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A LONG DRINK. The Way a Fast Running Locomotive ?coopa Up Wetar. Borna of the great transcontinental engine* take on 8,000 gallons, or 245 berrela of water to be turned Into steam lor the next run of two hours, >t shout ilxty miles. But auch a vast amount of water Is a burden, and new ?sppliei are desire*! oftener. It Is a toss of time to stop and let auch rast quantities come aboard through a pite; hence tome way of taking water while rush inj at full apeed Is desirable. It has beon found. How? If yea make s scoop of your hand and si lag It swiftly, the hollow side for war 1 Into wster some of It will he likely to spurt up your sleeve. That to nature ? hint Follow It up. Find s steel plats in the road sod put down sa lroi trough tour Inches deep, four test Luc Dee wide and one-eighth of a sails long. The engine comes rushing along am!. having passed the end. drops s scoot> into this trough. There Is a ebnere! splutter of water, hut a tre? mendous stream rushes up the sleeve of the ilmpped hand and pours Into the water tank. When It is full the ?re? man raises the scoop or It glides op the slope at the far end of the trough, and the engine Is watered for the next ran.?Kpworth Herald lite Uses ef Adversity. ?Orogeii," said the head of the de liftment store, eying him sharply, ?you've quit drinking, haven't you?" 'Yes, aoi," answered the red beaded SIberulan who worked In the pack? g department "l haven't taken a .rink sv snnythlng sthronger th'n sd tay Tr three months.** -I sm ifJsd to hear It, Grogan. I*1J make It an object to you to atay quit But how did you break yourself of the habit r **Be hltttn' me thumb naU wld a swmsser whin 1 wss packln' a box o* "I don't ass how that could cur* ??Wa, Mlather Barker, It wss this way. If 1 'd been sober, d'ye molnd, I'd niver have done It bot 1 wasn't Whin I whacked me thumb Instead av the inn I wsi thrytn' to dhrtvs it made a black ape* at the root av me thumb sail. I says to meeilf: Grogan. TU pmnish ye fr that Ta shan't have a dhrtnk av ayther beer *r whusky until that Mack spot has gone.' ??Well, apr. It was two months before H had growed out to the end o' me thumb an' I cud cut It off. an' he that time I'd lost all me appetite fr beer am' whuaky. Thhi I says to meaelf: *Orognn, I*U reward ye fr that Ye're s sober man now, an' ye'll stay eober.' That's the iitory. sor."?Youth's Companion. In the Customary Pli A win I known English bishop some time since lost his third wife. A cler? gyman who had known the Drat wl returned from A fries and wanted to see the grave Hs called at the cathe? dra) stsl saw the verger. "Can yon tell me where the bishop's wife la buried T -Well, sir." replied the verger, "1 don't know for certain, but he mostly buries 'em at Brompton." ? Detroit Tribune. True Both Ways. ?The die is cast!" hissed the villain. Then, aha king their gold locks, the chorus bounded on. Mlt seems," the critic murmured, -that the cast Is dyed too."?New Tork Hed Peer Sight. New Boy (rather inquisitive)?What did the other Ind lea re for, air? Mast er?For having defective eye? sight st times, my boy. New Boy?Why, air, I hare seen him sines. Apparently, then, his eyesight was alt right It seems rather curious, air. Master?Well, my boy, at various times when taking money from cus? tomers be could not see the till.?Lon? don Answers. Where Willis Was. The professor (at the dinner table)? ptj, by the way, Mrs. Chopsticks, bavsl yon seen your little boy Willie lately? Mrs. Chopsticks?No, professor, I hava not seen him since 10 o'clock, and ll can't imagine what baa become of him. In fact, I am very much worried about him. Professor?Well, seeing Martha pour me out that glass of water just now reminded me of something that I had oo my mind to tell you some time ago, but which unfortunately escaped my memory. It waa Just about 10 o'clock. I think, that I saw little Willie fall down the well.-Atlanta Constitu? tion Sympathy For ths Orphsns. An elephant while stamping through the Junglt) one day quite unintentional? ly atepped upon a mother bird, crush? ing It to death. Healing the cries of the little brood In the buahee near by, she sought out the neat and with a sym? pathetic iigh ssld: "Poor little things! Pve been a mother myself. I'll keep you warm." And she then proceeded to alt tpon the nest.?From George T. Lantgan'i Fnble. "The Kind Hearted She Lit pliant." Quits Likely. ??1 <lldn't aee you at our euchre the other right." said the bachelor. ?'No." replied the young Benedict, "as far ni euchre goes with me now, I con alder 'borne' the right ho wer." "That's all rltfht while hearts are trump. bt?t I suppose If clubs should turn up ll would be the left bower."? Philadelphia Press. Prehistoric. Lltt> yirl I've trot n fntber and, n mnrv'-r and n grandfather. Old (lent? Ami how old la yer grandfather? Ut tle Olr! 1 ism*! know, bnt we've had him a lonii time WINE AND THE SCRIPTURES. What Would Christ Do And How Would He Vote Were He a Citi? zen of Sumter?. Mr. Editor: I ceralnly do agree with Mr. Mil? ler, that we should he governed by the teachings of Christ and the Bible, but it seems that he does not know what these teachings are in regard to j intoxicating liquors. 1 don't see how any earnest and careful student of the New Testament can fail to know that the Master and his disciples drank wine as they had a perfect right to do according to the teachings of the Old Testament. (Deut. 14:26; Eccles. 9:7) The patriarch Isaac, a servant of God, in bestowing bless? ings upon bis con included plenty of corn and wine. Corn for bread, and why the wine, if It was a sin to drink it. (Gen. 27:28.) God also promised it as a blessing for love and obedi? ence, and to be deprived of it was a curse threatened for disobedience. (Deut. 11:14; Ainos. 3:14; Deut. 28: 19) King David made a great feast at the bringing of the ark to Jerusalum and "dealt among all the people, even the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as to the men, to every one a cake of bread and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine." (2 Sam. ?:1?. Why wine, if the drink? ing of it was an offense to his God? We are told \u the Proverbs to, "Give strong drink unto him that Is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts." and St. Paul ad? vised Timothy to quit drinking water, and use a little wine for his stomach's sake, and his often Infirmities. The first miracle of the Lord Jesus was at a wedding where he made of water an abundant supply of good wine, and gave no command concern? ing the use of It, except that it be drawn out and carried to the gover? nor of the feast Both St. Matthew and St. Luke tell us that the Lord said he had % come eating and drink? ing, and for this reason hie enemies had accused him of being a glutton and wine-blbber. At the passover supper he told his disciples that he would drink no more of the fruit of the wine until he drank It new with them In the Kingdom of God. If he had not already drank wine, why tie words "no more"? What do they imply? Which were the better ex? ample of self government, total absti? nence or to drink and show that he could refrain from drinking too much and also that none of his Father's blessings were given amiss? Did he not choose wine as the symbol of his precious blood spilled, the greatest and most sublime sacrifice ever made? If there is any one sub? stance or element more sacred than any other it must be grape wine. Let us say nothing against wine or strong drink, or dare to abuse them by mak? ing unlawful use of them, lest wc be found drinking damnation to our? selves without going to the Lord's'ta ble unworthily, but let us rather with thankful hearts use them properly, and for the purposes for which they were given, and like St. Paul be ever ready to cheerfully deny ourselves this privilege. If by so doing we may save others from stumbling. In the Bible Naxarltes were forbid? den to drink wine and priest were for? bidden to drink wine or strong drink when they went into the tabernacle or court of the temple. Rulers were cautioned against wine and strong drink, and St. Paul tells us that Bish? ops, deacons and aged women of the church must not be given to wine, al? so that, "It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor anything whereby the bi other stumblcth, or is offended, or is made weak." With these exceptions the inexcessive drink? ing of wine or strong drink is not for? bidden. I cannot find a word in King Jame's version of the Bible that in any way forbldes or restricts the making, selling or buying of Intoxi? cating liquors. For this reason if Je? sus were now on earth and a citizen of Sumter county, I would not ask him to vote for the dispensary or prohibi? tion law, for fear I might get a re? buking answer like that given the man mentioned in the Gospel of St. Luke. (Luke 12:13.) He well knew that if either of the brothers had re? spected him or regarded his teach? ings there would have been no trouble over the division of the inheritance, and If here now he would know that if one half of the people of South Carolina would obey the teachings of the Bilde as they ought to there would be no need of a dispensary or prohibition law. The liquor question would give no trouble. Drunkenness would be put on the same list of crimes .-'t. Paul ha* it, and drunkards would take their plhOg among that cla i of crimnials where he has placed them, and he dealt with si they are. They would be treated SJ the a no* tie directs they should, (1 Cor. 6:11) and public sentiment against then would not be lacking. 1 have heard people try to excuse crim? inals 1 y saying they Wire drunk. In sin h ea*e? tin \ should receive two The Bible tells of the danger and deceltfulneas of wine and strong drink and cautions against the ex? cessive use of them. It condemns drunkenness and drunkards, and there are many words in It against them. It forbids drunkenness with? out limiting the degree. There is nothing in it, about, "a little tipsy," "half drunk," "dead drunk," or "beastly drunnk." A little tipsy means that one is to be a certain de? gree drunk, and is therefore forbid? den. If that happy time should ever come when the people of South Car? olina have accepted Christ and the Bible for their pattern and guide, her rulers would go to the ballot boxes, to send forth their decrees, without so much as the smell of liquor on them, and miserable wretches like those denounced by the prophet Habakkuk, who stand around the polling places with their bottle, put? ting it to their neighbor and giving him drink for an unlawful purpose, would be swept from her soil. SOBER. STATE NEWS ITEMS. Mr. and Mrs. McCree Hatchell of Florence celebrated their golden wed? ding Tuesday. A movement has started at Lex? ington to secure water works and electric lights for the town. Revenue officers destroyed an illicit still in Greenville county and emptied 1,500 gallons of beer. The capital stock of the Globe cot? ton mill of Gaffney may be increased to $200,000 from $75,000. Attorney General Lyon and Dis? pensary Auditor West spent several days this week in Charleston looking over the dispensary situation there. While Handy Allsbrook, a negro, was cleaning out a well in Lancaster County the rock curbing fell In on him and inflicted Injuries from which he died. James McDowell, a young white man of Greenville county, has been missing for ten days. When last see a he had $100 In his pockets and It Is feared he has met with foul play. Petitions are being circulated in Warren township, Colleton county, asking the governor to order an elec? tion on the question of the township annexing itself to Bamberg county. The Russian Joke Teller. Story telling and Jesting hare al? ways been counted the favorite amuse? ments of semi barbaric people. To the first we owe the "Arabian Nights" and to the second the clowns, who were formerly the appendage of all great houses. In Russia the paid Joker still flourishes, and the people pay so much an hour to listen to bis Jokes and witticisms. He provides himself with two or three hundred tickets, and, mounting a sort of ros? trum, he announces that he is going to regaje his audience with choice tid? bits of mirth provoking lore. He be? gins selling tickets at a penny each, and when he has sold enough to war? rant bis beginning he turns himself loose, and the audience remains spell? bound by his humorous stories for an hour or two. A recent traveler who saw a number of these jokers in Si Petersburg says. "I listened to them several times, and, although I could not understand one word the joker said, I was sure from the way the au? dience greeted his stories with roar? of laughter that the Jokes were above the average." Did the Best He Knew. Geordle Horn was a character well known among the country folk of the Scotch highlands twenty-live years ago. He belonged to a class rather hard to classify, for he was neither a tramp nor a farm hand, although frequently following the habits of both. Wan? dering from farm to farm, the greater part of the time he was kindly treated and hospitably entertained generally. While he was a man of unusual strength, he wus mentally weak and exceedingly lady. "He's a gie cute chlel, though slow in the uptack" (understanding), was the way a good many described him. One day he arrived at his friend the doctor's and complained of a severe pain in his breast. The doctor handed him a plaster, with instructions to put It on his chest without delay. Geordle gave him one of his knowing looks and took his departure. The doctor met him a few days later and inquired how he was feeling now. Geordie re? plied, "Nae better." "Did you do as 1 told you with the plaster?" the doctor went on. "Weel, no, not exactly. I done the nest I could. I didn't have a chest, sae I stuck it on my bandbox" (hat box). England's Mother Church. Tno oldest frequented church In England is probably St. Martin's, at Canterbury, and you may call it the mother church of England. Walk up from the outskirts of the city and you will pass the font which gave baptism to Kins Bthelbert 1300 years ago. The font still stauds. the worshipers still mount the slope, and one considers whether It was Augustine or Bertha Who dragged the king and husband to that font. London Chronicle. A Gallant Clergyman. It Is said that the Be?. Bydnej Btnlth could be gallant as well as w itty on occasion, "<>h. Mr, Smith, i cannot brlug thl flower to perfection," said a youn: lady lo him once as sin? showed hlna about her conservab ry. win reupon be took her by the band and sal? ?Then let me bring perfec? tion to the flower." KOSTER OF CASKS. For Court of Common Pleas for Sunitcr County. Spring Term, April 5th?April 14th. The Sumter Bar Association met at the office of the clerk of court under the call of Chairman R. D. Lee, Esq., and prepared the following roster of cases to be tried at the April term of court: Monday, April 5th. 1. W. H. Ingram vs. Screven Moore. 12. H. W. Baker vs. A. C. L. R. R. Co., Lee & Moise, Plaintiff's At? torneys ajnd P. A. Willcox, Mary Rey? nolds, Defendant's Attorneys. 10. Edwin Wilson vs. H. J. Harby as Admr., J. H. Clifton, Plaintiffs At? torney; Lee & Moise, defendant's At-' torney8. 20. W. H. Baker vs. Western U. Tel. Co., L. D. Jennings Plaintiff's At? torney; Wilcox & Wilcox, MarK Rey? nolds, Defendant's Attorneys. 21. Lev! Bros. vs. W. D. Carson, et al, Lee & Moise, Plaintiff's Attor? neys; L. D. Jennings, Defendant's At? torney. %2. Sumter Ry. & Mill Supply Co. vs. Sumter Iron Works, et al, Lee & Moise, Plaintiff's Attorneys; Burke,. Rivers & Erckman, R. O. Purdy, De? fendant's Attorneys. Tuesday, April 6th. 24. J. A. Guignard vs. First Bap? tist Church, D. W. Robertson, A. B. Stuckey, Plaintiff's Attorneys; Lee & Moise, W. H. Lyles, Defendant's At? torneys. 28. J. H. Scarborough vs. J. M. Woodley, L. D. Jennings, R. D. Epps. Plaintiff's Attorneys; Lee & Moise, H. D. Moise, Defendant's Attorneys. 29. E. A. Lowry vs. A. C. L. R. R. Co., L. D. Jennings, Plaintiff's Attor? ney; P. A. Willcox, Mark Reynolds, Defendant's Attorneys. 30. Ellle King vs. W. U. Tel. Co., D. D. Moise, Plaintiff's Attorney; Willcox & Willcox, Defendant's At? torneys. Wednesday, April 7th. 31. Binder * Frame Mfg. Co., vs. .Simpson Furniture Co., Mark Rey? nolds. Plaintiff's Attorney; D. D. Moise, Defendant's Attorney. 32. Daisy Simpson vs. S. B. Simp? son, et al., Mark Reynolds, Plaintiff's Attorney; D. D . Moise, Defendant's Attorney. 33. Germofert Mfg. Co., vs. Emanuel & Co., Lee & Moise' Plain? tiff's Attorneys; H. D. Moise, Defend? ant's Attorney. Monday, April 8th. 34. Wm. B. Jenkins vs. Atlanta Home Ins. Co., Lee & Moise, Plain? tiff's Attorneys; Payne, Little & Jones, R. O. Purdy, Defendant's At? torneys. 35. S. D. Warfleld vs. Henry J. Harby, Survivor, Haynsworth A Haynsworth, Plaintiff's Attorneys; D. D. Moise, Defendant's Attorney. 36. Timmons & Johnson vs. L. B. and Hattie E. Durant, L. D. Jennings, Plaintiff's Attorney; Lee & Moise, De? fendant's Attorneys. 37. Myers & Gaillard vs. Sou. Ry. Co., L. D. Jennings, Plaintiff's Attor? ney; E. M. Thomson, Defendant's At? torney. 38. W. M. Lenoir vs. Sou. Ry. Co., L. D. Jennings, Plaintiff's Attorney; E. M. Thomson, Defendant's Attor? ney. Monday, April 12th. 39. Annie H. Peebles vs. W. Per cival Smith, Exor., Lee & Mois*. Plaintiff's Attorneys; T. B? Fr?ser, I* D. Jennings, Defendant's Attorneys. 40. Anne C. Sanders vs. Sou. Ry. Co., Lee & Moise, Plaintiff's At? torneys; E. M. Thomson, Defendant's Attorney. 41. Jas. B. Player vs. H. Weinberp and others, J. H. Clifton, Plaintiff^ Attorney; Lee & Moise, Defendant's _?*??n. ii ssssj?imjsfL1*""'" C ASTOR IA lor Infant? and Children. The Kind You Haie Always Bought Bears the Signature of KILLthe cough and CURB the LUNCS with Dr. King's Niw Discovery PRICE ?. _ lOe & $1.00. OLDS Trial Bottle Free AND ALL THROAT AND LUNG TROUBLES FOR CWBS* GUAR ANTEED SATISFACTORY 03, MONEY REFUNDED. E. J. & W. K. DUNNE, ARCHITECTS. r ?Ol ?UKVMISSJSNBI4 Plini and Specifications for all C'lr.s^es < 1' Building?, Personal attention given the Supervision of all Work. Law Range eptione 390, Sumter, S. C. Attorneys. Tuesday, April 13th. 4 2. MeLeod & Pool vs. F. M. Dwight. L. D. Jennings, Plaintiffs Attorney; Lee & Moise, Defendant's Attorneys. 43. Caroline Haile vs. Sou. Ry. Co., L. D. Jennings, Plaintiff's Attor? ney; E. M. Thomson, Defendant's At? torney. Wednesday, April 14th. 44. Geo. P. McKagen vs. Sou. Ex? press Co., J. H. Clifton. Plaintiff's At? torney; Mark Reynolds, Defendant's Attorney. 45. Ada Tennant vs. Northwestern R. R. Co., L. D. Jennings, Plaintiffs Attorney. 46. Wilson D. Scarborough vs. Northwestern R. R. Co., T. B. Fr?? ser, Plaintiffs Attorney. Resolved, That no cause shall lose its position on the ealmdar by rea? son of th." same not being; reached and called for trial on the day assign? ed, but such cause shall stand in reg j ttlar order to be called for trial when the same i.s reached in due course. The chairman appointed a commlt : tee to draft resolutions of respect to I Mr. Robert L. Cooper, and to present same to the presiding judge at the approaching session of the court. The following members of the bar were appointed on the committee: Marion Moise. Esq., E. C. Hayns* j worth, Esq., and Mark Reynolds, Esq. The Greenville board of trade has invited the next Y. M. C. A., conven? tion of the two Carolinas to be held in that city. ii. id ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT. I AVcgctableriTpartionfijrAs similaling theFoodanuRegula ting Lite Siomachs aud?oWkof Infants f Children Promotes Di^sHonJCkemi nessandRest-Coniainsneittter Opiurti.Morphirie norMiaeraL Not Narcotic. 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