Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SantaCiaqM HEADQUARTERS % wW ?????????????????????????? ??? THE WONDER STORE is the place for you to go for everything for Christmas. POLLS AND TOYS Here you can find the largest variety of these things. Fine Art Jananese China. a * Decorated China, Gold Plated Goods, Toilet cases, etc. Of Toys, you can get Magic r-.- I Lanterns, Engines, Animals of all kinds, Wagons, Doll Carriages, Tool Sets, and Everything For Christmas from 1 cent up. Furniture, Pianos, Machines. Graoh= ft ophones, Stoves, Guns, etc. S. M. Rice, Jr., E. U., Prop. JOWK&V * '* . - * *" CTirifrtmsK ave U coming soou, ^ tb<niRllt * ttc t*. j MftPPS^**' " And. to state It plain. him." If you bring us what wo want ? * | v?? wl" """ ? Pitiful PurwtrJohnny wants a train of cars, "He Owns $10,000 worth of ? lISTuS rtXTbS* of , . ' r>ld mine tb.t I, hound to bo And a candy store. ducer In the opting. Pohy and a team of goats. "Poor fellow! 1 never amppot Rooster that will crow, wng as poor ns ft|j Parrot and a lot of dogs And a three ring show. ? Susie wants a doien dolls. , f Lines# Dressed In latest style. T?? seamstress Is net treated rl| That can sing and close their eyea, "cr wage Is far too cheap. lAugh and talk and smile; *?en. to mnke the matter s Dishes nnd a kitchen stove, ?"e sew* and does not reap. Books, a music rack. J 1 Bet of furs, n w.-itch and chain 1 r,?. n...i?~,e And a sealskin sack. twl , , "? "What is tills trade we hear i Mother wunts a house and lot ' (hot follows the flag?" riSiVnfSEiS'iS!"' ho . * "Bhung ?ndn" Or a farm would do; Cousin Mary wants a beau n_ ??u?? Who n pile Is worth; ? Contraries. Grandma wants an easy chair; ca'J you "t?81 a woman s hea Father wants the earth. _ * " 7?" ,n a nimaSe. ? JUst be Indifferent TK? o -?u preiond rem do not want to win tt. .Hwi one Moves' There Is nothing that will stir a worn- PERT PARAGRAPHS. an to action like the sight of a moth miller flying around tho room Jnst six Music is produced by beating a di inches above her reach. or ? Bmn11 hoy. She may be sitting In an Invalid's _ chair having nervons prostration, that one Inducement to a man to llv tired feeling and some twitches of hundred years Is that be has a cba rheumatism nnd feeling as tbongh aho to samplo nil of the patent inedlcl would never bs able to move again provided he will write n brief testli when the graceful flutter of a moth niai nbout them, miller cntches her languid eye. i Talk about a miraculous tmnsforma- : IPtlH A hungry dog woi tion. Before she has bad time to re- WHC1 gladly trade hla p< member that she is too sick ts mere, up tgree fee a sqtu |//^^/ \ where the blesi The only consolation to a wonaoi 1 - s whose husband Is In Jail Is that sh springs the lady like a Jumping Jack hnows where he spends his nights. ?4 hi an Instant her arms are war wm? t^,nt would do credit to a Riches nre the best substitute foi *tcngued orator who is saving looks that has been discovered, his eenntry at. tbe rate of $8 per save and railroad fare. I It Is said that a man la only approlt tbe tireless inventor of the flying cjafpd after he Is dead, and this la machine will quit studying birds nnd doubly ^roe " be carries a henry life bets and will train his optics on a lrJ#nrance. woman In pursuit of a moth miller bs ... may a?lrs the problem that has baffled ,t BbooJ?i (* the business of the p6*t mas since tbe dawn of the race, n<* to hold dmm the holdup merfr ~ Substitute For Turkey, 80ms people are so susceptible that We say a fellow'? gocso is cooked aven n mim* flettarSillMm. ' When ho at last Is brought to book. n Bat really It's a lucky wight Whs " to cook. One reason wMshould pot jmrip nt co^MnflBH tftnt they are St la to tha credit of the race that ,in,>l* t0 *w*j. j y r^r"-?-H . emaT^eour. ^uffk tn.. ahrajr* warn 1 in red. heller* that men w^rmiiul rooi v . __ jH / By duncan R smith i Cepyrlsht. 190t. by Dtmoan M. Smith. / ^MjMKT PARAGRAPHS. J A greater} credit t?HBir If^pe car* bed I been na*d In furnishing the belfry. - | Tb* *nly iwhb why women talk* more than men la because they h?T?; more t* any. '. Jif /tt v It Is all right f*r IT a man te have hie _l/^Trcgffir heart In hla werk. C/Vtf\ ^ but if be teota a / horn In a band ha ~ / V \ wanta to hare Mb ^ lanes there ale*. Wlieu a woman wants to get op and make the Are It la seldom that a man has It In bis heart t* deny her the pleasure. Good lnek la a myth that no sucesercful man believes In. but be knew* geo4 management every time. girl considers herself a great Onaxv. el?r when stie sells hernk'st wlntePy cloak for money ?ntngh u> bay a hex ef fudge. People wh# would he Insulted if charged with lying are tickled te death when complimented en their tact and diplomacy. Aa tlitnklug Is net a noisy p roe ass, a boisterous man's Ideas en a given oah-' Ject are not apt te be worth amy great nerve strata te obtain. The mclanehely maa loreth a cheer nil liar. Woman's mission la life is keeptag man guessing what she Is going to 4o next. When a man thinks that be knnw an nbont women Whatever yeu m^jMbave heard^O ?" Too n f.ilry t?le to tha erfbei- '** That you may expect T# Christmas every thirty Sow R&e a baze Bafcarina hfs hrafa. Be may net be Insane, Bat. say. His wheels are terming the wrosg war. And once 18 enough. It may he hot staff. Bat. hully gc*. A mnn could see His finish If ft came around bat twlcel The price For once Is nil that he can stand. And were Christmas again to land On htm with beth feet The wreck would be complete.As It Is he cum to the mat booklist a prs-1 fktt Whtn they trot rerse, Deal like a box of cheap oifarei I drn w. It la called the joyous season. But the reason Is not quite clear to the mifti t abent house. Under his embroidered blouse* There Is a pain. He doesn't complain. But deep Down In his heart he Usrews It rtt ^ She Objects. (w, P^Bl 9 e a "Can a man lose more than onteT .. "Well, not with any comfofr a ^ peace of mind if his wife finds It oui Couldn't Afford It Then. J "He nsed to h?? - * ? m aeiTlble I je nervous prostration." r w "IIow did be come to get curflpl" Q. "He lost all of his money." j is ' %- Giving Him Time* j A lovely lady lost her voice. li Of course It put her In a Her husband to tbe doctor s.tv. n "In finding Is pray do not hujry." a ? The New Way. "At what age should a woiuup get " married?" m 1 "Well, not before she cats iupiort a husband." ... tm ) ' v? Contrast. ) ^ "What to Urn. Blank inlbot Water. Vneled -tith the JeeI PUyine Sola, , | Den Bpttte w*? a soMfer Unused to war alarms. For ho fought batUcs wit hia diouth When others took djS fms. *Hm be a rivalr*>r "No; the girl Juat jfcakeihinn think Uo hna la htuzy UinS* *T'L* ' * PREYEfVS^tEdf&VMENT. A t?rtleron? Incident In the Ufa Of the Fmmu rainier. Job a W. Preyer. tbe famous painter of still life, was n remarkably small specimen of tbe genus liomo. differing, bswecer. from onlinnry dwarfs In the, symmetry end exact proportion the parts of bis diminutive fin mo. When between twenty un& thirty yeans W ago bis fresh, ruddy ul beerdlds face and tbe shrill nnd boyish tone of bio voice caused poop 10 So .take blm for a child of about eight at the moat. Thlo Miusiou was still furtbor heightened by bis dress, o short black velvet Jacket with a large turndown collar, over which bis amostbly parted balr hong In thick clusters. When about this ago Preyer paid a visit to Munich In order to Inspect tbe art treasures in that city and also to visit his old patron. Master Cornelias, a former president of the Dnsseldorf academy. When Preyer called at tbo house of the latter bo had gone out and tbe servant wbo bad answered tbe door ran to tell bor mistress that a little boy was waiting outside to see tbo msotor. Tbo lady wont to speak to tbe visitor. "What is it yon want nay child?" she asked tbe painter, who at tbe approach of the lady took off hlo velvet cap aad made a deep bow, saying la a shrill voice; "I wtab to speak to Mr. Cornelius." "Ho to not at bone at present, bat If yes win' atep inside you can wait for hh?. Ho will not be long." So saying, she took the little fellow Into the parlor and offered bin n stool to sit on. In a short time the fair hostess bee me quite charmed with ber youthf visitor, and at last (the Rfted bins o t her lap and listened with Intense delight te the Innocent prattle of the clerer "child." Suddenly the deer opened, and Cornelias himself appeared. Taking In tho altoatloa at a Ihaca bo pried: "Ah, 'good morning. Mr. Preyer. How on earth did yon get bore!" i Mr. Preyerr And with a shriek Mrs. Cornelius Jumped np. tumbled Preyer on the floor and fled into tho next room, while Coraelhis and Preyer. after the latter had picked himself np Ogjln. laughed till the tears streamed down tbelr^hecks. The former bad ?ih^|HVjn getting his wife to ocdOVcU again. At last she mnsterMflUart courage to allow heraelf hP"HBa formally Introduced to the fMfitff. visitor, who wao retained as a gnortll dinner, over which the amlabio bostons presently regained her former self poMsalea MUtakra tm Stamps. By a simple error In the printing of a sot of stamps the value fa enormously Increased to collectors. A short time ago a Dutch stamp was printed yellow Instead of blue. A week later these stamps wore sold at a great premium. A New Zealand stamp some years age was printed upside down, and It !e now worth a large sum. Among English stamps the oM red penny, with tb? israwSsES Bnt It la safe on JjMHBtt. such as a Jubilee or ^ ^flr- to buy them w.tb tt jf^X- la Ilenorable. flfpr * ^tbere has existed nnd still ej , some extent a false sentiment t W. bor Is degrading or belittling. T1 trary Is true. An Idcnl condition clety enn come only when every * *** ber of It recognizes thnt lie la bo exrclse whatever skill or street faculty lie possesses to Its full ? ity not selfishly or for the sake o ' to merely, bnt for his own hnppines development and for the benetlt < And there should be no restrict!* any one. either legal or soch through association. In regard t labor or Its fruits. If bv p .tlent i I cation or untural endowment a I possesses more skill than his fello I If be chooses to be more Industrial I Is entitled to the full beuetit of 1 Cincinnati Enquirer. A Wonderful Memory, I Some years ago there was u strol I player at Edinburgh of the namt William Lyon, who bad a most ^ IShlna trA?"? _ ?..uui j. ue one trenlnf m ^7, * bet of a bowl of punch that he wc at the rehearsal next morning ret the whole of the Daily Advertiser fi beginning to end. Being railed on * next day. be banded the newspaper a gentleman present to see that be pen ted every word correctly. This tt be accomplished without making 1 slightest error, through all the rnriet of advertisements, price of stocks, ae dents, etc. Ifotbtasr Datag. "Dear." snld the poet's wife. not. log bis abstracted took, "you are wc tied about something." "Well?ep?yes." replied tho poet "Tell me. What have you on yoi ""T^KWfg. That's what worries me. ?Exchange. 1 Predlettoa ratified. Farmer Whlffletree? Bill Perkins' sot Dan has fMHHMUtlaal Job. Fannei Nfcdder?-Oo?^4Hjn^tMlUiiit fellei 'd grow up tor be s lBW||ypaic. Helptag the Ceofc. Boarding Mistress?What are those boarders grumbling about now? Servant?They're roasting tho beef.?New York Press. Big bss may tools, but a lie Is lb*' ' i *_ La ' Humor maPhUpaog^iy ? By DUTfCAH Hfllff 1 ? ? kCopyright, UOi by Duncan M. Smith. V PERT PARAGRAPHS. f, When a girt chides a young roan for , brtectaf a btx of candy every night mi' . had bettar cut the whole thing eat or 2 It Is all up with him. No man should be held responsible for what he says when he isn't responsible Many a arnn Is proud of o thing that his friends are all secretly commiserating him om. IUa sftMthel.a woman J Ikes a man If be makes her ds things, particularly bay new dresses. ' W'-'" People who know on which side their bread Is buttered sometimes seo to ft that ft Is buttered on bath sides. Somehow you have to feel sorry for the man who isn't smarter than be leeks. If thekieker gets the best sf every- j thing, that explains the success of the j coiiego praucni tn uicr iiik The coal dealers heartily ncrec with those theorists who declare that a Ion a. cold winter Is the healthiest kind. When a man's wife agrees rtttb htm tn everything be begins to wondw"??r \ much the new dresc ts soir-'to <^j ^ Many men who live on simple food demonstrate they are human on Christmas day. Romance gets Its initial shock the first day the rent comes dno. It All Depends. Driving nutos isn't ploaoanti Thers Is such a great ado Made about the reckless speeding And It's risky business too. Gasoline and dust and cinders All ons'a pleasures greatly mar, But perhaps I wouldn't think ee It I owned a motor ear. Horse shews. golftng. yachting, hunting. Racing, traveling every where. , With one's nam* In all the papers, Per these things 1 wouldn't care. Seems to me that they are foolish; Wouldn't like them. I am sura But perhaps I wouldn't feel ee It I had a sinecure. Dissipation ta Che swtll set l Really ts deplorable, , The ugh a lot of foolish people a rr?Jf"ln,< '* quite adorable. I *' '? simple folk and stupid, peel- I Monbynd rWM7 ?*cei' P?8t* ? Causing lou ?cruel. I dapping up the li w?*' thetr vn. w - me IS soul destroying, Hollow, blase, full of care, tints to But perhaps I wouldn't think so bat la- If were a millionaire. be coni of so- Saving His Life, mem- Worrying Mamma?Freddy Is get und to terribly naughty. I don't know * Ttb or we ought to do with blm. t npac- Wise Tapa?Never mind; Freddy f gain wise kid and Is merely Insuring his 1 is and Worrying Mamma ?What do ; 9f all. mean? on on Wise Papa?Tbe good die young, i il or know. o bis ' lppH- When He Wrote, man He promised to write to his father w or And glvo him a full report h Of his doing*, but never found the time It TTntll his cash ran. short. tHo promised write to h Quito often, hi hero again He didn't gi round to i He wanted t borrow ten. He promised t write te hi sweetheart, Aad though hi . was preaset "" < for time tak He scribbled her twenty sheets a day, the One-half ef them built In rhyme. lee d- Heroic Treatment. "Jones has quit drinking." "Tea He had a terrible experience." "What was It?" Ic- "Went home no drunk one tflgbt that >r" when his wife met him at tbtr bead of the stairs he could distinctly see two wives." .r | ?! H? mc |UKW> Ht Mold always pick Ihi wfnncrNsver mlu*d a tlma?and y?t, Str&neo to say, ho won no monoy, Bot was fraouantly Id d?bt^ For tha wlnnar was. (or cartaln, 1 Ona on which ha didn't bat ' Might Hurt Them. "If be is auffetiag socb palo, why doesn't he take some medicineT" "He la president of the Society Tor the Prevention of Cruelty to Microbe*." jdHHKBeeti Verse. Tbe^BBf^HEa tha band of fata WnetrnPPKi raeetved a chock % gKBMaBMHL ' > v- THE COLOR. OF 6N0W. ??' M A?9??n WMtti ft || WUmnr n Bvltoito BIm. W??a white It |?te at the mow tad iMdce of things. apests muf iwttjr delusion* and fancies. We tear* eea tangtit from childhood that mw b white, and the Impression conveyed ?Ml the possibility ef a deobt, ylJC'AL hoagb the Jodgmaot ef our iimw I* |T? 3 the ceacrary, it can be scientifically ^ lomsastratsd that Its truqfcotor to Mas. t to a faint and delicate cerulean tint, he aure. bat decided enough to make be acteatlfic declaration that anew to ilwe eae that to positive and irrefata- f to V It is a welt knewa fact that pare wear la email quantities Is perfectly raaaparent la large masses it to dialect ly bin*. 8aow Is simply the eryssts ef pure water. The refleottoa fws tease to tbat ef all the eolers ef the ainbow or prism, bat by nnftiag beere they reach the eye cause anew to ippear to be white. "But," yon win ay. "the single crystal also appears to mi whlta" This to true beyond qoeston. the reason being that that which ippears to he a single crystal Is la entity a mnititade of microeceple breeds, prisma lines and dots. la spite of their apparent great dl'eraity in farm and shape, which may ; rary from, halrlike crystals to perfect >dsrs of beautiful dellcateand totriate designs, they may be said to bo beolatcty aniform hi original deflnsa- w ^ len, that of the hexagonal prism. Tho * jrlmltlre form Is tbat of s straight y lesdle of Ice, radiating from a central nolens. always at symmetrical distances and at angles of either GO er Ut legrees. What may an casual examination be taken for exceptions to this role are the little disks which occasionlily fall. These as close examination Wared to be efx sided planes, the aafte till belay 121 degress. POLITE TO THE LAST. a KaM In Wkra Crartcw Woe Inline PsmIm. The Ellen In fiaranel La man Btaoeteaad's excellent but new forgotten book. Dkcictm rrvia uie, unu pi in/ never beard of Emerson's njlig, There Is always time enough for courtesy." but she embodied the grout cage's principle la her dally Intercourse with her fellow beings. Politeness woo a ruling passion with her. To tbo Sherman's boy she would answer. "Too, lr; soles, sir. If It Is quite convenient." Mr. Blancbard lodged with Ellen'o mistress. and one day the manservant of a friend brought a parcel of books. Tbe man delivered the books lots Ellen's hands: then, remembering he was Intrusted with a letter also, he searched his pockets In vain for tbe mlsolm BUen. waiting la the ball, was greatty\ distressed. i "Oh. pray, sir. do not trouble your- V self!" I* ""Trouble myself!" exclaimed the sef ant. "If 1 have a letter to deliver t* 'm got to dotlvor ft." And he coattr hta searoh. 1'^ "I'm sorry to keep yon wtlh M broke out the apologetic BUea. ') in "Why, It Is 1 who am keeping y V ^ waiting," returned tbe puzaled sor~ JH JB, "Wlint are you talking about? ' Ja I ?lnd! i d?re s7v^f^ ---"never " I Anatlmr time win 1?**" t "n"?I Mr . W,n 4o Quite as well ^>aucuani's landlady waa taken sick. and every day the lodger*a Inquiries were answered by tbe faithful Kllen In somewhat this wise: ^ "My missis* eotapllments. sir, and she had a eery Indifferent might/* or. > "My mlsala' compliments, air, aad aha ting feels eery weak today." rtmt One aad day when Ellen appeared with tbe breakfast her eyea ware red lg a and her lips qnlrercd. In reapenae to life. t*,? lrenn' question she sobbed out: yon ****7 mlsala* compliments, air. and she died this morning about 8 a*dock." rcra ?Tenth's Companion. The Hessian lansvsr. Every Russian peuannt who la prosperous enough to enjoy the luxury of tea has his samovar. At all Inns sactl visitor Is supplied with one. tt In* variably accompanies the traveler and to the picnicker, and area the oMeers . ajf Ja starting out upon a campaign find at room for a ? * ....... ime in their baggage. Samovar signifies " elf boiler." 1C &c'Jl H ;* made of brnss. lined with tin and with * " 11 tube (a tho rant em iia uhluB* tti* * "* " " ? o cinders of charcoal are placed after having been Ignited. Often a pipe connect* It with the chimney, and two . frlenda will alt for hears drinking the boiling hoc weak tea.~-Harperti Baaar. ' Think itwiaht. It wonld be Impoawlble for e lawyer to make a reputation In Me profeeatea while continually thinking about medicine or engineering. He most think about law and most study and become thoroughly Imbued with Its prlncfplea. It le nnacfentifle to expect to nfttste excellent ? - * vr Dimy enoofb to pin distinction In any portico Is r One while holding the mind apon and continually contemplating something radically different.?Sneceos Magazine. Work mm4 Play* J Whlner?Brery man ought to dtrtde ? hlo time between work and play. Josh- 1 emYes. Your friend Toucher orer J 9 there certainly does that. When ho Isn't playing the dd^dftfyikhf. j. . ",'T3l bin fHends ?Cblrago Xswa. *<* . jfwBI| The hnnataMIIty at Tsray?raipW n "That man eonld own hla own homh- M If he were not so extrnvaprantH '* "Ten. bat what wonld be the neat If 'P be owned hla own home be woo Id aim- M >ly mortgage It"?Washington Star. J Who bravely dares must semetlzne*' ' .? n fani *4*" **"