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V* T* V? YA T4 Y? T4 T4 T4 T* I EVERYBOD] SUP Coincidences That the Belief In Signs *A *A *A *A *A *A *A *A ?A *A * Fear of the supernatural, which commonly is known as superstition, finds a resting place in every human heart. In some this fear is more pronounced than in others, but in the lives of most men superstition plays an important part. And among women, too, trifles, when paraded under the limelight of superstition, become deeply significant, and not infrequently have been the means of wrecking promising careers on the shoals of terror and insanity. It is not intended herein to allude to the ordinary superstitions to which men and women bow until the end of time. Everybody knows of the "thirteen" superstition, and the thousand and one signs by which Impending disaster or evil luck is foretold. Many are aware that even the strongest minds have been and are being daily stirred by these signs, and that all men have more or less faith in them. Actor folk, gamblers, business men. financiers, women in all stations of life, freely admit that they believe in signs to a greater or less degree, and that they are none the worse because they do not unnecessarily run counter to their belief that "destiny shapes our end, rough hew them how we will." Jay Gould, as a young man, had a profound conviction that he would die in a year of his age which was divisible by seven. When he was 35 he was solicitous, and when he was 42 the fear of aeain was tuuu^ u*,v? him until he entered his forty-third year. When he was 49 the old fear returned, but before the expiration of the year he had passed away. This may have been a coincidence merely, but life is made up of these coincidences. and that they are significant few will deny. History furnishes numerous evidences that this mysterious divinity that shapes our ends Is constantly at work. Take the history of the family of Xapoleon Bonaparte. From the birth of Xapoleon at Ajaccio, in Corsica, on August 15, 1769, to his death in exile on the island of St. Helena. on May 5. 1821, destiny dealt the cards in the dramatic game he played throughout his stormy career. It is a curious coincidence that Xapoleon and Wellington were born in the same year. Waterloo was the prize for which both contended and the Corsican went down in defeat. It is a strange circumstance that nearly all who enjoyed Xapoleon's confidence and friendship met with disaster. Marshal Xey was led to execution soon after Xapoleon fell, and on the very day that tne exnvu emperor landed from the British # man-of-war, Northumberland, at St. Helena, General Murat, whom Napoleon had raised to the throne of Naples, was shot in the fortress of Pizzo, in Calabria. Associating strange and . tragic events with the career of Napoleon, It is worthy of remark that General Desaix was shot at the moment of victory at the battle of Marengo, on June 14. 1800, and that within fifteen minutes of Desaix's death the life of his old friend. General Kleber, was taken by an assassin at Grand Cairo. One might mention, too, the fate of Marshal Mortier, who was created duke of Treviso by Napoleon in 1808. During the invasion of Russia he was intrusted with the blowing up of the Kremlin, and it was while giving orders for the execution of this project that a moujik charlatan whispered to him: "As thou doest here, so snail thou die." Mortier recalled this prediction with fear every day of his subsequent career. On July 28, 1835, at Paris, he was blown to pieces by the discharge of Fiessel's infernal machine. which had been intended for the king, and the moujik's prophecy was fulfilled. It is a singular fact that no Napoleon died in France. The death of Napoleon III., like that of his predecessor, took place In a foreign country. The towering pillar of his hopes, the Prince Imperial, was speared to death by the savages in Zululand, while the only remaining representatives of the Napoleonic family were expelled from France some decades ago. The vicissitudes of earthly affairs are startlingly exemplified by the misfortunes which befell the members of the royal Stuart race. James I. of Scotland was a prisoner for twenty years in England, and was set free only to be assassinated by his subjects. James II., his son, was killed in his twenty-ninth year at the siege of Roxburgh, in 1460, by the accidental discharge of a cannon. James III., after enduring a long term of imprisonment, was murdered, in 1488, while fleeing from the field of battle with his own subjects. James IV. perished In an engagement with the English at Flodden Field. James V. died of a broken heart, while Mary, his daughter, was beheaded. Charles I., a grandson of Mary, lost his head on the scaffold, and his son, James, after being driven from England, died in exile. A singular coincidence is recalled by students of history in the death at Windsor Castle on January 20, 1820, of George III., in the eighty-second year of his age and the sixtieth year of his reign. Three times prior to the reign of George IV. and the three preceding reigns parliament had assembled on Sunday to take action on the emergency following the death of the ruler on Saturday. This was the case after the death of Queen Anne. George II. and George 111. It is a remarkable circumstance that the period ot reign of the three Edwards and those of the Georges should have been almost identical in point of time. Edward I. ascended the throne on .November it>. i-t~, wnne j^uwaru III. died on January 25. 1377. These three monarchs ruled England 104 years, seven months and twelve days. The reign of the Georges ended with the death, on Saturday. January 20. 1830, of George IV. Tito reign of the Georges covered 105 years, live months and twenty-nine days. It has been asserted that the simulation of disease by actors often leads to the death of the actors by the very agencies which they were wont to imitate when in health. Pliny says he knew of an actor who imitated the gout so naturally as to bring the disorder upon himself with fatal results. Moliere. while acting the part of a sick man in "Le Malade Imaginaire," one of his own plays, died later the same night of a similar ailment, on February 17. 1673. The actor who succeeded him in the same part died of precisely the same disease. Mine. A YA Y* YA * * * TAYATAYA r IS \ERSTITIOUS t Seem to Warrant and Omens i *A *A *k PA ??A *A ?A *A PA A Clairon, a famous French actress, , attributed her ills arising from premature senility to the influence of 1 the griefs and distresses with which t she had been constantly overwhelmed r year after year on the stage. The infirmities of the elder Booth 1 and the insanity and death of John t McCullough are ascribed to similar i causes. Thomas Keene, the tragedian, a vigorous man of highly sensitive temperment. died when compara- s o vnnntr mnn nntl thprp arp r many who ascribe his passing to overtaxation of his strength, the direct result of the intensity with which he simulated human passion and emotions upon the stage. Shakespeare and Cervantes, the two great dramatic poets of Europe, both died on the same day of the same year. April 23, 1616. Shakespeare, like Raphael and Sabieski, died on the anniversary of his birth. Plato and King Attalus also died on their birthdays. while Pompey, according to Plutarch, was murdered a few hours after celebrating the anniversary of his birth. James Barry, whose epic naintings and attic conceptions made him famous, died on his birthday in London on February 22. 1806, when 65 years old. His age, curiously enough, was precisely five times thirteen years. George Washington and Patrick Henry both died in 1799. The almost simultaneous birth and death of illustrious persons in similar fields of activity strikes many persons as being peculiar, to say the least. Charles Dickens, the English novelist, and Alexander Dumas, the great French romancist. both died in 1870. John Adams, the colossus of the American Revolution, who predicted that the Fourth of July would be celebrated by successive generations of Americans as a great anniversay festival, expired on that day in 1826, just fifty years after he had affixed his signature to the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferso nalso died on that day, within a few minutes of the hour when s Adams passed away. On the same day. four years later. James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States, passed to his rest. George Bancroft, the historian, and T. Eabington Macaulay, his English contemporary, were both born in 1800. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." and Charles Dickens, whose novels continue to 'ead in popularity, were born in 1812. Hogg and Burns, the Scotch poets, were born on January 25, and Pope onrl Knt B rl in/I n n \fotr OA f the first at Twickenham. In 1744. the other at Chatenai, near Paris, thirtyfour years later. Rubens, the most eminent artist of the French school of painters, also died on May 30, 1640. Charles IX., of France, who gave the signal which made the darkest rays in the history of that country. died of remorse in his chateau near Paris on May 30. 1574. One finds it easy to accept the principles of reincarnation of spirit when one considers that Sir John Van Brugh, an eminent English architect, was born in the year of Mansard's death, in 1666. Just 100 years later was born Sir J. Wyattville and Weinbrunner, architects, who gained fame. The great composers. Gluck and Jomelli, were born in 1714. It is, perhaps, remarkable that William Von Wallace and Von Winter, both musicians of a high order of merit, should have been born in 1754, and that both died in 1825. Forstner and Gessner, two eminent naturalists, were born in 1729, and after lives of usefulness both died in 1825. Schubert and Le Conte, musical composers, died in 1860. Benjamin Rush and Granville Sharp, philanthropists, died almost simultaneously in 1813. Adanson and Daubertson. the naturalists, died the same year in which their illustrious follower, Milne-Edwards, was born, 1800. Arago was born in the year of Leo Ximene's death, 1786. Lalande. Maskelyne and Rittenhouse, all distinguished astronomers, were born in 1732. Sir Isaac Newton was born in 1642, the year in which Gali- ? leo, the astronomer, died. s The "thirteen" superstition has a strong hold upon most people, as has been shown time and time again. s Few persons can be induced to occupy Room No. 13 in a hotel or lodging g house, and houses numbered thirteen are said to be "hoodooed." Only when no other berth can be procur- i ed will the average actor accept Berth c No. 13 in a sleeping car. and it is almost certain that his night on the cars will be sleepless. The figure thirteen plays an 1m- i nortant part in history. Henry II. r of France was born at St. Germaine on March 13. 1518, and on the same r day in 1547 he ascended the throne 1 on the death of his father, Francis t I. Thirteen years later, on June 29. the king's right eye was pierced by a lance in the hands of Count de c Montgomery in a tournament. Thir- c teen days later the king died of the ? injury, and it is peculiar that the days ^ of his illness should correspond with the number of years he reigned. The f reign of William II. of England lasted I thirteen years, as also did the reigns of Henry IV.. William III.. Queen Anne and George I. A remarkable set of circumstances s applying to the "thirteen" supersti- r tion was revealed several years ago by the death of a woman in a western city. She was born on the 13th day r of the month, was married on the s 13th. had 13 children, every one of c whom was born on the 13th day of the month, lost three fingers in an accident on the 13th. and finally died r on the 13th. at the age of 65 years, a her life span numbering five times q thirteen years. Four of her children died on the 13th, one being ' burned to death in Room Xo. 13 of v a hotel situated in Thirteenth street, i Strangely enough, this woman's hus- , band died on the 13th after thirteen days' illness. 3 This "thirteen" superstition is anal- > ogous to the Friday superstition. Fri- j day is hangman's day the world over, and until recent years sailors could c not be induced to begin a voyage on that day. nor were ships begun or j launched on that day. History proves , that Friday is no more fatal to humanity than any other day of the a week. Columbus sailed from Palos r on his voyage of discovery on a Fri- g day and he sighted land, after a mutinous voyage, on the same day of the a week. Some of the largest enter- a prises in the world were conceived j on a Friday, so that, after all. the superstition commonly attached to the dav seems to fall flat.?New York c Herald. a ? t A DEED OF DARING. ii Twenty-Seven Lives Saved by One !l Man In a Shipwreck. A historic case of daring and enduranco rarely equaled in life saving an- a nals was that <>f the rescue of twentyseven souls by one man in 1S6 7. The p fishing schooner Sea Clipper was driven by the tempest against a reef near the Spotted islands on that coast and r speedily went to pieces. Captain Wil- ? liam Jackman, in charge of a fishing u crew at these islands, had wandered ^ in a direction he had never been before as if by inspiration and suddenly s saw the whole tragedy enacted before t his eyes. Hurrying his one compan- t ion back to the fishing station to sum mop help, he plunged into the howling swirl himself and eleven times ' swamp to the ship. Each time he tl took back a human being to safety. s battling splendidly against wind and tide. n Then help arrived, but no means was available of communicating with f< the vessel, so Jackson fastened a rope around his waist and made fifteen more trips, returning with a castaway ' on each occasion. It was then diseov- rr ered that a woman had been overlooked and left on board, and the belief was expressed that she was dead, t( >ut h edeclared that he would not eave her there, living or dead. Accordingly he plunged into the surf ? igain and bore the hapless creature to A he shore, where, divesting himself if his flannels, he wrapped them ound her, as she was almost at leath's door. She expired a few th lours later, but lived long enough to m han her preserver for his noble eforts in her behalf.?Wide World dagazine. . to MISSISSIPPI IS VERY DRY. tii 'rohibition Ahead In a War of Wits With the Thirsty. m The whisky fight along the river a joundary between Mississippi and cl. Louisiana is as fierce as ever and con;inues to claim its quota of victims. (j( rhe latest is Frederick Bunster, who (j( vas drowned last week while crossing he Mississippi river in a barge from irj^lroViuro' <% Sntn TslnnH to set a a, - ?- -- .? 111 irink. De Soto Island is the last so stronghold of whisky on the Mississip)i line and is furnishing drinks for the p hirsty population of Mississippi for Ifty miles up and down the river. Vicksburg, Warren county, and fo Natchez, Adams county, were the last t wo counties in Mississippi to remain ^ vet. A large majority of the voters nf n both counties favored license and it pj vas found impossible to vote them ca lown. Up to a few years ago county tQ ocal option prevailed in Mississippi. g{ Dne by one seventy counties voted for >rohlbition and closed up their saloons, ^our remained obstinate, two on the ^ rulf coast tributary to New Orleans bf tnd two on the Mississippi river. ar Again and again attempts had been QJ nade to convert this wet territory. The r) Prohibitionists, who were in a large najorlty in Mississippi, insisted that ,'igorous action should be taken in ^ lealing with these obstinate counties . ind proposed statewide prohibition, j rhls was opposed for some years be- aj ause it was feared that it would force &( he liquor issue into state politics and e) 11 vide the Democracy. Finally U ? Prohibitionists could endure no longer he sight of the Vlcksburg and Natchez jaloons. They dropped local option sg ind passed a statewide prohibition a] aw, closing the Vlcksburg and Natchez ( taloons. j Ever since this was done a war of at vlts has been going on over the liquor . raffle. Locker clubs started up where j Irinks could be had, but they were soon dosed. Then came soft drink estabishments. The authorities declared :hat these were mere blinds, hard et Irinks being mixed with soft ones, y Moreover a man could become intox- 01 cated with the soft drinks, containing to is they did 2 per cent of alcohol, if he :ould consume several gallons of the jtuflf. The soft drink establishments g< ,vere closed. jjj Then the fight waa transferred to :he express companies. "Jug houses" ri vhich furnished whisky by the jug or arrel sprang up in Louisiana, mainly j" n New Orleans, which made a special- te :y of shipping whisky by the jug to F Mississippi. There are eighty or more )f these houses in New Orleans and g( hey have done a big business. Lat- gi erly the Mississippi authorities have CI nade it as hot as possible for the "jug- U1 fers" ana me pai-Ka^eo usuau.* jj loxes without the slightest indication m >f what the boxes contain. Some of the express companies beng unwilling to cater to the whisky a.< jusiness telephone and express com- ui >anles were established to handle It. Thus the citizens of Natches who vanted a drink had only to telegraph it o Ordalia, T,a., and the Louisiana and a< '11 Mississippi Express company, which f?| tperated between these two towns op- u, josite each other on the Mississippi st iver, at once forwarded the liquor. I cc 3ut every one of these schemes was net by the authorities, and although w here is still a great deal of whisky fo roing into prohibition Mississippi the ^ v,01.0 Koon made more diffi- ti, ult and the amount of liquor con- w lumed is growing steadily less. m It is natural that the liquor men ihould use the river to carry on the to >usiness, especially as the population T1 s much denser on the river than back ^ if it. The Mississippi has been used 0j or years for the purpose. When prohibition first came into ex- P1 stence in Mississippi the bars of the jj* Iver steamboats did an immense busl- m less, but the time between drinks was Is ong under this plan. The whisky fleet hen sprang into existence. The fleet iteamed up and down the river, an- it horing in midstream opposite some w> Iry county of Mississippi or Arkansas. >kiffs and boats of various kinds could UJ hen hr- seen putting out to the whisky m leet from even- point on the river ^ , de >ank. co There was a glorious drunk on the >oats and when they pulled out later ar icores of them loaded with drunken jj* nen and jugs of whisky pulled to the tr hore. The fleet was thoroughly de- hr noralizing to labor wherever it went *h ind drew down on itself the vigorous ipposition of all the authorities. ar The whisky fleet is no more, or til ather it is now anchored or stranded m .t De Soto Island, opposite Vicksburg. The vessels have anchored permanent- lit y and now compel the Mississippians be vho want a drink to come to them. ^ Twenty-five boats are at De Soto Is- cr and, a sandbar in the centre of the ar .lississippi river which might be c alled e" Vhisky Island or Grant Island, for it s one of ihe products of Gen. Grant s yo ampaign against 'Vicksburg. hs The Confederate batteries at Vicks- ci< >urg kept vessels from ascending or wj lescending the river. Grant sought to wi .void these batteries by cutting a calal across the Louisiana point oppoite the town so that vessels could go rn round Vicksburg. His canal proved ha failure, but thirteen years afterward, . n 1S76, the river forced its way ou hrough the old canal and completely of hanged its course, leaving Vicksburg n inland town, and among other 111 hings creating De Soto Island. ar It is here, in Madison parish, Louisana, that the Vicksburg saloons have aade their last stand against prohihiion. There are twenty-four of them m 11 flat bottomed boats or barges ground on the island. Their business ^ s done almost entirely with Mississip- n(1 i namelv with Vicksburg. av The island and the saloons can be to' I ()|* eached only by water, and a number m f vessels, skiffs and barges are in en se to carry customers to the island. "1 Vhcther the whisky they drink is too on trong or the boats in which they ravel are too weak, there have been an vvelve drownings on this whisky route ca n the last few months, but the risk rJ^ leurred does not seem to daunt the r,r hirsty ones in the least and the mi tranded whisky fleet is still selling as ( inch whisky as ever. n)( Nor have the Mississippi authorities pa 3und any way to check this traffic. s for the Louisiana parishes front- j*1 lg Mississippi, they are getting too w| luch revenue from the high licenses on su tiese saloons to show any disposition s', > stop the business.?New York Sun. au The young man was Count Jacques i Lesseps, grandson of Ferdinand . ; Lesseps, the originator of the Pan- i na Canal. He flies for fun, not : oney, and more than a few of his . ghts have been spectacular and ime of them dangerous. He has ] ossed from Calais to Dover over the ngllsh Channel. He has been more ) ian 7,000 feet in the air in his mono- i ane. He has won many a prize 1 r the fun of the thing. Among ] her prizes was the one for the i ght over the city of Toronto, Can- 1 la, last summer. He went back to 1 ranee, only to return for the Amerin meet during the last week In Ocber. There he distinguished him;lf by flying 7,000 feet high in a fog id then getting lost. He was utterly lost in the air, but ; found himself and came sailing ick out of the gloom after an hour id a half trying to see either earth sky. It was a marvelous expeence, and he was asked to tell someilng about it. "How does it feel to get lost up in le air?" he laughed. "Well, my ;ar sir, it is no fun. Men have been st on land and on sea, under land id under sea, but I was up in the r, where I could see nothing? ther sky or land, and I had to find ly way back to earth. I was actullly lost in the heavens. "Well do I remember it. I could e nothing. It was black, black, all ound me. The clouds were closing i so very fast. The sun had set. All had was my compass. For an hour id a half I plowed through the ouds trying to find my way. At last saw a gasoline beacon burning and made up my mind I was back over elmont Park. The descent. Oh, that as simple enough. I Just came down islly and landed where I wanted ou see, my monoplane Is a very good le. If once I can see a good place i land I care not whether my mo>r stops or not?I can vol-plane back the earth." The young French nobleman shrug?d his shoulders?to him being lost an aeroplane a mile in the air where 8 could see nothing overhead or un?rneath seemed only part of the gor of the game. "What induced me to take up flyg?" he answered to a question. tVhy, simply because it was so inresting. I saw the others fly In ranee, and I decided that I could no nger stay on the ground. I didn't ant to look at them. I preferred to ) up myself. It was Alfred Bleriot's eat feat In crossing the English hannel that Anally made me make [> my mind. I would fly too. "He made his remarkable feat in lly, 1909. I saw what a wonderful ' achine he had and I resolved to 1 ,vn one. I would fly at Paris and 1 started out to learn how. A year 1 jo machines were not so common ' i they are now, you know. It took 1 itil November 20 last, for me to get 1 ine. Then I started to learn how 1 ' fly. "The first three or four times I ran over the eround until T oould be ^ :customed to the controls. This was Issy-les-Molineaux, near Paris, a mous place for aviation. The first me I was really up in the air I ayed for an hour and a half. Then thought I would like to try cross untry flying. "My bad luck began at once. There as trouble with my motor and I was reed to vol-plane to the ground. I nded in a bad place, but my machine id myself were unhurt. The second j me I went up my propeller broke hen I was 300 feet in the air. Once ore I had to vol-plane back to the ound. I landed on rough ground id smashed my machine. But I was 0 interested now; I got a new one. he first time I tried it I fell eighty et and hurt my leg?bah, it was ithing. That is part of the sport ' aviation, m'sieu. "It seemed as if when I had to volane back to the earth that I could tver find a good place?I was always j llucky. But that changed only a tie while ago when I was flying at sy. I managed to get up to 2,170 eters, which It much above 7,000 et. "Ah, I felt fine up there in the air. was a beautiful day and my motor as working beautifully. It was a jw sensation; I felt us if I was swim- ' ing in the air. The first time I went ) at all far I was so busy with the achine that I had no time to look >out me. But now I had my conflince and I could look down over the untry. It was a beautiful sight. "You see, m'sieu, in fine weather 1 aviator always has control. He is almost nothing to do at a great dght except to see he has his conols. If he knows his machine he is plenty of time to look down upon e country below. I did not have at pleasure when I was up the other ly at Belmont Park in the clouds id darkness. I was afraid all the me of a church steeple or a chim y, and I was utterly lost. "But if one goes up in bad weather ere is so much to do that there is tie chance to observe the country ;neath one. The strain is too great i one's nerves and too great on the achine itself. Bad weather deeases the efficiency of the motor nong other things, you see. The ficiency of the motor is smiled by stiff breeze. It is all right if one is to go only one direction, but if iu go to one place and return in a trd wind, you cannot get the efflmcy out of your motor that you can i a day when there is little or no ind. What you gain going with the lid is more than lost in going against On the average you cannot make e same speed in a high wind as you n in moderate weather. You lose ore against the wind than you get ck from it." The young Frenchman was all enusiasm now. He wanted to take it his own Bleriot and fly in the face the half gale that was sweeping the id. But his mechanicians dissuaded m. "Why not?" he argued. "Others e in the air." Nevertheless he came down to rth, metaphorically speaking, and id a few more things. He was ked if he ever was afraid when aking one of his dizzy flights. c un, no m sieu. i was never arraici. riation has become almost an exact ience today. I was never afraid, ver nervous. One could not be an c iator under such conditions. But day flying requires no special nerve i courage. One is so sure of one's achine that he experiences no sicking sensation in the air?not even t ien he is lost. He does not even ve the vertigo that he might have i i a mountain top. "Of the future of aeroplanes?" he f swered to another question, "Ah, I 11 not speak with pretension. I am t ly an amateur. Of course, the ma- e ine will be improved. We will get y actical results?carrying the fast a ails, war, sport. q "The aeroplane is too expensive yet r be practical for more. An auto- t nbile with a chauffeur is cheap cornred to an aeroplane. One must have r least two machines and two or a ree helpers. It is quite expensive, p assure you. I would not dare say, s th authority, but I may venture to d ggests that it is five times as expen,*e to maintain an aeroplane as an tomobile." The talk turned to the monoplane LOST 7,000 FEET IN THE AIR. viator's Experience In a Fog a Mile ( Above the Earth. "It was only a joke," said one of le officials of the great aviation ] eet at Belmont Park the other day, j hen he was asked by an indignant ( renchman if he had said that he < iok up Mrs. J. B. Eustis, a New 1 ork society woman, for a considera- J on in cash. ] "If he admitted it I would have 1 ruck him," said the tall, lithe young 1 an in the costume of Paris. "I am , gentleman sportsman, not an aerial ifliiffpiir'" ' versus the biplane. The young nobleman was evidently embarrassed. He hardly wanted to criticise the American machine, yet he was for the monoplane all the time. i "You see," he explained with a dep- . recating gesture, "the monoplane is faster; footer than any biplane so far. in in>uig many people it is sure to be more commodious. Perhaps we Bhall see them soon able to carry three j or four passengers. M. Bleriot is , building one now capable of sustain- J Ing six persons. And the monoplane, ? you must remember, is much more ? comfortable. To carry more than two , the biplane must be a triplane, or even j a. plane with four surfaces. "In France aviation has advanced much more than it has in America, j hard as the people are working here. ( The reason is so simple?there is j more competition there than here. ? Here competition is nearly killed? t you must not ask me why. Devel- ( opment has been stopped. I can say ? no more." Of course, the young French aviator was referring to the Wright's patent, which has put a stop to many ambitious aviators in the United States. He quickly turned the subject. "You see, he began, on his new :ack. "abroad we have the necessary competition. We are improving every day. The day of the flying machine which is not dangerous is at hand. Soon it will be only a matter af expense. There is no reason that iny man should not fly?if he can ifford it!"?New York World. Wood's Seeds For The Farm and Garden have an established reputation extending over thirty years, being planted and used extensively by the best Farmers and Gardeners throughout the Middle and Southern States. Wood's New for 1911 will Seed Catalog |}elp y.ou to ? determine as to what crops and seeds to plant for success and profit. Our publications have long been noted for the full and complete information which they give. Catalog mailed free on request. Write for it T. W. WOOD 6 SONS, Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va. NEW PERFECTION ! Wick Blue Flame Oil Cook-Stove j Ideal for Rammer cooking. Cut, fuel expengf > In two. SaTrs labor. Olveo clean, quick re- t illta. "*"hree alr.ea Full? w,run'"* STANDARD OIL. CO. , (|n?M.rn?rat?-?li ? LADIES, i mi Vnn J*doy Nntire I * 1/1U A VIA AJI/%,1 4TlTb?v-v. How your back hurts after several hours spent at the sewing machine, bending over sideways to properly feed the cloth under the needle bar? Very painful, isn't? Did you ever think why this is so? No? Well, it is simply because that with the ordinary- sewing machine the needle bar is considerably aut of center of the machine table and the treadle and it is necessary to lean to one side?give the back a twist?to get the eye in line with the needle bar. But relief has come at last. The trick has been turned and you will find that the next sewing machine you buy will not give you that troublesome pain caused by the twist of the spinal column. The next machine you buy will be a , STANDARD ROTARY CENTRAL NEEDLE. Remember that. This machine is so built that the needle bar is placed in the exact center of the machine table ind on a center with the machine treadle, and this way entirely does iway with that painful back twist and ather discomforts. We especially Invite the ladies to iome and see one of the Standard Rotary Central Needle Machines. It is something entirely new and you will be pleased to see what a great improvement it is over the "back twisters." Don't buy a Sewing Machine before seeing the Central Needle Standard. YORK FURNITURE CO ' a TAX RETURNS FOR 1911 3 r Dffice of the County Auditor of York c County, South Carolina. Yorkville, S. C., December 2, 1910. u AS required by statute my books will 2 be opened at ray office in York- r /ille on MONDAY. JANUARY 2. 1911. i, md kept open until FEBRUARY 20, j 1911, for the purpose of listing for :axatlon all PERSONAL and REAL <3 odadphtv hpm in York county on h January 1, 1911. ? All returns must be made in regular form and it is preferable that they be g nade by the property owner in person o :o me or my assistant, direct, on blanks provided for the purpose. The returns / nust be duly sworn to either before me t >r my assistant, or some other officer t lualifled to administer an oath. Ii All items of realty, whether farms, a >r town lots, must be listed separately. 2 Returns made on proper blanks, and t worn to before an officer qualified to idminister an oath and forwarded to E ne by registered mail before February a 10, 1911, will be accepted. b All taxpayers are particularly re- F juested to inform themselves as to the lumber of their respective school dis- s ricts, and where they have property in n nore than one school district, they will e ileaae make separate returns indicat- a ng the location of each piece of prop?rty. The school districts in which J here are special levies are as follows: 1 ^os. 23 and 27. in Bethel township; h fos. 6. 29, 33 and 43 in Bethesda town(hip; Nos. 9, 20, 40 and 44 in Broad d rtiver township; Nos. 9, 15 and 20 in a 3ullock's Creek township, No. 12 Ca- 4 awba township; Nos. 7, 12, 35 and 43 h n Ebenezer township; Nos. 26, 28 and \ 19 in Fort Mill township: Nos. 2 and p 17 in King's Mountain lowiimnp, nua, 11, 20, 33, 35. 42 and 43 in York town- 6 ihip. 1 For the purpose of facilitating the b aking of returns, and for the greater lonvenience of taxpayers, I will be at he following places on the dates lamed: ~ At Bullock's Creek, (Good's Store), ?n Saturday, January 14. ~ At Tirzah, on Monday, January 16. At Newport, on Tuesday, January 17. At Fort Mill, on Wednesday, Thurslay and Friday, January 18, 19 and 20. 1 At McConnellsville, on Monday, Jan- J lary 23. At Ogden, on Tuesday, January 24. At Coates's Tavern, (Roddey's), on Wednesday, January 25. K At Rock Hill, from Thursday, Jan- L lary 26, to Wednesday, February 1. y And at Yorkville from Thursday, February 2, until Monday, February 20. ' All males between the ages of twen- ci y-one and sixty years, except Confed- p rate soldiers over the age of fifty ears, are liable to a poll tax of $1, and ill persons so liable are especially re- a' luested to give the numbers of their S espective school districts in making q heir returns. It will be a matter of much accom- el nodatlon to me if as many taxpayers ,s possible will meet me at the resective appointments mentioned above, j o as to avoid the rush at Yorkville luring the closing days. JOHN J. HUNTER. ~ County Auditor. _ I Yorkville, S. C., December 2, 1910. 96 f. 4t r? J. C. WILBORN riEAL ESTATE jIst your property with me p F you want to sell? * ? FOR SALE ? 290 Acre*?More or less, Joins Fred f 31ack, J. L. Williamson, J. B. Johnson, I 1 Mrs. Kendrick, Sam Roach, J. H. ^ Campbell, W. B. Byers and others;,1 Iwelling house, two-stories, six-rooms ind good barn; 175 acres under cultivation; one of the finest farms in the 31ackjack section. Property of John 3. Logan. e 61 Acres?In one tract, 122 acres in :he other; joins W. R. Carroll and oth?rs on Turkey creek; 2 houses on each; L has 3 rooms, other 2 rooms; bam md stable on each; 40 acres under culivation In the 122 acre tract; 15 under :ultlvation In the 61 acre tract; also i fine meadow on the 122 acres. Price Twenty-six Hundred and Twenty-five ] Dollars. Will sell the 61 acres separ- gT itely. Ge 514 Acres?Fine farm of W. M. IVhitesides. 11 miles H.ickorv Orove: i nice 2-story, 8-room residence; about !60 acres In original forest timber; Pj Lbout 250 acres in cultivation; 60 icres of good bottom land. This place ast year produced 40 bales of cot:on, over 500 bushels of oats, and a |_0 rery large corn crop. Price per acre? 116.00. 28 Acres?Two nice dwellings, iniluding a fine roller flour mill, one . .j :orn mill, 2 metal turbine wheels, 25lorse power each, a saw mill; every- ?hing in tip top order. Price $3,000.. 45 Acres?Adjoining the beautiful arm of Mr. Robt. McCorkle, and just tutside the incorporate limits of Yorkrille, land lies level and nice. For mmediate sale. v69 Acres?Bounded by the lands of J 3. M. Parrott, J. J. McCarter, J. B. iVood and J. C. Lilly; the property >f J. C. Wood. Will put a six-room enant house on the place. Will sell for J $37) thirty-seven dollars an acre. The beautiful home of Jno. O. Pratt, mff. . mile of Newport and Tirzah; 79 ^ icres; absolutely level land; 55 acres _ n cultivation; 20 acres in fine timber; If l 5-room tenant house, painted; a good >am; all necessary outhouses; also 1 .. enant house with 4-rooms also barn; .5 acres of new ground that will make i bale to the acre. I do not know of is valuable a little place in the county; ' miles from Rock Hill. Price?$50 an v icre. L The residence and store room com- J fined in the town of Yorkvllle of Geo. Bherer. It is three lots from the court louse. It has a large store room, easily ents for $20, another room rents for 15. About two acres of land; 8 nice m ooms in the residence. Price $4,000. 150 Acres?Near Clay Hill; 1 dwell- rw ng; all necessary outbuildings?part I y >f the A. A. Barron place?$10.00 an ICPfl. 136 Acres?Including the Balrd & iudson place near Concord church; 3 rood houses; 60 acres In cultivation? J / >15.00 an acre. Property of M. B. | r Hassey. IV 115 Acres?1 dwelling, and two tenint houses; 90 acres under cultivation, 10 acres in timber; 21 miles of Smyrla. Price, $15.00 per acre. T. B. Nichols. 62 Acres?Property of M. C. Lathan, lear King's Creek and Piedmont Springs, on public road. Price $15 per icre. c,e 201 Acres?1 house, 5-rooms; 75 Co teres, under cultivation; 40 acres In ha imber, fine orchard; 3 miles of New- C01 )ort. Price $12 per acre?W. W. Auten. thj 95 Acres?Mrs. J. Frank Wallace th< )lace, 2 dwellings on It; 8 miles of forkvllle on public highway, near New 51on church. Price $1,425. 171 Acres?J. J. Scogglns mill and bel tome, 1 dwelling, 8-rooms, 2 stories; Qu 10 acres very fine bottom land?pro- Do luce corn every year; 30 acres barbed sai vire; also 30 acres hog wire pasture; Wi >0 acres under cultivation; 25 acres n forest timber. A new barn, 40x60; pig louble crib. One-third Cash. wi] (1) Parks Parish place 91 acres; 1 at louse, 4 rooms; 50 acres under culti- ex< nation, 40 acres In timber, orchard 2) 128J acres at New Zion, joins J. wp I. Falres ani others; 1 house, 5 rooms; jar 15 acres under cultivation; 90 acres In th( lmber; 3 miles of Smyrna, good barn, ?0( utbuildlngs. $2,100 for Parish Dixon SPf >lace, 1st. $21.00 per acre for place wJ] rohn Dixon now lives on 2nd. John Rl1 ?. Smith. 285 Acres?Joins Wm. Biggers, Meek ^aulkner, Jin McQlll; 5-horse farm; . house, 6-rooms, 75 acres under cullvatlon; 185 acres In timber. Some aw timber; near to Enon church; 2't f"u' lies Smyrna; 4 tenant houses, 35 ?? Lcres of bottom land. Price $15.00 per icre. A. J. Boheler property. aU Miss Dolly Miller residence?a barjain. alf 150 Acres?75 acres In cultivation; 2-* '6 acres In timber; 3 miles Sharon. Me /ery cheap. 50 Acres?Joins A. J. Boheler, Westnoreland and Ed Whltesldes corners $4< it London siding; 1 house, 1 story, 3ooms, 20 acres under cultivation, dr< >lenty of firewood; orchard, good otl iprlng, | mile of Canaan church, 1 mile >f Smyrna station, good barn. Price 116.00 per acre. 98 Acres?Adjoining Forest Hill academy; property of Perry Ferguson. Price cii 11,600. Forty acres in cultivation, some a ( if which has made over a bale to the ere;' 58 acres on timber; plenty of th? lne saw timber. _ . 125 Acres?One dwelling, one story .. md half, 5-rooms?Perry Ferguson dcCullum place. Price $1,600. 55 3-5 Acres?One dwelling, 11 stoles; good well water; J mile of Con- _ ord church and school; 25 acres under fh ultivatlon; plenty of wood. Price $650. , g Perms to suit purchaser. Property of 8 f W. H. Baird. th Q7 Arrai AnS a now fi.rnnm hnnso tenant houses; new barn 30x40; two . nlles Clover. Owner wishes to buy a * arger farm. This Is a great bargain. 'roperty of T. J. Bradford. House and half acre lot In Clover; 1 P?' Iwelllng, 3 rooms, 2 piazzas, splendid louse, electric lights. J. Ross Parish ?' lome. Price $850.00. oaj 186 Acres?In King's Mountain town* ^*? hip; one 3-room dwelling; about 600,00 feet timber. Price $10 per acre. '"8 3951-2 Acres?Known as the Oates- Ha tlllson place; produces 8 bales of cot- Bai on; one 2-story, 7-room building; 4 enant houses, 3 rooms each, 100 acres 2 B a cultivation, 150 acres In timber; bal- ont nee In second growth and pasture; miles of Hickory Grove. Will cut In- Hu 0 small tracts. Price $12.00 per acre, anj 455 Acres?Property of Jas. A. and !. Bankhead; 3 houses. Nearly 200 me cres of bottom land, raises about 1,000 22ushels of corn, very productive place. 'rice $9.00 an acre. Sta 128 Acres?Home place of J. F. Caron; good 6-room dwelling; land level; des ew barn, crib, cotton house. All nec- 0ffl ssary out buildings. A beautiful farm t Delphos. 119 3-4 Acres?Joins lands of Mrs. . L. McGill; one new 4-room house; 5 acres of fresh, new ground, balance 1 wood; 1J mile Bethany High School. 234 Acres?One 2-story, 8-room the welling; good 5-horse farm open; 80 gt0. cres In timber; 4 good tenant houses, (lo -rooms each; good barn. Land In ^ Igh state cultivation. Joins J. J. hov latthews; 3 miles Bethany. Price $25 , er acre. " , 112 3-4 Acres?Joins John F. Smith; l?' 0 acres In cultivation; 52 In timber; dwelling. 2 tenant houses: good new , arn. Price 2,000. R. D. Wallace. J. C. WILBORN. on ????^???????? nar rhe Place to mlt mal 3uy Lumber SS for pgc Is at the Lumber Yard of J. J. [eller & Co. Why? Simply because fair umber is our specialty and we know TliC /hen to Buy, What to Buy, and ^re( /here to Buy and can always give our not ustomers what they want at Right rices. See us for your Lumber needs and Qf{] Iso for Doors, Blinds, Sash, Laths, hingles, Builders' Hardware, Paints, posi ils, Varnishes, Glass, Lime, Cement, t*le trot :c. J. J. KELLER & CO. miu W Bring us your logs if you want lem sawed. s L M~ New type, good stock and know- i ig how, is what makes The Enqui- I >r's job printing satisfy its users. I see the professional (Cards. 1iedmont Marble di.b.g. black Surgeon Oentiet. ?m ? . Office second floor of the New Mct ? Neel building. At Clover Tuesday and iramte Company F^ay <* each week. J. 8. BRICE, YORKVILLE, S. C. ATTORNEY AT LAW r High Grade Office Opposite Court House. WnMTTMFXFTQ Prompt attention to all legal busl.TlV/li V^lTXJJyi.^1 X L/ ness 0( whatever nature. In Granite and Marble. Geo. w. S. Hart. Jos. E. Hart. HART & HART Plain and Finely Carved TOMB'ONES sold at reasonable prices. atthdmpvc at t a \a7 t our prices before you buy. aa a <-> k in u, y s> a i l,aw Yorkville 8. C. t .. , , n _ , No. 1, Law Range. 'Phone (Office) 68, iedmont Marble & Granite Co J. W. GREGORY, Mgr. JOHN R. HART ?l. Rath, Pre.. A Tre... ATTORNEY AT LAW rYou are measured by the Station- No , ^ f you send out. Use The Enquirer ?d- YORKVILLE. S. C. GET SUBSCRIBERS FOR rHE ENQUIRER *A {? A *?+A *?+A ??*A *?+A *?+A *?+A *?*A *?+A *?+A ?W Is Pleasant, Easy Work and Good Pay i *?*A *?*A ?$*A *?+A *?*A *?+A *?+A X?+A *?+A *?+A *?+J Quarter Leather Top, Rubber Tire IOCK HILL BUGGY For the Largest Club +A *?+A *?+A *?+A *?+A *?+A *?+A *?+A *?+A *?+A *?+A *8 vo Horse PIEDMONT WAGON For the Second Largest Club *A *?+A *?*A *?+A *?*A *?+A Stfc+A *?*A K?+A *?+A *?+A "M i HIGH GRADE SEWING MACHINES 16 To As Many Different Competitors b +*3$ AA $&+ +3$ AA @@+ *#? AA ??+ +?? AA ?? +?? AA ?? THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPLETE <D 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 5 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 ? o'clock p. m., we will give One tarter leather Top Rock Hill Buggy (Carolina Grade), valued at Ninety Hare. To the Clubmaker who returns the second largest club under the ne conditions by the date mentioned, we will give a Two Horse Piedmont tgon, 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 $40 and the other retailing at $30, two Machines to go to each township, lepting 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 5 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 11 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 ichines 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 fail to give satisfaction. The buggy we are offering has been purchased im Messrs. Carroll Bros., of Yorkville, the Local Agents, and is subject to of the guarantees Df the Rock Hill Buggy Company. The Wagon is of the well known and time tested Piedmont make, and may o 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. issrs. Carroll Bros, stand by the guarantee. The price ioy.ou. The best grade Sewing Machine offered, has high arm, drop head, hand :, five drawers and Is ball bearing. The retail price ranges as high as ).00 and It seldom sells for less. The second grade Sewing Machine Is almost as good. It Is also of the )p head description, has Ave drawers and is practically the same as the ler with the exception that It is not fitted with ball bearings. WHAT A CLUB IS 1 Two or more names returned by a single Clubmaker will be regarded as a lb, 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 rear or $1.00 for six months. In Clubs the price for six months remains ! same, but for a year it Is only $1.76. 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 i largest clubs In the county and the respective townships, we are oflfer; SPECIAL PREMIUMS for all smaller Clubs, from three names up. FOR THREE NAMES.?A year's subscription to the Progressive Farmer, i bestagricultural weekly in the South. ? ? a r?j?t T?A..?taln Don o hon^QAmo ThrAA FOR HJlll KAJltS.?A aiyiugrttpmc ruuinam ? a.., ? ? ided Pocket Knife with name and address on handle; or one of the late v Novels that retail for J 1.00. FOR FIVE NAMES.?A "Bannatyne" Stem Winding Watch, a gold nted Fountain Pen or a Four-Bladed Pocket Knife. FOR SIX NAMES.?An "Eclipse" Stem Winding Watch, Hamilton Mod15, 22-calibre Rifle, a year's subscription to tho Christian Herald, Saturr Evening Post, a 22-Strtng Zlthern or any one of the new popular $1.50 vels. FOR EIGHT NAMES.?An Ingersoll "Triumph" Watch, Daisy RepeatAir Rifle?works like a Winchester?a fine Razor or a Pocket Knife, a pld 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 ntfng Coat, a No. 1 Ejector Single-Barrel Breech-Loading Shot Gun, or r 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., Cal. Rifle. FOR FORTY NAMES.?A fine Mandolin, Guitar or Banjo, a New York ndard Open Face Watch, a Double-Barrel Breech-Loading Shot Gun. ANYTHING DESIRED.?We will arrange to furnish any special article lred 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. lRCH 18, at 6 o'clock p. m., 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 p a subscription before the close of the Club contest, the Clubmaker may * * - * * 11'linro A mill. so by paying tbe amount due at tne time 01 suun siup^usc. ..uw ?. ? Iption has been paid in full, it cannot be discontinued. The Clubmaker, vever, may, if he sees proper, transfer the unfulfilled portion of the subption to another subscriber, provided the person to whom the transfer is je made was not a subscriber at the time the original name was entered on books. No name will lie counted in competition for a premium until the sub? Iption price has been paid, nor will any premium be delivered until the bmaker has either paid or made satisfactory settlement for all the names the Club. 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 sre 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 pertcd. 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 trns names must pay for them. Clubmakers: who try to return and pay names already regularly 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 ad ss. The fact that a name was returned on a certain ciud last year aoes 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 f when it is sent by Draft, Registered Letter, Express or Postofflce Money er. In sending the names. Always give correct names or initials, and present tollice address, and if possible say whether the subscribers are NOW taking paper. Careful observance of this will be the means of avoiding much lble and confusion. In case of a tie for either the Buggy or Township Sewing Machine Prems, TWO WEEKS will be allowed for the working off of the tie. After the close of the contest on SATURDAY, MARCH 18, at 6 p. m., price of a year's subscription will be $2.00, unless New Clubs are formed. M. GRIST'S SONS, PublishersYorkville, South Carolina