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tumorous Jrpartmrnt. Outwitting Himsalf. In stories that reflect the idiosyr crasies of the Irish character, th smile usually gets the better of th sigh. The story below, found in a re cent number of the Cornhill Mags zine, is happily illustrative: An Irish gentleman of another ger eration took it into his head that thos in his employment were not servin him as they ought, more especially i the early morning, before any on was stirring. He determined, there fore, on a series of matutinal visits. The second time he went abroad i the early morning he saw in a flelt known as Skinnegan, which bordere the avenue leading to his residence and which had been empty the pre vious day, six unknown cattle quieti grazing. He promptly drove the offendin animals out of the field and down th avenue to the gate. There some bare legged boys from an adjacent cabi lent him ready and Joyful assistance and at the head of his ragged com pany, armed with sticks and branche he personally conducted the trespass ers to the village pound, and sai them securely shut in before return *ng, heated and incensed, to break fast. "That's the way I'm served." h complained to his family, "that laz herder of mine not troubling to men >my fences, and half the cattle in th county allowed to trample in and ou of my best grazing-places as the please! Wait till I find Master Ne after breakfast, and I'll give him th best dressing down he's ever had i: his life!" There was, however, no need to g In search of the delinquent, for befor breakfast was ended a message wa brought in that the herder was with out, desiring to see the master. Ne was upon the hall steps, much crest fallen and alarmed. "I'm sorry to have to tell It to you honor," he began, humbly, "bu there's six of your honor's cattle li the pound. I put them in Sklnnegai late last night, an' shut the gate or 'em meself. an' how they got out ar went shtrayln' on me?" He got no farther, for the mastei who had with difficulty restrains himself until then, beat a hasty de treat to the dining-room, where h collapsed into a chair, and laughe* until his family had fears of an lm pending apoplectic seizure. Thenceforth he gave up his earl; inspections, and left the care of hi property to his underlings. When He Want* Grapes.?"Cham Clark is rather leery about giving a: opinion nowadays," said one of hi friends in the house press gallerj "He is running for president. He i much given to the saying that he wll not discuss a subject that everybod; else is discussing. "Mr. Clark reminds me of a youni lawyer out west. The legal ligh would not commit himself on an; subject. Two of his friends. Tor and John, undertook to make hir take a stand. They went to his offlc and incidentally commenced a debat whether or not a buffalo ate grapes. " 'Of course he eats grapes,' sai< Tom. 'I saw one climb twenty fee into a tree to get a bunch of grapes " 'What! A buffalo climb a tree?' " 'Yes.' " 'What do you think of that prop osition?a buffalo climbing a tree t get grapes?Jude?' said John to th lawyer, who had remained silent u to that time. " 'Why, I don't know, but there' no telling what a buffalo will do whe: he wants grapes,' was the reply."Washlngton correspondence to Ne\ York World. His Saving, Perhaps?The late Bi! Barlow, editor of the Laramie Boom erang, believed no less in accurat than in humorous journalism. "You can't achieve your effect, Barlow once said In an address ii Douglas, Wyo., "unless you're accu rate. Uncertainty and inaccuracy wil spoil the finest effect, whether it b comic or whether it be pathetic. "I remember a funeral in Tin Car The Widow Wagg had lost her thir in a poker dive. George Jones, D. D delivered the funeral address, and a eloquent and moving address it wai but George, in his inaccurate waj hadn't made sure whether it was he third or her fourth that the widoi Wagg was burying. "Hence he spoiled a grand oratio with these concluding words: " 'And now we commend to the dl vine mercy this widowed handmai who hath been bereaved again, an again, and again'? "George hesitated, frowned, an added: " '?and perhaps again.' "?Huma Life. Logic.?A hungry customer seate himself at a table in a quick-lunc restaurant and ordered a chicken pi< When It arrived he raised the lid an sat gazing at the contents intentl for a while. Finally he called th waiter. "Look here. Sam," he said, "wht did I order?" "Chicken pie. sah." "And what have you brought me? "Chicken pie, sah." "Chicken pie, you black rascal! the customer replied. "Chicken pie Why, there's not a piece of chicken i it, and never was." "Dat's right, boss?dey ain't n chicken in it." "Then why do you call it chicke pie? I never heard of such a thing. "Dat's all right, boss. Dey don have to be no chicken in a chicke pie. Dey ain't no dog in a dog bis cult, is dey?"?Everybody's. Ages in the Bible.?Tommy was venturesome lad, but nobody had ev< credited hint with sufficient courage 1 shake his head in contradiction whe the Sunday school visitor, who wishe to show off his knowledge of Biblicj history, asserted that Sarah, Abra ham's wife, was the only woman whos age was recorded in the Bible. Seein the disapproving motion of the litt head in the front row the visitor reil erated: "Sarah was the only woman whos age is recorded in the Bible." Then Tommy spoke right up. "There are three more that I kno of," said he. "Mother, grandmother and Aur ? TV ?.. W,? V/^lr Cnn i-iUC'y, StUU A KUlliliy . i win Sing Ho! Ohio.?Jesse Conway, th correspondent of the Cleveland Leat er, tells this one: The noble battleship Ohio steame into Quito harbor one day and ar chored alongside a British ship. Pre* ently the tramp's dingy was lowere and sailor men rowed out to the bal tleship. They arrived under th nameplate and painfully spelled 01 the warrior's handle. All looked puj zled. Finally one Britisher tried i aloud. "A 'ho' and a 'haltch' and a '10, he said softly. "Wot a 'ell of a nam for a ship!"?Louisville Times. JftiscrUaurous grading. WITH NEIGHBORING EXCHANGES. e Notes and Comments About Matters e of Local Interest. >- Gaffney Ledger, .August 18: Some l- little interest was excited Tuesday afternoon when an automobile party i- consisting of ex-Senator John L. Mcie Laurin and family passed through g Gaffney. They were en route to their n home at Marlboro, returning from e Hendersonville, N. C., where they have " A<r been spending a iew wt-erwo James J. Roberts of Shelby, N. C., a son of the late C. C. Roberts, of the n North Carolina city and Miss Lena ji Hogue, daughter of Mr. Wm. Hogue, d' also of Shelby, were united In the holy bonds of matrimony in the office 5. of the probate judge in this city yes> terday. The ceremony was performed y by Judge Kirby and it is stated that the marriage was a gretna green affair Down in Laurens the other g day the mayor of the town and one e of his friends, who Is also an official of some kind, got on a spree and raised a disturbance, and threatened to shoot n the policemen who went to arrest i; them. A brother of the mayor then went to the newspaper office and demanded that the newspaper suppress !S the news of the mayor. The policei men who made the arrest were aftery wards "laid off" because the city did not need their services. All of which goes to show that there are some peo pie who have been honored by their constituency who are unappreciative. e Rock Hill Herald, August 18: The y Herald has been requested to publish d the following: "Mr. J. A. Tate, Clerk e of Court, Yorkville, S. C: Dear Sir? it Your check for $130.40, has been rey ceived. However the comptroller gend eral will be absent from the office for e about ten days. As soon as he returns, It will be endorsed and turned over to the state treasurer, who will send you official receipt. You will then be sent o the pensions of John Clark, N. Y. e Rogers, Mary A. Pearson and Amanda Adkins, also Margaret Ramsey. We regret the delay that is unavoidable, - K..f mill o&riri fho warrant as soon as d the comptroller returns. Yours very truly, Kate F. Maher, Pension Clerk." On Tuesday morning of this week the police force was minus two of its r members, Messrs. Gladden and Jent kins. On account of a difficulty the n night before, in which it was charged that Officer Jenkins figured, he was n suspended from the force by Chief i* Partlow and on Tuesday morning he released his badge and billy and brass buttons to the city. A little later Tuesday morning Officer Gladden ten\ dered his resignation and likewise he d returned the same articles to tne city. Mr. G. C. Clyburn is filling the vacancy of one of the men while the other va? cancy has not as yet been filled. The d anuual police election is scheduled to . take place at the first meeting of the city council in September, which will be the 4th, and it is likely that the vay cancies will be filled then. The elecs tion of a recorder will also occur on September 4th. Lansaster News, August 19: Mayor p W. T. Gregory tendered his resignation to the council at a meeting of that g body Thursday night, but no action r was taken thereon. It is hoped that s Mr. Gregory may be prevailed upon to . reconsider his action and continue to serve as mayor, in which position he V is giving universal satisfaction, making a faithful, firm and efficient officer. K It is understood that it is on account ? of his health that Mayor Gregory de1 sires to be relieved of the duties and y responsibilities of the office As n heretofore published, President Dabbs of the State Farmers' Union has several appointments to speak in this ? county next week. He will speak here * J A V.lnnl, of e mommy ttiin uuun a.i ? unum, Camp Creek Tuesday at 3 p. m., at , Tradesvllle on Wednesday at 3 p. m., a at Dixie on Thursday at 12 m., at t Douglas on Friday at 11 p. m A called meeting of the First presbytery of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church was held here yesterday in the A. R. P. church. The object of - the meeting was for the purpose of o ordaining and installing the Rev. W. S. Patterson as pastor of the Lancaster and Shiloh churches. Rev. R. A. P Lummus of Richburg presided over the meeting and addressed the people. The s address to the pastor was made by the Rev. W. H% Stevenson of Lesslie. n The services were unusually interest ing and impressive and were witnessv ed by a good congregation... .Mr. John R. Taylor, a prosperous young planter of Craigsville, son of Mr. S. D. Taylor of this place, was married in Rich11 burg, Chester county, Wednesday afternoon, at 4 o'clock, to Miss Mary Whiteside, the attractive young e daughter of Mr. I. N. Whiteside of Richburg. The ceremony was per? formed at the home of the bride's parents, by the Rev. R. A. Lummus, in the presence of relatives and a few - friends of the contracting parties. 11 Among those present were Misses Louise and Virginia Taylor, sisters of the groom, and Mr. Bill Jones of Lancaster; Miss Margie Whiteside, sister i. of the bride of Philadelphia; Misses A Cordelia and Mildred Henderson of Charlotte. The bride has many friends * and admirers in Lancaster, where she n has occasionally visited her aunt, Mrs. 3> T. J. Strait Following is the r' resell of the cotton weighers' election neia tast niesuay, au^usi 10. 'r Lancaster?A. J. Bailey, 291; David R. iv Williams, 275; Laney J. Funderburk, 67; W. B. Cauthen, 19. Second race August 22, between Bailey and Wiln liams. Heath Springs?Z. F. Mackey, 184; J. Edgar Mobley, 36; Walter l_ Threatt, 58. Mackey elected. Ker. shaw?C. Estridge, 9; R. R. Kennington, 118: Ransom Horton, 115; Ed d Gregory, 96. Second race between Kennington and Horton. d Gasionia Gazette, August 18: Miss Cora Clarke returned Tuesday from a n visit of several weeks to friends in Anniston, Ala., Atlanta, Gaffney and other points Assistant Postmaster 1(j Archie L. Jenkins was at the money . order window a few days ago when a h man walked up and shoved in a mone. ey order application. Mr. Jenkins J looked at the blank and found the line for "amount" filled out as follows: "one J gallon yaller corn, $2." The remitter e evidently did not want any mistake made as to the amount he wanted or lt the kind Jailer G. R. Rhyne received a telegram this morning from the officers at Carrollton, Ga., making inquiry as to one Dave McGill, a negro, who is wanted here on a charge of murder. McGill killed another negro at King's Mountain about last Christmas and escaped. There is a reward ? of $25 for his apprehension. The Carn rollton officers have a negro in custody, but no very satisfactory description io has been given the officers here of him, so it is not known whether they 'J) have the man wanted in Gaston or not. A marriage of especial interest t to the many friends of the contracting n parties took place at Belmont last Suns' day when Miss Jessie Eddleman be ? t -?.i- -e ii cam*- nit? unue ui ah . i* iu%> u di hhvi , the ceremony being performed in the a presence of a few friends by Squire ;r Gaston. The bride is the daughter of :0 Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Eddleman of the [n Loray mill, while the groom is a well^ known and successful farmer of the aj South Point section, where they will ._ reside Mr. W. J. Harper, who re^ sided at No. 534 Harvie avenue, died 1K last Saturday afternoon in the Bethel le neighborhood, near Clover. He was . visiting relatives in that section and 1 was stricken with paralysis. Follow,e ing funeral services at Bethel church Sunday the body was interred in the Bethel cemetery. Deceased came to Gastonia several years ago from the Bethel section. He was about 50 years lt old and leaves a wife and one daughter to mourn his death Yesterday's Cherryville Eagle says: "The school board met last Thursday evening and le elected Prof. H. S. Moseby of Indiana, 1- superintendent of the Cherryville Graded schools for the coming year, d The professor comes highly recomi mended and has made a fine impres? sion while in our midst. The people d here look forward to a successful t- school year under his management." e Yorkville is having Fitts. Gastt tonia once threw Fitts?out the back door. To the uninitiated it is only neeit essary to explain that Fitts is a Socialist of the anarchistic type and " glories in "persecution." It furnishes e him oratorical capital in the next town wherewith to seek the .. mpathies of the simple and kind-hearted whom he induces to lay aside judgment. His bids for sympathy from the unsuspecting public are so thin, however, th?.t he usually misses his mark, Fitts belongs to that type who prefer to live off of hardworking people without doing any work themselves, Mrs. A. Brown Lineberger, who has been in feeble health for the past two years, but who was taken critically ill only a short time ago, died Tuesday night at her home southeast of Gastonia, aged 51 years. The cause of death was chronic gastritis. The deceased was before her marriage Miss Julia Ford and is survived by her aged mother, who made her home with Mr. and Mrs. Lineberger. There also survive her husband, Mr. A. Brown Lineberger, and five children, as follows: Mrs. John McArver, Mr. Hi Lee Lineberger. Rev. Fred L. Lineberger, Mr. Clarence Lineberger and miss Stella Lineberger. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Chapel Lutheran church, of which the deceased had been a faithful and loyal member for thirtytwo years, by Rev. John Hall, the pastor. The remains were laid to rest in the Chapel cemetery. The bereaved family have the deep sympathy of a large number of friends, by whom Mrs. Lineberger was known and loved as a noble Christian woman. FOOLED TWO HOLD-UP MEN. Remarkable Foresightednese of Si West, a Smart Stage Driver. Si West, the grizzled old stage driver, a relic of early days, brought his stage up in front of the postofflce. The mine superintendent came out with a mail bag and handed It to him. "Well, Si," he said, "did you get the gold?" "Yep. There 'tis," replied the old fellow, ejecting a mouthful of tobacco juice, and pointing to a square little box on top of the stage. "Eny passengers?" "Yes, there's one," answered the superintendent. "He'll be out in a minute. You'd better be kinda careful today, Si," he added, drawing closer. "There's more gold in that box than usual this week. And you know Black Merton's been tearing off some stunts around here the last month or two." "Don't y'u worry none 'bout Black Merton," assured Si. "I been up agin him befo.* They don't none of them bad men git th' best o' SI West No, sir-ree." At this point the passenger, a welldressed and pleasant-looking fellow, came out of the postofflce. "This is the stage I'm to take?" he asked. "Yep," replied Si. "Yu' kin either git inside or y'u kin ride up here with me on th' seat, jest as y'u like." "Thanks. Guess I'll ride up on the seat, as it don't make any difference.' He mounted to the driver's seat, and Si cracked his long whip over the horses, starting them off at a gallop. They went for several miles without either breaking the silence. Then the old driver began chuckling softly to himself. In a moment he spoke. "He, he," he giggled. "Did yu' heyear what th' Sup' was sayin' t* me? He, he. I run up again Black Merton onct. Yep, but didn't git none th' best o' me. No, sir-ree." "Tell me about it," encouraged his passenger. "Wall," the old fellow began. " 'Twaa 'bout six months ago, an' I was a carry in' a box of gold fer th' comp'ny. I'd got jest 'bout long here som'ere, an' he comes a riddin' out fr'm behin' thet hill up there on th' road, an'?H'm." "Hands up!" he cried. Si and his passenger instantly obeyed the command. "Now," said the robber, "y'u up there with th' dude clothes, git up an' take down thet box fr'm ofTn th' stage. Be quick, too, befo' I give y'u a little livelier." "Ge-ed up," called Si to the horses, and as they started they heard the clatter of hoofs as the robber galloped away. For perhaps twenty minutes neither spoke. Then the old driver began to chuckle again. "Well," said his seatmate, in very evident surprise, "I shouldn't think you'd be so happy over losing that gold. What do you think the superintendent will say about this?" "He he," giggled Si. "They don't none of them get th' best o' Si West. No sir-ree. That fellow won't be a feelin' very happy, neither, that is, h& woo fl-lfwYkin' fpr rnrks." '""What?" "Shu. D' y'u think I'd put a box o' gold up there fer th' whole country t' he a looking at? No, sir-ree. Thet box didn't hev nothin' in't but a lot a rocks." "And where in the deuce do you keep your gold?" asked the other. For an answer Si pulled up the flap that hung over the front seat on which they sat. Under the seat lay a box, precisely like the one that the robber had taken. "He. he," giggled Si. "They don't none of thein git' th' best of Si West. No, sir-ree." "Is that right?" The driver started up at the strange note in the other's voice, and found himself staring into the barrel of a big revolver, held in his companion's steady hand. "I guess you know me now, don't you?" smiled the latter. "I'm Black Merton. You fooled me with that rock gag before, but the man ain't living that can fool me twice. Now, you can just exercise your muscles dragging that box out from under the seat. Thanks for telling me where it was, but I knew it wasn't the other one all along. That other robber is a pal of mine. We figured this was the surest way of getting the gold." Some four hours later Si West brought his team to a halt in front of a little depot in Verde station. Alighting from his seat he went quickly around to the rear of the stage. Here he lifted a piece of canvass, took out a small square box it had covered. With a great effort he lifted the box to the ground and called the agent to come and help him in with it. "He, he." he giggled. "They don't none of them git th' best of Si West. i unroto/i POnr-lr Mftpton th' minute he come outa th' postoffice this mornin', Mebbe he likes rocks, too, though. He, he. They don't none of them git th' best o' Si West. No, slr-ree."?Los Angeles Times. Farm Dairy Wisdom. An ice house is a good thing if you can afford it, but you surely can afford cold water from a deep drilled well to cool the milk. One herd of Holsteins over in Michigan averaged 4.8 per cent fat on summer feed; pretty good test, I think. The dairy farmer must be doubly careful about weeds in the pasture, They interfere with the production ol the grass and will taint the milk il allowed to grow where milch cows will eat them. No person who is affected with a cough or consumption should be allowed to care for cows or milk. There are no bacteria in the milk when it comes from the cow. They get in mighty quick though afterwards Don't lose the profit on account of a little shortage of feed, when so much of it can be grown with so little work and cost. You will admit that successful dairying demands good cows for the foundation. Why not get rid of the poor ones then? It isn't much of a man who will smoke about the stable or let anybody else do it. It is likely to set the barn afire, then, too, the milk is sc quick to absorb all bad smells. We are all forgetful, so let me whisper in your ear once more that nobody ever invented a strainer that would take the impure matter out of the milk. You must keep it out, or else it will never be out. See that the water supply is pure and abundant. With a shortage in the water supply there will be disappointment in the result of the dairy. Think of that.?Successful Farming. s VISITS FROM THE SPIRIT LAND. Ghosts and Their Warnings to the Living. At a house party In the south the 1 talk fell upon the supernatural, and , there were cited a number of Instances showing either vividness of imagination or something harder to explain, but not less interesting because not : understood. A man in the party, according to an | exchange, said: "I am telling you this Just as it was told to me by my father. "Both my father and my Uncle John were planters before the war. They owned thousands of acres which they planted in cotton and rice, and lived several miles apart on separate plantations. Their father had been dead for sevprnl vonro at tViu time ?.. story. He had always been fairly Idolized by his sons, for while a stern man he was a loving father. "My uncle owned a number of negroes, one of whom, Black Dan, he had a special fancy for and kept as a valet, or body servant, as they were called then In the south. No one could understand my uncle's fancy for the negro, for he was a surly fellow. "One night Uncle John was sitting In front of the flre In his study reading. I do not know what the book was, but I will mention, however, that it has no direct connection with the story, that he waB an agnostic and was looked upon by the family as little better than , an atheist?a stern, embittered, irreligious man, intensely materialistic, believing little in either God or the devil, and given to reading authors of his , own scoffing tendencies. "Suddenly a shadow seemed to fall across his book, and he glanced up. Standing on the opposite side of the fireplace and looking gravely at him was my grandfather, who had been in his grave for years. My uncle jumped up, dropping the book, and the figure ' disappeared. "Thinking that he must have been dreaming, he sat down again and tried to resume his reading, but a sense of uneasiness possessed him, and he felt himself Impelled to rush out Into the darkness of the night. My uncle had much sorrow, and he began to wonder ' if his trouble had affected his mind. , He endeavored to fix his attention on his book, when suddenly the shadow fell again, and he looked up to sec his father standing facing him with a hpovu frnwti Hnrl/onIncv V?lo "My uncle sprang up and held out his hands, and the apparition disappeared, leaving behind a sense of Impending disaster. My uncle tried again to settle to his reading, refusing to give way to the impression of danger with which he seemed possessed, and had almost convinced himself that the presence had been a dream when the apparition suddenly appeared again. My uncle sprang up and my grandfather spoke, frowning and pointing to the door. My uncle thought he caught the words, 'John, go! go!' and then the ghostly visitant for the third time disappeared. "My uncle rushed from the house, and following an Impulse, saddled his 1 horse and rode to my father's, three miles away. I was a small child, but I can well remember hearing the clatter of the horse's hoofs as he dashed up to the door. He told of his ghostly visitant, and said he wished to spend the night with us. "My mother and father thought him ill, but forebore to argue with him. He spent the night with us and the next morning my fath >r rode back with him to his plantation. When they entered my uncle's room tftey cried out in amazement. Two heavy loads of buckshot had been fired into the bed the night before from an open window. Had my grandfather appeared to his son to save him from death the night before? "Years after Black Dan was hanged by a mob for crimes committed against the white race. My uncle endeavored to save the negro's life, but his efforts in his behalf were in vain. During the iaai conversation my uncie nau wuu him the former slave told him that It was he who had fired the buckshot Into ; his bed, thinking he was asleep In it as usual at that time of night, and hoping to kill him. i "Was I not a good master to you, Dari?" my uncle asked. "Why did you : wish to kill me?" " 'You were my master,' the negro said. 'You were white and I am black and I hate the white people, and that is ; the reason for every crime I have committed.' "When my uncle was a very old man he had another dream or visitation, whatever you choose to call it. In his 1 early life he married a beautiful vioman whom he loved very dearly. She died of typhoid fever six weeks after the marriage. In the early days of their honeymoon they had given a promise that the one who died first should, if possible, return and warn the other of approaching death. 1 "My uncle's grief grew less as time 1 passed and he married again. His second marriage brought him great un, happiness, but he lived to be an old 1 man. In the early stages of his illness ' he told my mother the date and hour ' of his approaching death. i came 10 me msi mgni, ne said, 'and sat beside me. She told me that my hour was approaching and that I must prepare to meet her in Heaven.' "My uncle died at the exact date and hour predicted." I Another member of the party contributed the following experience: "My great-grandmother had made her home with us for a number of years. She was a tiny little woman, very old as I remember her, and in the habit of reading her Bible almost constantly. At night before retiring she would kneel beside a little table in her i room, read a chapter in her Bible while on her knees, say her prayers, and then i no word would pass her lips again for the night. Many and many a time I have seen her kneeling there making : her evening supplications. ' "She moved with a daughter to Texas . and had been living In that state for i a number of years when one day I eni tered the room which she had occupied : while with us, and there, kneeling beside the little table, her Bible before her, was my great-grandmother. She : smiled at me and pointed upward, and then seemed to fade into nothingness. "It wna hrnnrt rinvllirht nnrl T fnnld I scarcely credit my senses, but I told members of the family and expressed ) the belief that grandma was dead. The ? following: day we received news of her death, and she had passed away at the very hour of her appearance to me. They said at the last she had smiled t and pointed upward." ! In the party was a man of affairs ' whose success in business and practical ways gave weight to the following i contribution: > "I never have seen but one ghost. That was several years ago, before my mother's death. "I had been fox hunting on a clear. moonlight night, and on coming home was met by the stable boy, who told me that my mother, who had been an V invalid for several years, was much worse. It was the fall of the year, aid I rememhber noticing, as I passed through the gate, that a pile of dry leaves had accumulated in front of it. and as I walked through them I thought that I must see that the gardener had ^ them removed the next morning. . . t "I did not enter tne nouse at once, ~ but sat down on a bench on a side porch, thinking I would collect myself after the shock of the stable boy's v news, before going into my mother's a room. 8 "My mother was a very charltaole J; woman and was greatly beloved, t Among her pensioners was a Mrs. a Brown, a poor widow, dead for several * years at the time of which I am speak- t ing. This poor woman had been an t especial pet and beneficiary of my mother's. g "As I sat idly looking out Into the e grounds. I thought I saw a woman o come down the lane and pass 1 through the gate. I was especially f struck with the fact that whe?. she t passed through the pile of dead leaves v there was not a rustle of a leaf, so ? far as I could hear. She was dressed t in black and came on quickly down the t walk and passed me with face averted, c going into the house. She did not s make a sound, and passed so near me as almost to brush against me. I f seemed to recognize something vaguely c familiar In the figure. a "Presently, without a sound, she 1 came from the house and passed me * again, going as she had come, through ? the leavee and on up the lane. I roused t myself, wondering if I could have t been dreaming, and went into the ? house, washed my face and hands and , went down to mother's room. I "As I bent to kiss her and asked sol- t icitously if she were feeling better, she said: f " 'Oh, much better! All day I have e heen sufferlne so with mv head, but al1 little while ago I thought that Mrs. j Brown came in here and bent over me c and laid her hand on my head and soothed all the pain away, and now I s am in no pain at all." "Then I realized that the figure that ] had seemed so familiar was that of ( Mrs. Brown, dead many years before, | but who, I do firmly believe, entered c my mother's sick room that night and > ministered to her." 1 "I was visiting relatives in North j Carolina," one of the group said. "One t of the girls whom I was visiting had i given a party and we had been very 1 gay all the evening, so I had gone to j, bed with no sense of uneasiness about any member of my family, who were t in a distant state, and, so far as I knew, ' well and happy. J "I dreamed that I saw my mother 1 lying on her bed, white and 111, and about her all her children gathered, t with the exception of myself. I thought t I stood far off, struggling to get to her > through a heavy white mist that seemed to hold me imprisoned. The dream j came to me three times and at day- ( light I arose and went to my aunt's 1 room, telling her of the vision and the j anxiety I felt about my mother. I "The family tried to laugh me out < of my fears, but I persisted in my be- J lief that my mother was ill. No bad tidings came that day, but several ( days later I received a letter, written f on the night of my dream, telling me * 1'??-- ?Aik/v? V.n/1 K/inn f o Iran 411 mm Illy JIIULiin nau uvou ... suddenly and her life despaired of that night, but was pronounced out of danger at the time of my sister's writing. All of the children but myself had been gathered about her bedside, and I believe my mother's spirit called to me through space that flight." OUTWITTED THE ORIENTALS. An Experience With the Customs Officials at Kermanshah. In eastern lands the colectlng of customs dues Is attended with perhaps more than ordinary fraud. In his book, "From Batum to Bagdad," Mr. W. B. Harris has told his experience with the customs officers of Kermanshah. The incident had Its comical feature as well as its serious lesson: Two hours later than I had intended we made a start and, proceeding through the long tunnel-like bazaarS, emerged from the town. Here fate had annoyance in store for me. At the local custom house the guards wanted to search us and make us pay duty on our scanty baggage. I had hired a mule to carry our saddlebags as far as Bagdad, using the owner of the mule, a wily old Arab who accompanied us, as a guide. These two, mule and man, the guards absolutely refused to let pass without my bestowing a perfectly illegal and illogical baksheesh. This I stoutly refused to do, and knowing that in the fom nor lo r\f ?c\ avail a ouuu ui IQ w*. iiv u>* I swallowed my wrath and argued coolly and collectedly with the soldiers. Soon they confessed that they had no right to touch either me or any animal of mine, but they maintained that the mule and the rider were both Arabs and that therefore I could not interfere. This was just what I wanted, and I solved the matter in a minute. I put the Arab on my horse and I rode his mule. There was no question about it then. The guards on their own confession could stop neither me nor my horse, and we rode quietly on amid the laughter of the men to change our mounts again fifty yards past the custom house. Printing to Pic You may have your own i Printed Matter. Bring these id best to carry them out. Or pos rience, we may be able to ma! prove on your ideas. Bring or Send Us Your I Show You That We Can Pleas WE P] Letterheads, Noteheads, Billhe; Envelopes, Pay Envelopes, Ruled Blanks, Duplica Duplicating Ordei Bank Checks, Booklets, Folders, Pamphlets, Cases On Appeal, Argume Cards, Wedding Anne Handbills, Dodgei L. M. Grist's S YORKVIL] 9^"* No Order For JOB PR] Order Is Too Small. PRIGONER OF GLACIER. si Awaiting Delivery of Body Buried In ^ Ice Forty Year*. ei The world Is about to witness the g( lenouement of one of the most tragi- h ally curious dramas ever enacted. On September 6, 1870, John C. Ran- " la.ll. a wealthy banker of Qulncy, p dass., fell down Into a crevasse In a b ;lacler while climbing Mont Blanc, In ^ he Alps. j, A body falling Into a glacier Is pre- tl erved until It emerges at the spot " vhen the Ice melts and changes Into 81 l river. Young girls have fallen Into llaciers and have been restored to ^ heir lovers with all their girlish n >eauty outwardly preserved, after n hirty or forty years in the ice, when w ill tVtair PArrtnonlnna r.t the* cu ma Q en P lave changed Into elderly women. ? The present year Is the one in which b he body of Mr. Randall should be re- g urned to the world, according to the aws of glacial motion. His second r laughter, Miss Edith Randall, has p ;one to Switzerland to await the recov- e xy of her beloved father's body, an bject to which she has devoted her A Ife. . A glacier is a river of ice which lows on until the increasing tempera- I ure at a lower altitude changes it into j rater. Although ice is apparently a olid, it acts In the case of a glacier Ike a very thick viscous fluid. When he channel is too narrow or tortuous g he ice cracks, forming those vast revasses in which so many Alpine ilimbers are lost. The crevasses subequently close up. Professor Tyndall and Professor ^orbes, of Edinburgh university, have w alculated that the Bossons glacier in vhlch Mr. Randall was lost moves at fI l maximum speed of thirty-seven nches a day in summer and at about talf that rate in winter. He was lost Lt a spot about ten miles above the >utlet of the glacier, and lt can easily 8 >e calculated that at an average speed hrougnout tne year 01 twemy-iwu n ind three-quarter Inches a day the >ody would be released In about forty A rears. Four hundred and flfty-flve jodles have been given up by this e flacier. The Bossons glacier Is 528 feet deep it its deepest part. In this, as In all jlaciers, motion is least at the bottom md greater toward the surface. The s nlddle flows faster than the sides. <3 These facts have been proved by driv- 8 ng pegs Into various parts of a gla- u ;ler. a The glacier dwindles down to very n imall dimensions through evaporation I ind leakage in various directions until a t ceases to be a glacier altogether. e ieavy bodies are held In the resldium n )f ice until the last moment, and Just * it the point where the glacier changes n nto a mountain stream skilled Alpine fuides with lines and grapnels will vait to rescue the long-expected renains. Miss Randall herself here describes c ler remarkable preparations. She was j he second of four children. Her g nocher on her deathbed in 1891 speciilly charged her with the duty of t vatching out for her beloved father's )ody: I have every reason to believe that he time has come, forty-one years afer the death of my father in the Bos- ? ions glacier, when I will be able to ecover his body at the bottom of the , lill in the village of Chamounlx. I believe that he will step from his i cy tomb as he appeared in life, and hat I shall recognize the beloved feaures of my father as I recall him | vhen I was a very little child. My father at the time of his death P vas fifty-one years old. It had been a lis life ambition to reach the summit c >f Alont Blanc. For years and years le had planned a trip through Europe, ind to scale the summit of the mounain had been his one great desire. Beng director of several banks In Quin- C :y had occupied his time so much that F le had never been able to take a vaca- 1 tnn v At Iqst, In the summer of 1870, he s lid find the required time and started b 'or the great trip. - He toured Europe tnd eventually arrived In the little I Milage of Ch&mounix at the foot of F he glacier. Here he stayed at the Ho- n el des Alpes, where he became ac- o jualnted with two other companions, d l Dr. James B. Beane, of Baltimore, h ind the Rev. George McCorkendale, of 1 Scotland. These two met the same ate as did my father. ? Arrangements were completed for n he ascent of the mount by all three, q rhe party consisted of the three trav- c ;lers, accompanied by eight guides. ? They started early In the morning, ^ ind the people at the Inn below with r jowerful glasses followed their climb g ;o the summit. A few hours later hey began the descent. The watch- q >rs at the Inn were still following their novements with their glasses, when it about 3.30 o'clock In the afternoon. J ?ne of the sudden storms peculiar to 1 he region came up. The entire 0 nountaln became black, and the vatchers saw the forms of all the men ? lisappear suddenly from view. ^ So severe was the storm that It last- / d four days, during which time the , food people of the village prayed but 11 'ound it Impossible to make a search >r attempt to go to the relief of the ? ravelers. 1 After the storm subsided somewhat i searching party consisting of guides ind villagers was made up. A thor- n >ugh search was made, and during a his a snow hut was uncovered con- n ainlng the bodies of five men. They P vere the guides and companions of my ather. Evidently my father and the * >thers had attempted to reach the f 3rands Mulets, a level spot where they It * * * -u*-i?- * oliaHo,. fnr n rum- il rouia nave uuituucu au?.w. )er of days, but while attempting to r ocate this pass they had groped blind- "V y until all had fallen into a deep 1 :revasse of the glacier. t: After finding the five bodies the party gave up all hope of finding the v >thers. Our family in Quincy was s lotlfled by a society there which in- a erests Itself In such matters. The en- b ire town of Quincy was greatly a vrought up over his death. The bodies >f the five victims found were laid peacefully away in the little English ^ rraveyard at Chamounix. After that communication was es- A ablished by members of our family vith people in the little village, who, hrough their experts, informed us hat there was no possible way for us 0 o recover the body until very many 0 rears had passed, when the glacier a vould have moved down far enough to e ast up in the valley the bodies it had a mtombed. ' P P . _ ?re? a ti h ;ase the User. h deas as to what you want in t< leas to us, and we will do our ? E sibly, with our years of expe- ti ke suggestions that will im- J G 4ext Job Order and Let Us o v t! VA11 _ y >v j. vw. ?... _ _ RINT I \ u ads, Statements, li , Legal Blanks, I n ting Gin Tickets, Books, Receipt Books, I a Blank Notes, Debit Slips, I y I nts, I T mncements, I n H ri rs, Streamers, Placards, Etc. si I ei rme PrintPfQ I l( V/IU^ JL luiivi m LE, S. C. I n I r( [NTING Is Too Large?No I f? I G p As I grew older I often read strange tories of glaciers giving up their dead fter almost half a century, and I lade a resolve that I would make an ndeavor to recover my father. I have sen my other sisters married and sttled down, and also my brother, and ave received enough proposals myslf to keep me from being lonely, but ly whole life has been devoted to the ecovery of my father. The forty year eriod was reached last year and we egan to look for results. Three years go my father's granddaughter, Miss Ithel Randall, who has been as much iterested In the matter of recovering tie body as I have been, went over to itiivA* ui rdiiQt-iiiciiio in caac my laiuci hould appear, for its disposal. Consultation with scientific experts atisfled us that forty years was the liidmum time in which the glacier light be expected to give up its dead, rhile the probability was that the eriod would be somewhat longer, 'his opinion was confirmed when the ody did not appear last summer. The lacier is now moving and melting .'ith its maximum rapidity, and I am lformed by the experts that the apearance of the body during the presnt summer is highly probable. I shall arrive at Chamounlx early in lugust, which I have been informed 7ACTS AND FICTION Experiences of Yorkville Citizens Are Easily Proven to be Facts. The most superficial investigation rill prove that the following statement rom a resident of Yorkville is true. Lead it and compare evidence from 'orkville people with testimony of trangers living so far away you canot investigate the facts of the case. lany more citizens of Yorkville will ndorse Doan's Kidney Pills. J. E. Carroll, S. Main St., Yorkville, !. C., says: "My kidneys were dlsorered and the passages of the kidney ecretions annoyed me by being irreglar. My back ached and there were cute pains in my loins. Doan's Kidey Pills which I obtained at the York >rug Store, gave me prompt relief and fter taking them, my kidneys no longr troubled me. My experience leads le to say that Doan's Kidney Pills are he best remedy to use in cases of kldley complaint." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 ents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, Jew York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?DOAN'S?and ake no other. r. C. WILBORI ilST YOUR PROPERTY WITH ME F YOU WANT TO SELL? I am now sailing Land vary rapidly, f you ara thinking of buying, it will ay you and sava you big monay to ae my numarous bargains bafora you lose. ? FOR SALE ? 250 Acres?Three miles west of McJonnellsvllle, joining A. A. Burris, W. t. Carroll and others. Two houses; 00 acres in timber; 40 acres in cultiation; will cut 1,000 cords of wood, ome saw timber. Price $2,650. This 3 surely a bargain. 395 Acres?The residence of the late )r. J. Wister Allison, 3 miles from lickory Grove, 1J miles from Smyra; 100 acres in cultivation; 150 acres r more in timber;' well and springs; welling, 2-stories?7-rooms; 4 tenant ouses, 3-rooms each. Price $4,000. 'erms to anlt 185 Acre*?.Tolas John Feemater, R. J. Hartnes8 and EX M. Stephenson; 4 niles from Torkvllle, on Hickory Irove road; will rent for 4,500 lbs. lint otton; 1 6-room dwelling, beautiful rove, land lies comparatively level, eep red soil; 2 new tenant houses, 4oomi each; 1 tenant, 3-rooms; high tate of cultivation; at low Price of 25.00 por acre. Property of T. "W. Mclaln. 234 1-2 Acre*?Joins F. H. Barber eaa.te, near Leslie, 7 miles of Rock H1U; dwelling, 4 tenant houses. Property f John Funk. 50 Acres?Haskell Thomasson home n King's Mountain rood. Land lies svel. The most beautiful home In Tork county that Is for sale. New Louse; large new barn; good, strong uid. 80 Acres?J. S. Turner home; 1 mile f three churches; 40 acres in cultivalon. Price, S1500. 147 4-5 Acres?A part of the home ract of the J. J. Matthews land, three nlles of Bethany, 6 miles of Clover; 40 cres in cultivation, balance in timber, luch of It original forest. Price, %2ZJS0 ier Acre. The beautiful residence of Joe W. fell, deceased, 3 miles from Torkvllle, aces King's Mountain road. I regard t as one of the most desirable farms n York county: a beautiful 2-story esidence, 8 or 9 rooms; good barn. Vlll cut this Into 3 or more tracts, 'here Is about 280 acres In the whole ract. Mrs. F. A. Thomas home, near Cloer; a beautiful residence, 2-stories; ;ood outbuildings. Farm is In high tate cultivation. This farm will not e on the market long. About 100 cres. 245 Acres?The Allen Crosby home, n public road. Large 2 story resience, 7-rooms, painted. One tenant ouse, 7-rooms; 3 other tenant houses. Lbout 2 miles of Sharon. A good farm -plenty of wood. 301 Acres?The Moss place, 2} miles f Hickory Grove; 5 horse farm. Three r four horse farm can be opened In dditlon. Three good houses, 5-rooms ach; also one 2-room house?150 cres in wooas; 3U acres in original ine and oak timber. Rents for 5,200 ounds of lint cotton. Price $25 an ere. I have some small farms within he incorporate limits of Yorkville; for nstance 49 acres near the overhead ridge. The C. E. Spencer's Moore place adolning the jail lot. If you want good igh school, buy this land, don't wait, have five different tracts close in to Dwn. 66 Acres?More or less; Mrs. Laura J. Parish tract of land; mostly within he incorporate limits of Yorkville. 'his land will be sold cheap. I will ivlde it into three tracts. Beautiful home of D. E. Durant at ruthrlesville, S. C.; 140 acres fronting n the C. &. N.-W. railroad, and also he beautiful sand and clay road from 'orkvllle to Chester. One dwelling, -stories high, 8-rooms; 100 acres in ultivation, 40 acres in timber, fine orhard; one of the best barns in York ounty, 3 stories high 40x90. Barn is orth $2,500. Has four tenant houses i fine repair. Land lies level and ad)ins Guthrlesville academy. Will cut lis place to suit purchaser if he hould not want it all. The Spencer Lots are now for sale, nd I have plat of same in my office. Pe are prepared to give?liberal terms, lso to build residences Tor you. Buy uick before they are all sold. 91 Acres?More or less; the J. J. homas place near Dave Clark; 1 good jsidence, 7-rooms; 1 tenant house, 3inm o ? A Q nroa In rtiiUivntlrvn n jujiio i vv uv, t \.o in ^uuivaiiuw, a plendld home near school, church, tc. $3,200. 3J miles of Yorkville. 125 Acres?Two miles of Bethany; jlnlng W. B. Stroup and others; 30 cres in cultivation. 95 acres in timer. Price $2,350. 203 Acres?Three miles of Clover, ear St. Paul's church, a 2-story, 9)om house; 100 acres In cultivation; good tenant houses. A very fine irm. Joins J. C. Lilly. 419 Acres?Three miles Hickory rove; the J. Yancy Whitesides place; ood strong land; large dwelling, etc. rice $12.50 per acre. is the beat time in the year for such a purpose, as the greatest amount of ice and snow will have melted by that time, before the advent of colder weather. , Should I meet with success which I feel confident will be mfne, I shall have my dear father's body shipped to Quincy, where It will be placed beside that of my mother In Mount Wollaston cemetery, under the same headstone. T'le Green Kind,?A naval officer wh>? has seen considerable service In aouin American waiers once uiuukiu home two parrots, one of which he gave to the housemaid, and the other to the cook. For a long time there ensued animated discussions as to the merits of their respective birds. Finally, the housemaid said: "Your parrot may be a better talker than mine, though I don't believe It" Then, with an air of presenting the final clinching argument in her own favor, she added: "Besides, you'll have to admit that mine has the most beautiful foliage."?Llpplncott's. iCT" If his folly did not betray the fool, the detective couldn't make his salt CAROLINA SPECIAL High Class Electrically Lighted Train Between Charleston, 8. C., and Cincinnati, Ohio, via Southern Railway and C. N. O. and T. P. Railway, Running Through Columbia, Spartanburg, Asheville, Knoxvllle, Harriman Junction and Lexington, Ky., consisting of first-class Coaches, Pull- , man Drawing Room Sleeping Car, Pullman Observation Sleeping Car, and Dining Car Service. Solid Between Charleston and Cincinnati On the Following Schedules: Westbound No. 7. Leave Charleston 9.00a.m. Leave Summervllle 9.38a.m. Leave Columbia 1.00p.m. Leave Spartanburg 4.16p.m. Arrive Ashevllle 7.87p.m. Arrive Cincinnati 10.00a.m. Eaetbound No. 8. Leave Cincinnati 6.30p.m. Leave Ashevllle 10.25a.m. Arrive Spartanburg 1.40p.m. Arrive Columbia 4.46p.m. Arrive Summervllle 8.06p.m. Arrive Charleston 8.46p.m. Connecting at Cincinnati with through trains for Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, St Paul, Seattle, St Louis, Kansas City, Denver, San Francisco and points West and Northwest E. H. Coapman, V. P. and G. M.; S. H. Hardwick, P. T. M.; H. F. Cary, G. P. A.; J. L. Meek, A. S. P. A.; W. B. McGee, D. P. A. sf?REAL ESTATE. 111 Acres?On King's Mountain pub* lie highway; good sand road; 8 miles from Yorkvllle; land lies level; nice 6-room dwelling, 2 stories; 1 mile from Bethany High school; a nice 4-room tenant house; good barn. Place is level and in a high state of cultivation Price $50 per acre. Price and location cannot be beat in York county. Property of J. A. Ratteree. Two lots of the Herndon property on West Madison St., joining Herndon lots. $100 Each. One Roller Mill, Gins and Corn Mill, 2 Engines and boilers, 6 acres of land on Clark's Fork, 8| miles of King's Creek station. Price $3,500. 2021-2 Acres?Of land in Ebeneser township, about 3 miles from Ebenezer; a 6-room dwelling and 3 tenant houses; 7 miles of Rock Hill; a part \ of the Dlnsmore Farrls land. One lot?Woodland Park, city of Rock Hill, 60x196. Price $400. 150 Acree?Two miles from Yorkvllle on the Sharcn road; property of J. Q. Wray; rents for 9 bales of cotton easily; one dwelling, 2 good tenant ! houses. Land Is strong and productive. 1191-2 Acres?A 4-room house, 14 miles of Bethany High school at $30 per acre. The beautiful home of W. J. P. Wylie, 2 miles from McConnellsvllle. A nice 1-story cottage, 6 rooms; a good 2-story barn, 3 good tenant houses. 108 acres, land red subsoil, strong land. 991-2 Acres?Six miles of Yorkvllle. 1 dwelling, 7-rooms; \ mile of school, i mile from Beersheba church. Prioe *1,875. 75 Aoree?Of the John M. Thomasson homestead; a nloe location; gooo, strong land. Price $45 an acre. 961-2 Acree?The home of J. P. Barnes, Deiphos; 1 nice 4-room dwelling and 2 good tenant houses; close ^ to school and church; a good neighborhood. Joins J. B. Scott and J. F. Carson. 240 Acree?Property of F. N. Lynn; Joining Robt. Moore, J. J. Sherrer; It is rolling, but Is good, strong land; has a 6-horse farm open on It; 1 dwelling house, 8-rooms; big barn, crlba etc. PHoe $13 per sore. The beautiful residence and cottage, home of SamT MeCall In Clover, on | King's Mountain street; 6-rooms, house is nicely painted, nice hedge and shade; barn and stable; everything complete; good well water. Prioe $1,400. 91 Acres?Parks Parish place, property of J. F. Smith, a nice new cottage, M a splendid location for country store. Nice land at New Zlon cross road. 128 Acres?At New Zlon. Property of J. F. Smith; new house, good barn, out buildings, etc. Cheap. Write for prices. 99 1 -2 Acres?One mile of Filbert, 3 miles Clover on York and Clover road, joining lands of J. M. Stroup and others. Property of J. A. Tate. Price $22 per acre. Rents for 2,200 lbs. cotton; 3-horse farm open. 61 Acres?1J mllee Tlrzab, on Rock a Hill road; land lies level; 60 acres in cultivation; Joins J. L. Moss, Bob Ward and Southern R. R.. Price $40 per acre. J. C. Wallace. 310 Acres?Near state line, land lies rolling, about 40 acres in cultivation, balance in wood; a nice 6-room cot tage; newly painted and rodded; a fine ; bargain; $15 per acre. John Wella place. Mra Metts'a beautiful realdenoe In Torkvllle; everything la In flrat-claas condition, with twelve good rooma; sewerage and water In the dwelling. Lot 198 feet front, S43 feet deep, with a lane entering the premiaea from Madlaon street 208 Acres?Two and one-half miles Lockhart mills; 1 3-room house; 29 acres In cultivation, 176 acrea in wood ?moat pine. Jno. Ned Thomson place. 201 Acrea?'In Ebenezer township; 1 i dwelling 1) story high, 6 rooma; also tenant house 6 rooma 11 story high. Price $11 per aore. Property of M. B. Massey. The residence and store room combined in the town of Yorkvllle of Oeo. Sherer. It is three lots from the court j house. It has a large store room, easily rents for J20, another room rents for $6. About two acres of land; 8 nice rooms in the residence. Price $4,000. 150 Acres?Near Clay Hill; 1 dwelling; all necessary outbuildings?part of the A. A. Barron place?$10.00 an acre. 136 Acree?Including the Baird & Hudson place near Concord church; 3 good houses; 60 acres in cultivation? $15.00 an acre. Property of M. B. Massey. iik ikiwi?i Awaiting, and two ten ant houses; 90 acres under cultivation, 20 acres In timber; 2i miles of Smyrna. Price, $15.00 per acre. T. B. Nichols. 95 Acres?Mrs. J. Frank Wallace place, 2 dwellings on it; 8 miles of Yorkvllle on public highway, near New Zlon church. Price $1,425. Miss Dolly Miller residence?a bargain. 50 Acres?Joins A. J. Boheler, Westmoreland and Ed Whltesides corners at London siding; 1 house, 1 story, 3- 4 rooms, 20 acres under cultivation, plenty of firewood; orchard, good spring, i mile of Canaan church, 1 mile of Smyrna station, good barn. Pries $16.00 per acre. J. C. WILBORN.