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The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-14
The Sporting Instinct.

The Convalescent-"Tm much bet
ter now, nurse. Will you please put
me at the window? l feel l could kill
a fly. French Almanack.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-14
Cold and Calculating.

Ascum-"Did you actually have
the nerve to propose to that Boston
girl?"
Yerner-"Yes, I told her my heart
beat wildly for her alone and"
Ascum-"She didn't believe your"
Yerner-"No; she reached over
and felt my pulse. "-Philadelphia
Press.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-14

GAINESVILLE, Ohio.-The tube plant
of the Mark Manufacturing Company,
employing 700 men, resumed work,
and the Roseville Pottery, employing
300, resumed on half time.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-14

Chicago. = The plate, slab and
Company opened, giving employment
to 1000 men. Before the end of the
week, according to w. A. Field, the
general superintendent Of the works,
5000 more men will be put to work.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-14
Right Praying.

No prayer taxes hold OF God until
it first takes held Of the man.@Hcr-
ace Bushnell.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-19
Weddings and Broken Teeth.

After every big east side wedding
the dentists OF the quarter reap har-
vest" said dental surgeon. 1T is
the broken teeth that keep rs busy. l
do not mean that the guests raise
row and knock out one another's teeth.
Oh. no; it's the wedding cake that does
the mischief. Over here bakers mix
into wedding cakes every kind of
charm from coins and tiny china dolls
To plain tin tags. In the course Of the
Festivities many luckless guest Is
bound to crack n tooth on that indi-
gestible part of the wedding feast At
various times the wedding cake vic
tins have talked of getting up a petit
tion imploring the bakers to omit all
gritty ingredients. but up to date the
Swapping of teeth goes merrily on
New York Sun.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-19

If there is system of abbrevlation
of mercantile terms in Germany. per-
haps all the shorthand clerks know it.
There Is little story about social rival
ry among a semiofticial class in Ber-
lin: A proud young matron exclaimed
In high spirits that she was enjoying
the happiest moment of her life "My
Fritz has been appointed hauptkasen-
Verwaltungsassistentr That means as
sistant cashier. "Now," she went on,
"in my title of hauptkasenverwaltun
assistentin boast of five letters more
than that stuck-up oberhofsteuramtsin-
spectorip excise inspectors wife) can
claim"-New York Press.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-19
THE POLITE FRENCHMAN.
He Will Say Pardon" but Will Crowd
You Off the Pavement.

fou VII Sne SNement.
Among the myths about the Parisians
that have been fastened on the world
at large is the notion that they are the
voliteSt people we have. That is a
good old one. but when you come to
analyZc it its mythical qualities soon
show The Parisians are conversation
ALLY polite. They are the greatest art
lists ut the deferential phrase and the
oDscquiouS bow.
Actually the Partisan is not polite.
lie is not even passably polite. He Is
liscourtcouS and disagreeable. He
walks along the streets as if he owned
them and refuses to turn out no mat
ter what the circumstances are. He
bumps into pasSersby who are used
10 the ordinary street courtesy. swoops
upon the best seats in the public con
Neyances. will not bulge an inch when
your theater seats are beyond him.
crowds you in the restaurants and
cafes. ogles every woman he meets and
iS generally offensive. To be sure, II
lie sees chance to get anything away
from you or to advance his own inter
est ut your expense, he says Pardon
and does what he has in mind His
politencSS consists of that one word
pardon" SO far as his language goes.
he is courteous. But ii is all conversa.
tion-Samuel Il. Blythe in Everybody S
Magazine.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-19
ONE SAT- STILL.
Captain Cooks Walking Stick With
Thunder and Lightning.


Thunder and Lightning.
When Captain Cooks ship. the En-
deavor, lay I'm Mercury bay. New Zca-
land, In 1860, brown boy of eight.
who afterward became chief and
lived TO great age. went aboard OF
her. His name was Taniwha.
1t was easy enough for the brown
boys to pick out Kapene Kuku Gap
tain Cook among the men on board.
Taniwha said; he was the leader OF the
"goblins." very great man. He walk.
the ship grave and dignified. He held
up nail. priceless treasure, and,
when TaDiwha laughed. gave it to him.
Then the boys knew that he was good
as well as great. They were shocked
that grownup Maori stole a piece of
calico.
'cThey padded away" Taniwha con-
tinued. THE goblin went down into
the hold of the ship, but soon came up
with walking stick In his hand and
pointed 1t at the canoe. Thunder peal
ed and lightning dashed. but those In
the canoe padded on.
'"Then they landed. Eight rose to
leave the canoe. but the thief sat still
with his dogskin mat and the goblin's
garment under his feet. His compan-
ions called him. but he did not answer.
One of them shook him. and the thief
fell back into the hold Of the canoe.
and blood was seen on his clothing and
a hole in his back"
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-19
Hook Swinqinu In Benoai.

The people of Gangutia. in Bengal.
have or used to have a barbarouS prac-
tice called hook swinging. They deck
themselves out with garlunds and then
assemble together to undergo the most
horrible torture. A wire about quar-
ter OF an inch in diameter and seven
feet long is pierced through the tongue.
and then the wretched being will dance
for over half an hour with the wire
still hanging through the tongue
Some OF them form themselves into n
row and are then sewed together by a
wire needle threaded with cord They
are sewed by the arms and look like
herrings on wire when ready for the
hook. 1t is thought that the victims
Ore drugged considerably beforehand
owing 10 the sullen, dazed expression
they wear throughout. but sometimes
one or two faint and are with great
difficulty brought round again.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-19

CT Inty Superini cndent of Education.
b ,ore they will he allowed to stand
th examinations. For detail d in
formation apply 10 the Supt. of Edu
ca ion or to III President oil Clemson
CGheGc.
Applicants for admission to the
college, who are not seeking for the
sc loIarships, will also stand entrance
examinations at tine court house July
3rd.
The next session OF the college
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-19

Gland OF THESKY"; Lake Taxa
way and the "BEAUTIFUL SAP
PHIRE COUNTRY" now in their
glory
Apply to the Southern Railway
Agents for rates, tickets, etc.
J.L T,EEK,
Ast. Gen. Pas. Agt.,
Atlanta, Ga.
&c. LUSk,
Div. Pas. Agt Charleston. s c.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-19
Clemson Agricultural Col
lege Examination.

The examination for the award OF
Scholarships in Clemson Agricultural
College will be held in the County
Count House on Friday, July 3rd. at
y a. M. Applicants must fill ou
proper forms, TO be secured from the
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-19
Summer Excursion Rates
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

Round trip Summer Excursion
Tickets to Sea hOre and Mountain
resort points are now on sale via
Southern Railway at greatly reduce
rates. Tickets good returning until
October 3Ist, 1908. Asheviiie, Way
n. sv BE, fisndsrs0nviIiss in the
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-19

1sSN, s1----~, ---r'-'-- ~s,' 1@nA
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-19

We will be able to turn out from rs to 100 bales of
cotton eve"y day, one bale every six minutes
No bring cotton to Batesburg and saw we will
not be able to get him back home in reasonable time
Our force will be accommodating, experienced and suf-
1lclenty ample to take charge of the wagon from the
moment it comes the yard until it leaves You will
not have to help gin your cotton We will be able to do
it for you
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-19
Effect of the Lesson.

"AIy" exclaimed the minister's wife.
IL never saw the boys In this street
fighting so much as they have lately.
There are two of them fighting now.
and I'm sure they're members OF our
Sunday school,
"Ah. I see" remarked the Rev. Mr..
Wise. Last Sundays lesson was about
David and Goliath" - Philadelphia
Press
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-19

Untold Wealth.
What Is untold wealth. pa2"
The property you keep out of the
tax list."-Harper's Weekly.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-19

open sept y, zoos.
For catalogues aud information an
ply to
u. II. WELL, resident.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-04
TRAMPS WHO DO GOOD.
Apple Tree Johnny Has Successor In
Nut Planting Hobo.

The story is told Of Pennsylvania
tramp who in his wanderings up and
down on the earth carries his pockets
full of nuts. which he plants as he
goes. For three years he has followed
this practice, says the Virginia Pilot.
and during that time is said to have
planted thousands and thousands Of
nuts, always seeking the out.of-the-way
spots-rocky hillsides and abandoned
lands at the edges Of creeks and
streams-so that the chances Of the
trees being destroyed before they
grow up and mature will be minimiz.
ed. This old tramp is doing something
more than guaranteeing the future
youth Of Pennsylvania against the
loss Of the JOY of nutting. He is set.
ting an example in tree planting which
the farmers throughout the land may
well follow with profit to themselves
and to the country. This nut.plapting
tramp recalls another member Of the
wandering tribes He was known
throughout the country as Apple Tree
Johnny from his habit of planting ap.
pie seeds in fence corners and other
hooks. Many wayside fruit tree is
said to owe its existence to Apple Tree
Johnny.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-04
SOLO MADE A SENSATION.
6srytone Had Caught the Music, But
Not the Words.

A certain young Unitarian minister
is visiting friend and classmate who
lives in Roxbury, says the Boston Her
aid, and while the two were sitting
around a fire and spinning yarns the
minister who Is visiting and who
comes from the west told this: when
went west first / was In a small
town called Il---c, and in the choir
Of my church the village blacksmith
did the noble work Of barytone. He
had a voice that could shake noun
tains, and whatever 1t lacked In any
other feature II made up In volume.
He couldn't read music any more than
ne could English but he learned a tune
very readily. One Sunday We were
to be favored with a rev anthem be-
cause II was special OCCASION. and
the barytone had one portion all to
himself Unfortunately he had missed
many Of the practices. The anthem
went along excellently until 1t came
to beautiful part which read: And,
dying, bids us all aspire Here the
rest of the singers stopped short, In
that quick. sudden way that choirs
have, and in the ensuing stiffness
sounded the ponderous tones of the
blacksmith: And dying brides are
filled with fire."
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-04
A Vain Boaster.

A farmer in central New York state
has in his employ man named
George, whose understanding is not
very acute. One day as his employer
came out to the field where he was
working, George hailed him: Say,
boss, who do you like best, Mr.. Cor
man or Mr., Carney" naming two min
listers whose churches are in the neigh
borhood. Well" said the farmer, II
couldn't say. ] never heard Mr.. Cor
man preach II don't like that man
Carney" said George: "he brags too
much. | went to his church last Sun.
day and he didn't talk about anything
but his fathers mansions and brag
about how much finer they were than
any one else's. 's."-Lippincott Maga-
zine
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-04
BY Byron Williams.

Plumb forSot tn breakfast hour watch
in of tn monkeys fight!
Carried water fer an hour. jist L Gee u
elcphunts--
Bout tomorrow he'll puii off several
bareback ridin stunts.
There will be tight-rope act an a
trapezo in tn she'd
Doctor Green will call an say: "Slight
confusion of tn head
Horse and COW and gor-cat--each will
have "A look of care
when our Willie shoots-the-chutcs an
comes hurtlin' through tn air.
Mother splits III wood to-day. Fathers
also at the show
He'd L go an find out whGr Little Willie
wuz, you know
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-04
Ham Was Hard to Find,

Mrs. NJ G.. Quackenbos, whom At
torr"y General Bonaparte has made
one OF - special assistants In the
campai . against the trusts, is New
York la"'yer. She tells this story of a
railway ham sandwich: "A man paus-
cd bit t'crly in the consumption Of a
very hard, dry railway ham sandwich
and said to the maid behind the
counter; don't see no ham In this
You amt come to 1t yet said the
maid with smile. A minute or two
passed, The mans Jaws worked gloom.
lily. Then they stopped again, and he
said: I don't see no ham yet, young
woman. oh she replied, you've gone
and bit over II now"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-04

| ketched him jist as he wuz through an
THROWN off my cap
waded into him. by gosh' an hit his
he bellercd but he fought like time an
grabbed me round tn waste
he chewed mi ear an got me mad; |
damned his eye n paste.
he scratched me but iist then we trippcd
an fell down in tn mud
an goln' down he hit his head agin a
stump ke-thud!
yeu bet I punched him then fer good un-
til he cried "enuff.'
tn fellers helped him two his feet and
said. George is tn stuff"
then while they all stood round tn fence,
jist fore tn teecher came,
/ made him rub "Will wilkins out an
substertute mi name.
It's there today. mi name an hers.
George Brown an hazel pRouT-
they amt feller in our school that dast
{ rub II out!
bet IL mother'd knowed tn cause why
| wuz in a fife
she'd left tn paddn' in mi pants thet
she tux out last nlte
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-04
BY Byron Williams.

Oh, crowners of Kings. and oh, servants
of Fame,
Thy prizes are baubles, thy promises
lame,
Go back to the woods and the tall grass,
/ say,
Our Willie is part of the circus to-day!
Ye gods. how he rides In tn spangled
parade
How nobly he holds the bass drum as It's
played!
How grandly he swells meath the big
coat of red,
Despite that the collar half covers his
head!
All, bliss. how thou simmer thy glamor-
Gus JOY
of that boy!
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-04
ey Byron Williams.

mi mother licked me Yesterday bccus
had a fite
an didn't cum [ supper till twas gittin
almost night.
she says it's rong TO fight an scratch an
tear each others clothes
she didn't no tn reasun why | struck
them awful blows
che didn't no mi self respeckt wuz hang
In by a thread
that Love wuz list n sicin' me t punch
that feller's head!
she didn't no tn reasun er she wouldn't
licked mo SO
fer mother likes a manly boy an loves
me two l no.
'twux all becus l writ HER name upon
"a tn schoolhouse fence
down there behind tn wilcrs where tn
shade is sortcr dense
an jist beneath I scrawled mi own an
drew two beedin' hearts
with nrrers stickin' threw them like
pair of Kupid's darts.
Bill wilkins seen me wrltin' there an
when I'D gone { play
he up an prints his name instcd, rub
bin mine away!
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-04
A Forestry School.

The opening of a forestry school In
South Africa year ago marked anoth.
er advance in the propagation of the
lished by the government Of the Cape
Of Good Hope at Tokai Cape Colony.
to train men for the government for.
estry service in the several South
African provinces. The course covers
two years, the first year at the South
African college and the second year
at the Forestry school at Tokai on
long-established estate, where there
are extensive forest lands and great
variety of trees In all stages Of de.
velopment.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-04

When tn circus Is In town, mother hez
4 split tn wood
Little Willie is not bad-fact is Little
Willie's good.
But last night he ran away; in n barn he
slept all night.
Had T. do 1t. "'Cause tn kids all git up at
break o. light!'
Went L see tn painted keers an { hear
tn lion roar
Bet he's got his eye right now screwed
agin n splintered doorl
Went T. help unload tn show an Z raise
tn big, main tent.
Reason is. twiXt you and me, Willie
hasn't got cent!
Willie hasn't he'd bite since his supper
time last night;
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-04

say. Did yew ever fry fish In Thee kamp
gist AZ thee Hoboes does out on n tramp?
Yesterday mornin' us Kids went ? Fish
Bout apiece wuz thee ketch that we
wished t ft
gee. bit / guess we WIZ hungry by Noon
seems like Il never kums any soon!
stub blit a Fire and we skinned our hull
stiing
dropped in our eggs and gist fixcd every
thing ~ "
then when the Taters 'wpz all baked and
stub Eot q awfni hard bite on his Line.
"sec. t's,a Whale" scd BIZ White with
yelp
'hurry up Fciler+ ana give him sum
helpv
svery last one of us hipered away
leavn' tiiee Dinner tew simmer and
Say. ~
next thing We knowed thee Hull woods
wux abiaze
sstched In the grass and wuz seootin all
cracked and Snapped gist roaring like
NAB yew think that us Kids didn't
Klimelf
run awi thee way from thee Point . our,
",hot ysw wux aahn's." m, brother Bill
'rwusn's no good" answered Stub sor.sr
. vs-,'rH |N..t.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-04
Watching the "klds."

A sign displayed In front of New
York department store is the delight
of mothers and incidentally the limo.
vation has increased the rush at the
stores bargain counters. The store
employs a fatherly-looking man to
stand outside and watch the young
hopefus while the mothers wage bat
tic with each other in front OF the
counters, The scheme has proved q
great success.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-04

How thou fill all his heart with the
warmth of thy glow
As he sits there enthralled as a part Of
the show!
oh. the mien that he takes to his com
rades next day!
How he rules like king in the Empire
OF Play!
How he boasts. how he brags.. how he
makes them bow low
To the boy who, in spangles. was part of
the show!
o God. grant to me ere leave the main
land,
One day, just one day. as boy in the
band!
Oh, grant me, l pray, but this boon ere
i go
Let me be the boy that is part Of the
show.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-04

He gives them scant OF food and clothes
And turns the profits to his fold!
While hope burns low and lights go out,
He follows fancy where II leads
Is money such n precious thing
He must not balm the heart that
becds?
What is that spark in human brain
That turns the heart to fiinty stone?
That makes the master man a lecch
To suck the blood and leave the bone?
oh. tell me, yc philosopher. ..'
Shall Gods own freedman e'cr be free?
Or shall the many for the few
Slave ever. til eternity?
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-04

"fshin aint phun when thee Whoppers
doant bite"
shiv'rin we stood by litel wee krack
watchin' thee sinoak gittin bigger-and
black!
gracious" sez Ma. cumin out purity
quick
must be Forest fire down by thee
crick." 4 fI
maybe lis Indian summer" sez Fat
''sumtimcs I've seen II look sumthin like
that"
my but thee Sky .wuz ,gittih', blud red
when II cum time fer kraw intew bed!
next Mornin' Fatty and Me hipered out
down by thee cr!ck gist pretendin' .
skout
say But that hre raised old Ned in thee
burned up some hay and fence In Its
Rush
there by thee Korner above Walters
bridge M
ketched in thee skoolhouse on top OF thee
ridge
sumhow thee Neighbors awl scanned
take fright
most Of them Plowed round their Houses
all mite.
gracious I'm glad that they amt blarnip
us l.l
nshin fer prnhinseeds down In thee
brunl. .s
stubb.e nor F,a,tie nor Billie nor Me !, I
Ain't gon 10 tell en- who set u, Wy gee!
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-04
Nothing Lacking.

When Helen Keller, the brilliant
blind and deaf girl, met DIR. Furness.
the Shakespearean scholar. he warned
her not to let college professors tell
her too many assumed facts about
tho life of Shakespeare. all we Fnow,
he said. is that Shakespeare was hap.
.'xed, mprHed and died.
fWelIr she replied. he seems to
have done all the essential tLinYa"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-04

Who hath n friend in all this pcopled
strife?
who hath one trusted friend unchanged
through life?
One loyal soul who speeds to thee that
day
When all the world has scoffed and
turned away?
You hath such friend? Your gratitude
should be
As endless as the years that swiftly flee!
Then stand beside him where the arrows
speed
need!
Stand staunch through rain and cloud
and sun
And fight his battle till the cause is won!
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-04

Hear not the world, heed not the curd-
ling cry,
, \ nighl
You hath such friend? Weigh not his
friendship dear
BY gold, or gems or place or power, but
fear
That in the Book OF Love no thought Is
there
That with thy constancy can e'er COM
pare!
Thy love for him, his love for you. shall
be
To guide thee botheacross Iife's storm
swept sea.
Thy friend exalted shall eXalt thee, too,
And noble deeds shall mark thy journey
through!
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-12

Spectacular Prosecutions.
The Department of Justice Is report
ed to be about to file a suit to dissolve
the combine between the Union Pacific
and Southern Pacific Railroads. 1t is
now some years since Senator Knox,
when Attorney General, succeeded in
dlssolving the partnership between tie
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
Railroads, but for any advantage the
public secured from that decision 1t
might as well never have been made.
In theory the decision was supposed to
again produce competition between the
railroads, but In fact, MS far as rates
are concerned, the combine still! holds
good. Similar lack Of practical results
may be expected, If tie combine of the
Hartman railroads Is decided by the
Supreme Court as Illegal
What is the use of expanding all
the energy of the Department of Jus
tice on a case that 1t is known In adj
vance will produce no relief to the
public? Not a dollar has been saved
to the people by these spectacular suits
for the large amount expended LII pros
ecuting them. 1t botlers tie railroad
managers, but Sdoes not prevent them
from charging "all the traffic will bear"
The administration appears to think 1t
is necessary to do something to show 1t
is the great modern trust-busting ma
chine. If the Republican leaders wish
to curb TIE lawlessness of the rail-
ronds, why do they not include the
railroad magnates, who are tie real
consplrators that have defied the law?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-12

e f.. z
An Unbreaknblc Precedent.
Thomas Jefferson had long vision
into the future when. near the close Of
his life, he declared that an unbreak-
able precedent against more than two
elections of any man to the Presidency
had been established by the fact that
four of the first five Presidents had
served two terms each and retired at
the end Of the second-the other one
of the group serving only one term.
President Roosevelt felt the force of
this prophetic law and admitted Its
value to the American people when, on
the night of his election in 1904, he
said in public announcement: 1.-THE
wise custom which limits the President
to two terms regards the substance and
not the form, and under no circum.
stances will be candidate for or
accept another nomination."
There have been times during the
last three years when President Roose-
welt has caused alarm by seeming to
wayer from this wise and prudent de-
clsion. A certain impetuous egoism In
the temperament Of the man has appar.
emily, at times, led him to feel that his
longer service would be necessary to the
Starvation of the country.
The country has reason to feel great