Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Ne V THE I \ \ VWWWWVo fills NARROW ESCAPE 1 - . > oVWVVWyVv \ VVWVVXWAW O I "I have always Insisted," slio said ' after a long, sweet silence, "that I would never marry a doctor or a preacher." lie turned pale, and a look of despair crept Into his eye.*. "Arthur," she exclaimed, "what Is the matter?" With a heaving sigh, he answered: "Can't I Induce you to overcome your prejudice? Ah, tell me, tell me that your decision against doctors and preachers Is not Irrevocable." Six weeks before she had written a message on an egg ami sent It out Into the world. The frail messenger had fallen Into Arthur lllggleson's hands, and there they were sitting on the baggage truck at the railway station waiting for the hack, which they had missed, to return from town and convey them to the hotel, where they had planned to be married. ?; WWS ? $lw? l-n-r MOt tl , trl1 ni0? Hie," She walled, that you are not a doctor!" irJleiVUin.R h'" heud' Thoro a guilty look in his eyes, and she knew that the worst had come. At last, pulling himself together with sakl e^ort. he turned to her and J 'fI:iUClIno' You havo fifttossed the truth. I am a doctor. But why should that matter? Why do you discriminate against preachers and doctors?" Because they have to be among women so much," she sadly replied. "1 selfU" WnMt my luisbaiul *i 11 to my*'ove'" 110 cried, "then we m.iy still be liappy, i am a horse doctor."?Chicago Uecord-FIornld. No Eiicnpe. "I <1r.Vt want to be a horse any longer. I cincpi." "If every lu rse could quit belli' a bors when lie g >t tired, there wouldn't bo uotldn' I nit automobiles." ? New ^ t:r!; K\ ning .lourral. j* jrroTVCP'i Frleml#*liii>. "y. ph..-.Us is such a good hearted follow it he never manages to keep ray frh n-'s." What? I should linn sine that such a frenc rot: i temperament would create f: lcrus." Not at nil. He's foolish enough to loud tin m money, ami after that they h .1 !y i e <gu'.?e hlni any more."?Ma 1thiiore Herald. ; lirrnry i:f?nrilH. \ r*:*;. e bard sings as follows of the i")n rewards of literature: j.5;,nv a . inn on the rood of life So e <*.? where another falls; Jchnr. ' is writ in' stories. An' 1 . I f Is sr'lttln' rails. Johns:v la mnkin' a name an' fame file .? V:) while the years roll on, " * * !?! . is makln' the money, ?/ivnrtin' John! i* ; lnt For MIcciiIcmniicnm.' A 1'h.v* ici in declares that lie finds peppermint water an cfiicient retuetly for slei | h cicss. This is a very simple e::i>\ cud it will not bring forth from (!: rgnns of professional opinion any ?!< ? hirntion of unsafeness. It is added ih it a mixture of spirits of chloroform and peppermint water given in hot w:tter to the victim of insomnia will produce sleep, hilt perhaps in the case of the admixture of cliloro .vim wimr may claim a deckled share in relieving the trouble. It is at least easy lo try peppermint water, and the theory of its action is believed to be founded i a its effect In withdrawing blood fr<> n the brain by attracting a fuller flow to the stomach. Klr?t Ohio ennui. The construction of en mils was begun in 182.r>. and by 1832 400 miles of 1 navigable canals were completed. The 1 opening of (lie first Ohio cnnnl wan j accomplished July 4. 1827. On that 1 ' day the find boat descended from J Akron to Cleveland. Kbe was cheered t on her passage by thousands of people, | who assembled from tile adjacent conn- t try lo witness the novel and interesting t SitfliL. _ I V w . f "I*'? west Id mi ii r-\i 3AILC.I ME Store. FRUITS AND FLOWERS. From n twenty-year-old mulberry tree 218 pounds of leaves have been picked in n year. String beans may be obtained during the entire summer by planting once a month for successive supplies. Some trees are much more unfavorable to the growth of plants beneath them than are others. The worst are the yew and the ash. Whenever water is given to pot , plants enough should be used thoroughly to wet the soil around the roots. Mere sprinkling of the surface does little good. The next time you have a bouquet of flowers to keep add a very little camphor to the water in the vase and see how much longer its freshness will be retained. One of the most satisfactory plants for house culture is the yellow oxalis. It will blossom freely if given sun and water, and its brODTO r* ^ ^PPod 1 T<n*~?77"^ mcrcha,lt "tuned Tudor In 110 sout a '<>"d to Martinique. nVeCou*?V? ?f (7b*"*berIain's youth Remedy Warranted. ''erlahf^conih Tfy V?ttle of Chftmfuiul the monev . ?medy a"d will resatisfied -ifi .J any one who is not contents. This'iV'the1^wo-thirda of the the world for lV J:* e8t r<r,nedy in croup and whrJv '>0' C0UK',8? colds, pleasant to takeg C?T?gh a"d " any tendenev ofV , . . prevents For l,Chy . TEA ROOT CARVjNGS. Fnntr::,r?'rn a nxhlonril I? ?ho Orient. The fantastic wooden objects widen as're /f'ofS tl"' far cnu .....? ? ^ as tea I oof carvings have long b^TthT ' basis of a prosperous industry in the populous city of Fuei.au. Strictly sneak inc. the nnme n Some of the carvings are made from old tea roots and tea trunks, but the vast majority, ninc-tentlis at least, are made from the roots and trunks of hardwood trees. The carvings are almost invariably made in two parts, a pedestal and one or more human figures fitted to the latter by pegs and holes. The former Is mnrte from a ruot and the latter from a trunk. The roots are selected with considerable care. They must be comparatively free from dry rot, decay and worm holes and must possess a rude symmetry. They are cleaned, scrubbed and scraped and sawed to about the desired si/.e; then the artist with chisel- K-lllfo mill nlnnlioM ?? movos rootlets and roots until the ii- I urc is completed. The simplest design ts a three legged pedestal, of which the base Is a rough cylinder of wens and knobs. Any number of legs may be used. A curious specimen seen by the writer in the Grand hotel, Yokohama, has fifty legs, while the body lias been so treated as to suggest a horny centiped. A second typo of pedestal is the mushroom. A third type is an animal form, such as the buffalo, tiger, unicorn, elephant or dragon. Nearly always the chisel is guided l>y humor or satire. If It be a salut who. is depicted, the look of piety or suffering Is replaced by a leer or drunken i grimace; if it be a warrior, every limb J and muscle is molded so as to suggest decrepitude or a desire to run away. Quang TI, the Invincible soldier prince, is frequently portrayed standing on one leg, with the other extended like a professional rope balancer.?New York Tost. A small girl attend school brought home a pumpkin seed and told her mother that tho teacher said that, although the seed was white, the pumpkin would he yellow. "And what will the color of the vl lif>n I be?" naked the mother. The little girl replied that the teacher had not taught her that. "But," srtid her mother, "you know, , dear, for wo have pumpkin vines in I our garden." "Of course I do, but we nin't expected to know anything until we are taught," ^Youth's Companion. ( A Sclent Mo Diaco\ery. Kodol does for the stomach that ivhich it is unable to do for itself, even , when but slightly disordered or overoaded. Kodol supplies the natural ' uices of digestion and does the work >f tho stomach, relaxing the nervous t ension, while tho inflamed muscles of d hat organ are allowed to rest and heal, xodol digests what vou eat and enables he stomach and digestive organs to p raiisforin all food into rich, red blood. _ \C. I)t^ke. * ( \ ? , ' \ leas in JUST II -COPE I ? N'S AND BO' ' WATERFALLS IN JAPAN. They Are Almoat Countless nnd Are I'aed an Shrines. The waterfalls of Japan are almost countless. There Is one at every tur*. and where there was not one In beginning the Japs have made ono. far It Is their passion. EJvcry little garden has a fall or two, and It would not Jk? , considered a garden at all without It. 1 There are many very beautiful ones |i t various parts of the country, and th^; are all of them shrines visited b\ thousands of pilgrims every year. The; do not pray to them ad to a statue $1 Buddha, but'they first pass up a little paper prayer on a convenient rock and then sit down In rapt attention and gaze at the falling water for hoars, tak lng an occasional cup of tea at a lltth teahouse which always stands elodtfn The Japs arc great at making* grimages anyway. When a niaii^B Im* /lI'UfnntrTT,.' '? '? . "!< "it i ? ? oviico vi yu^nui.'i^A 1 Sometimes he Joins a bond of lVllotirj pilgrims, or, If comparatively Wealthy, ] he sometimes takes his wife and u -*?t' I nor child and makes the pilgrimage* by , himself. These pilgrim bands can always be seen moving abom the country. They carry little bnnm r&Avitb the name of their city and dj^uiet marked on them, and when they have received go<>d entertainment at n teahouse or hotel they hanc one of their banners up In u conspicuous place a* n testimonial. Often a hand of pilgrims will travel from one end of the country to the other. visiting every temple and waterfall la the land. -?~ A Fatal Ml*. Cholly?I would have bought a "you know, and? Indignant Maiden?I'm not doing anything of yie sort! Cholly (turning pale)?Then I've got my girls mixed!?Chicago Tribune. Cures Eczema, Itching Humors. Especially foi old, chronic cases take nomine moou naun. n< gives a healthy blood supply to the affected parts, hc&te all the sores, eruptions scabs, wales; stops the awful itching and burning"! tcz-ma, swellings, suppuialing, wale y so es, etc. Druggists, $1. Sample fire and prepaid by writing Blood Balin Go , Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and fine medical advice sent in sealed letter. lie Aaked A-nilst. "What's the trouble, my boy?" queried the minister of a young member of lily flocjf. "You look sad." "And I feel Bad," replied the young man. "I asked Miss Silverton to be my wife* and she declined the honor." "That's too bad," said the parson. "But It's in accord with the Scriptures, which says, 'Ye asked and received not because ye asked amiss.' " "Well, what would you advise uic to do?" queried the youth. "Next time ask n widow," replied the good muu, with a suspicious twiukle In his eye.?dmeffgw-Hwww, _ i Imitation I.nnwhtcr. This Is a perfectly splendid liver medicine: Take a deep breath nn?T then espei uic ntr irom me lungs in llttlr | puffs, like n donkey engine, rush' out nil the nir you possibly enn. drawing the abdoiuen In find up as far ns it will go. The doing of this exercise will j probably strike you as being so per fectly funny or silly that you will wind up with some of the real thing, vbleh is. of course, better than the iuiiiatlon. ?Maxwell's Tallsmnu. heads of every nation, rho rich men. j*** men and otiser? All join in paying trfbht? to * I>c Witt's Little Early Risers. II. Williams, San Antonio, Tex., writes: Little Early Riser P?1 Is gro the best I ever used in my family. 1 I unhesitatingly recommend them tofverybody. They cure. Constipation, HfilionHness, Sick Ilcadaclie, Torpid Jj.iver, Jaundice, rralaria and all oiljr liver iroubler troubles. F. C. Duke. \ -.-j . . i Cirinr'i ftiotrq. CceRnr had Just remarked that he woiihl rather be first In a village than second In Rome. "Rut, sire." protested Rrutrffi mildly, "I don't see the advantage." \ "Simpleton!" retorted the general, 'wouldn't you rather be Janitor of a una 11 llat than tenant In n big one?"Perceiving he had a true appreciation >f values, lhe multitude made haste to I? him reverence.?Judge. If you are fat, bo good notured. The eople Just naturally expect it*?AtchlMl CIolic. y* -/ ... * ' . ' M Spring N AT -g+H:land Y'S OUTFITT Sl?e Strove to IMeaae. The waiter girl at our table was imbued with a stticere desire to give satis- r faction. She did her best to get from the kitchen precisely what each boarder asked for, and she succeeded very < well indeed. i The other evening at dinner she said i Interrogatively to eucli man in turn, ( "C'U/ckeh or tomato soup?" nod oue ( made answer, "Tomayto," and the sec- < ond said "Toiuawto Boup, please," and ' the third added, "I'll take toniatto." lVIicreupon the intelligent maiden delivered the several orders into the kitchen in this wise, "One tomayto Boup, one toniawto soup and one toniatto soup." i Thus each guest received precisely what lie had unload for- and was happy untii t{- "vxt order was taken: -ut that is another course.?Judged "" ; She Followed Instruction*. A lady once employed a girl to assist her lu her housework. Oue day the mistress wanted to make a pudding, and, having bought some plums, she explained to the girl how to stone them. She picked up a plum and took uviv uiv awiiui lueu, imuKiug uie girt know how to do them, she put the plum I ^NJver tuouth and left the kitchen. The serVunt cauie Into the drawing room half an bout* later and said, "Please, muni, I've finished." The hostess de-v parted for \u? kitchen and beheld a' plate full of stone* ouly. "Where.are the plums, Jane?" she asked. "I've eaten 'em, mum, as you showed me!" was the maid's reply. ,v - " A Questionable Three little school cUHnreu were serl- | ously discussing ^?f> social conditions and positions of iHieir respective parents and their nnee'5||try? each one evideu**1-' i,, ha m?o hotter than "tLo other. r--rwof!rtsr says I nm descended from I'Mnry, queen of Scots," triumphantly asserted little Eva. "So am 1 then," retorted Cousin Willie. "Don't be silly, Willie," Interpolated the third. "Why, you're a boy 1"?New York Times. First Annh'xii of Aerolites. In 179G a stone weighing flfty-slx pounds w&s exhibited in London.^ It was said to have fallen from the^Bky In Yorkshire In the previous December, out this statement was received with great incredulity. At that time Sir Joseph Banks was president of the lloyal society, and he noticed a strong resemblance between the Yorkshire stone and one sent to him from Siena. In It nly, which was said to have fallen f 1*011) the sky. Two or three years lat-. er he received an account of a fall of stones near Benares, In Hindustan. A chemical analysis of the stones from all three sources proved them to be Identical In composition, und Incredulity "as to their meteoric origin began to give way.?Notes and Queries. Ecceutrlcltle* of KukIImIi. There Is a new maid In the family, a Swedish girl, who lias many things besides language to learn, says an exchange. Iler new mistress, who Is n young wife with a husband many years }ier senior, is trying to instruct her. One of the lesson* was upon broad, the girl being told that she should speak of bjend which had lost Its freshness as stale, and not old. The girl was su?o. to remember this, for "Bhre -wim ifltfck to learn, and she did. So the young wife knew when a few days Inter the maid remarked to her confidentially: "It is too bad, Isn't It, that your husband is so much more stalo than you are!"?Detroit Free Press. NATURAL HISTORY. Ostriches live to the age of about sixty years. 'Alio mandarin duck is one of the most beautiful of aquatic birds. So voracious is the cod that it will swallow anything it sees in motion. An col lias two separate hearts. One bents GO, the other 100, times a minute. A ladybird can travel 20,000,000,000 times its own length in an hour. In that time a sloth can only travel fifty times its own length. There is no country in the world In which the raven is not found to be native; it is also the only bird known to ornithologists which is of such cosmopolitan character. Only one existing reptile can sustain itself in the air.'1 This is the flying dragon of the East Indies. It has ue real wings, but can glide from tree to tree like'a flying squirrel. The common houso fly usually prodaces the note V in flying. To do so it must vibrate its wings 335 times second. The honey bee sounds A, which means that its wing vibrations are 440 to th? ?<w>nd. Laugh, and the world laugba with rou; weep, and the .world taogba at fou.?St Louis Stab i^, > Hatstc \ I COM I ERSINDIAN TRADING. riir Way to Dent the Red Mas Dowb < In Ills Prices. "Few white men know how to trad* tvitli nn Indian," remarked a Denver nan who has made n study of Indians ' Tor ten years past. "I once met an In- I than with a magnificent mountain lion i akin. lie was willing to part with the ' srnament, but his price was too high. 1 offered him $12.50, but he Indignantly 1 refused. I<atcr, on the same day, after I bad learned to trade with an Indikn, I bought the skin for $1.50. "The secret of trading with the Indian is to nppenr indifferent. The moat successful trader Is the one who goes Willi a supply of the same article he is most dor ous of buying. The Indian scesthat the strajigf.r-has had experience) And Negotiations are carried on ? upon a strictly business basis. An In dlan refused $10 for a bow And arrow. It was bought for $1 by a man who carried several bows and arrows In his hand. This wily individual leased the supply from a store lu order to impress his copper colored friends, and he succeeded. "The Indian," said the speaker, telling of traits of character ho has observed in his red friends, "Is one of the mo6t faithful followers In tho world j If he has contldence in you. If he takes n liking to you. there is notbinff J00 can ask bo will not ?* - fThe dislikes you, tho less you have to do with that Indian tho better." ? Rocky Mountain News. A Knockout. A young lawyer was engaged In a case not long ago when a witness was put In the box to testify to the reputation of the place lu question. This witness, a stage driver, In anquery as to the reputation of The lawyer inquired, "You say It has the reputation of being a 'poor shop? " "Yes, sir." -?ucni uiu you near say it was a 'poor shop?'" Tlio witness did uot recollect any one be liad heard say so. "What!" said the lawyer. "You have sworn this -place has the reputation of being a poor shop and yet cannot tell of any one you have ever heard say so?" Tb? was staggered for a moment at the words uf 4Ua lawyer Th> lawyer was feeling triumphant ?hen the witness gathered himself together and quietly remarked, addressing the lawyer: ? "Well, you have the reputation of being a poor lawyer, but 1 have never heard any one say so." His Innocent Client, This story is told of a celebrated North Carolina lawyer who was practicing In a backwoods mountain district: While he was wnlting for his case to be reached the trial of a notorious highway robber, who had been caught red handed, was called. The prisoner had no counsel, and the presiding judge requested the distinguished lawyer to defend blm. The trial lasted two days and. to the court's astonishment. the Jury returned n verdict of acquittal. As the prisoner was about to be discharged, the lawyer stepped up to the Judge nud requested a few wordR In private. "What is It?" asked the court. "I would-wsit ytfffr honor." replied the lawyer, "to hove the prisoner detained in jail tonight. 1 have to cross a lonely field on my way home and the ras vut uii|r|n;uo iu ivuun IUUI I UUVK UlUUef about me." Cold Feet. Cold feet arc a sign of disordered circulation. Continual warming with artificial beat is but temporizing wltb tbe eril, and the difficulty should be overcome by proper dressing when that Is In fault and by foot and ankle exercises. The latter can be taken at fre quent lutervnls during the day, n<ud they will assist in stimulating the circulation of the blood. Point the toes down to the extreme limit till yoo feel the muscles strain over the ankles and work the feet up pnd down eight or ten timet; then devitalize them and shake them from tbe ankle, as one does the hand with a loose wrist Sufferers from cold feet In bed can quickly warm them by this exercise, and It will bring relief and comfort daring a long ride. got Iteady to Arbitrate. "Stop! Don't fight boys! Can't we arbitrate this thing?" asked one of tbe bystanders. "Tea, sir," panted the fellow who was on top. "jjist as soon as I've blacked his other eye!"?Chicago Trlbon* Fruit tarts and cakes are served oat Are times a week to tbe crows on board steamers trading between Australia and New Zealand. Tarts are topless pies. ^ >r Fieri 1 ~'U " ' " 9 PANY, \ rcell's Old Stand. HUNTING CARIBOU. >? . Shot Throosh the lleart, Ru Two HiadrcS Yarti. The caribou Is very teuaclous of life, nys S. W. Watts in Collier's Weekly, writing about hunting these animals in Newfoundland. My companion used i 30.40 Winchester and the writer used an .8 Mannllcher. With such strong guns we were seldom able to stop a big stag with a single shot, even when hit in a vital spot. One that the writer shot through the heart ran with the rest of the drove for 200 yards, as though he had not been touched, bofore collapsing. When we opened him, he had only one bullet hole and his heart was cut in two. Another went about the same distance on the jump with both foro shoulders broken and a bullet through the neck. On several other occasions the stags when hit went off with such strength that when they fell they dug their antlers in the ground and turned complete somercn tiUa The first caribou we killed was a fawn. Wc picked him out because we wanted meat, and, being young, we thought he ought to be tender. In fact, however, his meat was almost useless ?lean, tough, stringy and very dark In color. This was difficult to under* stand, and the guides, for some reason, -wefc unable to offer on explanation. However, I learned the reason later. It appears that during the mating sea* . son the fawns are weaned. The old stag, driving the fawn away from the mother, will strike him with his horns and chase blm half a ilflle. As soon as the stag gives up the chase and turns back to the doe the fawn will re* turn; then the stag will chase him again. This Is kept up for eight or ten days, with the result that from worry, violent exercise and changg unpalatable. 9 THE APOSTLES. laUmi Bestowed Upon Them bf the Mediaeval Artists. The mediaeval artists, having no Idea of the personal appearance of the Sav* tour's followers, adopted a set of signs, or emblems, for each, which soon became familiar to all. The emblem of Peter was either a large key or two keys crossed, which Is readily explain* ?d by referring to the words of Christ (Matthew xvi, 10), "And I will give unto the keys of the kingdom of heaven. The emblem of Paul was a sword and a book?the latter to remind the beholder that he was a teacher of men, the former to Indicate that he was beheaded with a sword. lit Apdrew. was usually figured standing fry a dross shaped like a letter X. that fretaig the form of the cross upon which legend says he was crucified. The emblem of St. James tbe Great was either a sword, referring to the fact that he was also IwkllAM JaA AM a I *? ?A? es * ?? wcucuuoi, ur u pmjnm ? BillII, 118 DC1D( a great traveler. St John's emblem was a caldron, referring to his experience In the boiling oil. St. Philip's emblem la an enigma. It was a spear and a cross, yet It Is known that he was banged. St Bat* ,? tbolomew, who was "flayed alive," Is "represented with a knife and his skin hanging over his arm. Matthew's emf blem Is a square, supposed to bar* . some reference to Christ's calling. 8t n Thomas, having been "pierced with dart" is pictured carrying a spcnjf/'dt The emblem of James the Less wasls/ 7 club, he having been "beaten to with n faggot;" St. Matthias an ax, bl baring been beheaded. Simon's en***. blem was a saw. The legend says "M was sawn asunder." -? ? ? * A Cough " I hsve msde a most thorough trial of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and am prepared to say that for all diseases of the lungs it never disappoints."?J. E. Finley, (ronton, 6. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral won t cure rheumatism; we never said it would. ^ It won't cure dyspepsia;, we never claimed it. But it will cure cniisK? ? wM&aaw AIIV1 colds of all kinds. We first said this sixty years _ ago; we've been saying It g ever since. %iSi??r OtanH mr doctor. If ko says toko It, & then do a* ha tmyn. Iffco wctta voa not to l , take It, than don't tsko It. Ho knows. The flrat law of heahh ? Keep the t*pwela regular." Ayer'a Win arc gently laxathrn. . Oaa la adaaa.