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tumorous flrpartmrnt. To tho Bishop's Tasts. The late Bishop Green, on one of his diocesan visitations, stopped with an old friend at Sewanee, Tenn. At the early supper of the south, always a most informal meal, the bishop said he would have nothing but a dish of bonny-plabber, a little nutmeg sprinkled over. "There ain't a bit of nutmeg in the house," exclaimed the maid when the request was repeated to her. "Dear me," said the hostess, sotto voce; "go to Mrs. Darlington next door and ask her to lend me a nutmeg." Mrs. Darlington was "out" of nut meg"Then go to Mrs. Harding, on the other side. We c&n't all be out at once. Then bring the bishop the dish quickly." The hostess kept up a rapid Are of bright talk to cover the hiatus in the service until the maid appeared with the desired dish. "What an addition is the little sprinkle of nutmeg," said the bishop; "what a fine relish it gives." When the good guest had retired the mistress said to the maid,? "Go to the supply store the first thing in the morning and get nutmegs and return the nutmeg to Mrs. Harding and?" "But Mrs. Harding was out of nutmegs, too." "Then where did you get any?" "La. Miss. I was dat worrited out dat I des tuck a wooden handle to a ole shoe-buttoner an' grated It on." And the bishop had relished it. So much for the power of suggestion.? Martha Toung, in July Llpplncott's. New England Youngsters. One of Detroit's lawyers, who has had such professional success as enables him to spend a portion of each summer in a quaint New England section. brings back some very interesting facts. "I take my outing in one of fhose parts," he says, "where the farms are so run down that you can't hope for a good crop of anything unless it be beans or goats. One of the consequences is that the young men have to find some other part of the country in which to make a living, and 1*11 wager that there is not another community in the Union where the average age is higher. "Knowing me to be a lawyer, some of the residents called me Into a con ferenoe about the township treasurer who had been guilty of advancing a teacher 12 on her salary without the consent of the trustees. There was not a man there except myself who was not past 82. and two were over 90. "While I was making a talk in favor of the treasurer and trying to minimize his transgressions without offending the selectmen, as they called ?-? them, a man of at least 65 slouched through the door and took a seat " 'Just a minute,' said one of the oldest veterans as he interrupted and glowered at the intruder. 'How often have I quoted that there quotation to you 'bout old men for council and young men for war? This is a council. Now you Just run out till we get through. Willie. If there's any arrest to be made, we'll call on you.' And Willie went without turning a word." ?Detroit Free Press. Took It Seriously. The late Professor Hinsdale was sin gularly devoid of all sense of humor, and as for slang?well, he knew far more about the deadest of dead languages than he did concerning these saucy Innovations of his native tongue. There was a certain piece of legislation which was of considerable Interest to the local school officials. It had been introduced Into the legislature and was there hanging fire. One day Professor Hinsdale, then school superintendent, said to Mr. Tom Whitehead, secretary of the board of education: "Mr. Secretary, what is the outlook for that special school bill now in the hands of the state legislators? Do you believe it will be adopted soon?" The secretary shook his head in a manner that was meant to be thoroughly discouraging and said, with a strong emphasis: "It will be a cold day when that bill is passed." The superintendent nodded and passed on. A day or two later somebody came into his office and asked him about the prospect of the same bill. "Well," he replied in his heavy way, "I have no personal means of knowing the status of the measure, but I have been assured emphatically by Secretary Whitehead, who may be considered an expert in securing knowledge of this character, that the bill will not pass until next winter."?Cleveland Plain Dealer. An Answprlno Silence.?Young ladies with a fondness for Infantile admirers should be warned by an episode at a seaside resort last summer. An engaging masculine of seven years became on exceedingly good forms with tho hollo of this narticu lar hotel, a girl about twenty years his senior. One day the charmer asked the swain to go bathing, and after the bath, as they returned to their bathhouses, the small man suggested a race to see who could dress first. They entered the bathhouses, which adjoined, and in a short time a youthful treble called. "Miss Ethel, oh Miss Ethel. I've got my stockings on." A low contralto answered. "Yes, Robbie, so have I." After a short pause the Irrepressible again called. "Miss Ethel, I've got my shoes on." Again came the answer, "Yes. dear, so have I." Again a pause?then a triumphant voice shrilly proclaimed. "Miss Ethel. I've got my pants on." The answering silence was oppressive.?H. R. Spencer, In July Lippincott's. His Destination.?"Tell the jury where you first wer t after leaving home on the evening on which the circumstances took place." "Went to Clancy's saloon." "Where next?" "To McFadden's place." "And then where?" "Went to Hogenschnitz's caff.v." "Then where?" "Went to Flnny's poker rooms." "And where was the next place you went?" "Went broke." iWisccUaurous iJradini). IN COUNTIES ADJOINING. Newt and Commnnt Clipped From Neighboring Exchanges. CHESTER. Lantern, June 30: The C. & N.-W. Wednesday afternoon brought among Its passengers from Lenoir Mr. T. L. Nelson and his sister, Miss Jessie Nelson. In a few hours after their arrival the home of the Misses Albright on York street witnessed a quiet but impressive marriage, when Miss Jessie Albright became the bride of Mr. T. L Nelson. The ceremony, which was performed by the bride's pastor, Rev. M. L. Banks, of the Methodist church, was witnessed only by the Immediate family. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson and Miss Jessie Nelson left yesterday morning for Lenoir, where the newly married couple will remain until Monday, after which they will go to Blowing Rock to spend the summer Miss Lily Gladden, daughter of Mr. Frank Gladden of Rossville and Mr. Howard Dlx on of Banks, were married Wednesday, the ceremony being performed by Rev. C. G. Brown Mr. Bphle Banks, son of Mr. W. H. Banks, died Tuesday, June 27, at his home at Halsellvllle, after a five weeks' Illness with typhoid fever. He was about 19 years old and was taken with the fever Just a few days after he got home from college at Edgefield. He was a member of Beaver Creek Baptist church and was a promising young man. The burial was at Beaver Creek grave yard Wednesday, after funeral services at the church by his pastor. Rev. E. D. Wells. Mrs. Rhoda Sibley, aged 21 years, wife of Mr. Ed Sibley and daughter of the late Lewis Austin, of the Stover neighborhood, died. Tuesday, June 17, of typhoid fever and was buried at Hebron Wednesday. She leaves a husband and one little child, perhaps a year old. CHEROKEE. Gaffney Ledoer. June 30: Since Tuesday the following cases have been disposed of at court. George Stone for housebreaking: plead guilty, and was sentenced to three years on the chaingang. George and Sims Boyd for assault and battery. Case against Sims nol prossed, and George was fined $25, or given the alternative of serving twenty days on the chalngang. The case against Mun Smith, colored, was continued. Frank Howell, for assault and battery with intent to kill, was found guilty with recommendation to the mercy of the court. He was sentenced to a fine of $85. or six months' labor. He paid the money. The case of Mrs. Duncan and sons, for arson, was continued. True bills were found against J. A. Moss and Sam Saniln, both white, for murder. Moss killed Robert Moore, near Blacksburg, some time ago; and Saniln killed Sam Kennedy, in the lower part of the county a few months ago. Saniln was tried and found guilty of manslaughter with recommendation to mercy. He has not been sentenced yet. George Camp, colored, was tried again for arson. After being out" all night the Jury failed to agree, and a mistrial was ordered. In the case of J. B. Carroll, for perjury, a verdict of not guilty was rendered. Yesterday afternoon the case of J. A. Moss, for the killing of Robert Moore was tp.ken up, and the court was engaged on It when the Ledger's forms closed The Yorkvllle Hardware company is the name of a new hardware concern which has recently been organized at Yorkvllle. Messrs. R. M. and W. J. Wilklns and George W. Brown of this city, are prominent stockholders, and the latter will be manager of the business. Mr. Brown and his family left yesterday for Yorkvllle. where they will reside in the future. Gaffney regrets to give them up; but wishes them much happiness and prosperity in their new home On Wednesday evening, the 28th instant. at 8 o'clock, at the home of the bride's parents in this city, Mr. C. M. Blanton was married to Miss Denie Hopper, by Rev. J. B. Kllgore. After a few weeks' absence the couple will return and make Gaffney their home. GASTON. Gastonia Gazette, June 30: Yesterday morning Mr. Dave Friday was thrown from his buggy and badly hurt. His horse ran away down a hill, and he was thrown from the buggy with such violence as to cause the fracture of one or two ribs Mrs. Jane Jackson of York county, visited in Gastonla from Tuesday until Thursday of this week, guest of her step-daughter, Mrs. T. L. Clinton. She was accompanied by her daughter. Miss Lula Smith. Unfamiliar Facts. Lavender will drive away mosquitoes. The giraffe Is the only animal unable to swim. This is because of its long neck. There are domestic fires burning in Yorkshire, England, today which have never been out for hundreds of years. The town council of Neuchatel has unanimously adopted a scheme by which water for drinking, taken from Lake Xe .chatel at a depth of 260 feet, is to be conveyed to Paris, a distance of 200 miles. The rails on the Belt Line roau around Philadelphia are the heaviest rails used by any railroad in the world. They weigh 142 pounds to the yard, and are 17 pounds heavier than any rails ever used before. A crow hunt was recently held by iiiiriy-iiuie numtrs ui mgiu anu Kane counties, Illinois, lasting two days. Their record was 1,131 crows, besides 50 butcher birds and five hawks. The score of sides was 571 to 560. The clerks of the railway mail service who work in the traveling postofflces that run in and out of New York have a lodging house at No. 26 Vesey street which they maintain at a cost of $12 a year for each of the 100 clerks who put up there at the New York end of their runs. This is a trifle over three cents a night for each clerk. Season tickets available during a fortnight, and allowing the holder to travel all over Belgium as often as he likes and in any direction he may choose, including, moreover, a passage each way between Dover and Ostend, are issued at the following rates: First class, $15.75; second class, $11. This is cheap traveling as the ticket covers 2,500 miles. There are 213,638 depositors in the savings bank of Canada, and they have to their credit $60,771,126. As a rule these institutions receive comparatively small sums from wageearners and people who possess but little, yet the average savings of Canadian depositors Is $289.14, and is the second highest in the world, the United States coming first, with an average of $418.89. ? Philadelphia Evening Telegraph. (Timely fashion (Tips. FOR THE LADIES. Helpful Hints on What to Wear and How to Wear It. ? Colored spangles are in evidence, too; silver on white, steel on black, and silver and gold together. ? Soft, filmy chiffon is gathered into girdles high all the way round, but especially so directly In front and back. ? Soft gray suede is the foundation for a beautiful girdle, which is studded with cut steel beads and ends In a cut steel buckle. ? Girdle foundations save many a tireesome stitch. They come deep or narrow, pointed or rounded?every way that girdles are made. ? If you're getting pongee for coats, get the kind they call rajah. It has a little more body to it, and you don't want that long, loose coat lined. ? Odd little square, or round, or three-cornered bits of Swiss come embroidered and ready to set in underclothes. The edges must be rolled and whipped to other rolled edges. ? Plain stockings, or those with clocks or "embroidery all in the same tone, are best liked, but a host of nov elty things are out, witn tiny nowem embroidered In colors on a black ground. ? Let ua rejoice that the twirly-whlrly effects are no more. If a woman wears a trailing1 gown It la left In soft folds as it falls; It Is not twined about her figure like red. white and blue lines on a barber's pole. ? The craze for pongee and Burllngham has developed other silks with heavy, uneven weavea. Silk crash Is the newest, and la exactly like Its name, with the weave of crash and the sheen of silk. It cornea In every color. Crepe de chine la even more popular that ever. ? Buttons are a fad of the summer. They are made In velvet, silk or kid for cloth dresses. On muslins they are made of lace or of hand-painted silk In designs imitating Dreaden China, or they are Jeweled, or perhaps they are of cameos set In gold rims. Beautiful sets of pompadour buttons are painted with miniatures of bygone beauties of the French court. ? Lingerie blouses are holding their own with a vengeance. Batiste and Persian lawn, swlas and a dozen other materials?white for the most part? are used. A few are made of exquisite pale-colored "allover" batistes, the touch of white of the embroidery softening the color still more Instead of accentuating It. Simple blouses for morning wear, with linen skirts or suits, are gaining In favor. ? The prevailing short sleeves have brought In elaborately worked gloves. Feather-stitched backs and open-worked designs In silk between the elbow and the wrist are every day becoming more general. Many gloves are studded with kld-covercd buttons. Others are flecked with minute gems?single amethysts or pearls, recalling the vogue of the Jeweled glove In the middle ages. The newest gauntlet Is lined with a delicate silk of the tint predominating In the dress, Its mission being to form the upturned cuff that finishes many of the new three-quarter sleeves. Onion-pink Is the new shade in gloves. It is delicate onion or biscuit color, with the faintest suggestion of pink. ? Hats for morning and outing wear are shown in styles without number. Large turbans have still a following, though flat, shady hats claim their usual preeminence for midsummer. Mushroom hats are as plenty as ever, and there have come in very trim, close-fitting hats after the Tarn o' Shanter sort, done in rough straw and decked with spotted silk scarfs. Small sailorish hats are perhaps the prettiest things in simple millinery, arranged with crowns of large leaves hiding one or two roses. Or such a hat may have a crown of lace or straw ruches and be trimmed with a big, flat rosette of midsummer flowers. Ostrich plumes ana aigrettes have not lost In favor, though as the season advances wheat ears and autumn fruits are preferred by numbers of women. ? Ornamental muffs for summer use ?surely one would not suspect them of utilitarian intent?are fashioned from flowers, ribbon and much chiffon. Usually they accompany a hat to match, and hidden away In the fluffy masses the initiated will know to look for at least two pockets. The one Is a regulation purse pocket, with a double ball frame that snaps together, and the other is one of the very latest "vanity" pockets and accommodates a powder puff that slips into a little box, big enough to contain a generous supply; a mirror, of course, and a tiny smtfling bottle is often an added accompaniment. This smart confection is doubtless intended to take the place of the vanity bag. and is carried either slung around the neck with a ribbon string, or else Is provided with a long and fancy chain that hangs around the neck. ? The new changeable silks?the satin-finish kinds?are as rich and beautiful as can be. There's some new trick about combining the colors, so that each glows out strongly, yet takes turns with the other In being subordinated. The new ginghams are very attractive. Some of the silk ginghams have as fine a luster as foulards, and there are also lace ginghams, which are very effective. There is a new cotton voile very like gingham in texture, which can be found In white and nearly all colors in the light shades. Scotch sateens will be much in vogue, and they vary greatly In color and design. Checks will be popular, and checks overlaid with embroidered figures or dots are good style. Figures and dots appear In all wash goods. Lace effects are numerous. Cotton nets will be favorites. A few model gowns in nlaln mull and dlmltv have arrived, and as for stlks, foulards wHI be popular, notwithstanding: that It was asserted early in the season that they would not be fashionable. Handkerchief linens and batistes embroidered in tiny flower designs or eyelet embroideries, some of them striped with Valenciennes Insertion, are found in new designs. The guimps of embroidered linen and crash and batiste, which are to be used for trimming linen and other wash dresses, are very handsome. Every sort of swiss is in fashion, those with little [ round dots set close together, those with big dots flung boldly on, and down through the long list of embroidered Swisses, where tiny rosebuds and star flowers and queer. conventlonaJ figures are set off by the beauty of the sheer, exquisite background. Handkerchief linen has been teased and tricked Into the loveliest sort of embroidered gowns and blouses either simple or elaborate t with beautiful handwork. Besides these two, a host of delicate cotton stuffs?delicate only in appearance?Is seen, made up into airy little gowns, just right for summer evenings, for lawn parties and a hundred and one forms of open air entertainment for which the summer gives occasion. VALUE OF THE COLLEGE. Rev. Dr. McPheeter* Offers Some Information of Interest. The following letter from Rev. Dr. W. M. McPheeters, chairman of the committee on location of the Presbyterian College of South Carolina, to Rev. S. J. Cartledge of Anderson, is published, by request. It gives an idea of the present and prospective value of the college to the community in which it may be located: Since my previous letter to you I have received a communication from Mr. H. Frank Wilson, master for Sumter county, making the following very pertinent inquiries: "First, what endowment, if any, has the Presbyterian colleger oecunu, wuui piupci i/( >>. any, will follow the change of location? Third, the number of students in attendance upon the college last year? Fourth, the number of trustees and how elected?" As these, or similar questions have come from other quarters, I shall defer for the present some other matters that I had Intended to lay before you, and, through you, before the Presbyterians of the entire state, and address myself at once to the answer to Mr. Wilson's Inquiries. His order is not material, and therefore in my reply I shall follow an order of my own. 1st. Number of Trustees and How Chosen?The total number of trustees is 21. Of these three are chosen by each of the six presbyteries composing the synod of South Carolina, and the remaining three by the alumni association. Persons desirous of fuller information on this point may be referred to the charter of the college, a copy of which will be found in the last catalogue of the institution. Catalogues can be had on application to Prof. A. E. Spencer, Clinton, S. C. 2nd. Material Property of the College, as at Present Located?At present the college has no endowment. It has. however, material property of which the fair estimate value is froin $20,000 to $26,000. This Includes grounds, buildings and furnishings of all 8or?3. It is not necessary, I think, that I should go into details. It is important, however, that I should say very clearly and distinctly that, of the total sum named, the trustees of the college hold a fee simple title to but about $7,000 or $8,000 worth of the property. Including furnishings, and further, that against this there is a mortgage of $2,500. Hence It will be seen that the movable values of the college amount to only about $4,000 to $5 000. This, I think, answers the first and second of Mr. Wilson's questions. It is understood, of course, that I give these figures, all of them, only according to the best of my knowledge and belief. I feel reasonably sure though that they are not far wrong, one way or the other. 3rd. Number of Students Last Session.?The number of students last session was seventy-two (72). It ought to be added, however, that this summer a year ago was the first opportunity that the college has had for some years to make a canvass for students. Though this canvass was but an imperfect one, it resulted in an increase of about 40 per cent in the attendance. (I give j these figures without the catalogue for 1904 at hand. But I am sure, that they are approximately correct). It should also be borne in mind that the college has only in the last 18 months passed into the unreserved and untrammelled ownership and control of the presbyteries. Finally, it should be remembered that, in addition to the Presbyterian youths of college age who are at present attending no college whatever, there are, by actual count, not less than 300 Presbyterian youths of college age who are now attending other colleges in this state. It is practically certain that, as soon as the Presbyterians of South Carolina have a college of their own that is adequately equipped, a considerable part of these 300 will be found there. 4th. Valuable Asset of Another Kind ?I have tried to answer Mr. Wilson's questions as fairly and frankly as I know how. But were I to stop here. I should leave the main point of his Inquiry really unanswered. Nay. I should have even suggested a wrong answer to It. He evidently wants to know the present assets of the college that have a pecuniary value. Of these I. have yet to mention those that. In i..y judgment, are by far the most Important. I refer then to the fact that the college has at this present time: First, a president recognized as one of the leading men In this synod, a man than whom no man In the synod, perhaps, has a stronger hold upon the confidence and the esteem of the Presbyterians of this state, ministers and laymen, those who live In the cities, the villages, and the country alike; a man of force, of prudence and of energy: a man worthy to lead a movement like this, and capable of leading it to success. Second, a faculty, not at present large In numbers, but of tried men. men who have approved themselves by the hold that they have gained upon the confidence and goodwill of the students that have Been under them. Third, a board of trustee who believe In their president, In their faculty, In their college, and In their constituency?the Presbyterians of this entire state; men who, with no personal axes to grind, have set their hands to the work of making the Presbyterian College of South Carolina worthy of the name It bears, and of the body that It Is designed to serve; men who purpose, sparing themselves no personal labor In effecting the high aim they have set before themselves. Fourth, the 138 ministers, 950 ruling elders and 21,136 communicants that compose the synod of South Carolina, every one of whom ought to be and very many of whom certainly will be Interested and active agents In building up the material equipment of their college wherever It may be located. The community that cannot appreciate the money value to It of the united And unpaid (by them) service of such a body of men, all of them bent heart and soul upon building up an enterprise that will upbuild the community In manifold ways?I say the community that cannot appreciate the money value to Itself of such a body of workers Is certainly benighted enough to need a college, but probably too benighted to be sufficiently aware of Its need to make any suitable effort to secure one. 5th. Present and Prospective Money Assets Other Than Those Already Named?As stated above, the college has only $4,000 (net) worth of property, to which It has a fee simple title. It would be a mistake, however, to infer from this, as might too easily be done, that $4,000 represents Its entire money value to the community where it is located. For last year the Institution had an income of $5,400. This, as a moment's reflection will show, represents 6 per cent on an Investment of $90,000. Double the number of students, as we expect to do within five years, and It is easy to see that the Income of the college will rpnruspnt ?n Investment of not less than $180,000. In this connection it should be noted further, that the $5,400 mentioned above does not include the money spent In the community by the student body for other things than tuition and board. Were a fair allowance made for this, it seems certain that the present money value of the college to the community in which it is located represents an investment of not less than $100,000 to $110,000. Finally. I am authorized to state that a movement has already been Inaugurated among members of the board to raise, if possible, between this and the 21th of September, an initial endowment of $50,000 for the college. Though the movement has just been started and only a few members of the board itself have been seen, a good beginning has been made. Let any one name over to himself the flourishing towns in our state? Charleston, Columbia, Orangeburg, Aiken, Sumter, Florence, Darlington. Manning, Bennettsvllle. Hartsvllle, Timmonsville, Cheraw, Lancaster, Heath Springs. Rock Hill, Chester. Wlnnsboro, Yorkville, Spartanburg. Greenville, Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens, Clinton, Newberry and many i others that I have not time or space ' / to name?I pay let any one run over in his mind these towns, let him look at the Presbyterian houses of worship hey contain, let him notice the peonle who attend at those places of worship and let him ask himself, Is it Imposslble for the people to provide the college that they, through their presbyteries, have taken under their care, and that bears, with their consent, the name of the Presbyterian College of South Carolina with an endowment of S60.0G0 between this and September 12th next? The question is Its own overwhelming answer. That they can do It Is positively certain. For one I believe they will do It. Certainly no pains will be spared to give them the opportunity to do It. I will only add that those who are Dehind this movement for an initla' endowment of 150,000 for the college are not trying to raise this amount <n order to secure its removal from Clinton. or to any place In the state. Thoy ere trying to raise It for the college at whatever piace It may be. whether at tllrton or elsewhere. Hoping that I have spoken clearly and fairly to what I conceive to have been the main matter before Mr. Wilton's mind In the question he propounded?a matter, no doubt, Just now before the minds of the I'resbyteilans of other communities than Sumler. I am yours fraternally. W. M. McPheetbrs. RICH BOY'8 LIFE OBJECT. Young Zioglor Will Uso His $30,000,000 to Find North Polo. Fourteen-year-old William Zlegler, the richest boy In the world and the adopted Ron and sole heir of the late William Zlegler, the baking powder king and projector of polar expeditions, recently told for the first time In an Interview with a New York Journal reporter how he has determined to devote all the millions left to him by his foster father to seeking after the north pole and how he plans upon reaching his majority to personally lead an expedition into the frozen arctic regions to place upon the world's map for all time to come the name of his father, who has left him such great riches. Here Is his own story: "I will be one of the richest men In the world. But I know it will not turn my head when I gain possession of all that money. I will try and do the most good I can with my millions. "The big task of my life Is to find the north pole. Many brave men have tried to do It and failed. If by the time I become a man no other man has made a great name for himself by doing it I will start out to discover the pole. I am only fourteen years old. I must study hard for years to fit myself to be the right kind of a leader. "Human lives will be In my hands. It will be dangerous. I may sacrifice my life. I understand all this. I talked it over with my father. It will be in honor of his memory that I will try to find the north pole. He dearly wished to be the father of the expedition that would do it." And the boy fully understands, so that while at most times he is a happy, rollicking youngster, with laughter always ready to his lips, when he thinks of these things the gravity of a man comes Into his eyes and his speech.' William Zlegler is the boy's name. Chance laughed at Fate In the matter of little Willie Zlegler. He was born to the name of Brandt. His father was a poor man. But he was a nair brother to wuuam ziegler. William Ziegler made millions out of baking powder. Brandt died. His children were taken to the home of several of his relatives. Ziegler. the millionaire, childless, picked Willie from among his brothers and sisters. And so while Fate had ordained seemingly that Willie was to be a poor boy chance laughed at the scheme and led the mllionaire Imlf uncle to the babe's cradle, and out of it the child came Into the arms of his new father, destined to be the richest boy In the world and destined, too, to have his whole future taken away forevermore from the Influence of Chance?a future that was to be laid out for him apd a fittu.'e that demanded of him that he should be otherwise famous than as a very wealthy man; that. Indeed, he roust make for himself an In*mortal name by the achievement of ^ e.re.it and dangerous task from whlen other men had flinched; died, soma of ihein, and failed, all of them?tha task of the discovery of the north polo. This is what the richest hoy In the world Is like: He u a little cl-ap. He Is sturdy. His nair Is brown end curly, his eyes blue. He has .t small nose, a bit tilted, pert a.nl agg-ess./e. His mouth is smiling, his complexion glowing. He will probably grow up Into a short, sturdy active, round headed, frank eyed man. He has to sit propped In a big chair now because he received an Injury to the tendons of a leg In a boyish game. His possession of the fortune does not hunge upon his making a hazardous attempt to find the north pole. He may abandon the project, and still, according to his father's will, the millions may be his. But the boy says gravely that he will do the thing that he knows William Ziegler would be most proud to have him do. "The big thing that I have to do In my life is to find the north pole," he said solemnly In full sincerity. "It Is the greatest thing open for any man to do. It would be great to do what so many others could not do. I would place my father's name on the map to remain there as long as the World lasts. Wouldn't that be a fine way to repay him? "My father first sent Captain Baldwin, but he failed. Then Mr. Fiala, of Brooklyn, undertook the task. He has not been heard from, and Mr. W. S. Camp, my father's secretary, went away a little before my father died, to start a relief expedition. Of course Mr. Flala may, for all we know, make the great discovery. I have to wait at least until I am twenty-one. Some one may get ahead of me. But if the pole Is undiscovered when I become a man I will surely try to make the discovery. My father and I never settled on any plan. That would be a foolish thing now. because time, my father pointed out, would make many changes In the machinery of steamships and perhaps by studying the failures of others, new and better routes would be found when I came to make the trial." Latest of Ala, Biblfs.?Largest of all Bibles In the world Is the Kahgyur, or Buddhist scriptures of Tibet, which consists of 108 volumes of 1.000 pages each. Each volume weighs ten pounds and forms a package twenty-six inches deep. This bible requires a dozen yaks for its transport, and the carved wooden blocks from which it is printed need rows of houses, like a city, for their storage. A tribe of Mongols paid 7,000 oxen for a copy of this bible. In addition to the bible there are 325 volumes of commentaries, which are necessary for Its understanding. There is also a large collection of revelations which supplement the bible. 8AVINQ8 OF ROYALTY. How Europoan Rulers Put Away Mon* ay For Rainy Days. It will no doubt astonish a large number of people that kings and queens, like poorer mortals who have the gift of prudence, are with few exceptions, as economical as Is consistent with their high position, and every year put by some portion of their savings for a rainy day. Better than anybody else, perhaps, monarchs know that It Is money makes the mare go, and that to spend all their income as they get It is just as great a folly In themselves as In their subjects. The late Queen Victoria was one of the thriftiest of monarchs, and, though her will has never been for the public eye, there Is reason to believe that the fortune she left was a very large one. The modern, king Is, as a rule, a very practical gentleman. Of some It Is not too much to say that they do not place implicit confidence In the nation of which they are the head. Of nearly all of them It is certainly true that they do not put all their eggs Into one basket. Every year the present czar and czarina of Russia entrust a large por Inn r\t their nrlvnte SAVines to British and French national banka. Alexander II., grandfather of the Emperor Nicholas, was economical in a high degree, and the money he saved is said to have run well into four millions sterling. By this will he left legacies to various members of the imperial family, which Bwallowed up a third of his vast fortune, the remaining twothirds being given to a lady of the court who had wedded the sovereign without mounting the throne. As this lady was not of the royal line, it was impossible that she could be recognized as empress, and the legacy of twothirds of the monarch's fortune was the compensation Alexander accorded to his morganatic spouse. Alexander III. during his comparatively short reign also saved a considerable fortune, and this he left by will to the present Queen Alexandra, at the time of his death Princess of Wales. King Leopold of Belgium has a universal reputation, and not an enviable one, as Leopold & Co., rubber merchants. He founded the Congo Free State, of which he is the sovereign lord, and which remits to him every year thousands upon thousands of pounds sterling, derived from the natural products of the country. He is one of the largest rubber and ivory dealers in the world. He is also one of the cleverest of financiers, and knows his way about all the bourses of Europe. King George of Greece is also an old financial hand. He speculates largely In agricultural products, follows carefully all the fluctuations of the financial markets, and is assiduous in puttings his money Into good things. ' The late empress of Austria placed on deposit two-thirds of her allotted revenue. She was very economical, and kept as few servants about her as possible. She constantly revised the accounts of her husband and succeeded In making important reaucuons in nu expenses. The bank of England received her savings, and there Is a curious story about the refusal of her beneficiaries to pay the British succession duties, a refusal which gave the governors of the bank a great deal of trouble before the matter was adjusted. The monarch who has the least confidence In the financial stability of his own country is the sultan of Turkey. He declines to trust any Turkish bank with a farthing of his savings. Ths fattest part of his forfait"?ami it Is said to be not small, despite the fact that his country Is in a chronic state of bankruptcy?is deposited In British banks. In Pane they say that every quarter a special messenger, flanked by a suitable escort, leaves London for Constantinople to carry to the sultan the Interest on his deposits. It Is not generally known that the sultan owns one of the biggest streets of Constantinople and has a sugar plantation in the Indies.?Answers. Forcing Spiders to Spin.?The London Globe says that certain green ants In Queensland, which also make their nests of leaves and flowers spun together, are said to keep spiders to spin for them. Whether these latter do It spontaneously, or require to be held as the larvae of the other species, does not seem to have been determined. In the devices of these ants there is surely one of nature's hints to human Inventors. Since the days of the spider artist In the University of Lagado, spider silk has been a dreapi. The difficulty of Its realization has been chiefly the pugnacious nature of the spider, which prevents them from being kept together. But a machine has been invented which seems to overcome the difficulty. It is described as a sort of frame containing twenty-four miniature guillotines, the blunt knives of which descend on the waists of the spiders and hold them fast. A number of the threads are secured together on a hook and slowly drawn out. 0. E. Wilkins, W. I. Witherapoon, President. V. President The First National Bank of Yorkville Capital $ 50,000 Stockholders' Liabilities 50,Q00 Security to Depositors $100,000 EVERY EQUIPMENT FOR COMPLETE BANKING. Directors: O. E. WILKINS, President, W. I. WITHER8POON. Vice Prsst. R. C. ALLEIN, Cashier, W. R. CARROLL, W. B. MOORE, JA8. M. 8TROUP. JOHN L. RAINEY, A. N. WOOD. Dr. W. M. LOVE. BANK MONEY ORDERS 80LD? GOOD EVERYWHERE. Stationery Visiting teachers to the Catawba Summer School will find at this store a full supply of such School Supplies as they will need when the school opens next week. I have Cap Paper. Tablets for pen and pencil, Exercise and Composition Books, Pens, Pencils, Inks, etc., at just the right prices. NEW ARRIVAL8. Among my latest arrivals are Improved Golden Dent Seed Corn for stubble field planting; Mason's Improved Fruit Jars. Fly Traps, Mowing Blades and Snaths. CLOTHING. If you would have your Clothing to fit, wear and look well, you should let me order you a tailor-made suit from the famous tailors?LAMM & CO.? makers of "Best on Earth" clothing. They satisfy at right prices. W. M. KENNEDY, Agsnt. f Truths that I! Tour grocer is honest and?i you that he knows Yery little alia you. How ma he know,' how it ?or y x coffee youei In each package of UOIi DOUnd of rnre Coffee. Insi (Lion bend on ovory pncknge.) C8*t? the Lion-hsada: I SOLD BY GROCE I S. M. McNEEL, Pres. THE LOAN AND HOUSE FURNISHINGS Our Furniture line was never so large and complete as It Is TODAY. We have everything needful for the complete furnishing of & comfortable home and at prices that are within the easy reach of all buyers. Among our late arrivals are: Bed Room Suites. * <n fVita Una wa ora at the fore front with a line that Is beyond any comparison with any line ever shown here. We have Bedroom Suites In all the latest and most popular styles at prices ranging from $10 per suite and upward. See them. Iron Beds Is another line that we are leaders in. We have a great many different styles In stock and will have an immense shipment here In a few days. Prices from $2 and upward. See them. Miscellaneous. Under this head you will And Dining Chairs from $3 a set and upward, Rocking Chairs, Office Chairs, Hall Racks, Dining and Center Tables, Pictures Lounges and Couches, Window Shades, Cooking Stoves, etc., etc., etc. Porch Screens. One of the nicest trimmings for summer wear are Cane Porch Shades, at $2 and $2.50 each. We have them in lengths long enough for almost any ordinary porch. They keep the sunshine out and are easily rolled up when not needed. See them. You'll like them. YORK FURNITURE COMPANY. YORKYILLE Building and Loan Association OF YOBKYILLE, S. C. Furnishes the opportunity fer the profitable investment of 8avirigs, however small or large. Enables persons of small imeana to Own Their Own Homes on Easy Terms. Lends Money on Good 8ecurity from One to Five Year Periods. Applications now being reoeived for a New 8eries of Stock. For further and more specific information apply to W. BROWN WYLIE, President Or GEO. W. WILLIAMS, Secretary and Treasurer. 5 Five Carloads of Buggies. i We have shipped to Yorkvllle since January ! FIVE SOLID CARS OF BUGGIES AND SURREYS. If our sales continue as they have been we will ship as many more during 1905. If you need a Buggy see us. You can't afford to buy from the little fellow that only buys a few at a time. ' Our HARNESS line is complete and we have the largest stock of WAGONS ever carried on this market. GLENN A ALLISON. nni? HT ur iLiY From 4 A. M. to g P. M. My Store and Market are now comb- , Ined, I keep open from 4 until 9. My Meats are the best the country affords. j It is kept on Ice , And it should be nice. My Goods are fresh and up-to-date, ' High in QuaJlty, Low in Price. I have a secret I would tell. But in print it won't look well, 1 But when you need something come l to see i How big a Dollar looks to me. j I keep Irish Potatoes, Garden Beans t and Canned Tomatoes. Also Lemons fresh. Nice I To come along when you get your Ice. t Good Green Coffee, two pounds for a < quarter at t Yours truly, i OLD GEORGE, THE BUTCHER. 8 a I tMT Wanted?Your orders for the beet 11 grade of Commercial Stationery, Law Briefs, Arguments, or anything else if r you want the Best work. I Strike Home if he caws to do so?can tell > about the bulk coffee he where it originally came from, was blended?or With Whit rhen roasted? If you buy your loose by the pound, how can pect purity ana uniform quality? i COFFEE, the LEADER of PACKAGE COFFEES. Is of mlty uniform la tmatlty, flth and flavor. For WB A ex if a (XNimr. uon coffee kea the standard eoffoo fa * V COFFEE I? ^ T COFFEE 70a get Ofl? full 1st upon getting the genuine. tor valuable premium*.) RS EVERYWHERE VOOLSON 8PICS CO., Toledo, Ohio. HBMHHHBHHHr 1 J. 8. BRICE, Vice-Prcs. SAVINGS BANK a Satisfaction ur Depositors and Patrons in knowr funds are entirely safe and that s are carefully and Intelligently >r your business to be handled In a . /* luslness-like way, and It Is our conserve our patrons in an acceptable 9iy manner. lite a number of satisfied customers , and would like to have you among We invite you to call or write us serve you. JIRI80N .... Cashier. =k m SOUTHERN RAILWAY SCHEDULES. 8chedulc Effective Nev. 6, 1904. WESTBOUND TRAINS. * No. 135, Daily?Reck Hill, 8. C., to Marion, N. C.?First Claaa Lv. Rock Hill 4.00 a.m. I.v. Tlrxah t.ll lid. I,v. Torkville 6.30 ajn. Lv. Sharon 6.45 am. Lv. Hickory Grove 7.00 am. Lv. Smyrna 7.15 am. Ar. Blacksburg 7.40 am. Lv. Blacksburg 8.10 am. / Ar. Marlon 11.00 am. * . Ji fefeiKMj No. 113. Daily?Kinoville to Blaoks* burg?First Claw: Lv. Kingvllle 11.00 a.m. Lv. Camden 12.26 p.m. liv. Lancaster 2.07 p.m. Lv. Chtawba 2.37 p.m. Lv. Rock Hill 3.00 p.m. Lv. Tirzah 3.17 p.m. Lv. Yorkville 3.20 p.m. f Lv. Sharon 3.46 p.m. Lv. Hickory Qrove 3.67 p.m. Lv. Smyrna ....? * 4.10 p.m. Ar. Blackaburr 4.36 p.m. No. 167. Daily axoopt Sunday, Rook Hill, S. C., to Marion, N. C.?Third Class. Lv. Rock Hill 10.00 a.m. Lv. Torkvllle 11.00 a.m. Lv. Blackaburg 2.30 p.m. j Ar. Marion 8.60 p.m. EASTBOUND TRAINS. No. 114, Daily?Blackaburg to King* villa?First Classt Lv. Blackaburg 7.40 a.m. Lv. Smyrna 8.02 aon. Lv. Hickory Qrove 8.14 aon. Lv. 8haron 3.20 aan. Lv. Torkvllle 8.41 aan. Lv. Tirzah 8.62 a.m. Lv. Rock Hill 1.20 a.m. Lv. Catawba 0.60 aon. Lv. Lancaster 10.26 aon. Ar. Camden ...: 1L46 aon. Lv. Camden L46 pan. Ar. Klngville 3.16 pan. No. 136, Daily?Marion, N. 0, to Rook Hill, S. C?First Class: Lv. Marlon 6.26 p.m. Lv. Blackaburg 8.46 pan. Lv. Smyrna 0.10 pan. Lv. Hickory Qrove 0.23 p.m. Lv. Sharon 0.38 p.m. Lv. Torkvllle 0.64 pan. Lv. Tirzah 10.10 pan. Ar. Rock Hill 10.80 pan. No. 166, Daily, axoopt Sunday?Marion. N. C., to Rock Hill, 8. C^?Third Class: Lv. Marlon 0.00 a.m. Lv. Blackaburg 2.60 pan. Lv. Torkvllle 6.10 pan. * Ar. Rock Hill 0.00 p.m. For further Information addroaa: BROOKS MORQAN. Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent. Atlanta, Ga., or R. W. HUNT. Dlv. Passenger Agent, Charleston. 8. C. 'i CHAMPION ROLLER MILLS. Zsno, 8. C. JT gives us pleasure to Inform the public that our mills have been thor- A oughly overhauled, and that we are j prepared to furnish our patrons with A the finest flour that can be made in this country. < Custom Is solicited from all who may be seeking the best Q. L RIDDLE, Proprietor. July 22 tt tf_ Your orders for good Stationery will rscoivs prompt attention at The Enquirer office. Order Today. ?hr \lorknlIr (Inquirer. Entered at the Postofllce as Second Class Mall Matter. Published Tuesday and Friday. < PUOLI8HER8 s W. D. GRIST, O. E. GRIST, A. M. 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