Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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VM\T NE WAPAPKK MEN MIST CONTEND WITH. fh?m? (Ju^ithm* uml Suggestion* by TtlOrtr Who "Kn(w IIm* Hunt im?-*." "Things People Say to I>ofenaelesa Newspaper Men" was the heudlng to the following list of remarks reprint? ed from an exchange in the Washing? ton Star recently: \ "I ve got a good scoop for you? our Mud's going to give a picnic." "lou want to go easy on that; I'm a friend of your 008*." "Who writes the Items for you af? ter you bring them In .'" - "If I was you I'd be going to some show every night." **1 don't see how yo t can make up ae many lies.'" "Be sure and send buck this photo; it's the only one o( nu I have." "Put In your paper that I've gone to New York. | ain't going, but I want a certain girl to see it.' "Say. get me a pas9 to the ball game, win you?" # "I'm going to Europe this summer. Would your paper pa) my expenses If I was to send letUrs every now and then telling about my trip?" "I wish you'd put a knock In you paper on a fellow I know." ^"Don't you havs to vots the way your editor does?" ??What does the Kun- editor do on week day* " "If you print anything about this I'll quit taking your sheet." Anent Choosing 1. Wife. Now comes the great question that li agitating social Wash ngton Eru? dite authors and ambitious newspa? per men are contributing a sympo siuip on "how to choose a wife " The * old an I yet ever new dory of love ' and aattlng Is always a popular theme for discussion. The conclusion was retched In one corner of the press gallery, during a spatial discussion of this question, that "not oae man out i>f 3.000 who matrv tictualty chooses I Is wife." He t hink?. It Is true, that hi la courting 1 girl S'hlle as a matter of fact. It Is the girl who Is courting htm. When lie thinks he Is claiming her for his own. as a matter of fact she Is mak la* him a eaptlve for life. Of course. t It was admitted, there was a sort of W iharm in such captivity, even for the ' most freedom loving man; still no 4 .mount of discussion appeared to I ring aiy real solution of the way a lits chooses bis wife, or the way a ! fife chooses a husband. In fact, this I complicated question promises to take ? rink with the old query. "How old Is I..4an?"* the true authorship of "Ain't 1 h awful MableT** or the unanswer ?isla problem. "Who struck Billy Psti I *rreon?" It has been suggestsd that If the fmmm?nt would take a hand In the p * lutlaon. as It does In Japan, It might be*, possible to marry the right woman t< the right man?train up a lady, At a>rr In every way for wlfehood. then afteot her home with a dispatch au? thorising her to marry some dieting' ulshed nan. mnch In the same way that these attain were managed? or miss managed?in the dsys of the grand old Spartans?Joe Mitchell Chappie. In the National Magasine for July Automobiles are good things to teach man hew to take long walks back home. Life 10O.OOO Years Ago. ?FrlentlatM have found In a cave In Bwltasrlaid bones of men, who lived 100.soo years ago, when life was In constant danger from wild beasts. To? day the ranger, as shown by A. W. Brown of Alexander, Ms.. Is largely from deadly disease. "If It had not been for Dr. King's New Discovery, which cured me. I could not have lived." he writes, "suffering as I did from a severe lung troublo and stub awra cou|;h." To curs Sore Lung?, Colds, obttlnate Coughs, and prevent /Pneumonia, Its the best medicine on earth. 60e snd $1.00. Qusranteed by filberts Drug Store. Trial bottle fre>?. PATENT 9rm t7r??, now to ohfrlw ??!??<!. IrmU* avuk\\ ?or?%ssv<??.. im att couaTaifg. Sfcxi/y mmJ < i** Ik* fmUul. Nast mi isfrlsgnsast Practica exclusively. Wrs? or w> im tu ?tt a*** ?*?*. ?ee ***** a** asaniNOTON. p. c. GASNOW 60 VEARS* ?XPaTRIENCE Tnaog Mark? Ocsions OoevaioHTa 4c. Ctelf s ?*??<??> *nd <l?eenpt)An xnmf > ,\\ I our opinion fr?? wh?tli#ir an _asrsai 1 K?s*?*.;, ^?^ijgiy^iks ss ssswfT r msa rW. <n<i?^ PMwU us'?i <>?! thr<?u?h Muno 4 Co. rsewlfe SM >(>ut ebuffs. Is toe Sckitmc Jlmerlcati* A laasi"~i i'r in ???'?? weeai?. Iwrwt fir eslflUo* of mr e-i?niirtc Jour T?rmi, SJ ? *mm, |L gotd bf ?l t>?w?<les)#re. o^;?^ Newtek ' ? ^ ?.?1? o. k. bettor Writing. Having summoncil the new and \i'iy winsome ttenoffl apl.er. iltraii? Hingleworth, who was a director in nmre than a dozen great commercial institutions, said: "My wife has gone to Florida for fix weeks and I have promised to write to her every day. I haven't time to dictate a letter to her now, but you can write one I suppose, without thatr Just fix It up and bring It to me for signature." "Twenty minutes later the lovely stenographer returned to the private (?Mice and placed a sheet of paper before the great magnet. Picking It up. he read: ? My Darling?It gives me pleasure to turn aside from the exacting de? mands of business and give up all my thoughts to you. I am glad to say, dearest, that I am feeling quits well, but oh, M is very lonely hero without you. I cannot tell you how I miss the sound of y^ur sweet voice, and how 1 long to look Into your lovc !?? eyee?to gaze upon your beautiful countenance. The day veems terribl' kng since you have gone. I don't know how I shall be able to live through the six awful weeks that must elapse before you are return to ' m> eager arms. You must make up your mind now, sweetheart, to come back to me the moment your time is op. I cannot permit you to remain away an hour longer than the period which we agreed upon when you 'started. I am hungering for a glimpse of j<u. my love. I think of nothing but you. Waking or dreaming, I"? "Say," Mr. Bingleworth suddenly exclaimed, dropping the letter and turning toward the lovely stenograph? er, "what kind ot a chump do you think I am. anyhow? Is that the way you'd think I'd write to my wife I! I had to do it nyself?" * I?1 don't know," the beautiful stenographer answered. "You didn't tell me what to say, and I wrote it as I thought I'd liko to have you write If?U the letter was intended for me." "Hm!"?well, in *Tiat caje, you might tell them to move your desk In here beside mine. I shall have so much dictating tc do that it will be i.eces&ary t > hav? you very r.eai mc. And write another letter. Don't spread it on so thick, or she'll get suspicious and harry back."?Chicago Kecord-Herald. . Signs of the Ttanee. Well Informed business men locally are much encouraged at unmistak? able signs of what newspapers and politicians like to call "a returning prosperity" la the North, the history of such economic changes being that they always have their inception above the Mason A Dlxon line with a slow but steedy trend southward. This N especially true in industrial lines, and advicea are that with the pros? pect of an early settlement of the tar? iff question, manufacturers are en? couraged to a resumption of opera? tions on a normal basis and that or? ders are coming In to justify this for? ward step in their endeavors. Only this week this fact has been impress? ed upon the minds of business men here, who have been asked to wait oa orders for staple articles In the trade, especially rn the steel and lion lines, and much encouragement is being taken from these reports. Here In the South with cotton above the 13 cent mark, although much of the staple is now out of the hands of the grower, the prospect is most encour? aging, for the Fall marketing.?The Morning St nr. He was a conscientious office bey and he had always been taught to emulate the great George Washington and never tell a falsehood. "Boea," he said timidly, as the noon hour approached, "I want to get off this afternoon." "Oh. you do, eh?" said the old broker, peering over his glasses. "Yes sir, and I haven't any grand? mothers." "And I'm not sick." "Kxtra ordinary; very extraordi? nary. " "In fact, sir, I want to get off and go art! see the ball game." The old broker's face brighten? ed. "Well. Will. I must say that you ?Tl the most* honest boy I ever not." "Thnnk you sir." "Ye**, and romp to think of It, I want to see that game myself. I was afraid to leave the office at first, but iOH that I SM \ou nre such an hon? est boy I know my business couldn't bI in safer hands. It will take some ' in.' for me to get back, so you will stay an hour or so later. So long, Willie; there is nothing like being llQBSOt When I come-back I will tell ><>u the score. Her lieferen???. "I ?aw?want to give you- aw?a little pv.esent on youah birthday. t?OOehSf know," f-ald yo ing DOBOPPS, ' Would you- -aw?pWOfot something -- nw?sensible ?" "Oh. my, no!" answered If Iff Dlm rleion "I p"e?er pre. mtt that ure cl.?i"u terlstlc of tho peon'e who glvt? them to me."?Chicago News WHAT A COLLEGE GIRL CAN* DO. II' She Lives In u Small Town She* Can i:\rifiso a Wide Influence. The college girl who lives n a small town has perhaps the greatest P?\\er for Influence. Her education and experience raise her to a posi? tion which commands the respect of those others whd have not had her advantages, and this position she should use, not as an excuse for ego? tism or self-sufficiency, but as a means of accomplishing reforms In the life of the community. Starting a village-improvement society is an excellent way of interesting people In their surroundings, and opens to many an entirely new world, a world which teaches that the useful is not necessarily the ugly, and that en? vironment Is the inspiration of action. Beautifying the village or town is bound to bring the citizens together in a new and more intimate associa? tion, and does much to abolish those dens of vice which disfigure not only the aspect, but the moral life of a town. Of course, this Is but one phase of civic improvement; there are many others. In the factory town especial? ly there is wide scope for the college bred woman's activity. There is no reason why the factory town should be unsightly, or why the employees o' the factory should live in ugly, un? sanitary dwellings; no reason why the women of the town should not ?be reused to interest in their surround? ings, and, above all, to self-respect. The woman of education owes it to her less fortunate sister to encourage that feeling of self-respect which lies dormant In the breasts of so many factory women. Give them the vision of something broader and higher than is comprehended in their own horixon, and they will try to conform their lives to it. Give them model day-nurseries, and they will give their children cleaner homes. Awaken In them the consciousness that they have possibilities, and they will try to realize them.?The Delineator for July. l*oor Weather Man. I wouldn't knock the Weather Man? Most every one does that? I wouldn't knock him! I would just Caress him with a bat. Look at my garden; think, my friend, How I did toll and sweat And break tmy back?no Weather Man Can jest with that, you bet. Behold the squashes wilted down, The lettuee soiled and lorn; The poor, hedraggled onions, peas, Tomatoes, beans and corn. And still it rains and rains and rains And rains and rains and rains, AnW deevrrates my garden plot With gullies, ponds and lanes. I wouldn't knock the Weather Man? Toe *asy that, by Tar; Fd like to take a garden hose And hang him to a star. ?Toledo News-Bee ? A Temporary Covering. When Robert was only three, he found a discarded calendar and on it ?the trust picture of a woman with only a drapery thrown across her shonlders. He wa-s looking at it very Intently and then said, "Keep your towel around you, gall! Your mama will come pretty soon wif ywiT t kithfte." A Plea. "She flirts?" Of course she does! She flips her glances Across the even tenor of our lives As an.gler casts hla flies athwart deep waters And shady pools where sleepy troutlet lies! "She flirts?" Why shouldn't she? We l*ve HI she brings more brightness in our lives of grind Than all the prim and wise and saint? ly woman Who give us prayers and pieces of their mind! "She flirts?" Well, let her! We will take our chances Of corning off heart whole beyond the fray! Meantime we'll sip the sweets and taste the raptures, So cheer her on and let her flirt away! ?New York Life. GOOd for the Health. Mrs. Green?The dooton say good cry Is healthful. Mrs. Wise?I know It is. A good cry getfl me and the girls a month at till seashore each year, and we come baek as hard as nails.?Boston Trans erlpt. Cigar Dealer Yes. that is my wife over there the o ne with the fine wrapper. American filler, and perfec to shape.?Judge. Rich things never agree with some men, not even rich wives. THE GLUTTONOUS GOAT.. Ability 10 Bat Many Things Makes 11 im Dear to Uucle Sam's Rangers. The goat tiMR never been a social favorite. In dayi gone by it was pre stnted with the assorted sins of the community and assisted to hit the long trail. More recently tin cans have been its titbits and the joke column Its hall of fame. At last, however, it is being taken seriously. On the western national forests the goat has been set to eat? ing wide swaths through trackless thickets, which munched off paths are to act as roads and fire breaks. Farther east the capacity of the goat to eat is being utilized for the clear? ing of brush land. In each case, says the World recently, the despised crea? ture is doing better work In its line than than can man with all his in? genuity. A goat will eat with the sole idea for consuming quantity and with an indifference that is absolute as to what manner of thing it devours. From clover to sagebrush and from I arsnips to tree tops it is all one with the goat. Armed with the capacity to eat, a flock of 3,000 goats may be huddled together and led through a chaparral thicket such as skirt the forests. The men in charge hold back the flock as it advances that It may have time to make its task complete. Its errant appetite wanders from dry leaves on the ground to the rank weeds grow? ing in moist places and the dense branches of the chaparral. As the abundance is exhausted the sweep is made cleaner. The leaves and the larger limbs of the chaparral are attacked. The goat stands on its hind legs and reaches for its food, It gets astride the branches and rides them down, eating as it goes. Finally it falls on the bark of the larger bushes and eats their bodies bare. There is no vestige of life left In its track. The firebreak is as clean as a ballroom floor. The usefulness of ths goat as a co laborer with man by no means stops here. There are millions of acres of land in many of the states that are overrun with brush. The tendency is always to revert to that condition even after the clearing i. once made. Rank weeds, sunflowers, cockleburs and such have spoiled for cultivation millions of acres' elsewhere. The chaparral is smothering out all other vegetation In such sections as west Texas, where originally prairies un? wound themselves for hundreds of miles and were kept clean by oft re? curring prairie fires. For all such the goat is found to be the savior. These lands would re? quire from $12 to $20 to clear were men to do the work. The goat will do it for nothing. In fact it will per? form the task and in the meantime yield an abundant fleece, produce pal? atable pant "venslon" and furnish a grade of milk that entirely oatranks that of the cow. The goat is today actually tmrness ef. to the task of eating up oak brush fields in Iowa, broom sedge wasts in Virginia, cocklebur patches frn Louis? iana, sunflower in Kansas, sagebrush In Nevada, lantana in Hawaii, cha? parral and an unlimited miscellany everywhere. It 1? the Angora goat, the aristo? crat of all the tribe, that is doing the work. This is beeause of the exis? tence of great herds maintained for their wool before the new duties were laid ?down, and because the^e are more profitable by-products in these than in other varieties. These great herds are in the west, particularly in New Mexico. They are becoming migratory under the call of then' new usefulness. As they go about seeking what they may devour they will continue to give up the fleece that makes such dress goods as mohair, such commercially valuable material as the plush that covers the seats in all railway trains and such quaintly amusing articles as the wigs with which the members of thea? trical profession are wont to make sport?New York Sun. Pert Paragraph)?, Men -who travel on their nerve are apt to become nervous wrecks. Good luck never hangs around a man long enough to be tiresome. Seme men arc homeless and some haven't sense enough to go home. The head baker would probabUJ resent it If you were to call him a "dough-head." Hobby's Query. "Father." asked little Hobby, "had Solomon 700 wives?" ?q believe so, my boy," said the father. ' Well, father, was he the man who said. "(Jive m<- liberty or give me death?"?Royal Magaiine. Fortune Teller?I can read that there la to be a wreck In your home, and It Will be caused by a blonde wo? man. Patron?Oh, that has already Occurred. <'ur new Swedish maid let the dumb waiter fall and broke all the dishes.?Baltimore American. LIGHTNING. Fuels About This Mysterious Force of Nature. Lightning is still more or less a mystery. We can imitate it on a small scale in the laboratory, but its gigan? tic manifestations in the sky and its wonderful vagaries make the wisest savants shake their heads. We know, at any rate, that lightning is the elec? tric discharge at high tension be? tween masses oppositely electrified. Every little particle of moisture In the air carries a charge, and when the particles coalesce in a cloud their electricity collects on the surface until the tension becomes enormous. If two clouds are oppositely electrified they will bombard each other until equilibrium is established between them. If the oppostion is between the surcharged cloud and an object on the ground a terrific bolt passing between the earth and the sky will relieve the electric strain without re? gard to the well being of any creature that stands in the way. A lightning flash often darts for miles through the air. It begins with a discharge between two adjacent particles. The next particle receives the shock and transmits it to its near? est neighbor, and thus it rushes on, zigzagging along the line of least re? sistance until the unbalanced ener? gies are restored to equality. The vray of lightning is a crooked way when the path is long, because the distribution of the electric charges in the clouds is irregular. The positive seeks the negative and rushes to its embrace wherever it finds it. The eye is not quick enough to un? ravel a lightning stroke, but photo? graphy can do it to a certain degree, and photographs prove that the path of the discharge is a waving line. No discharge occurs until the tension has reached the breaking point?i. e., the I point where the resistance of the air j can no longr restrain the force of the I gathering charge. What might be I called the inner structure of a light I r/.ng stroke is a marvel. Professor Henry proved that every stroke is an alternating current, the oscillations occupying but a few milllonths of a second, while the duration of the flash may be a considerable fraction of a second. Safe. He was telling a thrilling story out of his wallet of a thousand and one hairbreadth escapes over in Santiago, doncherknow, and his pretty listener was leaning anxiously toward him. hanging on his every utterance. "The wolves were upon us," he said, "bellowing and roaring, as I have so often heard them. We fled for our lives. I don't deny it; but every second we knew the ravenous peck was gaining on us. At last they were so near that we could feel their muzzles against our legs-" "Ah!" gasped out the lad, "How glad you must have been they had their muzzles on!"?Answers. Judge (at the close of the trial) ? Prisoner, you may have the last word. Prisoner (turning to his wife in the audience)?Do you hear that, old lady?"?Meggendorfer Blaetter. ?If you have pains In the back, weak back, or any other Indication of a weakened or disordered condition of the kidneys or bladder, you should get DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills right away when you experience the least sign of kidney or.bladder com? plaints, but be sure that you get De Witt's Kidney and Bladder Pills. We know what they will do for you, and if you will send your name to E. C. DeWitt & Co.. Chicago, you will re? ceive a free? trial box of these kidney and bladder pills. They are sold here by All Druggists._ Insurance In All Lines. My friends wanting either Firo or Live Stock or Plate Glass In? surance, will please call on me as I represent Xo. 1 Companies, in both lines. Can insure your Horses, Mules, and Cows, in the American Live Stock Insurance Co. by death from any cause. W. A. BROWN, Sumtcr, S. C. Box 81. Everybody Will Wear Specs Some Day. Present statistics show that there ll a wonderful increase in the number of people who depend on glasses for good vision. Take enlightened Bos? ton, "The Hub," for instance. There are more people wearing specs there than in any other city <>! its size. Where learning and progress are. you will find the most people wearing glasses. Are you noiu^ to stay behind till you have to have them and then maybe find you have waited too long, that some small trouble has giown on till glasses won't remedy it? IF YOIT DON'T NEED TIM WE TELL YOU. W. A. Thompson, ft S. Main Street - Sumtcr, S. C. A TERRIFIC KAKTHQUAQK. Villahs Destroyed and Many People Perish in Greece. Athens. Greece, July 15.?An earth? quake has occurred in the province of Bite, the capital of which is Pyrogos. Beveral villages were destroyed and many people perished. The material loss is heavy. Where one man wants to borrow trouble, a hundred want to get rid of it. DECIDE YOURSELF. The Opportunity Is Here, Backed by Sumter Testimony. Don't take our word for K. Don't depend on a stranger's state? ment. Read Sumter endorsement. Read the statement of Sumter citi? zens. And decide for yourself. Here is one case of it: Mrs. Chas. Browning, 101 E. Canal St., Sumter, S. C, mya: '1 suffered from kidney complaint for some time. My kidneys were disordered and the secretions became unnatural and when allowed to stand, deposited sediment. I suffered from dull, nag? ging backaches and had distressing pains through my loins. My head ached constantly, I could not rest well and in the morning I felt tired and languid. Since using Doan's Kid? ney Pills, procured at China's drug: store, I am free from backache and pains in my loins, am able to rest well and the kidney secretions are regular in passage. The headches have ceased and I feel better in every way. I give Doan's Kidney Pills the credit for the great relief I have received."* For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's?and take no other. _ No. 4. Do You Know It Requires 4 to 6 Years To build a Stief or Miaw piano, from the time we place the lum? ber in our luj^>*r yards until the piano Is nnd?r We air-riry all our luml>er tpd that is one rea? son why our^ pianos are so thor? oughly goodC T/t The Lumber in about two-thirds of the pianos made is in riTfrin forests less than twelve mouths before they an; finished ready to sell They are made out of kiln dried lum? ber and this is the principal rea? son they will not stand and are so unsatisfactory after a few years. Onepianom a life-time is enough and if that piano is a STIEFF it will. WRITE TO-DAY Chas. M. Stieff Artistic Stieff, Shaw and Stieff Self-player Pianos. Southern Ware room 6 WE^To TRADE ST ' CHARLOTTE, - N. G. C. H. WILMOTH. Manager. (Mention this paper.) fbley's 0RIN0 Is Pleasant and EffectiT? CURES Constipation, Stomach and Liver Trouble. by stimulating these organs and restoring their natural action. Is best for women and chil? dren as ORINO does not gripe or nauseate. SIEBERTS DRUG STORE. KB LUTHE CO UGH wnsPft.KlMe'S NEfff?SOWG Cfi 5C*&U00| ANfiMLTHKOATAND LUNC TROUBLES GUA ffANTECD SAT/SFACWRX OR MO NEVREFUNDED.