Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Iyo" | BUY I M Whv not bu E 200 Boxes F 150 Barrels 200 Boxes F 1500 Finest 1000 Lbs. F , I BIGGEST 8 TH A TROPICAL TERROR. Moat Drcadrd of Llvins Thlngi I a Equatorial Africa. Europeans who visit the great equa- 1 torinl forests of Africa are subject to ; many risks, but none perhaps so dan- ' gerous as contact with the bushikoiiay, j or great bull ant, which is said to be j the most dreaded of living things to be found in that region. It Is gluttouous in the extreme. That which It attacks 1 it consumes on the spat?nothing is i carried away for further convenience, j Elephants, leopards, gazelles. lions, 1 snakes. gi?-lllas, monkeys^ even the j human nlHtriglnes of the districts It . Infests, fly front any neighborhood In which they know it to be located. According to well accredited reports. ] these awe inspiring bull ants travel, j like locusts. In vast armies, marching 1 in a line two inches or more broad and miles in length. One of these armies has been known to take twelve hours .J1 to pass a given point. These ants pre* for the shade and. rather than bo exposed to the rays of the blazing sun. % a r I I I ? *1.- * I ??in uunun iiiiiim'ix iiiitirr nil1 sill'lillT of the ground and thus travel until they come to the shelter of trees. Any animal which, unaware of the proxim- j Ity of the hull ant and rep osing in the solitude of the volt, happens to he attacked has no chance of escape. It Is devoured with Irresistible fury, and within a few minutes a pile of bleached hones marks the spot where it reposed. A great deal of valuable information about tins dreaded creature has been published by a French zoologist. M. dc Challler. who has described a personal encounter with the bull ant. "I remember well the tirst time I met the bashikotinys 011 a raid. I knew not what was in store for me. I was hunting by myself, when suddenly the forest been me alive with the foe. A stul- j ^ den dread seized me. and I stood still W in the hunting path, resting on my gun. Suddenly, as if by magic. I was cov- ! ered nnd bitten everywhere. I tied in haste and found refuge In a deep stream, yet even then the strong pinch<4*s of the ants would not give way, and though the bodies were torn off the heads remained. The native tribes, when a man is condemned for witchcraft. generally fasten him to a tree before an inroad of these ants. After they have passed a shining skeleton alone Is left to tell the tale." THE SCENT OF SICKNESS. Most DIuprup*. It In flnlmeri, llitve Their Charartrrlkllr Oilorn. The acuteness of the sense of smell Is far greater in many of the lower aid mtus-uogs, ror example than in man, and they employ it in guiding them to their food, in warning them of ap^3 proacliing danger and for other pur* poses. The sphere of tlie suseeptihility to various odors is more uniform and extended in man, and the sense of smell is capable of great cultivation. \ I Like the other special senses, It may ?i snn U H MAS Nl li ! mi iik/ i i J y them where from, and w ^ f*? "inest Florida ;tt:ar Finest Northern A "inest California R, : Barracoa Cocoanr inest California Pr STOCK OF ! Will save you rr ? UNK 1 3MHBBmI be cultivated by attention and prac- ' tlce. Experts can discriminate quail- i ties of wines, liquors, drugs, etc. Diseases have their characteristic* odors. Persons who have visited many dif- 1 ferent asylums for the Insane recog- ; nlxe the same familiar odor of the in- ! sane. It is not insane asylums alone, but prisons, jails, workhouses, armies In camp, churches, schools ami nearly every household that have characteristic odors. It is when the insane, the prisoners and the soldiers are aggregated in large groups or battalions 1 mat their characteristic odor Is recognized. Most diseases have their characteristic odors, and by the exercise of the simse of smell they could he utll- , ized in different diagnoses. For example, favus has a mousy odor, rheumatism has a copious sour smelling, acid sweat. A person aftllcted with pyaemia has a sweet, nauseating breath. The rank, unbearable odor of pus from the middle ear tells the tale of the decay of osseous tissue. In scurvy the odor is putrid, in chronic peritonitis musky, in scrofula like stale beer, in intermittent fever like fresh baked brown bread, in fever am- l tnonlacal. In hysteria like violets or pineapple. Measles, diphtheria, typhoid fever, epilepsy, phthisis, etc.. have characteristic odors.?Philadelphia Record. mtilliitf a RcIIkIoun Duty. "Speaking of 'gambling," n missionary said, "I know of a sect that re- i gards rt as a religious duty, like fast- , ing or prayer. This sect is the Hindoos, j They one day In each year gamble like ; mad from sunrise till sunset. The day is the festival of the lumps, a 1 day sacred to Lakshun, the goddess of I wealth. A tremendous lot of money changes hands In Iaikshun's honor. All this gambling is done to test the tinancinl success that will attend on each person throughout the year. If a gambler loses ho knows a year of hard luck Is ahead of him. If he wins he knows he may expect a twelvemonth of prosperity. Strauge to say. a good ileal of cheating accompanies lhis religious gambling." I tiMiiiplon Diver*. "Larry Donovan." said u profession- 1 al swimmer, "made the highest dive on record. It was 210 feet a dive from I the Brooklyn bridge. Donovan also took a dive from Niagara bridge, | good 200 feet. There are no other div- I era In the same class with Larry. Jack . Burns made a dive of 150 feet from the topmost yards nn of the Three Brothers, the largest sailing ship of its time, and Jim O'Bourke and Julius ( antler have done some good diving, too- 100 feet, 125 feet, and so on?but i it is uouutrui ir i>onovnn's record will ever be broken." ? It Is n common fault to be never j satisfied with our fortune nor dissatisfied with out understanding.?Rochefoucauld. AVi ECESSITI you can hav< here they will iges apples aisins lts unes FIREWORKS B loney on every pun IN GRO HE IMOIME' THE REAL LINCOLN. II* Wna Not Homely, and He Waa Not Slovenly In Dreu. For many years It has been the fashIon to oull Mr. Lincoln homely. He 1 was very tall and very thin. Ills eyes were deep sunken, his skin of a sallow pallor, his hnlr coarse, black and unruly. Yet lie was neither ungraceful nor awkward nor ugly. His large fea- j tures lltted bis large frame, and his , large hands aud feet were but right on a body that measured six feet four Inches. His was a and and thoughtful fai'e, and from boyhood he had carried a load of care. It Is small wonder that when alone or ubsorbed In thought the face should take on deep lines, the eyes appear as if seeiug something beyond the vision of other men and the shoulders stoop as though they, too, were bearing a weight, llut in a moment all would be changed. The deep eyes could flash or twinkle merrily with liumor or look out from under overhanging brows as they did upon the Five Points children in kindliest gentleness. 1 So. too. in public speaking, when his ; tall body rose to its full height, with head thrown back and his face transfigured with the fire and earnestness of his thought', ho would answer Doug las in the high, clear tenor that caiue to nun in the neat of debute, carrying 1 his ideas so far out over listening crowds. And later, during the years of i war. when he pronounced with noble ( gravity the words of his famous ad-j dresses, not one in the throngs that heard him could truly say that he was other than a handsome man. It has been the fashion, too, to say 1 that lie was sloveuly and careless In his dress. This also is a mistake. Ills 1 clothes could not tit smoothly on his , gaunt and bony frame. He was no tailor's figure of a man, but from the first lie clothed himself as well ns his ' means allowed and in the fashion of the time and place. In reading the grotesque stories of his boyhood, of ilie tall stripling whose trousers left exposed a length of shin, it must be remembered not only how poor lie was. bill that he lived on the frontier, where other boys, less poor, were scarcely better clad. In Vandalia the blue jeans lie wore were the dress of his companions as well, and later, from Springfield days on, clear through ( his presidency. Ida costume was the j usual suit of black broadcloth, carefully made and scrupulously neat. He ( cnrisl nothing for style. It did not ' matter to him whether the man with whom lie talked wore a coat of the i latest cut or owned no coat at all. It , was the man inside the coat that in teres ted him.?Helen Nicolay In St. Nicholas. Every human soul has the germ of some flowers within, anil they would open if they could only And sunshine ami free air to expand it.?Mrs. Child. ES FRO i the largest cost you the I ? ^ ,v-2500 Lbs. Fine Almonds, Braz i tm /UUU LDS. Kiail lates, Creams, i 200 Bunches F m BROUGHT ^hase. See us or v iCERY i Y SAVERS. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. Complaint Served. i State of South Carolina, Union County. Court of Common Pleas. R. Melvin Kstes, Ida Kllen Dickerson, Fannie McHugh, Willie J. Kstes, Arthur A. Kstes. lola Thayer, Kllen McQuown, Tiney Moore, Azilee Ks tes, Massie Fee Estes, Sarah Fran- i cis Keller, Johnnie Steverson, F.lla May Steverson and Alice Summer-1 till Plaintiffs, against Mary A. F.stes. A. J. Mill, W. P.. Hill,, Sarah Minnie Graham, Fottla Sanderson. Bessie Estes, Duncan Fstes. Bel ton F.stes, Robert Fee Steverson. McDuftie S. Steverson ami' Fillian Steverson. Defendants. To the Defendants above named: You are hereby summoned and rei|uired to answer the Complaint in this action, of which a copy herewith served upon you, the original of which said Complaint and Summons were (inly liled in the office <>f tlte Clerk of Coti'rt of Common Pleas lor Union foputy, South Carolina, at Union court house, S. C . on the 15th day of November. A. D. 1006. and to setv* a copy ot your answer to said Complaint' on the subscriber at his of liceihat Union, South Carolina, within! twenty days alter the service hereof, exclusive of the dav of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for for the relief demanded in ihe Complaint. Dated at Union, South Carolina. November 15th, 1?toC>. J. \. Sawyer. Plaintiffs' Attorney. I. Frank Peake. Clerk of Court. (SealA To the Defendants Robert l.ee Ste* verson, McDttflie S. Steverson, l.ottla Sanderson and l.illian Steverson: lake iNoticc: I hat tin* Complaint in lhi> action, together with tin* Summons, of which the foregoing is a *opy, was <lnlv Itled in the office of the Clerk of Court of Common IMeas for l'nion county. South Carolina, at I'nmn court house. S. C.. on the 15th day >f N'ovemher. A. I). U)o6. J. A. Sawyer. Plaintiffs' Attorney, l'nion: S C.. Nov. 15, tooff. |*o the Defendants Hessie F.stes. 1 tuncan Estes. Helton F.stes. Robert I.ee Steverson. McDuftie S. Steverson and I.illian Steverson: I M SOMI and best stoc east money? :st New Crop Nuts: ils, Pecans n and Fancy Candi Vlixed, Stick, Large inest Fat Bananas TO UNION C yrite^us at'once. COMPAQ Take Notice: That unless you ]>ro-j duce the appointment of a guardian ad litem to appear and defend this action in your behalf, I will, after twenty days from the date of the service of the Summons, Complaint and this Notice. in this action, upon you. apply to C. II. Peake. Ks?|., Master for Union county, at his office, at Union court house, for an order appointing some suitable person as guardian ad litem for you, and authorizing and requiring him to appear and defend this action in your behalf. J. A. Sawyer. Plaintiffs' Attorney. Union. S. C., N< v 15th. 190b. .tO-(>t LAST NOTICE. All parties owing the Oetzcl Hardware Co. will have ten more days in which to pay. I bis will be the last notice from me. I will place all accounts in the hands of an officer. Jason M (ireer. Receiver. Dec. 51I1. lQofi. Ritirrftun'n Prayer. Whit tier and Kmerson were taking a drive together when they passed a small, unpadded house by the roadaide. "There." said Kmerson. pointing out the house, "lives an old Calvinist, and flie prays for ine every day. 1 am glad she does. I pray for myself." "Does she 7" said Whit tier. "What | does thee pray for, friend Kmerson 7" "Well." replied Kinerson. "when I first open my eyes upon the beautiful world I thank Cod that I am alive and live so near ltostoti." I n prof ohm lonn I. { "Yon say she's only an amateur i nurse V" "Yes. if she had been a professional 1 nurse she wouldn't have married the first patient that en me a loan. She'd have looked around a little first."? : Cleveland I'lain Dealer. I \ Sure Tlilntr. ; Stella Did you try to see whether < he loved you with a daisy? l'ella So; ' I counted with a three leaved elover.? New York Times. Clean hands are better tn:i!i fall mien | In the sljjht of tlnd.-Pnblius Syrus. t - ? Part of tlic Itnttle. \ "A pleasant disposition goes a long < ways." said T'nele Kben. "I sympathizes wif tie Indian, l>ut I don't believo | (t he'd have had near as much hard luck S if he'd er been good natared an' learned to play de banjo." Washington Star. ^ I BBODY. I k to select jg m Walnuts, ^ ics, v^iiul;u= gjg and Small jjgg H OUNTY. | y\. I ? ? . Msmai Glnttonooi Rtklmoi. The eating powers of the Eskimos, if the tales told In the hooks of northern explorations ure to he believed, are most extraordinary. One writer tell? of a young man seareely full grown who ate four pounds and four ounces of frozen sea horse flesh, four pounds and four ounces of sea horse tlesh ^ broiled, one pound and twelve ounce* ^ of bread, tine" and one-fourth poumla ^ of rich gravy in twelve hours, licsideh eating the nhove he also drank one pint of grog, three glasses of raw spirits ami nine pints of water. . * Convalescence. When n sick person is becoming convalescent. the rule of a quiet time between - and 4 o'clock in the afternoou should still lie adhered to until com- * plctc strength is regained. Even if the * patient cannot obtain sleep the fact of lying quietly in a darkened room will rest both eyes and brain, producing tllllf foolllll' ill* Wills* !I\V!?L'A hflirlitnooa which invalids so often feel in the evening, to them the | licit still test time of the day In eotiseijnenee. Ilitne Slander. , "Your husband." said Mrs. Hightntis graci ntsiy. "is decidedly interesting * ami original. ??\?mi if lie il ?es s imetimes blow his nv.'ii horn a 111 lie to >" "Ii isn't so!" in liitiiantly exelaiineil Mrs. Caswell. "My husband always uses his handkerchief!" Chicago Tribune. SO SOOTHING. Its Influence Has Been Felt By So Many Union Readers. The soothing of relief after utleriny from itchiny piles, from eczema ?r any itelicss of tin* skin, makes one eel grateful to the remedy. I loan's hutment has soothed hundreds. Here's ivliat one I'nion citizen says: .1. M. Mat'I is, retired fanner, a veterm of the Civil War. rcsidiny at 1*2 l.ihrand street says:?"I have us? <1 Doan's ointment with very satisfactory esnlts. I'or a loiiy time I suffered front tcliiny piles I lost toy ley in the war, nit I have suffered more from the intot* rahle itehiny than I did with the Icy,. Slid there seemed to Ik- no relief niylit or * lay. It was a constant torture and the nore I scratched the more it itched. I lave done everything to try and n*ieve if, hut to no purpose until I read ihoitt Moan's Kidney Fills and Doan's hutment and procured a hox of the alter at a druy store. The salve stnttiuvL * II" " lie itihinir <>n tin- lir-t application ami I an now say entirely rum I it. You an; veleome to iim' my nanii' as an eml'iracr >f tin- rlaiins mailt' lor tlii> remedy.' (i For sale* !>v all dealers. Price f?0 ents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, York, sole agents for the I'nited dates. Kemember the name?Doan's?and ake no other.