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Took Advantage Of Him.

There was time when the farming
lands OF Nebraska were not SO velua.
bic as at present. says the Washing.
ton correspondence Of the New YORK
World.
Il have seen the day." said Repre-.
sentative Stark, Of that State, "when
men were glad to give away all the
real estate they had and they counted
themselves fortunate If they could
succeed.
During one Of our bad drought
years 1 met sorubby- looking team
one morning making toward the east
The man in the wagon was of nv 40.
quaintance and he was on his way
back to Illinois, his old home. HI
told me how everything on his plac,
had dried up until be had only cart
COW and a few farming implement,
left.
ITO my next nsighbor,' he contin
ued, growing cheerful at the thought
1 proposed to trade those things fo
this horse and wagon if he would ais,
accept the deed of 80 acres, half of IN.
land
He took you up on that I re
| marked.
Yea answered my friend, cor
daily" You see, he could read an,
and decided him the entire 100 acres
That is why | am now able to pull u,
stakes for Illinois,"
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interIlgibie Announcement.

An American woman who under
stands Italian, but has not learned
to comprehend Italianized English,
had at hotel in Florence an expe-
rience which she relates with glee.
She had asked that q carriage
might be ready for her at certain
hour. She waited in the parlor for
it to be announced, and when the
time had passed she made complaint
that her request had not been re-
garded.
"But, madam, I send up a boy
where you and the other madam
were sitting ten minutes ago and
command him to announce your
equipage," said the clerk.
"a boy said something in the
doorway" said the lady doubtfully,
''but as he spoke in language un-
known to me and did not seem to
be addressing me I paid no atten-
The boy, being summoned, gazed
with brown, reproachful eyes at the
Lady; !.
plaintively. '1 bow my head and
say fast, very fast, cM'darm, m'darm,
c'ridge, c'ridge, redee, redee,' and
make my depart"
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A Georgia Yarn.

According to the Augusta Herald
Bette Chancey, an old white woman
who lives near Athens, Ca, is the
owner of an old mule of the genuine
Georgia variety. a few days since
she went out to curry the animal,
whose hair had remained unclipped for
some time and was probably three
inches long. While currying the old
mule she noticed that about half tho
hair of his tail had been clipped of
close to the skin. The mule kcp,
switching his tail towards his back as
If something bothered him, The old
woman began to make close inspec
tion of the animal, and discovered the
trouble. A small rat has gnawcd the
hair off the mules tail and had car
ried it on top of his back near tht
hips. There is little hollow on ths
mules back; the industrious rat hat
woven the hair into neat nest and
was resting in the snug home pleas
antly and securely when the old wo
man ran him out.
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Discovery Of the Gulf Stream.

Ponce de Leon, while on his ia
nous search for the fountain of
youth, made the discovery of the
Gulf stream. The whalers of New
England were the first to gain a
fairly accurate knowledge of the
limits of the current between Amer-
lea and Europe by following the
haunts OF the whales, which were
found north of one line and south
Of another, but never between the
two. This, they reasoned, was the
gulf stream current.
Benjamin Franklin received this
information from the whalers and
published it on O chart for the ben
eft of the mail packets plying be-
tween England and the colonies.
The chart was first issued about
1770, but was not accepted by the
English captains. Before it came
to be generally known and used
the trouble between England and
the colonies began, and Franklin,
knowing the advantage the nowl-
edge would be to the British naval
officers, suppressed it all he could
until hostilities ceased
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Celery For rheumatism.

physicians say that celery is o
cure for rheumatism. Indeed, it is
asserted that the disease is impossi-
BILE if the vegetable be cooked and
freely eaten. The celery should be
cut into pieces and boiled in water
until soft and the water drunk by
the patient Put new milk, with q
little flour and nutmeg, into sauce
pan with the boiled celery, serve it
warm with pieces Of toast, eat it
with potatoes, and the painful all
ment will soon yield. Such is the
declaration Of 9 physician who has
again and again tried the expert
ment and with uniform success. he
adds that old or damp never pro-
duces but simply develops the dis
ease, Of which acid blood is the pri-
mary and sustaining cause. and that
while the blood is alkaline there can
b be neither rheumatism nor gout.-
Science News.
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MEDIEVAL PREACHING.
Sermons Delivered In the vernacular
and Preserved In Latin.

and Preserved In Latin.
The Puritaps were not, as has
been supposed, the inventors of er-
temporary preaching. The practice
was distinctly medieval and vas
stopped about the time Of Elisabeth.
AS TO iba language, we meet with
HMcatsiee to determine which were
y Latin and which In. the countless
dialects Of the day. which 80 coa,tin-
ually Auctuatsl, both as to the
speaking and the writing, that it Is
q matter Of wonder how the mis-
aonaries conld in many cases have
done the work they are credited
with. unless we presuppose on the
part Of the masses much greater
knowledge of Latin than is CON-
monty supposed. This, however,
would seem to he probable--name-
II, that the esermones ad populum"
Of the eighth, ninth and tenth cen
turies were generally delivered in
the yeynacular anu extemporary and
aftervard translated into Latin ei-
ther by the orator himself OF some
hearfr.
What will strike the average non
Catholic as 80 very strange, in view
of the current opinion to the oppo-
site, is the almost marvellous grasp
Of Scripture Of the typical medieval
preacher, whether we consider the
number Of quotations, their variety
or the Interpretation of the same.
Neale estimates as ten to one the
ratio between q medieval sermon
and that of a modern divine as re-
CARDS the number of texts custom
arily cited. The contrast is still
greater when we turn to the manner
of citation, the MEDIEVAL preacher
citing naturally, easily, logically as
one saturated with Scripture from
its being his own daily spiritual
food, the modern i'll at ease, tacking
on q quotation here and there, often
uselessly, altogether with the air Of
a man who feels rather shaky when
treating an unfamiliar subject. The
one evidently read the Scriptures,
the other only concordance and in
dex.-Catholic World.
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Out Of Hls Provlnee.

A soapmaker and banker were
at a Wagner concert, says The
Christian Register. The programme
did not please them, and they began
to talk.
Every man." said the banker,
wants to do something outside OF
his own work" a
eyes," answered the soapmaker
Il manufacture good soap, and yet
I've always wanted to be banker y
"You wouldn't be q good one.
am successful banker, but al
ways wanted TO write a book. And
now here's this man Wagner tries
his hand at music. Just listen to
the stuff And yet we all know he
builds good parlor cars"
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IGuahsna Plants.

Have you ever heard of the laugh
ing plant? It gets its name from
the Intoxicating property of it's seed.
It grows in Arabia, bush Of mod
crate size with yellow flowers, each
producing o pod Of black beans,
which are ground and the powder
taken. It's effect is like that Of
Laughing gas" causing the very 30
berest man to caper, laugh Pnd
shout for nearly an hour until he Is
thoroughly exhausted and falls
asleep. On awakening he seems to
have no recollection Of his previous
antics. This frivolous plant has
not yet been classified by botanists.
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GET a True Focus.

A habit of looking at things from
q distorted angle, of focusing the
vision on things that depress and
suggest unhappiness and misery, is
destroyer of happiness and sue
cess. A. man who goes about with
a funereal face, thinking shard
times," fearing "dull seasons" dis
aster, panic and failure, wherever
his interests center, is never hap
Ply man, rarely successful one.
Pessimism is a destructive force
in mems lives just as optimism is a
constructive agency.-Success.
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Too Many Bachelors Living.


The last census showed that there
were in the whole country S, ,427 ,767
bachelors against 1924 ,494 spinsters,
&C excess of So pc. cent Of bachelors
over tie unmarried women. There
was not any State in the Union that
did not have more bachelors than sin.
gle women, even Massachusetts OK.
hibiting small fractional ovorplus Of
Of unattached males Of marriageable
age.
To account for this situation Of az.
fairs it was explained that, the mass
OF each State being paired of by mar.
riage evenly as between the sexes
only relatively small fraction Of sin
gle persons old enough to marry wal
left over. In most States the NAL,
part of this fraction was nuch in ex
cess of the female part. And it mus
also be remembered that women MARI,
much younger than men.
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WASHlNGT0M's COACH.
:dIs Fourteen Miles Of Driving on Man.
haitian Island.

dis Fourteen Miles Of Driving on Man.
haitian Island.
George Washington, when he was
president of the United States. rode
In a coach drawn by sig horses.
This coach was made In ENGLAND.
and it arrived in New York in 1889.
The body and wheels were Of a
cream color, with gilt relief, and
parts OK the sides and fronts were
shaded by green Venetian blinds.
Upon each Of the -four panels was a
picture emblemstic Of one Of the
SoW seasona. In january, 1875,
congrsss met in Federal hall, at the
corner Ut Wall and Nassau streets,
and New York city was the national
capital for Ave years.
Washington was here inaugurated
as president April 80, 1889. Man
haitian Island then presented one of
the most beautiful drives In the
world, and Washington frequently
made the fourteen mile circuit in
his coach. This drive led up to
what Is now the Bowery and Third
avenue, then called the Boston road,
across the upper part of the island
and down the Bloomingdale road,
now famous as Broadway. The view
took In the prosperous farms, ele-
CANT country seats aud broad
stretches Of living water. In the
city the president was usually con-
tent with four horses, but when he
started on the long drive from
Mount Vernon six horses pranced
in front Of the coach.
Fifteen years after the death OF
General Washington this coach be-
came the property of Bishop Mead
of Virginia. Our first president
was o good horscman, and he was
none the less devoted to tbs inter.
ests of the people because ne rode
in state. Should he revisit tho
scenes of his former glory he would
find it difficult to trace the old four.
teen mile drive, and he would meet
in Central park and on the road:
beyond four-in-hands that would
make him turn green with envy
Manhattan has radically changed
since the first day of the republic
Brooklyn Eagle.
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A Valuable Medicine For Coughs ant
Colds I'm Children.

II have not had the slightest hesi.
tanoy in recommending Chambe 8
Cough Remedy to all who are suffering
from coughs or colds" says Charles
N. Cramsr, ESQ.,, we'll known watch
maker, Of Colombo, Ceylon. "It has
been some two years since the City
Dispennary first called my attention to
this valuable medicine and have re.
peatedlv aaed Il and il has alwsys
been beneficial. It has cured me
quickly Of all chest colds. 1t is es-
pecially effective for children and sell
dom takes more than one bottle to
cure them Of hoaraeness. I have per-
suaded many to try this valuable med
ioine, and they are all az we'll pleased
as myaelf over the results" For sale
by Orr Gray Drug Go.
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COSTLY SMOKING.
High Prices Paid by Soldiers For a
Whit Of Tobacco.

s's"h w tOp&SSos
To barter Q horse in exchange for
q cigarette would appear q some
what e<travagant proceeding. vet
such All incident took place in South
Africa when an Engiia6 soldier, hav-
ing captured q steed unknown to
mia superior officers, exchanged the
same for Turkish cigarette worth
perhaps farthing. It must be re-
m1embered. however, that this sol
der had not tasted tobacco for
weeks and doubtless considered the
exchange q perfectly fair bargain.
During the Franco German war
an officer paid q private soldier the
sum OF 20 marks approximately Ely
for Q bundle Of cigarettes, number
ing ten in all. The officer, having
exhausted his own scanty supply Of
smokes perceived that q certain in
9antryman was about to extricate q
cigarette from q small packet, and
he Immediately made the offer in
question for the collection, which
was accepted. not altogether with
alacrity.
During the same campaign bun
die Of fifty cigarettes waa sold by q
French lieutenant to brother Of
ficer for the incredible sum Of 200
francs (240), and it is recorded,
though with what truth the writer
would not care to vouch, that the
latter resold his sebargain" for near
~ twice the sum to another officer.
Perhaps the largest sum on rec
ord ever paid for cigarette was
the amount Of $3.50. It issued from
the valise of Napoleon III. and was
sold at auction as a curiosity, the
money raised being devoted to the
relief Of sufferers from the Franco
German war.-London Tit-Bits.
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Tho Sword Stick.

The sword stick, or 'tgupti," is of
East Indian origin. There is one
form of it which Is peculiar to chiefa
and men OF rank. The hilt Of the
sword, 2orming the handle Of the
stick, 10 crutcfi aIaped, end the own
er, Hhans lying on his divan, vonld
have his arm resting upon this, 60
as never % be- taken gdSe unarmed.
1t was called IN Persian sstaliah-i-
zafaf,1 = o9 sfcushion' Of victory An
otheT 2orm Of oonesaled gwoqd was
made so flexible as 60 be worn
Ground the waist Nho q girdla
Chambersf JournaI
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Better mar, PaiIo.

The question hes been asked, s.Tu
what vay are Chamberlain's Stomach
& Liver Tablets superior Ito pilla?''
Our answer is:s They are easier and
@ pleasant 60 take, more miid and
gentle In effect and moro reliable as
they can always be depended upon.
Then they cleanse and invigorate the
stomaoh and leave the bowels in na.
tural condition, while pills are more
harsh IN effect and their use is often
Followed by constipation. For sale By
Orr. Gray Drug Co. .ss':lS7s5.
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FLEET FOOTED DOGS.
The Speed Of Settlers, Pointers, Fox.
hounds and Greyhounds.

The Speed Of Settlers, Pointers, Fox.
hounds and Greyhounds.
Comparatively few people realize
Of what remarkable speed dogs are
capable. Some remarkable statistics
n regard to this have been gathered
hv French scientist After point
inc out the marvellous endurance
ahownrby little fox terriers who fol-
low their masters patiently for
hours while the latter are riding on
BICYCLES or in. carriages he says That
even greater endurance is shown by
certain wild animals that are akin
to dogs. Thus, the wolf can rim be-
tween fifty and sixty miles in one
night, and an arctic fox can do
quite as well, If not better. Nansen
met one of these foxes on the ice at
q point more than sevshty miles
northwest Of the Sannikow terri
tory, which is 480 miles from the
Asiatic coast.
Eskimo and Siberian dogs can
travel forty-fve miles on the ice in
five hours. and there ia one case on
record in which q team of Eskimo
dogs travelled six and a half miles
in twenty-eight minutes. According
to the scientist, the speed Of the
shepherd dogs and those used in
hunting ranges from ten to fifteen
wards second. English settlers and
pointers hunt at the rate Of eighteen
to nineteen miles an hour, and they
can maintain this speed for at least
two hours. Foxhounds are extraor-
dinarily swift, as is proved by the
fact that a dog of this breed once
beat thoroughbred horse, covering
four miles in six and a half minutes,
which was at the rate Of nearly
eighteen yards a second. Grey
hounds are the swiftest of all four
footed creatures, and their speed
may be regarded as equal to that
of carrier pigeons. - Our Animal
Friends.
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Purify the blood and put the sys-
tenn in order for summer work by
using at this time short course of
Prickly Ash Bitters; it is the greatest
blood purifier on earth. Evans Phar-
macy.
"A French scientist brought
dead woman to life by moving her
tongue. He certainly knew whore to
tackle her.
Isaiah Rhodes, Of Baileys Gap,
New York, announces that his daugh-
ter, Mrs. James McGowan, % years
old, of fuckers Corners, hamlet in
Ulster county, on Sunday gave birth
to Eve children, all girls, and that all
are doing WE'LL
Indigestion is the direct cause of
disease that kills thousands of per-
sons annually. Stop the trouble at
the start with littie Prickly Ash
Bitters; it strengthens the stomach
and aids digestion Evans Pharmacy
= Claribel-"L wonder what that
creature meant?' Lizzie-"What
creature?" Claribel-"Why, Tent
worth, of course. When told him
everybody said l was improving in
my singing he said he was delighted
to hear it
70 Cure Cold In One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
let's. All druggists refund the none
if it fails to cure. E. w. Grove'y
signature on every box. 25c.
"You promised me before mar
riage that you would make every effort
to make yourself worthy OF me-" II
know I did, and the result was that I
overdid it, and made myself better
than you deserve"
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Ruling servants f1saol,

Nan Newton, for breaking a Tea.
pot in Phill's Chamber, 2s Cd.
Richard Knight, for Pride and
Sighting, 2s Cd.
William HetheringtoA for not
being ready to go to Church three
Sundays, los.
Tho Bridal, for being at Nuneat-
on from morning to night, 5s.
Cook, dead drunk, los.
Anne Adams, to be washmaid at
Lady Day. She went away the 29th
of June for being wanton and care
less. She lost five pairs of sheets
and five pillowbeers, for which my
wife made her pay s1.-From Diary
of Sir Richard Newdigate.
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Polly's Conclusion.

An Australian parrot had unfor-
tunately learned on shipboard the
habit of using profane language.
The mate, little ashamed of the
creatures profanity, undertook a
cure by dousing it with q bucket of
water at each offense. Polly evi-
IDENTIFY imbibed the reproof, for dur
ing gale, when a heavy sea broke
over a hen coop and deluged hens
and cocks pretty thoroughly, she
marched up to the dripping fowls
and screamed out, "Been swearing
again, hain't yep''
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be Honest.

Six months ago q man attempted
to steal 10 cents worth of coal oil
from his employer. He didn't get
away with it, but the attempt to
steal 10 cents has 80 far cost him
over $500, for he lost his job. Moth
ing 80 certain as that you can't af-
ford bad conduct. Tde man who
risks telling lie or any other evil
thing is a fool. The smarter the
man the more apt he is to know that
the greatest and most important
truth is this: For your own sake do
no wrong.-Atchison Globe.
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Beating the Kitchen.

Mamma was serving the jam pud-
ding. stJohnny, will you take a lit
tie pudding%
Johnny-Yes. Will you give me
the ends, please?
Mamma-But why do you wish
to have the ends, Johnny?
Johnny-Why, when I was in the
kitchen I heard Mary say to cook,
'Put good lot Of jam in the ends,
cook, because, you know, the ends
are always left for US" London
Answers.
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- The reason woman tells such
whoppers about the rent she pays and
how much it costs her to live is to
make other women think how smart
her husband is to make so much
money.
= People who imagine everybody
is glad to.see them, must be happy.
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Bought Up Offending orsana.

0VuuHs oP OHefuIuU OfUast1.
a story is related Of the compos-
er Verdi that has to do with organs.
One time q friend while visiting
him was ahown through the compos.
er's home. When the door waa
opened into one room, IL was 1ocnd
20 be flied with barrel organs os ell
sizes and pattesna
g 'efWhat on earth aae you doing
with an shese?o asked .he aston.
ished hiand. ' 50 @..i 3 Y
eIhose are O few that hs7a co.
noyed me with Ia Mseeza1es, p en-
sweTed the great axttss, Hana Ehey
viii never DO 90 egaiuAo
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- Some peoples homes are 80 at.
tractive that they enjoy the eaae and
comfrrt of sitting in Dentist chair.
- No matter how positive woman
may be of anything she is seldom
willing to bet real money on it.
- About the worst joke woman
can play on man is to marry AIM.
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THE STATE OF SCUTR CAROLINA,
County OF Anderson.
IN COURT Of PROBATE.
Emily Swords. John Swords, Earle Swords ant H
p. Sitton, Plaintiff against Dorcas C. Connel-
y, Jane E Parsons, Rebecca E. Carson, Susan
Evast, Cerdy Cason, Rebecca T. Swords. ]. B.
Swords Martha E. Thomas, Sarah Massey Swords,
and the widow and children OF Elan Swords
deceased, names ages and place Of residence un.
knovn, observation-disclosures for Relief-
Complaint not Served.
T0 tho Defendants above named:
YOU are hereby summoned and required to an
sver the Petition in this action, which is filed
In the office Of the Court Of Probate ut Andersen
G r., 9. e, and to serve copy OF your answer
TO the said Petition the subscriber at his Office
Anderson G, H., 6. c., within twenty days amer
the service hereof. exclusive of the day Of such
service; and II you fail to answer TIE Petition
within the time Aforesaid, tho Petitioner in this
action will apply TO the Court for the relief de.
manded in the Petition.
Dated April II. A. d. 1902.
SIMPSON & HOOD.
PLAINTIFF Attorney.
lSRAL] JHo. c. WATKINS, Q. c.P.
10 the Defendants above named:
To Cordy Caaon, Rebecca T. Swords, John B.
Swords, Martha E. Thomas and Sarah Massy
Swords, and the widow and children of Eiam
SWORDS. deceased, whose names. ages and places Of
that the Complaint herein, and the summons of
which the foregoing is q copys were filed in the
office OF the Clerk OF the Court for Anderson
County on the 18th day of April 1907.
SIMPsON fiji HOOD, Plaintiffs' Attorney
April %, 1902 Al 6
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rhe Eskimo c1rc,,a.

The Esimos are very fond Of
theatFicala. They mimic ell sorts
OF animals sonaer9ully, and the
man VINO can do This best is oonsid-
eaed Q great ecso9. This sort OF
mfmicTy 10 voven into ths shape OF
dramatic entertainments. One per-
3ofmeR VIII be Q bear, 2o9 example,
Glad IN epp9opFiaae ektns, while the
Others hunt him Commonly the
huns wshag nD viEA e2a daat6 OF IRE
Gea9 OF zeal.
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= The only time some husbands
and wives agree is to the effect that
they make serious mistake in marry
ing.
- All a man has to do to make a
woman love him is to make her hap.
pier than any other man can.