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P?S6AH HAS BR?6HT PROSPECTS. Seasons Have Been Remarkably Favora? ble aod Crops are Thriving, Although Small by Reason of Codi Weather. Pisgah, May 23.-This has been the best spring for working young crops we have had in many years. Not a washing rain has fallen here. The . r seasons are just right for th&crops, the ft only drawback has been the cold wea? ther which makes growing slow. ^ Cot? ton chopping was practically finished ia this section week before last. The weather waa just right and the hoes fairly flew to the time of "ham and eggs" accelerated by a sprinkling 'of Uncle Sam's passports of different sizes and colors. Forty cents was given per acre by the sraightforward men. I can't tell what the slick ducks paid. They don't know them? selves, bat am informed that some of Hotham ?ave as high in weights (not troy ) as ll. ounces to the pound. Our peo? ple here who have corn to buy ?nd it scarce, that is, corn that is suitable to .>:/ us?. There is more damaged corn on the market than I have ever seen. If it is doctored by salt water to make it weigh heavy as reported, the loss has reacted on the parties who did it to a large extent for they have had lots of it returned on their bands. It is an ill wind that blows nobody any good and I hope this cora question will stimn late our people to raise their own bread. ^ Pisgah Church is putting ona spring dress of wh-fce to oe trimmed with ?green and other colors. D. J. Hatfield is the tailor and his work looks like :7 he knows his trade Mr.;T. M. Bradley has built a new store. Candidates are getting thick, judg? ing from, the many pleaslant faced peo Hp pie I meet these days. Tile peach crop that bid fair, some time ago, to be safe has proved a fail? ure, nearly all have dropped off the trees. The cold was too severe for them. Those who bough*; early cab? bage plants have good gardens. The home raised are no good. Miss Ila Evans, who has been at? tending school in Sumter, is at home . ona visit. Rev. W. S. Walters lias been giving his people here something to think about in the shape of fine sermons I hear of your Hagood correspondent all through this section. If he was not a married man I would think he was wire hunting. One of oar pretty yoong ladies who has jutit turned twenty years, says she has got.to be an old ma?d and is laid on the shelf, but if ^-^could^see'her the universal verdict would be that she would keep well in looks. I hear cf very few marriages and none in prospect. Possibly we had f.-.-'-" better adopt the French rule. ?- 3Tour Notes and Comments man seems to be very sentimental on - the woman question. It would be amus ingto see him deal with- some of the home rulers. Wonder if, he would change his opinion after that, fer ail that glitters is not gold. . K It is about time lo have another killing, for iT we wait too long we will be ont of the fashion. The de? ceased's death was caused, by a slight ?M wave of the hand towards the hip > . pocket, bans and a soul has gone to the bar of God. This is usually the cause of shooting these days. It makes one feel blue to know that our citizenship is in such a shape. I don't st mean to say that a man must not de? fend himself, b??* he need sot be a coward about it Meeting, of Ketiisaf Aseociat?on. || Tba following s^f-explanatory ?irce> lar was* sent out Monday by Dr. i?an Teibnrg-Hofman, Secretary -of ' Sumter County Medical Association. Dear Doctor: At the last monthly meeting of the Somter County Medi? cal Association a resolution was adopt? ed whereby it was unanimously decid? ed to thereafer hold the ?eetings quar? terly on the last Thursday in May, August, November and February. These meetings will be called to order at 12 noon at Hotel Sumter and din? ner will be served in the hotel dining room immediately after the meetings. This change was made principally to encourage and accommodate the attendance cf the out-of-town mem ~ bera, and to increase the membership of the oldest and only Medical Soci? ety in this and surrounding counties. Calling your attention to the new constitution and. by-laws recently I adopted by the State Medical Associ - atioe1 .ia Dar&njrtoa,,.as proposed by the American Medical Association, wfcereby it becomes necessary for a member of the State Medica! Associ? ation to be a member of a county medical association, either in hie county or in an adjoining county, we cordially invite you to attend our . seat meeting os Thursday, May 26th, ISM, boping that, if you aro not a .member of the Sumter County Medi? cal Association, you may join us and -... add your indi vidual efforts to the suc? cess of our organization. The subject for diaocssion will be Albuminuria, to be introduced by Dr. & C. Baker. Dc C P. Osteen will read an essay. Ia order to be able to make toe ne? cessary and proper preparations foi the entertainment of the members, I shall be glad to bear from you by ? return mai il whether we may expect i your attendance at cur next meet? ing. Vary truly yours, Van Telburg-Hofman, Sec Somter Co. Med. Association. ^5?Ta'?*ir. Harby, t^is, distributing, at the Elks Clnb, a lot of souvenir bidgee of the Cciumbia May Carnival. . My Twine ia here. See me before you bu?. W. B. Boyle. 5-ll-St Macon, Ga., May 20.-Receiver N. B. Corbin bas rendered hie prelimina? ry report on tbe bankrupt estate of B. H. Plant and the I. C. Plant's Son bank as follows: Liabilities, $2,243, 22S: asset?, $1,399,177, making a net deficiency of $844,051. The general opinion ia that the bank will not pey more than 10 cents on the dollar. GLENN SPRINGS WATER For tbe lim. GLENN SPRINGS WATER ***** t?? > . tfc . , THt iHatt-'ftre. I NOTES ANO GOMMENT. BY WM D. S. Leanfort won the Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias Convention for ! 1905. Sumter lost. Too bad, too bad. Oh, well, from the mountains to the seashore-then to the interior! ' I have just received a grapevine dis? patch from a certain Clerk of Court (in Alaska) declaring war against young men for stealing bis clerks. The Sumter cotton mill has shut down for two weeks. The price of yarn is so high that it cannot be marketed. This is bad-especially on the operatives at this season of the year. Mr/ George W. Hudson, the well known store keeper at the factory, is la?d up with a paralytic stroke on the left side. Mr. and Mrs. Blanding Jones are very sick at their. home on Railroad avenue. Their boy3 at Clemson Col? lege have been sent for. The sympa? thy of the community is with the family. The Columbia State is going to send two ladies to the Expostii?n. They will be .the official representa? tives of South Carolina. They must be voted for by the people. The State will give each one a round trip ticket and $40 in cash to spend The condi? tions are explained in The State. I nominate Miss Lydia Dozier Lee as one of the Lady Commissioners. She will be elected. It will be a cred? it to South Carolina to have her as a representative. She is popular all over the Satte. Io addition to the free trip and ex? penses, the ladies will have prestige on account their official position. Another thing, The State will give a free trip to the most popular minis? ter and teacher in the State. Well, Sumter must have one of these too. See The State for explanation. Come out. candidates; don't be so modest. The "other fellow" will "beat yon to the tank" if you don't hurry. . Quite a number of the leading citi? zens, and many of the ladies and all the children hope that the Sumter Band will not chango the time and . jio?r of their regular weekly free con? certs. . Why don't the young men organize a ball team? ? This is the most pop? ular national game, and gives more enjoyment than any ether. Prepare a diamond near to*vn and let's have some good ball games these long sum? mer afternoons. - ,. Rev: C. C. Brown praeched a ser? mon ob May 8 that the 'public should have heard. His theme, "Unity of the Spirit," is found in* Ephesians 4.3. A great many have- expressed a desire for the sermon to be repeated. Apropos of current changes in relig? ious thought, 'and the high value which soma place upon creed alone, it's repetition would be timely. False "modesty in so many people ! "It makes me tired.". Like a dock bands always before their face. Why, ; there is a girl on the North side who won't bathe in a room where there are Irish potatoes-unless their eyes are cut out. And one on the East side -who won't walk up a hill fast-afraid her breath will come in pants. And another on the South side who refuses to look at the oaks in winter, because their limbs are bare. Speaking about tl*e intelligence of animals, I was acquainted. with a goat in that class in Sealey, Texas, it was the'*town goat?' After t?teing pun? ished repeatedly, without effect, for eating various gaiments from an Irish ^nneiregB' line, Jier husband bonn*! *im?se<SD'rely to the;? steel; rail'-'of the :?5ul?? Colorado and?S?nta Fe Railway a few minutes before the arrival of the Cannon Ball Express. The engine shot swiftly into sight, panting, puff? ing, blowi?g, bell ringing-when in 300 yards of that Merino, he raised one "eye, erected his back, contracted his stomach, and a red shirt new be teween his teeth, while his head moved from side to side. The emergency brakes were applied-the engine stood still with it's nose on the goat. By a unanimous vote of the town Council a gold collar, fittingly engraved, was awarded the animal. Au appreciative reader of this column called my attention to the enormous destruction of biro eggs and bird nests by many boys. This is sad. There is some excuse for the boy-but I don't know what to say about a parent who will allow it .Mama, ? take that boy on your lap and teach, aim s 3me thing about the faa th-, erv tribe. It will do you both good to' talk about. "Not oven a sparrow falioth without his knowledge." Ah ! happy years ! once more, who would not be a boy?-Byron. Say, did yon ever realize what is sweetest on earth? Little girls and boys. I know it. They can dissipate the gloomiest hoar. Look at that sin enrsed ?retch sitting on the curb stone there with frowning face and repulsive features. See the little girl : give him a flower-the little boy ques? tioning him. Instantly a rainbow of gladness encircles his face-?he ten? derness of his youth is reflected in his eye. You busy man-father, give a little more time to the li ttl? ones, and watch the wrinkles smooth out, and the crow's feet fly away. The G. P. C.*, the Girls' Pleasure Club will have an informal recaption at the residence of Mr. Sarto v.- Walsh on Friday evening, May 27. I like the idem of these biy.V and girls' clubs. In spare hours they can have social intercourse, and elevate and benefit each other. It is where to learn the manners of polished gen? tlemen and refined ladies. It id so much better than holding up a cigar? ette on the corner or reading tras ly literature. ^ "Good morning !" Look here, did you ever stop and consider how easy it is to be pleasant and courteous? Even if all tilings go wrong-when the shoe pinches the corn or your di? gestion i? ungeared? Try it and se?. It's a good tonic-good forth* appe? tite, blood, and brain. Ia other words, get in a good humor with your? self. (Set out in the backyard and force a laugh-jost whoop,'and first thing you know you'll feel good all over, and everybody around you the same way. ; "A little nonsense now and than" . is relished by most every ona. Myi object is to make /oar heart glad. 1 1? bad fainer have a fool maka me merry, than experience make rae sad, ' ' says Shakspeare. But hushed be every thought that springs, From out the bitterness of things. -Wordsworth. From our own selves our joys nm st flow. And shat dear hut-our home. -Cotton. It is beyond htiman power to please all people, bnt humane and noble to try. Ono thing certain-when you see Mayor "George'" Dick and Alderman "Bot" Hayns worth with heads to? gether, there's "something doin'.'' Postoffice Inspectors Pulsifer and Webster have been walking with the mail carriers-and they are turf hit? ters, don't you forget it. One car? rier is bathing i:a Mustang liniment another in hot water, and the third will be in the infirmary tomorrow, I know. The carriers are up against the T3al thing. Of course this is the right way to investigate. Mr. Sebastian Sumter, of Sateburg, father of our townsman, Mr. Tom Sumter, slept Sunday night in Sum? ter the first time since 1847, when on his ay home from the Mexican war. Th3 selection of Mr. W. A. Tribbleto superintend the work of cleaning out Turkey Creek io a very good one. He has been over this same work nine time?. He ought to know something about it. Ju??t one thing more for the Atlantic Coast Line to do-Cover that sand bed back of the passenger station with clay. As it is now, great clouds of dust rise, spread and fall over every? thing and everybody. People sneeze, horses cough-and dirt rules. That handsome new soda fountain at Siebrt's Drug Store is lauded by the ladies and braeged on by the boys. Say, Sergeants Weeks and Barwick! put on the the stripes. How about those ball games? The girls are anxious. On Hampton avenue, the sun was hot and low. A pretty maiden kindly fanned Hamp .^lowers, yon know, When he said to her sweeetly-" one before I go. " Oh, icecream!" she cried-Hamp yell? ed, "Oh, no!" I am informed by Dr. W. L. Mc Cutohen that a chemist in northern California has manufactured a substi? tute for a kiss. He says it looks like a kiss, feels lite a kiss, and has a kiss flavor. There'll be no sale for therein Sumter._ Buy your Binder Twine from W. B. Boyle. 5-ll-3t -np- .??.-.niim Commencement Exercises of the Lowry Inst?late and industrial School, Jone 3.1904. Mayesville, S. C. The Baccalaureate Sermon will be preached at the Ebenezer A. M. E. Church on Sunday, May 29, 1904, at 5 o'clock p. m., by Rev. Martin, D. D., pastor. Examinations will be held from Monday, May 30, until Thursday, June 2. On- Friday, June 3, several addresses will be delivered at the school during' the day by distinguished speakers. There will be a barbecue on this day anci dinner will be served to the friends for ten cents. Music will be furnish? ed by the band. The Literary exercises will be held at the St. Mark, M. E. Church, com? mencing at 3 p. m. Rev. Adams, D. D., pastor and Rev. W. G. Valantine, have been invited to deliver the ad? dress to the students on this occasion. Excursion rates have been secured over the Atlantic Coast Line, at all stations from Bennetts vi Ile, S. C., to Miiyesville via Florence : and all sta? tions from Eastover, S. C. to Mayes? ville via Sumter. These rates will be from June 1 until June 5. The institution has had a very large attendance .this year. We have not had sufficient accommodation to re? ceive the many boarding scholars who have sent in their application this ye jr, so we are putting forth every effort to erect a new building, for next te:rm which begins October 1, 1904. We make the following offer to stu? dents who desire to enter our school next term. For a term of ten weeks wo will give them their board for $11.50, payable in advance. This arsount will include tuition fee. Each stadent is requested to bring bed clothing and enough money to pur? chase books. The officers have been well pleased . w.th the members of the faculty, niimely : ?*-<?..-. .. Miss Rachel Lowry, of Mayesville, S. C., educated at Scotia Seminary; Miss Aifce Eas teri: ne of Bennetts vi Ile S, C. at Olaflin University; Miss Josephine D. Hall of Patman. Conn., at Pu trna? ?Institute: Mies Margue? rite Harris of New York, X. Y. at Iionsides School Bordeotowo, N. J. Prof. W. H. Eaoterling. of Benaetts vi ile, S. C., at the State Normal Col? lege, Orangeburg S. C. Prof. W. M. Boiey, Pr?. Excursion Rata ria the Atlantic Coast Line. Buffalo. N. Y.-International Convention. Y. M. t*. A., May 1Kb to 15th. Rates, one fliest class fare plus 50c tor the round trip. Tickets on sale May ?th io l?tfa Inclusive. | G sod to return leaving Buffalo not litter than May 23rd. 1904. Nashville, renn.-United Confederate Yeterans Reunion, June I4th-ie, 1S0*= Rates one cent per mi ie distance traveled, plus 25c. Tickets will be sold June 10th to 15th. Inclu? sive, with final limit tr? leave Nashville re turnios June li, 1904. Tickets must be ofl?ci ally stamped by Joseph Richardson. Special A ?rent. St. Louis. Mo.-Louisiana Purchase Exposi? tion, May 1st to November 3?ib. 19t>4. Season Tickets on Kale daily, beginning April 25th and continuing during the period o:! the Exposition, with final limit to leave S?;. Louis, Ik-cercber l5t'n. 1904. Rate. SO per cent of the dobbie one first class fares, plus 25c. Sixty day tickets to be sold daily, beginning April 25th and continuing during the period o:t the exposition with final date to leave St. Louis, returning sixty days in addition to d ute of sale, in no case to exceed December Kith. 1904. Rate, one and one- third fares, plus 25c. for the round trip. Fifteen day ti'kets, to be sold daily com? mencing April 2Mb and continuing during lb? period of the E> position, with final limit u> louve St. Louis, fifteen days in addition to date of sale. Rite, one fare plus ?i.25. Coach excursions. (ti>ckeis not good in Par lor or Sleeping Cars), to be operated from points on this line In the States of North ?nd South Carolina. May 9th and 23rd. Lirait of coach excursions to be ten days, including ?lat?* of sale. R*te oae cent per m Hf distance t raveled, plus 25\ Validation of rickets. Return coupons re? quire validation by joint agfnt at St. Louis, ?tUnlon Station. Worid's Fair Grounds, Trait-potation Building; World's Fair Sta? tion opposite Main Entrance; No. 429 Oliver Street: No. 13 North 7th street. For rate* and other Information i pu ly to ?.nv ticket ager: of the Atlantic Coast Liue. IL M Emmerson Traffic ^n WiJiuirgtou. N C W J. Craig, ^rner&i Pa-serper Agefcf. /.RT OF CONVERSATION. It Should He Pottered and Studied Willi Seriouxn?*KJ?. Caroline Hazard in her "Education cf Women" says. "How few of us s:v.c.y to put things persuasively, to reach a proper climax, to retire grace? fully from a subject." It is a common saying that the art of conversation has disappeared from among us, and yet it Is an art held In honor by all men. Telegraphic speech has taken the place of the more careful and elaborate forms of conference. F.ut it is an art which should be presented to all young people a.nd which they should study with seriousness and attention. Noth? ing really inspires, nothing really cre? ates enthusiasm but the perception of an ultimate ideal, whether it be in art or music or in any other of the realms of spiritual, thought. This ideal of beauty has to come to the aid of every form of expression, lifting and raising lt into its own kingdom. The student who lias even begun on such a cours?, of training, who can see beauty in ev* erything in the created world and in the realm of thought, has certainly be? gun to be beautiful in himself. Foi beauty most truly passes into the per? son who studies the beautiful. Ko one can give out what he does not have to give, lie must first absorb beauty at the great natural reservoirs and foun? tains of the beautiful before he himself can become truly beautiful in life and character and so able to transmit beau? ty to all around him. ANCIENT BABYLON. lia Great Wall Wan One of lae Won? dors of Those Days. According to Herodotus, the ancient ..?ty of Babylon stood on a broad, level plain and was an exact square of four? teen miles each way, making the entire circuit of the city fifty-six miles. It was protected both by a wall and a moat, the latter being broad and deep and kept constantly filled with water. But the wall was the wonder of won? ders, being 931-3 feet in width and an even 200 feet in height. This monster barrier was provided with 100 gates, all of solid brass, the lintels and side pieces being in bronze. Cross walls ran along th*i banks of the Euphrates, each provided with twenty-five gates, which corresponded to the number of streets running in each direction from the river: The most remarkable edifice inside the wall was the temple of Bel, a pyra? mid of eight square stadia. On the summit of this pyramid stood a pure gold image of Bel forty feet high, two other smaller figures of thc same pre? cious metal and a golden table forty feet long and fifteen feet wide. This won? derful city first came prominently into the history of the world in the year 747 B. C., but since the time of Alexander the Great it has been a rain, the site ! having at one time been entirely lost. 'yf~" Mearnrinj: Brides. -Pleasuring brides for legacies is the remarkable ceremony which annually takes place in St Cyrus, a quaint little village in Kincardineshire, Scotland, cn the brink of the German ocean More than fifty years ago a native of the village, who had been paymaster general of the Indian army, bequeath? ed a sum of money, the interest of ?which was, for all time coming, to be disbursed in five equal patts every year. One part was for the purchase of meal for the poor, while the remain? der was set aside to bc divided among each 3* ea r's four conspicuous brides the oldest, the youngest, the tallest and the shortest-who were married in St. Cyrus parish church. Tlje administration of the fund is in the hands of the parish minister, and unhappy at times is his task, such are the jealousies which arise among the competitors, for there is keen rivalry for these legacies, which amount to hardly more than $30 each. But that is quite an important sum ia so remote and simple a village. All St. Cyrus turns out on "bride measuring day," and the occasion is made a liollday. Fad?. "Women are not the only ones who have fads," said an observing individ? ua} during a discussion on fads. "I know a contractor In New York who goes about buildings he is <?ou$tructing and extracts bent nails from waste lumber. He straightens them out and tosses them into a nail box. It is not because he li penurious, for he ia quite generous. It I* just a fad. I know a banker ia New York who has all en? velopes laid on his d?sk after the let? ters have been taken out. Then al his leisure he cuts the envelopes apart and lays the addressed sides in a pile to be used for scratch pad? or memorandum pads. That is his pastime, or fad. if you will. There is a rounder uptows who never passes a hotel without go? ing in and looking ov*r the register. And I kuow that be is never experting to find a familiar name. Ht? told me when I chided him abont it that he didn't know why he did it unless It was his fad."-New York Commercial Advertiser. Sara tn* - Ice. The peasants of Pongibaud. in the mountains of Auvergne, are acquainted with a singular summer formation of Ice. presumably due to evaporation of underground moisture and consequent fall ia temperature. Of this phenom? enon they have for many years taken advantage to cool and -harden their cheese?, wbirh an? deposited in certain caverns where this ice ls found to be present, and thus keep good -during th? hottest summer months. Th? Cans* of IC. "What's all this fuss about?" asked the ptficeuiaa, stepping between the two young me?. The one that had got the worst of it and was wiping the blood from his nose pointed to the other fellow. "He cou tell you her ?ame If he waots to," bo said "I won't."-Chicago Tribune. A QUESTION OF COLOR. The Matter of Height Didn't Seem to Fljrnre In the Scheme. The young man considers Lissoir a man of resources, although he is not as sure about it now as he was a few days ago. Ile has l>een very attentive to a certain young lady, and he wa> calling on her at the time that he par? tially lost confidence ia h\? resourceful mind. It is unnecessary ro narrate what passed between them upon the occa? sion in question, but at thc time the young lady's sister entered the room he was in the act of folding the young lady to his manly bosom. Of course he desisted at once, as young men generally do under sucb circumstances, but he was not em? barrassed-not a bit. The young indy's sister said, "Excuse me," and started to leave tlie room, when his resourceful mind began to work. He felt that he ought to say something and say it right away. "Don't go," he said; "we've just been measuring to see which one is the taller." She paused in the doorway and look? ed at them intently. "You're both about the same height," she said quietly, "but sister is much the redder." Then she went out. and he was em? barrassed-just a little.-Now Ycr?L Times. SLEEPY WASHINGTON. The Home Bound After Theater Crowd In the Capital. "There is one peculiarity of Wash? ington I have noticed," said a traveling man at an uptown hotel, "and that is the absence of after theater crowds on the streets and in the cafes. In many big cities the hours from ll to 12:30 o'clock are among the gayest of the day, the streets are thronged with peo? ple hurrying to the cafes for a bite and a sup and emerging afterward to stroll slowly home or to the cars. "These midnight cafe crowds are jol? ly folks. They seem to be less restrain? ed than at other hours of thc day, when bent upon the same mission of eating. Perhaps it is the music and the lights and the Bohemian atmosphere suggest? ed by the midnight hour. I will not deny that lt is in a measure demoraliz? ing. I am sure I would not want my two sisters of eighteen and twenty years to be in the crowd. "I notice in Washington that as soon as thc theaters 'let out' the people make a break for home. They are anxious to get the first car that comes along and won't wait a moment, but would rather hang to a strap. 'j "War-hington fe a frightfully dull j place at night. I hate to get hung up here overnight. But I suppose it's a good thing for the. young folks that the town is a little slow." - Washington Star. Getting Ont of lt. Constable, the English painter, at? tended an exhibition of landscapes and sea views which was the work of an? other eminent artist whom he detested. "Like putty," he growled as he scan? ned them over, lt happened that a friend of the painter's was present and was so stupid as to repeat Constable's remark. When, later, Constable, meet? ing the gentleman whom he had con? demned, congratulated him upon one of his works, the latter said. "Why, I'm told you say my pictures are putty." "What of that':" replied Constable. "I like putty." What "l'araifal" ls. Musically-Parsifal" is unique amony Wagner s achievements. It has not the coutiuual and flaming inspiration of "Tristan." the tragic puissance o? "Goetterdaemmerung,*' the unflagging felicitous invention of "Siegfried," nor are the themes inveterately eloquent in denotement. But in no q?her work has he compassed the exquisitely dexterous arr. the emotional subtlety, the insin? uating poignancy of this score.-North .American Review. Driven to lt. "I've come to kill a printer," saki the little man. "Any printer in particular?" asked ihe foreman. "Oh, any one will do! I would pre? fer a small one, but I've, got to make some sort of a show at fight or leave home since the paper called my wife's tea party a 'swill affair.' " Sure He'd Get lt. .'There:*' said Mr. Jents. stopping euddenly. "I was going to get tbftt piece of silk for my wife, and I forgot ali about it until new. Never mind," he continued, starting ou again; 'Tl! get it when I get home all right*' Somerville (Mass.) Journal. PRIDE OF NOF 5-YEAR OLD C Di oct From Distil '"he j>nl>li?. ha* !>sf truthful ci liiusol nt?c . ???i'le'K WV COIiir:i thc ittoM rigid rxai. :ti WV u~" She 'it t'est V b:>k:r> .;i ??ic I uh ifcrosiua ;!-Ht tfy?*-?ut< ?"'Utiic*! Wt-jj. ou* ?i re? i fr??:n l*?e ri-??ll . . ike thc ?.-?!?^i:?il?t;es Middleman Y r shiji *!'ri of TI ?I rr Is ; ?eked i-: pla 4 f.-ll '?inri I d?..?. i uti <; .J do- fui! c 4d.? fl; i J ', finta and L al? j iuf '.J H'.i g;i!h?w? ti.S" .i.-ki.-i|C. i.cl thc abo-e r~ai ?<l<:an. thievii:?/ "on.* .j h!?o!<J Ho arni tvatu?-] .vhHt vour father used ??H thin? yu;> c- ?rr Uni* chu II t???r JJ wi! i ?:id v m-J il. Th? D. L Imf Salisbury. References: Pit?i Nnt THE FIRE CROWD. A? a Knie It Like* n Bi#c Blaze rafi. Cr.iKhJnc Walls. "Th.ic is < :te curious thing connect? ed with fires," said a thoughtful man, *'.nnd that is th?? fact that while tb? fireman is always a hero in the public estimate and while men and womer: have all kinds of admiration for these brave fellows they yet want to seo them get the worst of it in the fight against the flames. It is an interesting fact that the average man and woman are net at all anxious to see the firemen get the Ure under control. They would much rather see the flames spread un? til the affair developed into an im? mense conflagration. Mind you. the trait is not at all vicious. There is no malice in it. It is simply tho love of excitement and adventure, things that are so deep rooted in human nature that we may not control them at wilL Besides, we want to develop our he? roes to the limit. We want our fire? men to fight a good fight against long odds and under great diflicuty'es. We cannot quarrel with this feeling in .the human makeup. After all, it is what one may call the poetry of human na? ture, and without it this old system of ours would be dull and prosaic indeeds Of course, you will always find a few persons around a fire who are directly concerned in the fight the firemen are making. They want to see the flames put out. In the case . ? some of the spectators it moan.3 bread and meat. It means the loss of a position or may? be the loss of home. But I was speak? ing of the vast majority cf men and women who gather to witness a fire. The ure is the thing with them. They want to see a big blaze and hear, the crash of the walls and all that sort ot thing. Did you ever take the trouble, to analyze a fire crowd? In the first? place aii alarm of fire will draw a. crowd quicker than anything in the world. Whenever the hells begin to. clang and the engines go rushing dowrr*. the street you will see men, women and children rushing this way and that ir* order to see as much as may bo seen of the fire and. fire fighters. The hour of day or night does not make so much difference. The crowd will get there in some way and for 'sortie reason^ though the great majority cf the per? sons have no sort of interest other than idle curiosity. Once on hand, they want to see a good fire, and that's why I say they want to see" the flames-get/ the best of the firemen. They will go away and talk about what a game fight the tire laddies made. Human nature is a curious thing, is it not?*'-New Or ? leans Times-Democrat. AD Anecdote cf Disraeli. On one occasion Disraeli's habit of exe ;erated adulation led to so bold a? attempt by the fair recipient to tura it to her advantage that he was driven to save the situation in a way that wa* very far from being appreciated. The charmer, a young lady cf "advanced views," finding the great man so ex? ceedingly profuse in bis attentions,, thought it an excellent opportunity ior making him a convert to her utopian ideals, which were of the most daringly domocratic order. After a long recita? tion of her propaganda she wound up. with a fervid appeal to the prime mia fster to immortalize himself by espous? ing her ingenious panacea for remedy? ing the wrongs of humanity. As she? Snished her impassioned haranguer, with S?sbed chee?rs and flashing eye,-. Disraeli, who had been silently watch? ing her with apparently the profounds est sympathy and admiration, suddedy. dropped his eyeglass and softly mur? mured, "Oh, you darling!" "If it had j been at dinner," she afterward de? clared, "and I had had a.knife I would A haw stabbed him!"-Blackwoods i Bridge Bo liding Broil er nooda. ' It was in France that brotherhoods for building bridges first took shape. In HTS a bridge was begun over the Rhone at Avignon by Saint Benezet. the head of a body called Fratres Pon tls. who undertook the building and repairing, of bridges duriag the middle ages. A second soon followed at SL Esprit. About the same time Feter of Cole church, the bead of a similar brother* hood in England, began the first stone bridge over the Thames at London. In many cases when a bridge wa* built a chapel was founded, to whicb a priest was attached to pray for thvr aou! of the founder? to receive money and to offer prayers with the passen? gers for a safe Journey. The strange Gothic triangular bridge at Crow ia nd, over three streams, allud? ed to in a charter of 943, wat built by the abbot of Crowlands and Abbot Bernard built the Burton bridge over the trent, the longest Sn England, 1,634 feet long, which carries the roadway over thirty-six arches.-London Glob*. ?TH CAROLINA ORN WHISKEY_ ???ry to C?nsvimer. 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