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^tumorous 5 cpart went. Didn't Understand Him. There was a circus In a Missouri river town, and a drummer, who was in a town four miles further down the river, wanted to get to it The steamboat had left and there was no rig to be had. The drummer went to the river and found a negro sitting in a skiff. "That your boat?" he asked the negro. "Yassir." "Want to rent it?" "Yassir." "How much for the afternoon? I want to go up to the circus." " 'Bout foah bits, boss." "All right. Can you row?" "What's dat?" "Can you row?" "No, suh. 'Deed, I caln't do nuffln' laik dat, boss." "Well, dodgast you, get In the stern there. Tou can do that, can't you?" "Yasslr." The drummer took the oars, and after he had rowed about two miles against current was tucked out. He threw down the oara and said: "I can't pull this boat another Inch. I don't care if I never get to that circus. You're a fine boatman not to be able to row." The negro looked at the drummer with quickening intelligence. "Does -?.. ?- ?">? monliwl mn fr\ mill Horn >UU Ilioail J vu n atikVU uiv %w %.w? oars, boss?* "Sure I do. I ajked you If you could row and you said you couldn't" "'Deed, boas," said the negro, '1 thought you done ast me could I roah? roah like a lion."?Philadelphia Record. Quit* Harmless.?Senator James B. Frazier, at a banquet In Chattanooga, said of a certain lawsuit: "The discussion was misunderstood. Harmless, it gave an Impression of harm. It reminds me of Mountain View Beach. "A young matron, her unmarried sister and her little daughter sat at one side of the long table at a Mountain View hotel, and opposite them sat a meek young minister that the child, for some unknown reason, greatly feared. "One evening the young mother wanted to go to the beach to see some firework* with her sister, but the little girl refused to be left alone. She screamed and wept So it was decided to frighten her Into submission by means of a trick. "For this purpose the young sister slipped out then came and knocked at the bedroom door, and said in a ferocious bass voice: " 'What's the matter in there?' "The child stopped crying and looked frightened. Her mother said: " 'Hush. That's the parson. Now will you go to sleep?' "This trick succeeded. Mother and sister got off to the fireworks. Everything seemed well. "But at dinner the next day, during a silence that had fallen on the long table, the little girl looked over at the young minister and said tauntingly in her shrill, loud voice: " 'Ah, you knocked at mother's door last night and she wouldn't let you in!'"?Detroit Free Press. His Receipt A southern banker recently told the following about his 8-year-old son: The boy had been Invited to spend a week with rjme little friends In the country. "Stay and keep me company, Jack," said his mother. "Father goes traveling this week, and I shall be all alone. Here is a $5 bill for you instead of the visit." Jack promptly closed with the offer, and the banker as promptly borrowed the $5 at current Interest, thereby keeping, as he observed when telling the story, both the boy and the money in the family. Some two months later Jack wanted to recall the loan. "What $5 do you mean?" asked the banker. "Why. the $5 I gave you." "I haven't any $5." "But I grave It to you. Mother, didn t I give him $5? You saw me." "I certainly did," she replied. "Where's your receipt, then?" demanded his father. "Do you mean to say you've been lending money without getting black and white to show for itr "Mammie," said the boy, appealing to his nurse, "didn't I give papa $5?" "You poh' little lamb!" Indignantly exclaimed the old woman. "Co'se you done gib it to him, honey." "There, papa," said the budding lawyer, triumphantly, "there's the black and white of It."?Delineator. False Doctrine. The late Dr. Theodore Wolf, professor of chemistry at Delaware college, set officeholders a rare example ol unselfishness by having his fees as state chemist greatly reduced on the ground that they were exorbitant. "Dr. Wolf," said a Newark man, "was a delightful lecturer. I often dropped In to the college to hear him. I'll never forget one of his lectures on quack medicines. "He told us about an early patient of his, a man who dosed himself with about a half peck of pills and two or three gallons of quack medicine every I week. i "There was nothing the matter with | the fool but all this silly medicine 6 swilling and Dr. Wolf told him so, B but It did no good. "Then Dr. Wolf appealed to the ? man's wife to stop him, but she declared that It couldn't be done. She had quoted at him again and again she said, the verse in the liturgy that pointed out his sin and? " 'But where,' Interrupted Dr. Wolf, bewildered, 'where does the liturgy say anything against taking quack medi cine r "She was prompt with her reply? " 'From all false doctoring: . good Lord, deliver us.'"?Seatle PostIntelllgencer. Why They Grinned.?Mr.-.. Grant was undoubtedly the disciplinarian In the family, and Mr. Grant, who was a very busy lawyer, was regarded by the two children as one of themselves, subject to the laws of "Mother." But one day Mrs. Grant became very 111, and at luncheon Mr. Grant, who felt that the children were already showing signs of "running wild," felt obliged to reprimand them. "Gladys," he said, "stop that immediately or I shall have to take you from the table and spank you." Instead of making the Impression he had fondly hoped to do, he saw the two little imps glance in a surprised manner at each other and then simultaneously a gn*in broke over the faces of both culprits, and Gladys said In a voice of derisive glee: "Oh, George, hear father trying to talk like mother!"?Lippincott's. jjUiscrllancous ilfading. THE COUNTRY EDITOR. Interesting Appreciation By the Late John A. Johnson. Some time ago, Gov. John A. Johnson of Minnesota, news of whose sad death reaches us just as we axe going to press, prepared an article for the Youth's Companion on "The Country Editor," and it appeared in the issue of September 9, of that paper. He had written out of the practical experiences of his own life, having been editor for years of a weekly paper at St. Peter, Minn. He says: If I were asked the main point of difference between the rural and the urban editor, I should say it is largely s matter of personality. In the one caee the personality is the chief asset; in the other it is no longer appreciable. Few of the great city newspapers print the names of their editors, and often no one knows their guiding spirits. The editorial page is regarded as the expression of the paper, not as the conviction of a person. Almost unconsciously the great newspapers have undergone a process of eliminating the incivldual. As a whole they have not deteriorated in literary quality; on the contrary, we have bet.er newspapers. The editorials are just as sound and the news features Just as interesting?but the man behind is no longer visible. In the country the editor lives "near to nature's heart." He is part and parcel of the community life. Everybody knows him. When he chronicles the arrival of the "bouncing boy," or when he extends condolences to "the bereaved family," those interested feel the gentle touch of a friendly hand. He records triumphs and successes in the spirit of participation; his chronicle of vicissitudes and struggles and sorrows has the element of personal sympathy. In its general aspect the country town is not different from the large city. ' Here there are the same divisions and strata of society; the same social and political problems; the same surges of ambition; the same world-old combat of greed and power ? nhlimlnr Q nS aolf- TPStTftI n t. But in the country town a common bond of sympathy runs through all the elements of social life. In the last analysis the newspaper is a mirror, reflecting the hopes and aspirations, the trials and tribulations of the people it serves. The country community is bound with a closer intimacy, and for that reason the attitude of its newspapers is necessarily more provincial and paternal. No Mystery About Him. The environment and the duties of the country editor tend to make him a fair critic and safe judge of men and measures, for the nature of his work accustoms him to weigh opinions in the even balance. Unlike the lawyer, always a special pleader, or other professional men confined by a narrow outlook on a single phase of life, the editor Is the impartial recorder and reviewer, seeking the truth. The lawyer has an easy road to fame compared with that of the editor. As ex-President Cleveland set forth in his last article in the Companion, there is an air of mystery surrounding 1n?? U1C lllinuttuco U1 me Ian. 1110 WAlgencles of the profession required the lawyer to be a ready and fluent speaker, and this power Is an aid to prominence In public affairs. There Is nothing mysterious about the country editor?unless It be the source of his Income! The school teacher, the minister, the young college graduate, and numerous other people about the town know, or think they know, how to run a newspaper better than does the editor. He is not always given the opportunity for training as a public speaker, and the nature of hl3 work in a measure unflts him for quick thinking and clear expression before people. His composition is of slower process and Is done In the quiet of the sanctum, where only the rhythmic throb of the presses and the gentle click of the type are heard. But the Influence of the writer is more lasting than that of the orator, and even for temporary purposes is often as great. The degree of success In either case is, of course, largely a matter of ability, but frequently when a community finds itself In position to confer the mark of greatness upon one of Its number, it will lay the laurel crown " H.A A# t^A AJUA? AAA..MA^ tl,A Clt II1U iCt t KJL kite VUllUl piv* 1UCU llic lawyers arc all busy, or do not happen to be looking when the call comes. Then, too, the lawyer has the advantage of a professional training, which seldom is vouchsafed to the edlitor. There is no school for country journalism, and the editor usually acquires his knowledge and experience In the hard school of the country printing office, advancing to the successive stages of the work as ability and opportunity allow. But, after all, prominence and applause are not always a Just measure of the success which men attain; there are victories along "the cool sequestered vale" no less Important than the victories achieved in "the madding crowd's iernohle strife " Although the average editor Is prone to regard himself in the light of "a mute, inglorious Milton," the profession has contributed very largely to public life. It has often been said that Minnesoto is governed by the country editor. This may not be strictly true, but certainly the "fourth estate" is more numerously represented there In public places than In any other commonwealth. A State Where Editors Rule! The governor, his private secretary and executive clerk are country newspaper men; so are the labor commissioner, the executive agent of the game and fish commission, the state oil inspector, the state librarian, the secretary and assistant secretary of suiie, me assistant iaDor commissioner, the state fire warden, the assistant fire marshal, the deputy public examiner, the secretary of the dairy and food commission, the assistant clerk of the supreme court, the secretary of the board of control. Both political parties have recognized the capability of the country editor for official position from the earliest history of the state, and he has always been an active force in legislative councils and in the minor places under the national and state governments. Then, too, there is glory enough in i 4 Txrv??+ ju?i utfiug an fu.uu. >v iku juuuk journalist has not held up to his flushed and eager eye the editorial page of his first issue and gazed proudly upon the name next preceding the words, "editor and proprietor?" When the years roll by, and the struggles of adversity are not always | sweetened by the plums of fame and fortune, he may lose the elasticity of youthful pride and valn-glory, but through the shadows there beams still the same belief in the loftiness of his profession. The country printing office Is pro line 01 luaieruua euuauuua, uiu ukuj a laugh has been provoked at the expense of the editor or reporter uncertain of his facts. Some fifteen years ago a newcomer from Iowa started a Democratic paper In a little town in southern Minnesota. A campaign was in progress, and a one-legged man, habitually attired in a blue suit, was the candidate for register of deeds. It was easy to think of him as a veteran of the civil war, and the local paper of which I speak published a vigorous eulogy of the old soldier, urging the election of "the deserving veteran who left a limb on a southern battlefield." The chagrin of the editor may be Imagined when his Republican contemporary came out the next week * - *- ~ tKn /"? Q nrll _ wun me lniunuanuu uw uk date had never been a soldier, and that his leg was taken oft by a ciderpress in Pennsylvania ten years after the war had closed. The story is toid that soon after Chief Justice Chase assumed the gubernatorial chair in Ohio, he Issued his proclamation appointing Thanksgiving day. To make sure of being orthodox the governor composed his proclamation almost entirely of passages from the Bible, which he did not designate as quotations, assuming that every one would recognize them and admire thd fitness of the words, as well as his taste in selection. The proclamation meeting the eye of a Democratic editor, he pounced upon it at once and declared that he had read it before. He could not say exactly where, but he would take his oath that it was a downright plagiarism from beginning to end. That would have been a pretty fair joke, but the next day a Republican editor came out valiantly In derense or ine governor, pronounced the charge libelous and challenged any man living to produce one single line of the proclamation that had appeared in print before. That venality exists in the newspaper profession it would be idle to deny. Unfortunately, men have gained admission to the privileges of the profession who are utterly incapable of understanding its duties or assuming its responsibilities, and such men will probably continue in the work, for no rigid standard of moral qualification can be applied. The Intimate Country Newapaper. But these are the excrescences that afflict all the higher callings and they are not so numerous as to affect ma"" V?1?V* ofort/lor/i mhlph fhp ICI iailJ' lilC 111511 ob?im?M m T? ...W.. ?w newspaper profession as a whole maintains by the devotion to duty and high Ideals of the great body of its members. The greatest service the newspaper performs is the championship of measures that concern the masses of the people. Every good cause instinctively seeks its aid with absolute confidence. The rural press, because of its more intimate relations to the community, and because it is less likely to be influenced by mercenary or sordid considerations, exercises relatively a deeper influence than its more pretentious urban contemporary. The editor has opportunity to study at closer range the men whose fame he fashions and is more independent and impartial in the discussion of public questions. Like the other public agencies which enter so largely into the everyday life of the country town, the newspaper is reaching for and attaining a higher position. There is less of party rancor ana personal aouae. Where once the editor regarded his rival as an avowed enemy, deserving only of contumely and hatred, there are now almost invariably personal friendship and a desire to work in harmony for the common good. Has His Foibles and Failings. The country editor has his foibles and failings, along with the rest of mankind. He is human and is likely to be a little kind to the virtues and blind to the faults of his political and personal friends. It is difficult for him, as It is for other mortals, to make general application of rules of conduct, for often he is confronted by local conditions and party necessities which dictate a different course from that which his judgment tells him ought to be pursued. There is forbearance for these lapses, even though they ar^ indefensible. As the ethics of the press reach a higher standard the public appreciation of its services becomes enlarged, and on the part of both editor and public is coming about a better understanding of the responsibilities, limitations and rights of the newspaper. No longer has it a brief to slander and vilify, but it has the light to criticise people and policies when the public good warrants. As a general rule, the editor holds his enthusiasm in decent restraint and by fair and manly rebuke gives the cause' he champions greater impetus than could possibly be had by the old methods of vituperation. The independence of the editor has been a potent agency in political and government reforms during the past decade. He no longer follows his party, right or wrong. The fear of party ostracism does not make afraid. The courageous editor has taught general recognition of the doctrine that political parties can no longer thrust upon a decent constituency a disreputable candidate or a dishonest public measure. To last long?with liberty and wealth?is the greatest problem to be solved by the modern state, and the newspaper is and always will be in the van of progress. That the moral uplift everywhere apparent has reached a higher and more general recognition away from the great centers of population is a tribute to the power of the country newspaper. Out in the purer air, away from the strife and struggle of city life, the people have more time and better opportunit; to measure the problems that vex and fret. The American Union has endured aiK1 will endure so long as liberty lasts. Its institutions will grow and ; flourish and manhood and womanhood will reach the highest civilization, be cause in mis country mere is iiDerty i of speech and action and every incentive to virtue and honor in the path i our fathers blazed. Good and evil, ; joy and sorrow, truth and falsehood ] will always exist, but the heart of the ] great American public has ever yearned for the better and brighter way. < The countr yeditor is one of the agen- ' cles ever at work pointing out the ] stars that shine behind the clouds. ( <it? The poorest marksman sometimes hits the nail on the head. 1 JSrtfrtfd fortnj. WHEN OLD AGE COMES. If God grant me old age, I would see some things finished; some outworn; Some stone prepared for builders yet unborn. Nor would I be the sated, weary sage Who sees no strange new wonder in each morn, And with me there on what men call the shelf Crowd memories from which I cull the best? And live old strifes, old kisses, some nld Ip.st: For If I be no burden to myself I shall be less a burden to the rest. If God gTant you old age, I'll love the record writ In whitened hair, I'll read each wrinkle wrought by patient care. As oft as one would scan a treasured page. Knowing by heart each sentence graven there, I'd have you know life's evil and life's good, And gaze out calmly, sweetly on It allSerene with hope, whatever may befall; As though a love-strong spirit ever stood With arm about you, waiting any call. If God grant us old age, I'd have us very lenient toward our kind, Letting our waning senses first grow blind TnwaM sins that vouthful zealots can engage, While we hug closer all the good we And. I'd have us worldly foolish, heaven wise, Each lending each frail succor to withstand, Ungrudging, ev'ry mortal day's demand, While fear-fed lovers gaze in our old eyes, And go forth bold and glad and hand in hand. ?Burges Johnson, in Harper's. BIG JOB FOR FREEMAS0N8. The Suggestion to Rebuild Solomon's Temple. The suggestion coming not long ago from Boston, that the Freemasons of the world should unite in rebuilding the Temple of Solomon at Jerusalem, moves the Illustrated London News to wonder whether the originators of the scheme have counted the cost Of course the interest of the Masons is due to the belief that their order was founded by King Solomon and that he was its first Grand Master. But that claim would perhaps not seem very weighty to the Moslems, to whom the site of the great temple now belongs. It Is now occupied by the HaremBah-Shereef, "the noble sanctuary." To the Moslem this place is only less sacred than Mecca and Medina, for it is believed to cover the rock which is regarded by them as the centre of the earth, the spot from which Mahomet started when he visited Heaven. Aside from the difficulty of persuading the Moslem world to yield one of its most sacred spots to the Boston Freemasons, there would seem to be something too stupendous even for bean fed audacity in the idea of building another Solomon's temple. Just by way of showing what the suggestion Involves, It may be remarked that Solomon had 30,000 men out cutting timber for his new church. They were divided into three shifts. Ten thousand went to Mount Lebanon for one month and were two months at hbme. There were 70,000 men who carried the stones and there were 80,000 stone cutters in the mountains. These men had 3,300 foremen. Stonecutters quarried enormous block, several cubits each way, for the founda i"-" lAfMvtkAM Knfnro tiv&JOf tuiu 111 ecu euciii ivgbiuui wv^vtv they were taken to Jerusalem. In this work they were aided by workmen sent by Hiram, King of Tyre. The Temple was divided Into two portions?the main building, "the House of God," and the subsidiary buildings by which it was surrounded. The main building was rectangular In shape?60 cubits long, 20 cubits broad and 30 cubits high; taking the cubit at 18 inches, 90 feet, 30 feet and 46 feet respectively. The walls of the llrst story were between 9 and 10 feet thick; those of the second 7J feet, of the third story 7j feet and of the fourth story, 6 feet. On three sides, north, west and south, the Temple was surrounded by a side building in three stories containing side chambers. The height of each story from floor to ceiling was 71 feet. The number of side chambers is given by Ezeklel as 30 or 33 for each story. They were small, used for the storage of Temple furniture, etc. The Temple was surrounded by a court? the inner court. This was surrounded by a wall of three courses of hewn stone surmounted by a course of cedar beams. The entire citadel was enclosed by the great court. In front of the Temple stood the two pillars made by Hiram of Tyre and called Jachln (meaning "to establish") and Boaz ("in strength"). They were about 36 feet high, hollow and of brass four fingers thick. Round about them was network interwoven with small palms made of brass, to which wehe hung 300 pomegranates in two rows. They were made hollow that they might be used as receptacles for documents, etc. Such columns were quite common in the temples of Baal. Near the columns was the Molten Sea, so named on account of its size. It was 15 feet In diameter and Just half as high. It was said to have been capable of containing 2,000 "baths" or 16,010 gallons. It was made of brass or copper captured by David from Tlbhath and Chun, cities of Hadarezar, King of Zobah. The brim was wrought "like the brim of a cup with flowers of lilies;" that is, curved outward like a lily or a lotus flower. It stood on twelve oxen over life sized, three turned to each corner of the heavens and all looking outward. It was a hand breadth thick, about four Inches. How the "sea" was filled or emptied is not stated, am lot?ara n o /I m no'lilo r J. lICi C ncic icn id t vi Oj viuauiaueuiMt in shape, supported on wheeled wagons 6 feet long, 6 broad and 4J high. The lavers were used for the water with which the entrails of the beasts used for burnt offerings were cleaned, and also their feet. The lavers on the wagons came nearly up to the level of the great brazen altar. In the forecourt?due east from the temple entrance?stood the great altar of burnt offerings. It was made of brass, was 30 feet long, 30 feet broad and 15 feet high. To the service of the altar belonged a great many utensils of brass. It is stated in Chronicles that the ivhole temple was overlaid with gold, rhe quantity of gold for the most holy house?the oracle?was 600 talents. If Lhe same system was adopted in the luter part 2,700 talents must have been i equlred. It is difficult to estimate the > value of the gold, for the Babylonian gold talent was worth ?6,150 il "heavy," and ?3,075 if "light." If "heavy," the gold used in the oracle was worth ?3,690,000; and that in the other part of the temple, ?16,605,000. The value of the whole of the gold used in the temple, the thickness of the gold on the wainscoting, and the value of the precious stones used are The golden ornaments Included the great candlestick with seven lights, symbols of the divine presence; seven being the number of perfection. Ten reduced copies of this candlestick were made and ranged on each side of the altar of incense. Besides these there were the ark, to hold the tables of the law, the table for the shewbread, candlesticks, censers, tongs, snuffers, knives, extinguishers, trays, vases and other utensils for trimming and making the lights and fires, in number unknown; also basins, spoons, censers, entry for the house, inner doors of the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple. There were a great number of tables. One was large and made of gold, and on it were set the loaves of God. There were 10,000 others that resem Died tins, tor tne viais ana cups. ? nvae of gold were 20,000 and those of silver 40,000. There were 10,000 candlesticks, according to the command o 1 Moses, one of which was dedicated foi the temple that it might burn in the daytime. There were 60,000 gold basins, 120,000 silver ones, 20,000 gold censers, 180,000 pouring vessels?in short, there was enough of an establishment to keep Boston hustling for some time to come. MONEY THAT'8 LEGAL TENDER. Paying Debt* With CertificatesGreenbacks and Foreign Coins. Officially, there are Just ten kinds oi money <n circulation in the United States. Do you know which of those are legal tender and in what amount 1 It may bo that "all money looks alike to you/' but there's a difference, and telow is the list: OnW nnlna atanHflrd silver dollars. subsidiary sliver, g< Id certificates, silver certificates, treasury notes (1890), United States notes (greenbacks), national bank notes, nickel coins, and bronze coins. Looking upon this formidable classification of United States money as made by the treasury department, it becomes more formidable when it is considered from the highly technical point of view as a legal tender. Seme of the most imposing of this paper currency is not a legal tender at all, while as to the minor coins they are legal tender in such small amounts as to startle the average layman. It may be well to recall to this layman that the term "legal tender" owes its significance to the fact that in payment of debt or obligation of any kind it can be forced upon the creditor "in full of all demands. Gold certificates, silver certificates and national bank notes, of which such enormous numbers circulate everywhere, are not legal tender. If * on/1 Kf VA11 you nave piouiy ui uium;, m>u u j have forced Jones to sue you In order to get Judgment, Jones can turn down every one of these bills tendered In payment and force you to dig up something better. Should Jones do such a thing, you might conceive the Idea of fixing him by unloading a whole lot of sliver coins upon him. But you want to know what you're doing there, too, for he'll take only $10 worth of halves, quarters and dimes, while as to nickels and copper cents, only 25 cents value is legal tender. But as to the standard silver dollar, there's no limit upon your shovelling them out to Jones. This old "dollar of our dads," still is the real thing In all business transactions unless some clause in a contract has provided otherwise. Jones may refuse the silver certificates, but when you dig up the metal dollar, they go unquestioned at their face value. And 1,000 of them weigh 58.92 pounds. Treasury notes of the act of 1890 are legal tender to their face value in payment of all debts, public and private, unless expressly stipulated In the contract. Strictly speaking, the United States nntM or ereenbacks are legal tender, with the exception of duties on imports and interest on the public debt. Practically, however, since the resumption of specie payment in 1879, greenbacks have been received freely and without question by the government, though the law respecting them hasn't been changed. While the gold and silver certificates are not legal tender as between Individuals, both issues are receivable for all government dues of whatever kind, in this respect legally more acceptable than is the greenback. National Dante notes, wnne noi icgai tender and not receivable for duties on imports, still may be paid by the government for salaries and all debts of the government except Interest dues and in redemption of the national currency. By special enactment no foreign coin of any kind or denomination shall be a legal tender in the United States, so that If sometime the street car conductor does balk at the chance Canadian dime fished from your pocket, keep cool and dig for something that Is United States?Chicago Tribune. Lamest Animal In the World. According to the London Globe, .what is claimed as the largest animal in the world is represented by a colossal skeleton in the museum of Christ Church, New Zealand. This is the remains of a large, specimen of the blue whale stranded on the coast of that country. This whale is probably the largest of all living animals. The length of the skeleton is 87 feet, and the head alone is 21 feet. The weight of the bones is estimated at nine tons. This gigantic whale gets its name of blue whale from the dark bluish gray of its upper surface. The tinge of yellow on its lower part has led to the name "sulphur bottom," by wnich it is known on the western side of the Atlantic. It is otherwise known as Sibbald's roqual (Balenoptera sibbaldll.) The chief food of this gigantic animal is a small marine crustacean (Thysanopoda inermls), known to the whalers as "krll." Another species of the same shrimplike group has been obtained in thousands rrom me stomachs of mackerel caught on the Cornish coast. The nearly related opossum shrimps found In enormous numbers in the Greenland seas form the chief food of the common whale. Some of the thysanopoda are phosphorescent and contribute to the luminosity of the sea. AUSTRALIAN DING08. Treacherous and Destructive Animals That Can Feign Death. There are some who believe, though the evidence seema agr.inst them, that , certain of wild dogs, like the Australian dingo?"yellow dog dingo, always hungry, dusty In the sun"?are reversions to the wild state of a race once tame, Just as the pariah dogs of various centuries have traveled half the road toward becoming wild animals again. As one sees the dingo here in the gardens it looks not merely like a domesticated dog, but like a dog of a distinctly engaging and amicable kind. The dingo's character belles its gentle looks. "Quarrelsome, sly and treach A i hflfl erous, ail AUSllttuail uaiuiaiwt called it. So sly Is it that, according to Mr. Beddard in "The Cambridge Natural History," it feigns death "with such persistence than an individual has been known to be partly flayed before moving" and so treacherous that In the days when dlngos were more commonly kept as pets by the colonists than, as a result of bitter experience, is the case today it was no unusual thing for the dog which had been brought up with every tenderness from puppyhood to turn suddenly on its , master or mistress, or, what was more | frequent, when left in temporary charge of an empty house to seize the opportunity to raid the sheepfold or the poultry runs. On such occasions it "ravens" even ' as the wolf, killing not to satisfy its hunger, but in the unrestralnable fury of a brute instinct, so that, given time enough, it will not leave one fowl or one sheep alive. 'That it does not need much time, moreover, is shown by the statement of Thomas Ward that "one dingo in the course of a few hours has been known to destroy several score of sheep." For its fighting , ability the same authority declares it to be a match for most domestic dogs of double its size. J When wild it hunts In packs, which are said sometimes to include as many ! as a hundred individuals, though from ' oi? tn o iinr.pn in the common number. and the only Aus'rallan animal which ' It is uncertain 11 the pack can ever pull down Is (In spite of Mr. Kipling) ' the "old man" kangaroo.?London Times. C08T OF LIVING CLIMB8. But Most Trust Pricss Ars Said to Be Left Far Behind. The coat of living, which has been | Increasing so rapidly for most of the last thirteen years Is again advancing from the slightly lower levels brought by the depression of 1908. All through | the past summer the prices of the necessaries of life have been slowly advancing, reaching on August 1, the highest figure reported for that date save one in 1907. The average cost of supplies practically every household must buy has Increased over 49 per cent since 1896, but the Review of Reviews remarks that It Is "rather Interesting" to note In the Bradstreet statistics that the commodities controlled by the trusts have generally shown a smaller in| crease In price than the average. Thus refined Detroleum sold In 1896 for 7.8 cents a gallon and the wholesale price now la 8| cents. Sugar cost In 1896 42 cents a pound as* cost 4.86 cents. Anthracite coal In 1896 cost $4.25 a ton and la now $4.90. The Bradstreet agency has selected 106 articles of domestic consumption and has kept a careful record of their prices month by month for seventeen years. The highest point ever reached was In March 1907, after which came the moderate slump caused by the financial disturbances of that year. We are now marching steadily back toward this high record and the August figures are only 6.8 per cent below It. Some of the Individual cases of increased coat are much more Impressive than the average. Rubber has advanced from 81 cents a pound in 1896 to 81.98 a pound now; pork from 88.26 a barrel to 821.76; eggs from 12) cents a dozen to 28 cents; mutton from 6) cents a pound to 17 cents; corn from 34 cents a bushel to 80 cents; wheat from 64 cents a bushel to 81.20, and so forth. The figures given are wholesale prices and as a rule the advance to the ultimate consumer has been decidedly greater.?New York Sun. Built on Honor SIaid an Merit Baltimore, - Maryland Southern Wareroom 5 West Trade Steet Charlotte, N. C. C. H. WILMOTH, Manager ?ra ? There are no lfs and ands about our guarantee, and no rebate schemes about our sales. We prefer to believe that our customers are sensible people in search of a square deal, and we make it our business to treat them as such. When you buy a Stieff Piano you get what you pay for, and pay for what you get. Experienced buyers know that this constitutes the only bargain you can count on?all other bargain forms are gambles, and the purchaser is usually toe loser. norieaiy may not be the best policy, but years of practice convince us that it is good enough. If you contemplate the purchase of a piano, don't fall to examine the StlelT. A showdown Is our delight. Chas. M. Stieff HANUFACTURER SECUF SINE RANK CD THE MOST IMPORT Qj Investment of Money I r.t.l Your money might be earning l^but unless you feel that it is UJ enjoy that peace of mind th; their funds deposited in a well 3S5 The wide Banking exp m NATIONAL UNION BANl pjs of its Directors and the carefi count, assures patrons of thii THE NATI01 ABSOL1 ROCK HILL W. J. 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Wireless has come to stay; the Wireless telegraph business Is rapidly developing, and wireless Is the livest wire In the Investment held today; wireless stock has advanced 200 per cent and more In the past year. A copy of the September Issue of Wireless will be sent free as a sample to any adult upon request Address WIRELESS, P. O. BOX 60B, CHARLESTON. S. C. No. 9533. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Office of Comptroller of the Currenoy. Washington, D. C., Sept 7, 1909. Whereas, by satisfactory evidence presented to the undersigned. It has been made to appear that "THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SHARON," In the Town of Sharon, In the County of York, and the State of South Carolina, has complied with all of the provisions of the Statutes of the United States, required to be complied with before an association shall be authorized to commence the business of Banking: Now therefore, I, Willis J. Fowler, rw>nntv and Artlnir f!omntrnller of the Currency, do hereby certify that "THE FIRST NATIONAL. BANK OF SHARON," In the Town of Sharon, In the County of York, and State of South Carolina, Is authorized to commence the business of Banking as provided In Section Fifty-one hundred and sixty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States. In testimony whereof, witness my hand and seal of office, this seventh day of September, 1909. [Seal] WILLIS J. FOWLER, Deputy and Acting Comptroller of the Currency. Sept 10 f.t Nov. 10. ^ *2* 41 *2" 4s 4* *4* *4* *4* *4* *4* *4* *4 M REBi \ TYPEW \ ALL IM 5 WE BEG TO ANNOUNCE TO ? BUYERS THAT WE ARE NOW * REBUILT TYPEWRITERS OF A J ARE MOST ATTRACTIVE. AM' /C NISH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING (J Nos. 2, 6, 1 and 8 REMINGTt Xos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 SMT1 A mlers Xos. 2 and 4, we can furnl X TrI-chrome Ribbon Attachments. Nos. 2, 3 and 5 OLIVERS?VI f Nos. 1, 2 and 3 UNDERWOOl C Nos. I and 2 L. C. SMITH'Sf Nos. 1 and 2 MONARCHS?VI Nos. 1, 2, 4 and 5 DEXSMOR] d Nos. 3, 4, 10. 23 and 24 FOXp writing with either solid or bi-chr V Also any of the following: ] WILLIAMS. NEW CENTURY, IL4 L CAGO, PITTSBURG VISIBLE, B. y These machines we offer In tw CLASS AA?For Direct Compei P ?The machines in this class are X spect, every worn piece Is renewed V platen roll, newly nickeled and em are made as goods as a NEW rm A equal to NEW machines in Durabil x will save you $20 to $30. Rubber b metal cases. " CLASS A?The machines In tl ? dealers throughout the country offe 2 are the product of honest workmi pearance and most excellent In pol ed to meet the demand for hlgh-gr ? ers. They are reflnished, renlckeU Cnew' roller, new ribbon, adjusted at bottom. Rubber covers with all mi X If you want to buy a TYJ>E\N W and tell us what you want, we c P order and Our Prices will please yot Besides REBUILT TYPEWRH ? ER PAPERS In various weights, J PAPERS, TYPEWRITER RIBBON | L. M. Gri J YORKVILI "f f' f T "1? t MTY I * INC- I ANT FACTOR In the ? s SECURITY - ? large dividends at high rates; ^ Absolutely Safe, you cannot at comes to those who have -organized Bank. ~ erience of the officers of Thp [, the high financial standing rjQ nl attention given to each ac. 13 1. A DCS-IT TTTP OPPTT PlS A 5 U <11 IIS. ADOUL<U X VJi^V U" isited. jS iAL UNION BANK [JTELY SAFE - SOUTH CAROLINA t. IRA B. DUNLAP, Caahhr. Checks for Cotton > Will Be Cashed By This Bank FREE OF CHARGE * For Its Friends and Customers No Matter On What Point ^ ... Drawn The Bank of Glover, m oxjOVBR, m. o. """ I Write Fire Insurance In placing your fire insurance you will not go wrong It you have It insured in one of the dosen time tried and fire tested companies represented "? m. V ah nan than faol uHSUJ that in case your property is either destroyed or damaged by Are you will & receive every dollar to which you are entitled. IF YOU CONTEMPLATE BUILDING a new structure of any description and desire Information as to bow to proceed In order to be entitled to the lowest rate on the proposed structure, I A shall be pleased to furnish you with same. It Is to your interest to have the Information as the probability of a fire will be reduced to the minimum, and I will furnish It whether you propose Insuring or not. I write Livd 8tock Insurance. It if good In case of death from any cause. ? See me about it y. SAM M. GRIST. S> wr We Pay YOU to RAVE. Advice From * A Customer As soon as a person begins to accumulate money he begins to take an interest In living. The very fact that he can save the small amounts and make them larger makes him "hustle" and compels his in cerest and attention. Invest a dollar in our Savings Department, add to it weekly or monthly and see how your efforts will in- W crease. I've tried It and know? you try it. BANK OF HICKORY GROVE UILT =r RJTERS # :azes i PROSPECTIVE TYPEWRITER J IN POSITION TO SELL THEM lNY MAKE AT PRICES THAT J ONG OTHERS WE CAN FUR- J r IN REBUILT MACHINES: f DNS. i ?H PREMIERS. In Smith Pre- J ^ sh you either the Bi-chrome or ^ w Bible Writing. ^ >S. I -Visible Writing. J sible Writing. n %. ES. J The last two numbers are visible A ome ribbon attachments. ? REM. SHOLES, FAY SHOLES, S lMMONDS, MANHATTAN, CHI- ? \RLOCK, ROYAL STANDARD. I o classes, as follows: A tition With Brand New Machines ? thoroughly rebuilt in every re- y I, new key tops are put on, new w imeled, restriped. In short they A ichine in every respect and are lty and Appearance. Onr Prices y Covers with all machines. No m Ll" ?? ti,n.ur1>ltar S 1 (119 ti?U3?J aic OUV.I1 ao IJ JAi n A ibv* - r as "thoroughly rebuilt" They V mshlp, highly attractive In ap nt of service. They are design- A ade, reasonable priced typewrit- J id, new transfers, new key-tops, y id aligned. The prices are rock ichlnes. No metal cases. A WRITER of any make, write us 5 an get what you want In short V TORS, we also sell TYPEWRIT- i cut to sizes desired; CARBON y ^ ro ftn 0 IK?9 CiiV. , st's Sons 2 Ji, s. c. | ?