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Amusing Incidents,

An incident related by Admiral
Schley III his new volume Of reminis-
cences contains q dreadful warning to
all who write an illegible hand. AT
Nicaragua, in 1861. he was surprised
to find q mar Of the American Minis
ter's tastes and talents assigned to q
post so little to his liking. The Minis
ter explained how it was. II wrote my
friend, Mr.. Lincoln" he said, "askin1
him for the position Of marshal of Ne
braska, but I wrote such a horribly
bad hand that he read it Minister to
Nicaragua So here I an."
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ers that the salvation Of Christ, instead OF
releasing from moral obligations, is on the
contrary. precisely an enduement of power
to perform it. Instead OF abolishing the
law Christ fulflis it, and If there, IS any
one in the world who ought TO be the shin:
ing cxamplar of obedience to the will OF
God, it is the Christian man.
Christ Himself is our great pattern in
this regard. He was an obedient Son. 1t
was His meat and drink. He said, to do
His Fathers will. But He is more than
our pattern. lie is our Saviour, nd az
such enables us TO reproduce the pattern.
He presents an ideal and also the dynamic
for it's realization. This is why there is a
place for Him in every heart. This is why
we all need Him. If we live in fellowship
with Christ. trusting Him in utter faith,
the law of God instead Of being something
hostile to our spirit is our very lifc, and
we come to be able to say with Him, Il
delight to do Thy will, Q, my God"
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A Wonderful Powder.

There is working in the University
Of Toxic, in japan, 4 quiet little man,
who, if he is almost ignored outside
his own country, is fully recognized
in Japan as q national benefactor.
This man is Professor Shimose, inven.
tor of the new Shimose powder, the
most powerful explosive known. The
secret of its composition is rigidly
guarded. Though there is no secret as
to its terrific power, no foreigner knew
anything about it before the present
war began. This powder forms the
bursting charge Of the Japanese army
and navy shell. The armor piercing
shell is rent into thousands, of small
fragments, which are hurled through
the air with such force that they tear
through the sides Of an iron ship. A
shell bursting with 4 charge Of gun.
cotton Is broken into very few pieces,
but the Shimose explosive scatters the
projectile into 5000 or more fragments,
which are driven in every direction
with equal force, the result Icing, as
II expert says, that nothing in the
vicinity can live"
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carefully in a brass pan, wiplng on q
crimson fushama Tor 'kerchief), which
she folded in a certain fashion before
tucking in her belt. When all Of the
utensils were in q state of Immaculate
cleanliness the hostess proceeded to
make the tea. From a vase OF costly
c~loisonne she extracted q fine Sreenish
powder, throwing two teaspoonsfui
into the bowl reposing on the floor De-
side her; lifting the lid of the spout
less kettle, she peered into its depths
in order to see if the water was bub-
bling. Then with a peculiar and stud
led movement Of the hands she took a
ladle full, of the water and poured 1t
on the tea powder, whisking it briskly
with a little bamboo implement much
resembling an egg beaten; when a
froth as light as sea foam rises 10 the
top the beverage is ready.
The last guest wriggled from her
seat. traversing the distance which
separated her from the tea table upon
her knees and without rising offered
the fragrant liquid to the guest OF
honor, the bowl resting upon q scarlet
fushama. 1t is etiquette for the per-
son served to receive the howl, hold
ing it daintily with the right hand
clasped about it, the bottom resting
in the palm Of the left hand. She
would stamp herself as unlearned In
the code of did she sip her
tea as We Western %barbarians ore
wont to do. 1t must be swallowed in
exactly three gulps and a half, then the
spot touching the lips should be wiped
with q fushama which is returned to
the breast Of the kimono, and the bowl
carefully set down in front of her.
But one person is served at a time,
which accounts for the length of the
"tea ceremony the same minute cere-
monia! with not the slightest variation
of gesture being omitted, being re-
peated each time. With the tea dainty
and crisp little rice cakes are eaten.
Everything is set upon the floor, the
tea bowl and the paper napkin which
holds the cakes.
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Death For Incurableg.

A professor in the French Medical
Academy advocates painless death
for incuraDle victims. The Paris cor
respondent for the Chicago Tribune
says: "Dr. GuermonpreZ, professor
of the medical faculty in Lille. is about
to publish an elaborate work entitled
Medical Death and Protection For
Human Life The book, an elaborate
work, will advocate an international
understanding between physicians and
authorities, allowing the first to help
persons stricken with incurable dis.
ease to make IN end of their pains and
of themselves.
"In excuse Of this demand, the pro.
fessor cites q law proposed during the
French Revolution, Of which the COIL
vent did or did not approve. 1t pro-
vided that '%virtuous and feeling citi-
Zens should be allowed to give incura-
bles' q quick but painless DEATH The
professor thinks the convent passed
the law, yet it was never but into exc.
cution.
In 1903 the First Chamber of the
Kingdom of Saxony denied a petition
to the same effect, namely, that ply.
sicians should be allowed to kill pa
tents if the latter asked them to do
SO in writing.
"'The late Crispi.' says the professor,
favored my plan to establish death
cells in every. hospital where incur
ables may hide, at their pleasure, to
seek relief from their pains by death.
death to be produced by cases."
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BcIcnYad.

A Scottish fisherman was drowned
close to the shore and his body was
not recovered until the following even
ing. When it was taken from the wa
ter n collection of very large crabs
chung to the clothing, and these the
minister detached and sold to help the
widow, who appeared to be %inconsol-
able. When the money was being
handed to the woman, the giver asked
how SHE wished the body to be dis
posed of. Dye no think" she said.
1--WE could do waur than just set him
again."
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No Ill Effects.

DR.. Edward Everett Hale tells n
story Of q New York clergyman who
had received a call to q fashionable
suburb Of Boston. A gentleman. who
had in his employ two English grooms,
accidentally overheard the following
conversation between the two ser.
wants:
1t appears that the first groom, who
had for some time been endeavoring to
get the second groom to attend ser.
vices at the church presided over by
the New York clergyman, said:
Didn't you like the sermon?"
Every much" replied the other, every
Much, even hif e is a bit Ugh Church
and Hi a Methodist. Hi thinks as 'ow
Ill prob-ly halter the haaftennoon
service, too"
Hi just knew you'd change your
mind" remarked the first groom. tri-
umphantly. "AS Hi told yer, I've 'eard
i'm twist an what arm as it done
qe?"-Collier's Weekly.
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SAFEST FOOD
Amy Time Of Trouble is Grape-Nuts.

Food to rebuild the strength and that
is pre- digested must be selected when
one is c~onvalcscent. At this time there
is nothing so valuable as Grape-NutS
for the reason that this food is o.!
n%ourishment and is also all digestible
nourishment. A woman who used it
says:
Some time ago I was very i'll with
typhoid fever, SO i'll everyone thought
| would die, even myself. 1t left me
so weak l could not properly digest
food of any kind and also had much
bowel trouble which left lie a weak,
helpless wreck.
II needed nourishment as badly as
anyone could, but none of the tonics
helped me unti' l finally tried Grape
Nuts food morning and evening. This
not only supplied food that l thought
delicious as could be but it also made
ME perfectly We'll and strong again so
l can do all my homework, sleep well,
can eat anything without any trace of
bowel trouble and for that reason alone
Grape-Nuts food is worth its weight in
gold" Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
Typhoid fever like some other dis
rases attacks the bowels and frequently
sets up bleeding and makes them for
months incapable Of digesting the
starchcs and therefore pre- digested
Grape-Nuts is Invaluable for the well
known reason that in Grape-Nuts all
the starches have been transformed
into grape sugar. This means that the
first stage of digestion has been me-
chanically accomplished in Grape-Nuts
food at the factories and therefore any
one, no matter how weak the stomach,
can handle it and grow strong, for all
the nourishment is still there.
There's q sound reason and 10 days
trial proves.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Tea Ceremony at the
Japanese Reservation.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

-Se-G-0-O-+3~
By the Countess de Mont igu.

The tea ceremony" is q unique ana
highly ceremonious function only 10
be seen in the houses Of aristocratlc
8personages. It is a survival or the
courtly etiquette Of old Japan, and is
still practiced. Even at the public tea
houses in Japan it is unknown, except
10 the favored few, being too elaborate
and expensive for an everyday thing.
The Toxic Tea Palace, at the WORDS
Fair, the Governmental institution for
The exploitation of the products OF
Japan, is presided over by Mr.. *. Sano'
renowned authority on tea, and also
"a well-known antiquarian. Mr.. Sano
has in his employ a young lady from
&Tokio, who has a school for young
1adies in that city. Here the daugh-
tiers of wealthy and high born per-
sonageS are instructed in the intricacies
of the ''tea ceremony" for the daugh-
4ter of the house usually acts as hostess
yon such occasions.
The etiquette Of Japan is as severe
hhs that of the court Of Spain and even
more SO.
Prompted by curiosity I requested
Ito be initiated into the mysteries or
this pretty ceremony. On entering an
hyper room III the ten house l found
live rather fat cushions placed in a
6emicircle in the middle of the floor.
according to immemorial usage, the
guests must not exceed five. Miss
Mime Abe, the Toxic young lady, was
alreedy kneeling before the lacquered
kea table, looking like an animated
HJapanese doll. Each guest on entering
sank down on her knees upon a cush-
ION, saluting the hostess by spreading
her hands fiat on the floor in front
pf her and bowling almost to the
ground, Miss Abe returning the salu-
Hation. The guest Of honor was al
otted the first seat, and to the one who
arrived last was delegated the serving
pf the tea.
The position to an American is most
trying, as all throughout the cere-
knony, which occupies at least an hour,
he guests are, as it were, kneeling
hnd resting on their heels. One cannot
help wondering whether the Japanese
anatomy IS not different from ours, rs
10 them this attitude seems entirely
patural.
Miss Abe was attired in the pictur-
esque garb Of her native land. Il
wore q flowing kimono Of some soft
erepy material sprlgged with cherry
blossoms, branches Of the same flower
adorning her elaborate couture, and
hbout her waist was an obi or wide
bash embroidered in swallows.
After the usual compliments had
been exchanged, Miss Abe proceeded to
make the tea. She took the beautiful
satsuma bowl, the little wooden ladle,
nd the bamboo whisk, washing them
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Too Many Telephones.

"This custom of having two tele-
phones in the office has its ~disadvan-
tages, too," said the business man.
"We've got a new Office boy, and one of
his duties is to answer the telephone.
The other day he heard the bell ring,
and, coming to me, said: You're want
ed at the phone by q lady,
"'Which one" I inquired, thinking
Of the phones, Of course.
".Please, SIR stammered the boy,
I'LL think it's your wife.'"-Port-
land Express.
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Sunday School Workers Wanted-

To be courageous like Joshua.
10 be self-reliant like Nehemiah.
TO be obedient like Abraham.
To be ~persevering like Jacob.
10 be decisive like Moses.
To be administrative like Solomon.
To be above reproach like Daniel
10 be long-suffering like Paul,
To be self-disciplined like David.
To be praycrful like Elijah;,
r. be masters of passions like Joseph.
To be bold like Peter.
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Tho Tallest Occunfed Building.

The Park Row Building, in New
York, IS the tallest inhabited building
in the world. 1t overs 1000 square
feet of ground and is thirty stories
high. The distance from the curbing
to the cornice is 33G feet; to the top
Of the towers 800 feet; to the top Of
the flagstaff AT feet; the depth of the
foundations below curbing is seventy
five feet, making l total distance from
the foundations to the top of the flag
staff $50 feet.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-11-09

Birds, it may come as 4 surprise to
learn, are nearest related to lizards Of
any other families Of living creatures.
There is a South American bird, the
hoetzin, of which the young are pro-
vided with lizard-like claws on their
wings; they also possess q very rep
titan appearance for their short life.
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The Persistence of Unbelief.

After God had made so many visible
manifestations of His power and willing
ness TO deliver and provide for His people,
vet many of them believed not in Godn
and limited the Holy One OF Israel"
Many to-day, after enjoying blessing after
blessing from His hand; are dong the very
s9,nscb 5A! sgxo as H.a and I0 ao . 1essci Banner.
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TOBOGGAN PLANE,

The toboggan plane shown in the ac-
companying cut is so-called because OF
its resemblance in shape to the tobog-
gan, being turned up at both ends IN
the same manner as the real toboggan
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Hpcrt Power.

Tn some respects our present age is seek-
ing TO lay the stress and in some cases the
balance of emphasis upon Interpretation
and not life. To make men all intellect
with little or no heart is the idea OF some
mechanical minds. But Jesus greatest
power was His heart power which lntuses
His entire intellectual being.
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TOBOGGAN PLANE.

is at he front. The tool may be either
used as q bench or smoothing plane
and can be held in one hand as q block
plane. 1t is said to be exceptionally
durable and free from damage in hard
use.
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The Saving of the Soul.

Every provision in the divine plan of sal.
vation is to protect and increase the high.
est life in man, and that life is the spirit.
nal life. This is what is meant by the prli-
ority of life. This is what is meant by the
saving of the soI1.
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The Rome newspapers comment fay
orably on the scheme for the erection
in that city of a monument to Shakes
peare. n. Y.-43
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The Allan steamship Victorian,
which is to be launched at Belfast
next month, will be the first turbine
steamship to take part in the Atlantic
passenger trade.
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FITS permanently cured. No fits or netvous-
ness after first days use Of DIR. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer, 82trial bottleand treatise free
DR.. R. H. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch St., Phila., Pa.
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True Happiness.

Happiness increases on the path of life
il it is always advancing toward the perfect
bliss.-Arkansas Methodist.
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In Quito every one uncovers to a fash OF
lightning.
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IamsurePiso'sCure forConsumptton saved
my life three years ago.-MRs. THOMAS Rob-
EMS. Maple ST., Norwich, Ny, Feb. II, l9OJ
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How u Lamb is Shorn.
Rosy hopes.
Unexpected reverses.
I owe L.
Nothing left.
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The life of a bicycle, if regularly used, is
four years.
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-03-23

meet on Tuesdays following, giving
ample time for each precinct to be
heard from and the State committee,
or it's representative, on the Fridays
following the 1.eeting of the county
committees. AS the Second district is
interested more than the rest cf the
State, it was decidedsto let the special
committee tabula5e the vote instead of
requiring the entire committee to meet
and ex-Gov. McSweeney, L. ]. Will
liams (or his substitute), Thos. Mar
tin, J. M. Polatty, G. B. Free, DR.. w.
G. Smith and E. S. Blease, one from
each county in the the district and
the addition of D. FL. Magill, A. W.
Jones, D. J. Griffith, and Gen. Jones
as chairman. There being no further
business the committee adjourned.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-03-23

W. A. Brown accountant and audi.
tor of the W B. Boyle interests was
born in Sumter and has been allied with
some of it's best commercial interests
and was for years general merchant
and he is a thorough business man
and gracious gentleman.
He is ably aided in clerical affairs
by Fl. L. Witherspoon who possesses
the indefatigable energy of his re-
markably successful brothers.
J. n. Brown is known over the
State as an No. 1, live stock man
and he has entire charge OF that de-
partment, and he has the traits of
character which make him universally
popular and the business exceptionally
successful.
Mr.. Boyle takes general manage
ment and shows chat he can administer
affairs in safe prompt and highly
popular manner.
James CarsWelll,
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The Old Hoss Sale at the A. G. L..
freight depot yesterday was attended by
large crowd and the bidding was
spirited at times, but Judge 81. L. B.
Wells was not on hand and neither the
crowd nor the interest seemed to be as
great as attended previous sales.
The county board Of control has
issued orders that the dispensers in
this county enforce the law in respect
to the requirement that all purchasers
of liquor shall sign request blank
before receiving the liquor. This re.
gulation has not been enforced in this
city for several years, and it is stated
that it has been treated as dead let
ter, with the consent, il not by the ad-
vice Of the State Board, throughout
the State The enforcemento Of this re.
gulaticn will have one OF two results,
the sales will be decreased or more
clerks in the dispensary must be pro-
vided. It will be physical impossi-
bility for the number of clerks employ
ed in the local dispensary to handle
the business, If they have to fill ont the
request blanks.
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-
Congressman Wyatt Aiken, OF this
State is urging the increase of salaries
Of rural mail carriers from $500 $500
. year. This increase in salary would
do much to increase the popularity OF
she rural mail service. especially with
carriers, present and prospective, their
relatives, friends and acquaintances:
Jim Tillman may have The cheek to
enter the race for Congress in the
Second District, bns We have no idea
that hewili do so with any serious
expectation oi winning. Mr.. l. J.
Williams, VINO was an ayowed candi-
date for the seat for several months
prior to the death of Col Croft, will
stand for the anezpired term as we'll
as Tor the fun term. and it is believed
that he will hare q walk over. Till
snan may secure 9 lot Of cheap motor
iesy By making the race, but the people.
of the Second district are too seE-re-
spscsing, TO eject Jim Tillman, even if
50 strong q man as u J. Williams was
not a candidate.
-.
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SUMTER ELKs 60 TO CHARLESTON
They will Institute a New Lodge of the
Best People on Earth Thursday.

A delegation of Elks from Sumter
Lodge will go to Charleston on Thurs
day for the purpose of instituting a
new lodge of Elks which has recently
been organized in that city. The dele
CATION will leave here Thursday morn
ing and will return home Wednesday.
During their stay in the city they
will be entertained at the Commercial
Club by the Charleston Elks, where
typical Elks banquet will be served
Thursday night, after the institution
of the Lodge. In addition to the re-
gular degree team, quite number of
the local Elks will 60 to Charleston to
participate in the festivities of the
occasion.
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THE sTATEOF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY o. SUMTER.
March 23-2t

By Thos. V. Walsh, Esq, Probate Judge
Whereas, Robt. II. Green made suit
to me to grant him Letters of Admins
tration of the Estate of and effects of
B. 3. Tomlinson, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admon-
ish all and singular the kindred and
creditors of the said B. B. Tomlinson,
late of said county and state, deceased, that
they be and appear before me, in the Court
of Probate, to be held at Sumter G. H., on
April 7th, 1904, next, after publication
thereof, at IL o'clock in the forenoon. to
show cause, if any they have, why the said
Administration should not be granted.
Given under my Hand, this 23d day of
March, A. D., 1904.
THOS. V. WALSH,
March 23-ot Judge of Probate.
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WANTED-Faithful person to travel
for we'll established house in few
counties, calling on retail merchants
and agents. Local territory. Salary
$4,000 per week with expenses addi-
tional, all payable in cash each week.
Money for expenses advanced. Position
permanent business successful and
rushing. Standard House, $50 Dear
born street, Chicago. Nov. II