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T* T* Til T< T< T? Til T* T? Til ? THE KING' 1 ? A STORY C i ?A *A ?A *A *A ?A *A HA ?A *A HA Maria Segura kept the little bright \ green kiosk just outside the cathedral, 1 In summer she dispensed drinks, sweet c agua and good Pilsener, and attractive c liquor from an earthenware Jar which wore a damp muslin jacket. On invert- < ed tumblers were poised lemons to ad- t vertise her calling. I But Maria herself was the best ad- < vertisement. Her eyes were clear as r the pellucid yellow-brown liquids which 1 she offered, and there were shades in f her hair when the sun came creeping j up over the cathedral turrets and darted a ray across it which made intelli- f gent tourists stop and smile and talk \ about old pictures. c And Maria always smiled back. For \ one thing she had a merry heart, and c for another her teeth were as perfect as a woman's teeth can be. She loved r her post. On Sundays and smart fes- t tas it gave her such a good view of the 1< elite trooping to mass; and then it was v handy for Henerique, who worked at a i marble mason's in the Rua do Arco do t Limoeiro hard by. v She and Henerique had been betroth- v ed for a year, and there should have s been a wedding by this time; but Hen- li erique had lofty notions with regard to r wives (just as he had lofty notions h with regard to monarchy, being that v anachronism of modern Portugal a passionate Royalist), and he wished to P tarn.- till he could carry out these no- s tions to his satisfaction. Always in f the dinner hour he ran across to the t kiosk and refreshed himself with a c bottle of sweet agua and a chat (and a often a kiss or two. if spectators were ^ absent) before returning to his af- s ternoon toil. Now, while Maria was one of the a belles of humbler Lisbon, Henerique was easily the handsomest lad in the j( town. So handsome, indeed, that Maria was a little worried about his looks. a They were too perfect?people often ^ told her so. tie weiu u> mc namv v.* c "bom pouco santo" and sobriquets of j that sort, which carry with them just j the smallest hint of contempt. g Yet despite his ethereal features and beautifully curved mouth, Henerique v was really in no wise effeminate; though it pleased Jealous tongues to t insinuate this as they prated about his "perfection." c Unhappily, Maria was oversensitive, j. and these insinuations were gall and r wormwood to her. At last her feelings f came to a climax. It was hastened on r by a remark from the mouth of Helena r Barros, who sold sugar cakes down by the quay. j, "Thou must keep thy pretty boneca g in cotton wool, Maria, when once he is t thine, lest harm befall his beauty?eh?" g Then Helena had laughed disagreeably. c Maria's retort, which included a a comprehensive and startling knowledge s of Helena's past, was a masterpiece in e its way; but though, hands on hips, she emerged victorious, she was very sore, j. and from that day she vented her soreness on Henerique. s She directed much cryptic conversa- a tion at him, the purport of which he g was at first puzzled to divine. She en- ^ larged frequently on the heroic deeds f of men. There was Irmao do Calvario, for pxamDle. who had pulled three , boys and one woman from the Tagus. e Men Deos! behold a man there! a Then Jogo Papelaria. in the Travessa j dos Remolares; he had dragged a child t from beneath a tramcar at the risk of his life. Even little Jose Moraes, j near the postoffice?he was lame, too? a had fought great, hulking Eugenio Cal- r vario for love of flat-faced Isabella T Fazendas, whom Eugenio had insulted, y Then one day light came to Hener- p ique and these hints were no longer obscure, although at the time he made t no sign that he understood them. Be- j, neath his vest, with its thick coating of y, marble dust, his heart leaped like a f dog which pulls at his chain seeking release. So this was the reason why r Maria's eyes, as they looked at him of a late across the little wooden slab cov- p ered with American cloth, could not ^ give him quite all he desired. She was impatient with him?didn't consider j, him a man. She had listened to taunts t perhaps from jealous women. Well, if r that were all, two resolves he must s make?a resolve of suppression and a t resolve of accomplishment. A matter ? ?a really wonderful and momentous matter which bade fair to hasten the r wedding day?a joyful excitement ^ which should have sent the warm c blood rushing to Maria's cheeks, and which he made up his mind to tell her very shortly, he must keep to himself. And (here his beautiful mouth set itself in very tlrm lines) before the revelation was made he would re- j move, and remove beyond all possible p shadow of doubt, that something?that r intangible, scarcely intelligible some- ^ thing?in Maria's eyes, which just held r in the inner shrine of it the least shad- j ow of disapproval. He would silence g those anecdotes of other men's prowess j forever. On the morning on which this en- t lightenment came to him Henerique c did not ask for the kiss which he never failed to claim when spectators were r scarce. He seemed vague and preoccu- s pied, as if serious matters were afoot, e Maria wondered?wondered greatly? c what ailed him; then she half guessed o that he had guessed, and being a wo- c man, she was angry because he noticed t that which she had been trying to p bring to his notice for months. h But Maria was destined to more disturbing emotions still. In the dinner hour of the day succeeding the one in r which Henerique had received enlight- b enment he did not come to the kiosk s at all. He did not lean his beautiful J face, powdered with the marble dust, d near to Maria, and chat and drink F lemonade and ask for a kiss. And the a next day he was absent too, and the s next and next. 1 Then Sunday arrived, when he was c wont in the evening to call for Maria, d and take her out to the gardens of t the Avenida or to Belein; hut Maria t< waited for him iti vain. She was extremely angry, for now her pride was r hurt. Henerique, who had always heen s her slave?willing t<> grovel in the dust v at her lightest behest?was showing o spirit. He had resented her criticism, o and he meant to punish her for it. Pah! bah! sp-r-r-r! That for Hene- r rique of the doll face! Maria snapped .A her slender brown lingers till they v sounded like castanets, while she stood e In her small room at home, waiting h I T* T? T* T? * Til T4 Til T? Tin ( SSAVIORi I ! I ' \r> ? irn/A\T + s ft LI3DWi> - , k . 9 k 9k 9k 9k 9k 9k 9k 9k 9k 9k vith a new kerchief on her head for lis appearance. After all, there were >thers?plenty of others?who would he >nly too eager to understudy him. So on the second Sunday she allowed Jogo Papelaria to take her out to he gardens of the Avenida. She wore ler new kerchief, with its border of ornflowers, and she fondly hoped to neet Henerique and openly to flout lim; but Henerique wasn't there. A ew days more and still he stayed iway. Then there followed a night, a night 8 ull of the stale odors of the hot day vhich had been?a night when it was r lifflcult to fetch a normal breath, and vhen even Maria's healthy lungs felt 8 ippressed. It was time to close the kiosk; no nore trade would be done. Maria shut ' he green wooden doors and turned the * :ey with difficulty. The oppression \as not quite all in her lungs, nor was * t entirely concerned with the stagnant >urden of the evening. There was a ' ceignt about ner neart?a cruel Stirling *= ceight which would not move?a fierce 8 ore longing?for?she refused to allow j lerself to confess that it was for Hene- ' ique. "It is the weather." she said to terself over and over again: "Just the f ceather." She turned to depart, carrying two * mpt.v Pilsener bottles in her arms. A ; mall boy cannoned into her, running ' uriouslv. His face was smeared with * dack. She recognized him as the son if a neighbor. There was something 8 .bout his panting hurry which arrested 1 ler attention. She caught him by the houlder? "Jose, why such haste? Tell me, is f anything wrong?" He shook his head with some vio- 8 ence. "Anything wrong?" hq cried; "where s .re thy ears? Why, all Lisbon knows 1 hat the king has well nigh met his 8 leath?on his way to the palace. Men * )eos! It is over and done with now. 1 ts for me. I am running back to my ' Tandmother with the tale?let me go!" r "A moment, Crianca, for Ood's sake? c cas the king hurt?" The boy's mouth dropped in his ex- 8 reme amazement. "Thou art the last to hear what most 1 oncerns thee, it seems," he said. "No ' lair of him was touched?thy Hene- 1 iqlie, who was in the crowd, sprang in 8 ront of the miseravel and received the ? evolver charge himself? Now, loose 1 ne." He wriggled free of her detaining 5 land and was off like an arrow. Maria tood stone still?the two empty botles clattered on the stone pavement 8 ind shivered to atoms. "Thy Henerique, who was in the rowd, sprang in front of the miseravel c ind received the revolver charge himlelf. He had saved the king at the * xpense of . . . "Not his life, Mother of God?oh, not lis life!" 1 She was not aware that she had houted this out aloud to the stagnant T iir. She began to run feebly a few r teps?her impulse being to hasten she ;new not whither; and then the terriic beating of her heart and a feeling if faintness held her stationary. What inthinkable horror might not meet her r ye! They would perhaps be? Liter illy she had not the courage to stir, nvoluntarilv her agonized gaze went r oward the cathedral. 1 The door was open. A fierce yearnng seized her?it expanded?it became ,n uncontrollable Impulse. In extreme 1 noments action was good, but prayer cas better?had not Father Joao told 1 ler so? She would go In and say a 1 irayer to St. Anthony, her patron saint % -a passionate prayer that Henerique r he hero might still live?that some- 1 iow, whatever had happened he might ie restored to her. She tottered up the ew steps and into the cathedral itself, j Now the cathedral was in process of epair, for tires are common in Lisbon, ind only a few years before a great j lortion of the church had been burned lown. The light inside was very dim -it came chiefly from the perpetual amps which hung before the high al- j ar. The sacristan was already begin- \ ling to go his nightly rounds. Maria taggered toward the shrine of St. Anhony, which stands on the left of the nain entrance. It was very dark there. r\ But something prevented her from eaching the steps where she wished to ineel. She stood still, trying to make r iut what it was. Dimly she saw the offin-like shape of a long deal box tanding upon trestles. For one monent no chill of foreboding clutched t Maria's heart. Coffins left in the it I ill-Ill ell m VI Iiihiu <X4 Iiwi UII\ uiiiiiivii. J doubtless some poor soul had by the 1 lermission of the authorities been earied thither to lie under the shadow of :ind St. Anthony before he or she ested finally in the peaceful earth, .laria stood beside the thing, and to teady herself she rested one hand a ittle heavily upon it. j The lid was loose. This was exremely unusual. A pall should have I overed the coffin?a heavy velvet pall. Ah! this was no coffin; it was the ough ambulance box in which the r\ orely wounded of Lisbon are conveyd to hospital. The whole thing beanie plain before her at once. Some J ne?some poor soul who was in proess of being taken to the hospital for reatment?had died on the way, and lending identification they had borne im here. " Him! No?Christ of mercy?not him! j In a sudden frenzy of supreme horor Maria took the wooden lid with I ioth hands and moved it so that she hould see what the thins contained, j ind as she did so a moonbeam wanlered through the colored window of It. Anthony's altar and fell on a face? , face of exceeding beauty, with a mall perfect nose and sensitive mouth, "he eves were closed, and the whole ountenanee, thick still in the marble 1 ust of his calling, was the face of lenerique. Henerique, who had died o save his king! Her agonized conjecture had been ; ight. With an exceedingly bitter cry he fell down beside the long case, ihere the still figure lay in the light ' f the single moonbeam and the flicker f the perpetual lamps. "Henerique," she wailed; "oh, Heneique! for the love of God, forgive me! <. lother of Sorrows, it cannot be! He -as mine?mine till"? And then in the xtremity of her torture words failed , er and she just knelt there, her eyes in the still face, her body cold as deatl "Henerique!" her voice came agal ind was a strained whisper, and out < he gloom sounded a sudden answer "Maria!" Maria lifted her face, white now s he face of the silent figure. She deerr >d it to be the sacristan come to clot he doors. He was a friend of hers. "Let me stay with him, good Chico' she entreated, in a fiat, expressionles roice, out of which all individualit jeemed to have died; "it is all the hat liness I ask of life?now?this one Ion tight to watch by his side!" "Maria!" The voice came again. There was ,'outhful vibration in It. Assuredly vas not the sacristan, who was sevent ind asthmatic. Moreover, strong arm losed round Maria and a shower ( iet diminutives fell on her dull ear. Then a sort of trembling eerines lossessed her. It was Henerique?the dead Hene ique. ??r* I- UU oV?r? an \A atnili II IS HIS S|Sil il, one ou> va m vui 'come to bring me the forgiveness I s iore!y need." "It Is no spirit"?the voice had a rln if mirth in it now. And then she struggled to her fee itill with those arms around her. "Henerique!" she cried, "But"? No other word would come; a deadl aintness closed round her again. Sh >ointed to the box. "What is it?" she breathed. "Who i le?" "Canst thou bear a story, little one? ienerique asked tenderly, out of th ;loom. Maria controlled herself by rreat effort, and faced this supreme Jo tome out of sorrow, and laid her han n his. "I can bear anything if thou are in leed safe." "It was a miracle," he told her. ' lung his arm upward and the charg vent through my hat. But the crow >ressed me and I fell. At first the hought I was badly wounded." "But this?this?" she persisted in a iwed voice, and pointed again to th >ox. "It was a secret, dear one. Th Senhor Irmao, who is a sculptor of re >ute, saw me one day at my work. He lad been commissioned to carve i ilabaster the new St. Anthony, who i o stand here in the niche above hi ihrine. He said?" Henerique nesi ated?"that my face was exactly suit ible for his purpose. ... At firs Maria, I was a little angry?I am s veary of my saint face?hut the pa vas so good?it brought our marriag learer, and I consented. ... I cam >ne day to the kiosk meaning to te mu; but in your eyes I saw that whic 10 true man stands. You despised mi fou thought of me as the doll?the goo ittle carved doll?not as the lover will ng to die for you. I made a vov leart of mine, that I would prove my lelf worthy before I spoke to yo igain. I have done so." (He sai his quite simply and without affecta ion). "That 'the good little sain ihould come home on the same nigl s merely a coincidence. Touch hi ace, beloved?he is really a man < itone." Maria did so fearfully. The saint1 ace was a work of art admirably exe :uted: and in that subdued light ver ifelike, or, rather, death-like. But vas hard and icy to her touch, and sh vas satisfied. "But what led yeu here?" she aske< >ressing his arms. "The Royalists (thank God ther vere many in the crowd!) would hav naae a nero 01 me. r>u i ouppcu a?a ?and here I came to say a prayer t hanksgiving." "And then?" she asked. "Then I was coming to thee, love c ny life, for the approval, which is mor 0 me than the acclaim of a multitude, Here the sacristan, who had hear lothlng of the tumult outside, limpe 1 p. "It is closing time," he growle* Hast thou seen our new Anthony? B he saints a lovely figure!" "A lovely figure indeed," agree lenerique and Maria together. An hen they went out into the nigh vhere the newsboys flaunted their pa >ers and cried the marvellous tale c he king's escape.?Truth. THE THREE BEST THINGS. iy Rev. Henry Van Dyke, D. D., i the Outlook. vv or*. >t me but do my work from day t day; In field or forest, at the desk or loon In roaring market place or tranqu room, ^et me but find it in my heart to say, ,Vhen vagrant wishes beckon me as tray: "This is my work; my blessing, nc my doom: Of all who live, I am the one b whom This work can best be done, in th right way;" Then shall I see it, not too great, nc small, To suit my spirit and to prove m powers; Then shall I cheerful greet the la boring hours, And cheerful turn when the Ion shadows fall U eventide, to play and love and res because I know for me my work I best. Life. ^et me but live my life from year t year, With forward face and unreluetat: soul, Not hastening to, nor turning froi the goal; Cot mourning for the things that dis appear n the dim past, nor holding back i fear From what the future veils; but wit a whole And happy heart, that pays its toll To Youth anil Age, anil iraveis o with cheer; ?o let the way wind up the hill o down. Though rough or smooth, the jour ney will be joy; Still seeking what I sought when bu a boy, s'ew friendship, high adventure, and crown, shall grow old, but never lose life' zest, Because the road's last turn will b the best. Love. <et me but love my love without dis guise, Nor wear a mask of fashion old o new, Nor wait to speak till I can hear clue, Nor play a part to shine in other* eyes, Cor bow my knee to what my hear denies; But what I am, to that let me b true, And let me worship where my lov is due. ind so through love and worship le me rise: "or love is but the heart's immorta thirst To be completely known and all for given. Even as sinful souls that come i Heaven: ?o take me, love, and understand m; worst, md pardon it, for love, because con fessed md let me find in thee, my love m' I.est. h. IN SOUTH AMERICA. 1 in 1 >f Indians In the Rubber District Receive | Harsh Treatment. < Baron E. Nordenskjold, the well- j is known explorer and writer on ethnolog- < i- ical and other subjects connected with i le South America, has made an important i report to the Anti-Slavery and Aborlg- < f" ines Protection society on the treat- 1 !s ment of native Indians in Peru and y Bolivia. 1 ?- "While I was traveling in Peru and B Bolivia in 1904-5, and in Bolivia in i 1908-9," he writes, "I heard a great i i Heal nhnnt thp harsh treatment ton a which Indians are subjected in the < it rubber districts. I made it a point, y therefore, to endeavor to find out the is terms upon which the Indians stand to )f the white population. On the one hand, there occur occasional acts of cruelty is perpetrated on individual members of the Indian tribes, and on the other a - system of wholesale enslavement of the Indian race as such. 3, "Acts of cruelty done to single Ino dians are to be regarded as isolated manifestations of ill-breeding and ferg ocity. But it behooves civilized nations to protest against and put a stop t, to the systematic enslavement of Indians. whether actual physical cruelty is attendant upon it or nor. y "Thus, to take one instance, all tfee e Indians living in the rubber plantation barracks on the Rio Itenes, the bounds ar.v river between Brazil and Bollva, are in their employers' debt to the ex" tent of several hundred or a couple of e thousand pesos. The wages they earn a are so scanty that they are unable to y pay off their debts, their expenses for d the year always exceeding their income. That state of affairs prevails In - the whole of Bolivia and throughout Peru where rubber Is found. A prac'I tical result of It is that, If you want to p ono-np-p an Indian as a man servant in d any of those districts, you have first to y buy him free, that is to say. pay off his debts to his employer, whereupon n he becomes your slave. This system is e in force with all the owners of rubber plantations, exceptions being exceede ingly rare. "The most remorseless of the plantae tion owners even go to the length of n purposely reducing the Indians to still Is worse straits financially by trading on Is their weakness for gin and other spirI its, and even by falsifying the accounts > with their masters of such of the Int, dians as are trying their best by the . 10 utmost economy to clear themselves y of debt and purchase their liberty. The most villainous of the planters e make the children responsible for their 11 father's debts, and consequently con- 1 b demn them to beginning life saddled ( e. with burdens which render them to all 1 d intents and purposes slaves from the ? I- start. ' i', "The rubber industry is highly de- ( - structive of human life. The numbers ' u of those who succumb to fever and to d deprivations of various kinds are very < - large, and consequently it has become < t' increasingly difficult to procure work- ' it men at the rubber factories. In east- 1 Is ern Bolivia, for instance, there are I >f scarcely any Indians left in the dis- 1 trict of Mojos and Chiquitos, where ( s formerly, under the Jesuits, extensive ' - and wealthy missions flourished. The 1 y consequence of that has been that In- ' it dians from other parts have had to be 1 e induced to come and carry out the tap- ' ping of the rubber, and so more and 1 i. more inoes nave ueeu urawu m uuuci the devastating influences of the rube ber plantations. e "The most dastardly instance of evil y treatment meted out to Indians that ?f has come under my personal notice was on the forests of the upper reaches of the Rio Manuripi and of the Rio >f Tahumanu. I know of a man there e who has earned a livelihood by enclos" ing the villages of the so-called savage d Indians. He and his underlings put d the adult Indians to death and sold their children to the rubber compounds 3. at about four hundred pesos apiece, y His example has, moreover, been followed by others, d "The Chiriguano Indians, in the red sion south of Santa Cruz de la Sierra t, in Bolivia have been enticed to Santa Cruz and have been transported down >f the Rio Mamore to the rubber districts. I am personally acquainted with the parents of numbers of Indians who have been sold; I have also traced out < carefully the route by which they are ( n conducted, and know that Chiriguano j Indians arrive at Quatro Ojos, the ? place where they are put on board riv- r ? er crafts to be guarded like prisoners f by men armed with Winchester rifles, g il The Chiriguano Indians know that no Indian ever returns from the rubber districts to parents and friends. The sale of Indians above described as tak>t ing place from Santa Cruz has been and is probably still by no means inconsiderable. The Bolivian governe ment has tried, and to some extent with success, to check the sale of Inir dians as slaves. Neither it, however, nor the Peruvian government has been y able to interfere to put a stop to the systematic enslavement of Indians by forcing them to run into debt. It must g be remembered that both Peru and Bolivia are very vast countries, very 'g sparsely populated, and consequently the governments are seriously handicapped in their efforts at repressing o evil practices in the wilds."?London , Dally News, it ? SOME ABNORMAL EATERS. s T One Boy Who Consumed 100 Pounds of ? n Raw Meat In 24 Hours. 9 h Extraordinary eccentricities of diet 8 were recorded by W. Soltau Fenwick, c M D.. in an address delivered at the r n Institute of Hygiene recently to a r select audience of doctors, nurses and ^ r other experts. 0 Various odd devices, he said, were ^ resorted to in former days to stimuit late a (lagging appetite, such as the drinking of spiced wines, the dropping (] a of coins or cold metal down the back, c s or sometimes a little exercise or gentle altercation was indulged in between z e the courses to "settle the food in the v stomach." It became the habit of a v later period to scratch or fondle the r lobe of the right ear to stimulate the r (low of gastric juices as the nerve t which supplies this part of the skin r has a direct connection with the great a s nerve of the stomach. p Every fine was said to possess the 1 stomach he deserved, and there could e be no doubt that, within certain lim- y its. our digestions were of our own e making. The stomach was the most ? educable organ of the body, and one t could reduce its activities to a degree d which was only just compatible with c ' the preservation of life, or one could . train it to perform twice the amount of work which nature ever intended it s to do. An average man at the age of y 50 had consumed 25 tons of food, but some people easily consumed three C! - times that amount. They never knew when thev had enough, v ? There was an authentic case of a lit- y tie girl who had to have a keeper to prevent her from eating the household ?oods. One day she consumed a raw Pr ;odfish, several pounds of candles and i quantity of butter before she was caught. A boy, when placed under ob- |a servation, got through 100 pounds of ft raw meat in 24 hours. Attempts to pr ?ure this insatiable hunger invariably i0i failed. Another lad who was shut up he without food was found to have eaten b? practically all his clothing. hii "Many people," continued Dr. Fen- ev wick, "possess an extraordinary relish ah for common salt. This often has the T1 surious effect of increasing a person's i hi: sveight. One young lady who devoured in Immense quantities of salt would In- in urease as much as ten pounds In weight mi n 24 hours. If you can persuade these th people not to take salt so much they wi ?et well; if not they die of dropsy. je< Many girls will devour slate pencils, Be ?halk and vinegar because nearly all | >f these have at some time or other sci teautifying properties." pe Through eating meat on which in- thi lects had laid their eggs, or, similarly, If ^reen stuff which might contain in- CI iects, people often harbored larvae in ah heir stomachs. A wire screen was no w? eal protection for meat, as flies drop- to ted their eggs through it. Eighty ex- Sh imples were recorded in which strange ne nsects and animals had been eaten aw ind lived afterward. These Included to >eetles, frogs, snakes, salamanders, Th eeches and the common garden slug. Se Young children often acquire abnoi - 1 nal tastes, and one of the most common en >f these is paper eating. Hair eating pr s confined to girls, and a number of wi nstances are on record in which death of oaiiltori from the formation of a ereat of >all of hair in the stomach. Balls of foi hread fleck, tow or matting filter were hit lometimes found in the stomachs of fel hose who worked with these materials, fa1 Substances, too, which were often VI aken, in the first instance, for amuse- scl nent by frequent repetition led to In- I latiable desire. Thus sword swallow- th< rs, knife eaters, glass chewers and the Th ike not only continued their practices frc 'or years, but actually got to relish rei hem. The speaker mentioned the case sti >f a seaman who could not resist the c'f emptation to chew up and swallow a Pl{ :umbler after he had drunk its con- dis :ent8; and those of two boys, one of a 1 vhom ate sand when he could get it, rel vhile the other begged, borrowed or itole matches in order to swallow them. wc ?London News. M ini There's Nothing New. __ ap Every generation marvels at the ppi progress it is making and looks back ca >n the immediate past with a pity wl ningled with contempt, and yet a little he intiquarlan research sometimes proves thi lumiliating to the man who believes th< jverything worth while was first fal .hought of in his lifetime. th? For instance, we hear much recently av )f the healing power of music, how Qt :ertaln harmonies will stimulate heal- to ng processes and all that sort of thing, coi ind all the world is inclined to pat sur- se< fery on the back and heap praise upon he he age of scientific marvels. An offl- sU :lal of the Bath corporation In Eng- as and recently discovered a record dated ' L704 stating that the physicians of the pr :own had requested that the band be ka illowed to perform in the pumproom Th 'or the following reasons: "That the gr< east stroke imaginable upon any Ita nusical instrument has such an efTect th< >n the human body as to move its com- Ol >onent machinulae in all their parts, Or riving the fibers of the whole body we nore or less, according to their degrees )f tension, correspondent concussions; md consequently, the spirits are not 's >nly raised, or made fine, but the other wt inimal fluids are also briskly agitated, *'t ind their preternatural cohesions and I a ,'iscldites destroyed. A The physiology of the two-century- th) )ld record, brought to light within the no ast week or so, may not be compatible '* vith modern theories, but it goes to se< ihow that the general principle of the "a ,'alue of music in medicine was ap- wc jreciated in an age which our surjeons, struggling with the same probems, would say was absurdly benight;d and crude.?Chicago Tribune. v" , op The Glutton Fly. ^ Mr. Fly is one great gobbling glut- we on. His stomach can stretch like a an oy balloon. A fly can lick up enough flu n a few seconds to last him for sev- pn ral days. This tells why he may car y germs so far?maybe across a con- Pr( inent?if he rides on a Pullman and joes right straight through. Mr. Fly ias a thousand times worse and more lumerous ways of planting deadly jerms than by simply shaking the germ lust off his feet and wings where he ( ighted, walketh, hummeth, kisseth, | jrabbeth and holdeth on. Living typhoid germs have been .j1( ound In a fly stomach six days after he fly had sucked them in, and these an jerms were In their "specks" for two jUJ lays after germs were eaten by Miss on ^y. Consumption germs were taken ar( >ut of the belly of a fly at a fly postnortem. Mrs. Fly had sucked these n mrticular consumption germs in llfteen , lays before. Diphtheria germs live in tll( lies a week, but cholera germs die out sj(] n a couple of days. wj If you will look at some unclean win- tf.r low panes this time of the year lots of tj,t arge white specks almost as big as a ^ ly can be seen. Each of these spots j)V how where fly fungus has killed a fly wr rip years ago suggested that this fun- 0I)) jus be cultivated and fed to flies in al(| ilrup, sputum, etc. But it seems that gat imllar things have been tried on lu- ^ usts and would not work. Still, there fol night he a chance for somebody to a ( nake good money by making a fungus cu5 lyicide. These are the principal facts no, if this season's study of flies.?New j fork Press. me sol Tea at $1,000 a Cup.?One thousand wh lobars was paid for a cup of tea re- '?h ently in Chicago. or The mark was set at the charity ba- ma ar at Orchestra hall, the proceeds of opl fhich?HO,000 at a rough estimate? typ /ill bo for the benefit of the Home for an( )estitute Crippled Children. fur Thomas Griffin, wealthy manufac- In urer of Chicago, stepped into the tea 'he oom, conducted by Mrs. Graeme Stew- 'he rt and two dozen pretty debutantes ist night and ordered a cup of tea. a 8 Griffin took a sniff. he "Great, isn't it?" commented the aMl oung woman who served it. '? "Yes, Indeed." rev Then Mrs. Stewart, supervisor of the 'er ?a room, came along. Mr. Griffin rec rained the last drop, then put the 8e" up down and filled out a check. 1 r u'Qiii in nov fnr mv tea." 'he Mrs. Stewart took the cheek and ,ne crutlnized it. tlir One thousand dollars. tloi "Never mind the change," said Mr. '3 Iriffln.?Chicago Record-Herald. co" . 9 , dlsi tho ik-?'China exports ll.OrtO.OOO fans a ear. f*is! THREE ROYAL MAIDENS. be incesses of the Blood Who Never an Have Married. be Princess Clementine of Belgium, who re) now at the Moncerliere palace, near w* irin, preparing for her marriage with 8el Ince Louis Bonaparte, has waited ig for this day. Just what reasons na r father, the late King Leopold of dgium, may have had for refusing tll( s consent to a marriage that was in ?P ery way appropriate and even desirile were never known to the world. ca iere was so little reasonableness In ,n s obstinacy that many take refuge rei the explanation so frequently heard ^ his lifetime that he enjoyed too uch his freedom in Paris, which was e result of his good understanding th the republican authorities, to Hi jpardize that by any union with the mapartes. Such egregious selfishness seems |a. arcely possible, but there never ap- 1st ared any other plausible ground for e old man's conduct in the matter. he were awaiting from the Princess Sp? ementine the same sort of conduct In own him by his other daughters he p' is mistaken. She remained faithful her lover but obedient to her father. "~ ie made none of the scandals corded with her other sisters and alted her father's death to carry ineffect the wishes so long delayed. |^" ie wedding Is set for some time In ' ptember. Princess Victoria, sister of the pres- _ t king of England, is another royal incess who has never married and io has known for years the romance spinsterhood. Prince Napoleon, son If the emperor of France and the uri tunate Empress Eugenie, liven In j youth near the Princess. The" 1 in love. Both mothers were in ror of the match and even Queen _ ctoria's sympathy was won for the L leme. ^ But there were reasons of state why e marriage should not take place, ie Prince Napoleon was a refugee >m France. He was. like his pa- US its, in banishment, in spue or tne _ ong support of his suit It was de- II led that the marriage could not take ice. Germany could not he made (trustful of England's loyalty by such j < union. In the disappointment of the If 'usal Prince Napoleon demanded that be allowed to go at once Into the >rld. He went to South Africa and 1 before the assegais of the Zulus. The Princess Victoria put on mourn? just as If she were a widow and ^ ent much of her time with the Em- cle ess Eugenie. Then after a while she Co me to be friendly with Rosebery, ha 10 attracted her intellect rather than ^ r heart. It appeared after a time (j,, at this match might be suitable and e princess was not averse to it. Her ther, then prince of Wales, favored ^e] a union and Queen Victoria was not Qu erse to it; but here the present leen Mother intervened. She refused aa.| allow such a mesalliance with a mmoner. Her will prevailed and a pit :ond time the Princess Victoria saw wii r marriage set aside for reasons of at 8X< ite and spinsterhood open before her her inevitable fate. wil The romance of the third unmarried lar incess has all the color of the Bal- th< go. n region from which she springs. se( lis is the Princess Xenla of Montene- \vl o, the sister of the present queen of Bu ily. Her romance is mixed up with 8 gypsies, the fortune tellers of the d World land In which she dwells, ice a blind prophet seized her hand, J"UI int into an esctasy and foretold her ^ te. all 'That is the hand of a princess," he said to have told the young woman a,s 2-1 10 had given him no hint of her ideny. "Listen well to me, for although im blind I can see a crown in the air. lif! man brings it to you and I can see 54' it he is laying it at your feet; but do dr( t touch It. I can see blood there on otj Do not touch it. Walt. I see a ?ond crown. It is glorious and brllnt, it gleams as none other in the >rld. That is coming to you too. alt for it. It is pure. It is radiant." a J The first suitor for the hand of the 0ff incess Xenia was Alexander of Ser- th( t. The people of the country were ?, posed to him, so was the Prince * cholas, and above all the Princess mia would have none of him. So he tnt back to Servla, married Draga ^ d met his fate. That seemed the ful- pr| ment of the first part of the blind ophet's warning. So Princess Xenia awaiting the king with the shining >wn.?New York Sun. th( , ^ , Infs IE SUPREME COURT AT WORK. th( iw the Justices Prepare Their De-1 Pk cisions and Dissenting Opinions. "r ")n Saturday evening: each justice re- poj ves from the chief justice an envelp containing: the names of the cases el 1 chief justice has decided to allow ? Justice to write the opinions in. d the chief justice also notifies the ing itices of the hour of the conference Monday morning. The conferences ? usually held in ihe conference room 2 f der locked doors. The chief justice on< ^sides. and cases are taken up or ^ stponed according to the wishes of an, * Justices or their readiness to coner them. Each justice is furnished nie > 0 th a lock book, in which he may enthe details of a case, the record of yta ? vote on conference and the final >sh< position. On a case being assigned the chief Justice to a justice to ite the opinion of the court the inion when written must be agreele to the justices. If not, the disisfled Justice will promptly write a sentlng opinion. In some instances ir of the justices have each written llle Jissenting opinion, but the usual sto jtom Is for one to write It and an- do jnce that the others concur. lefore a case is reached for argu- scrnt the Justices familiarize them- to I ves with its records and briefs, and our en one is directed to write the opin- ^ he makes a study of the case, long ?]U short, as its gravity demands. This on y take a few days or months. The nlon is dictated, and after being "t* lewritten it is corrected, boiled down (|i0 1 revised: another copy is then made, ther revised and sent to the printer. m'l order that the compositors who set type may not know the decision of reti case, the foreman sets up the last for - ~ iaoltq thnm in p?c >' IlllCa Ul 1111- UIJIIMUIl, luvna Till afe, and after the opinion is set up fait adds them to it, takes two proofs 1 forwards them under lock and key Tin the justice. It is again read and not Ised, and sometimes completely alpd, and returned to the printer, cor- ing ted by the latter and nine revises onh t to the Justice. f the opinion is now satisfactory to |)(,s Justice a copy Is mailed to each the mber of the court. These are re- trtM ned to the Justice with the nota- mllJ is of the Justices, and the opinion revised or changed, if need be, to the iform to their views. If there be a jenting opinion the justice writing |_ majority opinion holds It until the lent is completed. Then on some Monday, the court heart, which were unrelieved by the - *i ing in session, the justice announces hest recommended "yarb teas, they .. ,| ,. were greatly shocked at the suggesopinion in the case, giving its num- tjons anj warnings of their friends r and title, and then proceeds to and neighbors that they ought to send id it at length to the dozen people for a doctor. Mr. Benny refused, de10 may he present. If there be a dis- clar,ed ,hls 8COJn of ,l,he ?ntJre medical , , . , , , profession and continued to save his nting opinion the Justice writing the pennies. jsent reads it and announces the But the pain grew worse. Mr. Benmes of the justices who concur with ny was confined to his bed In great ti Afterward the official renorter of agony and overheard some of the in. Aiterward tne official reporter or ne|ghfoors telling his sister that he ? court sends a verified copy of the Was going to die. Then he sent for inion to the publishers of the United an old schoolmate, a man as "careates supreme court reports, and the ful ' as, himself. ,, . , . Joslah, he asked, in a low, conflse finally becomes one of thousands dentlal tone. ..have you ever had a the law libraries to be read and re- doctor?" ad if of moment or to be forgotten Joslah shook his head. "Dunno as I have," he answered, mere detail. Independent. Mr. Benny reached out and laid a * trembling hand upon his old friend's a pad? ci ii mam 1 arm. "Joslah," he asked again, "did " you ever hear how much one o them doctors charges for a visit?" s Indecision In the Matter of Em- Josiah looked at his suffering Dlovino a Doctor friend with pitying sympathy. "Well," ploying a Doctor. he gaid breaking ,t as gently as he The parsimony of the old New Eng- could?"well, I have heard, Benny, ider of the type now almost van- that they charge as much as $2 a led was nobly exemplified in Mr. visit." nny Huntingdon, who lived with his "Two dollars!" Mr. Benny repeated. , ilden sister in a little town in west- "Two dollars!" Then he sank back ^ i Massachusetts. Neither had ever on his pillow and sighed in a voice of ?nt a penny unnecessarily and when strangely mingled relief, regret and his old age Mr. Benny became crip- resignation. "Well. I dunno but I'd ;d with "the rheumatism" and had, rather spend (5 than die!"?Youth's well, strange fiutterings of the Companion. GET SUBSCRIBERS FOR rHE ENQUIRER ;-* ?t*+A **+ **+A ?t**A *#*A *$+A X3+A *&+A **+A ?*+A * > Is Pleasant, Easy Work and Good Pay i **+A **+A *$+A ?*+A ?#+A *#+A ?*+A ?,*+A **+A **+A W*+J Quarter Leather Top, Rubber Tire *OCK HILL BUGGY For the Largest Club *A *?*A Ity&fA **+A ?.*+A *?*A X$+A K9+A ?#+A H?+A **+A H?J ro Horse PIEDMONT WAGON For the Second Largest Club < **A *?+A fc$*A *&*A *&+A Ht?+A **+A *#+A *$+A *?+A H?+A ?K3 1 HIHH mm, SEWINfl MS CHINES Ifi r v v* A V***/ M IW M 1 V AAV V" AIAA* V**** 1 ? ?w A V To As Many Different Competitors fr ?K<? AA ??+ *?? AA **+ +*-5? AA $$* +?? AA ??+ *?? AA ??* THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER IS ONE OP THE MOST COMPLETE ID SATISFACTORY FAMILY NEWSPAPERS IN THE SOUTH. It is an, reliable, high-toned and instructive. It should be in every York unty home, and is well worthy of a place in every home in the State. It s a record of more than half a century behind it, and its publishers are nstantly seeking to make it more useful to its patrons. In order to extend it usefulness it Is necessary to get more subscribers, and to make it worth i while of Clubmakers we are offering a liberal line of valuable premiums. OUR PROPOSITIONS. To the Clubmaker who returns and pays for the largest number of names fore SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1911, at 6 o'clock p. m., we will give One larter Leather Top Rock Hill Buggy (Carolina Grade), valued at Ninety liars. To the Clubmaker who returns the second largest club under the ne conditions by the date mentioned, we will give a Two Horse Piedmont agon, valued at $67.50. The contests for these two premiums is open to all comers, regardless of ice or residence. In addition to these two leading premiums, however, we II award Sixteen High Grade Sewing Machines, of two styles, one retailing tiS.flA o nd iVia aIViai* patadlrto of QA f u'a \faahlnna tn trr\ ta aach tna/nahlD auu mo ui.1101 iciauuift at t*?w iuuviuuvo vv w vuv?? w? na.i.r, :epting to the townships In which the Buggy and Wagon may be awarded. After the Buggy and Wagon have been awarded, the Sewing Machines II be awarded In the remaining townships to the Clubmakers making the gest and second largest clubs, and the awards will be made regardless of 3 number of names in the two leading clubs. That Is if the Buggy or Wagon es to one township Clubmaker for a hundred names, more or less, and the :ond largest Clubmaker In that township has only two names, he or she II be entitled to a Sewing Machine. In each township where neither the iggy nor Wagon shall be awarded, there will be awards of two Sewing ichlnes made to the Clubmakers having the largest and second largest clubs. PREMIUMS. All of our readers know what the Rock Hill Buggy is. They have been nning throughout this section for years, and they have never been known fall to give satisfaction. The buggy we are offering has been purchased >m Messrs. Carroll Bros., of Yorkville, the Local Agents, and Is subject to of the guarantees of the Rock Hill Buggy Company. The Wagon Is of the well known and time tested Piedmont make, and may io be seen at the store of Messrs. Carroll Bros. It has 3-inch skein and nch tires and Is guaranteed for a year as to material and workmanship. ;ssrs. Carroll Bros, stand by the guarantee. The price $67.50. The best grade Sewing Machine offered, has high arm, drop head, hand t, five drawers and Is ball bearing. The retail price ranges as high as 0.00 and it seldom sells for less. The second grade Sewing Machine is almost as good. It is also of the ap head description, has five drawers and is practically the same as the ler with the exception that It Is not fitted with ball bearings. WHAT A CLUB IS Two or more names returned by a single Clubmaker will be regarded as a jb. and whoever desires to enter the contest will not only be regarded as Clubmaker, but is assured that whether he or she is successful in carrying one of the competitive premiums will receive full compensation for all ; work that will be involved. The price of a single subscription Is $2.00 pear or $1.00 for six months. In Clubs the price for six months remains ; same, but for a year it is only $1.75. vrw ciTncrmrcrs All persons who have not been on our list subsequent to January 1, 1910, II be regarded as new subscribers, and Clubmakers may send them the per from the time their names are entered until January 1, 1912 for the Ice of a year's subscription?51.75. OTHER PREMIUMS. Besides the Buggy, Wagon and Sewing Machine premiums, which are to as full and complete rewards to the Clubmakers making and paying for ? largest clubs in the county and the respective townships, we are offer! SPECIAL PREMIUMS for all smaller Clubs, from three names up. . FOR THREE NAMES.?A year's subscription to the Progressive Farmer, j best agricultural weekly In the South. FOR FOUR NAMES.?A Stylographlc Fountain Pen; a handsome Threeided Pocket Knife with name and address on handle; or one of the late iv Novels that retail for $1.00. FOR FIVE NAMES.?A "Bannatyne" Stem Winding Watch, a gold inted Fountain Pen or a Four-Bladed Pocket Knife. FOR SIX NAMES.?An "Eclipse" Stem Winding Watch, Hamilton Mod15, 22-ealibre Rifle, a year's subscription to the Christian Herald, SaturV Evening Post, a 22-String Zithern or any one of the new popular $1.50 vels. FOR EIGHT NAMES.?An Ingersoll "Triumph" Watch. Daisy Repeat; Air Rifle?works like a Winchester?a fine Razor or a Pocket Knife, a pid Writer Fountain Pen?plain case; or a Hopf Model Violin or an 8-inch njo. FOR TEN NAMES.?One year's subscription to THE ENQUIRER, a No. lamilton, 22-Cal. Rifle?model 11; any one of the $1.75 or $2.00 publications ? year, or a Gold Mounted Fountain Pen, a good Banjo, Guitar or Violin. FOR TWENTY NAMES.?Crack-Shot Stevens Rifle, a 10-oz. Canvas nting Coat, a No. 1 Ejector Single-Barrel Breech-Loading Shot Gun, or f one of the $4.00 Magazines for one year. FOR THIRTY NAMES.?Either of the following: A Single-Barrel Hamrless Shot Gun. a fine Toilet or Washstand Set, or a Hopkins & Allen. Jr.. t ai. Kine. FOR FORTY NAMES.?A fine Mandolin, Guitar or Banjo, a New York ndard Open Face Watch, a W. Richards Double-Barrel Breech-Loading it Gun. ANYTHING DESIRED.?We will arrange to furnish any special article iired by a Clubmaker for a given number of names on application at this ce. TERMS AND CONDITIONS THE CONTEST BEGINS NOW and will come to a close on SATURDAY. iRCII 18, at fl o'clock p. ni., sharp. Each Clubmaker will be held Individually responsible for the payment of . amount due on all names returned by him or her. Where it is desired to I p a subscription before the close of the Club contest, the Clubmaker may " so by paying the amount due at the time of such stoppage. Where a subiption has been paid in full. It cannot be discontinued. The Clubmaker. vever, may, if he sees proper, transfer the unfulfilled portion of the subIption to another subscriber, provided the person to whom the transfer is be made was not a subscriber at the time the original name was entered on books. No name will be counted hi coni|>etitlon for a premium until the aubIption price has been paid, nor will any premium be delivered until the bmaker has either paid or made satisfactory settlement for all the names tho riuh In cases of contention by two or more Clubmakers over the right to a ne, preference will be given to the one who pays for the name FIRST; but ere both pay, we shall not attempt to decide the matter except by crediting name for one year for each such payment. After a name has been entered on our books, no transfer will be perted. This Is positive and emphatic, and where Clubmakers attempt to ke such transfers, they must concede our right to take such steps as may m necessary to protect the fairness of this provision. The Clubmaker who irns names must pay for them. Clubmakers who try to return and pay names already regular'y returned by others will be called down, esially If there is evidence of an understanding between the Clubmakers. s is not for the protection of the publishers; but as a guarantee of the ness of the competition. Any and all Clubmakers will have the right to Get Subscribers Wherever ?y Can. It Is not necessary that all the names shall go to the same ads's. The fact that a name was returned on a certain club last year does give that Clubmaker a right to return it this year. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expense of those sendthem. and we will be responsible for the safe transmission of money > y when It is sent by Draft. Registered L,etter. Express or Postofflce Money ler. In sending the names. Always give correct names or initials, and present lollice address, and if possible say whether the subscribers are NOW taking paper. Careful observance of this will be the means of avoiding much jble and confusion. In case of a tie for either the Buggy or Township Sewing Machine Preims, TWO WEEKS will be allowed for the working off of the tie. After the close of the contest on SATURDAY. MARCH 18, at fl p, ni? J price of a year's subscription will be ?2,00. unless New Clubs are formed M. GRIST'S SONS, PublishersYorkville, South Carolina