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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. mcwBY LvrnoM from our sph ClAIi COIUUCBPONDBNTfik sf lateewex From ?11 Parts of and Adjoin In? Co ua ties. NOTICE TO CORRKSPONUBNT8. Mall your letter* m that they will f?*oh ?hie oflloe ?et later than Mon lay when Intended for Weaneeday's paper and not later than Thursday for Hnturday ? Issue. This, ef course* applies only te readier correspond - In case af Roms of unusual value, send In Immediately by U, telephone or telegraph. Such sewg ttorlee are acceptable up to the of tolng te preen. Wednesday! la printed Tuesday afternoon Saturday's paper Friday efter P1SGAU. Ptssjah, Nov. 28.?Crops are all gathered and cotton Is about all ?old. 1 have never seen the county mp hare of cotton before. This time St* the year one generally can see on lost places some sottoa, bat not ho this year. Merchants complain of poor sales, but this Is not hard to solve. Poor crops generally and high living has taken the money to pay debt, and very little money Is left to trade on except for the bare ne? cessities of life. Of course, this ap? plies only to honest folks, A large acreage of oats have been, and will be. sown this year. This is SSltalnly a move In the right direct? ion. Judging from reports, corn will, or ought to be. cheap, for there uave saver been such tremendo'^ lelds before. Several years ago Mr. H. H. ?vans made about 87 bushels of ?am to the acre, and later beat that. Mr. Eugene Jrown near Camden this p?~. made about 80 bushels to the a*t. His rows are about 6 feet Wide, and corn about 12 inches In the drill Nearly all the stalks hud two ears on them. Mr. Lewis Dtxon.. another fine planter near Mr. Brown, aaade between 80 and 90 bushels to the acre. Mr. Brown pushed his from the Mart It Is hard for peo? ple here to believe that stunting corn helps It. The Moore boy did not int his. Rev. Mr. Cole who went to Flor County recently on a visit says crops In sections were literally slrowneJ out this year. Hogs for killing are few In this section and the hens have gone on S strike, for eggs are scarcer than ?aar before, Swift Creek church gave Miss Eva Osrdner a fine silver set In appre Hon of her services as organist. Mrs. John Hawkins Is quite sick. A few marriages are expected In near future and more later. Dr. C. S. Brltton got the fingers of left hand cut In his gin last week trying to regulate It It was a row escape from getting his arm drawn In and rut to pieces. A box supper will be given at the residence of Mr. J. L. Olllls on Fri? day evening. December the 9th for the benefit si f?\%lft Creek church. The public In BSfitsHf Invited to at? tend and bring boxes. Mr. j I i m i t?? leaves today to attend tb.- flupttst State Convent bu? St Laurens. nt vr>:iirK<;. Stateburg. Nov. :to.?Several stu? dents of the <; S. M. A. went to Columbia last week t<> heal Bea-Huf Among thjSBJ arSTC Misses C Wells. Margitrn ".rough, MollU stller . n ,i nd Henrietta Dur? and Mr. i^on Stuckey. Emma CanNy. Miss A. M. Burgess and Mr. 1: M Can toy war to th* Sb mums) < irl?ln StdilSg in Camden. last week. Miss Oena Durgan spent Thunksgl. tng holidays In Darlington. Miss Emma 1 mp inted by her frlend? Minsen Lolls. Lynch and Marvin 1 if CbSff] Vab " last week. Mr. and Mrs. T I' Sanders, of Ha fSSd Sp?- n t Sun I iv at "Marstori " Mm Cobh. -,f Ashcvllls, I? slatting her daughter. Mr* Sum '.lllesple. Miss Oforgi.i Uargan spent the week-end with Mrs M <; r a'nu i CmrterevllJ.' Miss Iltv4j?|?. Stu. k. \ .in I Mr. L*. ?lufkty spent Krlday and Saturday Is Eusb Mr. lu-au Mirk I'alrmr. of i'.xr bJSSVllle entered nehool at the (;. H. M. a on in*t Mssjdaj storntstr Mr. Young Stuck* \ ..i ?astsasf? ?*pent Hund.iv with Mr iml Mrs. T. S Htu< k. J A numlttr of people from our com anunltv w.nt to Cstnihla to sttSPd Bsi'-Hur. M?*dumen <;. M. Sanders. E N. Friemen. J. j Dargan, Mlnmn Helen Fr lei son. i:? <m?> stu< key, Genn. Tb?-.. Qeorgla and Bessie Dnrgan und Mr. J I.. I ro rson. The following Hsdastl of tb.- <; s. M. a. spas* Th akssivlBt hsltdsj at their hor.it m ?fi Col/y NWIIs and Margai -f F:r.urb\ it St. fhurle?. Pauline Itafpssjsflh I? laaster; Mai II? Ellert*? nt llagood. Murguerlt?. u il ?Stalls Scarborough In MsbSpVtlla Messrs. Mr fjturln. Appelt. Henry Pltwden end W. S. Nelson In Man nlng, Mortimer Weinburg and II y ward P.urress at Wedgctleld. EGYPT. Egypt, Nov. 29.?We are having very nice weather now and young oats are coming up tine. Thanksgiving was very quiet In Egypt. Several from this place went ? Rembert last Friday evening to hear the lecture of Dr. Snyder. Among those who attended were: Misses Dorothy and Pearl Napier. Helle MeCutcheon and Messrs Law? rence White, Reggie MeCutcheon. Charles Peebles and Olive White, all enjoyed themselves. Uembert was \?>ry fortunate In having such a man as Dr. Snyder to be among them, and their appreciation was shown by the large crowd who heard him. Mr. C. L. Brltton has secured a position with an automobile company at Charlotte, N. C. Mr. A. P.. White spent last Fri? day in Camden. Several from this place went over to Bishopvllle last week to enjoy the gay tl s of the carnival. Miss Pearl Napier of Smlthville, spent Saturday and Sunday with her sister. Miss Dot Napier in Egypt. M.ssrs. J. R. McLeod and F. G. Peebles were in Camden last Satur? day. Df T. D. Foxworth, of McColl, ran over and spent a few days last week with relatives in this section. His many friends will be delighted tr know that he will be with them at Smlthville next year. Miss Irene Weldon spent several days of last week in PishopvUle. Rev. T. S. Cole has resigned as pas? tor of Mlzpah church. Mr. W. T. M-wI ?;od spent yesterday In PishopvUle. , Everybody seems to be we'l and looking forward to a good time Xmas. Max News Notes. Max, Dec. 1.?Thanksgiving day passed off pleasantly. Rev. B. K Truluck is at the Con? vention In Laurens. Mr. A. J. Goodman has visited in Lake City recently. Mrs. J. L. Moore Is recovering from recent illness. On last Tuesday evening at Olanta, an amateur performance was given by local talent under the auspices ot the W. M. 8. of Olanta for the bene? fit of the Baptist church. It was very much enjoyed and a success finan? cially. Mr. W. D. McClain is building near here and will move as soon as con? venient. Mr. G. M. Moore has purchased a tract of land adjoining his child? hood home and will probably remove to It In the near future. He has spent a number of years in Louisiana and Texas. There Is a new Industry In OOUrse of construction near here. A cement plant for the purpose of making tomb stones, ete by the Messrs Me Fadden and Warren of the Goodwill -< i tion. Several farmers In this section ar. holding their cotton. About the usual acerage of oat are Udng sown. Rocky Bluff Notes, Rocky Blue, Dec. l.?Cotton pick ing Is ever and some are throng planting oats, while some have jus: Commenced. Kva II itl'o Id s|?. nt the week ? nd at home. Mr. Richard Broadway. Of Sum IS?, spent Thanksgiving with his sis ter. Mrs. W. F. Larfhld. Mr. W. F. Baker and ehlldre . ?peat Thanksgiving with hSf |>>t rests. Mr. and Mrs \\\ H, Mattbld of Horden spent a few days of last S/esll with relatives hi re, Mrs. Mary .1. Cato of Burden i spending this week with relstlws hers, Mrs. Sanders Is still right si. I Tksrs is no ??tber sickness here not I except colds. Street Curbing Being Placed. The Charleston Engineering end ConlrsctlSSJ company yesterday began \\..?k on Church street and are ||OV I-ving the foudatlon for the curbing ?hat they win pises on that street. Already Iks eaaterial has been ple< ? on |ks grouml that Ihs work will BOS bS pushed as fast as possible. The company expects to work on IhS septle tank at ItlS SB SAC time tb t Iks work is going on on tin- Street ami hops to finish the nork her* with as mm h ? \p..|;fi..n . The work is now in charge of Mr, Beattle, of Oeorsjetown, who i working with Mr. McCormsck of Ike CkarlsstOB Engineering and Con tr.u ting cosBpaay, Mr. Beattle is now laying off the grade lo start the curbing tomorrow. DC you BSSd printing of any s'-rlptlon? Come to headquarters? ?>steen Publishing Co. For nearly tlfty years Osteen i nd good printing have mesnt the sam? tMng In Sum ter. Robbers of Naples as Daring as They Are Resourceful. SCHEME OF ONE LONE THIEF. Masterly Manner In Which This Au? dacious Rogue Pilfered a Church Furnishing Shop and Corded Up Its Too Confiding Proprietor. His name was Signor Domeuico Doc? tor Dolchlnetti. and he was host In Rome. For a scholar with a degree he enjoyed his meals rather unre? strainedly, but after the spaghetti and C'ipretto had disappeared he used to a.'ow his pace over the finocchio COO vino and to straighten his back, wipe his DhStacba and begin his stories. "Nnpcli? Si, si! Naples? Bella cit ta, beat tiful, beautiful! And what thieves nro they in Naples! It is the one city where you cannot lead a don? key thrrugh the streets." There did not seem to he much con? nection between these, and our puzzled looks said so. "Ferehe? You dare not lead. You must take him by the tail, for when the unsuspecting peasant lends an ass laden with panniers or onions or wood into Naples before long he happens to glance back, und. behold, all is gone produce, panniers, pack saddle, nil filched. Thereafter he takes the ass by the tail and steers him through the streets that bo may watch constantly. 4Toi?it is all organized. Some years ago the leader of the robben w^as the captain. EveryU dy knew him. When anything was stolen from one, one went not to the police, but to the cup tain. "There was a little music matter came home one day and found his pi? ano gone, a whole piano, and no one in the house could say how. wheu or where It went. The little man was distracted. ?'Then he took heart and went to the ! captain and stood before him with his ! bat in his hands. lie was Just a poor music teacher. His piano was all he had in the world. He? 'Go,' said the cap? tain. 'At 0 this evening you have yor.r piano.' And about the time of the service that afternoon a wagon came to the little man's door, and four men heaved out a piano, which they set in its accustomed corner; then they drove off without a word. "Pol. the music man, went again to the captain's house and begau to thank him and to fumble about in his pock? ets, saying that he did not have much, about 20 lire, all his savings?22 lire perhaps. "What?twenty-two lire!" yelled the other. *I. who am rich, whom men call the captain?22 lire to me! You poor*? And he kicked him down the stairs. "But the most remarkable robbery was done not by the band, but by a Neapolitan single handed. "One day there drove up to a church furnishing shop an equipage with two prancing horses and a liveried coach? man and halted before the big win? dows full of precious fiuery. A beau? tifully dressed little signor alighted and asked to see the proprietor. lie said he had a cousin who would the next day be ordnined bishop and he desired to purchase appropriate gifts. First he would see a crozier. The pro? prietor fetched a superb crozier of sil? ver, the crook of it gold, wonderfully chased and overwrought with carving. " 'How much? asked the well dressed man. "'Five thousand lire, signor.' "?Good! Tie it up and put it in the carriage. And let me see nl^o n miter. Arm ogaiu be chose the costli? est, one frosted with silver arabesques and beaded with pearls. He sat down t<> write a check for 8,t.HK) lire iltogether. But, no; he would see also a bishop's ring. 'How much was this I one?' "'Two thousand lire, signor.* "?Good!' And that. too. went Into the carriage with the tniter and crozier. Finally this princely customer would buy a complete vesture and decided OD a figured alb broldered with cloth of gold from shoulder to foot. 'Only,' he doubted, 'will it nt? Bui stay.' be said to the shopman; 'you are a big DWn, HI mo*1 as large as mj cousin. Sec if the garment will tit you.' So the proprietor put it on and stood clothed In magnificence front cravat to ankle. ??'Hood: Beautiful! Only the waist. My coualll happens to be enormous of girth. Suppose you put your arms at jour sides, and 1 shall tlx the girdle to Include them. That will about equal mj cousin's waist.' So he buckled the bell tlgbl about the proprietor*! wrists and moved back to survey the effect. 'Bonn! Belliaaima! Most beautiful:' be cried. 'Ami now. signor -buon glorno!' He skipped through the door, Into his carriage and whirled downtown "At thai 'Good day' the proprietor lei out one awful yell and bounded I Into the street. Thief!' he screeched I He crash, d Into astounded people. tripped in his golden skirts, rolled and I could not gel op again. "People would not touch him. kick? ing ami frothlug and trying to point ?'Thief, thief WOUld Hot even look ill tiie direction of the vanishing carriage Finally the police grabbed him, din covered thai he was Insane and a rob bcr and hustled him to prison. I'ol they let him go next morning." Philo delphla Ledger. Not Worthless. Ashley 1 alwaya thought that Bees ling wai leading a worthless life BeymOUr Wasn't he? Ashley No; hi. life was Insured for a thousand. Fx ?hange. Without tact you can learn noth Ing.?Disraeli. RIDING THE BILLOWS. A Few Pointed Suggestions For Oce&n Travelers. Do not Interfere with the captain In the performance of his duties or oftV. suggestions in navigation based upon your own experience in running a catboat on Lake Mohonk. There are few captains uow in the transatlantic service who have not crossed the ocean several times, and we know of none who has acquired his knowledjr<? of the sea In a correspondence school. If the lady with golden hair seated in the steamer chair next to yours in? advertently puts her head on your shoulder and groans do not rudely re? move it, but whistle a soft lullaby, an If you did not notice the act. Bear in mind that two heads are better than one. The lullaby may put her to sleep, when her curls may be gently removed to her own sofa pillow. Should you desire to go below before she goes to sleep send the deck stew? ard nfter her husband and ask bin) to remove them himself. If in the midst of your dinner you feel a sudden emotional qualm arising within you rise with it as nearly si? multaneously as possible and ba&teo from the saloon, taking care in your flight to stick to the aisles between the tables and not go leaping from table to table like a frightened ante lope toward the exit. This latter course would cause considerable con fusion In the dining room, and in your haste you might inadvertently trip over another passenger's welsh rabbit, which is not considered good form in polished circles either on the land or on the sea. If on your way to the upper deck you lind the staircases blocked by others hastening upward like yourself do not step upon them in your mad flight upward, but slide down the banisters to the lower deck, which you will tiud just as well adapted to your ueeds as the upper. Any deck Is good In a qualm.?John Kendrlck Bangs In Harper's Weekly. POWER OF A WORD. Why France Changed the Nsme of the "Life Saving Belt." A vivid Illustration of the power of mere words over human beings was once brought to the attention of French people by Francisquo Sarcey. After the wreck of the Bourgogne many passengers were found floating drowned with life preservers on. These life preservers were fatsened upon the bodies, but round the middle Instead of under the arms, and the greater weight of the upper part of the body had tipped the head under water and the person of course was Inevitably drowned. Now It appears that the greater num? ber of the persons so drowned were French. The French term for life pre? server Is ceinture de sauvetage, or "life saving belt.'' This word ceinture sug? gests to the mind in its moments of disorder and unreadiness, such as a great catustrophe brings, the idea of putting on a belt, and as a belt is put round the waist and nowhere else the frightened person instinctively adjusts the life preserver close about the hips. The result Is that as soon as the person so provided falls into the water his body tips over, with the heavier part downward, and the head is plung? ed beneath the surface. The word "belt." therefore, was the cause of the loss of mauy lives in the Bourgogne disaster. Sarcey according ly proposed to counteract the fatal ef? fect of the French word by renaming the article and calling it a brassiere, which Is a kind of waist, and by bring? ing the word bras, or arm. to mind to teach people to put a life preserver on just underneath the arms.?Chicago Record-Herald. The Cooling of the Worlds. All bodies in space are gradually ap? proaching frigidity. When a redbot cannon ball is taken out of a furnace and suspended in the air it parts with its heat and keeps on parting with it until it Anally reaches the temperature surrounding it. And what happens to the cannon ball Is happening to the sun. The sun is steadily losing its heat and contracting, and the same is true of the planets and of every other body In space. Just as the arctic circle Is ever encroaching upon the temper? ate and equatorial regions, so the final chill Is ateadlly advancing upon the warmth every where.?New York Amer? ican. A Modest Poet. There is a story told of a French poet who inquired of a friend and flatterer what he thought of his last work. "1 have arrived at the fifteenth canto." he replied with enthusiasm "and think there Is nothing more beau? tiful and harmonious in the language " "Pardon me. there is one thing." said the poet. "Ah. perhaps you mean Chateau brland's 'Atala? " '??Certainly not! 1 mean my six? teenth canto." Testing Her. "How would you feel, einrisse, If you and I were sailing down the Btrenm Of life together far away from here?" "1 low far, George?" ??Ota, far, far away!" "I'd be so terribly homesick for mother!" And from that night this young man reaaed Iiis visits. - Judge's Library. A Fruitful Time. "Did .lack derive any fruit from the lecture?" "Yes. sure he did. Ho met there a Sdrl he Knew and made a date with her, and site's a peach.*' ? Baltimore American Intellect annuls fate, So far as .i man think.-, he la free.?Emerson. Ones Who Never Win Places ?n the Football Hall of Fame. AND THEY WEAR NO "LETTER" These Practically Unknown Men A e the "Scrubs." Who Help to Keep ti a Varsity Team on Edge?They Pipy the Game For the Game's Sake. There is no royal road to a thorough knowledge of Americau college f > ball. The preparation of the raralty eleven is long and hard. Th*? mills of the coaches grind slowly, and they grind exceedingly tine. There is noth? ing in store for much of the good ma? terial that in the end must be rele gated to the side line. These men, wrapped in gray blankets, who line the low fence surrounding the Held on the day of the big game, are the scrubs, or second team men. There is a paradox in their situation ?their only chance for personal glory lies jn the defeat of the raralty eleven There conn s a time in many a big gt me when a coach, realizing that the day is lost, that his varsity men have done their utmost to no purpose and are be? ing swept steadily down the field, will throw into the game scrub after scrub, hoping against hope that these meu will play better than they really have a right to and so turn the tide And even ten seconds in the big game give the scrub his letter. So it is in after years that one may point out many a wearer of the letter who was uot nearly so good a football player as many scrubs. It has hap? pened, too. that a man has fought for years in the hope of making the eleven, has improved slowly, if surely, has been sent into the big game as a for? lorn hope and has played a game the like of which has not been seen on the field that season. Even scrubs take their triumphs and their disappointments differently. There are not a few who are proud to have been on the second team In the year that the first eleven swept all before it. They have no varsity let? ter, but the discriminating know that they were better players than some of the varsity men of other years. There are other scrubs who bemoan the fact that they were not in college when the general average of the play? ers was low and they would have been almost certain to make the first team. Be it said, however, for the honor of the second team that in? stances of tile latter type are rare. A scrub player learns the lesson of self sacrifice. It is his but to be walk? ed over daily by the varsity, while most of the instruction and encourage? ment are lavished on said varsity. As a rule, however, there comes at least one week in the season when the scrubs are pampered and petted and made much of. The varsity is in the throes of a "slump," is lagging, dis? pirited and sullen. It is then that the scrub team suddenly finds that it is heilig taught to play the game just as if it were to take the field as the first choice against the foe. There is u coach for almost every man. there are words of encouragement, much valuable instruction and a new esprit de corps. Under the new iuspiratiou the second team sweeps the tlaggint: varsity off its feet, humiliates the first string players to the uttermost, while the coachea cheer the scrub and jeer the varsity. At least onco a seasou it is very good to be a scrub, for at least once a season the scrub de? feats and humiliates the team that has proved perhaps a terror to all its outside rivals. Nothing has such a salutary effect on the varsity as the eating of humble pie once in awhile. In late years the scrub is getting more consideration than in the old days. Yet the men play principally for the love of the game and in order to make tin' going as bard as possible for the varsity. Sheer loyalty aud the 1 thrill of battle keep them at it year after year. They learn football from the ground Up. They see the big games from the side lines and. know? ing the signals, have a peculiar advan? tage over any other spectator. With a knowledge of the signals one way criticise the handling of the big team in the big game?may more readily understand the strategy of coach and quarterback. It is this opportunity to analyze the big names coupled with the chance to get practically as good coaching as the varsity, that makes excellent coaches out of many scrub players. Some of these scrubs have -one back to college and turned out freshman teams that have been able to liuht the varsity to a standstill and so have astonished the very coaches who taught them. There bfVe been instances of this at near ly every big institution in the east. Sometimes the services of these ex scrubs have been eagerly sought by the veteran varsity coaches, and many a man without a held reputation has proved to be no mean strategist. It is real)) these ex-scrub men who keep up the high average of interest in the game. They are turned out yearly a: the rate of live or mote to every varsity player. The varsity man may lose Interest in the name in after years, but the scrub practically never. It is they who are the backbone of the pilgrimages to West Point, and it is they who talk football far into the night in the club and chop house. The scrubs, in a word, all nnhonored and unsung as they are. are the back hone of the -ante in the colleges and out of them. They play the game and they watch It for the game's sake.? New York Post. Better it is to be envied ihar pitied.-?Herodotus. MADE GOOD AS A COOK. The Old Lumberman Got Supper Without the Least Effort. "Nowadays a cook is provided for each camp." said the old lumberman who has worked on the St. Croii. the Penobscot and the SL John, "but in my days of lumbering we took turns, a week at a time, or one man would make all the bread, another the let and coffee, and so on through the bill of fare. Once in awhile?generally be- a fore they'd got licked into their reg'- ' lar winter mold-some fellow would kick against the routine; 'he's been hired to do something else.* or 'he'd be hanged if he'd cook, anyhow.' Then there were ructions. "1 remember one little rebellion that began hot and roaring and died down into a laugh all round, thanks to on In? genious old soul, all quiet good nature and fat?Uncle Ned. we called him. "We got back to camp one night to find the tire nearly out and nothing ready for supper. We were all hungry ?and grouty, as sometimes happens in the best regulated crews. Each in turn declared he wouldn't be cook, and It looked like a supperless night till Un? cle Ned spoke up in his quiet way. 14 'Dear me.' says he. 'what a time about cookins'. Why. It's the easiest thing in nature to get supper. Now, boys, if you'll all wait on me I'll be cook.' "They all agreed. This being set? tled. Uncle Ned sat down on I spruce fj chair and let his assistants have It. " "Now, Dick.' said he. 'the tirst thing for you to do is to get a little wood and start up the fire.' " 'Isaac, just step down to the brook and fetch a pail of water. "'You. Mac. while the fire's getting under way. wash a few potatoes aud get 'era ready to put on when the pot boils. " 'Now. Jake, you cut a few slices of pork and put it on over the fire to fry.' " 'But. Uncle Ned.' we all shouted to? gether, 'you was to get supper!' " 'Yes.' said he. calm and easy as ever. 1 was to get supper, but you were to wait upon me. Tom.' said he, 'you'd better get the dishes ready.' "We kicked some, but 'twas no use; we'd agreed to wait on him If he'd be cook. "When everything was ready for supper, there the old man still sat in his spruce chair?hadn't stirred an inch! " 'Dear me, dear me.* said be, 'here I have got supper, and 'twas one o' the easiest things in the world.' "We were 'caught,' " smiled the old lumberman, "and we sat down to sup? per in good temper, and ever afterward we had Uncle Ned's proposition for a byword; we'd agree to do any living thing provided we could be 'waited upon.' "?Youth's Companion. No Uee For Them. "I watched your sister fixing her hair the other day," said Mrs. Nagget, "and 1 must say she's not the most re? fined person In the world." "No?" replied her busband, with a belligerent air. "You don't approve of her, eh?" "Well." she retorted with a disdain? ful sniff, "you'd never see me with my mouth full of hairpins." "Of course not." he snapped. "What would you want with so many hair? pins ?"?Catholic Standard aud Times. Declined to Tarry. Ilere Is one of F. K. Benson's stories of his early days of trooping in the English proviuces: "At one town 1 was playing to poor business. The occupants of :ue gal? lery were few aud not overeuthusi astic. 1 was about to make an exit on the line, 'Tarry awhile aud auon I will returu.' upou which a voice from the gallery exclaimed: 'Don't trouble to return, guv'nor. We're going and shall uot be back!' "?Chicago Trib? une. Up to James. An official was describing, ot a din? ner at Washington, an uufair law. "The people under this law." he said, "are very much in the position of a young Washington attache. As the at? tache was breakfasting the other morn? ing his servant said to him: You are out of whisky, sir. S.iall 1 get a bot? tle?' "'Yes. 1 think you might. James.' the other replied. It s your turn."? Washington star. The Poor Man's Gym. "Would you mind telliug me." asked Mrs. Boordalot, glancing admiringly at the athletic shoulders of the pro? spective boarder, "how you keep in such splendid physical condition?" "1 go through a few gymnastic exer? cises every morning." confessed the young man. tiushiug. "Well. I'm sorry, but we cau't board you. I've had the bathroom monopo? lized that way before." ?Kansas City Times. Queer English Names. Among i he names in the North Hackney voters' lists are the follow? ing: Prances Nerroway Heaven. William Paradise. Alfred Smangers gales. Thomas Benjamin lUnupus. Thomas Stickaloruiu. William Joseph Napier Sapper, Paris Noedlostiteher and Fitzberbert Albert Bagby Lord - London 11 lobe. Tv\o Different Species. Little Willie?Say, pa. what is a bookworm? Pa ? A bookworm, my son. is either a persou who would rather read a book than eat or a worm that would rather eat a book than lead.-Chicago News. Every duty we omit obscures some truth ere should have known.?John Ruskin. We talk little If we do not talk, ?bout oarselve8.?HazlltL