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I I11.t.. .sEtoreilAprIil 23, A Uti-U.L 'UNilH1MLN I S. Sentences lnposed on O;fendcrs by the Old Colonial C. :rts. Alic \;orsc Ea:rl(- instance(s in a book ( i "Pui 4Iicn nt-; ((I I yg one ]Iys' me of the piresque but iftin cr1(l s(ilence(s 1 the (olo ial -eourt. ni ("(..lnial d O,r how tealin:l wasi eoisidl(ei one of the most serious of c)"ime,. At the fiir.-t oIl'ense tle tii(lrs cars; Wer"e slit, and at the see ond his (ears wV-"re nailc(d to a1 pil. lorv. ,nd at the ihird le sull"e.ed diatihi "w ithoult; bei'lit of ler. " 1)eceil ful blakers anl ('sreles fish d1ealerl" had to "lose their ears," while he who1) spolo (let raelin;; w"oisO5 had his ton!.gue bored by a 0bo(lkini. A Frenehlnan iraveling ]i .\meri ca in 1400 de,eribes the (luking stool as a "pleasant mode" of pungcs - ishinig a scolding woman. Het says: "0f members ye tonge is worst or bestc. And yll tonge oft doth breede unreste worthe a ducking stoole." In .1635 Thomas Hartley of Vir ginia wrote of his witnessing the execution of a ducking stool sen tence: "Day before yesterday, at two of ye Clock, I saw this punishment given to one Betsy Walker, who by y'e violence of her tonge made her house and her neigll)orhood uncom 'ortable. Th'ev haid a maehine for ye purpose yt belongs to ye Pari-h. it has already been used three .times this Su mmer. Ye WVom an wais al lowed to go under ye water for ye space of %/2 minite. Betsy had a stout sionache and would not. yield until she had been under five times. Then she cried piteously. Then they drew hack ye Machine. untied ye ]ltopes and let her walk hoime, a hopefully penitent woman." It seems strange to read that al most within the memory of persons still living Mrs. Annie Royal was e sentenced in Washington to be ducked for writn lug vituperative books. She terrorized the town by editing a "Paul Pry" paper. Even John Quincy Adams p'onouinceid her a virago, and she was arraigned as a common scold. Mrs. Royal was sentenced to he ducked in the Poto mae, but afterward released on pay ing a fine. John Bunyan's Game. Tip cat has never been a very fashionable sport, but it has been popular elough at least since the sixteenth century. It was at this game that the boy John Runyan was playing when a sense of sin overwhelmed him. "As I was in the midst of a game of cat and, hav ing struck it one blow from the hole, just as I was about to strike it a second time at voice (did sudden ly dart from heaven into my soni, which said, 'Wilt thou leave thy slns and go to heaen or have th y sins an(1 go to hell ?' At this I was put in an excee(ing maz71e, wherefore. leaving my eat upJoni the ground, I looked up to heaven anid was as if .I had with thme eyes of my under standling seen the Lord Jesus look ing (downi upo01 nc as biug very - hotly displeased with mec and as if lie did severely thireaten me with soncmeie'vouis 11 puishmient for t hese and othier unigodly practiees.'' Mary Was Obliging. Th)Duldee Ad veri ser tells a story of ai coun ry 1 cilerie, st ill oni the und1(erside of forty, who wais d ri vinig hiome a long a road from an mout11 iling hamnlet when lhe overtook a vo'n g womni. lie reeognmizred her as Mlary the maid( of alil work at ai farm which he would pass an his way to t he rectory, so lie pulled up and offer'ed her a lift. Alary was nothlinii loathi, and( the parson wais glad of her eompanyv. All the way to the farm galte the y cha tte pil ea.. ani ly, a15 counitr people111 do, and when her101 de~s tinat11 in was reachetd he set her dlowni. Then she 11han ked him for his kindness and1( his comn pany. "D)on'i, mention ii, Mary; dlon't mention it," lie said politely as lie pu lled thme rug a round hi's knees and gathered up) thle reins. "No, Iwon't," anisweredi Mary in an obl igi ng tone, and the young' ree tor' wen t on his way .thoughutfully. -I t Ct I F t Sight. The - -in that ION ( r i l jat ; l rl hl . Ilow - 1. I kh I :, ir i m cl : 1 t it Of(l t I u 1 it l11de. I hove seon m11 n in1 my%\ lii'! l(' fitl: slightl Of S ! I" . l ? l ) on Iie e(e1('(-'k. It s astrngethig,and( 1. have neover, heardI it ex)la:i")ed sal'1a(_ torlyI1. Solietimiii', iln mnv own case .[ have altri1itIed it to vven) so slight. a t.hing as a certain turn of the no.e, a curve of the lip, a droo) of the eye, ad again I have felt that it was due to nothing visible about the 11011u, u11t, rather to some snbtle em an1at ioni from the vei'v soul of him 'Ihat iii(l(enedl ine w: Ihoughl I. hadl inhaled the um oflii somue devilish drug. 11aV"e Vou ever Jelt; this? Am\erican Magazinle. - Truancy Vindicated. An old gentleman upon seeing a small boy playing in the streets and remembering that the school term had begun a short time )revious thought it his duty to take the youngster to task for being absent from school. Approaching the boy, he inquired: "My son, how is it you are not at school instead of idling in the streets ?" Itesitating a mo::cnt, the lad re plied: "Well, pap)'1 out of work, mla's sick, brother Johnnie got his arm broke, the baby's gettin' teeth, I ain't; got no shoes amd, besides that, there ain't no school today." Judge's Libra)ry . Irretrievable. "(Ieorge," sharply demanded Mrs. Ferguson as they sat at, breakfast. a few miornlings ago, "what; did you do with that letter to Aunt Rachel I gave you to mail for ne last W\\ednesdav ?" AMr. Ferguson clapped his hand on the breast pocket of his coat. "Was it to Aunt Rachel ?" he ask ed, hastily extracting from the pock et a bundle of letters and miscel laneous documents and looking them over. "Of course it was I wrote to ask her to conic and s>enld the next six weeks with us." "Laura," gasped Mr. Ferguson, "I -I mailed it!"-Chicago Tribune. The Iron Crown. Tle famous iron crown of LoIn bardy was of gold and precious stones set in a thin ring of iron which was believed to have been formed from a nail of Christ's cross. It was made by order of the queen of the Longobards in 591 and pre sented to her husband. With this crown Charlemagne was crowned and after him ill the emperors who were kings of Lombardy. It was this same crown that Napoleon put on his head at Milan on May 26, 1805, exclaiming as' lie did so: "God hias giv"en it to mue! Woe to him who touches it!" The Perambulator. Teeis no 1i~ pera mub1: tor in t he sense of babyh ca rriamge ini Tlodd's edit ion o f-;Jtohn son (.182~7), andi~ the ear'liest qunot ation D)r. Mu rray's die ion ary' .es for thie wor'il is fr'oim a letter of' Miis~ Yonige's in 1857. But the bab y cariaige seemiis to have an nmexedl the munoe of an p'arlier iniven ion. l'r(iln thle (1nd of thle seven teth(tI ''i cnur unit il well into thle niinteienith a "pera Iibula tor'" was a mainei for meaasuriingj distances hy troad andi se'ttinhg dispuites5~---for in stonlie, ais to hiackniey cariage:n~ lares I1 conistedi of' a wheelh eighlt feet Iirundluhed wvith a handle ai'.t lit 1ed w ih clockwork andl a dial. P'rob ably~ i s machinie -toiok its tiamiie from ii hei "penrambu)lators"' - men w ho took part in the oflicial "per amblihatlions" or beatings of pariishi bounds. Notice to Debtors and Creditors, au nsI it i ot.h st,ite of ith lte ;i ob F. Sith must pi"rent t ho imo 1)0 proveni on or before theo 15th dlay of Ju-i ly 1907, or* ho debarred palymen, ; and( all p)ara mia imilebtedi to said estate(, muist inatko pramnt oii of beforo the above dato to the undiierigned, May_'23, 190713 8. 0. Skoao MEETING A LION. Gorged With Food, His African Maj esty Showed No Fight. Il 1' he lin j*. not~ ailwayi s fIm t,':tring, ror in1 g , wildly feroc iou;. .nr h(-l( s(ription ma:y be n ioim the fol lowing story. told by v m nembecr of at hunt ing ex pe'ditiIn e nt to Africa to seCulrc aIm l l;!1 f)1r ;1 menal'.erie : '\ ws retnl inllg; to our ('ampl4 after :a 'Sn1111(tar mtorninilg's viSit to the settlement, totally 11p)repared to c'p 1t ure, and we never kill except when forced to do so in sel f de fense. 1 had just topped a long in clie and was walking. lly pony whlenl onl c'oming aroandi a cornier of the road hidden b' some trees I saw sevenIV yards in front of me, basking in the suin on an open pat ch of llrned grass, a ragnitieent full g rownI lion. The sun, was not strong, and he was very, very lazily flieking his tail from side to side. le had a short uiane, and lis eyes were a lovely amber red in the weak sun light. "My first sensation was one of as tonishment, proloun(l aa:1zcement and delight at seeing such a fine beast. lie was a heauty, and it seemed impossible to realize ithat. he was really wild as he lay on his side looking at me with his head raised as a dog does when he hiars his ma ' foottop. Iie I s wai as f::t. as but ter, sleek coat(d and glossy. "M1y pony, as the breeze was coln ing frolm the other direct ion, did1 not mind him and went steadily on without so much ;i priiking ul'> hisi ears. My dog was walking on in i front about ten yards and luikily did not notice him l. It\ was not un til 1 was actually passing him, which I (lid within t wemv yards, that I re alizOd that if the lion took it into his head to fane a hit of white m:n i should he unable to dispute his "After I had proceeded some 150 yard:, the lion got uip leisurely and followed along the road behinil me, but after going about 100 yards he turned into the bush at the side of the road. "The truth of the situation was that his majesty had just gorged himself, and a lion will not attack unless hungry or wounded. This condition saved my dog, for lions and tigers have a strongly developed love for canine ilesh."-Columbus Dispatch. Where She Found the Sermon. A certain lBoston man ldoesn't go to chureb oil'en, bult a week or so ago he was l)crsuad(e(l h his wire. and thev attendled services together. U'poll iheir return hone lie regard ed her with a teasing look and asked: "Now look here, (eair. Which is worse. not. to go to elmhurch at all, or to go an(1 pA ahsolualtely no atten tion to the service "It yon mein that for me, i think youi arie hiorrid,".' shei saidi. "Well,o didn'I. You were look ing at all those dinumlds the womi iln inl tront of' you had oni all thme .l'or aln instanit sIle I)luslied, for she is an hionest lilttIe woman, but quickly rCoveried her (p1 oise. "Oh, well, suppose()~ I wasl,"' she re serimons ini tones?"d~--kxchmange. Pretty Groan. The conduictor' had( every a~pearU ane of 0 beinig n4w to) thle hu:inleSs. The carP was weill flled with I ai mt 1inCC (ro.wd, anld mliong I le palssenl gers wasi aI hla~hily dre ied indlividl wvomen.i. 'I hec conl naor cin (leed. stoodl befIore the tr,':iol an skedl fo; thle fiare::. lTei nia hunded him i a eondulitf orP asked: 'No rou . sadteKoi h silln iL. sect)wii at, ai lo,ss to kno14w what i; I wi }gtssnger wer laughinmg at.- --No ni a inle ofC l'oI--: uSra%1F Co I'm , l0)ii FIRELESS COOKING. How the Hunters of the Northwest Forests Prepare Food. H -ri :'es have been in uset - 1 ,im'e a mit o'g the l)r and (rappers of the :itillI .'ii ing11 O ' li{} in have I :lp t1!ha1. lhey ('ln p)re pr m ' l I. I ('l i in a l(' Is. 1110 l!1.inVg ri i l p I :' knp w)) 1)ay. h'm ;1y t.11' Seat Itl os t-O I nlt.el ligieii or. tIh lal'.- set up the tents 1n the obl annpingi l)l'-: because here ilh'y find IIlthe half froz(e .tolle. 11( l": to 'onlsllrll" the (lveni. On Itop of th1('-e the(1 bihiI(1 a lire, and 1ihon the -t')me' are red1 hot the ludians ct lheil up) in the I'orn of I ('overled box. insidIe of which has )eil plaiced the siddLIle of venison, a pair' of pa.rtrid,es or perhaps a bear's hain. listead of the heavy lelt of I lhe (kermlan eont rivan1ce they 'ovcr it all over wit-h1 thick moss, [he ;reen side in, over which is piled oil if it may be had eonveniently. The next morninig the roast is yertain of being cooked to a deli ,ious turn. .it has either been spit ed on a clean wand of hirch, which inarts no ill flavor to the meat, or use a grill of sticks has been laid icros; the oven, u1pon which its con (nis have restil. Sonetimnes the easier plan is ul(0,"e( of allowin a 1sl1) pointed ;tiick to pr1O,jecl.t through from (he lit:'i(le at one corier. tlle outer el(i >eing firmllly siiuck into the groun11d. I iiy cas ih oie object is to keep the Oini. from totwhingU'' the sidl"s of the wcin, whicb a1re selidomn very cleanl. Beyond the l'er'lnation of ie wc'n 011(1 the huilding of the lire re 1uired to heat the siol'es, this metl )l of cooking req(ires only little 'ii teat ion. The meat. becing proper lyI plced ill the imp lrvyi;eI oven, it allowed to renain there until its pre'1n'ce is desired at thle table. There is no l)osiility of the meat h1ving, bee11 ove'rd(n0. Many hours are required to cook the meat, but :1fter that it is 11 matter of small moment if it is left to the action of the heat a fewa additional hours. The chances are that when the meat is taken from the oven it will he foundl(1 done to a turn, and it will he voted by those who have parikel, to be the nnest. jnciest )ieCe of meat ever encountered. While it is a fact" that the meat cooked in this manner is particular ly well flavoreel, its Iootlhsome (1ual it ics are in a great m.Ieasuire dueI to the seasoning secrets of the cooks. Men who go into this collntrv on hiulting expedition- rarely ask their cook guides ahotl their melhodis of ookIiig further ti1 what. is to be een, for they would get lit tle sat is faction. Thlere are cerIaina secrets relative to the use of herhs an somec othier tricks which are hwalmhd down from one gelIenItion to anot 1 er and which will never 'et outli(I of the family. '.eitims a guide will get more of a reputa:1 ion for hi.; (cokinlg t han for is knmowledlge 'f tile coiunt ry, andii his services' will be' ill special deilnd ihv thore exeuir sion i5ts who are' wont1 to give somie attent 11 ion to lie (rIturli e comnfoIts on lhe..e hiunt Ii ng exp1ed it ions. Thlese huint ers guoard thleiri enlinlary secrets jealously aind hand Ithem down onmly to I lenr siuceessrs ailong the lne. Discriminating. Next to a difierence of taiste in j(e( an1 in1compibiiil ityv of musiical s Iinii i uponl the~ aflections. ller ('i a storlo i)prove' itL It. is the story ofa miiusial da1uIghltr and11 anun biarely m iore than01 three years ohl, but. she has alreaily sh~own everyv i.$n of t he keenest. micail lik ing. aThi inhr, I'lonlt en ta ndn pd-r uasion,a"iiiyouilleso 1n,bif lok' Ii ke, bumt plealse let n1urse do the Sulghmi" p, h I I,Its ' - A1 - "ri Y (iopyrght 1106, by The Manalin Co. Excellent Remedy for CONSTI PATION And the Many Ailments Resulting Therefrom. Useful in ' Overcoming Colds and Headaches Requiring a LAXATIVE To Dispel Them. It Has a Gentle Action on the KIDNEYS, LIVER -AND BOWELS. THE MAN-A-LeN CO., COLUMBUS. OH1O, U. S. A. LAWRENCE ROPER, DENTIST. OFFICE, -----er OVER PICKENS DRUG CO'S STORE. How He Hit His Rival. A possimili+ IoIflg doctor pub li(I Ielr)e(1'd I1lie im)possibility of gellimg rich and the difliculty of C;rr'ng a Irreenft livilg ill the imed ("al II)OIfesSiOn withOut incessantly burnmllil the ("andh-l( at1 bth ends. "'t ui and rubbish, my 1d !" a hostful ol doctor (:,eid. "'lhere's a1. mullirh 111oney lo bI,. made nlow inl was hake miy (case, for inIstanfce. I'v ot s of15I paItientS, and1( I'm miak-. ing oney<luik.Bt do( I look overworked~('( ? i o I everi seem pI1ress4 ed f'or tiie? IIlave I not al waysq pIlnty of heisurie?" thIe possimIiis tie oug hdctor replied smioolbly I. thle boast1fuld crfll (1111 i niii t train of though I.---IiOnd on fKxpress. Seacoast and Civilization. 1t0I is n11 od theory'i, vet noi doubt ilu- 1'o)rrect oneii, thait ihe coast area ofl Iiiuropehas probIaly hiad more t) do with ItIhe taOnIIi'eiall and so.. ('ii " lll'Iacy oif thalt eonitinent thaii any1(I othei (ausr'. hiivestiation wi!!ll~ ho that I Irpe 1has It ile of ('oa;it for' every (I st i u e m lso iis a boil a r':i, while h Amries o whIi jh rihtly COmle ne (xtI, havye 359 sepai1re milIes of Iand1( to ev~ery~ milo (of,<;1ast. Asia hias 370 miN s( ad Aiie 53(0 silnare mliles to ea'ch mil e of1 coast. 'i'hie lOW orderp of (Multure still prevailin Jg onl the11 dark Conltinient, thouigh its h istoryv is asl old as that of an othler' porton of evidence of the coctneLIVss of thia~ theory. FOLEYSIIONEYAr">TAR *tQtis the nnd and healalunde