oh a friend and while waiting for her was stared at so intently by the friend's lit? tle children that she asked one of them: "What are you staring at, little girl?" "Why, you see, mamma said you were so narrow in your views, and I was wondering what view she got" Philadelphia Ledger. Sot to Be Blamed. He-A self made man is common enough, but we never hear of a self made woman. She-Considering the kind of article the men who are in the self making business turn out, you can hardly blame the women for not taking it up. The I sun I Way. Nodd-Awfully sorry to hear your j house burned down. Did you save anything? Todd-Oh, yes! After some very lively work we succeeded in get- j ting out all the things we didn't want, j -Town and Country. An Improvement. "I soe the agent has sold y cz a car? pet sweeper, Mrs. Maginnis. Is it as good as tho ould fashioned broom?'' "lt is an' better. Mrs. Mulduckie. 1 can knock Maginnis twice? as far vrid it" Eskimo Mask*. The Eskimo are the greatest of all mask makers. During thch' religious ceremonials they impersonate their own various gods, wearing masks for the purpose, but tba most curious thing is that t?icy wear little masks on their fingers :ts '.veil as big oars to cover their faces. These finger masks, the like cf which are unknown anywhere else in thc- world, usually represent the sun. They are of wood, carved with a laughing or weeping face, and the rays of thc sun are represented by white hair from the belly of thc wild rein? erer sot around as a fringe. The ?un is the most important of the Eskimos' di? vinities, and tho principal object of the winter ceremonial is to persuade the sun god to come back from the south. Die and Save Money. At the Metropolitan club of Washing? ton one evening Justice Harlan of the supreme court had introduced to him a well known New York business man who was given to boasting of the Htrge income he enjoyed. With the apparent purpose of im? pressing those about him. the New Yorker remarked that as near as te could tell he supposed his income .ex? ceeded $100.000. "And I simply have to make that amount," he added. "Why. with my expenses it costs me $S0:000 a year to live:" "Dear me!" said Justice Harlan blandly. "Really, that's too much. I wouldn't pay it. It isn't worth it" Saturday Evening Post Rope and Graphite. Graphite is stated to be au excellent preservative for manila rope. One rope manufacturer treats the inner yarns of each strand as well as the core in a bath of lubricant, the in? gredients of which are graphite and oil. This lubricant thoroughly per? meates all the fiber, thus overcoming internal wear, while sufficient comes to the surface, and the lubricant does not injure the rope.-London Engineer. LOIIK Enough. A rather pompous orator rose once to make an extended speech at an English electioneering meeting. Ile be^an in this fashion. "Mr. Chairman, I have lived long enough" "Hear, hear!" yelled a member of the audience, and such a storm of laughter broke out that the aspirant for honors was forced to resume his seat. A Battered Legend. A hotel in Switzerland bore on one of its walls tho time honored inscrip? tion. "IIospos. sjilve!" ("Welcome, stran? ger!") After rebuilding the legend had to bo restored, but the painter, who must hare had some experience as a traveler, made a very slight alteration In one of the words and caused it to read, "ilospes. solve!" (Pay. stronger!") j The Day?. The days are over divine. 1 hey come i and *:o like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant friendly party, but they say nothing, and if we do not use the gifts they bring they tarry them ns silently away.-Emerson. The >lT*ter.v of !t. "I can't nnderstan"." said Uncle j Eben, "how it is dat some folks kin be j too proud to work an' at de same time ?nimble enough to let de fam'ly give , 'om board an' lodgin' free."-Washing- j ton Star. Ti mt k C?AL CURE FOR ^ 3R IE ? m lt has rer--mly been discovered thnr ?he germs t..?t produce Malaria, Dreec and multiply m the intestines and from there spread throughout the system by means of the biood. This fact ex? plains why Malana is hard to cure by the old meLhod of treatment. Quinine Iron, etc., stimulate the ,nerves r.r.d build up the blood, but do not destroy ?he germs that cause the disease. Rydale's Ionic has a specific eiTect upon the intestines and bowels, freeing them from all disease breeding mi? crobes. lt also kills the germs thai infest the veins and arteries. . It drives Vom tlie blood all poisonous mattel jud makes it rich and healthy. R Y DALE'S TONIC is a blood ?uilder, a nerve restorer, r.nd a Malan? destroyer. Try it, it will not disap Doint you. Without Music is Eke imt>o your using some otiser . 9 ? srid to be "JUST AS GOOD" AS matins When Yon Can Get PALMATINA THE PUREST VEGETABLE FAT How to Make Money. Agents of either 89x should today write Marsh Manufacturing Co., ?38 Lake Street, Chicago, for cuts and particulars of their handsome ALUMINUM CARD CASE with jour name engraved on it and filled with 100 Calling or Business Cards. Ev? erybody orders them. Sample Case and 100 Cards, postpaid, 40c. This Case and 100 Cards retail at 75 cents. "You have only to show sample to t ecure an order. Send 40c. at once tor case and 100 enids before some one gets ahead of you. Sept 16-8m TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS &C. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. Communica? tions strictly confidential. Handbook on Patents sent free. Oldest atrency for securing patents. Patents taken throuch Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charye, in the Scientific American. A handsomely illnstmfM w*?cklv. T nrrest cir? culation of any ??cioiitlti<: Journal. M i nns. f3 Tear: four months, tl. SoU byull p**wwles?lers *WW JP. Pl 331-roaSa,. f'~y Yt)!-'' GUN ANO 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- j hie, work dore promptly and satisfaction guaranteed. ?hop removed to No. 22 ? West Liberty street, two doors from Oteen's Brok Store. R S BRAD WELL. FIRE INSURANCE. We are pleased to announce thal we have secured the agencv for the "German American," "London & Lancashire," and 1 Orient7' Fire Insurance Companies, than which there are none better We will appreciate a share of your business. For Real Estate or Insurance, see, WHITE & MCCALLUM, OFFICE KO. IS S. MAIN STREET PHONE NO. 143. Mch 3-3m N. G. Osteen, Jr.,;r D n M n SURGEON DENTIST, ^ r\ USieen, iYl. Lr. No. 18 W. Liberty St., No. 18 W. Liberty St., (Over Osteen's Book Store ) SUMTER S C (Over Osteen's Book Store), Office hours, 9 to 1.30 ; 2.30 SUMTER, S. C to 6. We have another Car Horses and Mules. We are also selling BUGGIES, WAGONS and HARNESS almost The usual stock of Lime, Cement, Fire Brick, Flue Pipe and Builders' Supplies generally. DIXIE STALK CUTTERS. We have secured, the agency for these cutters in Sumter county. BOOTH LIVE STOCK CO. PERUVIAN GUANO, NITRATE OF SODA, fl URI ATE OF POTASH. Are Headquarters. WHISKEY I MORPHINE) CIGARETTE I ALL DRUC AND TOBACCO HABIT. I HABIT. ? HABIT. i HABITS. Cured by Keeley Institute of S. C. 1329 Lady St., (or P.O. Box 75) Columbia, S. C. Confidential correspondence solicit^ *. ti ii fie Coast Line Effective Januarv 10, 1904. Passenger Trains arriving and leaving Sumter. Train 35 " 54 " *57 " 52 " 46 " 53 " 32 " *56 ? 47 " 55 ?< *43 Florence to Augusta Arrives Columbia to Wilmington " Gibson to Sumter r " Charleston to Columbia and Greenville Leaves Orangeburg to Charleston (Tnesd'y, Thursd'y, Saturd'y) " Greenville and Columbia to Charleston " Augusta to Florence u Sumter to Gibson M Charleston toOraugeburg(Tuesc'y, Thursd'y, Saturd'y) " Wilmington to Columbia Florence to Sumter, Arrives 15 am 05 am 20 air 21 an 25 Rji. 15 pur 30 pu. 50 pm 15 pr 25 pr 15 am Freight Trains carrying Passengers. Train *19 Sumter to Robbins, Leaves 3 40 am *24 Sumter to Hartville " 10 00 am u *11 Floreuoe to Sumter Arrives 1 40 pr " *12 Sumter to Florence Leaves 3 10 pi_ " *25 HartsviIle to Sumter Arrives 7 40 on " *2? Hobbins to Sumter /' 8 00 pm Northwestern Railway. Train *70 Camden to Sumter Arrives 9 00 am ." *71 Sumter to Camden Leaves 9 36 an " *H8 Camden to Sumter u 5 45 pn " *72 Wildon Mill to Sumter Arrives 12 30 pm " *73 Sumter to WilponMill leaves 3 30 pm ** 76 Wilson Mill to Somt* Monday Wednesday. Friday, Arrives 9 00 pu " 77 Sumter to Wilson Mi?!,Tuepdny,Thurpday, Saturday, Leaves 4 50 pn. M *69 Sumter to Camden ,'% 6 25 pu Trains marked * dailv except Sunday ; all other trains daily. For farther infornistion. apply to J. T. CHINA, Ticket Agent A. C. L.