DISARMING THE GODS.
Stow Chinese, Japanese and Hindoo
BOT? Prepare For School Life.
Among tbe eastern nations the begin
2?ag of school life is a critical time for
the child. The priest or astrologer
must be consulted to choose a lucky
day. Every precaution must be taken
to aTert the jealousy of the gods, whose
malice is especially directed against a
Sn? boy.
3.3? Chinese father who adores his
?Mi will take the utmost pains to con
Sri?ce the powers of the air that the
bey is of no account The child may
?? given a despicable name, like flea
*r chutze, a pig, or, more insulting
Kftrt?tL he may be given a girl's name.
y :/.: ?Eke boy may. be started off to school
^maring a girl's dress and one earring,
??ad if the deception is complete thia
Tt?Sl be the most effectual of ail, for
-Qc ?eal the gods do not care for .girls in
3The Japanese schoolboy wears hang
tfijjr from Ms belt a little red bag con
?xming a brass tag with his name and
Ms parents* name and address upon it.
"Se must hare his paper umbrella and
??ks fan* and in a gray bag upon his arm
is a Jar of rice for bis luncheon. This
qttaint little fellow has probably made
his offering at his own private shrine
4?Tenjinsen. the god of penmanship.
?Fhea the Hindoo boy has found an
auspicious day to begin school he is
taken to the god of learning. Sa ras va?
il Here the little supplicant presents
ms offerings cf rice and betel nuts and
repeats the letters of the alphabet after
?be priest Tkus he is entered into the
ways of knowledge in the very presence
af the god.-Everybody's Magazine.
OMNIVOROUS MAN. ?
?
'Reptiles Are .Sat?n With Eastern ess
All -Over the World?
Beptil?s are eaten with eagerness all
STerthe world. Neither want of beau?
ty ocr abundance of venom protects
them from omnivorous man. Although
they suggest to us by form and motion
?il that is false and unfair, nidepus
and horrid," even God's curse of the ser?
pent does not shield it and from the
humbie frog of the pond to the colossal
crocodile of Egypt they are all only so
~-^much food for men. O lei Mexicans
loved the speckled salamander and ate
*t with Spanish pepper. The Spaniards
. learned the odd fashion, and the habit
has not entirely died out. Vipers are
a favorite dish with Italians. The ha*
ards of .this continent are a most deliA
?cate disband the iguanas of the An?
tilles were carried to South Carolina-in
jgseat numbers, the rice fieles of that
.. state being well suited to them.
Snakes? Sad a ready market in many
eastern countries. The giant of Java,
which infests the pepper plantations
and whose venom is fatal, is a favor?
ite. The huge boa constrictor furnishes
FJS exceedingly fat meat and the negroes
-of its native country prefer it to "the
^laiotiest food of the white man. The
anaconda of Brazil supplies the table
.of the poor, though the Portuguese us?
cB?y the rich fat it produces. South
Am?rican natives eat almost every kind
of snake, and the far. west has taught
rrsnany a fastidious palate from over the
sea to relish the fatal rattlesnake. of
oin: own country. Snake eating is more
> common in the United States than one ?
would imagine. iH
A Hard Problem.
A certain debaring, society is discuss?
ing the question as to which is the an?
grier-the husband who goes home and
finds that the dinner is not ready or
the wife who has dinner ready and
Erbose husband does not come home.
It is believed that the debate will end
in a dru TV.
Decfc Bond For Ills Health.
*That man can speak more languages
torrectly than you can count on the
?ngers of one hand," said a railroad
official, pointing to a deck baud on a
.- Kurth river ferryboat.
**He translated the European corre?
spondence of a large importing house
?ntl] his health gave way from tLe
.confinement We H ve iu the same
town, and' one evening he came io me
mad asked for a job as deck hand.
have to have an outdoor job/ he
said. *or you'll be a pallbearer at my
funeral*
*1 tried to 5nd something that would
pay better, but there was nothing that
would give bim as much good air. and
-^e got the job. Now that his health
is restored be ls loath to give it up.
*- He had saved some money,, and he
pieces out his income by doing translat?
ing at home, so be gets on pretty well.
"Tes, you'll easily find several score
nf men on North river ferryboats who
?re working as deck hands for their
2?aUh. The deck of one of these big
teats is a sanitarium, to say uothiugv
^nf the grave."-New York Times.
EUtiftins the Limit.
**Don't you think that the ideals of
Statesmanship are higher now then
??y used to ber
?"Sure they are,'' answered Senator
Sorghum. "I've known the time when
4500 was considered big money. Now
yvm can't get a man that amounts to
anything to look at less than $10,000."
-Washington Star.
His Feeling Faculty.
don't see anything remarkable in
that mule." said the prospective pur?
chaser, "except that he's stone blind."
'Tes, sub." replied the mule's propri?
etor, "he blin* in bis eye, but you des
?arter see liim feel fer you wid his
-beds!"-Atlanta Constitution.
Profit With the Bruah.
*T>o you think it possible for a man
wi? ls clever with the brush to make
-* living these days?" asked the dis?
couraged artist
Tes" responded the cruel cynic, "if
te is a bootblack."-Philadelphia Rcc
ord.
.Oid you ever notice the indecision
?f a woman..about choosing a seat, in *
street car with but few passengers''
?i?wankee Sentinel
I
SECRETS OF SUCCESS.
Push, said the button.
Never be led, said the pencil.
Take pains, said the window.
Always keep cool, said the ice.
Be up to date, said the calendar.
Do business cn tick, said the clock.
Never lose your head, said the barrel.
Never do anything offhand, said the
glove.
Doing a driving business, said the
hammer.
Be sharp ia all your dealings, said
the knife.
Trust to your stars for success, said
the night
Spend much time in reflection, said
the mirroi.
Make much of small things, said the
microscope.
Strive to make a good impression,
said the seal.
Find a good thing and stick to it
said the glue.
Turn aH things to your advantage,
said the lathe.
Make the most of your good points,
said the compass.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Alt Thai Wa? Lacking.
He had been away on a business trip
for quite a long time and had brought
his wife a handsome fan upon his re?
turn.
"You're, just perfectly lovely, Fred,"
she said. "Ifs the daintiest and most
beautiful fan I ever saw."
*Tm glad you like it," he returned,
with evident gratification.
"How could I help liking anything so
pretty?" she asked, and then she added
with a sigh, "I only wish I could carry
it some time."
"Why can't you?' he demanded.
"No gown to go with it" she answer?
ed promptly. "There ought to be a
gown to match or at least one that
wouldn't look shabby beside it if"
She got the gown. He kicked him?
self for two days and ever thereafter
bought fans to match what she already
had.-New York Times.
-- V
Rancimaa and Henley.
It is related that shortly after Runei
mah, the well known writer on seafar?
ers and smugglers and poachers, had
bitterly fallen out with W. E. Henley
he lay dying in London. To Henley in
Edinburgh, lame and ill, came an in?
direct message that Runciman believed
that if Henley could come and look on
him he would get well. It was a dy?
ing man's whimsy, but Henley took
the train from Edinburgh and arrived
in London to find his friend dead.
VIRGINIA COURTESY.
By Its Operation SZr. Cnlpepper Cams
Into His Own.
It is the story of a polite and polished
Virginia gentleman and his landlady,
also polite, polished and a Virginian.
It rained on a day not long ago, and
when Mr. Culpepper looked for his
umbrella in the ierra coria tile in the
hail it was not there. Mr. Culpepper
was far too courteous to say that some?
body bad taken it He didn't even say
it was gone. He merely looked at the
terra cotta tile and cherished regrets.
It was raining, and he had no umbrel?
la. The courteous landlady came upon
him and divined his trouble.
"Haven't you any umbrella?" she
asked. "Oh, that's' too bad! You
mustn't think of going out without
one. Just wait a moment till I get you
mine."
Mr. Culpepper protested, but when
Virginian meets Virginian courtesy is
bound to prevail in the end. The land?
lady went upstairs and presently re
turned with an umbrella.
"There," said she. 'Take it I shan't
need it today, and you are perfectly
welcome to it perfectly welcome."
And the grateful Mr. Culpepper
stepped out and unrolled an umbrella
which was the very one he had lost
Courteous Virginia gentleman, courte?
ous Virginia landlady, and you needn't
ask me how the umbrella came to
change owners, for I don't know. Nei?
ther does Mr. Culpepper.-Washington
Post _
Art?mt? and Poets.
Artists and poets are like stars-they
belong to no la ad. A strictly national
painter or a strictly national poet !s
bound to be parochial, a kind of village
pump. And you may write inscriptions
all over him and build monuments
above him, but he remains a pump by
a local spring.-Robert Orange.
A Lastino* Effect
This Evidence Should Prove
Every Claim \iaae For
Dean's Kidney Pil's
in Sumter.
Relief from the pains and aches of a bad
back is always welcome to every backache
sufferer but to cure, a lame, weak or aching
back is what's wanted. Cure it so it will stay
cured. It can be done. Here is the strongest
evidence to prove it :
B. A. Betts, well-known farmer, living two
miles north east of Sumter, says: -J believe
Doan's Kidney T'ills which I procured at Dr.
A. J. China's drug store an: a good kidney
remedy. For a number of years I had a hard
time with my back and every cold I caught
settled In my back and the pain felt just
like rheumatism and would just lay me up. I
could not sit for any length of time in one
position or attempt to turn over in bed with?
out the sharp pain striking me and making me
yell right out and I had to take hold of some?
thing to support me when I got out of bed.
The kidney secretions were irregular, un?
natural and at night too frequent in action.
I used lots of remedies and took doctor's
medicine but was just the same after I used
them as before. I was told al>out Doan's Kid?
ney Pills curing other people so I went and
got them. They helped me immediately and
since then the nain luis left me, my back is
strong and the Kidney secretions do cot lush?
er me. My health is greatly improved in
every way. and I give Doan's Kiduey Pills the
credit'
For sale by all dealers. Price. 50 cents per
box. Foster\>??lburn Ca, Buffalo, N. Y., sole
agents for thevUnited Stales.
Remember the name-Doan's- and take no
other. y
CONSUMPTION CURED.
M!! Was Dyiog of Consumption. Doctors Gave Me Up. Nothing Helped Me. I Tried
Daffy's Pare M alt Whiskey. Improved at Once. Eight Bottles Completely
Cared He"-Says Mrs. H. C. Allington, Nashua. N. H.
^gggggSgSW^ "My life has been saved by Duffy's Pure
jjj^Bj^BffrSgSil Malt Whiskey; my old age comforted and
made happy. I can truthfully say that I
ll would not t>e among the living to-day but for
J$??T'?" " 9 Duffy's. I have used it as a medicine for many
?1 ?&&^& ^s^MlsgLk years and will continue to recommend it to
jj[^??jgBB^??>*<^ ^^Ml all suffering from consumption and throat
IM WffWr ~^yS? troubles. Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey actually
l?s???iffl _ cures consumption; my own case is a living
raci& X?S?^ "I am in my 70th year, and in rugged health.
WBPBj ^tfi^^P" KSM ^ nurQker ?f yeai's ago 1 had three severe
y&?<3i? ???& attacks of grip, the last one being followed by
*?r ^lll pneumonia^ 1 was left with a bad cough and
^IvS^vj- -jCrr-jJ^H severe hemorrhages of the lungs. The doctors
"^^^^ ?lilia' ?-ic* notl nel? rae an(* * pras in ^esPair because
?$8m '^^,*5S?I??f consumption was upon me. I tried couch
ffiHgL N> medicines and so-called consumption euros
jRmW?&k* . . without benefit and was nearing my end. when
jfflBffftro^ a good neighbor brought me a bottle of Duffy's
^^WM^MP^BT^^^ Pure Malt Whiskey, it helped me from the
>^^K?M??^^^OT^? 1?????II first an? 'De?an to "menc^ Eight bottles com
^^^?^^w?^^^^^ ^ always keep a bottle of Duffy's in the
\^^^pffin\\^!^l^v^^B^^^ bouse and when I feel the least badly I take
^^^^^^^TOjHp^^^^^^^^ it according to direction. Itkeeps ice weil and
NSV^^SVv'i^y^^ "Mrs. Alhngton's experience is ^just exactly
- 7 the same as thousands of men and women who
have been snatched from a consumptive's grave by
DUFFY'S PURE MALT WHISKEY
m OSILY CUBE FOB LUK6 ARD THROAT TROUBLES.
During its exister.ee of 50 years, Duffy's Pure Kalt Whiskey has made over 4.000,000
cures. 7,000 doctors prescribe Duffy's, and it is use?I in over 2,000 hospitals exclusively
as the one complete, perfect and permanent cure for consumption, coughs, colds, grip,
bronchitis, ast^una,. pleurisy, pneumonia, catarrh and all diseases of throat and lungs; 1
indigestion, dyspepsia and every form of stomach trouble; nervousness, malaria and all
low fevers, and for all weakened, run-down, ^. ?_
dise?^ed or wasting conditions of body, brain, >^E A*^^v
uerve and muscle. ^J^JH
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey not only drives J/?Q^/^0^ ^^^NJ??^
out disease germs, but builds up new tissues *\ ^X?>V\.
and renovates the entire system, lt aids di- ^w^|
gaston, enriches the blood; stimulates circula- //*v/ ?jLwk Vw?VV
?on, tones up the heart, quiets the r. cr ves, //O/ lila,, V?SSRB^ WVI
invigorates and builds up the body so that it //^/ nli&L 6ffl3&f
will throw off and p:.'event disease. fi?/ ?SSS^^r?^^Cfew lfell
At the medical invention in Albanv A i mt I I Si!
LEADING DOCTOR SAID: ? I would rather il I ^|U3K^S1 W J Sil
have Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey to cjrj l\ \ j?^W^J^S&I^S^? S I "//
con sumption and discases of the throat and \\ Vr ial^^^^Mw fi
iuzi ;s than all other medicines In the world." Jw II
Ano the doctors present agreed with him ^^^?^^^^^^^^ JJ
Duffy's Pure Mali; Whiskey is good for old Jr
and young. It promotes health and long life, N^^^^?^'?*^^^^
keeis the old ycur.g, and makes the young ^^?$?& M?^g^
5 tro-: ig.
Duffy's is absolutely pure, contains no fusel oil, and is the only whiskey recognized
by tlie'Grovernment as a medicine. This is a guarantee.
Be sure you s sk for DUFFY'S PURE MALT WHISKEY. It is the only abso?
lutely Pore Malt "SVhiskey which contains medical, health-giving qualities and the
only Malt Whiskey recognized hy the government as a medicine?
DUFFY'S PUISE MALT WHISKEY is sold in sealed bottles only, never in flask
or balk. Look for the trade-mark-the old chemist-on the label and see that the
Beal over the cork is unbroken.
For sale at all Dispensaries in South Carolina,
or ??rect, $1.00 a bottle, DUFFY MALT WHISKEY CO., Rochester, N. Y.
The Tomb of David?
The tomb of David, king of Israel. Is
aril) pointed out ito travelers in Pales
Lino and, despite its age, is in a re?
markably good state of preserration.
David died in 1015 B. C. and was bur?
ed in the "city of David." His tomb
jecame the sepulcher of several subse
3U<mt kings and one of the sacred
places of the kingdom. It stands on
VIcunt Zion, at Jerusalem, just outside
>f the city wall.
CASTOR IA
Por Infant? and Children.
tts Kind Mari Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
Excursion Rates via the Atlantic Coast Line.
.Buffalo, X. Y.-International Convention,
f. M. G. A., May 11th to 15th, 1904. Rates, one
irst class fare plus 50c. for the round trip.
Tickets on sale May 8th to 10th inclusive. ,
5ood to return leaving Buffalo not later than i
Hay 23rd. 1904.
'v ashville. Tenn.-Southern Baptist Con- ??
rerition, May 12th io ISth, 190*. Rates one i
irst class fare plus 25c for the round trip, j
Tickets will be sold May 10th toiSth inclusive. |
imited to ten days from date of sale, but !
in al limit until June 6th, 1904, can be obtain- j
?d by depositing tickets with Joseph Richard- I
?on/Special agent, not earlier than May 10th j
>r later than ten days after tickets are pur- j
rh ised and upon payment of 50 cents fee
it time of deposit.
Nashville, Tenr:.-United Confederate
Veterans Reunion, June 14th-16, 1904. Rates I
>n>; cent per mile distance traveled, plus 25e. 1
rickets will be sold June 10th to 15th. inclu- ;
?ive. wit!) final limit to leave Nashville re-!
urning June 18, 1904. Tickets must be offici?
al y stamped by Jcseph Richardson, Special |
Vgent. ;
Jacksonville. Fla.-International Sugarcane .
3rDwers Association. May 4th to 6th, 1904.'
Kates one first class fare plus 25c for the
round trip. Tickets will be sold from points
n 3eorgia and Florida on May 3rd and 4th
ind from all other points. May 2nd and 3rd
wi\,h final limit-May 8th-. ?
St. Louis. Mo.-Louisiana Purchase Exposi?
tion, May 1st to November 30th. 1904.
Season Tickets on sale daily. l>eginning
\pril 25th and continuing during the period :
3f the Exposition, with final limit to leave ,
?t Louis. December 15th. 1904. Rate, 80 peri
:*ent of the do"ble jne way first class fares, !
phis 25c.
Sixty day tickets to be sold daily. Ix?ginning !
April 25r,h and continuing during the period :
jf the exposition with final date to leave St. i
Louis, returning sixty days in addition to !
?late of sale, in no case to exceed December j
loth, 1904. Rate, one and one- third fares, j
plus 25c. for the rcund trip.
Kif teen day tickets, to be sold daily com?
mencing April 25th and continuing during the
period of the Exposition, with final limit to
leave St. Louis, fifteen d
date of sale. Rate, one fare pl us 82.25.
.Itoach excursions, (tickets not good In Par
lo* or Sleeping ears), to be operated from
peints oil this line in the States of North and
Scuth Carolina. .May 9th and 23rd. Limit of
reach excursions to l>e ten days, including
ri;.te of sale. Rate one cent per mile distance
traveled, pius 25c.
Validation of tickets. Return coupons re
rinire validation by joint agent at St. Louis,
at Union Station. World's Fair (Jrounds.
Transportation Building; World's Fair Sta?
tion opposite Main Entrance; No. 429 Oliver
Street: No. 13 North 7th street.
For rates and other information apply to
any ticket agent of the Atlantic Coast Line,
n. M Emmerson Traffic Man Wilmington, NC
\V J. Craig. G?rerai Passenger Agent.
The hammock season has arrived.
A large stock 1? select from at Osteen's
Book Store.
44
PIT" W IT!
PIT FA ETI ES" are the rage.
"PIT" is ihe most laughable
and exciting Game ever in?
vented for an INFORMAL GOOD
TIME. Laughter, fun and ex
=-citement for everybody.-^
A NEW SUPPLY AT
li. G. Osteen & Co.
Reunion South Cardina Veterans at ' Charleston,
S. C.. May 17 to 19. 1904.
The Atlantic Coast Line will sell round
trip tickets for the above oocatlon on May
16th, 17th and 18, good to return until May
23, 1904. at $?15 from Sumter, S. C.
Low rates from all stations.
H. M. Emerson, Traffic Manager. Wilming?
ton. N. C. f
W. J. Craig, General Passenger Agent.
Wilmington, SL C.
Excursion Tickets
-ON THE
ATLANTIC^ COAST LINE
-TO THE
Great World's Fair at St Louis.
In addition to che Season, 60 Day Excur?
sions, two cheap Excursions will be run ito
St. Louis on
Kay 9th and 23, 1904
at one cent per mile traveled
Rate from Sumter, S. C for these excur?
sions will be 520.40. via Richmond or Peters?
burg; 519.50 via Atlanta
Tickets endorsed "Not'good in Parlor or
Sleeping Cars" and limited to 10 days includ?
ing aate-of sale.
Southam Baptist Convention,
Nashville. Tenn.-Rate $17.05 from Sumter.
S. C., for the round trip. Tickets on sale May
10th, nth. 12th.- limited to ten days from date
of sale, but final limit until June 6th, 1904
can be obtained by depositing tickets with
Jos. Richardson, Special Agent, not later
than 10 days after tickets are purchased and
upon payment of 50c. fee at time of deposit.
BL M. EMERSON, 1 W. J. CRAIG.
Traffic Manager. Gen. Passenger Agent.
_Wilmington, N. C.
How to Make Money.
Agents of either sax should today write
Marsh Manufacturing Co?, 538 Lake
Street, Chicago, for outs and particulars of
their handsome ALUMINUM CARD CASE
with your 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, iou have
only to show sample to tecure an order.
Send 40c at once for case and 100 cards
before some one gets ahead of you.
Sept 16-8m_
I 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 agency for securing patents.
Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive
special notice, without charge, in the
i Scientific American.
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I take pleasure in giving no
I tice to my friends and the pub?
lic generally, that, having re?
gained my health, ? have re?
opened my shop, and am ready
to do any work in the
line of Guns, Locks, dewing
Machines, &c Prices reasona?
ble, work done promptly and
satisfaction guaranteed.
Shop removed to No. 22
West Liberty street, two doors
from Oteen's Brok Store.
R. S BLADWELL.
JOS PRINTING
First class work and good material. I do good
work *s cheap as possible, but do not make a spe?
cialty cf cheap work.
1ST. G. OSTEEN.
Southeastern Lime & Cement
COMPANY.
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