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tumorous Department. Saved the Vase.?The little son of an English gentleman, in mischievously playing with a vase, managed after several attempts to get his hand through the narrow neck and was then unable to extricate it. For half an hour or more the whole family and one or two friends did their best to withdraw the fist of the young offender. but in vain. It was a very valuable vase, and the father was loath to break it. but the existing state of affairs could not continue forever. At length, after a final attempt to draw forth the hand of the victim, the father gave up his efforts in despair, but tried a last suggestion. "Open your hand!" he commanded the tearful young captive, "and then draw It forth." "I can't open it. father," declared the uoy. "Can't?" demanded his father. "Why?" "I've got my penny in my hand," came the astounding reply. "Why, you young rascal," thundered his father, "drop it at once!" The penny rattled in the bottom of the vase and out came the hand. Jokf. ox the Jury.?When Ella Van Dross, a young colored girl, was tried before Judge Rosalsky in general sessions at New York the other day on the charge that when Joseph Kayatt, a white man from Yonkers, asked her in the hall of 249 Second avenue whether the Joneses lived on the floor above she stealthily removed a pocketbook containing $10 from his pocket. the jury deliberated only a few minutes and then returned with their verdict. The girl much disturbed, was led to the bar. The foreman rose. "We llnd the defendant not guilty," he said. As the late prisoner was turning to leave court Judge Rosalsky called out: "One moment, Ella, Be careful not to let any more suspicion fall on you, whether you are innocent this time or not." "Oh, judge," said the girl, "Ah nevah done it befoh, an' fo* de Lurd Ah never will again." The Jury looked amazed. "That's one on you. gentlemen." remarked the judge, and all the courtroom laughed. Wanted His Dues.?A reservation Indian was disconsolate over the breaking of his ax handle. He laid his misfortune before the "farmer" of the . reservation, who, through pity, took a new handle from his private stock and adjusted it to the ax. The farmer then noticed that the ax was shockingly dull. So. motioning the owner to turn the grindstone, he expended a half hour's time in sharpening the blade. When the rehabilitated ax was given to the Indian he was childishly .gleeful, but still lingered ubout, indicating by his actions that some feature of the transaction had not been adjusted. The farmer was a little annoyed and called to an interpreter. "Ask the old fellow what he wants now," he directed. After an exchange of grunts and gestures the interpreter announced, "Ho wants ?S rents." "Twenty-five cents! What for?" "For turning the grindstone."?Harper's. JIMPING at a CONCLUSlOX.-r-In the amiable way of villagers, they were discussing the matrimonial affairs of a couple, who though recently wed, had begun to find the yoke of Hymen a burden. " 'Tis all along o' these hasty marriages." opined one caustic old gentleman, who had been much to the fore in the discussion. "They did not understand each other; they'd nobbut knowed each other for a matter o' seven year." "Well, that seems long enough." said an interested lady listener. "Long eno'! Bah, ye're wrong! When a body's coortin' he canna be too careful. Why, my coortship lasted a matter o' nineteen year!" "You certainly were careful." agreed the lady listener. "And did you find your plan successful when you married!" "Ye jump to conclusions!" said the old man, impatiently. "I understood her then, so I didna marry her."?TitBits. A Calm Witness.?a lawyer was cr<?ss examining a witness with a view to getting him muddled in his testi mony. The following questions and answers occurred: Did you see the plaintiff faint a short time ago?" "Yes, sir." "People turn pale when they faint, don't they?' "No, sir; not always." "What! Do you mean to tell me that a person can faint and not turn pale? Did you ever hear of such a case?" "Yes, sir." . "Did you ever see such a case?" "I did. sir." "When?" "About a year ago, sir." "Who was it?" " 'Twas a negro, sir." The lawyer excused the witness.? Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. Preserving tiie Properties.?a traveler in the mountains of Tennessee had been stowed away in the best bed the cottage afforded. Late in the night he was awakened by the voice of the paterfamalias addressed to the daughter, who was entertaining company by the fireside. Mandy, growled the old man. is that young man there yit ? Yep. pap. Ls he got his arm around your waist? Yep. pap. You-all tell him to take't away. Aw. ye tell him verself pap. replied the girl, in a dull, lifeless voice. He air a piumn mriiikci i<> mc,? Magazine. Kkpt. Bi'T Nor I'skd.?fleorge Kayes. clerk at the Fairmont, who is English but is ambitious to outgrow it, was discussing the endurance contest in Judge Lawlor's court. "Of course, I know you got your jury system from Kngland." he said, "and so I suppose I ought not to criticise it. But this is a country of progress and you ought to try to make some improvements." "Suggest one." interposed Attorney-! Jeneral Lauck, who was passing. "Well, you might allow more leeway in the matter of having opinions. Now. if I were a talesman I should not consider it a bar to jury service if I had an opinion. I could lay it aside while the trial was tin." "And what would you do with the opinion while it was laid aside?" "I would keep it."?San Francisco Chronicle. iflisccllancous dUraditifl. WITH NEIGHBORING EXCHANGES. News and Comment Gleaned From Within and About the County. CHESTER. Lantern, June 2: Mr. Wm. Latimer of Yorkville, came down Saturday and spent until yesterday with his son. Mr. Carl Latimer Mr. M. L. Hitchcock. a native of Lewlston, Me., who lias made his home in Chester for the last ten twelve years, died at his home in this city early Saturday morning. Mr. Hitchcock had been in failing health for several years, and his death was, therefore, not unexpected. The funeral services were held at the residence yesterday morning at nine o'clock by Rev. D. M. McLeod, and the remains laid away in Evergreen cemetery Mr. George W. Foster, a well-to-do farmer of the McConnellsville section, died at Magdalene hospi tal in this city yesterday morning. June 1, and his body was taken to McConnellsville on the 1.30 o'clock train In the afternoon for burial. Mr. Foster was suffering with kidney trouble and came here nearly two weeks ago with the hope of getting relief but all that could be done was to ease his suffering. Mrs. Foster was here all the time, and his son, Mr. Marion Foster, was with him when the end came. He was about 50 years old and is survived by his wife and nine children The series of meetings that covered the past week at the Baptist church was one which we believe made a deep and lasting impression. Dr. Hatcher's preaching was strong and yet simple; such that the preachers said it was fine, and yet the child could comprehend it. There were fifteen accessions to the church, most of them by profession. There might have been two or three times as many with the methods sometimes adopted at revival meetings, but perhaps these are all that there ought to have been. There was no effort to work the congregation into a swing and bring them to the altar on a wave of emotion. People were invited to come but warned against false profession. There was no mid-week prayer meeting or Sabbath evening service at any of the other churches, but it would have been better to have had evening service on each Sabbath in at least one other church, as the crowd could not be accommodated. LANCASTER. News, June 3: It is reported here that Mr. Vincent, the young man who married the widow of the late Thomas Mungo, shot his wife last Saturday at her home in Flat Creek township, and that he has since disappeared. Mrs. Vincent's wound is serious, the bullet having entered near the heart. She is a daughter of the late Thomas Faile and is a most estimable lady. She and. her husband, it is said, have not been getting along well together Sheriff Hunter has been notified by Solicitor Henry to be prepared to bring back to Lancaster the five alleged safecrackers taken from here to Raleigh, N. C., in the event of their acquittal in the U. S. court there this week. If returned to Lancaster they will likely be tried on the charges for violation of state laws for which warrants were issued at the time of their capture... .During the rain storm Saturday evening, which was accompanied by considerable thunder and lightning, a tenant house on Mr. W. G. A. Porter's place in the Dwight section, occupied by John Clark, colored, was struck by lightning. The electric bolt entered at the gable end, and running down the Inside of the building, shattered and knocked about several large pieces of timber, one of them falling at the feet of a woman, who was lying down. All the occupants of the house, however, escaped unhurt. A sleeping child was not even awakened. The glass door of a clock was broken, but the timepiece did not stop running The infant of Mr. A. J. Raskins of Elgin, about eleven months old. was accidentally burned last Saturday and its condition is serious. The child was lying in its cradle and it is thought that as the father passed by with a chunk of fire, going to his blacksmith shop, a live coal dropped into the cradle, setting the bed clothes on fire. The burning clothing was not discovered until the child began to scream. Dr. Brown of Lancaster, is attending the little sufferer Mrs. Elizabeth A. Miller, widow of the late R. M. Miller, died suddenly last Friday evening at her home in Charlotte. The summons came while she was sitting talking to her sister. Mrs. M. R. Potts. It will be recalled that her husband, who for many years was a prominent and successful business man in Charlotte, died but a few months ago. Both he and his wife were natives of Lancaster county. Mrs. Miller was a daughter of the late John Cureton. She was born February 27. 1827, and was married to Mr. Miller in 184o. They moved to Charlotte in 1866. Mrs. Miller is survived bv two sons and a daughter. WHEN IT HURT. A Patient Under the Knife Controlled by Imagination. A German surgeon in the FrancoPrussian war had occasion to lance an abscess for a poor fellow, and, as the sore was obstinate, it became necessary to use the knife twice, says Tit-Bits. The operation was not a very painful one. but the patient declared that it had nearly killed him. and when a third resort to the lance was proposed he protested that he could never, go through the operation alive. The surgeon promised to make it easy for him, and. calling up a few of the loungers, ordered one of them to hold his hands close over the patient's eyes and two others to grasp his hands firmly. "This arrangement." explained the doctor, "is said to prevent pain in such an operation. Now. lie perfectly quiet, and when I say 'Now!' prepare yourself." The surgeon at once began quietly with his work, ami in a short time hail completed the operation without the least trouble, the patient lying as quiet as though in sleep. When all was done the surgeon laid aside the knife and said "Now! Such a roar came from the lips of the sick man as seldom is heard from any human being. He struggled to free himself, yelling. "Oh, doctor, you're killing me!" Shouts of laughter soon drowned his cries and he was told that the operation had been all over before the signal was given. It was a good joke, but it is doubtful if the poor fellow could ever be made to believe that he did not fell actual pain immediately after that fatal "Now!" One dollar's worth of steam will do as much work as $lfio in hand work. LORD BYRON. . . ' A Brief Account of His Prodigal Life. If there is any truth in the old adage "Like father like son" there is more than enough to account for the , [eccentric character of the poet Byron. i A near ancestor was known as the , "wicked lord," his father as "Mad ( Jack," while his mother, a wildly hysterical woman, treated him with alter- , nate excesses of violence and affection. It was on Jan. 22, 1788, in a Ismail house in Holies street, that the poet Byron first saw the light of day. It was a sad birth, for the child was malformed, an affliction which lasted all his life, and was even aggravated ( by improper treatment. At the age of , 3 his father, who, owing to debt, had j to leave the country, died In France, ( leaving his widow and child with an income of less than ?200 a year. Such ( straightened circumstances were not calculated to improve Mrs. Byron's temper. She abused and scolded the ] child unmercifully, even going so far as to revile him on account of his lameness. But the infant had a nurse to whom he was devoted; it was to her that the poet owed his bringing up, and very grateful was he always for her tender care. At the age of 5, or thereabout, he began his studies. He learned something of the Bible from his old nurse; the son of the village shoemaker taught him a little ( Latin. Armed with this knowledge he ( was sent to the grammar school at ( Aberdeen, where he was looked upon by his masters as a thoroughly idle, pugnacious youth. In addition to this, at the age of 8. he fell violently in love with his cousin, a passion which lasted until he was 16, and fl- , nally threw him into convulsions when he heard of her marriage. When he was 11 years old his mother brought him to London and put , him to school at Dulwlch from whence two years later he was sent to Harrow, and became a pupil of the Rev. Joseph Drury. At first Byron hated his school life and all connected with it. He was very unpopular, very idle and always in mischief or at play. He learned nothing, though at times he would devour books for days together. Despite his deformity, he longed more than anything to be good at sports. He certainly succeeded. for toward the end of his school days he played in the cricket eleven against Eton. In 1805 he went to ( Trinity. college, Cambridge, he had succeeded to the family title by that time and a certain income, which he set to work to run through as quickly as possible. No under-graduate ever "went the pace" more than Byron. He rode, shot and boxed, being instructed in the latter by the famous pugilist Jackson, of whom he made a bosom friend. He swam a three-mile match in the Thames from Blackfriars Bridge, went in for cards and was very soon the poorer by some ?10,000. At times he would start off on a driving tour through the country with a pair of horses, a groom, a valet and several dogs. On some of his wild escapades he was accompanied by a girl in boy's clothes, whom he introduced as his younger brother. One can well imnp-inp thnt the dons stood aghast at such behavior. Thus almost the whole of his college life was given up to pleasure, though at odd moments he had written a small volume of poems called "Fugitive Pieces." On leaving Cambridge he settled down at the family seat, Xewstead Abbey. But the country was not exactly an Ideal spot in his then youthful frame of mind; he longed to travel, and, like all young men of his day, started about making preparations to do the "grand tour." In 1809 all was prepared, and he left England with a ret- ; inue of servants, all his pet dogs and every luxury that money could buy. Having ridden through Spain, he took ship for Malta, and so on to Greece. But wherever he stayed he always found some one to fall violently in love with. It was so while he was at Malta, though by the time i he reached Athens some one else had captured his heart. But traveling as Byron did was an expensive amusement, particularly as he often gave large sums of money as presents. Thus he returned to England after two years in the greatest financial difficulties; indeed, he had to borrow money to pay for his journey to London. But so long as Byron had money he was not likely to do anything more than amuse himself. Thus the more his fortunes declined the great er became his determination to win the admiration of the world. It was about this time that he wrote "Childe Harold." For the copyright Murray, the publisher, gave him ?600, the whole of which sum Byron gave [away, declaring that nothing would induce him to write for money. But this frame of mind did not last long: later on he took, and that readily, all that he could get. But "Childe Harold" was his first success, and he awoke one morning to find himself famous. From henceforth he was idolized by society. His eccentric dress became the fashion: his diet? potatoes and vinegar?not at all uncommon. There is no doubt, however. that Byron was possessed of the most extraordinary good looks, which to a very great extent accounted for his enormous popularity. Of course, he was only too well aware of it; a tendency to fatness therefore caused him endless anxiety. Thus he used to diet himself rigorously, which undoubtedly injured his health. At times we hear of him drinking nothing but vinegar and water, and eating little else but rice; he lives on tea and six biscuits a day. and goes in for a course of the hottest baths; when hunger is almost unbearable he chews mastic and tobacco. And so he goes through life, admired and starved. In lNlfi Byron married a Miss Mil- ' banke. It was not a happy union; ' indeed, so extraordinary was his be- ' havior that his wife later on thought him mad. and even spoke to many of 1 his friends with a view of inducing 1 ?_ ? * -- - - ?? rPVw? ii no It sit of it mm iu st*t* a uuiuu. i iic ui/ouui. .v all was that a deed of separation was drawn up, and Hymn left England, ' this time forever. Traveling in a ' sumptuous coach fitted with a bed, ' library and kitchen, he made his way ' to Italy by Brussels and the Rhine, 1 breaking his journey as his affections ( dictated, (in arrival at Venice been- 1 tered a monastery and set himself to ! work to learn Armenian. He soon ] tired of this, however. Of a sudden 1 the pendulum of his life swung in the < exact opposite direction, and he gave l himself up to the most vicious dissi- < pation, much to the danger of his I health, it was at Venice that he con- i traded another violent passion for a j certain lady, the Countess C.uiccloli, which ended in a separation from her husband. i But Byron seems for the moment to have sickened of love; he "longed to be regarded as a man of action, a military leader if necessary. Thus he plunged headlong into politics. The. insurrection against Turkey was going on in Greece at that time; revolutionists were shouting freedom throughout the country, and Byron set off to shoot with them. Landing on the Greek coast he collected all the factious Hellenic chiefs in the district, and raising the standard of revolt, marched off to Missolonghi to do or die. The latter was his fate. The climate and exposure told upon his health: malaria and his strange sys tem of diet did the rest. One day he was caught in a storm and got drenched to the skin. This aggravated his fever, and in a few days he became delirious. During his conscious moments he talked much of his family. But the end was near. To ease the fever and Induce rest he was given a strong potion; "Now I shall go to sleep," he said. He turned in his bed and died twenty-four hours afterward, on the 19th of April. His body was brought to England and was Interred at Hacknall Torkard.? London Globe. FLEA IN THE PLEIADES. Indian Legend About Five Maidens Who Would Marry For Love. A curious explanation of the origin of the Pleiades is given by a writer in Out West, who secured it, among other myths, from a tribe of California Indians. According to this piece of tradition a great chief was the father of five daughters so beautiful that they attracted many suitors But they declared they would remain single unless they could marry for love. They were very cold and critical and quite ignored the young men who came to court them. One day when they were playing and singing, Baakil, "the Flea," heard them and followed the sound until he came in sight of them. He was so captivated that he prayed the Great Spirit to transform him into a handsome man. No sooner said than done. When the five daughters stopped dancing, there among them was so beauteous a masculine being that they fell In love without further ado. When the Flea had decided on his choice, he went to the chief and asked for her and was happily surprised to find that all five of the girls pined to be his. So he married them all, one after the other, and they lived in peace and happiness through the winter. But with the late spring and summer a change took place. The heat affected the Flea and every time he embraced one of his wives they began to itch. Their rosy cheeks vanished, the buoyancy became languor, and one took pity on the other and said: "You must leave him to save your beauty." When all five had been told the same thing from each other they decided that something must be done. So at midnight the five sisters met and each proposed a way of escape, yet none was available save that of the youngest. Her plan was that they leave him for good and all. To accomplish this end they gave him a sleeping draught when he awoke at his usual hour for his drink; for Plea was a very light sleeper and the hurrying and bustling of the five women would have awakened him had he not been drugged. When he was in his soundest sleep the women departed. When the Flea awoke many hours later and got up he thought. "Where are my wives?" Looking about he realized that they had fled. He went eastward and had journeyed many days when, just about to rest on the sandy shore of the ocean, he caught sight of them and excitedly exclaimed: "I will catch you yet." They heard him and the youngest turned to see how far behind he was. She called to her sisters: "Let us hasten; he is gaining on us rapidly." Curiosity caused the others to turn; they lost time until again the youngest cried: "He is very near." Then with one voice they cried: "We will go up into the air. There he cannot come with us." Slowly and gracefully they rose, until they reached the places they now occupy in the sky. Baakil again invoked aid of the Great Chief, and through him was allowed to rise to the sky. But before he was able to embrace any of his wives he too was turned into a star. That is why there now are five stars close together in the Pleiades and one at the side. This one, the Indians are convinced, is the Flea. KILLING A DEVILFISH. Sport on the Gulf of Mexico That Entails Hard Work. The task of hitting a devilfish from a 14-foot boat was left to the bachelor of the party, the married member explaining that he felt his duty to the ones at home excluded him from anything that smacked so of suicide, says Scribner's. Accordingly, when near the next fish, the skiff put out from the stern of the Irene, the spearman standing in the bow while the skipper stood the big boat away so as to give the fish a clear field at the first rush. The plan developed perfectly?the throw was good, the fish half filled the boat with his first splash, and then rushed away in a great swinging circle, so that in 15 minutes it was possible for the sloop to cut across and catch up. when by some manoeuvring it became possible to pass the inboard end of the line up to her bowsprit. After that it was a fight to a finish, with the devilfish on one end of the fine and the ten-ton sloop on the other. For a long while it seemed as though the devilfish had the better of it. He towed that big boat steadily nut into the gulf for three hours and twenty minutes. It was exactly like being in tow of a fair-sized tuff. The progress of the boat was not fast, but as steady as if it were being driven by the Irene's own engines. It may be fair to remark that killing a devilfish entails as much genuine, muscle racking hard work as any task on earth. It is much the same as pulling for hours against a yoke of r>xen who are moving off entirely indifferent to one's futile efforts. The devilfish will not let simple towing tire him. If left to himself he will sound to bottom, and after resting proceed on ad infinitum. It is to present such resting that one must work constantly by hauling the tow in close :a him, thereby frightening him to constant effort. If he can be strained ;o the point of weakening, then he nay be hauled close enough to harpoon again. W The songs you can not recall are pot the good songs. JAPANESE WOMAN THIEF". Captain of a Band of Female Robbers That Had Stolen From 100 Houses. A Japanese woman named Tora (or tiger), who had come to be known In the robber class that she had joined as "Tora. the Serpent," has just been arrested by the Kojlmachi police in the grounds of Hachiman Temple, Fukagawa. In her early years?she is now 43? she was very beautiful, and held many situations as a nurse, always with a good name for industry and faithfulness. It was her good looks and an admirer that brought her dismissal by her master, and from that time she turned to make her living by prey. At the age of 30 she was captain of a gang of female thieves. At Kamakura she saw an old gentleman and pretended to be In a fit. He tended her kindly, but while he was busy she abstracted ?16 from his bag. With this money she traveled to the capital, where she continued her depredations. She called at the house of Count Matsudaira and, representing herself as a poor woman deserted by her husband, worked upon the sympathy of the countess, who engaged her as handmaid. She soon gained the esteem of the family, who treated her almost as a relative. After a few months the whole household went on a flower viewing excursion, leaving Tora alone at home. She proceeded to collect all the valuables she could lay hands on, loaded them on three large wagons, and made off. A sentence of imprisonment did not alter her. and before her last arrest she had robbed nearly a hundred houses and stolen money and goods amounting to thousands of pounds. She now expresses a desire to marry a certain humble, honest citizen.?Japan Times. A WOLF HUNT. In Which Cyanide and Strychnine Were Used to Kill. With the object of learning more about our enemies, and in the hope of drawing attention to this wolf question, it was after many weeks of anticipation and preparation that five of us at last made a start on Jan. 17, bound for the Kippewa district of Quebec, close to the Ontario boundary, which locality we had heard, was a likely one in which to do some execution. Two of our members had preceded us some few days to select a good camping site and look the ground over. The next day at noon we reached Xipigon station on the Canadian Pacific railroad, the end of our train journey, and oh! what a day It was?blowing a gale and snowing hard. Any idea of making an immediate start to find our camp out on the shores of a lake many miles uisiani was out 01 tne question?at least, that was whut our teamsters said. However, the first breath of the fresh air had aroused an appetite which was not to be denied, and, having satisfied that appetite at the hotel, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, as the weather hpd somewhat abated, we induced our teamsters to make a start. * We were arrayed in full outfit, and though the temperature was well below zero and a strong wind blowing, we were perfectly snug and warm. We only made slow progress when we got on the lake, the horses having to proceed at a wulk, owing to the heavy snow ai\d slush. We' were beginning to have had enough of the slow progress when we sighted a lumberman's stopping place. A suggestion to make a stop for tea being hailed with delight, our drivers put on a spurt, and upon reaching it we received a cherry welcome from the owner and his wife. As the weather ' was very bad again, snow falling fast, the wind nign, and tne moon or no particular use. hidden by snow and leaden skies, we decided to spend the night where we were. There was only one spare room, but it was a large one, so, having cast lots for the bed, the rest of us used up the floor space. The next morning the temperature was 80 below zero, but our one day in the open had already hardened us, so, on the right side of a good breakfast, we left the house at 7 a. m. It I Creating l Resei ? Is not difficult once y( C atically. But if you ever expei / through your own efforts you m ? Money saved and put from misfortune and prepare v< ? portunities that will surely com N Funding the capital ? Sl'RES YOUR FUTURE?bt ? your capital, or the hard earne swept awav in a day. ( THE XATIOXAL J HILL. S. C.. is one of the sti ? the State. Resources of more t Eighty Thousand, capital, sur more than Two Hundred The progressive directors explain on We pay 4 per cent int pounded quarterly. We have just issued ; for it, a handsome book, "The ? It tells how to save. The First Trust a -A.3J The National (ABSOLUTE ROCK HILL, 5 I rianua AND Or gar If you need a PIANO OR OI one, NOW IS THE TIME to get o We are pushing our Piano an good stock of both of these Inst: $200 to $450, which we will sell fc ly Payments. We have Organs for $45.00 u I $10.00 Casli and $5.00 Monthly P, Write us for cuts and prices. W . G. RE HOCK 111 I>T^, seemed incredible to us that the cold was really so intense, but when we reached a large stretch of open lake we were ready to believe in any reading of the thermometer. We had no difficulty in finding the camp, which was situated on an island. Our first shock was finding that our guides had left half our blankets behind at the lumberman's place, but the weather changed suddenly and became quite mild. This change seemed good to the new members, but the old hands knew the sort of snowshoeing there would be. Our tents were pitched on the bare snow, the centre pole being the stove pipe, and the stove was an inverted iron cone with no bottom. This may sound strange to Englishmen; but the fires burned splendidly. We had hot water day and night, and the pineapple toddies, when administered to the meml j 1 - uers ctiiu guuics in mu.i nutmuic iuuiiu tent once every twenty-four hours, at night with our feet toward the round stove, loosed the otherwise very tight guide's tongues, and from them we heard some very good stories of their experience. The days went by full of enjoyment, each member gaining health at a gallop, but with all our exertions we had not secured any wolves. We therefore decided that we would try the effect of poison. Wolves had killed four deer within three miles of our camp, and though we had heard them at night at a distance we were unable to get at them. The poison we tried first was cyanide of potassium, but though our baits were taken by both wolves and foxes, the dose we gave them (about as much as would stay on a sixpence) seemed only to have temporarily upset them, as. after seeing evidence of Illness in the shape of staggering steps and dragging paws, these steps again became regular, showing that either we had not given the right dose or had erred in some other manner. With strychnine we were more successful, finding four dead wolves. So the days passed, and our ten days were gone before we realized it; but though we had shot no wolves, we had gained a lot of experience about their habits, had laid In a new stock of health, and proved that a holiday can be spent in the woods In the depth of winter with no discomfort whatever.?London Globe. CAN'T Bll SMUTIill Some Yorkville People . Have Learned How to Get Rid of Both. Backache and kidney ache are twin brothers. You can't separate them. And you can't get rid of the backache until you cure the kidney ache. If the kidneys are well and strong, the rest of the system is pretty sure to be in vigorous health. Doan's Kidney Pills make strong, healthy kidneys. Lloyd Cash, 111 Mill Row, Gaffney, IS. C., says: "Severe pains across the [small of my back bothered me for several months and at times were so severe thut I could hardly do my work. [There was also a soreness through the regions of the kidneys. When the kidney secretions became unnatural in appearance, I concluded that the kidneys were out of order and as I had heard [Doan's Kidney Pills highly recommended. I purchased a box. I had not taken all the contents of this box when j the pain disappeared and up to the present date. I have had no return of | it My kidneys were also strengthened 'and the secretions restored to their [normal condition." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's?and take no other. Week-End Special. Beginning Monday, June 1st. 1908, this line will operate between Chester, S. C., and Mortimer, N. C., Special Week-End trains, leaving Chester, Saturday evening at 4.45 p. m., arriv*+ r.onnir 9 4K n. m.. Mortimer 11.10 p. m.; returning, leave Mortimer Monday morning 7 a. m., Lenoir 8.20 a. m., arriving at Chester 1.20 p. m. This will give the traveling public and the business man especially, an opportunity to spend two night and one day in the mountains without losing any time from his business; as they can leave home after business hours Saturday evening and return early Mondav morning. E. F. Reid, G. P. 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WILBOR3ST FOR SALE 9 127 acres near King's Mountain Battleground?land lies comparatively level. Price $7 per acre. Read my list. Come to see me. I have lots of Farms not advertised. 108 acres?1 mile from Smyrna statlon; beautiful 7-room cottage, and all necessary outbuildings; 2 room tenant house; 2-horse farm open;?plenty wood; 30 acres good bottom land. J. E. Castles. 450 acres?2 miles from Pineville; 5 miles north Fort Mill; 1 dwelling 11 rooms, an elegant home; good barn; 4 tenant houses; 157 acres In high state cultivation, balance In forest timber? a great deal of saw timber; 40 acres ^ % good bottom land; 150. acres elegant . >? pasture land; lies well; good 4-acre orchard. Near Flint Hill church. Also 210 acres?5-room dwelling, with all necessary outbuildings; 25 acres good bottom; splendid pastures; 1 mile from Flint Hill church. Both of above , L being property of S. P. Blankenship. Very reasonable. 23 1-2 acres, one dwelling, 4 rooms, all necessary out buildings; 15 acres in cultivation; land lies level. About one mile from Bethany High School. Home of Ralph Adams. One tract, 50 acres?One 7-room dwelling, weather-boarded and ceiled, first-class condition, good barn, shedded ^ all around, and all necessary outbuildings; land lies well, good wire pasture; running water; about 15 acres of woodland. One mile of Bethany High School, on R. F. D. No. 4, Clover. The home of F. C. Horton. ' 319 acres?known as the John B. 9 Plexico land; about 2 miles of Bethany High School, 6 miles of Clover. One two-story dwelling; one good new barn; 2 tenant houses, 3-horse farm open, plenty of wood; some saw timber; 200 acr^s or more in woodland. Land lies well. Will sell 100 acres of woodland lying on the road from Bethany to Meek Faulkner's, being a part of this place. A most excellent place for a home. Une I raci?ou acres or iuiiu?uclonging to Jno. M. Thomasson, adjoin- * ing his home place, joining residence " of J. D. Smith, S. L. Pursley and facing King's Mountain road; 40 acres in cultivation?12 acres good creek bottom. A beautiful place for a home. 99j acres, lands of J. R. Ferguson, 5i miles Yorkville, 4 miles Clover, li miles from Filbert. Adjoins lands J. M. Stroup, A. J. Parrott; 1 five-room cottage, new barn, nice young orchard. 195 Acres, W. H. Sparrow Place?2 miles Bethel church; 2 good dwellings; ,65 acres fine bottom; 4 horse farm. Look at this. 78 Acres, adjoining lands of J. R. . Falres, Jno. Smith; 2 horse farm open, 1 mile New Zlon church. Ramah; 4 miles Bethany; For whole Tract, # $1,200. 123 Acres?Bone Campbell home place; 1 mile of good school, 2 miles to Bethel church; adjoins W. T. Nichols; 1 7-room dwelling; necessary out- . buildings; 2 tenant houses. Price $23 per Acre. 83j Acres, Bullock's Creek, } mile ^ Hoodtown; 1 3-room dwelling; 2 tenant houses; 6 acres woods; 2 horse farm open?J. H. Bankhead. Price $15 per Acre. 333 Acres, 3 miles west McConnellsville; 1 4-room dwelling; good orchard; barn; all necessary outbuildings; 3 horse farm open; 46 acres good bottom land; 100 acres in pasture; 50 acres in another pasture; 3 tenant houses; A Great Bargain? Price $4,000. G. W. Foster place? see him. One House and Lot in Filbert, 3 room dwelling; good young orchard; good garden; Price $175. 151 Acres, 2 horse farm open; 75 acres In heavy timber; adjoins James * Feemster; 1 good dwelling; 1 good tenant house; 4 miles south of Yorkville?Miller Place. J. C. WILBORX. Real Estate. Veteran Special?Special Train Columbia, S. C., to Birmingham, Ala., Via Southern Railway. Arrangements have been made with Major General Thos. W. Carwile, Commanding South Carolina Division, TT?Ua/1 * ? nrn in \Toforo na fnr fl U11IIUU V^UlilViUUl U(.W f ?. special train, Columbia to Birmingham for the accommodation of the Confederate veterans and their friends who desire to attend the Annual Reunion at Birmingham, June 9th-llth, 1908. This train which will be known as -% the "Veterans Special" consisting of baggage car, high class coaches and Pullman sleeping car, will leave Columbia 1.45 p. m., Monday, June 8th, going via Newberry, Greenwood, Greenville, picking up veterans and their friends enroute. The Abbeville delegation will join the special at Hodges and special cars from Anderson will be attached to the special at Belton. This arrangement will enable veterans from Orangeburg, Sumter and points in the eastern part of the state, also from Camden, Chester, to arrive in Columbia on noon trains in time to leave on the special at 1.45 p. m. From Rock Hill, Yorkville, Blacksburg, Union and Spartanburg, veterans can leave on regular trains arriving Greenville 8.55 p. m., connecting with the "Veterans Special" which will leave Greenville 9.00 p. m., due at Birmingham the following morning, Tuesday, June 3th in time for breakfast, so that veterans can get located before the opening session of the flrst day. The "Veterans Special" will have on board leaving Columbia, Ma^or General Carwile and members of his staff; Miss Elizabeth Norwood of Abbeville, and Miss Bonham of Anderson, state sponsors, will join the special enroute and accompany the veterans to Birmingham, ana it is especially desired * by General Carwile that as many of r the veterans as can possibly arrange to do so join the special at Columbia or the most convenient point enroute. Those who contemplate Joining the special at Columbia will please communicate with B. H. Todd, Passenger ^ and Ticket Agent, Southern Railway, Columbia. S. C., and those who expect to Join at Greenville, communicate with T. P. P. Carson, Passenger and Ticket Agent, Greenville, S. C., stating whether accommodations will be desired in day coaches or Pullman sleeping cars, ami now many mere win oe m mc party, etc. Tickets will be sold at very low rates from all points, June 6th, 7th and 8th, limited June 20th, 1908. Round trip rates from principal stations as j follows: Abbeville $6.40: Anderson $6.40; Blacksburg $8.05; Camden $9.20; Chester $8.15; Columbia $8.55; Greenville 6.85; Greenwoixl $6.70; Lancaster $8.75; Newberry $7.70; Orangeburg; $8.70; Prosperity $7.85; Rock Hill * $8.55; Spartanburg $7.45; Sumter $9.40. Pullman berth rate Columbia to Birmingham $2.50. If two people occupy same berth, the rate can be divided accordingly. See that your tickets read via Southern Railway to Birmingham and return. For further detailed information, apply to Southern Railway Ticket Agents, or address J. C. Lusk, Division Passenger Agent, Charleston, S. C. w CLOTHES CLEANING. XAM prepared to clean gentlemen's clothes and ladies' skirts in a thor. oughly satisfactory manner, at reasonable prices. Work may be sent dl- ^ rect to rny home or left at W. E. Ferguson's store. Mrs. R. B. McCLAIN. 34. t 6t