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eign nations would alone form an exp,si-
ton worth the journey from New York to
St. Louis. Germany's building, Das
Deutsche Haus, is a reproduction Of Char.
lottenpurg Schloss, 450 feet long and finely
located on an eminence overlooking Cas-
cade Gardens. The interior as well as the
exterior is a faithful reproduction of the
palace; Gobelin tapestries, the old Chw-
lottenburg furniture and the Kaiser's we'd
ding silver having been brought over for
the superb apartments. Nearly a mile to
the westward France has reproduced, at a
cost of half a million dollars, the Grand
Trianon, the building and great garden
covering fifteen acres. Great Britain has a
copy of the b~anqueting hall of K~enslngton
Palace; Japan, the Shishinden Palace, one
of several buildings in a characteristic
park, and China, the country seat of Prince
Pu Lun. Italy has a superb Graeco-Roman
temple, Austria an architectural glorifca-
ton Of Moderne Kunst, and Belgium a
magnificent structure from an original de-
sign. Lesser reproduction of note are the
tomb Of Etmad-Dowlah by East India, and
the new Bangkok temple, by Siam.
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1t is to be hoped that the movement
%springing up in the East in the inter
ests of pure food will travel across the
continent to the West, Eve to Califor-
mia, and that the people will manifest
their anxiety to have their favorings
ind canned meats and fruits pure and
wholesome by holding up the hands
of those who may undertake to or
ganize a crusade against the adulter-
ators. There is not a city in California
where doubtful authorizations are not
used in one way or another.-San Jose
Mercury.
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Grew So East He Died.

Physicians regard the case of Wal
ter j. Kicks, a youth who died at the
home of his parents in Lafayette, Ind,
from the effects of too rapid growth,
as one of the most remarkable in med
ical annals. Although but fourteen
years old, young Kicks was over SIX
feet in height, but slender. The devel-
opment of his internal organs did not
keep pace with that of his body and
his limbs, and the strain on his heart
resulted in injury to the vital organ
and caused his death.-Chicago Inter
0cauu
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A popular author, who has lately
turned to play writing, has not sue
ceeded in impressing managers with
the availability of his productions.
Not long ago, thinking to get some
useful pointers from the current dra-
ma, he made an observation tour Of
the. theatres.
"Well," he remarked to a friend at
the end of the evening, Il seem to be
the only man alive who can't get a
poor play put on."-Harper's Weekly.
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Substitute For srnokehouse.


When there is no smokehouse, take
a box two feet or more high, two and
one-half feet square, and make a hole
in centre of the box as large as stove
pipe; cut out of one side of edge a place
like the draft on a stove, large enough
to admit a wash pan or cobs or chips.
After you start the fire, use damp
cobs, so there will be lots of smoke
and not much blaze; bore three holes
in bottom Of an old molasses barrel,
for the strings to come through. Pro-
vide a stick to run through the strings,
making sure they are securely tied to
the meat; turn the box upside down
and place the barrel over the hole in
box; wrap an old blanket where the
box and barrel meet so az to hold the
smoke. In cold weather you can keep
a fire all day, but if the weather is
warm a fire morning and night is best
and the process will require several
days.-Agnes NJ. Knickerbocker, in The
Epitomist.
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A 2 I T GIRL.

There was a little girl,
And she had a little curl,
Right in the middle of her forehead,
mo room for it." she said,
con the side of my head
For she lived in a hat-which was horrid.
The little hat she wore,
Long behind and before,
Pointed up in the air like an arrow,
md she had a little plume
On the top. There wasn't room
On the side cause the fat was too narrow.
Her pretty little mouth
Always pointed north and SOUTH,
As if it only uttered "Prunes" or prism"
Neither ~"cabbages" or game"
Could she undertake to name,
There wasn't even room for rheumatism"
So the dear little girl,
With her pretty little curl,
And her plume and her ~"prunes" and Ter
prism"
And her narrow little nat,
Dwelt contented in a fiat,
For she hadn't any room for pessimism.
Chicago Tribune.
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No Time For Rest at s-eventy-nine.

David Rankin, of Tarkio, Missouri's
farmer king, was given a handsome
leather couch by some of his employees
on his seventy-ninth birthday, which
took place last week. Boys" said the
vigorous old man, i've got a lot Of
these things in the house, but I never
have time to use Them Although so
neal an ~octogenarian, Mr.. Rankin
drives dsy after day over his $4,000
acres, telling his men how TO do things
and seeing that they mind. He is still
as tough as a pineknot and seems good
for many years yet. = Kansas City
Journal
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Customer-"I don't like the shoes;
the soles are too thick" ShOpman-
"You will learn to like them, as the
objections you speak of will gradually
wear of."-Pick-Me-Up.
The warship truly is a grand
But perishable trinket.
1t takes five years to build it and
A half an hour to sink it.
Washington Star.
macintosh boasts a good deal about
his family. doesn't hep Eyes, l think
he claims that the head of his family
was the original Macintosh that Noah
had with him during that rainy sea
son.'-Philadelphia Press.
Mrs. Cantor-'T can't understand
why Mr.. Steiner invariably leaves the
room when I go to the piano. He told
me he was very~fond of music" Mr..
Cantor-"And doesn't his conduct prove
it, my ear?'-Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Deepdigger-"You said q
word about our wedding anniversary
last T~uesday-not a word" Professor
Deepdigger-"My dear, how can you
expect me to take any interest in any.
thing so ridiculously recent?'-Puck.
IT'S little 1 ask of fate
A life exempt from harm,
A horse, a dog, a pleasant mate,
And a little radium FARM
New Orleans Times Democrat.
"There will be a serum for every
disease" Just what do you mean by
that, doctor?' 81 NEAR that the time
will come when every i'll which flesh
is heir to may by simple inoculations
be exchanged for some other ILL.,
Puck.
She-"Don't you ever send any Of
your stories to the magazines?" He
Don't I? 1 send lots of them, but ]
believe I'd drop dead if they ever &C.
cepted any," She (sympatheticallye
81 do wish they would accept one
Philadelphia Ledger.
$50 you are going away?" "Yes,"
answered the young housekeeper.
"You see, we discharged the cook, and
she's so cross about it that we've de.
cided to live somewhere else until she
gets good natured and goes away her.
self."-Washington Star.
Mrs. L~akeside-"0h, yes; some of
those narrow, exclusive Eastern PEG.
pie say that Chicago isn't cultivated"
Mr.. Lakeside-"H'mph! All the city
is except the south part, and that's
too marshy. The land isn't worth cul'
tivating."-Brooklyn Life.
"Well, what are the prospects with
you?" asked the CHEEKY visitor. mot
very good" was the misanthropic an
swer. MY son Jerry is in the wood.
shed fooling with g%unpowder, and
guess it's pretty safe to say there's
going to be trouble
Star.
Summer Resorter-"But how can you
guarantee fresh vegetables when you
don't know what kind of weather you
are going to have?" LandlOrd-'Be'
cause 1 run my establishment on sci,
entifc principles. 1 leave nothing to
chance. you know; 1 feed my boarders
on nothing but canned goods, which
can be depended upon, whether or no"
Boston Transcript.
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@cS R. ADDISON STEELE, a
= IVA = York, recently spent a week
u \ at the Worlds Fair. Re-
1oR turning home, he wrote the
following appreciative ac-
count of his impressions for Brooklyn Life,
which should convince any reader that it is
worth his while to see this greatest of ex-
positions:
In the expressive language of the day,
st. Louis has the goods" / had expected
much of the Louisiana Purchase Exposi-
ton, for had kept in touch with the
making OF it from its very inception, five
years ago; but after nearly a week of jour
neying through this new wonderland /
must confess that in every essential par
ticular it is far beyond my expectations.
The biggest and best it was meant to be
and the biggest and best it is. The expo
sition, rumors Notwithstanding, is quite
finished.
X X X
Those who imagine that the Columbian
Exposition remains the last word in the
way of a worlds fair should remember
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Fine Butter.

Gilt-edged butter is not due wholly
to the excellence of the cow. &ut also
to the intelligence of the farmer who
attends to the stock and looks after
all the details necessary in order to
produce a superior article, and thus
get the highest prices.
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% 80 %
Agricultural.
90 &c


By sowing buckwheat early and
blowing in under when in blossom,
two crops may be obtained. Always
use air-slacked lime on the land after
turning under a green manurial crop.
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The Pike has in the Tyrolean Alps the
finest concession that l have ever seen.
There is a great square with many quaint
buildings, a little village street, and above
the snow-clad mountains-which look very
real as the evening falls. The best scenic
railroad yet devised affords several fine
glimpses of the Alps, and there is a very
graphic exposition Of the Oberammergau
passion play in the little church. The
Cliff Dwellers' concession also looks very
r~eclistic at nightfall. 1t is elaborate in ar
rangement, and the counting, snake and
other dances by the Southwestern Indians
make it another of the Pike shows which
should be taken in by all. In Seville there
is an amusing marionette theatre and some
genuine Spanish dancing. For the rest the
Pike offers infinite variety, and as a rule
the full moneys worth is. given. The enor-
nous Jerusalem and Boer War concessions
are not on the Pike.
1t is a case of dine at the German Pa
vilion and die at the Exposition. In a
beautiful Moderne Kunst building adjoin-
ing Das Deutsche Haus the best food and
the highest prices o. the grounds are to be
found, the table d'hote lunch and dinner
costing 50 and So, respectively. There is
also a la carte service. Everything consid-
cred the prices are not excessive, and at
least one meal should be taken there for
the experience. Another should be taken
at the Tyrolean Alps, either outdoors or in
the gorgeous dining room in the mountain
side. The best French restaurant is at
Paris, on the Pike. Lower in prices and
in every way admirable are the two restau-
rants conducted by Mrs. Rorer in the pa
vilions of Cascade Gardens. The east one
has mattresses and no beer and the west
one walters and beer. For a bit Of lunch
Germany, France and England all offer de-
licious pastry in the Agricultural building.
These are not free ads, but time-saving
tips for the traveller. There are no end of
restaurants to fit all purses on the grounds.
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ONE HUNDRED FOR AN EGG.

Eight of the numerous buildings of tc
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Customer-"I don't like the shoes;
the soles are too thick" ShOpman-
'You will learn to like them, as the
objections you speak of will gradually
wear of, "-Pick-Me-Up.
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!: Is Genuine Cotton Wilt.

tion. a. +. Lever, who called
tne attention of the department of
agriculture to the prevalence of
cotton blight here and rquested
that an expert be dispatched to
this county to make a thorough
investigation to discover, if pos
siblc, some remedy for the dis
ease, writes the Daily Item, that
we hope the expert will reach
Sumter county within short
time lie sends, also, letter
from he bureau of plant industry
stating the result of the examina-
tion of diseased cotton plants
sent from this county. The ex.
perts decide that the disease IS the
genuine cotton wilt that has
caused I. serious loss to the Sea
island cotton planters, for which
no remedy has yet been found.
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SUICIDE PREVENTED

The startling announcement
that preventive of suicide had
been discovered will interest
many. Alum down system, or
dependency invariably precedes
suicide and something has been
found that will prevent that condi-
tion which makes suicide likely.
AT the first thought of self des
Traction take Electric Bitters. 1t
beng great tonic and nervine
will strengthen the nerves and
build up the system. It's also a
great Stomach Liver and kidney
regulator. Only soc, Satisfac
tion guaranteed byCrawfordB Bros.
j. f. Mackey and Co Funder-
burk Pha rmacy.
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ME WORLD the Champion In america Of Democratic ha. i h.
the most interesting newspaper in he country Presidential cam
paign. - ~ ~
ALREADY has much other nornipp neu
paper In America ~ ~'e A'"'
We are beginning campaign memorable in history B
single act OF inspired the Democratic
od place as the instrument REFORM practical liberalism
earneaaea progressyeness and constitutional government
While the question remained an issue - ~
were submerged and the Democracy could play historical pat In the
absence OF that restraining force the Republican rea in nnp.,rsn
Capitalization mitsm eavagnco and privileged the time has
come when can be called wisely brs and
honestly led can raise with bpss Tnds cfy un the r,se.
ouI" - ~ $500 A~ t~'~s"
lhe Democracy ready t,,s
70 promote trade with neghors Cad insane rlv,v
the military
p OF ocean substitute the Ten f sw for the caprice Of M rb
uary ruler to restore and integrity government bring ao
eompnaons capital under legal the permanent ,e
enatzon OF the American flag Dla,, OF d
pndence sedious document these ends T wor
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Boil Weevil Increasing.
Cotton Menauce Spreading IN Tex
as and Indian Territory

The government is sending out
in South Carolina, through Section
Director Bauer, statistics ,n,ern-
ing the boil wervll. The we.viI
is making inrnhdS i'm Texas ~ d
from july Is to Aug 81 it became
known in many new localities in
the Lone Star State
"Colton continued to make good
growth and |, fruiting aud hollirg
well, with bolls opening and some
picking being done; on account uf
hot weather and boil worms the
crop has suffered some damage
over nearly all portions of the .ec.,
ton, espe chilly Over the Chickasaw
and Choctuw nations, where much
shedding baD been reported; gen
erally the crop condition and pros
pect continues good" says the
Oklahoma and Indian Territory
report.
The Texas report is not more
cheerful It reads: "The cotton
crop has suffered decidedly from
the drouth and high temperatures
in the northern two thirds of the
State. Growth has becn greatly
rclurded. Very little new fruit
is being made and most of that is
soon thrown off The boil worms
continue to be quite destructive in
Il number Of northeastern counties
Boil weevils arc puncturiny nearly
all the squares in the southwestern,
centra, eastern and coast divisi )ns
and arc doing much damage rs far
north as Dallas, Kaufman and
Hunt counties. The hollis open
RAPIDLY, in some localities prema-
:urely, and picking is now in full
progress. The staple is generally
reporto TO bc rather short"
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Bridge to Let.

will on Tuesday, Sept 9Th,
1904, at ii O'Clock a. IN let the
building OF a. new bridge across
Horton Creek on the road leading
from Fork Hill to Kershaw.
Plans and specifications will he
known at the letting. Bond will
be required of the successful bid
der in double the amount of the
bid, The right to reject any or
all bids is reserved.
l.. j. Perry,
County Supervisor.
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A physician Healed

DR.. Geo. Ewing, a practicing
physician of Smiths Grove, ky.
fer over thirty years, writes his
Eers' MI experience with Foley's
kidney Cure; "F)r years l had
been greatly bothered with kidney
and bladder trouble and enlarged
pl ost"ate gland. | used every
thing known to the profession
without relief, until | dcommence
to use Foley's kidney Cue. Af-
ter taking three bottles | was
entirely relieved and cured. |
prescribe it now daily in my prac
tice and heartily recommend its
use all physicians for such trou-
bles. | have prescribed it in
hundreds of cases with perfect
success. Sold by Funderburx
Pharmacy.
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Many persons IN this cummuhi
tv ARE suffering from kidney com
plant who could avoid fatal -
suits by using F"l"y's kidney
Cure Sold by Funderbnrk
Pharmacy.
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". F. LA NE Y
Physician and Surgeon.

Calls answered from office in
rear of Funderburk Pharmacy
during the day, and from resi-
dence on Elm street ut night.
Residence phone, SO.
Office phone, 11S.
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THE WORLD Elected Cleveland.

ut may DC said tDithoslt reservation
that II the Democratic party in my
drst campaign had lacked tho /oree(ul
and potent advocacy of Democratic
principles at that time by tie NE "
YORK WORLD the result a1tgAt
have been reversed. Cleve-
lands Letter to The World, May 10,
1908.
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THE WAR.

The past week has been by far
the most esentful and important
in the history of the Russo Jap.
anese war, and the forces Of the
Mikado have captured Lao Yang,
and put Gen. Kuropatkin and his
Russian army to flight toward
Mukden. This is the outcome OF
a battle in which over 100000
men have been more or less activ-
ely engaged, and which is pro-
nounced by competent authorities
one of the greatest the world ever
saw. The casualties have not
been computed, but some haze
estimated that they will roach 5O,>
600. This may be an exaggera-
tion, but there Is no doubt that
the operations, and in fact the
battle which is still in progress,
beginning on Aug. 25tb, has in
decd been bloody. The magnitude
Of the battle of Liao Yang may, to
some extent, be appreciated when
it is recalled that the largest mum
her of men engaged in any battle
of the Napoleonic wars was Il,
Leipzig on the retreat from Mos
cow, where the allies had 100000
and the French less than $4,000
The forces confronting each
other at Borodino numbered 2SO, :
600; at Waterloo 100, OOO;at Fred.
ericksbure, Va, 100. 900; at Get
tysburg about $50, 200; at Grave>
lot $40, 900, and at Sedan 1874, 900
The battle of Lao Yang has more
than borne out the predictions thar
there would be terrific slaughter
when the land forces came to try
censlusions, and even the Japs
themselves have doubtless been
amazed at the way they have
driven back the Russians. The
nearest counterpart to it, IN mag.
nitude and duration is, according
to The New York Sun, found
i'll the fighting at Leipzig, last
ing five days. The land victories
of the Mixado's army are much
more significant than the destruc-
ton of the war vessels of Russia,
for it strikes Mt the very vltals of
the Cars power-at point
where it was supposed the Cos
sack would be hardest to over
come.
The capture of Liao Yang, the
dispatches state, will likely have
a bad effect upon the garrison ut
Port Arthur, which Is now without
hope of relief, since General Kur-
opatkin is put to it tosave his own
army. Liao Yang was selected by
the general as his beaduunr,ers
when the japanese began to get
foothold upon the coast of Man
shuria. 1t is about 800 miles from
Port Arthur and midway between
New Chwang, the nearest port.
about IS miles distant, and Muk-
den, the principal city of central
Manehuria. There the Russians
had established vast stores for the
maintenance of their army, appar
emily regarding it as permanent
headquarters. The enfoaced eva.
cation of tho city, however, cause d
the stores to be destroyed.
Despite all their reverses, the
Russian officers ut st. Petersburp
continue to put on u bold front,
and assert that the movements are
merely part Of Gsnersl Kuropat.
kin's plan to withdraw inland and
wear the Japanese out by forcing
them to lensthen their lines of
communication. A study of the
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mander ct the Siberian Army
Corps, numbering some 25000
men, the scapegoat. 1t is asserted
that instead of obcying the orders
he received from General Kuro-
putkin, the general placed his
own Interpretation upon them and
has Oeen cut>Of from the main
body in its flight northwari. 1t
would seem however, that the
whole Russian campaign has been
one series of bIunders If their
defeats are to be thus explained
With the almost unprecedented
fighting around Liao Yang, the
operations at Port Arthur, some
800 miles to the southwark, have
practically dropped out of sight
The latest news from there is that
no further assaults have occurred
during lhe past week, but that
the bardment has to moro or
less extent been kept up. Since
the hope of relief has been cut off
Japan will likely content herself
with awaiting The natural fall of
Port Arthur rather than resum.
.ug the costly assault upon the
fortification.
AS natural consequence of the
victory won by Japan within the
past few days, there has been
renewal of peace talk, but there is
nothing of a tangible nutnre to
bear out the idea that the matter
of endeavorlng to bring about a
cessation of hOstIlities has even
been seriously sonsIdered by auy
of the powers, and while Russia
has been severely dealt with she
hos by no means been whipped
unless she should elect to fight
the war with the present forces
and not send any new troops to
the field. Her resources are
doubtless yet tremendous, and she
will probably be able to continue
the fight for a long time, even
though Jupan's luck loes not
turn. However, the issue as to
whether the Cossack or the Orien-
shall dominate Eastern Asia is
great deal naerer settlement han
al any time since the war began,
and there is only encouragement
for those who hope chat the decls-
ion may be in favor of the little
Brown he athen as against the
white men who should be engaged
In better business.
There is Il commercial feature
in connection with this war which
the South is especially Interested
in, and that is as regards the de-
mand for cotton goods. 1t Is be-
lieved that the end of the war will
bring about an unusual demand
for American fabrics from Japan.
But the most significant result in
this respect would doubtless come
IN case of Japnn's final victory
over Russia. Then would the
ports of China he thrown open to
the trade of the Western world to
an extent that has only been
dreamed of heretofore. 1t is not
for this reason, however, that the
sympathy Of Great Britain and
America are so strongly with the
Jap, but rather because it is be-
believed that he stands 70: the
right against a domination that is
not countenanced by the advanced
thought of the Western world. =
Charlotte Observer.
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The Daily New York World
and The Ledger until January 1,
1905 for 81 10.