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I To Be Frs || you have r< 1 eaten a true s w. until you hav I Une I Bisc $ The only s< W which is all H always good 1 from strange ? dust tight, mi H proof packag< @ NATIONAL BISC THE PALACK OP DOOM STRANGE LEGEND OF A MYSTERIOUS STATUE IN ROME. It I'liliifotl tlit? \Yn> to it See no of Silent noil l)i!7.ii:tx Splendor?Tito Kit to of tli?? Matt Yt'ho Solvrd tlto 1'tiiumn of lite Klttucr MeniitiKP. There stood in Koine many ayes aj.to it beautiful marhlo slutt:t? the mystery of wliieii attr.ntel tin* intention of all the wise men front far and near. Nobody eotild remember when it hat! been ei'eeietl. and ltohoilv knew wltal it meant. I! was tl ? timire of a woman, tall, sir.mi; ami supple. She stood erect, villi Iter riant,arm outstretehed. her ^ ma: lie tailing in jfraooful folds ahont /" 1?? t* figure, on her fine it look, half " -* sin'!.', half frov.n. hiring, yet appealI = ivr. 1 >itI always holding il'.e ver I y a sii'iiiia<* feeling that it roused of mystery, Rlory and horror. i!itl even all tliiil. written so eharl.v in tl.o niysiie shrna that art uses. taiain Intve heen overlooked l?y tl:e people . had il 11'?i boon for a more material pliZZlo p resell led by thostnlllO. Oil |s 10 ill.lil linger of I lie outstretched ] i; 111; | >v:is written in unfading lei (crs. "Ftrike liere. Ainl therein ley tin' inyslerv. Wars en mo nml went. ;ind wise men puzzled their brains to find the seeref. , i. i tti Uonr s t O'id, ninte, en!d, inexplicable. One day u young titnn stooil before 51. lie had prawn tip with the idea of solving the mystery, and eaeli day slr.ee he was a little ehild lie had canto for a few moments and stood silently gazing at the stranpe eountenanve. lie had learned to love the face, the wise lips that looked as if they lliipht. pari and tell the secret that apes had . yearned to know, hut through these yapes only he had heen sineere in his search. Faithful throuph all disappointments tie had pained strength and ^ wisdom, and now as he stood before the statue the sun. halfway up the eastern shy. shone full upon the image. A stranpe thrill passed throuph the man. and. looking in the direction indicated hy the pointing linger, lie saw. some yards away, the shad >\v of the nulstretrhml hand on the ground. lie pave a low cry, and. after noting the spot well, he departed. That night at midnight lie went to the place and began to dig in the ground where tin' shadow id' the hand had fallen. A long time he worked, never ceasing his dipping, when suddenly Ills spade struck something hard. Then his zeal increased, and, clearing a space, he saw beneath him a trapdo >r. with a groat stone ring. (Jrnsp jog the ring lie pulled open the dooi and started hack, dazzled, for a llo.nl of light hurst upon him from out ol the depths. ouiekly recovering. Iho young mat looked again and beheld a wide mar lde staircase descending from the trap door. Tlir >wing down his spade la passed through the door, down tin sii ps and found himself in a vast hall The tloor of this room was of lanrhh pure white, while the walls and ccilin v ore of the same material in man colors. The lingo pillars upholding III vast dome shone like alabaster, lint paintings hung upon the walls, an rich rugs lay strewn upon the tloor. In t 1m* center of lln* room a foitnla stood. The water in lis lutsin was i pure as crystal. but not a ripple stirn its surface, ami no pleasant lappii eharineil I lie ear as it does when we. falls from on hivh. for, tlmttvh I fountain was apparently perfect, water rose from it to fall it vain. On seals ritnninv arotual this silt fountain were many men in rich b tail's ami costly fur robes. I.ifeli they looked. but to the touch they wi as marble. It was as if in the midst life dea'h had eonn* ami petrilied tlx lieinvs in mockery. Around on tables and benches wi peattered piles of v"hl and preeit Veins. 1 telieale enameled vases a swords inlaid with veins added til wealth to tin; place. 1, 4 * - " 11 <ln? t'ldlK U'JlS mil i ;i i groat riirlMliK-l", u 11i li stood in a ? nor of tli" r<x>iii nn<l from tvliich oa the solo light In wliicb the place t rolievod from darkness. In tlie cor opposite to this stone stood an nrcl Liu bow bcut, Lis arrow oa tLc utri ink 11 sally never tjj ioda cracker | e eaten yS sd3 1 ;uit |: >da cracker good and ? I, protected hands by a oisture jgA y| s. /| UIT COMPANY 5? aimed ai <ne earuuncie. un ins mm, shining with rellected light. were the words: "1 am Hi it I am My shaft is in- : evitable. Von glittering jewel eannot , cscsjpo its stroke." As lie looked 011 all this in silent wonder the young Roman heard a voice ut- t ter one word--1"lteware!" '1 hen he passed into the next room , and found it titled up as lnagnitlcnutly 1 as the one he had just left. All man- j tier of ranches were ahont this room, j and reclining on tlieni were wonderfully heautifiil women. I'.ut tlieir lips; were sealed in this place of silence. I'roin there he passed on. finding many more wonders rooms tilled with treasures of art. stables tilled with line ! horses, granaries tilled w! h forage. Kicr.vihing that could make a palace complete wa- there. j The young Roman returned to the j halt. "1 have 1 ere seen," he said, "what ' no nia 11 will believe. 1 know that of ibis wealth I should take nothing, but to prove to tbelli that i speak truth can ; be 110 harm." Then he tool; in his arms a jeweled sword and some rare vases, but slid dctily all was dark. The charm was broken. The arrow i had left the bow and shattered the carbuncle into a thousand pieces. Pitch darkness overspread the place. Then the young man remembered the |Q" ivatehers in the magic chamber. ir.is this story a moralV I.ot those answer who have eyes to see. oAL I SVI 11. I I IUUO, !u (l'i* MarKlicfi r.f tl:f? l\c:iao nr.d nt t ilth's (.rent l.nUc. ??>,. of tlso sights of the tSreat Salt j Ij.K > of i'taii. developed I>y the prog- | voss of sclentifie hidttst ry. is the system of immense salt making ponds ou the shore of lite lake. At Kaltair tlic lake water is pumped Into a {rival settling basin, when' the impurities fall to iIk> bottom and. containing much ' iron, form a reikll It deposit. From tlii basin tlie water is drawn off into harvesting ponds" awinging Ptl.iWiO s o,nare yarns in area and six Inelies in lejiill. The ponds are kept supplied with water, as the evaporation {roes on from May to September, when the salt harvest begins. The water having disapi erred, a dnv.;:liug layer of salt two t.r three inelies thick is found covering the bottom of the ponds, which is broken tip with plo.vs l>efore being conveyed to the mills, where the tinal ensiling ami winnowing are done. In general the salt marshes of the Ivonco rev:ion represent a kind of packet or rift in the soil. They are to lie found in considerable numbers in the district of Satuball, and there are also ' *' mi tlie left Ol lir.-PT I.......... _ . I>:ink of ill.' river l.sr'ubu. 'i'lio walls of the* rill show drrt a layer of black i-li ?lay mixed willi saml ami contain ing nmncroiis quart/ ami silcx pen bles or more exceptionally black and , white .-hells. Ira-incuts of oyster and ^ mussel. Then comes a layer of strati liC'l null gray blue schist. The soil ol the depression also contains schist sn the greater constituent ami is coverei by a lajer of sandy clay. In order b (> collect the sali the natives dig a tun ,(i nei shaped hole from six to ten fee deep. The cavity soon tills up with warm and clear water, which i jM strongly charged with salt. It conic up with considerable pressure, and th is . .j liquid seems to hoil. The salt is parti precipitated at the bottom of the e.P it.v and mixes with the soil to form . blackish mud. The latter is washr out with Ik.i water to extract the sal which is thi n crystallized from the s j Intioii. 'J'he product which is thus o taiucd is of a salty gray color, and I ^ taste is morn alkaline than that of K ropean sail, re of |,s(1 The Jersey < ow. The Jersey cow is a small unim: and thorcforo her maintenance ratii i< sicall while a relatlvclv large t>a Ml* ,?l of her food k'kh to profit. Slio is ,.j|. juTslst oil t niill.fr. ofloii n |>oi'|>ot n milker, ihkI ordinarily not dry 1110 . than six in* eight weeks in :i your. Si ,,,r I ins :ui extremely Ion:; period of u> U)f. fillin gs in Hie dniry. I'ivo yours oov ras I"''-ft'work of the a *. orage co' ner riic .lor.voy produces until fifteen yon icr, i Mfl'iy ai'? profitable when oigiito to tweuty-ouo years of age.-farmer, . ? . I | A Valuable Second ji li'l t [Original.] My friend Daww was as jreiule a beinjr as I ever know. One day lie surprised ine by making refetvmv to a iluel lie laid o:ieo_fou:;ht i:t the south. "YouV" 1 unclaimed, "lto you taeasi ' to toll me that you have fovijrht a dm 1 "t )uee." "I thought you were opposed to duel ing." 1 am. It happened this way: When a youn.tr man 1 lived in Ohio, a state, as you know, which then bordered oil slave states. A gentleman from Kentucky, Chester (.Jay, eaine ner >ss the ( l?!t*n?? flllil ..... t V it"-" ?.?x% MUU |#VI OltUUVll nil* I I III" bark some eapital wltli him in ml iiig blooded stock in the blue grass region. . I was pleased with the idea of a:i open lir occupation I was not in very goad health?and accepted lt'.s o.'Ver. lie was twenty years my senior and in every way a tine man. But he was in a.'.est ant never told me what 1 learned in time?that he was very nervy. He was afterward killed leading a Confederate regiment at the battle of Shiloh. "We had slocked our farm and everything was running smoothly when Abraham Lincoln was elected president. The announcement was a signu|l for an ; opening of tlio.-o seeession pulus that boomed sharply ami su'-eessivlely for some mouths. < Pay was oppose* to secession. and I would have had ||0 (v.,-,: . ble had it uot been for si red Jbouthed man. one of tin? numerous '^nrojjoi.c i of the south, called riumnu^ win. knowing that 1 was a northern man, ! perfectly satisfied witii the existing national status, made it his business to 1 drive me out of the state. I learned afterward that lie wished to marry a ; girl I had met and fo whom 1 was becoming much attached, lie was a good deal of a gambler, as some of the F. F. | K.'s were in those days, and a noted j duelist that is. he had been 'out' r. number of times?and was a dead shot. "1 kept my mouth elosed as to polities, j but that did not save me. One evening in the olliee room of a hotel Colonel I'htmmcr approached me and tired a number of insulting remarks that j railed for resentment. 1 paid no at- j lent ion to him, for I saw his intention j to force lite into a tight, but weut im- j mediately to Mr. <Juy for advice in the matter, lie sat thinking for a few minutes, then said quietly: " 'You're one the horns of a dilemma. ii-... i....... m n...? .......i " "l .'?? 111?: r? i Jim; 1,1 > your interest in our stock farm ami* ihis love affair oi' yours, for you would not be jusiiiied in marrying n girl with \ your reputation smirched as it would I he aiuou.tr her associates and her fain- ; ily unless you resent a public insult. J he other horn is to challenge lMum- I uier. .My advice is for you to challenge ' him. .\Iter that you can leave the ' fd'uihjii?i' ": anifTT1 i'TTTii niltei i.i u;ipu.uu uumThiHg*. 'Oh. I don't think there willjbe mucii danger.' j ; "There was an unfathoniahle exprea- | sion on my friend's face. I questioned him further, hut could pet no satisfactory explanation of his meaning. llis wish that 1 should tipht and the belief that a failure to do so would cost me the pirl I desired to make my wife ile- t cided inc. Besides, 1 didn't like such treatment and was seized with the de- I sire to bore a hole in liunnner. 1 had never 'been out,' but I was no mean shot with either ritle or pistol. I sent liunnner a challenpe through Oay. "A meeting was arranged to take place in the early morning a! a secluded spot on the Kentucky river. 1 arrived with my friend before the opposing party and I confess felt much depressed, but when the others appeared the sight of my eueiny and the j remembrance of his abusive language of the night before made me hot. I forgot both my prejudices and the chances of being killed. It had boon arranged that we were to light with Derringers at forty paces and continue till the principals were both satisfied. We look our positions, the seconds 1 withdrawing a little distance and loading the weapons. As soon as they had done this Hay approached me and ilillHHMI llline IO IIK*, Willie I li.llliuv.-i second did tlio same for him. "It was an unpleasant half minute while 1 stood there looking at the muz zlc of a pistol in the hand of a. deat 1 shot. Cay gave the signal, and w< ' tired almost together. I was so certaii that 1 had been hit that I imagined 1 felt warm blood trickling from ui; * breast, ltut I stood stock still. Ther ' I was a most surprised expression on m; ' enemy's face. IIo had aimed at th center of my body, and yet I was in 1 harmed, lie called for another slioi " His second tried to dissuade him, bt s failed, ami the pistols were reloaded. u "The next time I'lummer tired a se< '' ' ond or two after me, and 1 knew li v was taking a deliberate aim. Neve thcloss neither of us was touched. Th a time the look on the colonel's face wf more than surprise; it was astonisl nienl. Me threw down his weapon at exclaimed: ' " * 1 ly Ceo'ge, gentlemen. I'll neve' li ' a pistol again. My eyesight must ha1 gone back of me. I've been out a do en times and neve' missed my man L fo.7 "ThealTair was ended,and I was my ' ' titled. I had not the coutitience in n : aim that the colonel had in his. but 11 ?i * l r.\i?nini ui ui w iii^ in,* ' my. As (Jay ami I drove away togol :l! or he said to me, 'I told you the wolldu't he much danger.' 'M! * 1: 111 how did you know?' I asked "lie whispered his reply in my ear rr that the driver should not hear: 'I t( "* Ids scrotal that if the pistols were i rs loadcil with blank cartridges hfc'd ha <>n , to settle witll tue. He didn't put ' ^ ftuy lead.' " iiUUCE I'AUKEB j T ~7T i Humor m.o Philosophy By DUNCAN M. SMITH 4? 4? fert paragraphs. Hoping for the best isn't sutlicionl to avert tlie worst. . : A man's work is known l?. the hit he i makes. There's not so nuteli disgrace as discomfort in poverty. There are people wtio acquire great skill in picking a quarrel and dodging the consequences. Seeking for a reward Is a thankless task. Dignity must he used every day to .....i-.? ii... ........ ....... r....;>i.i.. Itlil UV I tlU Willi VI UtIMv . SeJlishuess is a world o!d tc'.aiiiy that evcr.v one professes to be ashamed of and that 110 one is. You ean't fool the devil l>,v tellin.. ?s him you mean to reform after awhile. I.ots of girls net as if they don't care if they never marry. I'lidue pride is :;n uueomfortr.hle , tiiir.r for the rest of the family to live with. Equal to P.ian. "A woman cannot throw a stone." "No." "Nor a brick." "That's right." "Hut tliere is one thing site can j throw." I "What's that?" "A tit." i The ni?ai>|tolut!iicii<. 1 Slay?It was too bad that Miss Trills disappointed the audience at the nina- | tour performanee. Elsie? But she1 didu't. Site was able to appear after , all. May?Yes, but it was generally supposed that she would not be ablo to appear. WALL PAPER New Stock of the Latest,' Glass, Picture Framing *i Our stock is large and com plete: the goods are here and it will surprise you how, quick, how nice and how cheap we do the work. The repair part of our business has been behind but is! i catching up and will in the future be run on time. MILLINGS, THE PAPER MAN. PRESCRIPTION WORK Is Our Specialty. i First, we always give Pre- ; scriptions our prompt atten, i tion. _ i i Second, we always use ! Pure Drugs and Chemicals. Third and last, they are always tilled by a Doctor of e Pharmacy or a Graduate of I Pharmacy. y Any Doctor's Prescription y always has prompt attention i- at the I PALMETTO DRUG CO, y.\ Huiet and Ren wick Owner: .3 NEW I BLADESN^V'*1 J >e- i MP ANriU 'fycu w*e!i totolt ?y one of th^sr Rax ore >^fGr I i vuhejit RISK OS' le- ,, OBLIGATION on yj?&& h- J yews* part, apply >4iMrFI)irRS ,re I A J...? :. ! Tvv y&Egr. .? ; ?.- ?/ ? Csrbc. O7S0 . Lis.1'.! .^jgy Magnetic It *rr Pair In <1550 '"o Leather Cm-o ^ KO .' eub!e Concave ft 5091 >|<1 fcij (irK^yUjar^^0^0 ._.f '} > ;" *' KX>- ,*OaW?o?JV?'Yffrwrtto KlasUc 1 , t> '*":. iA' Ctohlon Sire;a, 61.00 ve J J ( Rrft- f-wk!a! ' ilinU to SLtfirs." I 6 93ea<&as*s*ac?;?x?39?3xeBcgw4 I H AIR & DENT! ? * Crown, Bridgework and I J Office over Mutual Dry G< ? *e?s?:t?**aass?9a03a?8?E?c?tf< | DR. J. MONRO ($ -rCi?. E N T |wV Uf-j Crown and Bridge V/onk A Specialty. Phone 11' pj C \mendeO Suinmoits for Relief c >inte <>f South Carolina; ) Court Com- 1 Cou;.iy of Union. i" mon Picas u com 1*1.\!nt xor 8;:i:vei? (). IT. Hawkins, Jr.t Plaintiff, Ag dii-it K It row n, hla Ellis. A. B. Osborne, J.iuus tiro r, B. li. Greer, Sally ltishop, M attic Bishop, Susan Tinsley. L.-t io Snitli, Alice Hawk- PI ins, Carrie Hawkins, Lnrenn llawk- p i,i.. <5;?,.i..ir ioni.. ii.?i.. ?o I Maud A Hawkins, Lizzie 15. Hawk-; 3! ir.s, (}. il. Hawkins, l?. A. Haw kins, ! g| Robe it Greer. Engeno Greer, (Hover |~ 1 ir>. erv John (ireer, Sue Greer, Cat-he- j I rine Onynn, or heirs unknown, 0 Hole ?mi), or heirs unknown, Caroline B. Salinas an I C. Edward Salinas, j Defendants. To the Defendants: Sal Me E. Brown, da Ellis. A. B. Osborne, James Greer, I 5. II. (ireer. Sally Bishop, Mattie Bi.-h ' >?>. Susan Tinslev, Lottie Smith. Alice lawkins, Carrie Hawkins, Lorena j lawkins, Ida Sinclair, Janie Hawkins, j (laud A. Hawkins, Lizzie B. Hawkins, L II, Hawkins, B. A. Hawkins Robert ireer, Eugene (Deer, Closer Greer, F< folin (ireer, Sue Greer, Catherine iwynn. or heirs unknown. II<domb, or heirs unknown, Caroline B. ialinas and Edward Salinas, you are | lerehy summoned and r? quired t < annver the Amended Summons and Coin- 1 p daint in this Action which is liled in he ollice of the Clerk of ( ou?t of Co:n-1 non Pleas for Union County and State I iforesaid and to serve a copy of your j " inswer to the said Amended Complaint ?n the Suhserihers at their Law Office! S'o J, Law Range, at Union. H. p.. I * vithin twenty day* after the service j icreof, exclusive of the day of 6ueh ; y lervice, and if you fail to answer the I !>mplaint within the time aforesaid, he plaintiff in this action will apply to lie Court for the Belief demanded in lie Complaint Bkaty & Walkur, Plaintiff's Attorneys. Union. S. C., Anril 20ih, 1800, [. Ekank Peakk, (Seal ) 1Clerk of Court, i'o the above named defendants: Take Notice that the amended Sum-j mons and Complaint in the above stated | .? ause of action was on the 20th day of i 1 ' * 1 'fT Plaintiff's Attorneys. J Union, S. C , April 20th, 1000. 10-?t j ; oi B AI\IFQ M ! Lni/IL.kJ e , I have fresh Grated Coconnutinjtt 5c. packages that I guarantee to give |ci satisfaction. You can use it for any j* purpose that you can fresh Cocoanut. J; Don't worry yourself over thej1 stove making Chocolate Icing when you can buy a can of > j Lowney's Sweet ChoGolate Powder for 10c. With it you can | ice a cake and it will be ready to cut in 10 minutes. Don't make a failure with your bread when you can get Fresh Mag- i ic Yeast at 5c. per box from my j store. W. Newell Smith. Phone 126. WORKS WONDERS. A Wonderful Compound? ^ : c i'l/in ! Litres flies, Lucma, onm Itching, Skin Eruptions, Cuts and Bruises. Dean's Ointment is the best, skin . treatment, Hint the cheapest, because s<> little is required to cure. It cures - piles after years of torture. It cine* 5 obstinate cases of eczema. It cures all skin itching. It cures skin eruptions It'heals cuts, bruises, scratches and abrasions without leaving a scar. It cures permanently. Union testimony proves it. J. B. Neal. mill operator, of 15 Mill street, says: "I had a very bad sore on my left leg, which bothered me for the past ten or twelve years. I consulted different physicians about it and they each gave me some salve for it, but il would not heal up. It itched all tin time and was very annoying ami I havt scratched it until it would bleed ami 3 then it would discharge a yellowi-I matter for days and weeks at a tinn t I...,-rw.,1 ?r n,,a I Him i?e voiy mm . nv.< ........ . Ointment and procured a box at tlx 1 Holmes Pharmacy. I found it to be f must valuable salve. It lias cured u| the sore entirely and onlv left the acar.' For Bale by all dealers. Pr ce f>( cents. Foster-Milbarn Vo , IbilTalo New York, solo agents for the Uniter j Sirtes > Remember the name?I)oan's?an< < take no other. t 4 H A I R, i STS. g ^ tegulatin^ a Specialty. ? sods Co., Union, S. C. 5 ?S?33QOB?aC|ca*K?aaH?l?8t E WALLACE, |j I S T. j|j OHlces: Rooms 1 and 2 %A\ 7. Nicholson Buildings [oljTHERN RAILWAY HE SOUTH'S GREATEST SYSTEM. nexcellod D5nir.gr Car Service. A Through Pul'mar Sleeping Cars on all Ihrougrh 1 rains?Convenient Schedule on all Local Trains. Winter Tourist Rates are ow in effect to all Florida oints. 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Corporal (to soldier)?Why Is tlio 1 blade of the saber curved instead of straight? Private?It is curved In order to plve more force to the blow. * | Corporal?Humbug! The saber is curv- 0k j j ed so as to lit the scabbard. If it was ! straight how would you get it Into tho j j crooked scabbard, blockhead??fue? \ gende Blatter, I ' "