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THE WOMAN'S AtPTOABY. The flatt Largely Attended aa$ Best Successful Coavent?oa io the History x of the Diocese. The 19th annual convention of the Diocesan branch of the Woman's Auxiliary convened in the Church of the Holy Comforter last Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. The convention was opened with religious- services consisting cf the Litany and the Holy Communion, the Kt Rev. Ellison Capers, D. D., and the Rev. Messrs. G. F. Mosher, of Shanghai, China, G. H. Wood and H. J. Mikel!, cf Charleston, and H. H. Covington, of Sumter,-were in the chancel. Immediately after the cele? bration of the Holy Communion the convention was called to order by the president, Mrs. Robert W?!sou. The roll was then called revealing the ?act that there wore 82 delegates representing the Woman's Branch, not coasting the Junior branches. It is considered one of the largest and most representative conventions ever held. The reports of the Secretary and Treasurer and the reports ,of the vari ons-branebes as well as the annual ad? dress cf the president showed a healthy and prosperous condition of affairs during the past year. The meeting has been a- perfectly harmonious one and the entire set of present, officers were reelected. At two o'clock the convention took a recess and were entertained at luncheon by tbe local branch at the Hotel Jackson: This af tern oon thessession will be devoted to the businearof the Junior branch. Tonight at 8 o'clock addresses will be made by the Rev. Messrs. Mosher and Wood. Mr. Mosher is said to be a most interesting and entertaining speaker, and the public are cordially invited to attend. The afternoon session of the Wom? an's Auxiliary Convention was called to order at 3.30 o'clock Wednesday aft? ernoon. This session was devoted to the Junior branch of the organization. After the regular reports by the officers and special reports from a number of the Junior auxiliaries had been presented, Rev. G. T. Mosher, the missionary to China, addressed the meeting. The Junior branch of the South Carolina Auxiliary has been engaged for several years in assisting in the support of Rev. Mosber's mission and has recently purchased and turned over to him an organ for use in his work. Mr. Mosher in his brief ad? dress gave an interesting account of his work and the conditions prevailing in the Chinese mission field. At 5.30 o'clock a recess was taken until 8 .o'clock. Fifteen Junior Aux? iliary^ were represented by 29 dele? gates. * The final session was called to order at 8 o'clock, Bishop Capers presiding. The feature of the evening was the - address of Rev. L. T. Mosher. He ?'discussed the missionary outlook in Chins from the religious, educational and political points of view. He first gave an outline of the conditions pre? vailing in the East prior to the China . Japanese war, and discussed the re . suits of that war and its effects upon the. people pf .the. East.'. From this phase- of the subjeefr he passed to the present conditions touching briefly in turn upon the causes and effects of the Boxer uprising and tbe underlying causes and probable effects of the present, war between Japan and RusT si a. His analysis of the situation and ' his statement of the point or view of tbe natives weite highly interesting and instructive. His address was al? together a remarkably ci ear cut and able presentat?oa . of the subject of missionary effotts in the East, and. gave evidence ihat he is not only ?n original thinker and aclcse and obser? vant student of affairs, but a man able to appreciate and to understand to an extent not usual with mission workers, the radically different point of view that tbe Chinese and other Eastern, peoples occupy. The address was heard with the closest attention and was commented upon as an interesting and original presentation of the for? eign mission question. Dr. Wood, Secretary of the Mission Board, made a brief address.on ?horne missions and the kindred subject of tbe means of supporting and extend? ing missionary work. With the meeting Wednesday night the convention came to a close. It was the most largely attended and in many respect tbe most successful convention that the Woman s Auxiliary of this Diocese bas ever held. . The delegates were charmed with their stay in Sumter, and on all sides were heard expressions of appreciation of tbe delightful and gracious hospi? tality of which they were the recipi? ents while in the city. The examination of applicants for positions in the rural free mail deliv? ery service will be held on the 21st instant. There are two positions to be filled on June 1st and that there are somewhere in the neighborhood of twenty applicants. U. D!TC."MEETIN6. An important meeting of Dick An? derson Chapter, U. D. C., will be held at the residence of Mrs. Alta? mont Moses at 6 o'clock, Thursday afteruooi. All members are request end to be present as arrangements for tbe distribution of Cresses of Honor are to be made. Agnes Bogin, ' ' _Secretary. Buv vonr Binder Twine from W. B. Boyle. _ - 5-113t The Funeral Directors Association of the State of South Carolina, will meet in Sumter next month. A com? mittee of local undertakers and coffin manufacture rs and other citizens met Wednesday morning to formulate plans to entertain the association, which is composed of a representative body of gentlemen from ali over the State. A committee was appointed to meet City Council that evening to solicit an appropriation and to solicit private subscription for entertainment. Messrs. R. F. Haynsworth, W. C. Chandler and E. L. Witherspoon compose the committee on subscrip? tion. GLENN SPRINGS WATER Tbs Kidney- Cure. NO??S AND GOMMENT. BT W3L. D. 9. Hon. Joel E. Brunsen and femil moved to Manning last week. Snrt ter regrets to lose them. Messrs. C E. Rose and S. E. Fraser have mo? ed into his residence. -Commissioner White has cleaned on all the drains of the city and pa them in good sanitary condition. Are the Sumter county citizens gc ing to let the offices mn them down It looks so. Only one announced s fa:. In other counties they ar swarming. lt .is due to the persistent and in telligent work of Messrs. Edmunds Strauss and Chandler that oUr bau will get $250 annually from the cit; treasury. Prof. Edmunds' presenta tion of the claims of this institutioj were incontrovertible. There's going to be an Episcopa college in this State. Sumter is th: place for it-the best in South Caro lina. Who can dispute it?, Some of our Aldermen are too bash ful about "speakin' out in meetin'. ' I don't like to see this spirit of wait ing on the "the other fellow." Speal out! Sumter is going to have a bunch o pretty June brides. No excuse fo: bachelorhood in Sumter, anyhow. The beer dispensary will be oi North Main street. The "booze fighters" will then have fun "gwin< an' ?omin'. Congressman Lever stirred thing? up in Washington by that speect "discrimination against the South ir the rural * free delivery service.' They are "coming to taw." The examination for two rural car? riers vdll be ? held next Saturday. After June these carriers will be" paie $720 per annum. There are several applicants. All are glad to see Mr. Claremoul Moses out again. He had a long anc severe spell of sickness. Rev. R. E. Peele met with a heartj reception. There were not seats enough last Sunday evening for the crowd. He preached two splendid sermons. Saturday night the incandescent lights barned out. The light was too bright. Some people kicked. So ii goes-they are too bright, and they are too dim. The rural carrier examination cer? tainly will be held on next Saturday. Those who have application blanks out better forward them at once. I note that some of the girls from the fifth to the eighth grades have donned long dresses, and assumed the dignity and grace of a sure enough grown woman. It's amusing, for in less than fifteen years I, bet they'll wish'they were back to short frock days. So it goes. This recalls the way the girls dress? ed when I was a school-boy. Thoy wore short dresses, but flared, rn??ed, frilled, starched pantalettes nearly to the shoe tops. So it goes. In this day, such a sight would make you believe Barnum was in town. And do you remember those old hoop skirts ? Mercy guide me! I can never forget the fun I once had with a teacher who tried to whip me. She could not get to me properly. She wore one. I like to hear Prot Schumacher on the violin every Sabbath at the First Baptist Church. Ito just fills in your heart something you crave. But it wouldn't' suit -these old fashioned, bac k-woxxts fellows. I remember vi/h en the tunes were raised or pitched by a low whistle, hum, or the ring of a fork fine. But my! when they wore raised-whoop I they were raised. The office of City Recorder is a bard place to fill. Outside of the trying duties and responsibilities, the officer gets more unkind criticism than a doz? en bad citizens should get. And l>y people who know as much about law as a dead mule about the Deity. Of course, such things never worry a con? scientious man. I don't like to hear them. As Gloomy Gus says, **it makes me tired." I wonder what the conditions of this world would become if woman was removed forever? Did yon ever think about such a thing? I believe men would then grow tusks, claws, walk-on hands and feet, scream, rave, roam aimlessly about. Flowers would quit blooming. Handsome churches, fiue residences, and big stores would become a habitat for bats, owls, scor? pions, and lizzards. Yet, men do not appreciate, or know the true value of woman. Shutout the sunshine ; stop the song of the birds; bury the blos? soms; away with the little boys and girls; take that tender hand away from^the acheing head ? Then, maybe, ber worth could be realized. This is doubtful. Some of the greatest writers have sung her praises-appreciated and adored her. Listen to Wordsworth : The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength and skill ; A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warm, to comfort and command. A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food : For transient sorrow, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles. And Milton: So well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say Deems wisest virtnousest, discreetest, best. Then Barrett : Not she with traitrous kiss her Saviour stung, Not she denied him with unholy tongue: She, while apostles shrank, could dan? ger brave, Last at his cross and earliest at his grave. Oil, you miserable, pitiless Sumter bachelors! Whither are you drifting? What on earth will become of you? Buy your Binder Twine from W. B. Boyle. 5-11-:Jt GLENN SPRINGS WATER Cyres??ljispspsia. tfagcod Notes 2D J Comment. liagood, May 5.-Have Just return? ed from an extended trip through Le?> into Kershaw county. . That is tint farming land around Spring Hill, territory our 2ounty could ill afford to lose, and it is in the hands of men, such as Lawrence White, Wes Weldon, Wil Smith and others, who know how to cultivate it. . Spring Hill has a bright future before it, being free from malaria, having fine water and otb 3r desirable advantages. The men are vigorous, energetic, of sound judg? ment, and are succeeding most admi rafr.y. Besides those above named we mei.tion Dr. Britton, who needs no commendation from my pen. Dr, Fox whc stands high in the esteem of the community, Trace Mnnnerlyn, young, clever, energetic, independent without bei rg big-headed, the Robinsons, father and son, Charlie Evans, whose wit and humor has entertained many a crowd, etc, etc. All these and others not mentioned are fine people, just snob as help to make a great country. But I have a quarrel with them, not about their roads, some of which coald be better, bnt about education. It does seem that a people of their mea as and intelligence would have a fine academy, run principally by them? selves and not by the public. In offer? ing 1;his criticism let me say that there are a number of other communities I know of to which it applies. Above this community, toward Salem, around Antioch and ont toward Camden there is plenty of room for development. The country is siandy, sparsely settled, the roads poor and misleading, most of the land is uncleared though once un? der cultivation and having a clay foun? dation seems capable of fine crops. I bear! of a man once of whom it was said that when Gabriel blew his trum? pet he would ask him to wait till he had lighed his pipe. While others were plowing their crops some of these were just putting down fertilizers. You can imagine how pushed they were when one man had his wife ont helping him. They were in the midst of a drought and have not to date, the 13th of May, received any rain to speak of. Le", not the reader think that every one in these communities is indolent, nnprogresive, backward. There are the Davises, James, Sr., and Jr., Luke, and Tal, the Moseley?, father and sons, McLoods, Boykins, Mat? thews, Barfields, men who are farmers everj whit, who make agriculture a study and are thoroughly up to date, as their surroundings clearly prove. A trip through the country proves that there's as much in the man as in the land, some farms being over-run with briars aud weeds, the ditches full, the bottoms, in this country the best land, thrown out, while others, once, only a short while ago perhaps, in th 3 above condition, are well order? ed and drained, producing every year most satisfactory results. The whole country is on a boom. I heard som? church men say they had no trouble to get what money 1;hey wanted, so it is to be hoped that the generation of those who give the Lord only that they don't need is fast dying out. I heard of one such saint (?) who when he found his potatoes were all rotting and knew not how else to dis? pose of them said "Wife, lets send our preacher a bushel." So mote it be, amen. Hagood. ? Buv your Binder Twine from W. B. Boyle 5- l-3t ??i? ? II i m.i? !t.ts"kin UH a Gardener. Foul as Uuskin was of Howers, espe ci::Hy wild unes, lie had his own ideas as to what a garden ought to be, and in his practical g?;rdening was quite a ?audscupist. He liked making paths aud ouitriying pretty nooks. When he tirst came to Brantwood he would have his ceppice < ut no more, it spindled up to great tall steps, slender and sin? uous, promising no timber, and past the aj:e tor ail commercial use or time bonorin] wont. Neighbors shook their he-ids. but they did not know the pict u ivs of Botticelli, and Ruskin hud made his coppice into an early Italian altar .?ieee. Then he had his espalier of apples and a Hitit) gooseberry patch and a few standard fruit trees and some strawberries mixed with flow? ers. In one corner there were beehives in the old fashioned pent house trailed ovr with creepers. Here and there were little hummocks, each with its speciai interest of fern or flower.-Good Words. Weather Wixdoui. A, very curious method of making weather predictions has been discov? ered by 5in old Preach farmer. "On Christmas eve." he says, "when the bells beiriu to ring for midnight mass, take twelve onions and place them in a row on a table. The^rst onion will represent January, the sec? ond February, and so on. Next make a large slit in each onion and pour lome salt into it If at the end of an hour vou find that the salt in the March onion has melted you will know that there will be much rain in March, and, o? the other hand, if the salt in the April onion is not melted you may be certain that April will be a dry month. Moreover, if the salt in any onion is melted at the top, but not at the bottom, the first fortnight of the month will be wet and the second fort? night c ry." The Hou]K?o Bird. The boopoo is essentially a bird of the desert. A pretty tradition regard? ing the crest upon this bird's head tells that the crest was a gift from King Solomon in gratitude for shelter from the midday si|n provided by a flight of hoopoes. The tirst decoration was a crown of gold, but as this brough: unwelcome attentions from fowlers the monarch changed the crown :o a crest of feathers. The <'haracienstL* note of the boo? poo is produced as follows: The bird swallows as much air as possible and then taps Its beak upon the ground The es.-apini? a?r produces the ' 1J<?-~ boo-boo" which has earned for tbr bird its popular ?lame.- London Mail GLENN SPRINGS WATER Best Remedy fer Stomach Troubles. THE BAPTIST GOHVENTiQH. Nearly $53,000 Contributed to Louisville Seminary. Nashville, Tenn., May H.-The second day's session of the 49th con? vention of Southern Baptists was made memorable by contributions aggregat? ing $52,991 to the endowment fund of the theological seminary at Louisville. There were several gifts of $5,000 each, one coming from a Boston man, and one from an Atlanta woman, Mrs. W. A. Wiggs. There had been anticipation of a ripie in the convention when the com? mittee on work among the negroes made its report but it was received and adopted in an harmonious manner. This committee, of which Dr. A. C. Davidson of Birmingham, Ala., is chairman, considered the Virginia memorial, asking for appointment of a commission to study the uplifting of the^ negro in all its phases. After a session of five hours the committee arrived at an agreement satisfactory to all interested. It provides for the appointment of a representative from each State to confer with the home mission board with regard to plans for carrying on the work. The committee on nominations for place of holding the next convention held a session today and it is under stood that Fort Worth, Tex., was favored by a majority. Kansas City and St. Louis have been spoken of in this connection. ? At the night session Kansas City, Mo., was selected as the next meeting place. The nominating committee reported in favor of Fort Worth, Tex., but the sentiment of the convention was overwhelmingly the other way. Before a vote was taken Fort Worth was withdrawn. Nashville, Tenn., May 15.-No busi? ness was transacted by the Southern Baptist convention here today. The various pulpits of the city were occu? pied at morning and evening services by visiting ministsrs and large con? gregations greeted them. In the afternoon a rally at the taber? nacle in the interest of Sunday school and evangelistic work was attended by 3,COO persons. Tomorrow night the convention will complete its work. During the day reports of the com? mittee on work of the foreign mission boards was heard. This work during the last year has been larger than ever before in the board's history, the fund devoted to it aproximating $250, C01 Committees on the work of the Sun? day school board, on nominations and on finances will also report. In ad? dition final conclusions will be arrived at. as to the home 'mission board's work. Fighting in the Philippines. Washington, May 16.-The Moros, who attacked the American troops on May 8 and killed two officers and a number of men, may be severely punished by Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, who is marching on the band with a force of 450 officers and men. Major Gen. Ainsworth, military secretary, received a cablegram today from Gen. "Wade, commanding in the Philippines, in re? ply to a message asking particulars concerning the movement against the Moros in Mindanao. Gen. Wade's message is as follows : "Major Gen. Leonard Wood, with 450 officers and men, is en route to recover the bodies of our kliled. Two of the number who were previously reported killed have come in. It is learned that four more who were re? ported killed are alive. "There is no trouble outside of Ali's band. Piang is friendly to the United States. Everything is quiet in Cottabato Valley, people planting crops, and anxious to have Ali's band taken, and furnishing assistance free? ly and willingly. Ali's outfit is in the country east of Lake Ligiiasan, which is swampy and almost uninhab? itable. "Word from the expedition is not to be exxpected for several days. It will take the command six days' hard marching to reach the place where the engagement of May 8 occurred " Jacksonville, Fla., May 16.-In the recent primary two tickets for dele? gates to the national Democratic con? vention were in the race One was put out by the Hearst clubs and the other was in the interest of no parti? cular candidate. Returns show that three of the Hearst men were elected and six others. The tenth delegate will probably have to be chosen in the second primary. No. fight was made on Hearst from any of the campaign headquarters back of the several State and senatorial candidates. The six anti-Hearst delegates are uninstructed but all have expressed themselves as in favor of the nomination of Judge Parker. ? The railroad commission has receiv? ed a number of complaints from the people of Ferguson, a town in Berke? ley County, stating that the Atlantic Coast Line had refused to put a depot agent at that place, and consequently cbe people have to haul freight to an? other station, about ten miles. Fer? guson is the end of a branch tline of the Charleston, Sumter and Northern, and the railroad claims that the place is too unhealthy for an agent to live. The commission will look into the matter. My Twine is here. See me before you buy. W. B. Boyle. a 5 ll-3t A Justifiable Evasion. One time when Sir Walter Scott was asked If he wrote the Waverley novels, the authorship of which was a great secret, he said, "No. I am not the au? thor, and if I were I should say thfe tame." Mr. Gladstone thought this a justifiable evasion. Sydney Smith once said of some ol his anonymes efforts, "I have always denied it; but. finding that I deny it hi vain. 1 have thought lt might be as well to Include the letters in this collection." The Extremity of Bliss. The Parson-Dis am mos* pos'tively dr? mos" 'streeinly juiciest chicking 1 ebor put in mah mouth. Brer Jackson. KI-'?V .Jackson- Yes. sah. palison: dat .kVkinjr wu/, raised an* brtmg up on .v;,/?:;iii:'l:.??ii*, s:;h - I.?*si';..*> Weakly COURTESY IN THE HOME. It Ia Essential to Halpin es? In tbe Family Circle. There i* no place where there is greater ueed of true, refined, everyday courtesy or where it will bv move greatly appreciated than in the home circle. Yet in how many households do we see an entire lack cf il. The husband conies in tired and sur? ly, hurries down his meal, gives the cat a kick and d?put? without one kind word cr gracious act tc any one. The children are noisy and Quarrel? some. The mother, tired and nervous, has only sharp, recriminating words for her husband, the children and the servant. The whole atmosphere ap? pears surcharged v.'ith the very quint? essence of disturbing and dishearten? ing elements. Let a visitor come in to make a neighborly call, however, and how quickly everything is changed. Both husband and wife welcome him with the sweetest of smiles and courtesy. When the visitor departs, he is bowed out with the most charming grace and in silver tones invited to call again. This is eminently right and proper, but why should not thc same consid? eration prevail among those who are bound to each other by ties of family relationship- "our own, whom wc love best?" Why should not the wife, the child, the servant, whom you meet ev? ery day in the most intimate relations -why should they not, I ask, be vouchsafed some courtesy as well as the guest who calls for a brief hour? "Charity begins at home," we are told, and I think courtesy should too. No one, be he man or woman, can stand weeks and years of continual fault finding or habitual discourtesy. You bow to your next door neighbor when you meet her in the street and five her a kind or cordial word. Why not be respectful to members of your own family? Try it. You will find you will be happier for it. Your home will become au ideal one, and every one will be influenced to good by the light which will radiate from it-Pitts? burg Press. The Clever Brahman. Speaking of the great power th? Brahmans in India possess in localizing thought, a prominent Brahman said recently: "We would consider a game of chess as played in this country mere child's play. An ordinary Brahman chess player could carry on three or four games at a time without inconven? ience. The usual " game played by the Brahmans consists in checkmating with one pawn designated when the play be? gins. I have seen a man perform a long problem in multiplication and division, at the same time noting the various sounds and discussions going on about him in tho room. I have seen a man compose a triple acrostic in Sanskrit in a given meter, at the same time having three well versed men trying to over* throw 1dm in his argument on reli? gion." Went Back on Iiis Antliorltr. Freeman, the historian, was natural? ly familiar in the spirit to readers of the Saturday Review. In the llesh Mr. Leslie Stephen's single meeting with the historian was in the nature of a collision. "I came in contact with him only once, and at a later period. He wrote a life of Alfred for the Dictionary of National Biography under my editor? ship, but declined to do more because we had a difference of opinion as to whether Athelstane should be spelled with an 4A.' That was, I confess, a question to which I was culpably in? different, but I had taken competent advice, and my system (I forget what it was) had been elsewhere sanctioned by the great historian Stubbs. Now. as Freeman was never tired of assert? ing the infallibility of Stubbs. I inno? cently thought that I might take ref? uge behind so eminent an authority. The result was that for once Freeman blasphemed Stubbs and refused to co? operate any longer in an unscholarlike enterprise." The Drngfirist Lost In Ibsen. Some one in Scandinavia unearthed the report of the examiners on Dr. Ib? sen's papers at his examination for the degree of bachelor. It runs as follows: Norwegian, good; Latin prose, good; Latin essay, fairly good: Latin conver? sation, moderate; Greek, bad: arithme? tic, bad: German, very good; French, good; religious knowledge, good; histo? ry and geography, good; Hebrew, good: geometry, good. General remarks: A young man not to be despised. In spite of many "goods," however. Ibsen was plowed owing to his deficien? cies in Greek and arithmetic. Ile as? pired in those days to be a pharmaceu? tical chemist and. failing to satisfy the examiners, had to seek some other ope n? ing in life. aBMHauDmmBMBmMaBBOBiM PRIDE ?F NOF 5-YEAR OLD C< Direct From Distil The public has bee truthful claims of unset Distillers. We comm? the most rigid exam in We are the largest Whiskies in the T'nit Carolina that gu?rante smallest. We are one direct from the Distill alike the possibilities Middleman We ship ' Pride of securely ]>aeked in pla your order readies us, 4 full quart 1 doz. full q ? doz. full p 4 doz full \i Pints ana lialf pint 1 to t% gallons. $2.30 pa eking. Let the above figut Mean, thieving "bust-1 this old Honest Hand-? what your father used anything you ever had return the" goods and v mail. The D. L taf Salisbury, References: First Nati Bun or h >-? ?IJL.1,1-?fc..^ . ! r.m CREDIT DUE TO SOMEBODY. "Where Did We Cet the Hight ?* narrow in Uathensatlcsf .Where did we ?0t the right to bor rou- ii) mathematics?" asked a maa who takes an interest in curious things. "Wo always pay back-a thing we sometimes fail to do in other relation? ships in lite-but where did we get the right to borrow in the first .instance? Take a simple illustration in subtrac? tion: The teacher will tell the pupil to subtract 4.322 from 0.421. We put the problem down after this fashion: 6,421 4,322 Here we have the problem and the re? sult. We know that we cannot say 'two from one.' So we borrow one and say 'two from eleven/ and we get the result mine/ We pay back promptly, for ^instead of saying 'two from two leaves nothing,' we say 'three from twelve leaves nine.' But by what au? thority do we say this? When did we discover that this method would give us correct mathematical results? That's what I would like to know. Here we have one of the problema which the doctrine of evolution may deal-with. ? suppose some old fellow in the lons ago found that it was necessary to de? vise a vnethod of meeting this math? ematical emergency, so he hit upon the idea of borrowing from one row of figures and paying back to ihe next, and so met and conquered a very seri? ous difficulty. The idea originated with some one. and t? that some one we owe something. Mathematics would be a meaningless science without this con? venient plan, just as other t.7 ings would be useless but for the clever inventions of men who have gone before. There is the thing, for instance, which stands for nothing, the naught, that round symbol 0. It has a history. We know how they calculated before it came into existence. But I will not tell you about it now. ? was speaking about the bor? rowing habit in mathematics, and that is enough to think about at one time T?o you know how and when it origi-' nated?"-New Orleans Times-Democrat. Animal Barom?ter?. The tortoise is not an animal one would naturally fix upon as likely to be afraid of rain, but it is singularly so. Twenty-four hours cr mor? before rain falls the Galapagos tortoise makes for some convenient shelter. On a bright clear morning, when not a cloud is to be seen, the denizens of a tortoise farm on the African coast may be seen sometimes heading for the nearest over? hanging rocks. When that happens, the proprietor knows that rain will come down during the day. and. as a rule, lt comes down in torrents. The sign nev? er fails. This presensatiou. to coin a word, which exists in many birds and beasts may be explained partly from the increasing weight of the atmos? phere when rain is forming, partly by habits of living and partly from the need of moisture which is shared by all: The American catbird gives warn? ing of an approaching thunderstorm by sitting on the low branches of the dogwood tree (whether this union of the feline with the canine is invariable the deponent saith not), uttering curi? ous notes. Other birds, including the familiar robin, it is said, give similar | evidence of an impending ehange ie the weather. j -> i Followed Directions. . A clergyman in New Jersey hired a* man to act in the capacity of coachman* and gardener. One day the clergyman . bought a bottle of horse liniment and . told the man to apply it to a lame horse according to the directions on the bot? tle. About an hour afterward he weat tee? the barn and found Silas industri?os^/ dipping a spike into the liniment and then rubbing it against the horse's leg. "What are you doing that for?"' he ! asked. The man looked up w-V; JJ^ smile of assurance. "Because,*' said, *. "'twa? what it said in the directions on the bottle, but it's slow work." "You must have made a mistake," sa?d the minister. "I have not," answered the man in an aggrieved tone. "It sjys here on the bottle, 'Apply with a "large nail or tooth brush,' and, as I had no tooth? brush, I thought I'd better use this spike." A Provident Man. Knicker-Did Suburbs leave his fam? ily well provided for? Hocker-Yes. indeed. Ile had cooks (Miraged for two months ahead.-Har? rier's. imitate the sun and shine as often as the clouds will let you. ITH CAROLINA ORN WHISKEY Ilery to Consumer. Express Prepaid n frequently misled hy extravagant and un rn puions dealers who represent themselves*s ?nd this fact to your consideration ami invite ation of our claim. distillers and distributers of pure. N. C. Corn ed States and the only concern in North ?s every package, fruin the largest to the of the first firms in N. C. to furnish whiskey erv to the Consumer You thereby avoid of Adulterations and the ??refits of the North Carolina". Express charges prepaid, in case so no one can tell contents same dav at the following prices: v nicely labeled, jy.Ou per case. tS. " * " Jft.lKI ts. .? jy.oo : pts - jin.wo s fitted with cork rings. In jugs hold from per gallon. No extra charge for jugs or es on North Carolina s P.e>t talk to you. lead" stuff will cost you more.. Try a case of Hade Corn and it will give you a taste of to enjoy. If you don", find 'it better than in your life and are not more than pleased, our money will come back to vou by firs>:i Yours to command, i. 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