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Praises tho Bicycle.

It seems to be coming-scientific ap-
proval-in all directions. DR.. Cham
poniere, member Of the Academy OF
Medicine, has made observations on
Frenchwomen who have used the wheel,
and he finds they are better performers
than men, learning more easily and
with less purposeless expenditure OF
force. He finds marked increase in the
amount of muscle developed all over the
trunk Of the body, especially about the
torso. The lung capacity is Increased,
full, healthy action Of the heart is re-
stored and the deposition Of fat is avoid
ed. The doctor asserts that he can detect
infallibly the woman who uses the
wheel from her sisters when they CROSS
the streets. One proceeds with self con-
fidence and ease when the other lodges
and invites disaster. He then examines
the mental discipline afforded by the bi.
cycle, and thence deduces his most strik-
ing conclusions. He finds that the wom-
ans powers Of attention and observation
are awakened in an extraordinary de-
gree, or rather that these powers, with
which all human beings are endowed at
birth, are saved from atrophy, which in
both sexes is one Of the most marked
defects produced by civilization. The
wheelwomen move with something OF
the freedom and dignity observed in
some Of the higher uncivilized races.
The doctor disclaims any intention to
theorize, but at the close Of his article
permits himself to dream Of a new
Frenchwoman as the product Of the BIZ
ovc1o
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Be WAte hful.

The wise merchant knows when to
adopt new plans and how to accom-
plish any given purpose through the
ideas of others. II is we'll to try to
furnish all the ideas, but it is foolish
to turn down good idea just because
some other person furnished 1t.
What is needed is business, not origi.
nality. If all the business could be
done by one man and all the ideas be
furnished by another there would soon
be a change of conditions. for the man
doing the business without ideas
would soon be convinced that the
man with ideas was encroaching on
his territory. The merchant with
ideas and business will be able to use
the ideas to hold the business; and
the merchant with business and with
out ideas will either have to adopt the
ideas of others or be willing to let
q part of his business 60 by default.
IT is not advised that a merchant be q
pilferer of ideas, because that mer-
chant will soon come to grief. The
man who has not enough ability to
organize some things may not have
enough ability to apply the things
originated by others, but the one who
makes point of picking up sugges-
tions from here, there and everywhere,
which will help in his business, and
then busies himself seeing that his
business keeps up to the ideas, will
have reason to be glad of what he
adopted, and to be proud of his work,
in combinding ideas and business, to
his own advantage.
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Tho Delivery system.

Every merchant tries to engage the
very best help his money will obtain.
It's the general rule. He looks to
their moral, social, physical aud NEIL
tai qualities, then balancing by gen.
eral appearances, comes to conclusion
that sets bis mind at ease. It's the
practical way to do; measure the
value in money by the possible value
in service. This is his standard.
AS system, it should be extended
to every departments in which you en-
ploy help. How often it is the prac.
tice to require high standard of
youi employees until it comes down to
what you term "a necessary evil"
The delivery department. Well, you
say, II can't afford to pay more than
three or five dollars a week to a de-
livery man, and don't expect super
excellence at that figure" You COM
promise on some boy (who should be
in school-all good boys are in school.
You may find a man who Will work al
the price until he is offered soc. more
Oh the week, then he's off! You're
out, and the business lags until you
can break in some one.
Have you not maue a mistake
Let's see. .
In the spirit of modern publicity
the delivery man is yonr walking-talk.
ing ad. Can't get away from it. He's
seen by your patrons and those who
are not-every day-commented upon
asked questions you might wish him
able to answer intellIgently. He car
sour customer on your store or leave
business breeding impression.
Rather an important sort of fellow
is he not?
Use your standard on this man by al
means. There il good timber available
at fair prices. Make him feel Jour in
terest in him. Tell him a thing Oh
two now and then-.diplomatically
seasoned. Watch him assume the
con nfidential air, so essential 10 push
He'll get down to business-make
friends bring you in collars. Try
it. It's a live issue.-W. E. Repass.
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10000 BUILDING.
To be Erected at the HARRISON Col.
le2e.

To be Erected at the HARRISON Col.
lege.
Plans are now being drawn for new tive =
story brick building to be erected near the
college for the use OF the HARRISON School for
colored people, which Ia located near Long
Cane Church, and just beyond the city limits.
The money 10 to oe paid by Northern peo.
pie who desire to advance the educational
Interests Of the negro race.
The HARRISON school had last session the
names OF S87 students on It's roll, OF whom l87
were boarding students. .
In connection with the school is an indus.
trial department, where students may earn
the boys paid their way by farm and other
work.
President T. n. Amos is considering the
propriety Of establishing department for
teaching the trades: This is right: Why
allowed to build the new structure Of which
we have just spoken?
A boss brlcklayer, boss carpenter, and a
boss plasterer could be employed. and these
three industries could be taush the students
while earning their way through college. A.
Sl.S0 to $500 day. 1t would be dull boy In.
deed who could not learn to.iay brick In a
few days under q competent boss. II this
structure should be put up by the boys II
would stand for ages as memorial to those
education, as much as anything else. The
tendency Of the times is toward practical ef.
fort. Out OF the large number Of the recent
graduates at Clemson College only about five
per cent. return to the farm. The others 60
into the different lines Of mechanic art
this Institution exceeded $1,000. or this
amount the students themselves paid about
$4,00O White citizens oil Abbeville presented
the institution with S40
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MAY BE SINGING FISHES.
A Phenomenon Of the Sea Which Is In.
teresting and Mysterious.

Phenomenon OF the Sea ~hich ls In.
teresting and Mysterious.
Here is an account of phenomenon
of the Pascagoula river in Mississippi,
to which, although it is not generally
known, the attention of naturalists has
been called on account Of it's mystery.
At times very remarkable sounds are
heard at the mouth Of this river. The
local fishermen say that it is "the spirits
singing under the water" It is muir
muring sound, which rises gradually
and then falls to lower tone The
music ceases when the waters are dis
turbed, and when they are quiet it be-
gins again.
Several explanations have been offered
as to the origin and cause Of the mystic
rious sounds Of the Pascagoula. The
most satisfactory theory is that the
sounds are produced by species Of fish
in some unknown way. Professor G.
Brown Goode, who is an authority on
fishes and fish life, thinks that the drum
fish may cause the sounds in question.
Instances of peculiar sounds being
heard at sea and ascribed to fishes are
not uncommon, as the following exam
pies will show:
In 1924, when Lieutenant White OF
the American navy was at the mouth OF
a river in Cambodia, he and his crew
were surprised by unusual sounds. He
described the noises as mixture Of the
bass of an organ, the ringing of bells,
the cultural cries Of large frog and the
tones Of an immense harp. The natives
said that the sounds were produced by a
school Of certain kind of fish.
DR.. Buist, 1S47, reported that party
of people in boat on the waters near
Bombay heard strange sounds, which
the natives held to be caused by fish.
The we'll known English traveller, Sir j.
Emerson Tennent, heard similar sounds
from the lake Of Battit aloa in Ceylon,
and here again the natives claimed that
fishes made the sounds Several corre-
spondents Of newspapers have reported
having heard sounds which were pro-
duoed by fishes. One writer in the Lon
don Field, 1867, AYERS that in the har-
Dor at Greytown, Nicaragua, he was
haunted at night by these mysterious
sounds. Another in the same paper tells
of musical sounds which he heard in the
Tavoy river. Other inGtances of more
recent date might be mentioned.
From all the accounts given we may
draw some interesting conclusions
Thus it seems that the sounds are al
most always heard on shipboard, though
Charles Kingsley once heard them at
Trinidad from the shore; that they are
usually heard in tropical regions; that
they are more often heard at night than
at any other time; that they are COM
monty heard at the mouth Of rivers, as
at the mouth Of the Pasoagoula, and
that they have teen reported from far
distant places in America, Europe and
Asia.-Our Animal Friends.
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NOTICE OF REGISTRATION

The books for the registration OF
all legally qualified voters, and for the
issuing Of transfers, ect., will be open
at the office of Supervisors of Registra-
ton in the Court House, between the
hour 9 o'clock a. M, and o'clock p.
m, on the first Monday of each
month, and kept open for tnree sue
cessive days in each month until
thirty days before the next general
election. ...-..
Any person whose qualifications ss
an elect0r will be completed after the
closing of the Registration Books but
before the next election shall have the
right to apply for and secure a regis
tration certificate at any time within
sixty days Immediately preceding
the closing of the Registration Books,
upon an application under oath to the
facts emitting him to such registra-
ton. s
The registration of voters must be:
by polling precincts. There must be q
Book of Registration for each polling
precinct, that ia for eacn township. or
parish, or city, or town of less than
five thousand inhabitants, or ward OF
cities of more than five thousand
inhabitants. Each elector NJ lst vote
in the polling precinct in which he
resides. If there is more than one.
voting place in the polling precinct,
the eIector may vote at any voting
place designated on the registration
certificate. The Boards must designate
in the registration certificate the yot-.
ing place in the polling precinct at
which the elector is to vote. If there
is more than one voting place in the,
polling precincts, the Boards shall
designate on the certificate the voting
place selected by the elector. "a,
= G. n. MOORE,
r. o. MCADAMS,
/ VIM. G. SHA ", = =
Board of Supervisors Of Registration
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Drop Forgingr.

The machinery for drop forging Is
ponderous and expensive. The plates
that stamp out the forgingS are in two
sections, one Of which fits into the bed
Of the machine, and the othar is fas-
tened to the arm. Together these two
plates have an opening the shape of the
desired forging. The descent Of the arm
ON a piece of tool steel stamps out
piece of the requisite shape. After leav-
ing the forging machine the metal is in
a rough state and has to be turned down
on lathe and bored out, each Of which
operations has to be carefully done, as
the finished article has to be exact in
every partioular.-Chicago Times-Hsr-
aid
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JAPANESE TEA.
A Delightful Entertainment at the
Home OF Mrs. w. ID. Barksdale.

On last Thursday evening Japanese Tea
Parry was given at the residence OF Mrs. w.
ID. Barksdale to quite number OF guests, and
the occasion was one Of much pleasure.
Guests were received at the door by Mrs. A.
B. Cheatham and each one was presented
with Japanese fan and seated in the hall.
After partaking Of japanese punch all we're
ushered into the parlor where for about an
hour the time was spent In reading. music
and singing.
Miss Orene Beacham played some excellent
music and Miss Fannie Stark added much TO
the enjoyment by singing Japanese song.
She possesses much talent and sihgs beauti.
fully.
At $50 o'clock the dining room doors were
thrown back and all were Invited to partake
of q genuine japanese tea, served In orien tai
style. There we're about thirty small tables.
on each OF which was placed japanese dolly
and bill OF fare. The seats were sofa pill ows
and com .ortably arranged. Several courses
were served by the pretty walters, dressed as
Japs.
The decorations consisted Of Japanese fans,
lanterns and paraso 8, and seemed altogether
real especially VIXEN the electric lights were
turned on.
Mrs. Barksdale 10 q charming hostess, and
all were loud In their praises Of the new and
novel entertainment
the visitors from a distance were: Mrs. w.
*. burst and Miss Mamie burst, Greenwood /;
Mrs. H. P. MCGEE and Miss Alpha MCGEE,
GreenVille, and Miss Lola Bell, Due West
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WOuld Lose Less.

1t is often said that no European can
understand Chinese commercial methods.
Here is curious instance Of the Celestial's g
mental inversion. A Chinese hotel keeper
had contracted to board and lodge visitor
for 81 day. AS time went on he found
it impossible to get his weekly account
settled. So he offered to maintain bis
guest for half dollar week. He said he
would lose less.
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On the steep Hill of Difficulty, in
the Valley of the shadow, amid the
crash of a universe smitten into in
distinguishable ruin, Thou shalt keep
him in perfect peace whose mind is
stayed on thee u-Canon Farrar.
Never be discouraged because good
things get on so slowly here and
never fail to do daily that good which
lies next to your hand.
Loaning money sire ngthens the
memory; borrowing it causes forget
fulness.
The rarest feeling that ever lights a
human face is the contentmept of a
loving soul.
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Pointed Paragraphs.

A man of brass is always ready to
show his metal.
The amateur artist is seldom as bad
as he paints.
Old age is more or less contrary. 1t
never agrees with woman.
A coastwise steamer is one that
knows how to keep off the rocks.
This is q sad world for those who
have no humor in their make up.
Any girl who marries to please her
folks usually gets the worst Of it.
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Cured OF Chronic DiarrhOea. After
Ten Years OF Suffering.

81 wish to say a few words in praise OF
Chsmberlaip's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy" says Mrs. Matte Burge, Of Mar
tinsvilie, We. Il suffered from chronic d.
arrhoea for ten years and during that time
tried various medicines without obtaining
any permanent relief Last summer one OF
my children was taken with cholera morbus,
two doses were required TO give her entire
relief l then decided 70 try the medicine
myself, and did not use all OF one bottle be-.
fore was we'll and have never since been
troubled with that complaint. One cannot
say too much in favor Of that wonderful med
icine." This remedy is for sale by c: A. Mil
lord, Abbeville, II. NJ. Young, Due West.
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Safeguard the Children.

of health and charitably inclined persons,
the death rate among small children is very
high during the hot weather or the summer
months in the large cities. There Is not
probably one case OF bowel complaint in q
hundred, however, that could not be cured by
the timely use OF Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. For sale by
c. A. Milford Abbeville, II. NJ. Young, Due
West
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Sin destroys sense.

There is genuine piety in simply be-
ing happy.
A sense of failure is the most uni
versal sorrow of mankind.
The greatest work of human soul
is to believe God.
Our trials are but the unripe taste
of fruits which ripen into the golden
sweetness of paradise.
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He has the best education who best
knows when to appear ignorant.
A man shonld, be getting on we'll in
life when he Is getting well on in life.
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We make prescription work a specially. We
have two of the finest Prescription Men TO ne
found In South Carolina. One on duty all the
time. Night call No. ~. Mllford's Drug
Store. Phone l07.
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CONNECTIONS at Greenwood for ell points on Sea-
bO'rd Air Line. ssSF5
For further information relative to tickets, mites
etc, address :, 4
w. NJ. ARCHER, Ticket Agent, Anderson, 8. Q.
GEO. T. BRYAN, g. A., Gresnvile 3. U. - -
ERNEST WILLIAMS Gen. Pass Agt. AugI ssa. 81 :
T. NJ. EMERSON. Traffic Manager.
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E. F. GILL1ARD,
u A II.OR

AS moved and occupies the rooms up
pared 10 do all kinds OF repairing and clean
ing of yent!emcn's clothes on short notice.
Samrles Of s.i!s always on hand. Charge
reasonable
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Pratts food, perhaps the est animal regula-
tor made. Give your stock package and see
them start sup hill" Make your hens lay
with Pratts Poultry Food, a sure egg producer.
When your eyes are weak. 20 To Milford's
and get pair Of Hawks old reliable eye
glasses.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-25

Without that handkerchief. l sug-
gested.
He ceased ficking the onion and smelt
the handkerchief We'll. how would IL
be II WITHOUT the handk
Three-quarters OF an hour later heard
Letitia calling, and l hurried TO the
gooseberry bushes 10 get my sunshaGe.
Then. cavalierless, we started for Pob-
bly, Mead.
have seen my cousin Letitia in
heated condition many times, for she is
both an energetic and a conscientious
girl. This day. however, broke her own
record Hnlf an hour OF steady oar
work of the kind Letitia wreaks upon
the river resulted IN a complexion which
would arrest the eye OF horse.
But rowing UP the river. in spite Of
toll and discomfort. was thing that
cS9id By osrfeTing Of one ett,n n9tH inta
Pobbly Mead, however, was quite an
other matter. / had been there before
with Uncle Percy, so 1 knew. though
had not thought II necessary to conhde
in Letitia when l recollected.
Uncle Percy. who is the proud pos
SCISSOR OF that stretch OF paradise, Is n
dear man, but an eXperimentalist. Aunt
Ethel, coupled with that state of life
unto which II had pleased God, TO call
him, had limited his sphere OF action,
but Pobbly Mead was within his limits
and patent gate latches were probably
temptations beyond his powers Of re-
slstance, He had not resisted. at any
rate and two patent gate latches with
experimental gates on them were be-
tween US and our goal-gaJes built high
Of close uprights, with no inch OF foot
hold.
1t was three-quarters of an hour. less
two minutes, from the time we placed
our luncheon basket on the ground and
fronted the fiTst experimental gate till
the moment We heard the sound of foot
steps on the other side, during which
melting moments we had used every
common sense, originating instinct, or
desperation could suggest. except de-
scending 20 low invective, and yet the
gate was close as q rat trap.
Moot OF the time / stood behind
Letitia. calculating II by ray watch
Every now and again I would say, oh
do let ma try Sometimes 4 do almost
Impossible things by accident" and
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hope you VIII enjoy yourself, !
said politely.
The boat" he said. meditatively,
would be better trimmed If you
i stopped and looked at the sky-as
long as 1 could bear 1t. did not help
1.-THE boat" he began again. would
be better trimmed If you
But I continued without helping him.
"Wnl you come down TO Allass this
morning. Miss Pomeroy7" asked Mr..
THANK you very much for thinking
of IT," replied, sweetly. "but have an
engagement in another direction"
II didn't know anything was ar
ranged he said. with polite annoyance.
What Is the engagement?
''Letida and Kitty and T. remarked.
calmly, ARE going to steal away quiet
ly, without letting anyone know
ITO row 70 Pobbly Mead and have
luncheon there"
Yes; but why steal away quietly7"
at was Letitia's suggestlon-part of
the entertainment. I suppose"
what on earth"
''I knew you wouldn't understand" |
said. sweetly.
'Do your
IT shall-when I get there" And i
Tanned my hot cheeks with a hOrserad-
ish leaf.
anyone tried 10 stop you?''
"Letitia did say that men were try
ing. ] admitted
Mr.. Featherstone-Hope guffawed. The
reverend Charles would blush to his
bones" he declared
al think she did II for our sakes-
Kitty's and mine" ] faltered
Yours, for instance7"
ITO learn If ] can live without men
for half q day"
'Hmi And Miss Troon's2"
kitty Is very shy with strangers-''
'Poohl She and the red-headed Yates
were getting on last night like a house
ATTIRE"
Perhaps she thought he was one," I
suggested gently. I'm danger those tim
Id natures"
HIM" said Mr. Featherstone-Ho
again. Then he fiioked a seeded onion
with the corner of his handkerchief and
meditated
We'll" he said. alertly. when / again
made a movement toward the goose
berry bushes, how would II do it,
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l concede Letitia does that weli-and
enjoys IT,
But how about the rowing? l don't
know how to row" confessed Kitty.
oh. that will be all right declared
Letitia, amiable under this opportunity
for organization. Patricia and ] will
manage all that between us. Now. how. -
she added turning TO me, shall We ar
range aYs IT, said a, I took q oomDreben-
sive look out into the blaze OF sunshine
on the lawn. will steer. 1 think 1 do
Had more practice" said Letitia.
Yes" I admitted. humbIy.
Then Letitia went of 70 see Aunt
Ethel and cook; Kitty decided that she
would go and send a picture card 70 the
three twins Chat seems an inadequate
expression for six sisters, but Letitia
says IL is correct, and when Letitia is
about II wouldn't occur 70 anyone to
ask Kitty: and I strolled around the
house to fetch the sunshade I had left
by the gooseberry bushes before break
'Hullo!" said Mr.. Hope.
crossing my path from the stables.
the phraseology Of Jane. the housemaid.
'T hope you do" he replied. Where
ITO the gooseberry bushes.
so soonT he soliloquized. And We
Some persons" I remarked to q hol-
lyhock. as we strolled into the kitchen
garden, never think of the beauties of
nature except as something to eat"
I'VE were speaking Of gooseberries, "
he protested. "and from an esthetlc
point of view"
You have much to learn" ! said.
kindly.
''Well. after 1ou have criticised the
gooseberry bushes" he persisted ''what
are you going 20 do them"
Something" ] said sternly, ''you
could not understand"
"Qh. wouldn't say that" encourage
ingly. Told slowly in words of ono
syllable. ! could understand anything
you could think OF DOING
While I pondered on the intention of
this remark, Mr.. Featherstone-H Hope
proceeded with a haste which convinced
me that IL had been disrespectful and
that he was already nervous.
It's the right day for a row down to
Alass," he began.