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The turnspit dogs, writes Alice
Morse Earle in "Stagecoach and
Tavern Days." were little, patient
creatures whose lives were spent in
the exquisite tantalizatio. of help
ing to cook meat, the appetizing
odors of which they shifted for
hours without SO much Us taste to
reward them at the end of their la
bors.
The summary and inlluman mode
of teaching these turnspits their
humble duties is described in book
of anecdotes published at Newcas-
tle-on-Tyne in 1909. The dog was
put into the wheel. A burning coal
was placed with him. If he stopped,
his legs were burned. That was all.
He soon learned his lesson.
It was hard work, for often the
great piece of beef was twice the
weight of the dog and took at least
three hours roasting. I am glad
to know that these hardworking
turn breaches usually grew shrewd
with age and learned to vanish at
the approach Of the cook OF the ap-
pearance Of the wheel.
At one old time tavern in New
York little brown Jesse listened
daily at the kitchen doorstep while
the orders were detailed to. the.
kitchenmaids, and he could never
be found till nightfall on rcast meat
days.
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An Gins Wavs.

To Chinaman the idea that O
judge should take bribes seems as
natural thing as that a duck
should take to the water. And yet
the Chinaman will not, unless he
knows he is on the right track, bru-
tally push his bribe under the
judges nose. Either he or one of
his countrymen will from che
judges arrival have rendered him
good service.
Does the judge want a gardener
or cook? All Sin soon provides
an excellent one who never asks for
his wages. Have some visitors ar
rived at the alcaldia? All Sin sends
in a dozen chickens, turkey and
the best fruits. Is it the judges
name day? The willy Celestial pre-
sents few cases of wine and boxes
Of fine cigars. Is the roof of the
alcaldia leaking? A couple of Chi
nese carpenters will set it right
without sending in q bill for it.
Then. having prepared the way,
should All Sin be summoned before
the alcalde he may confidently hope
that his patron will not hurriedly
give judgment q. ainst him and that
he will probably get full opportu-
nifty to present substantial reasons
why the suit should be decided In
his favor.-F. H. Sawyer's "Inhab-
itants of the Philippines"
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The Mosquito Plague.

The Mayor of Winchester, Virginia.
has really delivered his town from
mosquitoes, and his success has natu-
rally attracted wide attention.
Winchester, it is noted, was infest.
ed with the insects. and life in the
town during the summer had become
really intolerable on that account.
Nets and bars afforded only partial
protection, and additional discomfort.
Mayor Barton organized a,force and
set about the task of fighting the pests
with intelligence aud vigor, in the
general interest. Learning that the
larvae were deposited in stagnant or
still water only, his agents poured
kerosene oil-an ounce to every fifteen
Square feet of surface-iuto every
pond, pool, puddle and sink that
could be found. The effect was
magical" The town is "free from
mosquitoes aud the people are sleep
ias ";:hout nets
In an interview printed in the New
York Sun Mayor Barton says in part:
"Up to this time this summer the
insect has hardly been seen, and it is
confidently expected that continued
application of the prevention applied
will forever rid US of it. The first
experiments were carefully watched.
In one instance gentleman stood by
rain barrel watch in hand. In five
minutes seventy-fve mosquitoes (fe-
males) arrived. bent on laying their
eggs. Of this number seventy.two
died as soon as they touched the oil,
There can be no doubt of the success
of the plan"
Mayor Barton, it is added, is in
constant receipt of applications from
all parts of the country for infornla-
tion as to his method, so that he is
compelled to keep printed copies of
the local law on the subject, and Of
the notices sent out to the people for
its enforcement, which he sends to
those writing for information. His
! plan, however, appears to be simple
enough for general application without
particular instructions regarding it.
The essential thing is to apply the oil
to all places where mosquitoes car
breed, and renew the application every
zen or fifteen days. This involves
some little work and trouble, OF
course, but not nearly so much as
fighting the pests every day, and al
night, through the summer.-Ncws
and Courier.
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MALAY BELIEF IN CHARMS.
Wardins or Danger From Beasts,
inns and Storma.


The Malay is a firm believer in the
efficacy of charms. He wears anu
lets, places written words of magic
in houses and sports tigers claw
as preventive Of disease. If he is
specially primitive and backwoodsy,
when he enters a forest he says:
"Go to the right, all my enemies
and assailants! May you not look
up on me! Let me walk alonev'
To allay storm he says: "The
elephants collect; they wallow across
the sea. Go to the right, go to the
left. ] break the tempest"
When about to begin an elephant
hunt, according to Thompson, he
uses this charm: "The elephant
trumpets; he wallows across tho
lake. Go to the left. 60 to the right,
spirit of grandfather (the elephantll.
soose the fingers upon the bow
string"
The Malay believes in witches and
witchcraft. There is the bottle imp.
the polong, which feeds on it's own
er's bleed I'll the time comgs for it
to take possession Of an%enemy.
Then there is the horrid thing, the
panangalan, which possesses women.
Frequently il leaves its rightful
abode to fly away at night to feed on
blood, taking the form of the head
and intestines of the person it in
habited, in which shape it wanders
around.
Such beliefs may perhaps have
their origin in metempsychosis,
which in other ways has some foot
hold among the common people.
For instance, elephants and tigers
are believed sometimes to be human
souls in disguise, and 80 the .sfalay
addresses them as grandfather" to
allay their wrath and avoid direct
reference to them. Crocodiles also
are often regarded as sacred, and
special charms are used in fishing
for them. One such, given by Max
well, is as follows: 90 Dangsari, To-
tus flower, receive what send thee.
If thou receivest it not, may thine
eyes be torn outw-Popular Sci
ence.
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A fellow has 10 be sick once in
while to really enjoy good health.
Southern Railway Reduced Rates.

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Sleepless Fish.

The little goldfish, the pet Of the
household aquariums, never goes to
sleep. In this respect the pike and
salmon are his equals. They are as
alert for their prey in the ocean as
the goldfish is for the crumbs that
are fed him from household tables.
In his native element the goldfish
forages for himself and has his eyes
open all the time. There are some
goldfish in Washington which have
belonged to the same family for the
last SO years, and they seem no big
ger and no less vivacious to-day than
they did when they first came into
the owners possession. A few Of
the fish in the imperial aquarium
at St. Petersburg are known to be
$50 years old, and the age Of the sa-
cred fish in some of the ponds at
tached to the temples in China is to
be counted by centuries, if we are to
believe the Buddhist priests.
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cHAFFEE's HERoisM.
One Days Work that Brought
Him Promotion.

One of the chapters of General
Chaffee's diary deals with the fgat
of the Big Dry Wash in the summer
of 1882, cherished by cavalrymen
as one of the gallant ones of their
arm of the service. About $50
White mountain Apaches who had
taken to the warpath were on one
side of q canyon in the Mogollon
plateau. Chaffee, a major, with a
pursuing troop of the Sixth cavalry,
held the summit of q rocky hill
commanding the entrance to the
canyon. The battle went on for
hours. One of the scouts fell some
twoscore yards from where Chaffec
was standing. A second scout, at
Chaffee's elbow, remarked that the
fallen man was dcaa tor, but the
major saw that he was only wound
ed.
"Comc along" said he, "and we'll
fetch him in"
Then he threw himself fat on
the ground and crawlnd toward the
wounded soldier. The scout fol-
lowed. Slowly and painfully Chat
fee and his companion, in the face
Of concentrated fire from all the
indians, worked their way to the
wounded man and half carried and
half dragged him back within the
lines. The handful of troopers on
the rock, thrilled with the deed that
had been performed, forgot the task
in hand, stopped fighting and began
to cheer. This made Chaffee furi-
GUS, and he shouted at the top of
his voice:
'Shut up that noise and go shoot
ingp Thus recalled to the work of
fighting Indians, the men again
turned their attention to their car
bines and, relieved in the nick of
time by two troops of the Third
cavalry, slowly they fought the foe
to standstill. The Apaches, al
most to a man, were killed or cap
tured. Chaffee was brevetted lieu
tenant colonel for his days work,
and in 1887 the brevet became O
commission.-Kansas City Star.
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Thleve,s,, In Tanaler.

s@They don't mince matters in
Tangier," said q man who spent
some years in that quaint old sea-
port Of Morocco, "with man who
loses sight of the distinction be-
tween his own property and some
one else's. When q thief is csnght
in the most trivial offense, he is told
to hold up both hands. sThen they
ask him which hand he would like
to Keep. When he has made his
choice, they cut of the other. This
naturally creates a prejudice against
kleptomania in its various forms. I
don't quite know what they would
do with a bank officer who got his
clutch on million, but T guess they
would save the hand with its con-
tents and throw the rest Of him to
the sharks" y
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Tho Cathedral at Seville.

The construction of this cathe-
dfal at the end Of the middle ages
was practically the result OF a wa
ger. The canons heroically ruined
themselves. They wanted to outdo
the Christians Of Toledo; they de-
sired to surpass the Moors of Cor
dova; they wanted marvel for Sc
villa, and Sevilla got the marvel.
The central nave is Of an extraor-
dinary height. Notre Dame of Par
is could easily be put into it. AS for
the four side naves, they could shell
ter many churches and steeples in
their depths. The main altar is i'm
mense, with superimposed rows Of
eculptured panels and numberless
statues. The organ pipes are as
large as cannon. Everything is
huge, gigantic, overpowering.
Thus religious ceremonies born in
that prodigious edifce break forth
into Sevilla with a character of
grandeur and lavishness; they, SO to
speak, inundate the streets of the
city. Be it a grave epidemic to be
feared OF a great joy to be celebrat-
ed, all the prestige of a gorgeous
ceremonial is resorted to as means
Of appealing to all the inhabitants.
Voluntarily organized professions
tumultuously follow professions,
each one larger, richer and more inn
posing than its predecessor. Mod
ern Culture.
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SUGAR MAKING.
China Claims 10 Have DISCOVERIES the
Original Process.

China Claims 10 Have DISCOVERIES tho
Original Process.
The Chinese, who invented al
most everything before anybody
else heard of it, claim to be the
original discoveries of the process
Vt sugar making, and it is said that
sugar was used in China as long ago
as 1900 years. This is misty, but
the fact is well established that it
was manufactured in China under
the Tsin dynasty, 200 years before
the Christian era. India has put
forward q claim for priority of in
vention, but the probability is that
the Hindoos learned the al of sug-
ar making from the Chinese and
that through them the knowledge
finally spread to the western ma
tions.
Nearchus, when sent by Alexan-
de: On an exploring voyage OH the
Indus, brought back reports Of
''honey" which was made by the
Asiatics from cane without the help
of bees. At this time neither the
Greeks .aor the Jews nor the Baby
lonians had any knowledge Of sug-
ar, but later the art of making the
artificial "honey" became known
and practiced, though its progress
and development were exceedingly
slow. It was prescribed as medi-
cine by Galen in A. D. $50.
Up to the seventeenth century
sugar had become nothing more
than a costly luxury, to be used
only on special occasions. Even as
late as the beginning of the eight
eenth century the annual consump-
ton of sugar in Great Britain had
reached only 20,O0O,O00 pounds,
where's it is now more than 2,OOO,-
100000 pounds. Refined sugar was
not made in England till 1859.
The art of refining was learned
by Venetian merchant from the
Sarace1a, who sold the secret to
him for 100000 crowns.-Weekly
Bouquet.
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,Treatmens For Gas poIsonIna.

Lcosen the clothing at the neck.
Slap the face and the chest with
Che wet end Of q towel.
Apply warmth and friction If the
body or limbs are cold.
Take the man at once into. the
fresh air. Don't crowd around HIM
Keep him on his back. Don't
raise his head! or turn him on his
side.
IF the breathing is feeble or irreg-
ular, artifiniali respiration. should be
used and kept up until there is no
doubt that It can no longer be Of
use.
Give the ammonia mixture Zone
part in all, aromatic ammonia, to
16 parts Of water) ia small quanti-
ties at short intervass-a teaspoon
full every two OF three minutes.-
journal of Health.
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When He Raved.

An Irishman over the age of four
score and ten who by strict economy
had accumulated a moderate for
tune and was about to die called in
the parish priest and the family law
yer to make his last will and testa-
ment. The wife, grasping, covet-
GUS old party, was also in the room.
The preliminaries Of the will hav-
ing been concluded, it became neces-
sary to inquire about the debts ow-
ing to the estate.
Among these were several Of inn
portance Of which the old lady had
been in ignorance, but was neyerthe-
less pleased to: find that 80 much
ready money would be Forthcoming
after the funeral.
SHOW, them" said the lawyer,
Estate explicitly the amount owed
you by your friends"
S"Nmothy Brown" replied the old
man, "owes me $3.50; John Casey
owes me $1S5,. .and'
eGood, goodl" calculated the pro-
spectiye widow. ttRational to the
last!"
"Luke Bowen owes me $780," re-
sumed the old man.
eRational to the lastw put in the
eager old lady again.
'"To Michael Liffey T owe 81, ,O0O."
"Ah." exclaimed the old woman,
<shear him ravep
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The invention of selIoxxo.

It is difficult to place the inverl-
ton Of bellows, as it is stated that
they were used in Egypt in the time
of Thothmes III, 149O B.. c., and
are represented on a tomb beari1g
the name of that pharaoh, probably
as emblematic Of his character. Our
common bellows, consisting of two
boards Joined by piece OF leather,
was early known to the Greeks and
Romans. Strabo falsely ascribes
the invention to Anacharsis, the
Scytilian, who was coeval with So
lon. Wooden bellows were known
in Germany in the sixteenth centu-
~, but the name OF she inventor
is not known.
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THE PORTER
MILITARY ACADEMY,
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON.
Gnnrlaafam. a. C.

FOUNDED In 1785. Strou: Faculty.
well-sI uipped Chemical, Physical urid
rielogt,nl Laboratories. Observatory.
Library OF IA 900 volumes, and the finest
Aus>am OF Natural History In the South.
B: A., b. g.. and M. A. cnnEsae offered.
Tuition $40, payable In two install
mente. Board In College Dormitory can
be Obtained ~ eic month. Cno Schoi.
arnhip giving free tuition ;s assigned to
Anderson County. tho holder to DO ap-
pointed by the Judge Of Probate and
the County Superintendent OF Education.
Ali candidates for admission are permit.
ted to compete for vacant Boyoe Scholar.
chips, which pay $3.50 year. Entrance
Examinations will be held In Anderson
on July IL. 1901, by the County Superin-
tendent and Judge Of Probate. Next
seasion opens September 80, 1901.
For Catalogue address
HARRISON RANDOLPH, Pres.
IUna 12. 1QQl 81
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His Excuse.

At a village in Staffordshire a
boy was detained from school to as
sist in sorting potatoes. The school
master, as usual on such occasions,
desired the Doy's father to write and
state the cause OF his absence. The
next morning the boy appeared with
note from his father which con-
tanned but one word-"Keptatoma-
tatering." The schoolmaster, as
tonished at such o word, puzzled
over it some minutes, but at last
discovered it to be- "Kept at home
a-tatering. -Exchange.
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WHERE COFFEE CAME FRoM.
Legend Gives the Lethean Berry Ro.
mantle Origin and Hietcrv.

mantIc Origin and Hletory.
There ;s eSstaatt a taie of tho dis
covery Of coffee, story which
might have suggested to Charles
Lamb the idea FOR his dissertation
on roast pig. This is the legend:
To=aTaa the middle of the fif-
teenth century a poor Arab was
travelling in Abyssinia, and, finding
himself weak and weary from fa-
tigue, he stopped near q grove.
Then: being in want Of fuel TO cook
his rice, he cut down tree which
happened to be full of dead berries.
His meal being cooked and eaten,
the traveller discovered that the half
burned berries were very fragrant.
Collecting a number of these and
crushing them with stone, he
found that their aroma had in
creased to o great extent. While
wondering at this he accidentally
let fall the substance into can
which contained his scant supply Of
water. Lo, what a miraclel The
almost pntrid liquid was instantly
purified. He brought it to his lips.
1t was fresh, agreeable, and in
moment after the traveller had so far
recovered his strength snd energy
as to be able to resume his Journey.
The lucky Arab gathered as many
berries as he could, and, having ar
rived at Alden, it Arabia, he in
formed the mutt of his discovery.
This worthy divine was an inveter-
ate opium smoker who had been
suffering for years from the effects
of that poisonous drug. He tried
an infusion of the roasted berries
and was SO delighted at the recov-
cry of his own vigor that in graft
trde to the tree he called it cabuah,
which in Arabic signifies force
Denver Times.
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MONKEY CONGREGATIONS.
Service In the Woods For Which the
Blrds Furnished Music.

Service In the Woods For Which the
Birds Furnished Music.
The author of "Sands of Sahara"
when visiting the gorge of Chiffa
came upon strange ceremonial,
which, q native assured him, was an
unusual one. The gorge itself is
like grand sanctuary, canopied by
trees and lighted delicately by the
sun filtering through foliage. A re-
markable assemblage was there that
day-a congregation of monkeys ap-
parently holding some kind of serv-
ice, to which the birds of the forest
gave music.
The monkeys sat in rows upon
the broad, outreaching branches of
the virgin trees. They were in par
ties of two, three or four, although
GIG fellow sat alone, like dccorous
bachelor. While most of them re-
mained stationary, certain patriar-
chal fellows passed about the area of
assemblage, sitting down for q few
AAiAhutCo ou t1lc DIdlItlleS nSS.SC UII-
1erent families of the parish, SEEM
ing to give them counsel.
The ceremonies were conducted
with the greatest propriety. The
monkeys seemed to be taking part
in service in which they were deep
ly interested. When it was over
nd they we're about to 60 out into
the world, the ruling elders could
be seen running about, passing from
tree to tree on the interlacing
branches. Nor did the assembly
break up until those evidently re-
spected officials had visited and sa-
luted the entire convocation. Even
their departure was made most de-
corously.
Then, after that serious council
had adjourned, the monkeys fell to
enjoying themselves. They scam
pered from tree to tree; they swung
from branch to branch. Some hung
by their tails, and others, in little
coteries, hand in hand enjoyed their
midair frolic. But the old bachelor
did not clasp hands with anybody.
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MAIE ROCK.

The Kansas City. Journal says
that the name Of the postoffice Half
Rock, in Missouri, is not to be ac-
counted for by any popularity of the
physical features Of the place, as
might be supposed. It seems that
one of the first buildings erected
there was general store, the pro-
prietor Of which sold such bad sug-
ar that his customers declared 1t to
be half rock. The term was in
course Of time applied to the store
itself and subsequently to the post
Office established at the place.
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: In China, criminals and political

- In China criminals and political
pri. mere are beheaded Some Of the
axesn aTr 80 expert that they
can arrange and behesd . man in
eighteen asconds. as ..ls
As an evidence Of prosperity it
may be noted that the country's Iirth
rate is rapidly increasing.
The drink G,ll Of England was
more than its clothing bill or its fight
log bill for the last year of the old
century. !
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The sneakers.

At a hotel in a busy quarter Of
Paris the following 1,tice appears
"Ici on parle Anglais, lEspagnol,
ltalien, Allemand, !" etc. si:.s
An Englishman recently entered
the house and asked In British
French for the interpreter. The
waiter replied that there was none.
'Who, them" the Britisher ask
ed, 1tspeaks all these languages r,
The waiter, with an innocent
smile, replied, S The customers! y