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tumorous Department. A Fishing Story. One of the crowd which was sitting out in front of the capitol, the coolest place in Frankfort on a hot day, being reminded of a fish story, related the following concerning a man who lives In the eastern part of the state, and who will be called John Smith, although that is not his name, says the .Louisville Courier-Journal. Smith conducts a jewelry and watch repair shop and his wife has a millinery store in the same place in this town. One Monday morning a man walked in the shop and said, according to the narrator of the story. "Good Morning, Mrs. Smith. Where's John?" "He's fishing." "Well, I have a watch here I want him to fix. Tell John I'm going away the latter part of the week and want that watch before I go. Tell hint that I will come for it Wednesday and hope he will have it fixed by that time. Wednesday morning came and the r,n-nor r\t w.*atr>h walked in and said: "Good Morning, Mrs. Smith. Where's John?" "He's fishing." "Did he fix that watch?" "No, I think not," Mrs. Smith replied. "Well, tell John that I am going away on the noon train Saturday and I must have that watch before I go. Tell him if it 13 not done I will have to take It anyhow." On Saturday the worried owner went again to the shop. Mrs. Smith was sewing and rocking and humming a tune. John was not in sight. "Good morning, Mrs. Smith, Where's John?" "He's fishing," placidly replied Mrs. Smith. "Mrs. Smith, does John fish all the time?" explaimed the man, irritated beyond silence. "Oh, no," replied Mrs. Smith, "he hunts some of the time." Old Wine In New Bottles. A barrel stood on the sidewalk in front of a new building going up on East Water street and beside it stood a man, says The Milwaukee Free Press. The man was dressed in laborer's clothes and apparently was in a quandary about how to get the barrel to one of the upper floors. He scratched his head and pondered and meanwhile a crowd began to gather. "Rig up a derrick and hoist it by hand," suggested one man with a clay pipe in his mouth. The man beside the barrel made no response. "Get a rope and pulley and hitch a horse to the rope. That'll get the thing up in jig time," suggested another. The man remained silent. "Why in the dickens don't he put it on the temporary elevator and take it up that way?" asked the man with red whiskers. "I know a better way than that," said the man with patches on his trousers. "Just rig up a boatswain's outfit and the thing can be hauled up quick as a wink." Suddenly the man beside the barrel took a red bandana handkerchief from his pocket, wiped his forehead, took a chew of tobacco, put the barrel on his shoulder and carried it up to the second floor. The barrel was empty. One Fith Didn't Grow. A number of men were telling of remarkable catches off Atlantic City, and one of them said that one day he caught a very small cod, and, not caring to take home such a little fellow, he took a piece of copper wire, ran it through the tail of the fish, and on one end of the wire he attached a copper tag with his name scratched upon it "The next year when I was off there," continued the man, "I got a heavy pull li?A a #i/v. AifA ?v> Inniaa' Ull 111C 1U1C, anu anci l*VO uuuu^o fighting landed a twelve pound cod, and there on Its tall was my tag." "That reminds me of a similar experience off there," said another man. "I caught one of those small cod, and I wanted to hang some sort of identification on it, but I couldn't find anything in the copper tag line from one end of the boat to the other. I did find, however, a little tin whistle In one of my pockets, and running a wire through the tail of the fish, I hung on the whistle and threw the cod back into the water. "The following year I got a most peculiar bite on my hook, and after pulling in the line I got the surprise of my life. There was the same little cod He hadn't grown an inch, but hanging on his tail was a long fog horn."? Philadelphia Press. an Unsought Pardon.?Among the stories of that former governor of Texas ramuiany Known as sam nouston is more than one amusing tale. There was a financial agent of the penitentiary who had warmly opposed the election of Governor Houston, but was particularly anxious to retain his own pleasantly lucrative position. Consequently the new governor was soon in receipt of a petition in which the man's years of faithful service and special qualifications for the place were set forth in glowing terms by himself. The governor sent for him and said gravely, "It appears from this petition that you have been in the penitentiary eight years." "I have," was the reply. "And during that time you have performed faithfully every duty that has come in your way to the best of your ability?" "I have," answered the agent, his courage swiftly rising. "Then, sir," said the governor, with the air of one conferring a priceless favor, "I pardon you out." Ax Ambiguity.?The English Win ston Churchill's reputation for wit is well known, and on one occasion he made a neat little joke at the expense of a self-opinionated army officer. The incident occurred during a dinner in South Africa, and Mr. Churchill and the officer were seated side by side. Throughout the meal the latter was airing his views, until at least Churchill could stand it no longer. "Do you know," he said quietly, "I met a man today who would gladly forfeit ?50 for the pleasure of being able to kick you!" "To kick me. sir!" exclaimed the astonished soldier. "I must ask you to tell me his name at once!" "Oh." replied Winston, "I'm not quite sure that I ought to do that." "But I insist on knowing," demanded the other, angrily. "Well, then, I suppose I must tell you. It was a poor young fellow in the hospital who has lost both his legs by the bursting of a shell."?Cleveland Leader. iUiscrllancous grading. SOME STORIES OF BLIND TOM. Negro Pianist Long a Great Money Maker. Few public performers ever played to more money than Blind Tom, who died recently. He was prominently before the public for twenty years, and after that when his trustees were changed he still continued to play, but not with as much success. His new managers did not know how to handle him properly, and handling Tom took lots of tact. Until only a few years ago he played, and his last appearance was probably on the variety stage. For forty years he had been an attraction, and in the first half of that time he played in almost every town of any size in this country and Canada and made tours on the other side of the Atlantic. Even in small towns he did well, and as running this show was not an expensive affair the profits were large. A statement of accounts made by his old manager showed that in one month in 1884, which was spent in Virginia, that receipts were more than $4,000 and the expenses $2,000. He usually kept on the road for nine months out of the twelve, so that his yearly profits may have averaged about $20,000. On his trip on the other side It was said he realized about $200,000 so that Tom while in good hands was a source of steady income. It is singular that his old manager, Thomas Warhurst, who for twenty years took him all over this country and through Canada, died six months ago, and it was under his management that Tom was most successful. He was then well cared for and well coached in his work, and he earned many thousands of dollars for the Bethune family, on whose estate he was born a slave. About twenty years ago Blind Tom got into the courts. He was born during slave times and later Gen. Bethune acted as his trustee. It was said that up to 1870 he had earned more than a quarter of a million dollars. Gen. Bethune then turned the trusteeship over to his son, John G. Bethune. John Bethune ran a racing stable which was said to be supported by Blind Tom's earnings. He died in 1883, and after his death his widow brought suit against the Bethune family, alleging that as widow of John Bethune she was the rightful trustee of Blind Tom. In this she was supported by Charity Wiggins, the mother of Blind Tom. Mrs. Bethune won her suit, and since 1886 Blind Tom has been in her care, but she only succeeded in making a success of him for a few years. Blind Tom was born a few miles from Columbus In the county of Muscogee, Ga., on May 25, 1849. His parents were field hands of the pure negro blood, with nothing to distinguish MMina f V? a! ro nn r\ v U1CIII II U1U Hie iiiaoo ut iitv.it iuv/c| vacept that his mother had small feet and hands and was of an active, merry temperament. He was born on the estate of Thomas Greene Bethune, where his parents were slaves. Tom was born blind, and as he was unable to learn anything from sight it was generally thought that he was idiotic. When very young he showed a great fondness for sounds, and musical sounds exerted a controlling interest over him. He learned to talk when young and spoke clearly, but his words had no meaning and were simply Imitations of what he heard. Gen. Bethune. when he heard that Tom's mother had said Tom had not sense enough to learn, declared this was a mistake. He went to Tom and said: "Tom, sit down." Tom repeated the words. The general then repeated the order and at the same time sat Tom on the floor. "Tom, get up," said the general. Tom sat still and repeated. He then ordered Tom to get up, and lifted him to his feet. Next time Tom was told to sit down he did so at once, and promptly rose to his feet when ordered. From that time Tom learned quickly. Every one tried to teach him. When Tom was about 4 years old a piano was brought to the house and as soon as he heard this Tom was entranced. One night his mother had neglected to lock her door and Tom disappeared. He found his way into the Bethune house through an open window and early in the morning the piano was heard. Tom was seated before the instrument playing one of the pieces he had heard, and playing it correctly with both hands and using the black as well as the white keys. From that time he was allowed to use the piano and soon he could repeat any piece he heard. Then he began to compose himself. He would sit at the piano for hours. When asked what he was playing he would say, "That was what the trees said to me." or "That is what the wind says." One day a German music teacher of Columbus heard Tom and declared that he knew more music than he could teach or learn. Tom was later coached by some pianists. They played for him and he learned what they played and afterward repeated it in public. In this way Tom learned to play thousands of pieces and in his repertoire were sonatas of Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bach. Mozart, all the best known marches, many of the pianoforte solos well known, plantation songs, and a number of original pieces descriptive of what he had heard. One of these was "The Rain Storm." W hen very young Tom used to stand in a passageway and listen to the rain pattering on the roof, and from this he made his "Rain Storm." He was not far distant from the battle of Manassas, and this he made the subject of another piece. Tom was bom blind, but when 3 or 4 years old it was noticed that he spent much of his time with his face turned toward the sun. In time he developed a little sight. He could see luminous bodies, and persons whom he knew well he could recognize when a few feet away. When in public Tom would play what he was told to. When he had finished and was applauded he would turn toward the audience and applaud himself by clapping his hands. He seemed to take as much enjoyment out of his performance as his listeners. He was always happy when he was with a piano, and when he and his managers arrived in town he was often locked in the hall in which he was to play during the evening. He was perfectly safe while he could play the piano. In many ways he was just like a child, but was even more trouble than a child. His meals were always served to him in his own room and when the food was brought to him he would always insist that the sugar bowl should be as full as it was possible to make it. Unless it was full Tom would storm and refuse to eat I anything. Then when he had finished his meal, he would steal the sugar left and hide it. He was so helpless that he had to be dressed and even to have his face washed. It was not every one that he would allow to attend to his toilet On one occasion his manager had to | leave him in the hotel, and before I leaving him explained how he could regulate the heat in the room. "Now," said he, "if this room gets too hot turn this radiator this way, and if too cold turn it the other way," and he illustrated what he said by guiding Tom's hand. Then to find out if Tom understood he asked what he would do if the room was hot. Tom had his fingers on the radiator and with ease pulled it out. When very young Tom used to like to hurt other children so that he might hear them cry. It was thought that lie did not do this out of cruelty but because or his ronaness ior an sounus. Once he choked a younger brother nearly to death, and at another time burned an Infant sister. This mania lasted all his life, and any exclamation indicative of pain always gave him great pleasure, although he always expressed sympathy for the sufferer. Once when In a small town his manager locked him In the hall as usual and Tom amused himself with the piano. When his manager returned he was surprised to find Tom holding a man down on the floor and almost choking him. The man was yelling and Tom was delighted. Another peculiar fancy of Tom's was to stand on his head. Almost the first thing he would do on entering his bedroom was to jump over the foot of the bed head first and stand on his head on the bed. This he would do over and over again, and then rub his hands and chuckle. When Tom first made his appearance many musicians were sceptical as to his abilities and many visited him. One of the first was Prof. George A. Kelly of Pittsburg. Tom was 4 years old at the time and in order to test him Prof. Kelly played a piece of his own composition which had not been published. Tom played it at once as accurately arid with as much expression as the professor. Thirteen years afterward Prof. Kelly saw Tom again. Tom remembered the incident of many years previous and played the professor's piece for him again. Tom could name any note played on a piano, and musicians would try to catch him by striking keys at random, and however discordant the chords might be Tom would name every note with extraordinary quickness. He did this for Charles Halle, for Moscheles and other noted musicians. The Albany Argus of January, 1866, described Tom as "a wild, uncouth figure, angular at all points which should be curved and curved at points that should present acute lines?loose jointed, close woolled, thick lipped, sprawl footed, with forehead almost covered with kinky locks, eyeballs prominent and distended, and an idiotic. staring expression of countenance ?in short a regular specimen of the African in his unadulterated and barbarous condition." It then described what Tom could do, how he would name any note struck, how he would call off correctly twenty notes that u" J rnnWlv hnW hP imu UCCU OUUllUVU ? 14, ..W .. .... played Beethoven's "Sonata Pathetique" without a false note or discord or omission. Tom's wonderful memory lasted through his life. When last performing in Brooklyn he was visited by the daughter of his old manager and asked if he remembered one who had gone twenty-five years before. "Why, yes," said Tom, "she used to wash my face," and then he talked of his old friends and seemed happier than he had been for a long time. CHINA'S GREAT REFORMER. Not a Traveler, But a Statesman of Wide Knowledge. Yuan Shi K'ai is a remarkable man, writes Samuel Merwin in Success Magazine. Unlike some of his colleagues who have traveled and studied abroad, he has never, I believe, been over the sea; yet no Chinese official shows a firmer grasp on this biggest and most bewildering of the world's governmental problems. Practically a self-made man (his father was a soldier) he worked up from rank to rank, himself a part and a product of the antiquated absolutism of his country, until he emerged at the top a red-button mandarin, a viceroy, with a personality towering above the superstitious, tradition-ridden court, and yet sufficiently able and skillful to work with and through that court. We have seen in an earlier article how Yuan, then a governor, kept Shantung province quiet during the Boxer outbreak. It is he who is building up the "new army" with the aid ??/! Innonnoo flrlll.mQQ. (JI lienimii aim un? ...... ters. It is he who succeeded in introducing the study of modern science into the education of the official classes. He is committed to the abolition of the palace eunuch system. He has, within the past few months, made great headway with his bold plan to remodel this land of fossilized ideas into a constitutional monarchy, with a representative parliament. But first, and above all else, he places the opium reforms. Unless this curse can be checked, and at least partially removed, there is no hope of progress. Throughout this magnificent struggle for a new China, Viceroy Yuan has radically opposed the very spirit and genius of his race; but far from ostracizing himself or splitting the government, he has grown steadily in power and influence, until now, as a sort of prime minister, he appears to hold the substance of imperial authority in his hands. Try to imagine a self-made, reform politician outwitting and beating down many traditions of Tammany Hall, in New York city, multiply his difficulties by a thousand or two, and you will perhaps have some notion of the sheer ability of this great man, who has risen above the traditions, even above the old-age prejudices of his own people. There are many Europeans in his retinue? physicians, military men, engineers, educators?all of whom apparently look up to him as a genuine superior. .?11 attache summed up for me this feeling which Yuan inspires in those who know him: "You forget to think of him as a Chinaman," said this attache, "as in any way different from the rest of us. He's just a smart man. Xv' Bananas are now ripened by electricity. A Hood of artificial light is said to have the same effect as that of the sun. tv' Simplicity Is the rarest virtue. Hi Straws show which way the wind blows. So does the dust. <t'.r People who jump at conclusions generally land with a dull thud. 'W The fellow who doesn't know anything is most anxious to tell it. THE DOMESTIC FLY. Timely Facts and Speculation Concerning an Interesting Creature. "The common domestic fly," said a man who is no scholar but has managed to pick up many interesting facts, "is altogether too common and too domestic. She is one of the most interesting animals " "You don't mean 'animals,'" a listener broke in; "a fly Is not an animal. "Then she must be a vegetable or a mineral," said the first speaker. "Call her whichever you please, but she is one of the most interesting creatures extant. "An industrious female fly lays about 3,000,000 eggs. There are no indolent flies and few males. The fly does not set after laying; if she did she would be retired from her wonted activity during longer or shorter periods of Incubation. Her eggs hatch without motherly attention, and It is seldom that one falls to hatch. "The fly has so many eyes," the man who Is no scholar went on, "that she can see In all directions at once without turning her head or rolling her eyes. That's why It Is so hard to hit her. A fly time poet sang: 'Now doth the .little busy fly Buzz in a fellow's hair, But try to smite her hip and thigh And, lo! she isn't there.' "The intelligence of flies is an Interesting and exasperating study. One of the ordinary ways of trying to kill flies Is to fold a newspaper In the shape of a heavy flat pad and whack at them with it when they are sitting still. "Now, the fly is familiar with the scientific fact that if she sits perfectly still the descending paper will make an air cushion in front of it that ninetynine times out of a hundred will protect her from being crushed. The concussion momentarily stuns her and she falls to the floor apparently dead, but in a few minutes she has recovered and is again on the job. "That's why when you strike at a fly hard enough to spatter the butter all over the walls she is able to reappear so quickly on the rim of the sugar bowl. "When out not for food but merely for the fun of tantalizing you the fly knows when she has had enough. Then she sits down on a dark spot in the carpet and watches you prance around the room looking for her on the walls. "A very good way to catch flies is to distribute fly paper and platters of poison on the tables and window sills. No matter how thick the flies are where this is done, their number will be quickly reduced. You can easily prove this by counting the flies you have caught. It is a great comfort, when there are a few million flies in the air and more coming, to count up your catch and know that a dozen or so will never pester you any more. "This method of getting rid of flies is often employed in restaurants. It was the method used in the railroad restaurant where a passenger hurried in for refreshment, glanced along the display of pies and said: " 'Give me a piece of this huckleberry.' " 'That ain't huckleberry," said the waiter girl, waving her hand over the pie; 'it's custard.' " 'Up with the lark' is a poetical expression for early rising. 'Up with the fly' would be stronger if less poetic. The lark doesn't compel you to get up, but the fly does. Besides, the lark is an English bird, but the fly is a bird that knows no nationality. If the fly would go away and let you sleep till the lark gets up you would have less cause for complaint "When we were children we were taught to believe that a fly's foot was a wonderful part of creation?that when it was placed flat upon the ceiling the weight of the fly pulled it away in the centre and made a tiny vacuum and that the pressure of the atmosphere around it, in accordance with a law of nature, held the fly from falling. Several 'human flies' broke their necks trying to do the same trick with artificial flies' feet before it was discovered that if flies kept their feet clean they couldn't walk on ceilings. "Flies believe that mankind was created for their amusement, and it has always been a question with me which gavfe a fly the more solid enjoyment?to buzz around your nose and make you get up a few hours earlier in the morning than you want to, or to pester you in me aaytime until you rage arouna the room with a paper slapper in your hand while she watches you from behind a door hinge." BY WIRE, WIRELESS AND CABLE. Uncle Sam's Telegraph Lines In Alaska's Wilderness. About the biggest task in charge of the signal corps of the army is to maintain communication between the interior of Alaska and the outside world. To do this it employs ordinary telegraph lines, wireless telegraphy and ocean cables. The electric impulse must go under the sea by cable or through the air by wireless 1,684 miles to click off a message from the operator at Valdez to the operator at Seattle. The signal corps has had especially strenuous work back in the interior of Alaska. Laying the Atlantic cables was less difficult than to connect Seattle with the principal military posts in Alaska. First the cable ship had to unreel and drop 2,500 miles of submarine line in the waters of the Pacific. Then through the forests, across the mountain divide, over the glacier went three military pioneers until they had stretched 1,400 additional miles of land line and had put up masts so that 100 miles more of the wilderness was spanned by the government system of wireless telegraphy. When this task was completed a message could be signalled across the continent from New York to Seattle, 3,200 miles, thence to Fairbanks, a distance of 6,100 miles from the metropolis. Gen. Allen, the chief signal officer of the army, has under him 1,250 men. Of these 210 officers and men are in Alaska. They have now completed nearly 10,000 miles of cable, wire and wireless system, serving fifty places where In a year 260,000 messages have been received, many sent from the far eastern states. So difficult is this work in the wilderness that no individual or company has tried to establish a system, and, therefore, Uncle Sam does all the communicating between the territory and the rest of the country, whether it be by mail or wire. To plant the telegraph poles often it has been necessary to hew a lane through miles of forest land. But such work is easy contrasted with running a line across the tundra. This treeless, bottomless, vegetable sponge is capable of sustaining heavy weight only when winter has turned to ice the water contained in it. Even In winter the telegraph poles sometimes break through the frozen crust and a half day may be needed to dig one out of the ooze, if indeed it Is not down so deep that efforts to recover it is useless. To set a pole In the tundra is difficult because it must be forced down many feet to reach a firm foundation. Yet for hundreds of miles the men of the signal corps were obliged to make a highway of the tundra In their operations. While the sheets of ice into which nature turns the Alaska rivers in winter permitted the service to use these streams for packing trains in hauling equipment for stations and lines, the workmen were continually menaced by the storms which sweep down the valleys. The Alaskan storm is a blizzard in violence. Usually the snow falls in a sand like powder that is driven in masses, and In an hour may drift to the height of a man. With the mercury a score of degrees below zero human life cannot exist exposed to one of these blizzards. There have been times when a line squad have been kept prisoners for a week or more in the clump of trees where they have sought refuge to save themselves from such a river storm. The sight of a glacier spanned by telegraph poles can be seen out in the Tanana country. In a number of places it has been necessary for the signal service men to turn into mountaineers to accomplish their purpose, for the lowest pass In a range may be a thousand feet above the line of perpetual snow. This means hard work and plenty of it. No poles can be cut on the ground, because no forest are at this attitude; so the poles must be hauled from the valley below up the slopes with ropes carried on the shoulders. The site for the pole may be an Ice covered rock In which a hole must be blasted. As the movement of the glaciers Is very slight, the lines can be built over them as durably as on the solid earth. One of the largest sections ol* the military telegraph in Alaska Is along the Mississippi of the territory?the Yukon. As this stream rises rapidly when in flood, one of the most difficult tasks ot the service is to keep the line in repair. As it is, long stretches are frequently carried away by freshets. Such an accident happened in the s;.>rlng of 1907. A rapid, rise In the Yukon broke the thick Ice Into cakes and sent them swirling seaward, carrying away trees and shrubbery and crumbling away the river bank. Over one hundred miles of telegraph was destroyed by the Ice projectiles, which broke ofT the poles like so many splinters of wood or tore them out of the earth. The communication by wireless telegraphy in the territory has been very successful. The messages are sent with apparatus much of which has been designed by experts in the services. Messages sent over 100 miles have been received clearly and distinctly. For this reason It is Intended to enlarge the wireless system and avoid the arduous work In setting poles and stretching wire. Plans have been made for wireless installation with a view to furnishing a complete chain of wireless stations from Safety Harbor to the mainland of the United States. In entering upon this plan the army has co-operated with the projected plans of the navy. ! Money has been appropriated for the construction of a station at Fort Gibson to connect the existing wireless stations at Safety and St. Michael with the proposed naval station at Valdez and thence via the proposed station at Sitka to Tatoosh Island, off the entrance of Puget Sound, and to San Francisco. This will ultimately give a complete chain of wireless stations supplementing the present land line and cable system from Norton'Sound to the United States. To supplement this system and to reach other points in eastern Alaska the signal corps has now in process of installation two wireless stations, one at Fairbanks and one at Circle City. These stations are about 140 miles apart and are designed to have a radius of action of about 250 miles. The instrumental equipment has been purchased and built, the electric power being derived from a gasolene engine. The antennae, or wires, are to be suspended by the use of steel towers 175 feet in height. The establishment of these permanent stations should ena J I# ble communication to De mainiauicu n. desired with boats on the Yukon river as well as with smaller outlying1 stations and camps by using portable fields sets. I ' 1 CHEYENNE'S PILGRIMAGE. Impelled by Religious Belief to Revisit Old Home in Wyoming. "After the Custer massacre on the Little Big Horn," said John H. Seger, who has lived among the Cheyenne Indians in Oklahoma for more than 30 years, to an Arapaho correspondent of the Kansas City Times, "a part of the Cheyennes who expected to be punished severely by the government came down here and joined this southern band of Cheyennes on the Washita river, near Arapaho. "The climate was new to them and the fever and chills took away many of them. They longed for their old haunts and determined to return. 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WHICH WILL S 4* NEED THE ROOM THAT OUR MOVE THESE GOODS THE P ^ DEPARTMENTS, RANGING FT 4* AS IS WELL KNOWN, OUR PF WITH THE DISCOUNTS NOW F - IT IS ALMOST A GAME OF i TT-OT? VTT!W noons. IF YOU H/ 4* ANYTHING IN DRESS GOODS ^ HATS, LACE CURTAINS, UMB] ]T ETC., NOW?TODAY?IS THE 2 LOOK OVER OUR BARGAIN ^ DUCED 10 TO 50 PER CENT O 4* 4? Canton Flanne This is something entirely r Al are made of a heavy weight cant ? outdoor workers and mechanics from blisters, sunburn, etc. 4? TIIE CANTON FLANNEL GL< WORK GLOVES IN THE ^ 1. The Canton Glove is warm " glove in summer that can be us( 4* 2. It is soft and pliable, and easily without removing the glo\ 3. Gettlrg wet from persplri glove. 4* 4- Can be washed when soilei 4? 5- Wears longer than the che ,f We are selling these Gloves 4* PAIR and if you will buy one j them. Come in and see them an ^ SALE, which BEGINS TODAY. + '.The STRAUS <#> | YOUR MOl I Deposited in THE h J OF ROCK HILL, S. C ? But the big building, 1 ^ and the wonderful tim j safety. Z Resources of over One 0 Undivided Profits of O ? making this Bank one < ' * It is secure from any C Our directors direct ai ? the Currency there is i /4nrvrvc! f Arc 0 UUl ViVpVOIlUi O ! PERFECT Z To your security is J We pay Four Per Cer ' 4 issue Certificates of De ? OUR CERTIFICAT 7 are specially good for j X porarily inactive fund * with large reserves, etc i C invest in one of our Ce z The National (ABSOLUTE { ROCK HILL, 5 I i 1 i CHICORA i GHEENVIl i- OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY \ SYNOD OF SOU 4 A HIGH GRADE COLLEGE FOR I f Graduate Courses in the Arts and (Gymnastics and Business. Large and Able Faculty Beau Ings Modern Convenience (Located In Piedmont Sect EXPENSES FOR TH A.?Tuition, Board, Room and Fi B.?All Included In proposition (A 4 Art or Expression \ W* The Next Session Opens Sep # For Catalogue and la S. C. BYRD, D. W. G. REI Rock Hi Enameled Ware. For canning and preserving you ' should by all means use nothing: but Enameled Ware, because you then run no risk of metal poisoning. We have just received a big line or rnese goouw, including Rice Boilers, Kettle*, Sauce Pans, Coffee. Pots, Preserving Kettleu, Dish Pans, Milk Pans, Pudding Pans, ' etc. Come and see this line. Our prices ! will please you. Yorkville Hardware Co. T" |f your want is a Hardware want we can supply it. Give us a chance. Good Printing? 8ee The Enquirer. HE 4> MITH 7-7 CO.! Hp Notice Offers EHiffin^ From ^ Per Cent | , GOODS. ST BE REDUCED. J OM FOR OUR FALL AND WINOON BEGIN TO ARRIVE. W;3 & SUMMER GOODS OCCUPY. TO "J* RICES ARE REDUCED IN ALL H* tOM TEN TO FIFTY PER CENT. :ICES ARE ALWAYS LOW, BUT 1EING OFFERED ON ALL LINES GIVING AWAY TO MAKE ROOM Hp LVE THE SLIGHTEST NEED FOR ^ i, NOTIONS, SHOES, CLOTHING, RELLAS, GENT'S FURNISHINGS, TIME TO ACT. COME AND ?f? OFFERINGS?PRICES ARE RE- <? N ALL LINES. H* I Work Gloves. * iew in this vicinity. These Gloves HM :on flannel and are intended for all who want to protect their hands ? ? OVE IS SUPERIOR TO OTHER "P I FOLLOWING PARTICULARS: ?(? i In winter and the lightest, coolest ^ ed to work in. tool or instrument can be handled ** re from the hand. ation or rain does not Injure the ^ d. ^ >ap leather Glove. i at 10 CENTS AND 15 CENTS A * mlr of them you will always wear * d don't forget our BIG DISCOUNT JS-SMITH CO.' J & ,Sl -iS. i%. -Jr-, Hi 1%. JL ifin .9. 77VTTTTttTTTT NEY S * 1ATIONAL UNION BANK { !., is Absolutely Safe. * :he massive and great vaults J e locks are the least part of 4 Million; Capital, Surplus and f ver Two Hundred Thousand, jj| of the Strongest in the State. f >4 onceivable Financial Disaster, h * nd under the Comptroller of y egular inspection that makes ^ LY SAFE, j added good interest return, f it on Savings Deposits. We J posit for any amount. jj ES are readily negotiable and i security. Any one with tern- a ' V s?trustees of estates, firms J ., can do nothing better than { rtificates of Deposit. I Union Bank ? 1LY SAFE) * >outh Carolina. J COLLEGE, ! LLE, 8. C. i i THE PRESBYTERIES OF THE A TH CAROLINA " , WOMEN 9 A CHRISTIAN HOME SCHOOL \ Sciences, Music, Art, Expression, f tlful Grounds??Elegant Build* \ s Healthful Climate 4 Ion and In City of 25,000 A E ENTIRE YEAR: f ies $183.00 A ) and Tuition In Music, 9203 to 9213 4 tember 17th \ Information Address f D., President. j| MMER FURNITURE. e your home comfortable by us?rch Rockers, Porch Benches, Swings, Porch Shades, Lawn j, Hammocks, Swinging Chairs, 7 " Stools, Etc. have a complete line of 8ummir Ities and our prices are right. \ D & SON, ill, s. c. } ^RESByTERI ApMEOT J * j OF SOUTH CAROLINA. J # Clinton, 8. C. t f f New Buildings. f f Good Faculty. r f Ten courses leading to B. A. f k Degree. . i A For Catalogue, write the Pres* i A ident, A a Rev. ROBERT ADAM8, P. P., A UNIVERSITY OF SODIH CAROLINA. (' Wide range of choice in Scientific, V Literary, Graduate and Professional J Courses, leading to degree of? \ Baohslor of Arte, Baohalor of 8oience, w Licentiate of Instruction. Bachelor of Laws, Master of Arts, Civil Engineer and Electrical Engineer. Well equipped Laboratories; Library of over 40,000 volumes. Expenses moderate?many students make their own expenses. Next Session (104th) begins September 23, 1908. For announcement, write to Th# President, Columbia, 8. C. 61 f.t 10 PHOTOGRAPHIC STUHIO. Come to the Lindsay Studio for stylish, up-to-date Sepia Photographs. They are as fashionable as everything else in Brown and Tan. The newest and handsomest mounts are received all the time. Your choice can be made g from many varieties. Call at once, because later the Studio will be closed for a short time during the summer vacation. BEST BEEF. PHONE your orders to the ROSE MARKET when you want the best MEATS. I Good Beef Cattle wanted at all times?Will pay top of the market. 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