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tumorous jlfpartuunt. Just a Fiah Story. Henrlk Dahl of Aalesund, was a reader and follower of Darwin. Wishing to apply his theory of the limit of adaptability of a species to its environment Henrik procured a herring from a neighboring fjord and carried it home in a tub of sea water. He renewed the water daily for some time and gradually reduced the quantity", with so little inconvenience to the herring that he concluded that the fish | might, in time, learn to breathe air undiluted with water, like the cat and man. It turned out as he expected, and the water was finally emptied out of the tub, never to be replaced. Henrik nevt removed the fish from its tub and placed it on the ground, wherb it flopped about very awkwardly at first but soon learned to move freely and rapidly. In a little while the herring was able to follow its master without difficulty, and then it became his constant companion about the streets of the city. On a certain unfortunate day Henrik had occasion to cross a dilapidated bridge which spanned an arm of the harbor. The herring, coming gracefully along, heedless of danger, now and again springing at flies, for which It had acquired a great fondness, missed Its footing?slipped, through a crack into the water and was drowned.? Boston Transcript. Not In That Class.?A Cleveland a 10.voar.nlH hroth > UUUg wuiliaii lias w *V / er who Is wise beyond his years and Is likely to crop out In new places at the most unexpected times. The other night the anxious suitor called on his inamorata, airiving at her domicile a little before he was expected. She was not ready to make her appearance and the duty of entertaining the caller devolved upon the little brother. "Well, Bobby," began the young man In an effort to make conversation and at the same time to put his Involuntary host at his ease, "does your sister think that I am calling at this house oftener than I am welcome?" The child looked keenly at the caller. "Nothing doing," he said. "Do you think I'm one of these fresh kids you read about in the funny papers? There ain't going to be no embarrassing answer this time."?Cleveland Plain Dealer. Needed Hie Prayers.?One of the stories told by Mr. Spencer Leigh Hughes In his speech in the house of commons the other night tickled everybody. It is the story of the small boy who was watching the speaker's procession as it wended its way through the lobby. First came the speaker, and then the chaplain, and next the other officers. "Who father is that gentleman?" said the small boy pointing to the chaplain. "That' my son," said the father, "is the chaplain of the house." "Does he pray for the members?" asked the small boy. The father thought a minute, and then said: "No, my son; when he goes into the house he looks around and sees the members sitting there, and then he prays for the country.?Cardiff Mail. An Unbeliever.?"This here paper says as how they've just discovered the remains of a thirty-flve foot saurian in Nevada. "What in thunder's a saurian?" "Blamed if I know. I s'pose mebbe it's somethin* like a sardine." "Huh! You ign'rant chump, they ain't no thirty-flve foot sardines." "Well, there could be the remains of one, couldn't they?" "Haw-haw! Who'd ever buy a box of them things?" "Darn you, you're just like all the i rest of these here smart guys that are ' upsettin' religion. I think they is re- i mains of thirty-flve foot sardines in < Nevada. I got faith to suppose that they is also remains of men big enough 1 to buy 'em by the box an' eat 'em on' crackers. You know what you are? i You are one of these here atheists!"? New YorK journal. , m , ( Up Against It.?The staff humorist i approached the editor with a lugubri- i ous face and his resignation. I "Why, you are doing all right," said i the editor: "what's the trouble?" i "Well, you see, sir," replied the staff i humorist, "It's this way. I got mar- < ried a few weeks ago, and now if I 1 print a joke about wives, my wife i thinks I mean her, and if I mention a mother-in-law, her mother comes , around and raises the roof. Then, too, one of my wife's brothers is a plumber, another an ice man and the third is a coal dealer. More than that, she , has a half-brother who is a book agent, and they are all big, husley fellows with , ugly tempers. If you don't mind. I'd like to retire from the humorous department and take a position as obituary editor."?Boston Transcript. He Was Well Off.?H. Clay Calhoun testifying in an assault case, spoke of one Washington White as "well off." "Now. witness," said the cross-examining lawyer, "when you declare White to be well off, what do you mean? Is he worth $10,000?" "No, sah. Oh, no, sah," said Calhoun. "Is he worth $f>,000?" "No, sah. Mah, gracious, no!" "Is he worth $1,000?" "No, sah: he ain't wurf 17 cents." "Then how is he well off?" "Bekase, sah, his wife am A No. 1 washlady and keeps de hull familly in hangup style."?Exchange. A Simple Question.?"What is the difference," asks the man with the dispirited whiskers and the keen eye, "be tween a girl with a clotnespin on ner nose and one whose little brother is quarantined because of a disease incident to childhood which is characterized by an eruption of the skin?" "To avoid argument," sighs the man with the rectangular Adam's apple, "what is the difference?" "One's brother is measled, the other's brother is muzzled." And afar adown the glen arose the mournful cry of a loon lamenting its lost love.?Chicago Post. One of the Lickers.?Dr Wines, principal of a boys' school, just before he went on his holiday had occasion to cane a pupil, and it is to be supposed did the work thoroughly. The lad took his revenge in a way that the doctor himself could not help laughing at. Dr. Wines's front door bore a plate on which was the one word, "Wines." The boy wrote an addition to this in big letters, so that when the doctor came home the inscription ran: "Wines and other lickers."?London Tit-Bits. iUisccllniirous Reading. WITH NEIGHBORING EXCHANGES. Notes and Comments About Matters of Local Interest. Lancaster News, September 30: A striking feature of the Red Shirt reunion in Columbia this week was a parade Thursday morning, six blocks long. Lancaster county being in the lead. At a business meeting subse 1..U T?V,r, n Mnhlev Ulifimy nciu v,uiuuri uvi. v^. ... , was unanimously re-elected commander-in-chief. The selection of next year's place of meeting was left to a committee, which will report later. The programme for the Columbia meeting as previously published in the News was carried oait with the exception of John Sharp Williams's speech, the Mississippi senator not being present The barn of Mr. W. A. Lingle, one of the hustling young farmers of the Creek section, was destroyed by fire about 2 o'clock Thursday morning, together with its contents, lot of fodder, etc. Incendiarism Is suspected. After the fire a partially burned bundle of fodder was found on top of Mr. Lingle's dwelling, indicating that an attempt had been made to burn his home also. In response to a summons early Thursday morning, Sheriff Hunter, though sick in bed at the time, arose and went to the scene to investigate the burning. No clue to the identity of the guilty party was found however. Mr. Lingle had some insurance on the property, but the amount is not known here The Lancaster County Sunday School association met here Thursday and yesterday at the Second Baptist church. President W. L. Croxton presiding over its deliberations. The interesting programme heretofore published, was successfully carried out. Among the visitors from a distance were Miss Grace Vandlver of Spartanburg; Rev. F. W. Gregg and Mr. W. W. Boyce of Rock Hill, who made entertaining and Instructive addresses. Over fifty delegates were present, as many as twen ty-seven jsunaay scnoois in me euumj being represented. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: W. L. Croxton, president: J. E. Stewman, vice president; J. C. Craig, secretary and treasurer. The next meeting will be held at Bethlehem on October 3 and 4, 1912. Chester Lantern, September 29: Mr. Z. V. Davidson, who has been chief train dispatcher for the C. & N.-W. railway for many years, has resigned his position to take up the insurance business. His resignation becomes effective October 1st. and Mr. J. C. McElrone, now first assistant, will succeed Mr. Davidson as chief dispatcher. with Mr. F. D. Miller first assistant and Mr. R. H. Gray second assistant. Mr. Davidson has been with the C. & N.-W. railway for many years and it is with general regret that the company gives him up. Mr. Davidson will become general agent for the Reliance Life Insurance company of Pittsburg, Pa., a well known old life insurance company, and will also represent the Royal Indemnity company of New York, as well as several of the large fire insurance companies. He will open up an office in this city in the near future. Mr. Davidson will no doubt make a success of his new business as he possesses all the qualifications which go to make up a .successful insurance man Preparations are being made by Mr. J. G. L. White, road supervisor of Chester township, to begin work in a few days on the road between Chester and Lewis, which lies in Chester township. Mr. James Hamilton, city engineer, has " " L ^ made a survey irom me uvemeau bridge to Uriel church, where Chester township terminates. The road will be made thirty feet wide and Mr. White will endeavor to have as much sand-clay construction as possible. There may be other announcements in a few days as Mr. White has under consideration the plan of letting the road, or parts of it, by contract to the lowest bidders The charter of the Carolina Traction company, is being recorded by Clerk of Court J. E. Cornwell. The corporators are J. M. Cherry of Rock Hill, and W. S. Lee and GSeorge Stevens of Charlotte, who have received a commission from the secretary of state to build a trolley line In Landsford, Lewisville and Rossville townships of Chester county, as well as lines in and around Rock Hill and Charlotte. This may mean that the company will take some steps toward beginning operations in Chester county. The line, which is to be built in Rock Hill, has already been started, and it is expected that the cars will be running in the near future. Gastonia Gazette, September 29: Mr. James E. Holland died last Friday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock at the city hospital, where he had been undergoing treatment for some time. The body was removed to the Ford Undertaking company's establishment and prepared for burial, being taken that afternoon to the home of his mother, Mrs. Ephraim Holland, near White & Jenkins mill, on the old Dallas road An amendment to the charter of the Love company has been obtained by which the name of the I company has been changed to the Harry-Baber company. As re-organ ized the new company will have the following officers: J. R. Baber. president: J. F. Thomson, vice president: Z. B. Harry, secretary and treasurer. ....Wednesday night Finley Woods, aged 14. an employe of the Avon mills, was caught in some belting and was so badly injured that it is feared he cannot recover. Ho suffered a fracture of the skull on the right side and his physicians hold out practically no hope for him. He was taken to the city hospital where the wound was dressed and where he is now hovering between life and death Rev. Dr. J. C. Galloway left Wednesday for Louisville, Oa.. where he will spend a week or more assisting Rev. Paul Pressley, the pastor, in a meeting. Dr. Galloway's first pastorate was at Louisville, and it was there that he spent the first nine years of his ministerial life: hence the place naturally has a strong attachment for him. Dr. Galloway's pulpit here will be filled Sabbath by Rev. J. J. Kennedy Southern Freight Conductor Chas. E. Russell of King's Mountain, was painfully though not seriously injured this morning about 10 o'clock at Ijowell, when a coal trestle gave way at the Lowell cotton mills. Conductor Russell was on a heavily loaded coal car ? ? ?? u?w.v??l .ml .> > Ihu Iruu. tie. The structure gave way and he was precipitated violently several feet, sustaining ugly bruises about the head and elsewhere. Dr. Sloan. Southern railway surgeon, was sent for and went to dress his wounds. He was brought to (lastonia and placed in the city hospital where he is resting fairly well. ATHLETES OF HISTORY. Remarkable Men Conspicuous for Strength. GREAT RUNNERS AND GREAT LIFTERS. But After All the Big Boasts of the Ancients Were Not Unreasonable, For Modern Times Have Produced Men ' C I I.J ... P w no navo b^u?nvu v. Most of Their Feats of Strength. The feats performed by some of the ancient athletes are referred to by uninformed persons as far beyond modern achievements. But when closely examined and stripped of their traditional trimmings they are generally found to be quite credible and sometimes comparatively commonplace. Take for instance the story of Milo. Milo was the most famous athlete of ancient times, and his most spectacular stunt was to take on his back a four-year-old heifer and to carry it around the stadium. The animal may have weighed anywhere from 400 to 800 pounds. The distance it was carried was exactly 220 yards, or one eighth of a mile. There is no good reason for doubting the story nor for growing excited over it eltner. The porters at Constantinople often make long journeys bearing on their shoulders a weight of 600 pounds. But it is further told of Milo that after carrying the heifer around to the stadium he killed it with a single blow of his fist. If it is assumed that the fist was bare the story is rather steep. But he probably wore the cestus, a bulky affair not unlike the boxing glove and extending nearly to the elbow, and heavily weighted with lead. Armed with such a weapon any good heavyweight pugilist like Sharkey, Jeffries or Jack Johnson would have little difficulty in slaying a cow with a single blow. Then there is the well-known story of Leander, who swam the Hellespont with the praiseworthy object of passing an hour in the presence of his sweetheart. Now, the body of water known in ancient times as the Hellespont is in these days called the straits of Dardanelles, and the distance across it rather less than a mile. Compared with such a swim as that of Captain Webb across the straits of Dover, a distance of twenty-one miles, Leander's performance seems not only credible, but insignificant. Among the notable athletes of modern times perhaps the most remarkable was Ernest Menson, a sailor ir the British navy. On a certain occasion, finding himself penniless in Dondon and knowing that he must reach his ship at Portsmouth by roll call or be shot as a deserter the next morning, he ran the entire distance between the two cities, starting at eight in the evening and arriving at his destination by six the next morning. That is to say, he covered the entire distance of sixty-nine miles in less than ten hours. His next run was from London to Liverpool, a distance of 200 miles, which he covered in exactly thirty-three hours. A still more remarkable pedestrian feat was his famous run from Paris to Moscow, a distance which in those days was 1,760 miles. Menson started from the Place de Vendome, in Paris, at exactly ten o'clock on the morning of June 11, 1831, and arrived at the Kremlin, in Moscow, at ten o'clock, June 25, having made the journey in about 330 hours. Menson never walked, but went on a dog trot, a gait similar to that of Rowell, the famous pedestrian of twenty years ago. This gait, the dog trot, or fox trot, as it is called, is employed by all native runners. Menson was also peculiar as to eating and sleeping. On his journey he ate nothing except occasionally a little fruit or a cracker, but would drink much water. His rest was taken in a standing position, usually leaning against a wall or a tree. After ten or fifteen minutes of this rest he would awaken and go on apparently as fresh as ever. On one occasion during a long run he went up as usual and leaned against a tree to rest. His seconds and attendants standing about had noticed nothing unusual In his manner or appearance. Ten minutes passed. fifteen, thirty. The watchers went J closer and found that Menson was dead. One of the most remarkable feats of strength on record is the platform lift made by Patrick McCarthy, of St. | Louis. The platform was loaded with stones, and McCarthy, standing under it, lifted with arms, legs and back, harness style. The weight of the platform and stones was 6,370 pounds, or over three tons! A. Cutter, of Louisville, Ky., once placed his little finger in a strap suspended from the ceiling, and from hanging thus at arm's length, drew his body up to the chin six times in succession. With one hand on a horizonital bar he drew his body up six times without pause. For drawing the body up, chinning the bar, as thuv ?nv in tho pi'mnasiums. the nalm goes to Arthur Mumford, who in 1888, at Cambridge, Mass., chinned the bar thirty-nine times without pause. Curiously enough, a large percentage of the notably strong men of history have been of royal blood. One of the earliest of these royal athletes was Maximianus, called Maximianus Hercules because of his great strength. Maximianus was the son of a peasant and a man of enormous physique. He became a common soldier and was finally made emperor by his fellow soldiers during a stormy period of Roman history. Mamimianus's strength was prodigious. It was said that on foot he could run down a fox, that he could lift three men with one hand, and that by gripping the wheel of a chariot with one finger he could resist the pull of three horses. Like most men of great physical strength, Maximianus was a heavy eater. History records that his daily allowance was forty pounds of meat and eighteen bottles of wine. Augustus the Strong of Saxony, was another of those royal Samsons. He would often seize two of his courtiers, grasping one with his right hand and another with his left, holding them up at arm's length and playfully twirling them about. On one occasion the horse ridden by one of his attendants became balky and refused to budge. After some minutes of coaxing the king dismounted, placed his Herculean shoulders under the horse's chest, grasping it by the forelegs, and calmly walked away with both horse and rider. This remarkable performance was witnessed by a number of courtiers and attendants. Peter the Great of Russia was a man of great physical as well as mental power. His years of work as blacksmith and ship carpenter had so developed a naturally powerful physique that he was supposed to be the strongest man in Russia. The story is toiu mat a certain uihcrsniith in a little country town had boasted that he was the only blacksmith in the world who could lift his own anvil. The emperor hearing of the blacksmith's boast, disguised himself as a workman, ami with a single companion. set out for the blacksmith's village. On learning of their errand the blacksmith without a word laid aside his tools, and. grasping the anvil with his brawny hands, lifted it with great effort about a foot from the floor. Then Peter took hold of the anvil, raised it a foot, two feet, three, higher and higher, until he finally swung it to his shoulder and calmly walked away with it. A worthy successor of Peter the Croat was the late Czar Alexander III., who was one of the strongest men in the world. He was often called the Russian Samson. The czar's regular visiting card was a Russian coin somewhat larger than a silver quarter, which he would bend almost double with his powerful fingers. Alexander was also fond of breaking horseshoes, and It is said he had never found one that he could not break in two. He could take two fresh packs of cards, and, by gripping the ends with his hands, tear them straight down through the middle. The story is told that on one occasion there was In his company a lady who expressed a wish for a bouquet holder in which to place a large bunch of roses, which had become a burden to her. The czar took a pewter tankard from a table near by, ?? * V* r% mAifAmonic a# U I c powerful hands, fashioned it into a rough, but picturesque and quite efficient bouquet holder.?Health Culture. CAT TALES. What Poor Pussy Has Been Doing This Summer. Marooned in the belfry of the German Trinity church, Trinity street, near Exeter, a pet cat belonging to Herman Gistler, janitor of that church, is dying of starvation. The cat has been up there for more than a week, according to reports, and is in such a position that it is impossible to reach it. According to Mr. Gistler the cat, which is of the ordinary feline variety, has been prominently identified as a good mouser by the members of the congregation of that church for some time. It has been always given the open door to the church, especially the belfry, where she enjoyed a toothsome sparrow dinner several times a week. About a week ago. It is said, Tabby, for such is the name of the unfortunate feline, ascended the narrow ladder to the belfry In quest of a dinner. Finding some of the birds in their customary roofs, Tabby climbed higher until she got so high In the belfry that she was beyond reach of human hand. Mr. Gistler missed the cat several days ago and could not find her any where. While ringing the church bell last night he heard the faint meouw of Tabby, and looking high up into the rafters of the belfry saw her sitting on a narrow board which projects out beyond the others. Mr. Gistler made several attempts to get the cat from its perilous position, but was unable to do so. The S. P. C. A. has been notified and is expected to attempt to rescue the feline this afternoon.?Baltimore News. William Martin, Watson McClelland and Harry Farabaugh, each about 12 years old, caught a black cat this morning just outside the gate of the farm of John Schenk, two miles north of Butler, Pa. The boys tied a "kite tail" on the cat, poured oil on it and then applied a match. The cat ran into the Schenk barn and climbed to the haymow. In a moment the barn .was aflame. Thirty cows and six horses were rescued, but the barn, farm machinery, hay and grain were consumed. The loss was $10,000.?Baltimore Evening Sun. A little girl who was leading a terrier was badly bitten and torn by a large tortoise shell cat in a grocery store at 808 Webster avenue yester- 1 day. Te8sle Gassier, 2240 North Halsted street, had barely entered the store when Tabby, who had been living on the counter, bristled with rage and leaped at the dog. Yelping with fear ' the dog tried to hide behind its mistress. The cat then turned upon the ! girl and sank its teeth In her leg. Before she was rescued her legs : were torn badly by the teeth and claws of the animal.?Chicago Record-Herald. William Gray Brooks, a prominent Philadelphia lawyer and great-grandson of William Gray of Boston, founder of the Gray family of that city, wept at a hotel today over the news j c\t tho rldnth nf hie Oiit Tlcpr his Philadelphia home. The cat had j been a prize winner in many shows in Philadelphia and New York and was ; valued at $500. Mr. Brooks telegraphed to have the cat burled in a mahogany casket, satin lined, in the animal burying ground.?Philadelphia Record. The mewing of a cat saved the life of H. Grossman, a merchant of Rocheport, early this morning. Grossmann, awakened by the cat's mews, found that the building was afire and the flames had almost reached his room. He called the neighbors and they saved a part of the building. An investigation showed that a burglar had entered a restaurant and a meat market attached to the room occupied by Grossmann and had robbed the tills of both places. The burglar, It is believed, set fire to the building.? Kansas City Times. Rodger, a cat whose efficiency mark as a mouser is said by his many bluecoat admirers to be remarkable, is mournfully traveling the "beat" alone in the Warren avenue police station today. Rodger's partner, Tom, who had the distinction of being "appointed" to the police force by Chief of Police John McWendy when he was a sergeant at the Warren avenue station a few years ago. is dead and buried. Tom was found dead In the cellroom by Lockup Keeper Joseph Fallon yesterday morning and on direct orders from Chief of Police McWeeny was honored yesterday afternoon with a "police funeral." He was laid to rest in a lot near the station, with Capt. John Rehm, Lieut. Fred Stahl. Sergt. Joseph King, Michael Breen, wagon man, and Lockup Keeper Falton acting as honorary pallbearers.? Kansas always was extreme. Mow j comes her state board of health with t the proposition that the fur of the ( domestic cat is a harbor for germs 1 and that therefore the domestic cat j should be shaved. Dr. Deacon of the t Kansas state board of health has issu- i ed this injunction: "Shave the cats, j Keep their hair short. Just as you t would that of a horse or a dog. If t that is too much trouble, kill them, 1 for they arc not worth much any- r how." Shakespeare, who described in a few well chosen words almost every 1 type of human being, hit off Dr. Dea- 1 con's type when he said, "Some men r cannot abide a harmless cat." Kansas ought to have a humane society to I get after the doctor. Undoubtedly ? there Is a possibility that cats exposed f to disease germs might carry them in ? their fur: but there is a far greater r danger to human beings of infection \ from rats and mice than from cats, ? for these vermin reeking with dele- ? terious bacteria bore into cupboards t and meddle with human food supplies. The cat. as the deadly enemy of rats ami mice, saves human lives. ? She is entitled to exemption from persecution.?Evening Wisconsin. ? 1 Wrecked by a Knife Blade.?A ship } was once wrecked on the Irish coast. I The captain was a careful one. Nor 1 had the weather been of so severe a ^ kind as to explain the wide distance which the vessel had swerved from her 1 proper course. The ship went down, ( but so much interest attached to the ' disaster that a diving bell was sunk, s Anumg other portions of the vessel 1 that were examined was the compass j that was swung on the deck, and in- , sid<- the compass box was detected a i bit of steel, which appeared to be the small point of a pocket-knife blade. It was learned that the day before the wreck a sailor who had been set cleaning the compass had used his pocket knife In the process and had unceremoniously broken off the point and left it remaining In the box. That bit of knife blade exerted its influence on the compass and to a degree that deflected the needle from its proper bent and vitiated it as an index of the ship's direction. That bit of knife blade wrecked the vessel. THE DAYS OF BIG GAMBLING. When $10,000 In Gold Duet Was an J Ordinary Bet on a Card. "I have seen $100,000 staked and r lost 011 the turn of a single card right here in an Francisco," and old Dennis blinked his eyes and nodded his head, a as if to say, "Let that sink in under 8 your scalp." N x Dennis?George W. Dennis to give v him his name?is the aged negro jani- a rtp lrnr>wrn flvarvhndv thnt nnnq.-H 8 ., , n often through the ferry depot. He was v a slave when he saw the fool and his p money so expeditiously parted; a chat- ^ tel. a piece of property, part of the |, paraphernalia brought to San Fran- t cisco in 1849 by a quartet of gamblers. d Both Dennis and his mother had been * used as stakes on the gambling table v and more than once they had changed * owners on the turn of a card, and per- ^ haps it was the knowledge that he a would probably go the same way again r if somebody came along and broke his owner's bank?a faro bank?that v prompted him to watch with unusual h interest the favorite and practically the only form of entertainment in the ? San Francisco of that day. Dennis had a story of his own. r He was brought out here a slave. His ^ owners gave him a chance to buy his freedom. He bought himself, and with o his first earnings as a free man bought a the freedom of his mother. In the end, the gamblers died or went broke, and c it was left for the former slave to n give one of them a fresh start in life, u or, in the language of the days of gold, a to stake him. That, however, Is an- c other story and can wait a while. s If you want to get a vivid picture of those careless days find Dennis in a talkative humor, let him light his pipe and he'll spin you yarns that will make 0 you see how San Francisco apeared 8 when It was really a wlde-onen town. The particular gambling hall In which Dennis gathered the material for his story was known as the El Dorado hotel or eambllner hall. It stood g at the corner of Washington and Kearney streets, the present site of the Hall of Justice. Its first home was a tent 30 feet wide by 60 feet deep. r The proprietors of this center of li amusement were Andy McCabe, Jim and Joe Johnson and Dennis Green. . They owned the tent and they owned Dennis. Andy McCabe was a silent t partner. As Dennis says: "He did not h approve of gambling. He left that to j, his partners." The El Dorado was opened Septem- 8 ber 18, 1849, the day Dennis and his masters landed from the steamer Cal- ^ ifornla, In which they had traveled . from Panama. It never closed, day or night, until, again to quote Dennis, "Mister Coleman and the other gentle- c men formed the vigilance committee." f The tent was filled with tables, at which the visitor could get any kind of a game he sought. As a matter of d fact, however, most of the really seri- d ous gambling was done at the faro tables. If a man wanted diversion, says " Dennis, he might sit down and play poker for 30 or 40 hours, but when he | really wanted to gamble he chose the I faro layout and he never dallied there I very long. The gamblers of those days did not believe in making two bites of a cherry. "I've seen men come into the tent," ^ said Dennis, "covered with the dirt and dust they had gathered on their way in from the mines. They had intended to have a shave and a bath and a good dinner. They had been looking forward to enjoyin' the feelin' that P comes with clean clothes and a shave; e they'd been goin' over in theirxminds, ^ as they swallowed dust on the road, e the things they would order for dinner f an' flgurin' how fine it would be to v have a haircut and a shave. But they e forgot everything when they heard the 4 music we kep' a-goin' day an' night. In they'd come. Out they'd pull a sack of gold dust, and, like as not, slam the whole pile down on one card. "Sometimes they'd win. Usually they r stayed until it was all gone. I've t Been many of 'em lose it all on the , first card and that same day, without ? haircut or shave, start back for the mines to dig some more. I've seen ^ 'em come back a dozen times." ^ Dennis remembers one of these repeaters whose first loss was $20,000. He went back to the mines, got some more, brought it into the El Dorado, ,, lost it, back to the mines, back to the ^ El Dorado and once more back to the mines. The last time he showed up he i was shaven and shorn and gorgeously . appareled in raiment fresh from the store. On his head was a shiny silk hat and from every pocket, like the pickets of a fence, were protruding cigars. _ "I bin a fool," ho explained. "But ^ never again. Six times I've come down c here to get fitted out and cleaned up, "" hut each time I've been cleaned out first. I'm going to be thrifty from now in, and I'm always going to fit out 'fore ti [ come here." With this explanation he pulled out i buckskin sack containing dust worth ibout $10,000, placed it on a card and lost. "S'long," he said, as he started back to the mines that afternoon, "ye see. If [ hadn't been thrifty I wouldn't a had this haircut and these clothes." The music with which the El Dorado soothed its patrons was contributed by women musicians. "They were French and Mexican adies," says Dennis, "and they did some smart gamblin,' too. One of 'em, i French lady, used to save up her money till she had $2,000 an' then she'd play it all on one card. She was goin' to quit Californy when she had $10,000. She could have saved that in a year f she'd left the gamblin' alone. But she preferred to win it, an* the las' time [ seen her she was dead broke." The gamblers that owned Dennis nade so much money that, out of the 'ullness of their prosperity, they decided to give him a chance to buy his 'reedom. It would have been more like jresent day ideas of '49 liberality if hey had made him a present of himjelf. But then, as now, property was property and Dennis, in the days of jold, was just as much a chattel as the "urniture in the gambling hall. Denils bears no ill will, on the contrary he emembers them with gratitude. "They were slaveholders and gam)lers," he says, "but I must admit that 3etter hearted or more liberal minded nen never lived." And they certainly did give the black joy every chance to get together the mm necessary to secure his release rom bondage. They put him on a saliry of $250 a month, allowed him to ent a faro table and gave him the jrlvllege of selling coffee, pies, apples ind boiled eggs to the patrons. They ilso gave him all the "chicken feed" hat came in over the gambling tables. The eggs cost Dennis $1 a dozen. "An' I sold 'em from 50 cents to $1 lpiece," said Dennis. He explained the range in price. "If a man was col' sobah he got his lard boiled egg for 50 cents. The mo' iquor he had in him, the mo' he paid 'or his eggs. If he's jes' feelin' good molfPQ if 71 oontu If hp afflPfprpH lis egg cost him $1. I got 25 cents lpiece for apples and 25 cents a cup 'or coffee." The man that lost $100,000 at one bank dug It all out of Bldwell's bar in the Feather river. He arrived one ifternoon travel stained and tired. His "dust" was in long buckskin bags, jecurely lashed on the back of a weary jurro. Leaving burro and treasure standing at the entrance to the tent he miner walked in, strode over to one if the faro tables and stood for a few ninutes watching the play. "Help me in with the stuff," he nodled to a hangeron. The two men staggered in with their heavy burden. The niner piled it on the table, asked that t be considered all on one card. There was a Hip of pasteboard and the right ind title of that pile of gold passed 'rom the man who had dug it out of he ground and lugged it for miles over i rough country to the owners of the K1 Dorado. His only comment, says Dennis, was nade to Jim Johnson as the latter was hrowing the gold into the safe. "Ye'll have to stake me," said the niner, "I'm broke." Johnson tossed him a bag of gold with the invitation: M "Help yourself." All of which goes to show that the lays of '49 were really and truly days >f gold. The miner returned to the Feather Iver, but had a hard time getting anther pile, as in his absence most of tis claims had been jumped. Dennis did no gambling on his own account, but has an excuse for the :ambllng of others in those days. "They was nothin' else to do. They vas no home life in those days. They ras no particular style about dressin' ,n' even if they was a man couldn't pend no $20,000 on clothes. They was 10 banks and sending money back east jj tas takin* almost as much chance as ' ilayin' faro an' a whole lot more trouble. Everybody got all he wanted to 1 at an' the man that needed a few dol- c ars could get it for the askin'. So * here you are. Money to be had for the < liggin' of it an' not much good to you < ..u A ii mu.. . ?U.> r men you gui ii. i ney auppuacu me upply would never end all those that vere not ready to go back east Just rambled It away as fast as they dug t, for they knew or thought they ;new jes' where they could get any mount they wanted when they did get eady to go back to the states." By way of Illustrating the fortyilners' disregard for money Dennis vlll tell you of the "chicken feed" that lelped him toward his freedom. On a table in the middle of the room tood a tin can into which was thrown he small money. The smallest money n circulation then was the Mexican eal, but practically all silver was re:arded, in the El Dorado, as "chicken eed." When the tin can began to overflow >ne of the owners would pick It up ,nd say: "Here, Dennis, take this stuff." In two months Dennis's share of the hlcked feed amounted to $386. In three nonths he saved $2,600, of which he ised $1,000 to purchase his freedom. Vlcalde Oeary Issued his free paper* mi Dennis had them recorded In the ustdm house, where the record now tands.?San Francisco Call. A r?tii Thrtunktc An MnnAv ?Mnnp\ ? therwise known as tin, dough, cush, relt, rocks, etc. The corpuscles of national circulaion which indicate the strength of our onstitution. It is often called a curse. Some wear by it, others swear for it, and till others swear at It. It often causes a species of mental lerangement or delirium called money nania. Many are willing to be thus noculated. It is the feature of social distinction, t is the measure of intelligence? hose who have it are wise, those who lave It not are foolish. Possession of t entitles one to the use of a moneyTarn. Though a medium of exchange, it las no connection with souls or astral iodies. It is the religion of today, often ailed moneythelsm. Preachers pray or it; laymen lay for It. It is the be all and the end all. ChilIren cry for it, women sigh for it, men lie for it, and all lie for it.?Smart Set. HOME ENDORSEMENT Hundreds of Yorkville Citizens Can Tell You All About It. Home endorsement, the public expression of Yorkville people, should be vidence beyond dispute for every Torkville reader. Surely the experince of friends and neighbors, cheerully given by them, will carry more /eight than the utterances of strangrs residing In faraway places. Read he following: B. W. Bingham, Lockmore Mill, rorkville, S. C., says: "We have used Joan's Kidney Pills in our family with he very best of results and we know or a certainty that they live up to the laims made for them. I was nervous nd my back ached a great deal, 'hese troubles convinced me that my idneys were disordered and finally I /as led to get a supply of Doan's Kidipy Pills at York Drug Store. This j a/x/vn KtirvuoVit mo rol |pf \f V . CIIICUJ' auvu uiuugiu HIV 1 vi*v., | Ittle boy had difficulty in retaining the * idney secretions and he also com- ( ilained of pains in the back. Doan's [idney Pills were used in his case and < hey gave prompt relief." ( t For sale by all dealers. Price 50 [ ents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, ( lew York, sole agents for the United f Itates. Remember the name?Doan's?and ike no other. ^ Stop th< To the Wester Increased Acr These crops, if prove the leas profitable The Low Pric pecial Indui I CATAW CATAW CATAW CATAW used at planting time, will improve the qua "ASK JACKSON BROS., Clovei i c wiivcBQnM & rn (Hickory S. B. PRATT, Sharon, S J. M. WILLIAMS, McConrn Catawb LANCAS1 ? FOR SALE ? 130 Acres?Joining Lee R. Williams, 3r. Bratton and Mrs. Mattie Nichols, n Bethel township. One 4-room dwellng; 1 tenant house; 3 miles of Beth>hiloh church; 1 mile of good school; rery fine pasture; good, strong land, 'rice $22 an acre. 29 Acres?Lying within the lncor>orate limits of Yorkville, known as he Nelson Davis home place. One louse, one storle; 29 acres under cuitlatlon. Price $1,300. One 15-Horse Engine and Boiler; one iO-saw Gin; one Boss Press. Price 1250.00; in good condition. 1031-4 Acres?Joins Billy Falls. R. Plexico, John Ratteree, McGill and ithers; 1 dwelling house, 2 stories; 5ooms; 65 acres under cultivation; 30 >r 35 acres in timber: 3 miles from plover; 1 tenant house, 3-rooms; 3 >astures; land lies comparatively level. sriee $42 per acre. 99 Acres?Joining Frank Stewart, Price place, George McCarter and oth;rs; rents for 1,000 or 1,500 pounds of :otton; 50 or 60 acres under cultivaion; 8 miles from Yorkville; 2 tenant louses, 2 rooms each. Price $1,250.00. New 3-room cottage, with 2 porches n town of Clover?in old Brookland; oinlng Mrs. Youngblood and others; lew smoke house and good orchard; ot contains 1-2 acre. Property of Mrs. M. L. Armstrong. Price $875. 75 Acres?In 2} miles of Clover; cnown as the Hamp Jackson place. Property of D. M. Parrott. Good 4 oom house on place. 50 acres in cul1 vat ion; 9 acres in timber, balance old leld. Price $35 per Acre. Beautiful site and residence of C. H. 5andifer, 2} miles from Yorkville on Pinckney road; 40 acres in cultivation; iO acres in forest timber; 1-4 mile ichool house, special district; 100 Lcres. Price $3,200. 1-3 cash, balance 1 to 5 years. 1441-2 Acres?One 6-room dwelling, ! tenant house; over 40 acres In timber. Price $40 per acre. Joins C. C. Hughes fine plantation. 661-2 Acres?Joining the above jlace; beautiful 4-room cottage, newly minted; absolutely level land. Price 140 per acre. 80 Acres?J. S. Turner home; 1 mile >f three churches: 40 acres in cultlvaion. Price, $1500. 250 Acres?Three miles west of McZtonnellsvllle, joining A. A. Burrls, W. ft. Carroll and others. Two houses; [00 acres In timber; 40 acres in cultivation; will cut 1,000 cords of wood, jome saw timber. Price $2,650. This 8 surely a bargain. 395 Acres?The residence of the late Dr. J. Wister Allison, 3 miles from Hickory Grove, 1J miles from Smyrla; 100 acres in cultivation; 150 acres mnpp In tlmhpr* u'pII And flnrlncrfi! dwelling, 2-stories?7-rooms; 4 tenant louses, 3-rooms each. Price $4,000. Terms to suit. 185 Acree?Joins John Feemster, R. B. Hartness and E. M. Stephenson; 4 niles from Yorkville, on Hickory 3rove road; will rent for 4,500 lbs. lint cotton; 1 6-room dwelling;, beautiful grove, land lies comparatively level, deep red soil; 2 new tenant houses, 4rooms each; 1 tenant, 3-rooms; high state of cultivation; at low Price of (25.00 per acre. Property of T. W. McJlaln. 234 1-2 Acres?Joins F. H. Barber estate, near Leslie, 7 miles of Rock Hill; L dwelling, 4 tenant houses. Property >f John Funk. The beautiful residence of Joe W. Nell, deceased, 3 miles from Yorkville. races King's Mountain road. I regard It as one of the most desirable farms In York county; a beautiful 2-story residence, 8 or 9 rooms; good barn. Will cut thi3 into 3 or more tracts. There is about 280 acres in the whole :ract. 147 4-5 Acres?A part of the home :ract of the J. J. Matthews land, three miles of Bethany, 6 miles of Clover; 4# teres in cultivation, balance in timber, much of it original forest. Two houses Price, $22.50 per Acre. 245 Acres?The Allen Crosby home, jn public road. Large 2 story residence, 7-rooms, painted. One tenant louse, 7-rooms; 3 other tenant houses. \.bout 2 miles of Sharon. A good farm ?plenty of wood. 301 Acree?The Moss place, 21 miles )f Hickory Grove; 5 horse farm. Three >r four horse farm can be opened in iddition. Three good houses, 5-rooms ;ach; also one 2-room house?150 teres in woods; 30 acres in original }ine and oak timber. Rents for 5,200 pounds of lint cotton. Price $25 an icre. The C. E. Spencer's Moore place adloinlng the Jail lot. If you want good ilgh school, buy this land, don't wait. I have five different tracts close in to own. Afi Mnra rvr loan' Mrn TjLlirft B. Parish tract of land; mostly within he incorporate limits of Yorkville. This land will be sold cheap. I will Uvide it Into three, tracts. Beautiful home of D. E. Durant at >uthriesville, S. C.; 140 acres fronting >n the C. &. N.-W. railroad, and also he beautiful sand and clay road from forkvllle to Chester. One dwelling, !-stories high, 8-rooms; 100 acres In :ultivatlon, 40 acres In timber, fine or:hard; one of the best barns In York :ounty, 3 stories high 40x90. Barn is If Hlgli Grade Carbon Paper, 8} cl4 inches, $1.50 box, 100 sheets, at Hie Enquirer Office. 5 Flow of n Grain Markets t eage in Grain Cr properly cultivated and t expensive to market i the Southern farmer cai e of Cotton Shoi cement to Plant ]V BA GRAIN KIIS BA GRAIN GRC BA WONDER V BA SUPREME followed next Spring by < lity of the grain and great YOUR NEIGHBC ? Our Dealers Are: r, S. C. PERRY FERG Grove, S. C. c W. F. JACKS jllsville.S.C. McGILL BROJ a Fertiliz "ER, SOUTH CA worth (2,500. Has four tenant houses in flne repair. Land Ilea level and adJoina Outhrleaville academy. Will cut this place to auit purchaser if he should not want It all. H Tha Spencer Lots are now for sale, and I have plat of same in my office. We are prepared to give liberal terms. Also to build residences for you. Buy quick before they are all sold. 125 Acres?Two miles of Bethany; Joining W. B. Stroup and others; 30 acres in cultivation, 95 acres in tim- a ber. Price $2^80. 91 Acres?More or less; the J. J. Thomas place near Dave Clark; 1 good -I J--- n ?? - . ? a A. 4 leaiucnue, i-iuuma, 1 icimui uuuoc, orooms; 60 acres In cultivation; splendid home near school,- church. \ etc. $3,200. 3J miles of Yorkvllle. 203 Acres?Three miles of Clover, near St. Paul's church, a 2-story, 9room house; 100 acres in cultivation; 3 good tenant houses. A very fine farm. 419 Acres?Three miles Hickory Grove; the J. Yancy Whitesides place; good strong land; large dwelling, etc. Price $12.50 per acre. Two lota of the Herndon property on West Madison St., joining Herndon lots. $100 Each. p One Roller Mill, Gins and Corn Mill, 2 Engines and boilers, 6 acres of land on Clark's Pork, 31 miles of King's Creek station. Price $3,500. 2021-2 Acres?Of land in Ebenez... township, about 3 miles from Ebenezer; a 6-room dwelling and 3 tenant houses; 7 miles of Rock Hill; a part * of the Dinsmore Farrla land. One lot?Woodland Park, city of Rock Hill, 60x196. Price $400. 150 Acres?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, Ik miles of Bethany High school at $30 % per acre. The beautiful home of W. J. P. Wy lie, 2 mile* 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. Bid wanted. ? 991*2 Acres?Six miles of Yorkvllle. 1 dwelling, 7-rooms; | mile of school, } mile from Beeraheba church. Price $1375. 75 Aores?Of the John M. Thomasson homestead; a nloe location; gooo, strong land. Price $45 an acre. 951-2 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. Sherrer; It is rolling, but la good, strong land; has a 6-horse farm open on It; 1 dwelling, house, 8-rooms; big barn, crlba etc. Price $13 per aore. * 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 Tork and Clover road. Joining lands of J. M. Stroup and others. * Property of J. A. Tate. Prioe $22 per acre. Rents for 2,200 lbs. cotton; 3-horse farm open. ^ 61 Acres?1J miles Tlrzah, on Rock 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 Ilea rolling, about 49 acres In cultivation, . balance In wood; a nice <5-room cottage; newly painted and rodded; a fine bargain; $15 per acre. John Wells place. Mrs Matte's beautiful residence In Torlrvllle; everything Is In flrst-class condition, with twelve good rooms; sewerage and, water In the dwelling. Lot 198 feet front, 843 feet deep, with a lane entering the premlaee from Madlaon atreet 208 Acrea?Two and one-half miles Lockhart mills; 1 3-room house; 20 acres in cultivation; 175 acres in wood ?most pine. Jno. Ned Thomson place. 201 Acre^-In Ebenezer township; 1 dwelling 1| story high, 5 rooms; also tenant house 6 room a 14 story high. Price |11 per aere. Property of If. B. Massey. 150 Acres?Near Clay Hill; 1 dwelling; all necessary outbuildings?part ? of the A. A. Barron place?$10i)0 an acre. 136 Acres?Including the Baird A Hudeon place near Concord church; 8 good houses; 60 acres In cultivation? $15.00 an acre. Property of M. B. Massey. 115 Acrea?1 dwelling, and two tenant houses; 90 acres under cultivation, 20 acres In timber; 2) miles of Smyrna Price, $15.00 per acre. T. B. Nichols. 95 Acrea?Mrs. J. Frank Wallace place, 2 dwellings on it; ' 8 miles of * Torkvllle on public highway, near New Zion church. Price $1,425. Miss Dolly Miller residence?a bargain. J. C. WILBORN. Yorkville, 8. C. * W You can save a third to half by buying a Rebuilt Typewriter. See The Enquirer Office. rrrrTi iviuiic y ? iy Planting an ops This Fall fertilized, will and the most I i grow. ild Be an Eslore Grain i * I )WER WORKER ,?TO,_I 4 ly increase the yield I IRS." I ;uson & co., Yorkville, S. C. ON, Yorkville, S. C. Yorkville, S. C. ;er Co. I . ROLINA I 1 1