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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-07-17
Wbitc-Haircd "Tiger" Convicted.

n Parker, an old white-halred'
grav-bearded man, pleaded guilty in
the Court of Sessions at SpartanbnrS
Tuesday morning on the charge OF
selling liquor. He looked like Alex
ander Dowie. Judge Hydrick en-
deavored to get the defendant to pro-
misc that he would not sell any more
whjskev, but the cid man would not
.nromise He was sentenced to serve
three month or pay fine OF $100.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-07-17
DROVE NEGRO FROM COUNTY.
Yorkyille Black Given 100 Lashes
and Told to Leave.

About ten days or two weeks ago
a report gained currency in nelsh-
borhood about seven miles northeast
of Yorkville. near Glover, that d
horrible assault had been made on
the person OIL little white girl. An
immediate investigation proved 1t TO
be utterly false and without founoa,
ton. Citizens of the nelghborhooo
made careful inquiry as to the '"-
thor of the report, and finally 1asteh-
ed guilt on Bob Howard a negro
ON Monday night number OF men
visited his home. took him out, ap-
nlied 100 lashes to his back and ad-
yised to leave the State, never 10
return, by noon. He went. 1t IS
claimed that he started similar re-
ports in several other neighborhoooS
in which he had lived in the county
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-07-17
pr;cl, Mason Kills Himself

Paul Eichelberger. brick ln'-
en-, committed suicide at orlahuo
Fla Tuesday by taking poison: li,s
,aa,. ,v,s found in III alley. Elcnel'
berger was recently sehte'ceu ~ ' r.
ncnitentiary fer crrel treatment 70
-, u.;re and the humiliation is eV'-
DENLY what caused h!n to take IL
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-07-17
Gar Wheel Plant Sold.

The Carnegie Steel company chlcl
subsidiary of the United States s'ee,
s,nrnoration, has put the schoen steer
wheel company out O. he business
NV a fiat purchase, the frice Faia lol po
fhe Pittsburg plant heir.s S@'ooo,V'V y
The rice is $1,oOO,Oo0 in excess o.
+ba cost to Charles Schoen' the III
yen'oc.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-07-17
Fleet Near Honolulu.

The American fleet Of battl,shlps
arrived at Homo IiC about ] O'Clock
Thursday afternoon, according to a
late wireless dispatch.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-06-13
A STORY SERMONET.

When the Union Pacific railroad was
first built the point Of highest altitude
was at a station named Sherman.
1t was upon this eminence that Cakes
Ames the real builder of the road, put
q granite monument TO perpetuate his
memory. 1t was much admired.
But alas for the egotism Of man!
Years passed. Cakes Ames died. and
the worms gnawed his bones. Econ
omy required that the track should be
straightened to shorten distance and
avoid heavy grades. A short cut was
made, and the massive rock pile built
by Cakes Ames now stands -FOUR
TEEN MILES FROM THE PRES
ENT TRACK.
You may see it far away on the riln
OF the horizon. In the tangled wilder
ness the artificial heap Of stones looks
like a mere speck-pathetic reminder
of mans puny effort to project bis
memory to future times.
But Cakes Ames Is not forgotten. dc
is remembered in another way.
Ames was an inventor and manufac-
turer. He made the Ames shovel. His
Ames No. 2 or railroad shovel was de
signed for getting under the sides and
ends Of railroad ties. He also made
"tamper," for tamping earth and bal
last and other railroad tools. These
tools are used everywhere in the rail
road world today.
The lone rock pile at Sherman is sci
dom called to the tourists attention
Cakes Ames is remembered because h(
gave the world something useful.
Not every man can build monuments
to himself with entablatures Of bras;
and craven words Of eulogy. But ht
can be Of use.
He can open a new road. or make
farm. or build q house, or dig a well
or plant tree.
He can train up a child for useful
ness.
He can write or picture or say some
thing to help men bear their burdens.
He can fight the dragons of evil away
from the homes and haunts Of men.
He can brighten lives made miser
able by fear or misfortune.
Is not that better than pile O
stones or shape Of bronze?
Who cares who graved the pillars O.
Luxor, or built the cities on the plain
Of Mesopotamia, or made the vases o
Thebes?
Only those deserve to live who d.
something for their fellows.
Cakes Ames' shovel No. is create
than his granite memorial.
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SOUVENIR FANATICS.
Nothing Is Safe From Those Afflicted
With the Craze.

In these enlightened days anything
from the limb of a tree to table nap
kin is liable to be carried away as
souvenir.
A western girl with a well defined
case Of the souvenir habit, sojourning
in New York, was dining at fashion
able cafe and, being prepossessed in
favor Of the cunning pewter cream
pots with which the tables were sup
piled, calmly carried one away in her
muff. Can you imagine her self valua-
ton when upon examining her prize
later on she discovered carved across
the bottom, Stolen from Ms"
A Pittsburg bachelor, wandering into
restaurant, came upon q friend just
seating himself with two ladies. The
bachelor was invited to join the party,
did so, and at the end Of the luncheon
insisted upon paying the costs. The
bill being wrong, he went to the cash
ier's desk to personally adjust the dis
crepancy, where he was informed that
the extra charges were for spoons
which the ladies had put in their hand
bags. And that was the first time he
had ever met theml
Upon the occasion Of the presenta-
ton Of q handsome silver service by
one Of the United States to a battle
ship which was being christened in
her honor an elaborate banquet was
served aboard ship. at which the serv-
ice was used. Society came en- masse
from the town near which they were
anchored, and after the function was
over there were not enough forks and
spoons with which to lay the tables.
And yet these souvenir fanatics would
draw their moral skirts aside for fear
of contamination with a real thief
Bertha Reynolds Macdonald In Bohe-
mian Magazine.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-06-13
CURE FOR THE BLUES"

The doctors call it neurasthenia.
In common parlance we call 1t the
blues"
It is q disease. And the disease can
be diagnosed just like measles or ty-
phoid fever.
The disease, say the physicians, Is
caused by nervous worry. 1t Is pc
culiarly American because in this
country it finds favorable conditions.
American methods of living induce
oyerstrain of nerve fiber. Overstrain
brings worry, and worry brings the
blues.
Americans go the limit.
The average business man works 70
the verge of his strength during bust
ness hours. which is all right. But he
takes his business home and worries
over 1t, which is not all right. BY
dwelling on difficulties he magnihes
them. He loses sleep and IN conse
ouence loses power to overcome. The
cumulative force Of the continued
strain brings on q fit Of the blues.
Many American women suffer In the
same way.
Household burdens grow heavy
Nerves are taxed to the finish. Inc
woman begins to worry. She worries
over the fit of her dress. over the style
Of her hat, over her children, over bel
husband-anybOdy, anything, AFFORDS
occasion for worry and the blues.
And the higher up the woman lives
in the scale of society the greater th'
liability to neurasthenia. Late hours
the strain Of social requirements, ricl
food. the bad air Of theaters and bail
rooms. lack Of exercise, excitement
all these promote the conditions tina
bring on the blues.
Some-both women and men-unde
the strain Of modern life resort to slim
ulants to restore strength and tempe
Of mind, which only makes matter
worse. Stimulants simply hasten tn
day Of nervous breakdown.
What is the cure for the blues?
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Evils that are passed should not be
mourned.-Italian Proverb.
False Hair.

False hair was first regularly worn
In England by Queen Elizabeth. who
had upward of fifty wigs Of different
kinds for her private use. After her
death few women adopted the
French fashion of wearing wigs, but 1t
was not until the restoration that
wigs, or, more correctly speaking. perl
wigs, came to be extensively worn by
the sterner sex. These were intro
duced In the court Of Louis XIV,
where q natural head Of hair was not
considered sufficiently luxuriant for
the artificial tastes Of the times. The
term "periwig" is a corruption of the
French perruque. Wigs were original
" adopted not as a remedy for bald
ness, but In the interest Of personal
cleanliness. The laws Of ancient Egypt
compelled all males to shave the head
and beard. This explains why turbans
were not worn by the Egyptians, the
bushy artificial hair being regarded as
a sufficient protection against the heat
Of the sun. The Romans. on the con-
trary, wore wigs because they were
naturally bald.-St Louis Republic.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-06-13
Know When They Have Enough.

The llama, that docile animal which
was the beast Of burden in Peru In pre-
historic times and played the part that
was assigned to his cousin the camel,
in Egypt and Arabia, is still seen In
large numbers in the mountain dis
tricts, but he cannot live In the warm
er ATTITUDES along the coast. He is
docile, enduring and sure footed. He
can go long time without water and
food and cheWs the cud of content
ment when other animals are in distress
because Of the temperature Of the rare
fed atmosphere found In the Andean
plateaus. A llama will carry hundred
pounds and no more, and if you add an
ounce TO his load he will lie down and
wait until it is taken off. He knows
when he has enough, and there Is no
use in trying to argue with him. The
native Indians have learned this by
the experience Of generations, and
when a llama lies down they imme-
diately unstrap and diminish his bur-
den without making any fuss about it.
Then when he is satisfied that he has
been given no more than his share he
climbs on to his hoofs again and fol-
lows the mountain trail for days and
weeks at q time without murmuring or
slipping or forgetting his good man
nerS,
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THE TURNED UP MUSTACHE
Il Originated In Spain at the Court Of
Philip ".

fnllip w.
The German emperor, William H., IL
generally regarded as the inventor OF
the turned up mustache. This is true
only as far as introducing 1t as a fash
ion. 1t was invented at the court of
Philip ", about 1926. That monarch
was the first to wear his mustache
turned upward. From the Spanish
court the fashion spread over all Eu-
rope. Charles |. Of England, Philips
brother-in-law, and many members OF
the Austrian Hapsburgs adopted It II
came to Belgium and was introduced
into Germany by the Spanish soldiers
during the Thirty Years war.
It was also found in Sweden as well
as In France under Louis XIII. Under
Louis XIV. the beard went out Of fash
ion, and during the time OF Rocco the
elegant world knew only clean shaver
faces until the French revolution
brought the mustache again into USE
But nowhere except In its Spanish
home did the mustache rise so eXtrava-
gantly as with the German emperor
and his lmitators.
In Spain all kinds Of artificial means
such as bandsges and coverings, were
employed to compel the mustache to
keep this unnatural upward position
and In looking at the paintings of We
lasquez or Murillo one can easily un'
derstand that without such coerciyt
measures a true full blooded Spaniard
could never have realized his idea
mustaches. Minneapolis Journal.
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PROSECUTING A PREACHER.

Before he entered the ministry the
Rev. T. A. Miller Of a certain village
In South Dakota was a house painter
and paper hanger.
Because his salary was insufficient
to support his family he has been COM
PEELED to work at his trade during the
week.
1t is noted that his congregation made
no special objection to Mr. Miller's
week day industry. 1t hurt their pride
somewhat, but it eased the Financial
burden" OF the church. And you
know
1.-THE jingling of the guinea helps the
hurt that honor feels"
One day, however, the preacher be-
gan the job of painting and decorating
q saloon.
Horrorsl
The members of the official board
What do l believe? This
believe In cleanliness of body, mind
and soul.
1 believe in Kindness to man, woman,
child and animal.
believe in truth because 1t makes
me free.
believe In the charity that begins
ut home, but doesn't end there.
believe In mercy as / hope for
mercy.
believe In moral courage because l
am more than a brute.
believe In righteousness because 1t
is the shortest line between two eter-
mites.
believe in patience because it Is the
swiftest way to secure results.
believe In that kind Of industry
that takes an occasional vacation.
/ believe In the sort Of economy that
spends money for a good purpose.
I believe in honesty, not for policy's
sake, but for principles sake.
l believe in hospitality because 1t
puts a roof over every mans head
/ believe In obedience because it is
the only way to learn how to CON-
mand.
J. believe In self control because /
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THE HIND00 FAKIR.
His Patience and Skill In the Bag and
Spear Trick.


Spear Trick.
The feat known as the bag and spear
trick has been considered one OF the
ereatest of the Hindoo magician's art.
In this trick, says a writer, the Hindoo
fakir has his assistant get into sack,
the mouth of which he firmly secures,
ond then unceremoniously hurls his
HELPLESS victim to the ground. With
put a sign Of warning the fakir drives
his spear through the center OF tho
bag.
After withdrawing his weapon, upon
the point of which no blood stain ap-
pears. the fakir stands and gazes
dreamily over the heads of the specta-
tors. The body within the bag fioun-
ders about as If in mortal agony. At
last. when the occupant Is apparently
dead, the fakir again plunges his spear
into the motionless body. The same
antics are repeated. Then the fakir
releases his attendant from the bag,
and he steps out without a scratch
upon his body.
Although the trick is performed with
all the carelessness imaginable, 1t calls
for more patience, skill and exactness
than any of the so called black art
achievements. From the time the at
tendant enters the bag both fakir and
assistant count every breath they take
When stated number Of breaths have
been taken the fakir makes his thrust
and the occupant In the bag Is pre-
pared to avoid 1t. Then the count be-
gins again. and at the proper time the
spear is driven through the bag a
second time. In order to evade the
spear and make 1t appear to pass
through his body the assistant doubles
up In as small form as possible. His
legs are drawn up close, with the chin
resting upon the knees and the arms
folded round the lower limbs across
the shins. When in this position, at
the flftieth breath, the spear passes
under the attendants arms between
the abdomen and the thighs.
The slightest miscalculation by either
the fakir or his assistant would mean
serious If not a mortal wound for
one and an unheard of disgrace for the
other
That fakir and attendant are able so
TO train themselves to breathe In per-
feet unison while giving one Of these
performances, when the slightest varia-
ton in time by either would be fatal,
is certainly wonderful.
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Heart to Heart
Talks.
TO MOTHERS.
By EDWIN A. NYE.
Copyright, 1908. by Edwin A. Nye

~ faO
Recently d business man, pointing to
q woman and a young girl who were
going up the street together, said to
one Of the scribes:
do you know that woman"
mo"
"Wen. ostensibly she is lady. She
knows how to appear in public and has
the entree of respectable homes. In
reality, as some of the men about town
well know, she is a depraved woman.
She dresses well and preserves appear
ances. She las not been turned out OF
society because. she has not been ex-
posed.
and the young girl who IS with her
evidently she is intimate with the
woman. Doubtless she is Il pure girl
She will not be so long If she associates
with that woman. | wish | knew her
father. would like to warn him.
Couldn't you put something in the pa
per about dangerous women OF that
kind?"
Which set the editor - thinking.
For 1t is quite true that many moth.
ers warn their daughters against evll
minded men, but are not careful con-
corning evil minded women. And yet
A MORALLY DECEASED WOMAN
is TENFOLD MORE DANGEROUS
TO AN INNOCENT GIRL THAN A
MORALLY BAD MAN.
Naturally a woman is able to get
closer to a girl. And from a sullied
woman a girl will learn only the allur-
ing side of sin. There will be nothing
said concerning the woes Of tranSgres-
sion. There will be nothing said con-
corning the awful decline and the
vretched end. And hearing but the one
side the girl is likely TO be tempted
tainted, ruined
The woman here referred to is not
exactly a procureSs, but IN EFFECT
THAT is WHAT SUE is. She may
not literally hand the girl over to evil
ways of living. Nevertheless she will
damn the girl body and soul. The
poison will do its work.
Mothers
AS you love your daughters be sure
you know the sort of woman with
whom she may be intimate.
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A Human Zoo.

Just look at those people," growled
the i'll humored man in the subway
station. Not one Of 'em can stand
still for two seconds. Up and down
they pace, round and round they whirl,
waiting for the next train to come
along. What makes 'em do it? 1t is
that restlessness that turns station
platform into q regular inferno. No
matter where you go there Is some
body humping into you, and all be-
cause nobody will stand STILL"
The mans wife coughed timidly.
what did you say, dear?" she asked.
II said," answered the man-and
then he said it all over again. ITS
funny you didn't hear what l said in
the first place." he added. 81 talked
loud enough for everybody to hear"
Il know you did," she returned, but
YOU were rushing around all the time
from here to that post and back, and
couldn't catch half OF it"-New York
Press. Rex&lz - -
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In the House of Commons.

In the days of Burke, Pitt and Fox
members of the house of commons
used to relieve the tedium Of debate
by sucking oranges and cracking nuts
while lying full length on the benches,
and Brougham made his great six
hours speech on law reform In 1873
with a hatful Of oranges by his side
for refreshment. Joseph Hume found
solace in pears, which he took from
his bulging pockets and munched by
the hour, leaning the while against bis
favorite post. No wonder oranges were
so popular, since their vender Zone OF
them, at any rate) was a picturesque
girl who used to sit with her wares In
the lobby, attlred in "sprigged mus
lin gown with a gauze neckerchief' or
in the glory of "clean white silk stock
ings, Turkey leather shoes and pink
silk petticoat, becomingly short.
Westminster Gazette.
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lie Didn't Care.

A Georgia man tells of the meeting
of a negro literary society" In that
state. During the consideration Of the
business part Of the clubs programme
some one had proposed that the reg
ular time of meeting be changed from
Tuesday to Friday, and this PROPOSE
ton provoked much disputation. Final
ly, the president Of the society be-
ing appealed to for his opinion, that
official declared with much gravity:
"Membahs Of de s'ciety, pussonally,
now, pussonally, 1 dom care which
night de s'cjety meets, but TO myself
I prefers Tuesday, Paul Pioneer
Press
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OFF THE TRACK.


The limited goes sixty miles an hour.
In the smoker men joke and play cards
and tell risque stories The day coaches
are crowded and comfortless. The
heavy sleepers as they sway to ana 1ro
make only Il gentle rocking for the PEG
ple who chat and read and nap. Crash!
Engine and cars and flesh and blood
are ground up together in a shapeiess'
! horrid mass.
Off the track!
So goes humanity's train. Here Is a
boy who got to running on fast sched-
ule. He began by pilfering his fathers
TIL. AS he grew older he made faster
time. Down grade he goes. And soon
comes the crash. Newsboys cry muir
der and a suicide. The crowd halts for
moment. His friends murmur' i
never thought he was SO bad" A
young man is
OF the track.
A young girl thinks her mother is too
! slow for these record breaking times
Mother is "old fashioned" The girl
goes TO places her mother has warned
her she should not frequent Inc
bloom is brushed from the fruit. Bru-
tai appedtes lust after II. One day a
brazen. drunken creature, curslng and
shrleking, is loaded into the patrol
wagon. \ woman is
OF the track.
A man gets in hurry TO be rich
His father went slowly, carefully, sue
cessfuly. but fathers methods Will not
do. whats the use Of moiling and
toiling when quicker way may well
do the business? So-and-so has spec
ulated successfully. Surely l am as
shrewd as he" A pistol shot! A man
| is
or the track.
Why did the train so off the track
1t may be the rails were too light or
the curves too sharp or the equipment
moor. Slower locOmOtion might have
prevented accidents. Sixty miles an
hour was too fast. But the rival line
is scheduled at that. Our train must
get In on time Open the throttle.
Shovel the coal. What matters If we
do go
or the track?
Our age is a rapid one. Business
society, goes at sixty mile clip. Rath-
er than be sidetracked for time men
will drive their trains into the ditch.
Many Of them ran wild. There are
frequent collisions and wrecks innu-
merable by getting
OF the track.
Look out, thriving but ventursesome
merchant and reckless young woman
and gay young man. The race is not
to the swift alone. Put on the brakes.
Slow up or before you know it you will
| be
on the track.
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Fish Food and National Greatness.

There Is not the smallest reason to
suppose that a meat eating nation
would be superior either In intellect or
physique to fish eating one. We as
q race were never stronger than when
we fed on fish to such an extent that
the careful guardian Of the newly en-
tered apprentice commonly inserted q
clause in his indentures stipulating
that he was not to be required to eat
salmon more than three days a week.
London Globe.
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The Tarantula.

Whether the tarantula Is ever q
death dealer or not Is disputed point
However, there seems to be no doubt
that the bite Of this spider-like crea
ture inhlcts one Of the most painful
wounds that the human body can en-
dure. Stolid Indians who have borne
the tortures of the sun dance without
finchlng have been known to roll upor
the ground and shrek in agony wher
bitten by tarantula, which leaves
livid scar that never grows dim. 1t Ii
possible that the tarantula bite some
times proves fatal, although 1t Is diff
cult to find a well authenticated in
stance of this kind. - Chicago Intel
Ocean.
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What DIspleased Him,

Two hunters were making their way
across d lush meadow after rain
The ground was moist and soggy. but
their feet by quick stepping could be
prevented from sinking more than an
kle deep
Suddenly the one In advance disap
peared up to his neck In a narrow
stream that, owing to the luxuriant
growth on the bank, he had observed
only as he stepped into 1t. With diff
Guilty he pulled himself out and began
wringing the water from his garments
"Well, darn country" he remarked
with feeling. where they get theil
creeks up edgewise and hide 'em In the
grass. "-Philadelphia Ledger.