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tumorous gtpartmrat. The Professor's Mistake. When Mrs. Sillerby went out for the afternoon she told her husband that she hoped the children would not annoy him at his work?the husband being. of course, that famous Prof. Sillerby of whom so many stories are told. He was, as is well known, one of the profoundest scholars that America has produced and little more than a baby in the affairs of everyday life. Mrs. Sillerby, then, expressed a hope I that the children would not interrupt the professor's work; in saying which she showed herself a singularly sanguine woman. There were a lot of children, and they seemed to have no other mission in life that afternoon except to make work of any kind impossible. They begun with hide and seek on the floor of the room where the professor was working, till he stopped that; then they slid down the staircase in bathtubs and tea trays and things. That being prohibited, they played at three ring circus in the room over the professor's head, materially assisted therein by the possession of a big J drum which some considerate friend had given one of them at Christmas. The professor stood It with such patience as he could command till the afternoon began to draw in. and then, in his despair, an inspiration came to him. He would put them to bed. It was rather a complicated proceeding, but he managed it?not being at all certain which child belonged to which bed? and left them with a threat that if they stirred till their mother came home he would call a policeman. The professor had hardly returned to his work when Mrs. Sillerby came in. and he told his story. "Gracious!" said Mrs. Sillerby. "How did you get them undressed and Into bed? Didn't you have a lot of trouble?' "Not much," said the professor. "Except with one boy who Is In the cot by the door In the small nursery." "I will go up and see," said his wife. And up she went. "I don't wonder you had some trouble with that boy," she said quietly, when she came down again ten minutes later. "Do you know which child that is?" "No; I don't think I noticed," said the professor. "I don't think you could have," said his wife. 'That is Tommy Wllkins from across the street."?Bellman. Parrott, Not Dog. On her way to the country a young widow approached the desk of the hotel Manhattan and asked for two rooms. She was accomnanled bv a maid car rylng a dog basket, says the New York Herald, "I have closed my house and want to stay here a few days before going to the country," said the young woman. She pulled off her glove and took up the pen to register. Mr. Hill, the clerk, was somewhat embarrassed, for while he kept one eye on the dog basket, he could not refuse the rooms easily, as the applicant was a frequent visitor at the Manhattan. "I am very sorry, madam,"?he hesitated. "Oh, I am not particular. Rooms with good air, with a view uptown, perhaps; even small rooms. Don't say you haven't any. I can manage." "But, madam, your dog! We are not in the habit of taking dogs. In fact, it is against the rule." "Beat it!" came from the basket. Mr. Hill's face flushed. He was confused. as he had not properly located the voice. He thought the pretty widow was chiding him. "We don't admit dogs, but in this case"? "Good morning! Beat it!" came from the basket. There was a general titter in the lobby at Mr. Hill's expense. "There is no rule against parrots? not yet," he explained as he selected a key for the young woman. A Nickel Cigar.?A good "kid" story from the Hutchinson Gazette: It was the boss's birthday. The office boy knew It, because he had heard the boss's wife say so. The office boy worshipped the boss and had bought him a birthday present. Often he had heard the boss say that the only preents he liked were cigars, providing they were 10-cent cigars, and he was worried for fear the boss might not like his present. The boss came in and threw open his desk. Lying there he saw a small parcel. He opened it and found that it contained a cigar. He looked at it closely, it was a nickel cigar. "Huh," said the boss, disgustedly. Then he noticed that there was writing on the paper. He read: "Happy birthday. I dident buy a ten center cause I only had a nickle." The boss bit the end off the cigar, reached In his pocket and drew out a match and lighted the weed. He puffed critically a minute. "I didn't know they made such good cigars for a nickel." he said.?Kansas City Journal. Tourist Bromidioms.?A statistician who recently returned from a trip to British Columbia is willing to affirm that he heard people ask: "How cold does it get here in the winter?" 2,133 times. "What Is the height of that mountain?" 795 times. "How far away do you suppose that glacier is?" 921 times. "Is this the Medicine Hat where the weather comes from?" 1,142 times. "How far do you suppose it is over to where that man is ploughing?" 1.231 times. "Are there any trout in that stream?" 4,621 times, "Do the bears ever come down to the railroad?" 944 times. "Where do we change time again?" 6.9S9 times. "Why is it that it doesn't get dark here until nearly 10 o'clock?" 3,108 times. "Has anybody ever climbed to the top of that mountain?" 2,246 times. "Are these the Rockies or the Selkirks?" 9,712 times. "Wouldn't it be great if we could have one of these mountains set down on the prairie back of Chicago?" 562 times.?Chicago Record-Herald. With the Personally Conducted.? "On your left, ladies and gentlemen, rises the majestic front of Westminister Abbey, where we find the inspiring shrine of Edward the Confessor, together with memorials of artists, writers and statesmen. You may gaze in silent awe for forty-five seconds. at the expiration of which time ? ??ill tobo tho Hue for thp Tnu'PP ** ?Puck. <Shc Story Se lrr. JOHN CUTTS SECRET. How a Fanner's Shrew Wife Got Left. "Is Mr. Cutts in?" asked a gentleman who, having knocked at a door, ?w?. ? ,..aw,o? #rnm or* 11 n was saiuieu uy a. " Union ?VUI ? -r per window with, "Well, what's wantin' naow?" "Is Mr. Cutts In?" "Yes, he's In or about somewhere, I suppose," she replied; "but I'm Mr, Cutts where any business Is to be done. He's Mr. Cutts eatin' and drlnkin' and sleepin' sometimes." "Well, my good woman," said the gentleman, "I think he will be Mr. Cutts for my business, too. I wish to see him." "What do you want of him," asked the shrew, thrusting her head still further out of the window. "To do something for me. But I must see him," was the reply. "Is it real business, for pay, or only a favor you want? I can let your hoss have a peck of oats, or I can direct you to the shortest road to the Four Corners, or I can?I can?why? I can do anything for you that he could, and a good deal more! I can take the money and write the receipts and pay the men, and I take care of the produce. I'm as good a judge of stock as he is, and I can't be beat on horse-flesh." "But," said the gentleman, drawing down his face solemnly, "you can't take his place now. Find him for me at once." The shrew was baffled. "Look-ahere, mister, maybe you do not know the circumstances of this case. This here farm is mine, and It was my father's afore me; and Cutts, he hain'i no more claim to it than that hen down there has. And, besides, I'm | seven years older than he is, a foot higher, and weigh twenty pounds more! What's your business on my place, if I may make so bold?" "To see and talk with your husband." replied the gentleman, getting out of his buggy and hitching h's horse to a post as if he meant to stay until he did see him. "Be you a doctor? 'Cause there ain't a living thing the matter with Cutts. He's the wellest man in town, and so be I," said this woman for the times. "No, my good woman, I'm not a doctor. Do you think your husband will be in soon? Send that boy to And him," said the stranger. The boy looked up in his mother's face?but he knew his own interests too well to start without orders. "Then you're a minister, I suppose, by your black coat. I may as well tell you and save your time, that we don't go to meeting and don't want to. It ain't no use for you to leave no tracts for nothing?for I've got a big dairy, and hain't no time to idle away readln,' and I keep him about early and late, that when he's done work he's glad to go to bed and rest." "I'm no minister, madam; I wish I was though, for your sake," said the gentleman. "Look here, mister," flow appearing at the door, and looking defiantly at him, "you're a schoolmaster huntin' up a district school, and you think he's a committee-man; but he ain't this year." "Send for your husband; I cannot wait much longer. I must see him at once." The boy started to his feet again, and looked into his mother's eye; but she gave no marching orders. "Ma'am Cutts," as the neighbors called her, dropped her hands at her side and heaved a groan. She had found a man she couldn't manage. "See here, now, mister," she said, "I can read a man right through, and I knew what you was the blessed minute I clapped my eyes on you. I can tell by your everlastin' arguln' that you are a lawyer. We hain't got no quarrels; don't want no deeds drawed or wills made, so if you're hunting a Job of my husband, you may as well onhltch your horse and drive on. We know enough to make a little money and I know enough to hold on to it." "My good woman, you entirely misunderstand my errand. I can tell no person but himself what it Is, and must tell him in confidence. If he chooses, he can break it to you the best way he can." "Oh, my goodness sake alive! Brother Lif's blowed up in the Mississippi boat, I bet! Oh, la me, the poor fellow. He left a little something, didn't he?" "I never heard of him, and nobody's blowed up,' that I know of," replied the gentleman. "Oh?now I know! You're the man what wants to go to congress, and have come here huntin' after votes. He shall not vote for you! I hate politicians. especially them that goes agin women, and thinks they were made to drudge and nothin' else! I go in for free and equal rights for white folks?men and women?for Scripture says, 'there isn't neither man or woman, but all's one in polltics.' I believe the day is comin' when such as you and me will have to bow the knee to woman, afore you can get the big place and high pay that's eatin' us up with taxes! You can't see my husband! We are goln' to the polls on the way to the mill, and I'll promise you that he votes right." "I'm no candidate, and I don't know what you are talking about. Ah! there comes the man I want." And the stranger went toward Mr. Cutts, who had Just leaped a pair of bars which led from the potato patch into the lane. Mrs Cutts Hew into the house for her sunbonnet to follow them; but by the time she got to the bars her mysterious visitor and Cutts were driving down the road. The strong minded woman shouted after her husband, "You'd better come back, I tell you!" but the wind was blowing the wrong way, and carried Ihp words Into thp nntflto natrh "Sir," said the gentleman to honest Cutts, "I have a very simple question to ask you, but I shall have to ask you in confidence. I will give you five dollars if you will promise not to repeat my words until tomorrow." "Well, sir," replied Cutts, "I shouldn't like to answer any questions that would make trouble among my neighbors. I have my hands full, I can tell you, to keep out of scrapes now; but I've done it, and hain't got an enemy in the world, as I know." "But, sir. you needn't reply to my question unless you are perfectly willing." said the stranger. "Ask your question," said Cutts, "and I will not repeat It." "Well. Mr. Cutts, I am laying fence on the Brisley place, that I have Just bought, and I was directed to inquire of you where I could buy cedar posts. A fellow In the store said, 'Cutts can tell you, if his wife will let him; but she won't. She'll insist on telling i you herself?and perhaps otfer to drive you wherever you go to order them.' " "I told them I would see you and , ask you only; and the fellows bet on it. They are to give you ten dollars, and to two or three widows In the town a cord of wood each, if I sue -3 ?kl? amaoHAM jceea in ttsiung jruu iuw i|ucouvn | , alone, and making sure your wife , does not know my business until afi ter breakfast tomorrow morning." I Cutts knew his wife's standing too well to feel very sensitive?and taki ing the bill from the stranger, he smiled, and said: i "I'll go with you to look out cedar posts, and keep dark, for the Joke's sake; but I don't know as she'll let ; me stay in the house tonight; I don't own it," replied the good-natured Cutts. "Suppose you go to the place and see to setting the posts. I will send a boy to tell her you had to go off suddenly, on a little business, and will be back In the morning," said . the stranger. i "I'll do that," replied Cutts, "for I i never quarrel with her, but let her i have her own way. I don't want to ! worry myself about trifles." ' "Good man," said the stranger, "there are no trifles In this life. The smallest act is important, and that ; easy, good nature of yours will ruin your ramuy. name mai spun luuay i ?and next Sunday take your boys and go to the house of God, whatever she says, and be a real man?at the head of your own house and family." i "It's rather late to begin," said Cutts shaking his head in a way that would have warned others from the trap in which his feet were fast. "You see the purse is hers," he added, "and that has been a crueller fetter than her will to me. But I will try to begin anew, for her good and the children's." The boy was sent with the message, but the boy wasn't sharp enough. Madam Cutts discovered the whereabouts of her lord, tackled up, and went after him. All the way home, and far into the night, she used her eloquence, both in pleadings and threatenings, to And out the mysterious errand of that hateful town nabob that had come into the country to separate happy families. But Cutts yielded himself up to a "dumb spirit" for the night, and no measures could induce him to talk on any subject, lest she should pry the mighty secret out of him. About midnight she wore herself out, and went to sleep; but at daybreak she began again. He then venured to say, "As soon as breakfast is over, I'l break the news to you." "You'll never eat a morsel In my house, I can tell you," cried Xantippe, "till you have told me what the man wanted- of you." "Then you'll wait a good while to hear it," said Cutts, "for I have vowed I'd never tell it till I had first eaten my breakfast," and with these words he went out. Ma'am Cutts endured the torture as long as possible, and then got breakfast. She called to the door to no one in particular, "Come." But Cutts didn't come. After awhile she went out to the barn, and ' found him seated on an upturned half-bushel measure, calmly peeling and eating a raw turnip. "I does seem as if this here man had possessed you! Tour breakfast Is coolln'; do come in." Here was a point gained. Cutts went in as required, and ato his breakfast. When that was over, madam settled herself back in her chair, with her face full of eager expectation, and said: "Now begin. What did that ere man want?" "He wanted some cedar posts," replied Cutts, calmly, without looking up: "and that was all." If an arrow had struck Ma'am Cutts, she could not have manifested more surprise and shame. "I am the laughing stock of this town," added Cutts, "and from this hour I turn over a new leaf. I'm henceforth the head of my family? and unless this house is made mine, I shall finish off a room in the barn? which is mine?and you will be welcome to share it with me. If not, I'll live there with my boys, and you will find me a civil neighbor." Ma'am Cutt's power was broken. Since then the farm has been called "John Cutts' place," and he's the head of the house. WANTON DESTRUCTION. Game Corralled and Driven Over Victoria Falls by Natives. F. W. Sykes, late district commissioner of the Victoria Falls, in Africa, writes an interesting article in thWide World Magazine on "The Riddle of the Zambesi." In the course of h>. narrative he gives a vivid picture of how in bygone days the natives use-1 to corral the game which crowded on the banks of the mighty river by simply driving them over the falls. Ibwezero?"the place where you find things"?is the name of a bend of the gorge less than a mile from the falls. Here the river seems to pause for a while?maybe overcome by its recent astounding leap into space. Deep green and sluggish, the water has a rotary movement, the whirl of the undertow. An hour's steep clamber will enable one to visit the small beach of white sand at its margin and return. In bygone years this spot gained its title in a strange manner. When elephant, buffalo and the larger species of antelope might be counted in their hundreds along the grassy margin of the upper river, the natives adopted the fiendish practice of driving herds of them over the lip of the falls. An organized band of hunters, provided with spears, horns and drums, would execute a sweeping movement some miles up river, driving the game before them down the left bank. In the meantime another band was stationed on the rising ground immediately above the falls. As the game approached these latter closed in. forcing the wretched brutes into the river and so causing them to be swept over the cataract. Then these noble sportsmen quietly betook themselves to Ibwezero i and there awaited the arrival of the remains of their quarry. Carried down by the current, the carcasses, reduced to pulp, in due course reached the whirlpool! here they were harpooned and dragged ashore, a harvest of meat resulting. A more revolting picture of wanton destruction could scarcely be imagined. IftiSfcUiinrous grading. ; THE NEW TARIFF BILL. | Outlook Gives Interesting Summary of ' Its Purport. The tariff bin passed the senate on ' July 8, by a vote of 45 to 34. It con- J tains about 400 paragraphs. The senate made 840 amendments to the house provisions. As the bill now stands in- ^ stead of being a revision downward as promised by the Republican party, the rates have been generally increased, all of which is to the advantage of the j1 ftiA niaffl onH an I maiiuittuiuiCI n anu me wu?w, v. Increased expense is thrown upon the consumer. The daily press of the country is seldom so solidly arrayed i against anything as it now is against this tariff bill of Mr. Aldrich's. The president has intimated that the bill will have to fulfill the promises of his 1 party, when it is ready for final adop- ' tion. ' The tariff law will be made in the ' conference between the two houses of ' congress. Until this conference meas- 1 ure shall have been reported and 1 adopted, it will be impossible to arrive ' at a final estimate of the revision accomplished. Meanwhile the "Outlook" 1 has summed up what has been done 1 by congress during the last four 1 months recognizing the enormous com- 1 plexlties of a general tariff measure and the lack of adequate information 1 available. We quote the following abstracts: ( * iaklA 1 "in tne laiier pari ui may a. uiviv was given out by the treasury department to show the amount of duty that would be paid on certain necessities of life under the Dingley law, the Payne bill, and the Aldrlch bill. On clothing valued at retail at $97, the Dingley act imposes duties to the amount of $32.12. On this same clothing, according to the table, the duties under the Payne bill would be $32.26, and under the Aldrich bill $32.05. In other words, the net result of the' revision on nearly $100 worth of medium price clothing would be to increase the tax 14 cents under the Payne bill, and to decrease it 7 cents under the Aldrlch measure. Practically the same results are disclosed on household furnishings valued at $85 included In the same table. The amount of duties under either the Payne or the Aldrich bill differs by only a few cents from that under the Dingley law. "Obviously, these figures cover only a fraction of the items of a tariff measure, so that it would be unjust to generalize from them alone. But a more careful study of the proposed revision does not materially alter the impression which these figures create. At the request of Senator La Follette, the bureau of statistics has published a valuable book comparing the senate bill, as originally reported from the committee on finance, with the Dingley law. This volume is based on the figures furnished by the finance com mittee, and makes a .showing mucn more favorable to the principle of 8 downward revision than the facts would seem to warrant. For many Increases in duty have been skilfully, concealed In changes In classification. Waiving these increases, however, the summary shows how insincere has been the senate's attempt to keep the campaign pledges. The imports of 1907, exclusive of those from Cuba and c the Philippines, have been taken as a c basis. On 751 per cent of the valua- fl tlon of imports for that year the du- s ties have been left undisturbed, on 15 8 g per cent they have been increased, on 91 per cent they have been decreased. That is. on more than 90 per cent of 8 the imports the duties have been left unchanged or raised. On less than 10 per cent they have been reduced. In J actual operation the showing would be even worse. For Instance, the book S of comparisons takes no account of the additional duty of one cent a square yard on mercerized fabrics, which constitute a large proportion of the cotton importations. It makes no allowance for the heavy increases concealed In the cotton schedules which were ex- f posed by Senator La Follette and Senator Dolllver. Further, it ignores the proposed new basis of valuation which Senator Aldrich estimates will add $6,000,000 a year to the customs receipts, and so will be equivalent to a horizontal increase of nearly lj per cent on all schedules. Against this showing the statement of the finance committee that it has made 400 decreases in schedules to only 40 increases is of small value. The decreases generally affect minor imports. The increases are important items. Thus, in the linen schedule there are 172 reductions and only one increase. But the reductions are chiefly on numerous varieties of threads and twine, on which the imports range from $2 to $500 a year. Altogether they affect imports valued slightly in excess of ^ $600,000. The single increase is on * woven fabrics, of which $5,000,000 1 worth were imported in 1907. The average decrease was 16 per cent. The 8 single increase was 27 per cent. Here s is real revision upward, where a per- 8 son glancing at the figures would naturally infer that there had been revis- * ion downward. "Unfortunately, no similar compila- 8 tion has been made for the duties in r the house bill. It contains a few spectacular reductions. Iron ore, hides, and bituminous coal are on the free list In s I he house bill, wnue in tne senate dui there is a duty of 25 cents a ton on iron ore, 15 per cent on hides, and 60 cents a ton on coal. The house duties on leather goods, lumber and lead products are materially lower than those of the senate. On cotton goods the house retains the Dingley rates as applied by the courts. The senate, under the pretext of restoring the original Dingley rates, has materially increased them above the rates now collected. On certain articles in the glass and steel schedules, and on gloves and hosiery, the senate rates are lower than those imposed by the house, and the senate has amplified the house provision for free works of art. "While no accurate compilation is available, an expert's opinion is that with nvpr nlnetv ner cent of tho im ports the house bill either leaves the c duties untouched or raises them. And this review of the bills ignores the pos- f sibility of material increases should the maximum provisions go into efTect e against one or more of the larger nations of Europe. Should France or Germany be penalized, the result would be a material increase over the duties of the existing law. F "The president has steadily refused to interfere while congress was at work on the schedule. He has assumed that his views were known and that f ll wiw uiiiictcsstti^ iu enijJiitiMize mem. Now the president's influence is llm- h Ited to the narrow field of the confer- v ence. As a result of that Influence It t Is possible that a better measure than either the Payne or the Aldrich bill may be agreed upon." Ii f Rose That Changes Its Color.?White P in the shade, red In the sun, such is the s two-fold character that has given a name to the chameleon rose, says le Petit Jardin. At night or when it Is carried into a dark room it assumes a waxlike whiteness. This does not occur abruptly, but the petals first pass through a bluish tint, which rapidly changes into a very pale rose, and finally ends by becoming the purest white. Then, if it is taken into bright sunlight, "with the greatest rapidity It resumes the scarlet tint of the most kHIlflant- nonnv This horticultural phenomenon comes from Japan, that country of magic jardens and wizard horticulturists. A PRINCESS' FLEET. Says She Does Not Admire Strongminded Women. The oldest royal blood In the world tinges with the blue of true nobility the veins of Marie Princess Valdemar }f Denmark. Her royal couslnshlps illy her closely, as we shall see, with ill the courts of Europe. "I believe," she jays, "that I am the only royal princess In the world who had no lady-ln-waltIng. It caused a great commotion when I declared my determination and when I Insisted upon it. I answer all my letters myself; whether they be from friends, from my family, from the * ?? - AAmftiAO If I a T poor or irum uuoiucna tvimco, AV AO * who respond to them. I direct my household, too," the princess continues. 'I like to keep up the old French trailtlons, I see the cook every day, and is I never let any one steal a moment >f my time, I really have leisure for 3JI I want to do." The princess wants her children to be "modern," to be "upto-date"?de leur temps, as she expresses it. Indeed, she expects them to t>e not 19th but 20th century, and you yourself, since she has had the good frace to receive you intimately, have leard her speak most freely on this lubject "Today," she says, "it is lothing to be a prince unless one is something in one-self, through one's intelligence, one's will, one's power of nltiative." Thus, for each of her sons, except for the lad who is too young, she has, says the Pall Mall Magazine, ihosen, or helped him to choose, apro!esslon in life. The eldest is to make lis career in the army; the second if. preparing for the navy?he goes to the egular naval academy with the young nen of his age; the third one Is to be l "farmer." Her husband, the Prince faldemar, is the commodore of the Danish fleet. In this way the princess became rery familiar with everything that joncerned the navy. The thought came o her that she could no nothing more >rofltable than to work for the aggranllzement and further development of he Danish merchant marine. "And his is how I accomplished it," she tells rou. "I summoned the great flnan:iers, the bankers and the business nen whom I knew to be superior, and asked them to Instruct me?to explain o me all that I did not understand retarding the formation of a stock com>any, the manipulation of funds. Once had got the plan well defined, I desided to start on business principles a egular line of boats running between icandlnavia and the Far East, and vhlch would touch at all the great ntermediary ports. My idea, or scheme, proved a good one, for the company I founded is running splenlidly; it is very prosperous and has several branches already, one in Russia." The princess has an office, not strictly her own, as it belongs to her shipping company, but she goes there ivery morning regularly and works for several hours, taking an active part in he business management of the afair. "In my office," the princess tells rou, "I am surrounded by self-made nen, and I can't tell you how, by their idmirable qualities, they inspire me vith respect. My opinion is that wonan should be as little "strongmindsd" and as much feminine as possible. FOREIGN BORN CITIZENS. dore Than Ninety Per Cent of Them Are In the North. Since 1820 the number of foreign>orn men, women and children who same to this country with a view to ocating here and becoming American dtlzens exceeds 20,000,000 souls, and luring the three years 1905, 1906 and L907 the number exceeded 1,000,000 tnnually. The last census?that of L900?disclosed that there were then iving 10,460,000 Americans of foriign birth, declares the Washington Post. Perhaps more than 90 per cent of >ur foreign-born population is at the torth. In blood, New York, Boston ind Chicago are foreign cities. It is >erhaps true that less than 50 per :ent of Ohio citizenship is made up of Vnglo Saxon blood. Wisconsin is Scandinavian and German in race, ind so is Minnesota. Before the war the institution of navery Kepi me immigrant out ui ine iouth, and labor conditions of that lection since the war have repelled ather than Invited the Teutonic emigrants of Europe, Including the Engish and Scotch. Some Irish went iouth, but they located in urban comnunltles. Doubtless it is true that here are numerous countries in Kenucky with less than a dozen foreigners each, and some of them are with>ut a single one, and the same may ie said of Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. It Is only in the states that we have lamed, and perhaps we could name thers, notably Virginia, that we must ook for the pure Anglo-Saxon. Lee's irmy had more of that blood than Marlborough or Wellington ever comnanded?more than was with Ragan In the Crimea. There was the expectancy that Lains from the south of Europe would migrate to our south, and some of hem are located in Louisiana, and a ew in other southern states but wenty of them settle at the north, vhere one Is found at the soutn. fracically all the Slavs who have come o us are north of the Mason and Dlx>n line. But a day must come, and that not listant, when there will be a great ixodus of northern farmers to south>rn plantations. A BURLESQUE HAT. rruit Basket Daily and Gaily Redecorated From Shopkeeper's Stock. A good burlesque on the fashionable reak hat of the season Is displayed iy a facetious fruiterer in his show rlndow. Suspended in the centre of he big window upside down is a large ancy straw basket with a long, curvng bale, just such a basket as fancy ruit is often packed in for gift purioses, says the New York Sun. Its hape Is almost identical with the ex treme hat8 seen occasionally on the streets. The bale represents a scarf under the supposed wearer's chin. This bale Is decorated on one side with a splashing bow of ribbon such as a fruiterer might naturally carry for doing up gift packages. On the basket itself all kinds of fruit and small vegetables are arranged as a take-oft on the fad for trimming hats with minia ture fruit. The color scheme varies each day?small bright apples and dull 1 ' 1 | Are LlBEi FA1 P r We are told repeatedly by ou 5 give them IS EVERYTHING TH 1 want money THEY GET IT. W p transaction to us to be carried J PROMPT AND MOST SATISFA X T I National I m Are walking advertisements for c tate to refer to them for a recoi ? WE KNOW OUR DUT1 7 PROMISE YOU GOOD 1 X NOT ONLY WILLING, MONEY MATTERS. X Come and do business with ui l THE NATIONAi { IT ABSOLUT! " ROCK HILL - - $ J W. J. RODDEY, President. a- : ? FAIR EXCHANGE A New Back For an Old One. How It Can be Done In Yorkv: * The back aches at times with a dull, Indescribable feeling, making you weary and restless; piercing pains shoot across the region of the kidneys, and again the loins are so lame to stoop is agony. No use to rub or apply a plaster to the back in this condition. Tou cannot reach the caufe. Exchange the bad back for a new and stronger one. Yorkville residents would do well to profit by the following example. W. M. Mooney, Gastonla, N. C., says: "For months I was subject to pains in the small of my back. I was also annoyed by Irregular passages of the kidney secretions and though I took several remedies, no benefit followed. Recently I decided to give Doan's Kidney Pills a trial and obtained a supply. The contents of one box cured me entirely and there has been no return of the trouble up to the present time. I consider Doan's Kidney Pills the best kidney remedy on the market today. I have no hesitation in advising anyone suffering from kidney trouble to use them." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?DOAN'S?and take no other. | Do You I s Know It | { j Requires 4 j 12 j | to 6 Years j to build a Stieff or Shaw piano, Sfrom the timo wo place the lum- A ber in our lumber yards until Z the piano is finished? We air- y 9 dry all our lumber and that is 7 one reason why our pianos are A L so thoroughly good. Z J The Lumber ? f In about two-thirds rl the pla- 7 0 nos made Is In virgin forests A, less than twelve months before A ? they are finished ready to sell. Z r They are made out of kiln dried y 1 lumber and this Is the principal 7 reason they will not stand and A L are so unsatisfactory after a s few years. One piano in a life- y V time is enough and if that _ piano Is a STIEFF It will. ? WRITE TODAY J | CHAS.M. STIEFF\ Manufacturer of the * ^ Stieff and Shaw, the Pianos $ ? with the Sweet Tone J ? SOUTHERN WAREROOM. g 5 W. Trade St. I 5 CHARLOTTE N. C. A ? C. H. WILMOTH, 5 L Manager. 9 j Mention this paper. J PICNIC AT FILBERT FILBERT Camp Woodmen of the World will give its Annual Picnic on SATURDAY, JULY 24. There will be some good speeches and other attractions to make the occasion pleasant and profitable. Further details will be announced later. LESSLIE SMITH, Secretary. R2 t f td. black California cherries Intermixed with foliage trimming the basket hat 4 one day, changing to pale green limes and sm9.ll, smooth skinned tomatoes the next. The colors are artistically chosen and the fruit well arranged. Below is a sign reading: "Fashionable Hat Trimmings for Sale." Women with apple and cherry hats stop and 3 look. They see the joke, laugh good- j naturedly and make room for some one else. t 1 -- ?i?i: RAL ^ And I 'ROMPTf ir customers that the treatment we j 1 EY COULD ASK. Whenever they ? < henever they entrust any business z out for them, IT IS DONE IN A fc CTORY WAY. The customers of ^ XI * ) Itdon Bank j >ur institution, and we never hesi- 3 -nmendatlon. y r TO CUSTOMERS, AND } rREATMENT. WE ARE ? | RUT WE ARE ABLE IN 5 L UNION BANK \ ! ELY SAFEU V ! 50UTH CAROLINA i | IRA B. DUNLAP, Cashier. ] STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of York. IN THE PROBATE COUHT. By L. R. Williams, Esquire, Probate Judge of York County. WHEREAS ISAAC BARRON, has 3 applied to me for Letters of Ad- 3 ministration on all and singular, the t goods and chattels, rights and credits 1 of ROBERT BARRON, late of the county aforesaid, deceased: These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred 1 and creditors of the said deceased, to J be and appear before me at our next Probate Court for the said county, to be holden at York Court House on the 28TH DAY OF JULY, 1909, to shew . cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my Hand and Seal, this 12th day of July, 1909, In the year of j our Lord one thousand nine hun- c urea una nine ana in me ia*m year a of American Independence. r L. R. WILLIAMS. I 56 t 2t Fr?PEWRri J SUPPLI] | STA 1 RIBBONS, CARB01 I FOLD PAPER, Mi | ERS, PAPER FA | Everything in F | We are carrying In stock CC RONS (for different machines) k J WHITER PAPERS of various kind j the same as desired, In different slzi % In any quantity. A We also handle TYPEWRIT X desired in NEW OR REBUILT MA | L M. GRIS DARK CORNER EVERYBODY WHO IS AN BODY WHO WANTS TO EITHER READ OR THEY THE "DARK CORNEI As descriptive of the condition.' CORNER" Is all right; but as descr tended to accomplish and the actual name is a misnomer. "The Search of the Gropers," would be a more c too long. But don't gather the idea that lecture that you are asked to read, of thrilling interest from cover to co |C or woman has ever read it yei wn 19 far out of proportion to the cost?O I W. S. GORDON, - W Those Who Are Unable to Br Friends. 4 WORD TO THE PARENTS OF YORK COUNTY Do you desire a liberal education for rour son or daughter? Consider the advantages of ER8iCINE COLLEGE, Due West, 8. C. A healthful location, good moral one. University trained men on facllty. Courses embrace Engllfh Littrature, Languages, Mathematics, Hlsory, Bible, etc. Toung men's and young women's Christian Associations. Efficient Literary Societies and Ithletic organisations. Free tuition to young ladies in Wyie Home. For illustrated catalogue, apply to J 8. MOFFATT, Due West, 8. C. CEMENT BLOCKS We are now taking orders (or makng Cement Blocks in any sise and shape (or Building Purposes, Fencing, Curbing, Cemetery Lots, etc. See us for prices. STOVE WOOD We are prepared to All orders (or Stove Wood, cut (rom slabs to stove lengths in oak and pine, at |1JX) per Load. Phone us (or Stove Wood. J. J. KELLKH ?& CO. W 8ee us for Lime, Cement, Lumber ?Rough or Dressed. LODGE EMBLEM CARDS THE JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT OF THE ENQUIRER OFFICE IS PREPARED TO FURNISH DN SHORT NOTICE ADDRESS CARDS FOR ALL LODOB8 ' AND SOCIETIES. The Cards are ot good quality ot stock and the design or emblem of the order Is embossed in appropriate :olors and gold. The Price for 100 Cards, including Printing of Name ind V'lmrs nrwl Nnml'jm rtf I Is $1.50. Hall Orders will receive prompt attention. We can furnish Emblem Cards for the following Fraternal Orders: Bine Lodge, F. and A. BI. Royal Arch Masons. F. & A. M. and R. A. BC. combined. Knights Templar. Shrine and Snrine combinations. K. T., R. A. M., and F. A A. M. Woodmen of the World. Jr. O. V. A. M. If you are a member of a Secret Drder you should have Cards giving rout- name and the lodges to which rou belong. Cards are especially desirable when traveling, and make food souvenirs of good times. Address L M. GRIST'S SONS JOB PRINTING DEPT. YORKVTLLE ? ? ? & O. CLOTHES oLBAirnro. 1AM prepared to clean gentlemen's clothes and ladles' skirts In a thormghly satisfactory manner, at reasonable prices. Work may be sent dl ect to my home or left at W. E. Ferruson's store. Mrs. R. R MoCLAXN. - ... * < ?rxevK>sx*xe<?rve<wxe*i rER ES AND ' TTfWF.RY i v paper, mani- 1 \nuscript cov- a isteners. ::::: j teliable Goods. j 4 < >LCMBIA TYPEWRITER RIB- J IND CARBONS, and TYPE Is and weights, and can furnish j 68, PRINTED OR UNPRINTED j ERS, and can furnish anything K CHINES on short notice. % rsjqn^j , THE DARK CORNER. THE DARK- CORNER. THE DARK CORNER. THE DARK CORNER. THE DARK CORNER. THE DARK CORNER. THE DARK CORNER. THE DARK CORNER. THE DARK CORNER. THE DARK CORNER THE DARK CORNER THE DARK CORNER ' THE DARK CORNER THE DARK CORNER THE DARK CORNER THE DARK CORNER % YBODY AND EVERYBE SOMEBODY, HAS ARE GOING TO READ I." 4 i it portrays, the name "DARK iptive of the purpose it was inI results that It is attaining, the light of Troth on the Pathway ^ omprehensive name were It not it Is a dull sermon or a curtain Far from It The book is full ver. It's a love story. No man hout deriving benefit that was VT.V *< AA A rnDV X1AJX f t.W i\ wr *? H - Yorkville, S. C. I iy Should Borrow From Their I