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Humorous Jlrpartmrnt. The Buffalo Express tells of a photographer's meth?1 in quieting children sitting for their photographs. A friend of ours took her four-yearold girl to a photographer. The child oouldn't be made to sit still. He of the camera vainly endeavored to make the little wriggler sit still, and Anally said to the despairing mother: "Madam, If you will leave the littlo dear alone with me a few minutes I think I can succeed." The mother had scarcely withdrawn when she was summoned back by the triumphant photographer, who exhibited a satisfactory negative. When they reached home the mother asked: "Nellie, what did the man say to you when I left you alone with him'" "He thaid." lisped Nellie, "thlt thtill you little rathcal, or ril thake you!" An Unoonfidino Win:.?Representative Champ Clark tells this story, wmcn ne nys was given iu mm uj Representative Griggs of Georgia: "The head of a household was late in getting home and 'the wife upbraided him. 'Why, dear, it is not late,' said the partly tanked man, who had been down to the club. Just as he flnished speaking the clock on the mantel chimed out three. " 'You have told me a story. John. It is S o'clock, and a nice time for a decent married man to be getting home to the bosom of your family. You are a mean man, John.' " There you go again, dear. Just like you to believe that old dollar and ninety-eight cents clock before you will your dear husband.'" An Expensive Reminder.?When George Roberts was president of the Pennsylvania railroad he chlded a conductor who went by him without looking at his pass. "No matter if you know who I am," said Mr. Roberts, in reply to the conductor's excuse, "lam entitled to a free ride only when I am traveling with that pass. You. don't know whether I have it or not." The conductor, a little nettled, then demanded to see the pass. "That's right!" exclaimed the president, "here ?why?where?well. I must have left It at the office." "Then you'll have to pay your fare." said the conductor, firmly. And so Mr. Roberts did. His lecture cost him $6.?Exchange. A Dumoxjtration.?Tommy and his little brother had been playing together most peacefully for some time when suddenly the baby gave a howl, followed by a aeries of shrieks. The mother rushed in and, while soothing the crying child, sought to And out what had hurt him. Tommy resisted her cross examination for a time, but Anally admitted he was guilty. "What did you do to him?" she asked. "I stuck him with a safety pin." "What in the world did you do that "Nurse said you couldn't hurt yourself with a safety pin, and I wanted to see If It was so."?Exchange. Fjurkd the Worst.?Friday Vizer, a familiar negro about town in a certain part of Mississippi, had been found dead, and he being a member of no church or lodge?very unuBual for a negro?there was no one to pray for bis soul in the great beyond. A few eld tnttmates, however, carried the bedy to the cemetery in a rude pine coffin, and Bob McRaven, one of the number, an old "befo'-de-wnh darkey" was called upon for a few remarks. Bob removed his hat and stepped reverently and sadly toward the open grave, and in solemn tones said: "Friday Yixer, you la gone. We hopes you Is gone whar we 'spects you ain't."? lAppincott's. Sorry For It.?The midnight hour was coming on, apace as they stood in the halt "And thb* is to be the end of it all, is it?" he Inquired. "It 13, * sue answered coiaiy. rurew?H forever." "Farewell," be answered. "Three seconds later he was halfway down the front steps. "Say," she called after him, "don't forget to bring me a box of chocolate caramels when you come tomorrow night."?Detroit Tribune. Subtraction.?A teacher In a western public school was giving her class the first lesson in subtraction. "Now, In order to subtract." she explained, "things have to be always of the same denomination. For instance we could not take three apples from four pears or six horses from nine dogs." A hand went up in the back of the room, "Teacher."* shouted a small boy. "'oan't you take four quarts of milk fjnonfc three cows?"?Harper's "Weekly. >W A boy In a provincial school had been late both morning and afternoon for three days in succession. When asked the reason, he replied that he had taken what he thought was proper) time to eat all he wanted for breakfast and dinner. "You are more successful getting food than you aregetting knowledge , I fancy," said the tpacher. "Yes," replied the boy, " 'cos I; feeds myself and you teaches me." Orayce?George says that ls>?.tipfy his soul hunger so thorough By that we need have no formal engagement. He says that In spirit we- are aJkeady one. What do you think of that? Gladys?AH very pretty. BuC the same, I wouldn't let him ta.Bc me out of the engagement: ring,?New Xvrlk Times. .\XT Justice McFarland of tbe Cbtffor by a stranger of the state If that was Its highest legal tribunal. "Yes." replied the Justice. "It Is the court of ultimate conjecture."?New York. Times. tY" Willie had been naughty and hlx father was going to whip hihn. My son," he said sternly.; as switch I ip hand, he confronted the lad, "do you. know why I'm going to whip you?" "Yes, dad," replied the little fellow, "4fs because you're blgger'n I am."? Lipplncott. t4T "Where are you from?" demand- j ed Mephlsto. "Denver," the man re~ plied. "Well, you can come in, but Ej don't want any kicking because this- j place Isn't swift enough for youa We j are doing the best we can."?Louisville-1 Courier-Journal. Precautions.?Nervous Old Lady | (on the seventh floor of hotel)?Do you. j know what precautions the proprietor ha? taken against fire? Porter?Yes, mum; he has the placeij Insured for twice wot it's worth.? j Pittsburg Gazette. [ iHisccllanrous trading. IN COUNTIES ADJOINING. Newt and Commar>t Clipped From Neighboring Exchanges. CHEROKEE. Gaffney Ledger, May 9: Rather an unusual accident happened to Walter Gaffney Thursday afternoon near Auburn, Ga., about forty-flve miles from Atlanta. Mr. Gaffney Is conductor of a freight train on the Seaboard railroad, and Thursday afternoon as his train was speeding along near Auburn some miscreant fired a shot Into the caboose and the ball struck Mr. Gaffney right over the left eye, Inflicting a painful, though not serious, wound. The ball glanced on the bone of his forehead, splitting the skin nearly an Inch, but doing no further Injury, except a considerable shock. The many friends of Mr. Gaffney In this city will be pleased to learn that the wound was not of sufficient consequence to stOD him from his wjrk Mr. Pope Scott and Miss Minnie Garvin were married Thursday afternoon at 5 o'clock. The ceremony was performed at the home of the bride's parents, near Gaffney, by Rev. J. B. Wilson. CHE8TER. .Lantern, May 10: Last Saturday the one-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Caldwell, of Bullrun. fell Into a tub of water and was taken out apparently dead, but after working with the child a while breathing wps restored. In the mean time a mesr^ge was sent to Mitford by phone and from there by a carrier to Mr. Caldwell, who was at the picnic at Catawba Falls. He hurried home with all possible speed, supposing the child was dead. It was out of sight but a very short time before It was found in the tub. It was crawling about but could not walk. It Is supposed that It had pulled up by the side of the tub, and having dropped a plaything into the water, was trying to get it and fell in Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Brice spent Saturday at Woodward with Mr. Calvin Brlce, who Is quite sick Miss Jennie Lynn Moffatt and Miss Flnley of Yorkvllle, came down Friday evening to visit the former's relatives at Richburg and to attend the picnic at Catawba faJls. They returned yesterday... .Miss Maggie Oats of Yorkvllle. who has been visiting her brother. Mr. J. F. Oats, went home yesterday. LANCASTER. Ledger, May 10: We are glad to report that Mrs. Virginia Green, who was recently stricken with paralysis at the home of her son, Mr. T. C. Green, here, Is rapidly recovering and is now able to sit up Mr. A. T. Carnes of Wild Cat. killed a large eagle at his home last Sunday. Its wings measured 6 feet and 7 inches from tip to tip, and a foot spread measured 7 inches from end to end of toe Married. Tuesday, May 2nd, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Thomasson. In Fairfield county, Mr. R. 8. Cherry, formerly of this place but now of SumterI>y.and Miss Orilee Thomasson. Rev. Mr. Yarborough of Fort Lawn performed the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Cherry passed through Lancaster Friday enroute for the groom's home at Sumter. Married. at White Bluff, by J. M. Hilton. N. P., on May 2nd. Mr. Cicero Blackmon, son of Mr. J. Thomas Blackmon, and Miss Ada Estrldge. daughter of the lute Wylle Estrldge, all of White Bluff GASTON. Gaatonia Gazette, May 9: At her home near Stanley. Mrs. Sidney Rankin died last Wednesday afternoon, at the ripe old age of 78 years. She had been ill for several days. She was burled at Stanley Friday after funeral services at the Lutheran church by Rev. W. A. Deaton. She was an aunt of our county commissioner, Mr. J. K. Davenport of Mt. Holly, and a sister of Mr. M. L. Cansler, the last survivor of the family. An aged husband and several sons and daughters are left to mourn the loss of a devoted wife and a wise, noble, and loving Christian mother At the home of Mr. Locke Shelton last Thursday night his daughter. Miss Mamie was married to Mr. Henry Beaty. The marriage of these popular young people was witnessed by a large number of their friends. Rev. W. L. C. KUllan performed the ceremony The latest reports from Mr. Earl Carpenter are that he Is not doing so well. It has been nearly two months since he was shot, and he still requires the services of a trained nurse, and Is able to sit up only a short while each day A gallant Stanley boy, Mr. Benjamin Hoover, was married in Bearden. Tennessee last Wednesday. His bride was a pretty Tennessee girl named Miss Zelle Eddlngton. His brother, Mr. Geo. Hoover of Stanley, attended the marriage. The groom is a popular conductor on the Southern railway, running between Ashevllle and Knoxvllle Mr. J. Laban Wilson went to Yorkville last night to see his sister, Mrs. M. J. Clark, who has been 111 for some time. She returned to Yorkvllle two weeks ago from Deland, Fla. Mr. Wilson expects to return this morning. A very sad and shocking accident took place In East Gastonia last Saturday morning at exactly 7 o'clock. Col. Robt. L. Abernethy, after going lout Into his fields and instructing his hands what to do, returning to his residence, for the purpose of getting ready to go to Dallas to attend the Cotton Growers' meeting As he I went Into his room to dress, he told his two sons. Oral and Julian to go and catch out his horses. Only a few moments had elapsed till the report came from the barn that one of the horses had kicked Oral in the head. He was carried to the house and placed on a cot, and every attention possible vas given him while the doctors were phoned for. Dr. C. E. Boyte of Mount Holly, a distance of live miles away arriveu tn o and put him under the Influence of drugs, and dressed the wound. The physician found that the flesh was cut loose to the bone on the bridge of his nose, and back over the left eye making the bones visible which were broken in several places. This will disfigure him for life, and there is but little If any hopes of saving his left eye. There was no one at the barn with him except his younger brother, and from the best Information we can get he was not looking at the moment. At present the little fellow is resting as well as could be expected. Don't be a misfortune teller. X4" You don't have to be impolite to people because you dislike them. *?'It Is figured that one rich man's son who has all the money he can I spend will spoil ten young men in the I course of his life and not half try. I A LE8S0N IN ADVERTISING. 1 How Henry W. Grady Convinced a i Georgia Merchant. The practical Joke on Sam D. Jones, the manufacturer, which has afforded so much amusement In Atlanta, vividly recalls a prank played on exactly the same lines by Henry W. Grady SO years ago. Henry Grady was at that time living In Rome and edited the Daily Commercial of that city. Following the hard lines which always encompassed the pathway of dally JournalIsm In Rome up to the present happier time, Grady, although editor-inchief. was also one of the most diligent advertising solicitors In Rome. He made a special plea for the Rounsavilles, one of the largest business houses of the Hill City, who were rather coy and not overly disposed to be liberal in printer's ink. But they atrmtiv fluaprtpH that nobodv read ad vertisements, and that it would not pay them to advertise their business in the Commercial. Henry Grady stoutly argued the other side, and finding the merchants obdurate. finally left them with this statement: "Well. I will insert a small advertisement for you free in the Commercial tomorrow, and If the result does not prove that people do read advertisements, and that advertising pays. I will promise never to trouble you again, and if you'll promise to advertise In the Commercial if the result proves to you that people do read advertisements?" To this the Rounsavilles consented, and the editor . withdrew. The next morning there appeared in an obscure corner of the Commercial a brief want advertisement declaring that the firm of Rounsavllle Bros., were anxious to secure before the end of the week, as many cats of all kinds and of all ages as they could get to their store. When the heads of the firm reached their office on the morning following the advertisement the scene was one which they are likely never to forget. Wagons were ranged for 40 or 50 yards up against the platform which made entrance to their store and men, women and children, from the city and from the country, with bags in their hands and cats in their arms, mounting way past the hundreds and up into the thousands, stood there clamoring for the attention of the proprietors to their answer to the want advertisement Mr. Grady had Inserted the day before In the dally Commercial. Such an array or collection of cats had never before been seen In Rome or in north Georgia. Gray cat? and black cats, torn cats and tabby cats, old cats and young cats, cats in arms, cats In baskets, cats In cages, cats quiet and cats mewing, cats with backs arched and cats softly purring, all there and waiting for the Rounsavllles. The news of the incident had spread over the town and nearly one-half of the population had come to see the Rounsavllles convinced by Henry Grady that advertising paid. It only remains to be said that out of the overwhelming mass of proof furnished by the farmers of Rome and of Floyd county, the Rounsavllles did not take long to discover the truth of Grady's proposition, and the columns of the Commercial from that time forward were never without the announcement of the big and prosperous firm that has done business there for so many years. AMERICAN EXILE3. The Remarkable Colony of Ex-Confederates in Honduras. "No more remarkable colony of American exiles can be found anywhere than Toledo settlement in British Honduras," said R. F. Jackson of New Orleans. "It is a bit of Louisiana In a tropic settlement preserved to show what the good old 'Creole days' were like. There the stately and punctilious life of the vanquished southern aristocracy Is still found with its ceremonious hospitality, its finespun stickling for the point of honor, its pride of ancestry and its patriarchial relations between master and servant. For more than forty years time has stood still, leaving the exiles untouched by modern progressive ideas, and making their home today tl*e truest picture to be found anywhere of life and manners In the old South 'befo' de wah.' "The close of the civil war found many of the planters of the cotton states in sore straits. Their slaves had been set free, their crops and livestock seized by friend or foe, their homes burned or despoiled and their plantations turned Into a battleground for contending armies. As a result a considerable number of the most prominent families of the south gathered together such of their portable property as had yet escaped the general wreck and emigrated. "Some of these went to Argentine, settling near Buenos Ayres, where the survivors and their descendants are today objects of charity. Misfortune followed them to their new home, and they are now poorer than the poorest of the despised "white trash* of the states they abandoned. Others went to Canada, a considerable number to Cuba and others to the West Indies; a few to Mexico and Brazil and fourteen families to British Honduras. Of these fourteen families, all were from the neighborhood of New Orleans. All belonged to the old Creole aristocracy ?the proudest and most exclusive In the land?dating their titles to their estate back to the early days of Spanish and French occupation and boasting that they had kept their blood pure through all the changes of government and all vicissitudes of fortune. Each family took along such of its former slaves as preferred to follow the fortunes of their old masters rather than accept their freedom, and try the uncertain and hazardous, experiment of making their own way In the world. "The Immigrants arrived In BelizeIn the summer of 1865. and were cordially welcomed by the colonial authorities. They were given 600 acres: each of crown's lands and were exempted from taxation for ten years- j The new settlement was called Toledo.. "The example of the aristocratic: southerners reared In the lap of luxury in carrying out for them- i selves new homes In the tropic Jungle- j Is a unique one. A host of I slaves have always been ready to obey or anticipate their slightest, wish. Yet they set to work with axeand machete, toiling in the woods, alongside their former chattels, toprovide temporary shelters from theelements and to plant crops for their future necessities, and ere long a miniature Louisiana arose where thelordly palm had held undisputed swap.. ^ Most of the houses are patterned after the old coloniai mansions of the Bouth. The blacks are free, of course, but the relations between master and servant are practically the same as those that existed in the cotton state half a century ago. The old black mammy Is still the household tyrant, and the children's defender, Just as she was In the days of Uncle Tom. "The same open-hearted hospitality that has always characterized the sunny south rules in Toledo today, and the tourist or trader who is drawn hither on pleasure or business will never regret the chance. One topic of conversation, however, is strictly tabooed. That is the civil war. The 'lost cause' is still regarded as holy, and the unregenerated republic is looked upon as an alien and a foreign iana.?wasnwiBiuu oiai, AIR PRE88URE. How Feathers Ara Blown Off Chick* na During a Tornado. The officials af the United States weather bureau have photographic proof of the accuracy of statements that it Is possible for straws and fenthera to be driven Into trees, board fences and other tough materials. If the camera is to be relied on there appears to be warrant for the story that Is frequently told as a Joke that In some sections of our country the winds are so fierce that they blow the feathers off chickens and other luckless birds. A scientist in explaining the laws of air pressure, which account for many of the freaks of cyclones, says: "The air pressure at sea level Is about fifteen pounds to each square Inch. The pressure on the inside of objects, even the human body, Is equal to that on the outside, thus preserving a proper equilibrium. Disaster Immediately follows the removal of the pressure. "Contrary to the popular belief, the danger attending tornadoes is created from within and not from the outside. During a tornado the wind rushes along at a terrific speed, so that a vacuum is created In the center of the storm. The sudden exhaustion of the air in this fashion relieves the outside pressure from all objects In the path of the disturbance. "In the case of a building the result Is shown In the bursting out of the walls by force of the unresisted Inside pressure. This Is the explanation for the presence of so many buildings without walls that are found in the path of every tornado. "It is the same way with chickens. The air is exhausted so quickly from the outside that the Inner pressure blows off the feathers. In the same way straws, feathers and other frail substances are made to penetrate much harder materials. I have a photograph of a splinter of wood that burled Itself In a steel section of the i Eads bridge over the Mississippi river, during the St. Louis tornado."?St. Louis Republic. I ? ? CLOUD8 OF LOCU8TS. Covered Forty Miles of Railway and 8topped a Train. A remarkable sight was witnessed recently by passengers In one of the down trains on the Uganda railway, writes a correspondent of the London Express. When passing Nalroll, the headquarters of the railway, a dense swarm of locusts, closely followed by an enormous fiock of hawks, circling gracefully round In pursuit of their prey, was seen high up in the heavens. An even stranger sight, and one which told only too plainly of the havoc being wrought In their aerial rankR, was presented by the discarded wings of the locusts which fluttered to the ground like falling leaves. Not long ago, while proceeding from Lake Victoria to Mombasa, a train ran Into a perfect bank of these destructive pests, which continued, with more or less density, for a distance of nearly forty miles. In some places they were between four and five Inches In depth; but curiously enough, the enflre Invasion was confined to a strip of not more than fifty yards on either side of the the four-foot way. As soon as the engine struck the swarm the train was brought to a standstill, and for the next two hours a breakdown gang had to be employed in shoveling the locusts from the metals and covering them with sand, the stench being described as almost overpowering. How to Live Long. Professor Boyd Laynard of London, England's leading author of works on hygiene, gives these twelve rules for those who desire to live a healthy and long life: 1. Avoid every kind of excess, especially in eating and drinking. 2. Do not live to eat. Select those aliments most suitable for nourishing the bbdy and not those likely to Impair it. 3. Look upon fresh air as your best friend. Inhale its llfe-glvlng oxygen as much as possible during the day, while at night sleep with the bedooom window open at the top for a space of at least four or five inches. Follow this out even In the depth of winter. It Is one of the great secrets of lonj.- life. 4. Be clean both In mind and body "Cleanliness is next to godliness." It Is a fortification against disease. 4. Worry not nor grieve. This advice may seem but cold philosophy and to be easier to give than to follow: nevertheless, I have known persons of a worrying disposition almost entirely break themselves of It by a simple effort of the will. Worry kills. 6. Learn to love work and hate indolence. The lazy man never becomes a centenarian. 7. Have a hobby. A man with a hobby will never die of senile decay. He has always something to occupy either mind or body; therefore they I remain fresh and vigorous, j 8, Take regular exercise In the open air, but avoid over-exertion. 9. Keep regular hours, and Insure sufficient sleep. j 10. Beware of passion. Remember that every outbreak shortens life to a certain degree, while occasionally It Is latal. 11. Have a purpose In life. A man who has no purpose to live for rar?ly lives long. 12. Seek a good partner in life, but not too early. t'5 Don't tell your wrongs to your friends unless you want to discover that their enthusiasm la very weak. When an accident happens, there Is always some one present to tell how it could have been avoided. W A man never knows till he gets out of the rut how many Jolts and bruises he would have missed by staying In It. Ants Build Good Roads. The greatest road builders In the world are a species of red ants found in South America. In building a road they carry minute particles of clay, with which they line all the roads as well as the galleries and passages of their nests till they look as smooth as If cemented by a master mason. Some idea of their number can be formed when it is remembered that the whole of this road to their tree, perhaps nearly half a mile long, is densely thronged with a multitude going out empty and coming back with their umbrella-like burdenB, while thousands swarm in the doomed tree. That this vast army is under the best discipline can be proved by watching them for only a few moments. The drivers are constantly running up and down, giving their orders to the workers, which they do by touching heads for a moment. The individual so touched will stop, turn back, hurry 1 ~ 3 ?mov that rorwaru or inuw oumr out.il no, v..o. he is following some command. But a better proof of the discipline Is found In the fact that when the ant meets with an obstacle, such as a log or a stone there Is a Jam of ants on both sides and they run about In dlsmay and disorder. Instantly the drivers hurry up, showing the greatest excitement and run over, around and under the Impediment to And the best way out of the difficulty. When they have decided they lead off the line of I march In the proper direction. But until they take this step the workers make no attempt to pass the obstacle. When a selection of a level piece of ground has been made a perpendicular shaft some eight inches in diameter and six or seven feet deep Is formed. This Is for ventilation and drainage, never for Ingress or egress. If the ground slopes the shaft is horizontal, the mouth of course being at the bottom of the hill. From the perpendicular shaft commencing at the bottom, radiate galleries, like the spokes of a wheel set at a slight angle. At the end of each series of galleries' spokes a circular gallery Is made, forming, as It were, a set of wheels, one above the other. In, or rather above, these circular galleries, the nests or dwelling places are constructed. These are oval In shape and about a foot long. The narrow end of the oval is downward and opens into the roof of the gallery, and as the spokes always slope slightly to the shaft no tropical rains, no matter how heavy, can enter the homes and breeding places of the ants. ?Chicago Chronicle. Unfamiliar Facts. Modern Japanese coins and bank notes bear legends In English as well as In Japanese. The sea freezes at 29 degrees Fahrenheit; fresh water lakes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit. The lieutenant governor of South Carolina wears a purple robe of office when presiding over the senate. A London electrician has established the "wireless" In his house and summons his servant to his presence by means of it Loch Tay Is one of the deepest lakes In the British Isles. A maximum sounding of 503 feet has been made In this lake, whilst the mean depth Is 199 feet. The deepest sounding yet made In the oceans is said to be In the Aldrlch deep, to the east of New Zealand. I Here the sea is 30,930 feet deep. The lighthouse at Coruna, Spain, is believed to be the oldest one now in use. It was erected during the reign of Trajan, and rebuilt In 1634. Recent travelers In Tibet have noticed that while effects of the rarefled air are severely felt at altitudes of between 14,000 and 16,000 feet, on going yet higher all disagreeable sensations pass off. South Carolina Is making a methodical and hopeful effort to divert the stream of Immigration to her territory. * The state has about 14,000,000 acres of unoccupied land, and deBlres new white blood to develop the fields and mines. Chinese newspapers, owing to the cheap quality of paper used and to the low price of labor, both literary and mechanical, are Issued at an extremely small figure. The price of the ordinary Shanghai journal Is four cash or about one-fifth of a cent. A gigantic lily, the phormlum tenax, Is a valuable plant peculiar to New Zealand. Its leaves are nine or ten feet long, and are so tough that, by splitting one into narrow ribbons and joining the ends the New Zealander has a first-class rope ready to hand. Why Japa-v Succeeds.?Admiral "Bob" Evans in a recent conversation with a group of officers, threw a great white light upon one of the methods at least by which the Japanese have attained the splendid adaptability to European and American ways, says the New York Times. "When I commanded the New York some years ago," he said, "I had a Jap servant with whom I was especially well pleased. He was prompt, remarkably quick to learn, and took such a deep interest In everything that sometimes Just to amuse myself, I devoted not a little attention to explaining things that he appeared not to understand. A good waiter, too, he was. Well, finally he disappeared. "Sometime later, when on the European station, I made a call on a Jap battleship lying In the harbor of Versailles. The captain met us at the gangway and escorted us to his cabin. As we were seated he suddenly turned. threw off his hat, and whipped a nnnl/ln nuor Hla arm "'The captain would drink?" he said In a tone I remembered. " *Kato,' I cried, Jumping- to my feet. " 'The same.' he said, bowing:, 'Capt. Kato, of the mikado's navy.'" New Weapons of War.?A Chinese Inventor has recently perfected a weapon which the mandarins at Pekln think will cause terror In the hearts of Invaders, and an order has been issued for the manufacture of a large supply, to be distributed throughout the army. According to a description that appears In the Chinese papers this terrible weapon Is a combination of spear and shovel. At one end of a pole there Is a large sharp pike, such as knights of medieval times used to carry. At the other end there Is a shovel, or spade, with a blade about eight Inches wide, which can be used both as an Intrenching tool and as a weapon. It is especially handy In beheading prisoners, and all the Chinese soldier has to do is to stick the pike at one end of his pole through the body of his enemy and then turn around and cut off the head with his shovel. Instead of sending the Inventor of this terrible weapon to The Hague to represent China at the peace conference the empress dowager rewarded him with a button of the second class.? Exchange. i An Inventor's Last Dime?Once an Inventor sought to transmute Ideas Into gold, says the New Tork News. He had worked in a small, three sided shop In Canal street, which was then an uptown section of the city. The man was Joseph Francis, and the device upon which he worked was a non-capslzable lifeboat. One day he found himself in need of a bolt He also began to feel the demoralizing ravages of hunger. He had but 10 cents. His desire was for the bolt only, but he realized that bread also was necessary to finish his work. Suddenly he hit upon a compromise. He remembered that there was a hardware store away up In the country above Fifty-nine street where he could get the bolt for Ave cents. Late at night he returned to his shop with the bolt and a loaf of bread. Me worked until sunrise, when the boat was completed. He had built the Francis lifeboat. On Its first trial It saved 300 lives. Your Work.?Do It cheerfully, even if It is not congenial. Do it In the spirit of an artist, not an artisan. Make It a stepping stone to something higher. Keep yourself in condition to do It as well as It can be done. Endeavor to do it better than It has ever been done before. Make perfection your aim and be satisfied with nothing less. Do not try to do it with a part of yourself?the weaker part. Recog.iize that work Is the thing that dignifies and ennobles life. Regard yourself as a coworker with the Creator of the universe. Accept the disagreeable part of it as cheerfully as the agreeable. Choose, If possible, the vocation for which nature has fitted you. Believe in Its worth and dignity, no matter how humble It may be. Remember that work well done Is the highest testimonial of character you can receive.?Success Magazine. A MATTER OF HEALTH pom *4KlN6 POWDER Absolutely Pure HAS HO SUBSTITUTE Furniture We have the LARGEST STOCK of HOUSE FURNISHINGS ever before carried In this section. WE ARE SURE that we can PLEASE any and all In PRICES AND QUALITY OF GOODS. JuHt Received Several handsome 8idaboards, Extension Tables, Wardrobes, Hall Racks, Iron Beds, Bedding, eto. Desks We have quite a nice selection of ROLL TOP DESKS that are very modest In price. The Roll Top desk is indispensable to business men and every man should have one In his home. They provide a safe and convenient place for keeping books and papers and then too, they make a very noticeable addition to a room's furnishings. See our Roll Top Desks. BAMBOO PORCH 3HADE8? Are something you should have on your porch. We have several sises, and they can easily be put up anywhere and provide a great protection to sunny porches. CANE MATTING8 We still have some good bargains in cheap MATTINGS?we are closing out this line and we can make you close prices. We also have some flrst-class Mattings that will give flrst-class satisfaction and prices are not high. L0UNGE8 AND C0UCHE8 Doesn't it make you feel comfortable to think of a good Lounge or Couch? They are Just the thing for hallways and sitting rooms. We have an elegant line in Velour, Leatherette and Pantasote or Imitation Leather upholstering. Get our prices. See us before buying anything in our line. It will pay you to do so. YORK FURNITURE C0? J. J. KELLER & CO., CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. FLY TIME Will soon be here. Before it arrives is a good time to provide your windows and doors with first class Wire 8creens. We will take the measures of your windows and doors and make the screens to fit, put In the window screens and hang the doors and the cost will not be very great. Let us know what you want?we will let you know what It will cost. J. J. KELLER & CO. CAROLINA & NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Schedule Effective May 14, 1905. .N'ertktwiiid. I'ssseeger. Mixed. L.V. Chester 9.00a.m. 4.30a.m. Lv. Lowrys 9.18a.m. 4.57a.m. Lv. McConnells .. 9.28a.m. 5.17a.m Lv. Guthries 9.33a.m. 5.27a.m. Lv. Yorkvllle .... 9.48a.m. 5.57a.m. Lv. Filbert 10.00a.m. 6.36a.m. Lv. Clover 10.11a.m. 6.53a.m. Lv. Bowling G. ..10.19a.m. 7.24a.m. Lv. Gastonia 10.38a.m. 9.00a.m Lv. Lincoln 11.50a.m. 11.20a.m. Lv. Newton 12.28p.m. 1.00p.m. Lv. Hickory 12.57p.m. 2.20p.m. Ar. Lenoir 2.12p.m. 5.15p.m. tostkbossd. Pmsrncrr. Mixed. Lv. Lenoir 3.05p.m. 9.45a.m. Lv. Hickory 3.57p.m. 11.50a.m. Lv. Newton 4.24a.m. 7.00a.m. Lv. Lincoln 5.02p.m. 9.00u.m. Lv. Gasto.ila 6.00p.m. 1.30p.m. Lv. Bowling G. .. 6.21p.m. 2.00p.m. Lv. Clover 6.29p.m. 2.15p.m. Lv. Filbert 6.40p.m. 2.50p.m. Lv. Yorkvllle 6.50p.m. 3.05p.m. Lv. Guthries 7.08p.m. 3.45p.m. Lv. McConnells .. 7.13p.m. 3.54p.m. Lv. Lowrys 7.24p.m. 4.12p.m. Ar. Chester 7.45p.m. 4.45p.m. E. F. REID, G. P. A., Chester, S. C. CONNECTIONS. Chester?Southern Ry., S. A. L. and L. & C. Yorkville?Southern Railway. Gastonia?Southern Railway. Lincolnton?S. A. L. Newton^Southern Railway. Hickory?Southern Railway. Lenoir?Blowing Rock Stage Line | and C. & N. S. M. McNEEL, PRCS. THE LOAN AND _ ? n ] ^^^ggST1 ] lATttT* i The Heqe Loo Beam j SAW MILL with heaoock-Kinq Feed Works Emoixrs amd Boilxks, Woodworiiho Machinist, Cottom Gjmmtmo. Brioxmakino amd 8 hi mo l* amd LaTH Maohinbrt, Corm Mills. Etc.. Etc. GIBBES MACHINERY CO., Columbia. S. C. The Gibbes Shingle Maohine PROTECTION HAIL. Mutual Insurance That Is Safe and Economical. premiums not to exceed four per cent of policy. I HAVE the pleasure of announcing to the farmers of York county that I have Just completed arrangements with the FARMERS* STATE MUTUAL HAIL INSURANCE COMPANY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, whereby I can offer safe and reliable Insurance against damage by hall at a reasonable premium rate. The plan In brief is like this: 1. You pay $2 membership fee cash down, and I give you a policy protecting all or a part of your crop In any amount you might desire, not exceeding $40 an acre on cotton. 2. In case of damage by hall, we proceed at once to adjust the 1o>m on a mutual basis. You select one man, I select another, these twb select a third and whatever these three says the loss amounts to within the ilimlts of your policy, you get. 3. Except the membership fee down you are not asked for any cash money. We take your note, payable next fall for the premium, anJl the amount you will be required to pay then will only be your proportion of tnc aggregate loss ana expcimmi. Say you Insure 40 acres of col ton at $20 an acre. That will give you protection on that Held to the amount of $800. If a hall storm wipes out half cf the field, we will pay you $400. We guarantee that the cost of your premium next fall will not exceed $32, and we calculate that it will be much less, because we are not going to take from you one cent more than enough to pay actual expenses. The Farmers 8tate Mutual Hail Insurance Company Is incorporated under the laws of South Carolina, and is managed by men of high moral and financial standing. I am prepared to give full Information either by correspondence or in person, and will take pleasure in visiting by appointment any neighborhood in which my presence may be desired. If you are interested, talk the matter over with your neighbors and send for me. Very respectfully, J. R. LINDSAY, 8ole Agent for York County, Yorkviile, 8. C. Expert Testimony i "Upon the principle that a mutual life Insurance company is composed of an aggregation of persons combined for the purpose of insuring the lives of each other at the lowest net cost consistent with the substantial progress of the company The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company of Newark, N. J., stands without a rival in the western hemisphere. It is not a hermit company. It possesses exceptional advantages which it would! have every day men and women accept, and a part of its business consists In. having these men and women know of them. It is anxious that as many as can qualify should accept these advantages, but is offering them no bonuses to do so. There are certain principles involved in the management of a mutual system of insurance that cannot be violated without injury to the interests of those already composing the company, and economy is one of the most vital. The main difference between companies today may truthfully be said to be due to tlie degree of fidelity with which this principle is adhered to; and a sixty years' respect for it has placed the Mutual Benefit in the splendid position it occumes in Dublio opinion as a policy holder's company. It is ths company to go into and stay in."?Assurance, New York. February, 1905. Look before you leap. If you are certain that the other fellow la guaranteeing you as much or more than the Mutual Benefit, and by reauon of hla company's past record the guaran- < tees will be carried out. buy his goods. < 8AM M. GRI8T, Special Agent. , DO YOU NEED RELIABLE POWER ? ' i If you do you should investigate the Fairbank-Morse Gasolene and Kerosene Engine One of our 4 horse power Combina- ' tion Kerosene and Gasoline Engines ' is in operation in the office of The 4 Yorkville Enquirer, and by permisaion we are allowed to refer interested parties to it. If you are interested in the 1 question of reliable and economical I power call and see this engine while f running. i We build Gasoline Engines up to 150 1 horse power for all power purposes. Our Engines are reliable and econ- ( omical in operation. For further in- t formation address ( t FAIRBANKS-MORSE CO., 1 F. E. Bailey, Southern Mgr., J Dept. Y. Q. Atlanta, Ga. I J. S. BRICE, Vict-Pres. SAVINGS BANK fe Deposit Boxes t us rent you one of our 8afe Bein the big Are and burglar-proof an not And a better investment for than the renting of one of these Ich to store your valuable papers, gages. Insurance Policies, and le papers and letters may be Aled se Boxes, and be absolutely safe f Are or theft; you know where 1 can get .hem when you want na sKaw thom fn VAll P. HARRISON, Cashier. SOUTHERN RAILWAY SCHEDULES. Schedule Effective Nev. ?, 1904. WESTBOUND TRAINS. No. 135, Daily?Rook Hill, S. C., to Marion, N. C.?First Class. Lv. Rock Hill 4.00 a.m. Lv. Tirsah 4.19 a,m. Lv. Yorkville 4.30 aan. Lv. Sharon 4.41 a.m. f Lv. Hickory Orove 7.00 a.m. Lv. Smyrna 7.14 a.m. Ar. Blacksburg 7.40 a.m. Lv. Blacksburg 8.10 a.m. Ar. Marlon 11.00 a.m. e No. 113, Daily?Kingville to Blacks* burg?First Class: Lv. Kingville 11.00 a.m. Lv. Camden 13.24 p.m. Lv. Lancaster 3.01 p.m. Lv. C&tawba 2.17 pan. Lv. Rock Hill 3.00 p.m. Lv. Tirsah 3.17 pjn. Lv. Yorkville 3.28 pan. Lv. Sharon 3.44 pan. Lv. Hickory Orove 3.57 pan. Lv. Smyrna 4.10 pan. Ar. Blacksburg 4.36 p.m. No. 1C7, Daily exoept 8unday, Rook Hill, 8. C., to Marion, N. C.?Third Class. Lv. Rock Hill 10.00 a.m. Lv. Yorkville 11.00 a.m. Lv. Blacksburg 2.30 pan. Ar. Marion 8.40 pan. EASTBOUND TRAINS. No. 114,' Daily?Blacksburg to King* villa?First Classt Lv. Blacksburg 7.40 aan. Lv. Smyrna 8.02 aan. Lv. Hickory Orove 8.14 a.m. Lv. Sharon 8.24 a.m. Lv. Yorkville 8.41 aan. Lv. Tirsah ........ ....... 8.62 a.m. Lv. Rock Hill 9.30 aan. Lv. Catawba 9.60 aan. Lv. Lancaster 10.26 a.m. Ar. Camden 11.46 aan. Lv. Camden 1.46 p.m. Ar. Kingville 2.16 pan. No. 136, Daily?Marion, N. C., to Rook Hill, 8. C.?First Class: Lv. Marlon 6.26 p.m. Lv. Biacksburg 8.46 pan. Lv. Smyrna 9.10 p.m. Lv. Hickory Grove 9.23 p.m. Lv. Sharon 9.38 pan. Lv. Torkville 9.64 pan. Lv. Tirsah 10.10 pan. Ar. Rock Hill 10.30 pan. No. 166. Daily, sxeopt Sunday?Marlon. N. C., to Rook Hill, 8. C.?Third Class: Lv. Marion ..... 1.00 a.ra. Lv. Biacksburg 2.60 pan. Lv. TorlLVllle 6.10 pan. Ar. Rock Hill 0.00 p.m. For further information address: BROOKS MORGAN, Asst. Gen. Pass. t Agent, Atlanta, Ga., or R. W. HUNT. Dlv. Passenger Agent. Charle ton. S. C. Very Low Excursion Rates via 8outh* ern Railway to the Following Points. St. Louln, Mo.?National Baptist anniversary, May 10-24, 1906: Rate one first-class fare plus 26 cents for round trip. Tickets on sale May 14, 16, 16, with final limit May 27, " 1906. f Ashevllle, N. C.?South Atlantic Missionary Conference, May 17 to 2L 1905. Rata one first-class fare plus 25 cents for the round trip. Tickets on sale May 16, 17; final limit May 23rd, 2906. Fort Worth, Texas.?General Assembly Southern Presbyterian church. May 18 to 26. 1905. Rate one first-class fare plus $2, for round trip. Tickets ^ on sa!e Mat 15, 16, 17, final limit May 31st, 1906. Hot Springs, Va.?Southern Hardware Jobbers' Association, June 6-9, 1906. Rate one first-class fare plus 26 cents for round trip tickets on sale on sale June 3, 4, 6, final limit June 13th, 1906. Savanneli, Ga.?National Travelers Protective Association of America, May 16-23, 1906. Rate one firstclass fare plus 60 cents for round trip. Tickets on sale May 13-14: final limit May 26th, 1906. Savannirh, Ga.?Fourth Annual Tour- ^ namert Southern Golf Association, May 1-13, 1906. Rate one first-class fare plus twenty-five cents for round trip. Tickets on sale May 7, 8, 9, 1906, limit May 16th, 1906. The Southern Railway Is the most direct line to all of the above points. Operating Pullman Sleeping cars. High buck Vestibule coaches?with Superb Dining Car service. For detailed information apply to any Ticket Agent of this Company, or R. W. Hunt, Division Passenger Agent, (Charleston, S. C. MASTIC PAINT 18 GUARANTEED to be pure Lead, Zinc and Oil. We will pay 6100 cash, for any quantity of whiting, chalk, barytese or other adulterants found In the MA8TIC. "The best Is the cheapest." It covers more surface and outwears two or three times over the cheap to-called paints made to sell and not to last BANNER PAINT made by MA8TIC people is a good, but cheaper paint not pure, hasn't the covering capacity, but we guarantee It equal to any at same price. If you are going to paint a house, barn, fence, wagon, buggy, plow, cnair, Dencn or a piece ?i ?ui nlture, '?ee us, ' THE YORK FURNITURE CO. _____???? t ? Your orders for good Stationery will receive prompt attention at The Enquirer office. Order Today. $hf \|orhvitlc (fnquirrr. ? 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