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yPonting. -rlvers that are shallow enougn punting is said to be very good fun, but in Pahang., in the Mal.y l,eninsula, it Is the sole form of boating = tany of the streams. These are not only shallow, but their eurrents are also so strong that rowing up stream is quite Impossible. All goods are taken Inland by way of the rivers, so boats are big and often heavily laden. On each side of the boat there runs a plat foim for about half the length of the vessel, and upon this platforin stand six Malays armd \vith long, light oles. Tiiy start at the bow and walk toward the stern. plauting their lies in the sandy bed of the river and push Ing as they go. They then draw up their poles. walk back again anud repeat the process, heeping excellent time throughout. When the rivers are in flood and the bottom cannot be reached with the poLIs, the nwn mnust fastelL the boats to the shore and wait until the water fails. A 'Malay w!)terman who has had plhnty of experienee at "poling' boats should be a clever hand at managing a punt. Copenhagen will sfnd a scientific ex. eition to Siam in the at'tunU. Last ycar 4.o00,OO cubic VrdUs of "a terial was dre(ged ou of the Duluth Superior harbor. Do--'t Tobac-o Spit and Fmoke Your Life Away To quit t tsacea eas ly and forever. be mug netic. fkull of life. nerve and vigor,take No-To Bac, the wonder-w.-rker, tbat makes weak men strong. All druz--ists. 50c or ;1. COre guarartood. Bookl-t and sampl- free. Ad dress Steriing Remedy 'o., Chicago or Nw York. Most women are like misery--they love compacy. So. 15 Oieanse Your Blood The thing most desired of a Spring Medicine is thorough purification of the blood. With this work of cleansing going on there is com plete renovation of c--ry part of your system. Not only is the cor- I rupt blood made fresh, bright and lively, but the stomach also re sponds in better digestion, its readiness for food at proper times I gives sharp appetite. the kidneys and liver properly perform their allotted functions, and there is, in short, new brain, nerve, mental and digestive strength. -Hood's Sarsaparilla Possesses the peculiar qualities Peculiar to Itself-which accom' plish these good things for all who take it. An unlimited list of wonderful cures proves its merit . Money j lilabies. -What of lull but o at are in the4 veights and ted inl Russia, supplant the dv in use, ik de withit. D siu i as such a record for ab soluelycuring female ills U .and kidney troubles as . has Lydia E. PInkham's!m Vegetable Oompound. Madicines that are ad vertised to care every thing cannot be specifics ei, for anything. i Lydia E. Pinkham's I Vegetable Compound will! h not cure every kind of ill- ie ness that-may afflicf men, in women and chidren, butI proof is monum3fental that it will and does cure all t the ills peculiar to women. This is a fact indisput- j" able and can be-vdtfied! v3 by more than a mlillioL i women. S *If youare sick don't ex periment, take the medi- s cine that has the recordf of the largest number ofle cures. Lyd'a E Plnkham Med. Co.. Lvnn. Mass. A Swrallow euly sure indic toT is t:fei ng orl guid depression. Many swellows ot li H I R ES Rootb..r are best for a spring tonic-and for a summerl C,harles E. Hires Co. htedwihThompson's Eye Wate' QUB BUDGET O? IIUuIL LAUCHTER-PROVOKINC STORIES FOP LOVERS OF FUN. A Sinart. Little oy-Whercin They Dif fered - Unler No Co,PultIon - Tio Strict 31ainma-A La-t Resort-Op thnism-11e His tier Promise. Etc. A smart little boy who hal been to schoo) And was up to :L s.rts of tricks Di%covered that 9. when upside down Would pass for the fl:ure . So when aske"d his age by a good old damn The comical YouU:St"r said, 'T! 9 when I.st:mnd on :mV feet like this! Bu 6 when I stand on my 'wad." -Lo!don Tit-Bs. "Whereln They Differed. B"rown-"Now I can't define psych-i ol,gy, bu't I know what it is." Saiith kwho has been looking it up) -"Well, I can define it, but I don't know what it is."-Puck. Under No Coa pnlsion. "inst I tell you once more to Stop That noise?" asked the mother. "I'd just as lief you wouldn't, moth er," replied the supernatc.rally bright iyy.-Philadelphia North Americau. The Strict M:amina. Fritzehen-"Papa says we are go ing to have a total eclipse of the moon Ian dov." Mother-"Yes-but not unlzss you aro very good children."-Fliegeude Blaetter. A Lat Resort. Client-"According to your show ing, both the law and the facts are eh-farly a-ainst us?" -Attorey-"Yes; I shall be obligea to weep copiously before the jury." udge. Dr. Gaylee-"W elj, how are you to-lay?" Byier -"My rheumatism has gcU2 to the other ar, doctor.' -Splend"i! I told you I'd soon roat it out."-Life. ie ias I:er [roinise. Hicks-"Was that your sister I saw ou with the other d.y?" Wi'ks-"Not at that tiia2. It was on;y last eveniug that she promiseJ to bear that re!atioa to me."-Boston rascripnt. If er zeav;ozu%. Fannie--If you are so positive that ilarry loves you, why, for good ues sake dou'r you accept him and get married?" Ja-nc -"H40 won't ask mc."-Do troit Free Pres;. A Kindly Welcome. "Dicky, did you go in and speak nicely to Mr. Dibbs?" "Yes'm. "What did you say. Dicky?'' "I said: 'Hello. 3Mr. Dibbs, Wot cher got t' gimmne?' " In 11er Line. Wie-"] found a place to-day vhere I can get a twelve dollar wrap for $7.98." Husband--"Very well. To-morrow utand find a place where I can TeUncrtain.ty Ended. 5ow honestly, 31aud, didn't Jack mPOSe last evening?" "hy, ye*--s! Buat how did you G ess?" H "I. nlotiOced that you didn't have that rrid look this morning."-Har c's Bazar. t showin:: ter Hanid. fe-"I thought you said that 3Iiss c screet, next door, didn't believe it tl owing her hand?" iu Sh-"That's what I did say." cL e-"Weli, I notice she's got one her palms in her window. "-Yon- h~ rs Statesman. to A very (reat Risk.-f Caller-'"I want the biggest firea ie you'll write." iet Agent-"Whaat is your business?" ke Caler-"City employe." .b Agent-"Too great a risk--you're i ely to be fired at any time."--Bahti' se re American. W _______If Too 3Modest. to "Who is the most remarkable man h ~ntioned in modern history?" asked IF< Squerst. i "No," said the man who had just;2 de some speeches. "You can't in- l 'view mie. I'm too modest to tal! out myself."-Washingtona Star. Tricks of Trade. Chemist's Assistant-"Good gra us! I have kept that woman wait ; three-quarters of an hour. I for t all about her preeription." Chenist-"You will have to charge r a good tail price in or'der to make r think you had a lot of trouble in ixing it up."-Tit-Bits. . A DefInition. "What is rag-time music?" asked' e young woman whose tastes are se 'rely classic. "ag time," said the young man, vhy, rag time is the kind of music in ich the melody seems to get sc rvous and excited that it begins to atter."-Washington Star. , The Open Door Polier. "You-you may speak to papa," she id, coly. He sprang to his feet with a glad , '. Was that merely another way ol ying "yes?" 'But," she continued in a tone ol icitude, "I would advise yon tco ep between himi and the door." I Assuredly none knew better than I e the advisability of keeping open a ee of retreat. -Chicago Post. A dint. he wrote to him, and close<i her ter with these meaning words: " . remain, GLADs FrTzMAU.cE." he sigb.'d deeply ae she wiped her n uou her Lzyr. 'How long shall I remain this?" e asked herself, in much agony ol i'hen lie folded the missive andti aled it with the ancient crest of the' u~e fi Fit zmaurice.--Detroit Jour LI i POPULAR SCIENCE. Dr. Kionka, of the Pharmacologica Institute of Breslau, reports that h( has succeeded in producing gout ir fowls by feeding them exclusively oz meat. The number of roses seems to b< enormous. Professor M. Gandove: enumerated 798 species of Europe the Orient, and the Mediterraneau basin, two years later adding ninety five as new discoveries in France alone. A hippopotamus hunter imparted t< the late M. d'Abbadie the secret of hi immunity from the diseases of the swamps be frequented. His plan was to destroy the poisons and infection of insect bites by exposing the nake( body to the fumes of sulphur, whic: was burned under a suitable envelope Salomon Reinach has recently con tributed to l'Anthropologie an inter estin. article on the tin trade of pre historic Europe, in which he states that 1000 years B. C. there was an al most exclusively overland trade be tween the British Islands and Thrace and Macedonia. That there were sueh commercial relations betweer Britain and Europo and Asiais showu by the diffasion of tin and bronze weapons and various utensils whici have been studied by arch.cologists. Allusions to Celtic names and facts are al.o recorded of the time of 80( B. C., and it is believed the tin it question was brought to Greece eithei by Greeks or Barbarians. The latter sought a marine route in order tc keep the trade in their own hands. Sudden changes and dangerous wind storms occur generaly wheneve the barometer falls suddenly fro: a medium height through from one half to three-fourths or an inch dur ing a few hours of time. If the bar ometer occupies two or three days it falling one-half or three-fourths of at inch below the medium (local) height, it then generally changes more moder. ately, and raises slowly, with a strong, Jry. cool wind, often raising to half an inch above medium height during the next two or three days. But i the barometer falls from half to Lhree fourths of an inch from a mediu height during a few hours of time then a strong storm, hurricane or tor nado may be expected to be in prog rcss somewhere not far off. According to investigations by N. J. Ruthschild, who is engaged in the sieutific study of ficas and then h-.:bits, there is ev.dence showing that there was originally direct land con nection betwCen Australia and South America, inasmuch as a certain fie: has been found in Argentina whie has hitherto been represented by t certain species in Australia. Th< Argenine flea, which has a helmet like shield cove:ing the head, is found on the rat, and has been provisionall3 assigned to a genus represented hitherto by a single Australian speci men. Whether the two specimens it question belong to the same genus oi not may be open to question, but al .=t.theyvare clyo a itchey1. As a boy Lord Kite 'l len-Penny, was inclined to bela s father,Colonel Kitchener, who died ~thin the. last ten years, was a strict ciplinrian of a most autocratic rnperament. While his son Herbert s at a public school working for a tan examination it was reported to e colonel that he was idling. This gered him, and he told the fututrc miueror of the Mahdi that unless he' eeeeded in passing his examination wuld take him away and send him walk twzo and t wo in a dame's school, ding the further threat that if he led then he would apprentice him to hatter. In spite of these threats the tryo General failed. Hfis father p his word, and for some time Hfer r Kitchener might have been seen the "crocodile" of a certain worthy oolmistress. But when he again snt in for his examination he passed. he had not there is little doubt that a short time at any rate he might ye been employed in the hat trade. r Colonel 'Kitchener was a severe in of his word, and a martinet of the I school, of which paternal charac ~-istics Lord Kitchener of Khartoum s a large share. The trials of a Chinese portrait inter must be many and varied ii he :en has critics of the sort whose re irks were recorded by a recent so rer in the land of "chop-sticks, mubs and gongs." The artist had ished the p)ortrait of a prominent n, and summoned his friends to -e their verdi::t as to its success. "The cap is very like," said the first " The dress is very like," said the con d. "Bt is not the cap or dress that ake the likeness." said the artist. low is the face?" The three friends stared solemnly the portrait in silence for a mo mut. Then up spoke the one who a not given his opinion before. "The beard is very like," he said. avely, anid with that the artist was iiged to be content. .u Exploded Theory. "There's nothing in literary 'in iration'."' saidl the would-he author. :rentedl a gar-ret ten flights up:; ight a gallon of oil and a 'mid ht. lamp:' and even went so far as have a bailiff come and arrest mae e debt. and T haven't been able to it a 'line yet!"--Atlanta Constitu Thne Months to Marry In. Some cnrious secrets as to matri n are seen in the following statis s: May and November are the most arrying months. Fewer people are arridl in Mare&m than in any othier ntb. When b;achelors marry widows e widow is generally the older; be; hen widowers marry maids the masiO usually the younger. Whi Ip Now you know what the tr cure,-a perfect Sarsaparilla. name of the medicine, for in z great many remedes. What you want is a Sarsap. pure, a Sarsaparill; that will m: rilla that is a powerful nerve 1 and best. That's eThe only Sarsaparilla made undc gradvales: a graduate i chemistry, and a g $1.00 a bottle. "Last July my oldest daughter wa, to mend I v;as down sick mvself fr< and did not care much whetner I 1 bottle of Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and its it put me on my feet and made a -%N Bentonsport, Iova, Jan. i9, 1900. ThP ehap who courts trouble very often trouble.s Court. How Are Vour Kidneys ? Dr. Iih' sparauu:- Pills etre nil kidnry Iwa. -amplo ree. Add. sterling Jemedy Co., Clicago orN. Y. Tho shipbuilder frequently !as to mend ihi-4 ways. PUTNA:M FA)FLrSS Dyrs do ntspot. strpnk or _ive your v:otdn an uneve..ly dyed ap pearance. Sold by ail dru:ists. It*s funny that as a youth grows vp his face grows alown. Edutcate Yo ur Bmowel, W I l a ~ccret s Candv Cathatrtie. .ure .'onstination foir er.10e 25o. If C. c. C. fui!, druggir-ts refunidmny It freqjuently haer.rns that the dceper a man is in p,ohties~ theo more he is out. To Cure a Cold in One Day. Take LAX.Tr, En, a: QVIyrs TanuL-rs. All dru-'t.nts reundl the mneyut if it fiyhto-: cure. E. W. Gr vi% :-inature onm eae SuWbinzs as credito rs' meetings\ are [ke be overdun. t Catarrt cann'st lbe Cured WUth local applications, as they can.not reach the seat of the il isease. Catarrh is:' i blo or osttutional disea.5 andr in order '.o cue t. yo musnit rake internal remieudies. ltIall' 'atarrh Care is .ke cin te rntaliy, and :iet-- ch: ectly o.'n the blood and murno.ts surfta'e. Ii aill 'atarh ur 'is n rot ac .junAh mledicint. It was r-ecribedby one oifl i t-' beHt phitela~ns in is ('ountry lor y.ears, an'a n! a regu:lar prie- . nown. comblinedl with the he-t Li.isd puiier.-. seti n. direitly on the imucoi:s tiurface'. T1he ieret cominatttittn of the. twoi it.ritsi r i hat prioduces 'tuh w olderful reanlt.- in cur ng catarrht. 'end fo to -boil.fre 1'. J. Cn:n:Y &( C, rop. Todo 0. 'tv I)n.. The be' lst remedv for CDrSUWSd Dr. oui's Co .g CotSyu,rlef . suerer will so.in be cur.d. 1'rice only :25 cts. "After I wvas Induced to try CASCA I!"rd, I will riever he without theni in the house. !y li':er was in : very bamd shape. and my head nhed and I halnd elac trouble. New. since tak e Cascarets. I feel tIue. My wlfe blas also used e with 'lene f Cin! rcet i for sour stomneb." Jos. kmusuNG. 1d Congress St.. St. Lou!s. Mo. SCANDY B CATHARTIC I TRADE MAfSK REGi5TEREO Pleasant. Palao'ble. Potent. Taste Good!. DC I r hicd. Never Siiee. W eaken. or Gripe. i0c. 25c.0.1 ..CUR E CONSTIPATION... .. eri!ng Reedy compin c Ge:go. Mionital. NwYr.M ~fTlPSIld aner tanrant'ed by all dyr- ec gUVMI LSLs to 'I.JEk, Obcco liat. A KLONDIKI ugist from Kiondike to n fact it is the only Coh striking evidence of ever bny of the genu11n -MAKII(O A HAVY GUMi . takes Longer Tha tae ConstruOtton of the Ship That Cawries It. Mr. W. .J. Gordon sketches Wool rich arsenal in the IA' ure Hour. Among a host of Inter g rescrip dons may Pe selected here what he says &rout the making of a gun: "In their early stages these guns are Un txpectedly long and slender things, ow :ng to their being without the coils ind jackets that build them up to such bulkiness. They look 'their longest uring their wiring, "hat modern prec tss which enabled us to reduce the bulk Df the g-n so much that the podgy Woolwicl infants have developed into graceful boys. '1here is something Itartling in finding a gui'being treated like a bat-handle, the only difference Deing that instead of waxed thread rou wind on a thin flat strip of steel having a breaking strain of 100 tons lo the squ*are inch, and wind this on In several layers instead of one. The gun revolves in a lathe as the cricket bat does, but much more slowly, and In place cf the wooden spool of thread there stands, at right angles to it, a huge iron reel, from which the riband or wire, as it Is called, which is about a quarter of an inch wide, is wound on spirally at high tension, the spirals being knocked up tight to each other with a punch whenever they fail to wind on closely together. The gun Is thus wrapped with literally miles of wire mostly in the region of the pow der chamber. Over the wire jacket come the hoops of cast steel cut out of ingots as disks, and forged into rings just a trifle smaller than the fin ger they are to fit; and when these air finished they are one by one, for there aro many of them, heated just enough to expand them, and slipped over the gun to shrink and grip it as they cool. the gun being upright at the time, with a stream of water flowing through its bore to keep the tempera ture down. In this way wiring Is all hidden, and the gun looks as though it were built up entirely of these mas sive hoops, as it used to be. The laths work and other operations necessitated by all this may be Imagined, and we cease to wonder why it takes longer to make a heavy gun than it does to build the ship that carries it.' Deauty Is Blood Deep. Clean blood means a clean skin. N< beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar tic elean your bood and keep it clean. b stirring on the lazy liver and driving all im purities Irom the body. Begin to day to banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads and that sickly bilious complexion by takin CascarctA,-beauty for ten cents. All drug gists, satisfaction guaranteed, l0c, 25c.50c. "This is no laughing matter," remarked the editor, as he handed back the humorist'4 manuscript. The Be-t Prescr:plion for Chills and Feve:r is a >ottle of GvE's T.s v:r.Es CHIIL To:sxc. It is s raple iron and quini:se ii a tas eiess form. No cure--no pay. Price 25c Automobiles are here to stay, but tiie mat who owns one wants it to go. H. H. Gr.Eis's Soss, of Atlanta, Ga., are the only s,uccessful D ropsy Specialists In the world. See their liberal offer In advertise ment in another column of thi' er. A woman's negative, M positive Dr. K a ne. ded 1871 for Consumnp and coldc--J. us a .Feb.1,100. Syrup for child ren reducin.lin lia m a d cohle 25c a bottle. foorehead, Kan., tel, laundry, hall, 'factory and a C W .with several Co-o mWm1 s n arby. ToWre Constipnailon Forever. Take Casset- Cand athartie. 10Oor 25c. f s .C.C. fair tocenre,rirugglits refunad money. 'Ibe hizes at l'ruaes. Prunes are sold in three sizes. The Largest size is called the thirty to for ies. Tis means that thirty to fo rty f these prunes make a pound. The~ uedium size is forty to fifty, and the mall size lifty to sixty. T1he largest prunes are of course the most valuable. he average price the growers get for their prunes is three and three-fourth ents a pound. An orchard of 250 trees will give a grower an average protit f 400 a year. An acre will grow about one hundred trees, planted with the proper distanices between them. The trees bear the third year after planting, and live from ten to twenty years. French prunes pay the best. Connecti ut ligures from its receut State school ce.?sus show that it has weny per cent, more inhabit.iuts hn it hind in 1890. Tue population of the country on this basis is 75,1~>0, Stops the Ccu,gh and Works 0f The Cold.k IE CURES LA GRIPPE B NOT E-Every Di for Colds and Grip. vast territory which le nn r on t a story of sulering that one 7ord tells. It says: "I am all tired out. It seems to me I can hardly take another step. I haven't a pa* ticle of ambition. I can't do half my work, I am wcak, ncryous, and depressed." That's reRlood uble is, you certainly know the -Sarsaparilla~ is simply the perfect Sarsaparilla there are a rilla that will make your blood ke it rich and strong, a Sarsapi onic. You want the strongest AYEM RS r the p.ersonal supervision ol three i pharmacy, a gradvatc in raduate in medicine." All druggists. taken sik, and by the time she began )m caring for her. I was discouraged, ived or died. My husband got me a effects were magical. Two bottles cf 1ll woman of X.e."- JANE M. BROwN, The number of persons buried in the certerics of Ronc is estimated at six Milli Zns. O T A S H gives color, favor and firmness to all fruits. No good fruit can be raised without Potash. Fertilizers containing atleast 8 to 10% of Potash will give bes3t results on all fruits. Write b2 in every farmer's ~hey are sent free. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassa St., New Yo.k. for all ma.nner of ~~NERVOUS -ThDISEASES. SL[B O a 4ICBRAIN ,NERV(S. 0-i1"" 2jr,Y Co. ON 10 DA YS TRIA L. AItiu BUST rrFCj FCrrm ~ eri Ir ek 1 -o 5 cow,. price en si irice .. t u. he nik p - free. toW i. v 'n1i t u uda t r.n ~ Ire t t~ th ciiIlnie o r e w'e harl GIB.SONIA, PA. O OFINO ~IATERIALSI ack and Galv~anized Corrugated I ron - jy :s. I]a~e of alkn,. * :n $yI a, anow old .Mtyle. Tinxedo Heavy C..at. ETA g .ECURED) OR e. reude -.. 1-4M7 i.4th t W.a-h n-ton. D3. . r.?nhe: Chie ii,'0. Cleveland and 1;e?roit. ) OPSY VE"*l~OEY CY ee. ook of test monias a.nd 10 dat.' treatmte .: oe. Dr. H. B. Ga,5EN'SaUZI.5O Bo3. AU,ana. Ga SCENE. Cuba sells Laxative Bro l and Grip prescription [ts virtue and populari e artcle No Cure, N A LCOOLIC LIQUORS and NARCOTIC DRUGS Make INEBRIATES THE KEELEY CURE, URES THEM. tsgrettad .thel Patients board and lodge in the Institution. &ddie.s or call at THE KEELEY INSTITUTE, 1rog Plain Street, COLUIrBIA, S. C. *A D Mill Supplies OF EVERY DESCRITION. Write us when In need of ANYTHING la the abore line. The Vquipment of Modern Ginnerles with the Improved Murray Gleaning and Distributing $ystcm a specialty. En-ies, Boilera, Saw and Grist mill4 Threshers. Rice Hu;lere, e:c. S. C. AGENCY, LIDDELL CO. W. H. GIBBES & COs .'0LUMBIA, - S. C. . POWER COMplete PLANTS FOR FACTORIES A.ND MILLS. Eng;;es; Corliss. Automatic, plain side valves. Boilers, Heaters, Pumps. Saw 111ls, fro:n small Plantation Mills to the Hearviest Miuis In the market. All kinds of Wood W,rking Machineryl Flox K and Corn 31illing Machinery. Complete Ginning Systems-Lummus% Van Winkle and Thomas. Eugnes, Boilers, Saws. Gins in Stock fot quick delivery. V. C. BADIHAM & C0., 1 1326 Main St, COLURBIA, - e * * - DIANOS and fiRGANS DIR.CT FROM THE U FACTORY I o 0 O O 0 0 0 0 This is why I can. supply TheBEST FOR THE LEAST MONEYs .I NuT HOW CHEAP .BTHOW 6000. WVARRANTY: endor-cd by me, mak.ng you Doubly secunred. 0000, R ELIA BLE ORGANS, $5 up. Q00", RELIABIi J p Write srt comecs. to defend , with th'e:r movieCs. bY. L. DOUCLAS S3&3.50 SHOES V,0&.N swwth other maked Indor.ed by over D ouls name and-c o sub t ut clamed to should keen them-i -OT receipt of pice ac. C*extra for carr a:e. S:atie kind of ieathe, size, and -id'h i or cao toe Ca ee. Ad~U~TP%I9Booker T. Wash t benec oprhet Inl nhis het speeches. Wh x- and cooe or aeen s. Writ e to ay. We would like to engage ew able hite me tsue intend ae a. o. 912-924 Au-t ell Buiid:nag, Atianta., Ga. '7 YSPEPSIA! ~o Medicine to Swallow!I rek ie o a)pllcatio)n. Send 4A2: GR cc C), Ea sin. . TTENTION is facilitated if you mention hi, paper'when wriing advez dse-. SO.15 B3est nc ri.g Tat Go. Use r NO CURES NO PAY.I PRIQE 25c mo-Quinine Tablets sold throughout this y. This signature o Pay. -Price 5c.