Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PLAYINO~CARDS. " An Interesting Study From Hlsterle end (Notorial Viewpoints. Qglte apart from their use lo earioue games, playing cards are an Interesting study from historic and pictorial points of slew. Take drst their numerical arrangement?fifc cards, 865 pipe or dots and 18 tricks, representing the weeks and days In the year and the uanr monies. There are four suits. representing four (lanes of people as they were divided at the time the pack of cards we now oae was devised by the French. The "spades" stood for plkeuen or soldiers, the dobs for clover, typifying tenners: the diamonds for building / tiles, representing artisans. flDd the hearts for cbohmen or ecclesiastics. The "kings" and "queens' at that time were more or less correct likeness of certain royal and noble personages. Even in our modern packs It Is said 'that one of the queens Is a convention allzed portrait of Elisabeth of York, who was engaged to the dan pi; in of , France. The "knaves" were then tbe king's v Jesters, and even these cards may be ' portraits. All the court cards. In fact. * retain their sixteenth century cbarnc \ terlstlcs. Cards are among tbe few | things that, have not changed with the i-wuiurien.?Brooklyn Bagle. ^ NAPOLEON'S DESTINY. 1 ; i Summed Op In Four Mottoes Bone- | parte Learned at Sohool. Id 1784 Bonaparte, then fifteen yearn f old. arrived at the military nchool of Paris from Brlenne. being one of foar under the conduct of a minim priest, v He mounted 173 steps, carrying his small valise, and reached. In the attic. . the barrack chamber he was to occupy ~ This chamber had two beds and a t s small window opening on the great t joru or rne scnooL The young prede- j]| cessors of Bonaparte had bescrnwled the whitewashed walls with charcoal, and the newcomer could read In this a little'cell these four inscriptions, which we ourselves read there years ago: tl An epaulet Is very long to win.- 0 De Montglvray. The finest day byllfe 1" that of a battle.?Vlcointe de Trbtenlae. ri Life Is but a prolonged lie.?Le Chevalier Adolphe Delmas. n The end of all is six feet of earth, g ?Le Comte de la Vlllette. With the trifling substitution of the word "empire" for "epaulet" these four sentences contain the whole destiny of tl Bonaparte and formed a kind of N "Mene, Tekel. Upharsln," written In ^ advance upon that wall.?Victor Hngo. Dangers In Paint 11 Turpentine and benslne/* nays a de- sa partmont of agriculture bulletin, re M Inflammable, and special precan tlons should be taken not to bring . paint containing these substances near P* any light or open Ore. Many pigMent* poisonous. and the work- low any of It to get Into his month. m man should not eat In the same 'zo clothes In which he has been painting 'r and before eating should not only al change his clothes, bnt wash all paint ^ stains from his skin. It Is not advls- ^ able to nae turpentine or benzine In removing paint stains from the hands. aI bnt by oiling thoroughly with linseed tl oil or In fact with any fatty oil and ix then thoroughly washing with soap ^ AL. t uutv puui uiaj uv reuivtwi invnusu .. It has not been allowed to dry too 11 thoroughly on the hands."' s ? rr Handioapping the Burglir. nr Burglaries in private houses In VI- g| enna are rare, because the doors are locked from 10 o'clock at night to 6 In the morning by order of the police. Ad li mission and exit between tboee bourn if are given by the bouse porter, who re- ^ celves a fee for unlocking the door ^ and is bound to report to the police A*.- dA|M A ?#* ^11 th? UIO UUUIKS BK1U UlVAiO %ja lav vi an iur Inhabitants of the house. This system ^ of lock money Is tiresome, but In Vienna. as at Naples, where It also exists, It obliges burglars and other crtjn j lnals to operate during the daylight c and diminishes their chances of success. The landlords tried a few years 0 ago the system of giving the key of r the house door to tenants, but the ma- I Jorlty of ths keya have been with- x drawn. , I Wonder* of Modorn Oram*. fl The heroine of the play bad Just re a ceived the telegram from ber faith lee* f lover. Then abe fainted, and tbe cor tain w?nt down. * Loud applause followed, particularly 1 In tbe gallery. 1 Instantly tbe eortaln went op. I Tbe heroine, having miraculously re- j covered, was on ber feet, bowing and , smiling. More wonderful still, tbe faithless ' Isitrar itiwl h? har ultla dIia haohntf and smiling, having traveled a distance of 287 miles In ten seconds in order to in: cs baud tft adfcBCW&Sge the applause.?Chicago Tribune. < V - A Qeed Qoer. Thafe a fine watch you've go there. Calhoun." said a friend- "Is It a good , goer?" "A good goer?" said Calhoun Clay \MWell. you bet your life it's a good goer Why, it can do an hour In half the timer?Exchange. Rf " H? Can't / "Before you were married you said tbat you couldn't do enough for me." , "Well. I gneas that time bae proved tbat I waa right "-Detroit Free Preen The motto of chivalry ta ala6 the motto of wtadomr to aerve all. but love toly one.?Balaac SOME SPOONERISMS OF NOTE * j RMlly Remarkable Slips of ths Tongue j That Have Added to the Gayety of Nations. A "Spoonerism" is the name given in England to pne of those involuntary inversions of words that occasionally enliven conversation. As for instance, when the returned traveler tells of "rambling up the scalps" while in Switserland and one knows that he means "ramblimr un the Alps," but has simply perpetrated a Spoonerism," so called after a canon af New college, Oxford, who tchieved a long and exhilarating list af these slips. Some of the more famous "Spooneriana" are recorded in the form of a narrative of a returning vicar who, an reaching the station left his "rags and a bug" with a porter while he irent to the refreshment room for "a Dath of milk and a glass gun." During the course of an address >n "Kindness to Animals" the lecturer remarked that "in Piedmont, vhere the sheep are so cherished, a lock would willingly follow a shovng leopard." 4ER LESSON IN ARITHMETIC Imall Qirl Had Doiie All 8ha Oauld to Ramedy Mother's Deficiencies. Martha heard someone speak of ter mother's deficiencies in arithmeie?which are perfectly visible to he naked eye?so she came and sat lown beside her gravely and began: "Mother, take four from fourteen nd how much does that leave?" "Ten," proclaimed the parent, kinking she was teaching the little ne her lesson. , i "Now, three from eight?that's > ither hard, you know." "Yes, it's frequently gotten on my ] erves, too?but it eventually leaves < ve." < "And four from five." \ "One," exclaimed her elder from j le proud pinnacle of perfect knowl- j , Ige, thinking also what a nice j acner sue was. Martha rose with a sigh of relief fi om the region of her pinafore, and j iid kindly, bnt with some condo- j ension, ''Well, now you. hare arned that mnch, anyway.**?Lin- ? ncott's. CAmAL. ZONE ra^onTth^SapSwui "side of the t me line; tall, bronzed, former E oopers of the United States car- a ry, in the smart khaki uniform of 1 re zone police. These are the men t ho have made brigandage a lost a *t on the isthmus, and have taught } re Panamanians to vote with ballots * istead of machetes and Mauser fles. Two hundred of this efficient \ ttle military constabulary, much re li: n , - riuuiiiig tut; vauauiau uuitiiwcci/ j taunted police, keep the 400 square ( tiles of the canal zone aa peaceful j 9 a New England Tillage Sunday ] torning, and anyone who mistakes ( : for a lawless frontier community ] i likely to find himself making roads, j dth the rest of the chain gang.?St Hcholas. i CATS MUST WEAR COLLARS. Not long ago Munich decided to mpose a tax on cats, and now the Jwiss capital of Berne is thinking if doing the same thing. "Far too t^any pussies!" is the cry; and it is ugh time that every cat as in Mntich, should wear a collar, showing o whom she belongs, or be taken up is having no visible means of sub ustence, as a rogue and vagabond, ind put out of existence. It is com>lained that in Berne and the surrounding district there is an altogether immoderate number of cats, ind that they wage incessant war on the none too numerous wild singing / birds, which are much prized in Switzerland. RARE JHWBL. "At others nave said before me," udd Dobbleigh, "consistency is ? jewel." "I bare reason to doubt the truth of that ancient saw," observed Sinnickus. ' | "And what Is that reason?" asked Dobbleigh. "Women axe fond of jewels^" said Sinnickus.?Harper's Weekly. A SWEEPING STATEMENT. / "How clear the horizon is?" remarked a young woman. "Yea/' agreed her humorous companion ; 'Tre just swept ii with my ^"-Aaiwm '>+* it'; v' / <**' /I i\ I STILL CHANCE FOR HERO! Sympathetic Auditor Ready With vioe as to Foiling ths Vaunt- \ Ing Villain. The town hall was nanlt?1 ?nR village audience followed the i young heroine's tribulations w breathless interest. She was having a terrible tiihe. the space of five short minutes t was nearly run over by a mad hoi bitten by a mad dog and drowi in a mad mill race. She eeca] these things only to fall finally ii the hands of thfe taunting villain. The audience strained forward the villain led her to a lonely ci and cast her into the presence ol huge gorilla. "R-r-r-revenge at last T* muttei the vilain. ? "Oh, what shall I do?" cried t heroine, as the gorilla approach with a malevolent grimace. "C n unli D11CUX x uor It was too much. In a frenzy excitement a man in the audier rose from his seat, clapped hia han to his month and shouted: "Chuck him a nut, miss I* MERCHANT HAS GLIB TONGl And a Conscience That May Safe Be Said to Give Him Very l Little Trouble.. A professor in one of the leadli educational institutions of New Ypi is an admirer of antiquities. The other day he noticed the fo lowing sign on one of the mercanti places of the lower West side: "Ai tiquities of All Ages and From A Countries Sold at Reasonah Prices." The pedagogue entered ;fV itore and asked to be showiugom* < (wvulo ? o? 'This unique article," said , U nerchant, as he handed to the leffr'r d gentleman a thermometer oi lark brass plate, "was used by Apoi le Paul, when he visited the Ifth nus of Panama; and you can g^t i low very cheap for only $7.85. "What," exclaimed the astobishe irofessor, "I never knew before tha ome of the apostles were in Ainei ca, but there were no thermometer n those daytf." "Well/* answered the merchani that's why it is a. unique^rticle." A^t*H'man Carrying nd a shorter man met in trie tiac ion station the other day. Thet^i ion was in a hurrv. but when th hort man blocked him, expand? is face into a genial smile and ei ended a broad palm, he grasped i nd shook while impatience came t is face. The short man began Hello, Doc?" "Yes?I would be glad to see yot iut I'm not the mfin you think I an fes?yes, I look like him?I know'm his double. Every time I com o Indianapolis I meet a dozen c nore of his friends, and they thin ;'m him. But I'm not Sorry5Qod-by. I'd stop and explain, bt ny car is pulling out. Damit?h ne go." And he was gone, leaving the shoi nan with the bewildered look on h j i 3 i. LULU UUU ills JlttllU BLKJfiOUg UUl WUtJJ he man who wasn't Doc had left I ?Indianapolis News. QUAINT WEDDING CU8TOM3. An old custom directs that tl bride, on being conducted to hi room, shall remove her shoe an throw it among the bystanders. It goes on to declare that ,tl satcher of the shoe will soon be ma ried happily. There was also an old superstitit that for a bride to hare good fortui he must enter the house under tn drawn swords. An unpleasant superstition d clared that whoever should walk u: der a ladder would not be marrii that year. There was at one time a curia superstition that if the younge daughter of a family should mar before her elder sisters they must t dance at her wedding without sh<k This precaution would in the fli procure for them husbands. TO THE POINT. Mrs. Gramercy?It's awful to hi a jealouj^hasband! Mrs. f>ark ?But it's worse, del n VibVA ' Ann urliA iun'f. ioolnnni Judge. " * 1 TWO SUGGESTIONS. "What's good for falling hair?" "While it in falling I would si |?t incineration*" V ^ \ 'f-.j, . : t% 1 ' '*4* *V \ ?v'&\? n,' . Ad ww IB) M 1 ^ \ raJ lfl jdllL \^\ njt< SSTrcSA . ec pi' <| Snowdrift is a w nomical. It is 1 ji fat. Results enl | Fry onions in ! in the same Snc E onions, because and cannot absc <H Butter will burn at; - 340 degrees; Snc Burning fat is usel< 1- V * JTTor? The Southc Chicago ' Baa Franctoeo NO. 24 1 If >1 . I'ncl? Earn Says. "It don't take more'n a gill uv effort to git folks into a peck of trouble," i* and a little neglect of constipation, 8 biliousness, indigestion or other liver derangement will do the same. If ailing, take Dr. King's New Life Pills I" for quick results. Easy, safe, sure, and only 25 cents at The Rice Drug Company. ^ Will Reardon was convicted at ^ Edgefield on Saturday of the murder > of C. H. Cobia about a month ago. "8 and being recommended to mercy was sentt ced to life in the penitentiary, t, Both were young white men. The case will go to the Supreme Court. X .you go down the street seeking emB J are^nent, and at every door yoi?%+e y ln"lfnnn PfTCfttHftft* [j. women?advertising for them every day. If you want to qualify for a * good position as bookkeeper, stenogd rapher, or the like, take the Draughon Train. For catalogue giving rates ol .. tuition at college, address Draughon's Practical Business College, Columbia a or Greenville, S. C., or Augusta, Ga., L. or Nashville, Tonn. Aa parole of unusual interest has been granted by Governor Blease. The governor has given R. A. Adams, - the colleton county man, his liberty. I? He was convicted after a loug trial >1 in the county court at Walterboro k and sentenced to hang. His sentence ? was later commuted to life imprisi\ onment and he entered the peniten.1 U 1A AO rpkln * nai ? in ii;uo. x uio waa axx uuuBiitii case. Adams killed a man and escaped. The citizens of Colleton county offered a reward of $500 and Governor Heyward offered and addi? tional $500. Governor Heyward refused to offer the reward for the arrest. of Adams dead or alive, taking the position that it would be legalized murder to make that provision. * Many Driven From Home. I Every year, in many parts of th< id' country, thousands are driven fron I their homes by coughs and lung diseases. Friends and business are lefi * behind for other climates, but this If r- costly and not always sure. A bettei way?the way of multitudes?Is to us< Dr. King's New Discovery and cun >15 yourself at home. Stay right there M with your friends, and take this saf< rc medicine. Throat an lung trouble! fnd quick relief and health returns Its help In coughs, colds,grip, croup ? whooping-cough and sore lungs mak< n. It a positive blessing. 50c and $1.00 , Trla) bottle free. Guaranteed by Th< JRlce Drug Co. 01 South Carolina bachelors are li up greater danger than they suspect, fo rj this is one of six States In which wo jj men outnumber men?and It's leai jg year.?Columbia Record. vo ?* A Cold, LaGrlppe, Then Pneamonln Is too often the fatal sequence, an< coughs that hang on weaken the ays tnm and lower the vital resistance Foley's Honey and Tar Compound 1 a reliable medicine that stops th< cough promptly by healing the cause BOOXneB ine uiiumi'u air |m?Nis?. nm checks the cold. Keep always 01 ? hand. Refuse substitutes. Jonesvill Drug Co. Glymph's Pharmacy. Rewards amounting to $3,000 hav< been offered for the arrest and con , viction of the party or parties wh< have made several attempts upoi ' 3 I white women In the- city of Alkei \ I within the past few woeke. i :.i' M fei' ?.? p 25 Cents Worth i Is Equal 98 Cents Wort] ETVtv* E. VI IVJLCKMIlJU Sold in Hermetically S holesome shortening, 00 per cent cooking va irely satisfactory, if yoi Snowdrift; strain, and t wdrift; the chicken will Snowdrift is odorles rb odors. 1 temperature of 300 degrei wdrift not until 400 < ss. MADE BY rn Cotton Oil Company Sroad St* New York | FAN< |L A U N | No. 5 Bachelor Stree | % Ladies and Gentlemen Lo ?|l ?faSr-(!nllttrs pjiMi 1 A** II t fey-Cuffs, per pair 3c j ? nrtrShirts aff kinds 10c ? jjjj ferSocks, per pcir 3c ? Si fl^-Hand'chiefs, all kind 2c I1 ~ ?~ f j[ Please give me a call, as I t* of Laundry Work in a su | J in cleanliness and finish. Di served you I am sure you Ij, to your friends. t P I am not responsible in {? fiji shrinkage or fastness of c 3 . BA"NK STOCK SALE. , oa] Eighteen Shares of Everybody's Bank of JonesvfTle. Ma ! Notice is hereby given that on Sat- wi i urday. March 9th, 1912, at (11) eleven 0f I o'clock a. m., before the door of Ev-! erybody's Bank in Jonesville, S. C., I, will sell at public auction to the high- 1 j est bidder tor cash, Eighteen Shares .1 of Stock in Everybody's Bank of aw Jonesville, S. C., (Certificate No. 28) a"' of the par value of Fifty Dollars per share;* to be sold as the property of str J. W. Gallnian, Pledger, and which 'the was pledged in writing and delivered, j no to secure the payment of a debt evl- an denced by his note dated June 14th, Tr 1907, past due and which remains un- 1 Qi; paid. D. J. Gault, Pledgee, ? by I _ Wallao*-& Barron, Attorney?.! *1 Feb. 21st, 1912 8-2t. j M Tririk It Oror. Citation .to Kfndred and Cderitors State of South Carolina, County of Union. By W. W. Johnson, Esq. Probate Judge , Whereas J. W. Parr has made suit t me to graim him Letters of Admin- 1 1st ration on the Estate of and effects , of Jane P. Parr, deceased. These are therefore, to cite and admonish al land singular the kindred and creditors of the said Jane P.' Parr, deceased, that they be and ap?1G near, before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Union C. H., South %y Carolina, one the 14th day of March, , next, after publication hereof, at 11: SF , o'clock in the forenoon, to show I cause, if any tney nave, wny the saia , Administration should not be grant- jX ; ed. | Given undei1 my hand and seal this! 27th day of Feb., Anno Domini, 1912. I wW. W. Johnson, ! IProbate Judge. ) 1 1 Published on the 1st and 8th day of March, 1912, in The Union Times.; , i slubs will be held In Abbeville in j i cltibe will be hel din Abbeville in May. | 'if V. / !IFT of Snowdrift to ti of Buffer ig Cake Sealed Cans Only useful and eco ilue, as it is pure \ add a little salt. hen fry chicken I not taste of the is and tasteless, degrees* n v ^ CY g D R Y| it, Union, S. G. || *i ok aj This Price List: , ? srNeckt^s 3c j irVesta 15cup SrLadies' Wais s^..l5cup S, 4 ?3u Petticoats __ 25c up J J ?-Pinafores 10c up , J claim to do any kind J1 iperior manner, both j After i have once, \ i will recommend mey case of fire nor for \ olor. ? \ ^ \ tfrtfj Arfivfa \ \ special term of court has been \ lied by the governor for Anderson ; unty the first of April to try Wil- \ m 1 J * " '' II 1?UJU, v:uiuii?u, WHO IS QC&rgOQ v th attempted assault upon the wife an Anderson county farmer. How Cold Causes Kidney Disease. v Partly by driving blood from the rface and congesting the kidneys, d partly by throwing too much rk upon them. Foley Kidney Pills engthen the kidneys, give tone to > urinary organs and restore the rmal action of the bladder. They 1 tonic in action, quick in results, y them. Jonesville Drug Co. ymph'B Pharmacy. The He^rt Tonic FOR THH fPRINO HUIET'S PINK BLOOD PURIFIER et a bottle now r nd get your stem in good shape for the >ring and summer, $1.00 at he Money Savers . >ALMETTO DRUG CO. Union. S. C. ? m WBM