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FAMOUS WINTERS IN PARIS. Once Every River In France Was 1oe and Every Mill Idle. Recalling famous winters in France, the Paris Petit Journal says that "the fifteenth century might justly be call ed the cold century. "In 1408 the registrars of the parlia ment of Paris reported that it was Im possible to issue any of its resolutions because the ink froze in the Ink bottles of the clerks. Every three words they had to thaw their pens. and this with a fire roaring in their room. Every river in France was frozen, and not a mil -could work. Twelve years later, In 1420, there was a repetition of this winter. Foodstuffs gave out, and poor people died by tens of thousands. "In 1422 in less than three days the wine and the vinegar froze in the cel-. jars: cocks and liens had their combs, frozen: the streets were full of pe ple who danced. jumped. wrestled and. ran races, anything to keep off frost bite. "In 1430 it froze for more thaft two and a half months, and the snow fell for forty days without stopping. - All the birds hidden in the trunks of trees. died. "In -the year of the great winter,' as S 60S gas called, hindreds of persons died from cold. Everything was fro sen hard. even the bfread served at the table of Henry IV. In 1709 all the wheat was destroyed, and a new sow ig had to be made In the ping. Buf fon relates that no bread was to be had. Even Mme. de Viantenon had togo without it. "ln 1776 sentinels were found fro sen to death% outside VersaiM and the king put a stop to this service. -In Paris great bonfires were lit in the streets. Bells were shiveredInte pieces as they rang, clocks. stopped and in the elara wine turned Into Ice. Hares and partridges eam. into the towns and hid themselves in the nooks and corners of houses. where they were subsequently found as stiff as a board and quite inedible." HUNTiNG THE CARIBOU. Curicsity Often Lures the Watchful Animal to its Fate. in hunting the caribou quietiess is seatial. Never break a twig if you ean avoid it. for a cracking branch makes a noise which carries far and MW give warning of your approach to the very stag you particularly want. Equally important is it to keep a sharp - lookout at all times, especially when etering a baren, where a stag may be sleeping. for under such conditions they are hard to see. Among the nu Pe"ous gray dead stumps and moss eiered low trees the color of the cari bou Is so inconspicuous that 'the un trained eye will fail to detect the ani mal even itclose range. The first In t.wation will be a glimpse of a disap earing patch of white as the caribou anihes into the woods. AR these things considered, the cari bo of Newfoundland Is not as alert as ay other deer that I know of and is theretore more readly approached. - here Is, of course, great variation amog w them, some- being extremely iert 3ind- dcilt to stak while oth ess.are-soabidrdly tame that! they wHi allowfa man to wakriht upJ-within a few yards before +Mr Curl ositylis often a noticeable failing with them. When once it Is ai-oused they * ill go to almost aiit length to satisfy it I do not, however, advise -the hun ter-to. count too much onIt for the very thing which yon imagine will - tempt thIs curiosity will as likely as not frighte"n thiem away. Sometimes astrange notse will make- them very -qdisitive, and they will-come within afiew feet tofindout what itlis. Then, occaionallys a white handerchief wil- have-the satie -efeet.-A. Bad de Dagmore. In'. 'Rmance of Misleading Bookkeeping. Evea bookkeeping Is not an eact scl enee. 'For behold!.hbow often Ia it that oeeman will put-into the expense ac eant a given ezxpanme,-sa, the zebullding of a machine-thus reducing his pr-t by this- amount, while an other wDi put such an ~item to the 'asset account, and each can advance weighty arguments and reasons as to - he legic of his methods. -But the net seaults of operation will differ, widely *Ith the same actual occurrences,.o that even bookkeeping may 'be said -neely to present results dependent upon th aspects of the situation as. rendered .by those who have the au thority or opportunity to Interpret. Denisamin A. Franklin In Engineering Peints of the Crescent Moon. Why does the moon -sometimes ap-. easwith points turned uparard and at ether times downward? 'There is on cause only-the rotation of the arth. If the moon rises with points turned upward then, when it sets, the points must turn downward-that Is, the western horizon meets the points In- its apparent approach; they point <tward it, apparently downward,n athe Western sky-New York- American. Felt the Pow. Bmn-Muuic has a wonderfullinflulence 'eer s. - 31in-I know it. "Did you ever feel the -power :of a singer over you" "Sure! I married one!" - Yonkers - Statesman. -Upward Revision. "When first I consulted you about my eyes you toldie It would cost 10) francs, but your bill is for 100 francs." "'That -only shows -the -excellence of my treatment. Now you are ten times better."-Pais Pele Rele. flow To Glive Qiulan To Children. ,EaRII~nersthetrade-mark name given to an Iproed~uinine. Itisa~asteless~yrup. pleas-e ant to take and does not disturb the stomach.' Children take It and never know it Is Quinine.| Also especially adapted to adults who cannot take ordinary Quinine. Does not nauseate nor cause nevonanes==norringing in the head. Try -itthe nextthine you need Quinine for any pur pose. Ask for 2-ounce original package. The nmem FERRIn mE is blown in bottle. 25 cents. Diogenes' -Tub. The tub In which Diogenes, the cynic, made this home, was a great earthen jar discarded fromn the Cybele temple. It had been used for wine or oil for the sacrifice of the temple and was sufficiently -large to allow the philosopher a reclining place. The truth of the tale has been called Into question, although It Is said that during the Peloponnesan~ war the Athenians dwelt in lust such -vessels, and that even after the death of 'Di ogenes such receptacles were used as dwellng places by the poor. Only One "BROM~O QUiNINE" To get the genuine, call for full name. LAXA TIVE BROXO QUININE. Look for ignature of .W*GROVE ursa Col nOeDy Stoe LEAVE MANNING SATURDAY 9:00 A. M. ARRIVE CHARLESTON 1:45 P. M. - Of &it4 BATHN6 S for er f - BOATING 0 MUSIC, DANCING Best Resort Hotel South Sea Foods direct from water to -hotel kitchen r.. .... . --! 00 A few days rest and recreation at the ~ ~ JUAQCI~Isle of Palms with its everlastingly cool -~ ocean breezes is a real tonic and will build 4D 7 % Iyou up so as to enable you to finish the 0 ~ hot summer months in the vigorous prose - i cution of your labors. iVn24eC One 7faxa6e gn WJ. IIANLONJIgr. .0 A NW EllUTE SUCH A SUCCESSFUL SALE ! SOLID THIROUGHI TRAINS Between Florence. S. C. and Roanoke Va., via thejj Atlantic Coast Line. Florence and Wadesboro, Winston Salem Southbound Rail wayWadesboro and Winston-Salem. Norfolk and Western Rail- eas uhGoshv ee ensl nMniga way, Wmnston-Salem and Roanoke.suhetmeylwpie.Oyafe(ly DAILY SCHEDUL.ES. _ NORTH BdUND- SOUTH BOUND 9.50 A. M. Lv. Florence, S. C. Ar. 7.30 P. M. 10.20 A. M. Lv. DEarlington, S. C. A r. 7.1 P. M. u rn ag is!j We o n iwr.byTnt er 10.0 A. M. Lv. Darlinille. S. C. A r. 7.015 P. M. 11.30 A. MI. Lv. Cheraw, S. C. A r. 5.53 P. M. ~ an h raetbran o h aac hmnweeymnh u hmgo n tog n 12.35 P. M. Ar. Wadesboro, N. C. Lv. 5.0)0 P. M.o h ie.i1b norGauI te'llstyualn ie u ~s.an.Sueas 4.00 P.-M.- Ar. Winston-Salem. N. C. Lv. 1.:'5 P. M.Dy Gosan ed o 8.45 P. M. -Ar. Roanoke. Va. Lv. 9.00. A. M. wa amns oeCfe n faPtPaeDseadalTnClnr Close connections a re made at Florence. in' both directions, jadsehworAtce r aeo od tu tf htwl tn h with trains carrying Pullman Cars to anid iromi the North, South. prcsae -icetwhotrckn01bndg.A& hercsae East and West. amnthloe. For rates of fare, and detailed scheuls to any desired des tination by this new and attractive route. apply toD .UW B Y ?~ A w Y3 H. D. CLARK, HIiU I IIIN PLW NilIJAiIUY I TheStadar Ralrad f ro 8utTckt Agent of the A. (. L.I NARROW E Hudson Maxim Has F Some Perilous nc LUCKY AT CHEATING On One Gun Tosting Omo den Impulse to Run, Whidi ed, Was the Meanmof ga Life-A Magazine That Ge3 and Wind. One of the most thrillingd in my experience took l ernment proving grounds Hook, N. J., when the n government was testing fore adopting it. Near a light frame buildn I was filling shells w1th ten inch gun was beingts ber of shots had beendire big gun. Just as I had work and started for the w the government tug for-N signal was sounded -for, I was walking along a. way track directly behind At that instant I several years before, guns was being tested, had blown out, passed - bombproof and ki=l. l - men, but I argued wit chance was Infinitely---. ireechlock would be L-41 present gun on this very instant I was.Jn . a sudden impulse I ran might. The gun wasc round just in time to breechock pass throughILA the one In which I had It came -up the tick, breaking one of the s had paised. It ricocheted top of the old granite high into the air. A and debris fell. over a - many fragments. strue close to me. I walked back to th cident and found that the the little building whe filling masxmite shellse riddled with partly smokeless powder that from the gun. I once had another ence at Sandy Hook during of the Mailm automati Among the severe test gun was subjected was oe simulate what might.oec a landing upon the seash mechanism of the gun with sand. The test. sand teit.' The gun being tested. of the -kind tising. , cartridges, for It was duetion of smokeles was so .much energy in te the barrel that a greet could be thrown into without Iaterfeiing of the gun. The commanding of rive to see the gun fired uinti board in charge hdcr He then appeared and the firing should be c benefit. The chairman. ofdha mental board demurred,, the gun had passed -rogh admirably and that it -as-tDJ fire It more than was asl sary, with its .mechardsm sand. But the cominand A schooner was a the line of fire. The c he only wanted to see a-e fired and that the firing wu pleted before the secioonr within range. Accordingal 333 rounds was insertedaz begun. After perhaps ffy fired the- command was el firing," but the gun kept afterward proved that the blocked by sand, so that itw sible to top the -gun. The came into range, and the over and around her. My assistant, who was.frig did his best to work the stop It It did not occur ol instant to nlimber the gun;ta It round so as to bringthe out of range. As the gunf rate of 750 shots a minu t was all over Inside half a Fortunately -no damage When the same gun was sand test at ~Annnpolis, Md.; very near being killed by it - The gun had passed Sace through a severe sand test. - officer in charge wanted to see er he could put enough sandN gun tostop it.- So be had the g filled full. The gun firedab rounds and then stopped. Mye threw down the-safe-that Is. locked the trigger, so that it t e pulled-and begn clearing Thinking that the gun was was -just about to step round In of it~* Suddenly It fired a-i more shots so close to me th clothes were seared by them gases. One of the tests made .at An was to fire a Maxim gun -vert into the air. We had fired a con undred shots in this manner, something struck very near then occurred to the officer inc that what goes up) must necs ome down. Firing densed, and sought cover for a few inut avoid the leaden rain.-Hludsop 3r In Youth's Companion.. - The best remedy for wrongs de Is to forget them.-Syrus. CASTO RI For Infants and Chidreaw In Use For Over 3OY Alwaysear Signature of . Last Chance 13. The words Jamaica Mirror c . letters. The name of the publ 'rank E. Hopkins. contains l13 bers. The words "Casey and ontan 13 letters. Thie hen bhis Item, "Here's Good Luck," bains 13 letters. This number of dlrror Is issued on the 13th of nonth In the 13th year of the2 ury, the last chance to make a ombnaton for a hundred i When we get a few more subscrip we shall have 13 thousand.-J filrror. Cres Colds: ProveatbPe