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ffcumorous ilrpartmeut. Why H? Waited.?He limped Into < drug store as if he had been run ovei by a trolley car, and after looking al around in a vacant way he asked oi the man behind the counter: "Got any porous plasters?" "Scores of them. What kind do yoi want?" "Any kind, I guess. I was told I'c better buy one." "Well, here it is. Fifteen cents please." The money was handed over and th< rolled-up plaster pocketed, but still tin customer lingered. The druggist spok< of the weather, the drop in meat ant the big corn crop, but the man nelthei departed nor asked for anything else When he had been there half an hour and other customers had come ant gone, the druggist queried: "There may be something else yot are trying to think of?" "Yes; I want to ask you something I have bought a porous plaster." "Yes." "You forgot to tell me whether ] must take the durned think in mill* or water!"?Dally Picayune. High Finance In Darktown.?"Tht fertility of invention is often amusingly illustrated in supplementary proceedings," observed Moses Grossman, attorney, recently. "Even lawyers expert in financial puzzles, may get points from some unlettered soul who is merely moved by a sort of inspiration that comes to a man hard pressed. "Zeke Green, colored, had owed Henry White, colored, five dollars for five years, and after having tired of an amazing number of excuses, evasions and then refusals. Mr. White finally consulted a lawyer. " 'What reason,' asked the legal man, 'does Mr. Green give for refusing to pay?" " 'Well,' replied Mr. White, 'he done give a million 'scuses an' sich like, but w'en he gives me de Wall street tall finance, I say to muhseff, I'll have the law on him.' "'What's that about finance?' asked the lawyer. " 'Well,' replied Mr. White, 'he said he done owned me dat money so long dat de interest hsul et it all up, an' he didn't owe me a copper.'" Apology, op wntk?neiurniiiu nuni two months spent on a Montana ranch, Harry Elberman, one of the most popular dry goods salesmen of the city, tells a story of hunting In the Montana hills with an Englishman. . "All of us were out hunting one day," says Elberman, "and the Englishman shot at everything that moved. If the wind carried a cloud of dust upward, you could depend on 'is Ludship to shoot at it. So it happened that he narrowly missed shooting a young woman, who, with her husband, was visiting on the ranch. When our party returned, the husband, boiling angry, approached the Englishman, and said: " 'Look here, you darned stupid ass. you missed shooting my wife by an inch." "'Aw, missed her!' said the Englishman, either astonished or perplexed. 'By an inch, by Jove? Well, old man, I'm sorry, very sorry.' "?Philadelphia Times. An Easy Course.?Robert Underwood Johnson, the poet and editor, declared at the university of New York's commencement that New York as a literary centre was ridiculous?that nowhere In this country was poetry more appreciated than in Boston, and nowhere less than in New York. "In fact," said Mr. Johnson afterward, "New York's love of poetry is about equal to the Earlham college boy's love of languages. "In my sophomore year at Earlham this lad was visited by his mother. " 'Well, my dear,' she said to him. 'what languages have you decided to take up here?' " 'I have decided to take up Pictish,' he replied. "'Pictish?* said his puzzled mother. 'Why Pictish?' " 'Only five words of it remain,' said he."?Washington ?iar. A Restful Life.?We sent our reporter out to Geauga county last week to interview an old codger who was celebrating his 104th birthday. "How do you account for the fact that you have been able to attain this remarkable age?" asked our bright young man. "To the fact that I have never worked a lick before breakfast," answered the centenarian. "This is a fact worth remembering," muttered the reporter, making a note of it. "There's another thing that pa failed to mention," a son-in-law whispered in the newspaper man's ear. "What is that?" ."He never done a lick of work after breakfast, neither. Git that in your story, too."?Cleveland Plain Dealer. Had Nothing on Him.?Rabbi Joseph Silverman, the noted pastor of New York, tells an amusing anecdote of an Englishman and a Scotchman, who were bragging In loud tones. "Me man," said the Britisher, " 'tain't hoften a person is tooken fer royalty, but I've been mistook for th' Prince ol Wales In my young days." "Hoot, mon," answered the Scot, "1 myself, have been called th' Duke ol Argyle!" The man selling collar buttons paused to listen. "Dat's nuttin'," said he with a deprecatory gesture; "I vas meetin' ah friend in Ravingten strit an' he shouted: "Oh, holy Moses! Is it you?"?Washington Star. Were Still Salable.?A Philadelphia clubman, engaged in buying a necktk for himself, turned the pile over ant over, and at last put aside two as not worthy of further consideration. Th salesman placed the rejected ties in s separate box. The clubman askec whether they had been placed by mistake with those he had been examining. "Oh, no," was the polite response; "but we have orders when five or si> men turn down a tie to take it out anc put it aside." "What becomes of them?" "We sell them to women who com* in here to buy ties for men."?Harper's Magazine. Wanted Further Details.?"I had ? mighty queer surprise tnis morning, remarked a local stock broker. "I pul on my last summer's thin suit on account of this extraordinarily hoi weather, and in one of the trousers pockets I found a big roll of bills which I had entirely forgotten." "Were any of them receipted?" asked a listener, who seemed to be a pessimist.?Cleveland Plain Dealer. ^isccllanrous ^trading. i WITH NEIGHBORING EXCHANGES. r I Notes and Comments About Matters ( of Local Interest. Chester Lantern, August 22: Mr. I. McD. Hood has received a letter from j some northern engineers relative to the proposed Chester-Great Falls trolj ley line. The eyes of the whole country seem to be on this route and it is entirely possible that something deft | nite will De iormcoming in wie near s future A marriage that will be 3 of interest to friends of both contractj ing parties, is that of Miss Effle j Bowles to Mr. J. S. Towns, which was r solemnized at the Methodist parsonage on Monday evening at 8.30, the Rev. M. W. Hook, officiating. Only a few I friends were present at the ceremony. Mrs. Towns is a young woman of lov! able disposition and has many friends who wish her well. Mr. Towns has a responsible position at the Southern freight office and is very popular with all who know him. Mr. and Mrs. Towns j left this morning for Martinsburg, Va., , to spend several days with his relatives Death on Thursday last claimed Mrs. James M. Kirkpatrlck at her home at Lowryvllle. The funeral ' services took place on Friday and the remains were buried In Zion cemetery at Lowryvllle. The deceased was about ' 65 years of age, and is survived by the following children: Messrs. Fits and 1 Fields Kirkpatrlck, Miss Bessie Kirk1 patrick, Mrs. Tom Pressley and Mrs. 1 Adam Pressley. Her maiden name was Ross, and she has two living brothers ' and two living sisters in the west. She , was a loyal member of the Bethany Methodist church and a noble woman. A vast host of friends sympathize with the children in their bereavement. Rock Hill Herald, Aug 22: Miss Jennie Lyle of Lando, died Saturday of pellagra after a long illness. Funeral services were conducted at Edgmoor Sunday by Rev. Mr. Lummus of the A. R. P. church of that place. Miss Lyle was a sister of Dr. David Lyle and Mrs. W. W. Fennel of this city Sullivan & Long's steam ditcher has arrived in the city and it is being placed in condition for operation. The machine was ship 5 on/1 orrlvo/1 loot pt*U 11 Will VJI ecu* HIV auu miivvu ?MWV Friday. Now since the ditcher has arrived. work on the sewerage system will be pushed rapidly. The work has been progressing nicely as it is. but a greater amount of work can be done by steam. The contractors are getting along well with the work. Blasting has been done in some parts of the city and with this exception great progress has been made Up to the present time over 1,300 applications for admission to Winthrop college have been received. Of this number only about 700 can be admitted on account of lack of dormitory room. Here is something for the lawmakers to ponder over. Thirteen hundred girls seeking education at Winthrop and only room for seven hundred! It is a shame on the state On Sunday morning about 3 o'clock, while Officers Straight and Eubanks were peacefully watching over the city, a big coon stuck its head out of the tiling in front of Bird's furniture store on Main street, Just far enough for a pistol ball to be lodged in its cranium, which was fired by Mr. Eubanks. The officers could not tell what it was at first, but after examination they found they had to their credit a 20 pound coon. TRICKS OF A VENTRILOQUIST. Man With a "Second Voice" Has Fun at the- Expense of the Innocent Bystanders. Some of the carefully guarded secrets of the ventriloquist have been disclosed by Prof. (Chick) Lorenzo, a veteran of the profession. For more than a quarter of a century he has been going about the country making an easy living with his "second voice"?and his wooden puppets. Chick has a college education and he is able to discuss his art intelligently. Prof. Lorenzo passed through Kansas City recently on the way to St. Joseph, Mo., to fill a six months' engagement with a medicine show. He has just finished an engagement with Ringling Brothers' circus. The ventriloquist cannot pronounce ?that is, with his "second voice"? the letters "b" and "p," and words in which they occur are avoided as much as possible. When it is necessary to use words in which these two letters occur sounds closely approximating them are substituted. Instead or "D" tne souna vnee wmcn can be pronounced without moving the lips, Is used. "Fee" is substituted for "p." By these changes "a big piano" becomes a "flg flano." Such substitutions are scarcely noticeable when combined with letters in words occurring in sentences the meaning of which are perfectly clear. Consequently the ventriloquist arranges his dialogue so that when there is danger of being misunderstood, the doubtful words may be repeated in the questions directed to the puppet. Herein is the explanation for much of the seeming unnecessary repetition in the dialogue in a ventriloquist's entertainment. It is not possible for a ventriloquist to pronounce the letter "m" without a slight movement of the upper lio and it is carefully avoided when possible. "Eng" or its modifications are substituted for "m" and thus "amusing" becomes "ang-yuzing; the "n" re-enforced with "g" gives a 1 sound similar to the correct one. "X" and "h" make trouble for the ven, triloquist, but the sounds may be mastered with persistence. The let' ter "w" always is given the sound "duggle-you." The student ventriloquist usually begins with learning the "Punch ) voice," so called because used for the puppet Punch in the ancient and honored Punch and Judy show. The [ "Punch voice" resembles the sound > of a high pitched reed. This voice be' comes a large part of the ventriloquist's stock in trade. With slight i modifications he uses it for the voice I of a querulous old woman, the talk of a child, also for imitating the chat1 ter of a parrot, the crowing of a ban, tarn rooster, the mewing of a cat, the t bleating of p iamb and other similar sounds. The "Punch voice," lowered in key and given less nasal quality, is adapted for the conversation of the L Irish and negro puppets. Next comes the "grunt voice," very popular with audiences. It is proI duced by grunting the words at the L back of the mouth with the tongue , lying fiat and the tip touching the front lower teeth. This is the voice 1 used in imitation of an old man who 1 talks with his mouth wide open, hav. ing lost control of his tongue and lips. When the ambitious ventriloquist has mastered the "Punch" and ; "grunt" voices with their variations, c he has at his command the varied conversation of the usual puppet family?the old man, the old woman, j the young child, the negro and the Irishman. , "Take it from me," Chick continued, ' "ventriloquism explains many classic J and historical mysteries. Those strange voices coming from tombs and oracles and such I believe were produced by ventriloquists. There is good authority i that ventriloquism was practiced in ancient times." Prof. Lorenzo adds story-telling to his other accomplishments "In my earlier years," he said; "I t spent most of my spare time around 5 the hotel lobbies telling ventriloquist stories or listening to an occasional ? new one, but it has been a long time since I heard anything new in this line. I am familiar with all of the world-fa mous stories about the pranks of ventriloquists." I Thereupon Chick told four celebrated yarns in the order of their importance. No. 1. "The Ventriloquist at a Negro Funeral." One time a ventriloquist was passing a graveyard and noticed a crowd gathered at a negro burial. The stranger joined the mourners at the graveside. As the pallbearers lower the casket a voice comes up from the grave: "Let me down easy, boys." The pallbearers in their fright drop the casket and the mourners scatter in every direction. In the panic the white stranger is unnoticed and he goes on his way laughing mightily. No. 2. "The Baby in the Load of Hay." A farmer driving along a country road hears the muffled sound of a baby's crying. He stops his team and listens and looks around. No one is in sight except a man walking a few paces benina tne wagon, ne is aiune. The farmer drives on and again hears the same sound, coming apparently from the interior of the load of hay. The farmer takes his pitchfork and cautiously unloads the hay, being very careful lest he step on the child. The stranger comes up to the wagon and he and the farmer discuss the mystery. After a thorough investigation is made the hay is loaded back on the wagon and the farmer proceeds. When he drives out of sight over the hill the ventriloquist lies down in the shade of a tree and laughs and laughs. No. 3. "The Poor Little Chicken in a Rock Pile." A woman once had a hen and some little chickens. The little chickens always were getting into trouble. One afternoon she heard a little chicken crying. She went to the front door and listened. The sound seemed to come from a rock pile In the front yard. She goes out to the rock pile and discovers that she is correct. Evidently the little chicken had crawled in between the rocks and had become fastened. The woman calls her husband from the back yard, informs him of the nlight of the chicken and instructs him to remove the rock and liberate her pet. He remonstrates feebly, alludes to a weak back, but finally obeys. The man is encouraged to keep at his task by hearing an occasional weak cry from the chicken within. All of the rocks are shifted without finding the chicken. At this moment a young son appears and is told of the mystery. "Ma<, do you see that man sittin' on the sidewalk?" he inquires. "Well, he doln' it. He's a ventriloquist. I saw him last night at the medicine show." j Thus exposed the trickster rises hastily and runs down the street. The father and son gather stones.and throw at the fleeing ventriloquist, but he reaches his hotel without injury. No. 4. "The Phantom Puppy." It happened in a crowded coach of a passenger train. Everybody is busy looking out of the windows. Presently there is the sound of a pup's yelping with pain, as if having been stepped on. Everybody is surprised because it was not known that a dog was in the qoach. / The porter learns about it and finally tries to find the pup. A man seated by. himself in the center of the coach says tnat ne saw me aog ana nnuuy admits that he stepped on it. He gives the information that the pup was loose and that after having been stepped on he crawled under a seat The porter begins the search and finally hears the dog whining near the front end of the coach and goes forward. In a very short while the dog is heard at the rear of the coach. Then the negro gets scared and leaves the coach, almost everybody in the coach had become interested in the search and many were craning their necks looking under the seats. Finally the search is given up and the passengers settle back in their seats. A few "catch on," a few more have suspicions, but most of the travelers never knew that there was a ventriloquist on the train. In addition to being able to reproduce all sorts of human voices, Prof. Lorenzo imitates the various musical instruments?banjo, cornet, clarinet, cello, cymbals, drum?and the sound of insects, wild animals and cattle, also gives imitations of the sound produced by water boiling, the drawing of soda water from a fountain, the creaking of a rusty hinge and the tearing of linen. Chick is a wonder and admits it.? Kansas City Star. ROMANCE IS RECALLED. Foster Inquiry Brings Out Ward's Military Record. One of the greatest of military romances is suggested by the action of the committee on expenditures in the state department in looking into the transaction whereby about $368,000 was paid to John W. Foster, former secretary of state, for himself and the heirs of Gen. Frederick Townsend Ward, the hero of the Talping rebellion. In the newspaper dispatches the word "general" has been placed in quotation marks, and this gallant commander has been alluded to as a "soldier of fortune." That he may have been in one sense is true, but in the sense that he rendered a great yet helpless country the most inestimable of services he is entitled to rank among the great commanders of his time. Frederick Townsend Ward was born In Salem, Mass., in 1831. He became a ship broker in New York, but appeared to begin his career of worldwide fame in Shanghai in 1860. The Talping rebellion had broken out and Ward went to the government with the proposition that if the government would give him $10,000 he would capture the town of Sun-Klang, near Shanghai, then held by the rebels. The money was promised, and in a short time he gathered together a miscellaneous band of two hundred foreigners and with them went out and overthrew five thousand rebels. He received his $10,000 and was made a mandarin of the fourth class. Ward was at first distrusted by the British officers in command of Shanghai, but finally was permitted to cooperate with them and through his energy succeeded in clearing up the country for forty miles or more around the city. He disappeared completely from sight for a time, and turned up again at the head of three Chinese regiments. He took the field again, his army was augmented from day to day and he won a succession of victories which made him a mandarin of the first class, and gave him the remarkable title of "admiral general"?the highest the grateful Chinese could bestow on him. The civil was had then broken out in the United States, and Ward is reported to have offered Secretary Burlingame $10,000 for the Union cause, and to have prepared to start home. But he was shot in 1862, and the Chinese not only built a monument over Klo iri'oi'o 1?ii t memnHnlizeri in stone the scenes of several of his victories. Probably because of his intention to come to the United States he had converted his fortune, whatever it was, Into drafts and negotiable securities. They were on his person when he was killed, and are supposed to have been stolen by an Englishman. However that may be. his family in the United States?he had married a Chinese wife, but had no children?never received a copper for his services. The army which Ward had created was then taken by "Chinese Gordon." who, after several years of fighting, put down the rebellion and achieved international fame. It was Gordon who reaped the glory, but Ward who laid the foundation. When the Boxer indemnity was paid the United States by the Chinese government many claims besides those strictly appertaining to the Boxer uprising were included in the awards. Among them was this $368,000 for the heirs of General Frederick Townsend Ward. Faithful to Duty.?When the army of Pompey stormed and took Jerusalem, at the moment the temple was taken, the priests were engaged with the daily sacrifice, and amid all the horrors, they continued their solemn duties unmoved, thinking it better to suffer whatever came upon them at their very altars than to omit anything their law required. GOOD FELLOWSHIP IN AFRICA. Agents of European Governments On Friendly Terms. Future historians will note that the partition of Africa was effected with far better temper, far less bloodshed and cruelty than the division of the two Americas among the nations of Spain, Portugal, Holland, France, Britain and Denmark. V/ilCII WIJVII VUW |/? vwo Vi ? ments of European countries were wrangling at home over the exploration and exploitation of Africa, their agents out in Africa itself were agreeing to differ in political aims, but were remembering first and foremost that they were brother white men engaged from scarcely different motives in a great struggle, not so much with the black man or the Arab as with the recalcitrant forces of nature?diseases, insects, scorching sunshine, flood and thirst, wind and wave, lightning and fire, starvation and fatigue. As I go over my memories, writes Sir H. H. Johnston in the Youth's Companion, I find myself far more often dwelling on instances of camaraderie and chivalrous help from strangers or rivals than on acts of spltfulness or hostility. I can recall almost as much to the good of the Arab as to the bad, and as much wholehearted devotion, sympathy and obedience from the negro as the reverse. My first experiences in Africa of an adventurous kind were with the French in Tunis a year before the official Invasion of that regency by a French army. I was permitted by the French minister In Tunis to accompany a small force of French (Algerian) troops sent to cooperate with the haphazard, disorganized army of Tunis in dispersing or capturing the so-called Kroumirs along the eastern Algerian frontier. It was a surprise to me?then a young man of 21?even at that distant date of 1880 to find that French military officers very much resembled British military officers, that their tents and tent furniture and methods of life were singularly like those of my fellow countrymen in camp life engaged on such mild military manoeuvres as then took place In England. Tho unlnnel urns Amnhntifnllv thp father of the regiment and his delightful wife the mother. This buxom lady?a more refined edition of Thackery's Peggy O'Dowd?accompanied her husband on part of the expedition and her interest extended in a most kind and practical fashion not only to the j affairs of all the officers, old and young, married, betrothed, or single, but to those of the non-commissioned officers and private soldiers. She might almost have been the matron of a great boys' school. How far the French army may have changed since then I cannot say from personal experience, but the paternal . and fraternal spirit that then pulsated through its divisions in Algeria struck me very forcibly. As to the French soldiers in these and in similar "pic- , nics" in which I participated long , years afterward in the same region I can only say that they are admirable , traveling companions?so gay, so re- , sourceful, so civil and so respectable. ( Then the scene of my remembrances shifts to the open country near the Kunene river in southwest Africa, Here are slowly traveling caravans of ] Dutch Boers, moving in wagons with | their wives and children and a horde , of native followers?Bushmen, Hotten- , tos and Bantus?toward the unknown | north; one of those migrations of peo- , pie characteristic of South Africa and i North America in the nineteenth cen- ] tury which recall the unreasoning < westward march of Tartars and Bui- j garians, Huns and Magyars. < This was only one year after Majuba, but beyond a very little mild chaff, j which passed harmless over my head j owing to my very imperfect knowl- j edge of Cape Dutch, there was hardly , an allusion from man or woman among theee Boers to the almost state of war, the bitter resentment seething between Boer and Briton far away to the south. Their milk and honey, their good roast beef and wheaten pancakes, their coffee and Cape wine were freely offered to the hungry, travel weary Englishman who by accident had become detached by many miles of divergent track from his own particular friends and followers. I slept under their wagons or shared their hastily constructed huts when for big game shooting we stayed for several days in the same locality and ate and drank from thplr Axre-llent Drovender. unable henceforth to forget the taste of their coffee and milk, their roast meat, their honey-cakes and grilled maize. And at the end of the long journey, when I turned north - to explore the Portuguese possessions, not only was no payment asked but it was with difficulty that I forced a few presents on my hosts. They did not like to deprive me of any necessary part of by slender equipment. In my journeys through East and West Africa I received from the Portuguese great hospitality and unstinted help. My somewhat considerable explorations of Portuguese West Africa in the years 1882-83 could never have been carried through if I had had to rely on my own pecuniary resources. Portuguese officials, merchants, naturalists and planters made it possible for me to explore a great deal of Angola, south of Congoland, the islands and mainland territory of Portuguese Guinea. But it was when a temporary clashing of political interest in East Africa almost brought about a quarrel between Great Britain and Portugal that the chivalry of the Portuguese officers seemed to me most marked, especially when they were being unfairly maligned by the British and South African press. I used at this time to be amused when I read in English newspapers and in the short notices of imperialist writers' descriptions of the average officer as he presented himself to the "Jingo" imagination. He was always described or pictured as a monkeylike mulatto of small stature and hysterical demeanor. I, who was a temporary representative of Great Britain in Nyssaland and Mozambique, was of decidedly short stature; my Scottish assistant was no taller; black haired and bearded, he was of that Iberian type so common in the western Highlands. Or* /vth<*r hnnri most of our Portll- ' guest- contemporaries and friendly rivals?naval and military?ranged from | five feet eight to five feet eleven and several of them were of the Gothic race so common in northern Portugal, with blue eyes and golden hair. The darkest was no swarthier than the black avised Comishman or southwest irishman. Col. Sirpi Pinto and I met on the river Shire in July, 1889. He proposed asserting the claims of Portugal to the Shire highlands and perhaps to the east coast of Lake Nyassa. He also wished to detac h a portion of his force to plant the Portugeuse flag through central Zambesia till it reached the eastern frontier of Angola My object was to secure at any rate one bank of the Shire river and at least the west and north coast 01 Take Nyassa; and further, to carry the British flag from Nyassa to the north end of Lake Tanganyika, thence to link up, through Uganda, the Cape to Cairo route. Sirpo Pinto?who had met me before in Europe at a geographical gathering?received me at his camp, and we had a pleasant breakfast together. I told him that if he crossed what I conceived to be the British limit in the direction of the Shire highlands, I should declare a British protectorate. On the other hand he told me that he would at all costs remove any British flags which might be hoisted in central Zambesia, but we both agreed that while doing the best we could for our respective countries we would endeavor to avoid any collision between our forces. Having planted our flags we would leave it to our respective governments to decide on the question of delimitation. Serpa Pinto fought his battle with Livingston's Makololo, and the British protectorate was proclaimed. Months afterward I returned to these regions of the Shire from Lake Tanganyika and was met on my way to the coast J by Sirito Pinto's successor, Lieutenant Coutinho?met, I half fancied for the moment, to be placed under arrest and |to have my treaties and maps torn from me. Not at all. Coutlnho expressed great regret for Interrupting the Journey of a sick inan anxious to reach the coast, but owing to the disturbed condition of the country he had thought it best to detain my mail, so that I might not lose my letters. Here they were, and he begged me to note that the seals on the mail bags were intact. "Also," he added, "hearing that part of the cause of your hurry is the exhaustion of your stores and supplies, I have Just made up a trifling little stock of provisions which may enable yoti to reach the coast with greater comfort; and here is a letter to the Portuguese authorities on the way, asking them to remove all hindrances to your Journey." I was so ill with exhaustion at the time, arising from bad and indigestible food, that this timely gift on the part of Lieutenant?now general?Coutlnho, certainly restored be to health, If it did not even save my life and my treaties; for the "trifling present" of stores consisted not only of all I might require myself for the next fortnight, but ample provision for my black followers. At an earlier date?1889?I had been a castaway, through the wrecking of a small steamer on the west coast of Lake Nyassa, near the large Arab town of Kota-kota, at a time when nearly all the Arabs of Lake Nyassa were at war with the British traders. I had only fifteen negro porters with me and a Swahili Interpreter, yet I had marched fifteen miles to the headquarters of the Arab "Sultan" and had told him my story quite frankly?that I wished to put a stop to this war between the Arabs and the British, and to bring the slave trade to a close also. The sultan had known in his youth the great Dr. Livingstone, to whom his predecessor had been kind and helpful. Would he not try to look at this question of the Arab and the negro from the white man's point of view? Jumbe?the sultan in question?then and there plighted faith with me, a faith never to be broken through the succeeding years of trial and misfortune, at the end of which he died, recognized by the British government as the chief over one of the districts of Nyassaland. I had practically nothing with me in the way of food and no money or trade goods. Yet this man believed my story and supplied me not only with trade goods and such food as the country offered but even foreign luxuries, such as tea, canned fruit, biscuits and sugar. More than that, he placed me at the head of a force of 400 well armed men, so that with his backing I was able to compel the North Nyassa Arabs and those of South Tanganyika to a truce which lasted for something like six years. In 1889 I secured for Great Britain the Nyassa-Tanganyike plateau which had been the legitimate object of German aspiration since the travels of German explorers like Bohm and Reichard. On the other hand after the conclusion of the Anglo-German convention of 1890 I had done all that was in my power to facilitate the Journeys of Major von Wlssmann, who wished to occupy on behalf of Germany the northeast coast of Lake Nyassa and the east coast of Tanganyika. He had traveled through British territory in order to put together on Lake Nyassa a fine, large steamer, probably still the biggest vessel on that lake. Some time after he had passed through I was myself drawn into very serious difficulties with the Arab-Yao slave traders on the upper Shire. I was completely cut off with a small staff of officers and a force of Sikh soldiers, together with a derelict steamer. The river and the roads connecting my camp with the more settled regions, of the Shire highlands, were In the hands of the enemy. We had been three days beselged, without the possibility of sleeping, our supplies and ammunition were nearly gone, two I of the officers were wounded and a number of our soldiers either wounded or killed. At the conclusion of the third day it seemed as if we could hold out no longer and must fight our way through the hostile forces, an effort which would no doubt have ended In utter disaster. Suddenly there was a noise of much firing down the river and loud shouting, and European boats came in sight, it was a detachment of German officers Oj?$ JRR tj "\*v / iV." TF^YOU DO you for the person finds it the greatest pleasu Perhaps the only questio you can afford it and where y that you investigate both ques ing up your mind. YORK FURNITl YORKVI1 Printing to Pl< You may have your own Printed Matter. Bring these i best to carry them out. Or po rience, we may be able to m< prove on your ideas. Bring or Send Us Your Show You That We Can Plez WE F Letterheads, Noteheads, Billhi Envelopes, Pay Envelope: Ruled Blanks, Duplic Duplicating Ordt Bank Checks Booklets, Folders, Pamphlets, Cases On Appeal, Argum Cards, Wedding Ann Handbills, Dodg< L. M. Grist's J YORKVIL 9^*" No Order For JOB PF Order Is Too Small. HHRH9H and black soldiers In German pay who reached us and saved us, twenty-four % hours before the arrival of a British naval detachment. When the British forces In 1898-99 1 were struggling hard to overcome not j only the revolted Sudenese soldiers but the still more serious danger of the rising among the recalcitrant Ba-gan- . da and Ba-nyoro under the kings of those two negro countries and when at P the same time the hostility of other s natives or sheer physical difficulties of c transport had cut oft the British settlers in Uganda from their supplies, the Belgian officers of the adjoining Congo State territory did their best to hurry up to the Uganda frontier sup- ( plies which might be useful to the I British. 1 A great deal of Belgian assistance \ too had been given to needy British of- s fleers and travelers along the course of 1 the river Nile in days when efficient nnm mnnlpti Hnn h n/1 not heen onened t between Gondokoro and Khartum. For my own part when I proceeded to the Belgian stations on the Semllki river in 1900 to thank the officers commanding there for their assistance and also to discuss matters of importance affecting the Congo State and Uganda, I was I enabled with the help of these Belgians?or Swedes In Belgian employ?to bring about the discovery of the okapi, and not only of the okapi but of other curious and interesting creatures now in the collection of the British museum. My much earlier Congo Journeys of 1883 were of course in a great measure due to the encouragement and assistance of Belgians. In short, in the opening up of Africa the more well founded criticism there is of men and methods the better will be the work of each respective state. All Africa is being brought now within the purview of intelligent public opinion, of the international conscience which is slowly being formed. A REAL SEA BATTLE. A Swordfish and a Thrasher Killed a Whale. The steamship Bermudian, docking this morning at the foot of West Tenth street, had on board Prof. L. L. Mowdry, curato of the Bermudian aquarium, with ten tanks of strange and wonderful fish for the authorities here. Prof. Mowdry also tried to bring eight young octopi from Bermuda with him but they died on the trip. Along with the ten tanks of fish there also came a fish story of a bat- , tie between a swordfish, a thrasher and a young sperm whale, that took place at daybreak yesterday while the Bermudian was about 450 miles southeast of Sandy Hook. The Jonahswallower got the worst of the engagement, and while the combat lasted played the double role of punchbag and pincushion. After It was all over his conquerors swam oft. Capt. Frayer was standing on the bridge of the Bermudian early yesterday morning when he noticed a great commotion in the water about half a mile off the starboard bow. Swinging his glasses on the spot he 0 discovered a sperm whale that was c evtrtentlv In trouble. Then he saw a a 15-foot thrasher rise from the water ? as though it had wings, and land on a the whale's back, using its spiny tall f like a flail. The whale attempted to j escape the crushing blows by diving, a but quickly rose to the surface again, to be again attacked by the thrasher. t Capt. Frazer looked for the thrash- j er's side partner and was presently ^ rewarded by seeing the long thin blade of a swordflsh cutting the water near by. The 3-foot sword vanished J and in an Instant the whale rose from J1 the surface of the ocean- and beat the ? air frantically with his powerful tail. 1 The swordflsh Jabbed again and again until the water round about was f stained with crimson streaks and the t whale was making frantic efforts to 1 escape his agile tormenter. d At intervals the thrasher took a hand in the game and struck with his r tail until it looked like the flying end 0 of a disconnected piston rod. t As the fighters passed astern the whale began to spout blood and be- 2 fore they were out of sight he was c done for.?New York Sun. c c V xjWMTI ; ig|: should have one, who loves music re and enjoyment in life. ms in your mind are whether ou should buy. All we ask is stions at our store before mak- r< JRE COMPANY LLE, S. C. r> ease the User. ideas as to what you want in deas to us, and we will do our ssibly, with our years of expeike suggestions that will im- ? Next Job Order and Let Us rv ise You = RINT I eads, Statements, s, Legal Blanks, ating Gin Tickets, :r Books, Receipt Books, i, Blank Notes, Debit Slips, I 11 tents, u ouncements, irs, Streamers, Placards, Etc. >ons, Printers, I ,LE, S. C. I MINTING Is Too Large?No \ r. C. WILBORI* jI8T your property with me p 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 aa my numarous bargains bafora you losa. ? FOR SALE ? 250 Acres?Three miles west of Mc7onnellsvilIe, joining A. A. Burris, W. t. Carroll and others. Two houses; 00 acres in timber; 40 acres in culti auon; win cui i.uuu coras ui wuuu, ome saw timber. Price *2,650. This s surely a bargain. 395 Acres?The residence of the late Dr. J. Wlster Allison, 3 miles from Ilckory Grove, 1J miles from Smyria: 100 acres In cultivation; 150 acres >r more In timber; well and springs; Iwelling, 2-stories?7-rooms; 4 tenant louses, 3-rooms each. Price *4,000. rerms to suit. 185 Acree?Joins John Feemster, R. 3. Hartness and E. M. Stephenson; 4 niles from Yorkvllle, on Hickory Drove road; will rent for 4,500 lbs. lint :otton; 1 6-room dwelling, beautiful trove, land lies comparatively level, leep red soil; 2 new tenant houses, 4 ooms each; 1 tenant, 3-rooms; high itate of cultivation; at low Price of 125.00 per acre. Property of T. "W. McDlain. 234 1-2 Acres?Joins F. H. Barber eaate, near Leslie, 7 miles of Rock Hill; . dwelling, 4 tenant houses. Property f John Funk. 50 Acres?Haskell Thomasson home m King's Mountain road. Land lies evel. The most beautiful home in fork county that is for sale. New xouse; large new barn; good, strong and. 80 Acres?J. S. Turner home; 1 mile >f three churches; 40 acres In cultivalon. Price, 91500. 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 teres in cultivation, balance in timber, nuch of it original forest. Price, *22J>0 >er Acre. The beautiful residence of Joe W. ifeil, deceased, 3 miles from Yorkville. aces King's Mountain road. I regard t as one of the most desirable farms n York county; a beautiful 2-story esldence, 8 or 9 rooms; good barn. iVill cut this into 3 or more tracts, rhere is about 280 acres in the whole ract. Mrs. F. A. Thomas home, near Closer; a beautiful residence, 2-storles; ?ood outbuildings. Farm is in nign| itate cultivation. This farm will not >e on the market long. ADOut 100 icrea. 246 Acres?The Allen Crosby home, >n public road. Large 2 story resllence, 7-rooms, painted. One tenant louse, 7-rooms; 3 other tenant houses. Lbout 2 miles of Sharon. A good farm ?plenty of wood. 301 Acres?The Moss place, 2} miles if Hickory Grove; 6 horse farm. Three ir four horse farm can be opened In idditlon. Three good houses, 6-rooms ach; also one 2-room house?160 icres In woods; 30 acres In original tine and oak timber. Rents for 6,200 lounds of lint cotton. Price |2S an icre. I have some small farms within he incorporate limits of Yorkville; for nstance 49 acres near the overhead iridge. The C. E Spencer's Moore place adolnlng the jail lot. If you want good tigh school, buy this land, don't wait. have five different tracts close in to own. 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 livide it into three tracts. Beautiful home of D. E. Durant at ruthriesville, S. C.; 140 acres fronting n the C. ft. N.-W. railroad, and also he beautiful sand and clay road from rorkville 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 rorth 32,600. Has four tenant houses n fine repair. Land lies level and adoins Guthrlesvllle academy. Will cut his place to suit purchaser If he hould not want it all. Ths Spencer Lots are now for sale, .nd I have plat of same in my office. Ye are prepared to give liberal terms, tlso to build residences for you. Buy lulck before they are all sold. 91 Acres?More or less; the J. J. ?homas place near Dave Clark; 1 good esldence, 7-rooms; 1 tenant house, 3ooms; 60 acres in cultivation; a piCIlUIU IIUIIIC 1ICCU OVIIUVi, vnu. v?, tc. $3,200. 3| miles of Yorkville. 125 Acres?Two miles of Bethany; oining W. B. Stroup and others; 80 .cres in cultivation, 95 acres in timer. Pries $2^50. 203 Acres?Three miles of Clover, tear St Paul's t lurch, a 2-story, 9oom house; 100 acres in cultivation; good tenant houses. A very fine arm. Joins J. C. Lilly. 419 Acres?Three miles Hickory irove; the J. Yancy Whitesides place; ood strong land; large dwelling, etc. Vice $12.50 per acre. $roj[is8ional (fards. J. HARRY FOSTER ATTORNEY AT LAW, Yorkville, South Carolina. W Office In McNeel Building. Dr. B. G. BLACK Surgeon Dentist. Office second floor of the New Mcleel building. At Clover Tuesday and Yiday of each week. ieo. W. S. Hart. Jos. E. Hart. HART & HART ATTORNEYS AT LAW Yorkville S. C. To. 1, Law Range. 'Phone (Office) 68, JOHN R. HART ATTORNEY AT LAW No. S Law Ranee YORKVILLE. 3. C. J. S. BRICE, ATTORNEY AT LAW Office Opposite Court House. Prompt attention to all legal busless of whatever nature. The Difference Between a good and a poor prepara- i on In business method Is Just the dif?rence between system and careless- ] ess, between success and failure. Deposit your money with us and do j our business in a systematic manner. The Bank of Clover, Rebuilt Typewriters at The Inquirer office. Guaranteed. ^?REAL ESTATE. 111 Acres?On King's Mountain public highway; good sand road; 8 miles from Yorkville; land Ilea 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 Pries $50 per sere. 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, 5 acres of land on Clark's Pork, 3i miles of King's Creek station. Pries $3,500. 2021-2 Acres?Of land In Ebenezer 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, 50x196. Pries $400. 150 Aersa?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, 1| miles of Bethany High school at $30 per sere. The beautiful home of W. J. P. Wylie, 2 miles from McOonnellsvllle. 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. Prios $1,876. 75 Acres?Of the John M. Thomasson homestead; a nloe location; gooa, strong land. Prios $46 an acrs. 961-2 Acres The home of J. P. Barnes, Delphos; 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 Acres?Property of F. N. Lynn; Joining Robt. Moore, J. J. Sherrsr; It is rolling, but Is good, strong land; has a 5-horse farm open on It; 1 dwelling house, 8-rooms; big barn, cribs, etc. Prios $13 per acre. The beautiful residence and cottage, home of Sam'l MeCall in Clover, on King's Mountain street; 6-rooass, house Is nicely painted, nice hedge and shade; barn and stable; everything complete; good well water. Prioe 1,400. 91 Aores Parks Parish place, property of J. F. Smith, a nice new cottage, 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. 991 -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 3,300 lbs. cotton; 3-horse farm open. 61 Acres?lft miles Tlrsah, on Rock Hill road; land Ilea level; 60 acres In cultivation; Joins J. L. Moss, Bob Ward and Southern ft ft. Prioe $40 per acre. J. C. Wallace. 310 Acree?Near state line, land lies rolling, about 40 acres in cultivation, balance In wood; a nice 6-room cottage; newlv painted and rodded; a fine bargain; $15 per acre. John Wells place. Mrs Metis's beautiful residence In Yorkvllle; everything la In first-class condition, with twelve good rooms; sewerage and water In the dwelling. Lot 108 feet front, 843 feet deep, with a lane entering the premises from Madison strest 208 Aorse?Two and one-half miles Lockhart mills; 1 8-room house; 30 acres In cultivation, 176 acres In wood ?most pine. Jno. Ned Thomson place. 201 Acree?dn Bbeneser township; 1 dwelling lft story high, 6 rooms; also tenant house 6 rooms 1ft story high. Prioe $11 per acre. Property of M. B. Massey. The residence and store room combined In the town of Yorkvllle of Geo. Sherer. It is three lota from the court house. It has a large store room, easily rents for $30, another room rents for $6. About two acres of land; 8 nice rooms In the residence. Price (4,000. 160 Acree?Near Clay Hill; 1 dwelling; all necessary outbuildings?part of the A. A. Barron place?$10.00 an or*. 136 Aor? Including the Baird St Hudson place near Concord church; S good bouses; 60 acres in cultivation? $15.00 an acre. Property of E & Massey. 115 Acres?1 dwelling, and two ten- t ant houses; 90 acres under cultivation. 20 acres in timber; 2| miles of Smyrna. Price, $15.00 per acre. T. B. Nichola 95 Acres?Mrs. J. Frank Wallace place, 2 dwellings on it; 8 miles of Torkvllle on public highway, near New Zlon church. Price $1,425. Miss Dolly Miller residence?a bargain. 50 Acre*?Joins A. J. Boheler, Westmoreland and Ed Whitesldes corners at London siding; 1 house, 1 story, 8rooms, 20 acres under cultivation, plenty of firewood; orchard, good spring, i mile of Canaan church, 1 mile of Smyrna station, good barn. Prioe $16.00 per acre. J. C. WILBORN. 8EE THE Piedmont Marble And?? Granite Company YORKVILLE, 8. C. For High Grade MONUMENTS _ ? U. _ _ J U.altU in uranii* ariu mai Plain and Finely Carved TOMBSTONES sold at reasonable prices. Get our prices before you buy. Piedmont Marble & Granite Co. Louis Roth, Pres. & Trees. F. Hepperfield. Manager. CAROLINA SPECIAL High Class Electrically Lighted Train Between Charleston. S. C., and Cincinnati, Ohio, via Southern Railway and C. N. O. and T. P. Railway, Running Through Columbia, Spartanburg, Aflheville, Knorvllle, Harriman Junction and Lexington, Ky., consisting of first-class Coaches, Pullman 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 Susamervllle 9.38a.m. Leave Columbia 1.00p.m. Leave Spartanburg 4.1Bp.m. Arrive Ashevllle 7.87p.m. Arrive Cincinnati 10.00a.m. Eastbound 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 8.45p.m. Connecting at Cincinnati with :hrough trains for Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, St. Paul, Seattle, St. Louis, Kansas City, Denver, San Francisco ind points West and Northwest. B. H. Coapman, V. P. and Q. M.; S. H. Hardwick, P. T. M.; H. F. Cary, O. P. A.; J. L. Meek, A. S. P. A.; W. E. Mc3ee, D. P. A.