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acrease Your Melds Per, One&DUe.Restults of liberally using our fertili zers. IS to Yf amrM on eso m Read t fo. lowing from Messrs. Wherry a: Son. owners of the alia Fruit Farm. Durant iss. *We made $900 from one acre strawberries, on which your fertilizers 'were used. Eight yearsagowe bought this place at $20 per acre. It was then considered to have been worn out twenty years before, but by liberally using Virgiia-Caroina Fertilizers under peas and velvet beans. we can now grow almost any thing, and have been offered $250 per acre for the place. We experimented with a great many brands of fertilizers. but tind the highest per-cent. cheaper." Now don'tyou think Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers Would enable you to pay off a mortgage if you had one? Well. don'tise any other. VirgIuI-CarelinaChemicalo Richmond. 'a. Norfolk. Va. Durham. N. C. Charleston, S. C. Baltimore. 'd. Atlanta. Ga. Savannah, Ga. Xontgomery, Ala. Memphis, Tenn. Shreveport, La. W H EN YOU COME TO TOWN CALL AT WELLS' SHAVING SALOON Which is titted up with an eye to the comfort of his cnstoners..... HAIR CUTTING IN ALL STYLES, 8 H AVING AND SH A M PO 1 NG Done with neatness and dispatch. . . . . . . A cordial invitation is extended. J. L. WELLS. Manning Times Block. Undertaking. A complete stock of Caskets, Comrns and Fu neral Supplies always on hund. Mv hearse will 3c sent to any part of the county. and calls will toe responded to by Nlr. A. J. Whbite. funeral director and undertaker. night or day. W. E. JENKINSON CO. InsurancE. Fire, Life, Accident and Health, Place your Insurance in the follow ing Companies, each represent lng millions of assets: Hartford of Hartford. Conn. Phtenix of Brooklyn, N. Y. Continental of New York. American Fire of Philadelphia. German American of New York. Pennsylvania of Philadelphia. Fire Association of Philadelphia. Home of New York. New York Underwriters' Agency of New York. Western of Canada. A share of .your business solicited. Ibe F. N. ffiso IRll iteOll e~~Ich Country tenant property written also. W. C. DAVIS. J. A. WEINBERG. DAvls & WEINBERG. ATTORNEYS AT LAW , MANNING, S. C. Prompt attention given to collections. J. s. wI~sos. cH~acrLoN DURaS. WILSON & DURANT, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, MANNING, S. C. J. M SWAIN WOODS. s. OLIVER O'BRYAN. WOODS & O'BRYAN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, MANNING, S. C. Nettles Bldg., upstairs. 'Phone 77. JH. LESHSNE. ATTORNEY AT LAW, MANNING, S. C. JOSEPH F. RHAME. ATTORNEY AT LAW, MANNING, S. C. DR. J. A. COLE, DENTIST, Nettles Building, upstairs, MANNING, S. C. Phone No -7. DR. J. FRANK GEIGER. DENTIST, MANNING, S. C. 'Thone No. 6. EOJY310TYAeTIIA for childrenZ; .rfe. auree .o opiatei KILL THE COUCH AND CURE THE LUNCS .D . King's Turbeville Sparks. Editor TheI 1anning Times: Last Friday several young people spent a very pleasant evening at the hospitable home of Mr. R. W. Green. Many games were played and music was furnished by a few of the guests. Each one seemed to en joy it. Miss Maude Gregory, a teacher near New Zion, spent a few days last week at the home of Mr. D. E. Turbeville. Representative Green spent a few at home last week. Miss Olive Lavender of New Zion visited Miss Leola Turbe ville last week. Mr. S. E. Benton of Sardis, visited his daughter Mrs. J. L. Green last week. Mr. S. C. Turveville spent last Saturday in Manning. Turiteville Jan. _2, 1906. The Cruel Plant. A Canadian climber, the Physianthus albens, has received the n rne of "cruel plant" from its ill treatment o? butter flies. it flowers in the month of Au Iust, and the butterdies. attracted by the, perfume, hover around it in large nt=zers and push their trunks into the cdrIilas to sip the honey. A air of senstive vegetable pinchers . the heart of the flower grips the delicate proboscis, and iN spite of struggles to get free the butterfly hangs suspended until it dies. Apparently the plant has nothing to gain by the death of the in sect, as it Is not carnivorous, like the Venus fly trap. In fact, If the butter fly were allowed to come and go it would tend to foster the species by as sisting cross fertilization. It appears, however, that the "cruel plant" came originally from Brazil, where the but terflies are much stronger and extri cate.their suckers from the trap. We. may add that another Canadian plant, the Cnicus discolor, Is charged with cruelty. The dower has a gland which secretes a viscous liquid capable of liming msects which are fond of it Moreover, they sqegr to be stupefied and poisoned by it, and no reason can as yet be assigned for the deadly con sequence. A Colossal Harp. The largest harp ever made, so far as is known, was that Invented and constructed by M. Veritan. provost of Burkli, near Basel. It was known as the gigantic meteorological Xolian harp. It was 320 feet in length and was erected in the garden of its invent-.] or in liST. This harp consisted of fif-J teen iron wires, 320 feet in length. stretched between two poles. The wires were from. two to three inches apart, the largest being one-sixth of an inch in thickness and the smallest one twelfth of an inch. They were placed in the direction of north and south-andj inclined i such a manner as .to form an angle of from twenty. to thirty del grees with the horizon, being stretched by means of rollers properly disposed for the purpose. Whenever the weath er changed the wires sounded with such loudness that It was Impossible to go on with a concert In the house. The sound sometimes represented the hiss ing noise of water In rapid ebullition, sometimes~ that of a harmonicon and sometimes that of distant chimes or an organ. -,The First Hats. Discoursing on the subject of hats an antiquary expressed the opinion thatI the hat was first used quite as mu'ch for decoration as for protectuon. The ancestor of all hats he considers to have been the fillet, or band, around the hair worn by the ancient Greeks, among others. Probably the first hint gained by men regarding head orna ments was through observing the crests, plumes and antlers of va~rlous birds and beasts. The eastern races, with their fondness for ceremony and display, afford the most notable In stances of the use of hats as signs of rank and authority. Thus in Bud dhist countries the gods are represent ed as wearing elaborate forms of head gear. In Korea the fashion attains its height, no fewer than fifty kinds of hats being worn by the natives as tndi cations of their social position. The Horse's Hoof. In Its present elaborate form the hoef of a horse Is the most perfect in-stru ment of support which has been de vised In the animal kingdom to upfild. a large and swiftly moving animal in its passage over the ground. The orig inal toe nail and the neighboring soft1 parts connected with It have been mod-1 ified into a~ structure which. In an ex traordnary manner combines solidity with. elasticIty, so that It may .strike1 violent~ blows -upon the hard surface of the: earth without harm. The result is that the horse can carry a greater weight at a swifter speed than any other animal approaching it In. sie A Hatter's 'Oriek. "There are tricks in every trade, you knw," said a New York claian. "Even in retail hat selling many dodges are employed. "I said to a hatter one day: "'I don't see how you can afford to iron for nothing all the silk hats you hell "The man nodded at me gravely. "'We have to do It. sir,' he said. 'The hats would last too long If we .The Last Wordi. "Does your wife Insist on having the nst word?' asked the person who is dulges in impertinent ques'tions. "Not at all," answered Mr. Meekton. "It is quite customary for me to close Ithe conversatiorn wIth 'very well,' orj Isome such remark, to indicate that Ii understand what Henrietta intends to c onvey."--Washnlgton Star. Tookthe Hit. "This5eem5 lne a sweet dream," he rapturously remarked as he lingered with her at the doorstep. "It' doesn't seem lIke i' dream to me," sh replied. "for a dream soon vanishes, you know." He vanished. He Knew Her. "I can't decide," she said, "whether to take the hat or not, but it Is just the dearest thing I've seen this season." "The dearest?" asked the husband, Happenings in the Sandy Grove Section. ditor The Mannina Times Mr. John Ham and family, of Lamar, have moved on the place )f MIr. S. V. Gowdy. We are very glad to have thei in our :ommunitv. Mr. W.~ D. McFaddin spent last Fridav in Manning. The McFaddin School has Lwelnty nine pupils enrolled now if our school keeps on increas ing wve will have to enlarge outr .ehool house. We hope to have atent desks put in before long. Mr. J. W. McFaddin and wife. ire spending a few days at Sar linia, S. C. We are very glad to hear our Eriend, Mr. George Workman, is out after being so very ill. Miss Rosa McFaddin has been pending a while with her sister, rs. Fullimore, of Salem, S. C. Mr. G. T. Worsham spent Sat arday in Manning. Mr. John Ham made a flying rip to Timmonsville Saturday. Mrs. J. P. Langston is getting long nicely now. She has been under treatment at St. Francis Xavier Hospital, Charleston. We are having very warm eather now. It looks as if we are going to have some rain. Mr. Ed Adams and sister, from Hebron,,paid us a short visit Saturday evening.. Mr. J. F. McFaddin, of King- i stree; spent last week at his old bome. JIMMIE. A Liquid Cold Cure. For coughs and colds no remedy is qual to .Kennedy's- Laxative Honey nd Tar-the Liquid Cold Cure. It is lifferent from a4l others-better, be ause it expels all cold from the system I by acting as a cathartic on the bowels. 3ives strength to weak lungs: Affords immediate relief in Croup, Coughs, ZGolds, Whooping-Cough, etc. Children Love it. Sold by The R. B. Loryea Drug tore. THE GARDEN OF EDEN. Ceylon's Tradition About Adam and Eve's First Habitation. Ceylon, in local tradition, was the garden of Eden, and you will be shown Adam's peak to prove it, and Adam's bridge, the chain of rocks and islets which the maps show stretching across from Ceylon.to the coast of In dia. Eve, or Heba, as the-eastern sto ry calls her, was well satisfied with her lot in the garden of Ceylon, but Atami, manlike, showed a disposition to rove, or, as we might now say, emi t grate. One day while' wandering on 1 the west coast he met a strange man, who in tfxe course of conversation held t before him a fascinating panorama of the lovely country across the waters gardens.- and rich orchards, valleys , teeming with birds and gazelles and all the rest. Atami had seen nothing like it in Ceylon. He had always been trying- to coax Heba into emigration without success, but now his mind was mad .up, .and-he went home to the t shades of Adamn's- feak. and ordered her peremptlurIly -tg pa-e up and make t ready for a.statt7 Heba: pleaded in t vain, but - ita~nt'as persistent and led the way a.cross "Adam's bridge"( to- India, where he found, to his dis- < may, a .dreary and forbidding wilder- , ness. The panorama man (it will be I readily guessed wh~o he was) had de- c ceived Atami, and the disappointed I wanderer fell into despaiir. Then it t was that the angel messenger cante z andgave the dIsobedient At'mi orders t to go on into the desert and wiid pitces and suffer th'c punishment taat was his die. Athmi's nobility of spirit showed itself here, for he begged the ' angel to intercede that his oivn pun ishment fiight be doubled an'd"Heba ~ permted 'o return'~tg the .garden of ~ Eden 'rie ' e(1 a fris mate and ~ a freshstati -You iv~HI~a~p~t to think* C that thls~ei iii~i of gallan- * tr set;,:yby ~ eheroic- 'rnii has not been geueraly -enmuidte&(-by his de- s acendatidw ~1aat corner 'of the world ~ (hen. yoa ,5 a. native walking along Noing a is'ote or a chew of bhang whfe his wfif.truggles wearily be ald. with the family load on her deli- ~ mte head' DIAMOND SMUGGLERS. 0 ~Caught Owing to Their Inge - - nity In Biding, Gema. "Damond smugglers are a c-onstant 1 oure of worry to us," said the eus oms house inspector. "Despite every )recaution taken here and abroad to pot them, not more than 10 per cent e Lre caught with the goods. There seems : be no limit to the devilish Ingenuity - employed by these-I was going to say ;entry-but there are quite as many romen in the basiness as men. a "It is really wonderful, when you s: ~ome to think of it, that we are ever I ble to make a good haul when you :onsider how easily diamonds can be oncaled. Hollow beels are a favorite :eceptacle for the precious stones. andI [understand that there are piaces in urope where you1 can buy shoes spe- I ially constructed =vita spaces in the y 2eels. "~I remember one woman--she is still .n the business-who displayed great in genuity in smuggling diamonds. It wvas only by chance that we caught ner ~ at one of her tricks. :She arrived with . a. ;ery striking Parls Donnet, which wvas ornamented with bunches of rapes. While we were examining her 'aggage this dream of at hat blew off md was smashed by a passing truck. t [ rushed gallantly to recover the hat e and then saw that each of the grapes contained a diamond or precious stone. She got what was left of the hat, but nothing more. -What can a man of ordinary per- I ception do with such people? They will best h!rn every timo unless he'sI gifted with second sight. I never see a chap with long hair but I think of the~ day we picked $10,000 worth of stones from a feliow's head who wore a pompadour like a brush heap.1 "No, we can't lieep up with all their tricks and don't expect to. It's the be haior of the smuggler that generally gives him away. When we see a man or woman acting uneasy, nerv-ous, be traying his or her guilt by gestures, we have him or ner searched. One gets to know the smuggler face after a time, and so captures are made."--New York iThree Tombs at Westminster. In the east walk of the cloisters at Vestminster abbey there are three Lost interesting graves-those of Thomas Betterton and his wife, better :nown as Bess Saunderson, and the ver fascinating Mrs. Bracegirdle. Of I1 the people who lie within these hal L)wed walls it may safely be said that letterton has the best claim of all to his privilege. No small measure of >ralse imust be accorded to this gifted (etor fur the fact that he almost more han any on, else was responsible for he resuscitation of the English drama tfier the stern regime of the Puritans. Jrs. Bracegirdle was either adopted by lettertou or placed under his care, and he very soon took all hearts in Lon [on by storm. She achieved her great st success In acting In Congreve's >lays. Her artistic career, however, vas a comparatively short one, for dfrs. Bracegirdle retired from the tage in dudgeon when Anne Oldfield irst became her dangerous rival. She ived on in honorable retirement and ieloved by all, high and low, far and tear, until the year 1748, when she was >uried here beside her old friends the lett *tons.-London Mall. How DreamN Are Weighed. An ingenious instrument which dem instrates the close connection that ex sts betw dreams and brain calcula ion is kn as the "tilt board." A ong. shallow tray big enough for a nan to recline upon is balanced exact y upon a steel blade. A subject is >laced upon It and put to sleep, where ipon the end containing his feet gen rilly falls. But eventually the subject >egins to dream, and then the tray con ainlng the sleeper's feet reascends, the mxfent to which it moves varying ac prdiag-to the vividness of the dream. Che* eplanation is. .that the . blood eaves the- brain of a. sleeper directly he mental' activities 'cease, and, the tead as a result becoming lighter, that nd of the balance rises. When the leeper dreams small quantities of >lood are recalled to the brain to sup >ly the dreams, and the -balance Is ;adually changed. In. this way reams may be weighed. Vemyas Among the Incas. The only planet which the Incas had tscovered was Venus, which they alled the hairy on account of the rightness of its rays. They said that, eing the most brilliant of the stars, he sun would not permit it to be sep .rated from him and obliged it to attend Is rising as -well as his going down, ust as at the courts of kings only the most distinguished lords and the hand omest ladies were admitted to the cer mrnious vyal risings and retirings. t apAis niarly certain that' the In as spoke of Venus under two different Ames, according as it preceded or fol wed the sun.. To this day the native eruvians name'it in fanciful language he eight hour torch and the twilight imp. As this star served to show the' ndians when It was tine to 'prepare de maize for cooking, they also gave It name indicative of that act. A chapel a the Temple of the Sun was -conse rated to this planet. Auctioneers In England. The auctioneers of the United King oZ.' -not claim o belog to a verb ncent-profession so farnas that coun cy sconcerned. Tblousilauctions were amliar Institutions- In ancient Rome, he first in the British islands Is said' a have been held about. 1700j* n lisha Yale, governor of- Fort Madras), put up for sale his tropr f the east, and, although "auctionN rs defined in 1678 as "!a making EL lublick sale and selling of goods by utcry," it does not appear to have een recognized then as a British insti Ltion. The word "auctioneer" does ot occur before the eighteenth cen ry. __________ 'Lorenzo Dow and Burr. Whet ~:he - timid colonial clergymen rere afxad.to criticise Aaron Burr's reason th'ey' asked Lorenzo Dow what e thought of Burr's meanness. He aised both hands like a grekt V and bouted: "Aaron Burr mean! Why, I ould take the little end of nothing hittled down to a point, punch out be pith of a hair and put in 40,000 ch traitor souls as his, shake 'em up, nd they'd rattle." An Ardent Lover. "And you went straight to her father nd demanded his daughter's hand?" "I went straight enough, but I-well, 11 admit that- I didn't carry out my eignal purpose." "Seared'r: "Scared! No, sir: But we got to tiking stocks, and T forgot all about ."-Cle'veland Plain Dealer. - 'He Goes Out. "That's a pretty swell smoking jack tyou've got on," said the caller. "Smoking jacket?" replied Henpeck. Why, this Is my house coat." "Well. that's the same thing" "Well, I guess it isn't the same thing; ot in this 'house. Wh'ien I want to, note I have to put on my overcoat." iladelphia Press. .A Rising Man. :Warden '(to newly arrived convict) a this institution we try to put a ian to work at his own trade or pro ession, so that he can work his' wa p. What is your occupation? Co it-I'm an aeronaut. The Lindt. Tom-May Pechis is certainly what ou might call a "kissable" girl. Dick -Kissable? Why, man alive, she's ostively edible.-Phihdelphiat Ledger. .-His Dictator. Milly-And how does your' brother' ake married life? Tilly-He takes it ecording to directions. His mother-in' iw lives with him. ears the heddYHaeAlways B801ght ignatue of The Man For the Job. "But," .asked the propiitor of the skyere apartments, "do you think his man is suited for the position of anitor?" '"Ob, splendidly." repied the man gr. ""He hais been at vairious times u iceman, a coalman and a policeman. )h he's just als independent and sassy s he can be."-Philadelphiai Press -A nCriOSitY. "Talking aboii scientific curiosities, e hi-- .1ic--r.. wue thing about nn HOW BIRDS SOAR. The Kite a 1aster of the Art of Soaring. ",In the summer of 1872 I was visit ing on the Warm Springs reservation in eastern Oregon," says a writer. "The residences of the government em ployees were in a deep valley between table lands through which the water courses had cut deep canyons. I climb ed up on one of these tables, the edge of which was in most places perpen dicular for ten, twenty and more feet, and as I stood there in a strong breeze blowing against the face of the slope a small hawk came gliding along eight or ten feet above the edge and follow ing the course of the edge, and he kept on until he was little more than a rod away from me. He seemed to be mak ing no effort except a little balancing and turning in order to steer himself. The explanation seemed to me very simple. Just there at the edge there was a strong, sharply ascending cur rent which enabled him to use wind Ziad gravity against each other. "In the autumn of that year I went to Fuchau, China, and there I found the city frequented by 0specles of large bird which we call a XIte. It seems to be half hawk, half buzzard, in its build and habits. Its flight Is heavy and awkward, its wings being too big for its pectoral muscles, and their tips are not pointed like a hawk's, but broad and square across. But It Is a master of the art of soaring. There are in Fuchau two hills which lie square across the path of the after noon sea breeze. Here toward the close of a breezy autumn afternoon a dozen or a score of-_ ese kites will resort and have a genuine coastig game. "These hillsides are quite steep, and of course there results a strong, sharp upward current at the top. The kites come to the top and, starting fromthe eddy in the lee of the top, glide 'out into the uprushing current, wings bal ancing up and down and head and tail turning and twisting till they aie- in the heart of the upward current, and then they turn broadside to It and are borne upward and: biackward .seveigIE dra or a hundred feet. Then they de-' sceid again into :the -eddy and again steer themselves out lito the4uprushing current. Throughout Itall thereIs.very little flapping odf the wings."-Chicago N ews. ERRORS 11. ILLUSTRATION. How Eaiy They.Ar& .1&de In Hurry of Preparation. "Perfection'ordetail,~" said the car toonist,- "Is very rare in the making of pictures, whether they be painted on canvas b.y the great masters or drawn in lih4 by mheii who illu'strate.the daily newspapers. It -is the 'geiieral effect that teils. There are few newspaper pictures- and I don't except my own In which you can't pick some flaw from the standpoint of realism. .j 'the hurried effort of the news pVer artist, who counts the minutes bfythe clock, there may be some excuse for. this, but when -we: ee'a man carv inia turkey-left ?i'ron the cover of k. nagzi wie mlist agree that the artist*5a -feitir been careless or else has eployedd a left handed model to pose for him, and the latter solution Is scarcet.probable. ".;fisherman landing a trout on a light rod with never a finger on the reel is quite a common mistake among magazine illustrations, and in the mat ter of costunies of various periods the iusti-ators are woefully lacking in in rmnation. ,"To illustrate. how apt we are to hiie mistakes," continued the cartoon st, "several years ago I drew a figure representing Cuba, emaciated, starv ing, a thing of skin and bones. The figure was halt naked, and I tried to bring out all the horrible details-the shrunken limbs, the gaunt face, the ribs protruding through the skin and, above all, the hollow cavity where the stomach should have been. A friend of mine, a doctor, took me to task about it. 'Persons who are starving to death,' he said, 'may be abnormally emaciated in every other part ~of 'the body except the stomach. The abdo men in the advanced stages is expand ed, giving the victim a grotesque ap pearance.' To substantiate this state ment he showed me some photographs taken in India during a famine, and I was forced to admit that he was right." -Philadelphia Record. Women In Venice. In Venice, says the Ladies' Realm, the women of the lower classes accept tributes to their beauty from perfect strangers as a matter of course. It is considered not only proper, but polite, to compliment a passing maiden on the charm of her beautiful eyes or com plexion. If one treads on the skirt of a pretty woman, one has only to say, "Pardon, beautiful girl," to receive the most dazzling smile and bow in return for the awkwardness. At cafes fre q uented by the people it is the custom for waiters to say when placing a chair for one of the women, "Take this seat, beautiful blond," or, "Sit here, lovely brunette," as the case may be. A Woman Soldier. Women disguised as men have often served as soldiers. The: following in scription is on a tombstone in the -Eng lish town of Brighton: "In memory of Phoebe Hassel; born y2.3, died 182'1, aged 108 years. She..'qpryed for .many years as a private soldier in many parts of Europe, and at the battif -f Fontenoy, fighting. bravely, she ~re ceived :a b~yonat Wound in the 1ef4 Although. aot yet perfected, -thif Ma-. jorama telephone bids fair vastly .to ektnid thf- field of. usefulneas of tile log .distance telephone by rendering audible vtbrationg'too faint to actuate the disk of the .&dinai'y receiver or even the microphoaelistrUmens...O You will not find beauty in. rept: >r complexion whitewash. . uta :omes to them onita -.tagi Hollis te's Rocky Moua Qti is a wonderful ~tonic and eautifier. 35 cents Tea or Tablets. Dr. Wmn. E. Brown & Co. sinces' Naiture. The physician has-:inethods by which he determnines whsether or not a pa tient is shammaagj? Other people have different xieth'ods, ..wlich may some times be as'successful as the doctor's. "Do you believe that was a real faint of Sally Ann's, or do you think. she Just shamfned so's- to look interesting to Willy Lane ang~ -make 'himQgfer. to toake her home -inh -.M h'a7?" aked Wordsworth's "Joke." A rare old book, called "The Living Apthors of England," published in 1849, commences w1th a study of Wordsworth, in which Is recorded-what is said to be the only joke the poet ever made. At a friend's house after din ner, It appears, the conversation turned upon wit and humor. Thomas Moore, who was present, told some anecdotes of Sheridan, whereupon Wordsworth observed that he did not consider him self a witty poet. "Indeed," he said, "I do not think I was ever witty but bnce in my life." Being pressed to tell the company what this special drollery was, the poet said, with some hesitation: "Well, I will tell you. I was standing some time ago at the entrance of my cot tage at Rydal Mount when a man ac costed me with -the question, 'Pray, sir, have you seen my wife pass by?' -wheren'pon I- answered, 'Why, my good 'friend, I 2Ldn'tknow till this. moment that'you bad a wife!" The company stared and upon realiz ing- that.this was all there was to the poet's joke- burst into a roar, of. laugh ter, -which Wordswortf saniigly ac cepted as a genuine compliment to the brilliancy of his wit. --Harper's Weelk ly. He Had. References. In her book "A Southern Girl In '61" Urs. D. Giraud Wright-tels 4,.4capital story about General:-John. C:&reckin ridge of Kentucky. $$33U6vitedkby a certam lady of rank 'lfLohdon to luncheon. The la4 .had just adver tised for a footma.- Mistaking the hour,, General. Breckinridge reached the house before the appointed time and by some accident-ras ushered into Lady Blank's presence- - without being an nounced. The day was in June. Ow lhg to the heat'the blinds were drawn, letting in subdued light. Lady Blank, glancing at the advancing figure, to the astonishment of the visitor, greeted him thus: "Have you a reference frqm your last place?" The general took In the situation instantly and, with a twinkle in his eye, unobserved by the hostess, answered respectfully, "Yes, my lady." "What were your dutiest" was the next -query. "Well, my lady, in the last three places I held I was vice president of the 'United States, major general In the Confederate army and secretary of war of the Confeder ate States of America." When Lincoln Had Few Friends. In 1864 Lincoln was of all men the least commended by the Republicans in congress. On one occasion an editor visiting Washington asked Senator Thaddeus Stevens to Introduce him to isome members of congress who were favorable to Lincoln's re-election. Ste vens led him to the desk of Mr. Ar nold of Illinois. "There," said he. "is the only Lincoln member of congress that I know!" Stevens himself regard ed Lincoln as incompetent and weak. Henry Wilson (afterward vice DresI dent) spoke of him as politically a fail ure. Greeley had a low opinion of his ability. His personal friends, such as Washburn, Raymond and Thurlow' Weed, believed 1ls re-election an im possibility. Even Lincoln himself at one time doubted It.-H. T. Peck in Bookman. The Lord's Prayer. The question having arisen as to whether the English version of the Lord's Prayer Is a true reproductlen of the original as found In Matthew, a native Greet scholar proceeds .to an swer it. He deals with the petitionsi order, translates each word with all the shades of men ngof tho original and then presents th whole In this form: "Our Father which art In heaven, ha]. lowed be thy name-thy dominion come -thy (fixed) purpose be done, as In heaven, so, too, on earth. Give us this day our mere (or simple) bread and for give us our debts as we forgive our debtors theirs, and let us not fall into a tempter's snare,. but deliver us from the evil one." Very Lively. A London paper relates that a crowd of sightseers scurrying across the road from the Strand caused a partial block in the traffic. The h-.gging of a particu larly pompous old gentleman roused the Ire of a held up cabby. "N~ow, then, hurry up there, can't yer?" he shouted. "Am I not hurrying, cabman?' 'was the mild expostulation. "'Uirryin'?" snorted cabby, with a flick of his whip. "You're a-jumnpin' about like a biteo' stickin' plaster!" A Diplematie Answer. Admiral Drake when a lad at the be ginning of has first engagement was ob served to shake and tremble very'mch and, being rallied upon it, observed with a presence of mind, or, at- all events, of humor, In which even Nel son was lacking, "My flesh trembles at the anticipation of the many and great dangers into which my resolute and budaunted head will lead me." First Treaty of Portsmouth, The first teaty of Portsmouth, 14t. H., was signed uly 11, 1718, the contract ing parties being belligerent Indians and the whkes. The news of the treaty of Utrecht, which ended Qt~een Arnne's war, reached the city Oct29, 1 12. The Ingians desIred a treaty, and It was formally signed on the above date. Learning a Lxesson... Yudge-You are charged with as .sault and battery. What have you to say? Prisoner-Not v. word, yerose-. It sas sayin' too much got me into this scrkpe. -_______ Quite a Feat. Judge-Who bit'Tyour ear off? Mrs. Blsek (wishiagto protect her husband) -I-4 dial Jt mahself.-Exchange. An obstikaite man does got hold .opin lons-they.hold him.-Butler. S How tofvoid Pneumonia. We have-never heard of a single in stance of a cold-resulting in pneumonia os other luag trouble when Foley's Roney and Tatehas been taken. It~ not only stops the cough; but heals and st:engthens the lungs. Ask for. Foley's Heney and Tar and refuse any..substi tufts offered. Dr. C. J. Bishop Q.f Agr.ewv, Mvich., writes: "I have used Pok~ey's Hion ey and Tar in three very -s'er'e cases of pneumonia with good results in every cose." The R B. Lor 'yea Drug Store, Isaac M. Loryea, Prop Charity. "I looked everywhere for you at thei church fair last eveningE" said her ardent devotee, "but I didn't' see you.. "Yvunrgetn as answered rsweeti. Working Horn. It is often the case that amateurs would like to make some use of hand some horns, but from the rigid and ob stinate nature of the material are un able to do so. A simple process care fully followed out would enable any one to make beautiful and useful arti cles. The inner part of the horn is scraped out, then it Is thrown Into wa ter and boiled for an hour or ao, when It becomes soft. It is then held in the flame of a wood or coal fire, being con stantly turned. It should be kept in the fire for some time, care being taken that It does not burn. and lb frequently moistened by being dipped in boiling water. The heat and steam will soften It to about the condition of molten lead. It Is therefore very soft and can be split lengthwise by a strong knige and pinchers. It can then be cut into thin layers by separating the sheets of whIch it Is composed. By being press ed between dies it can be made to take almost any form. When the article is complete It can be scraped smooth, then given a high polish. Snakes. Snakes have their usefulness in the world. They are the scavengers of swamps and morasses where other ani mals of size are unable to penetrate or to exist It is in the tropics of course that serpents chiefly abound. All snakes are of tropical origin, but some species have spread into cooler lati tudes. In very cold countries there are no snakes. Contrary to the popular belief, there are some snakes in Ire land, bit they are very rare. The smallest serpents 1n the world are the "worm snakes" of the tropics. They are about as big as fair sized earth worms. Some snakes lay eggs, while others bring 'forth their young alive. In the latter category are vipers, rat tlesnakes and nearly all water snakes. Pythons incubate their eggs after lay ing them. Placid Hindoo Servants. Hindoo servants are the . most Im perturbable people In the world. You may throw one downstairs or pat him on the back. He accepts both with ex actly the same expression of counte nance. The Indan's religion Is at the bottom of all his acts, all his feelings. He eats, sleeps, moves and has his be ing according to religious formula, and his doctrine of reincarnation forms .hs whole philosophy of life. The fact that yot are the master now Is due to the fact that you have been the servant in some previous reincarna tion. He Is the servant now, and the only chance for him to be reborn in the master's position Is to learn all the lessons of his present Incarnation. He takes everything philosophically. It Is all a part of the day's work. 'Was Willing to Go to Sea. At the tme when William E. Chan dler of New Hampshire was secretary of the navy Admiral Meade was com mandant of the navy yard in Wash ington. They got Into trouble some how, these two positive gentlemen, 9-A the commandant was summoned before the secretary one day on a matter of Importance. The secretary told the commandant that if he kept on, or words to that effect, he should certain ly be obliged to punish him by send ing him to sea. "Mr. Secretary," said Meade, "I haven't anything to say ex cept that when It Is punishment for an officer of the navy to be ordered to sea, what Is your service coming to? I should like- to go to sea, sir. Good day." . _____-_ --.ondon. London is a shop and a bank, a gam bWing hell and a cathedral. Its streets are paved with gold and' set with thorns, It Is the place.for a rich man. and the place for a poor man.. I s all wealth and happiness. It is all pov erty and distress. It is a huge paradox. IMany things are possible in London that are also Impossible. If it so please you and you possess the ability to do so you may live not merely a double life, but half a dozen different lives, which will never clash with one another. You may be In London at the same time a priest and a pirate. It Is big enough for both of you.-J. H. M. Abbott in Spectator. ________ Hats en In Church. Pepys shows theat in the seventeenth century both men and women wore their hats to worship. "To church," he writes, "and heard a simple fellow open the praise of church musique and exclaiming against men wearing their hats on in the church." Later he notes that he saw a minister "preach with his hat off, which I never saw before." The hat was then an Integral part of both male' and female costume, and Pepys catches ."a strange cold in my head by flinging off my hat at dinner." A Cold Storage Romance. He-Had an odd experience the oth er day. One morning- my breakfast boiled egg had an inscription on It. It said, "The finder may write to me," signed "Mary Smith." She-What re ply did you get? He-The postmaster replied. He said that Miss Smith died of old age several years ago.-Lois-i ville Courier-Journal.... | The Savage Ear. "Father," said the small boy, "what is blank verse?", "Blank verse, my son,' answered the man of no literary pretensione, "Is something that generally sounds as if. It had been written by a man whose mind was a blank."--Washington Star. A Caution. Nell-Old Mr. Gotrox says he would die for me. Belle-Be careful. He may be stronger than he looks.-Philadel phia Record. If you wish to please people you must begin by understanding them.-Reade. The Original. Foley's & Co., Chicago, originated Honey and Tar as a throat and lung remedy, and on account of the great merit and popularity of Foley's Honey and Tar many imitations are offered r for the genuine. These worthless im itations ho.ve similar sounding names.I Beware of them. The genuine Foley's i Honey and Tar is in a yellow package. Ask for it and refuse any substitute. It is the best remedy for coughs and colds. The R. B. Loryea Drug Store, Isaac M. Loryea, Prop.f CarelessnOes. Th oun Doctr-,t tk sk of a ru" ') .t..nW your own fault my CORRECT DREss The "Modern Method" system of high-grade tailoring introduced by L E. Hays & Co., of Cincinnati, 0., satisfies good dressers everywhere. All Garments Made Strictly to Your Measure at moderate prices. 500 styles of foreign and domestic fabrics from which to choose. Represented by J. W. McLEOD, 1VIANNING-, IS.!C. 2' littleDoefor. GIVES YOU a complete treatment at our store for 25 cts. His specialty is Liver Com plaints, all kinds, and he guarantees satisfaction, or money back. Ramon's Liver Pills and Tonic Pellets make permanent cures. All Druggists. Geo.S. Hacker &Son MAN1UrACTUnZaS or C2 k- -II , c ga, Doors, Sash, Blinds, Moulding and Building Material, CHARLESTON, S. C. Sash Weights and Cords. Window and Fancy Glass a Snecialty. .When it's a of Eyesight it is wise to display "Foresight" and promptly submit that Quiestion to me Z. F. HIGHSMITK,oPt.D.I OPTOMETRIST & OPTICIAN, No. 18 South Main Street. 'Phone No. 359. SUMTER, S. C. N'EW FIRM! VHEN IN MANNING COME TO1 THlE First Class Restauran~t or good, Hot Meals. J. McD. Rich rdson and Eliza Davis have consoli ated their Restaurants- under the firm tame of HICHARDSON & DAVIS. testaurant. We have seperste apart ients for white and coic: d. and can erve you most any hour during the ay, guaranteeing first-class service. We solicit the patronage of all our 'ends. We also bandle GROCER IES nd Green. Groceries-and. (San sat~f our wants>.n~tiese lines. .-.. bwHuanrN p. na'r