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tumorous Jcpartrarut He Answered the Question.?Pat was called Into court to teetify to a talk that he had with the defendant in a civil suit, and everything went along as swimmingly as a flock of bullfrogs until the lawyer attempted to bring out the important points of the conversation. "Now, then. Pat," said the encouraging lawyer, "please tell the court what you and the defendant talked about." "Yis, sir," answered Pat willingly. "We talked about fifteen minutes." "No, no, no!" interposed the lawyer "I mean, what did you and the defendant talk over?" "Yis. sor," was the calm rejoinder of Pat. "We talked over the telephone, sor."?Philadelphia Telegraph. Twain's Art Criticism.?Mark Twain was visiting Rogers, said a New York editor, quoted in the Christian Register. Mr. Rogers led the humorist into his library. "There," he said as he pointed to a bust of white marble. "What do you think of that?' It was the bust of a young woman coiling her hair, a graceful example of Italian sculpture. Mr. Clemens looked and then he said: "It isn't true to nature." "Why not?" Mr. Rogers asked. "She ought to have her mouth full of hairpins," said the humorist.?New York Tribune. Polished.?A newspaper artist, noted for his large feet as well has his facility with the pencil sat down to ' have his shoes polished, relates the Literary Digest. "Give me a fine shine, Tony," he said to the operator. "I'm going to see a pretty girl and want to make a hit." When the contract was completed and payment made, Tony said: "Say, boss! if youse doesn't make a hit wid dat skirt tonight it won't be because you doesn't shine downstairs." ** A rrog rvwi vo.?a uci^jujcui taught an old man in his parish to read and found him an apt pupil, says London Tit-Bits. Calling at the cottage some time after, he found only the wife at home. "How's John?" he asked. "He is well, thank you," said the wife. "How does he get on with his reading?" "Nicely, sir." "Ah, I suppose he can read his Bible comfortably now?" "Bible, sir! Bless you, he was out of the Bible and into the sporting papers long ago." Awful Thought.?The government official had been telling a simple old Scotch farmer what he must do in the case of a German invasion on the east coast of Scotland. "An' hae I reely tae dae this wi' a' ma beesties if the Germans come?" asked the old fellow at the finish. The official informed him that such was the law. "All live stock of every description must be branded and driven inland. "Well, I'm thinking I'll hae an awfu' job wi' ma bees." The Proper Thing.?"Canvasses?" said the artist, flattered by the presence of the millionaire in his studio. "Yes, sir, I shall be happy to show you my best canvasses. Something allegorical? Or do you prefer a landscape ?" "What I want," said Mr. Newrich, the eminent contractor, with decision, "is something about a yard and a half long and a yard wide, to cover some cracks in the frescoin'."?Chicago Daily News. Got Stage-Struck.?One of our good paid-in-advance subscribers has finally succeeded In getting rid of the fleas that inhabited his bird dog. He took the dog to De Queen and while there visited a show where a man had a bunch of performing fleas. The fleas on the dog got stage-struck and followed the performing fleas off.?Exchange. It Didn't Matter?A woman mounted the steps of the elevated station carrying an umbrella like a reversed saber. An attendant touched her lightly, saying: "Excuse me, madam, but you are likely to put out the eye of the man behind you." "Well, he's my husband," snapped the woman.?Chicago Herald. Feeding the Fiah.?"Here!" cried the fish warden. "What are you doing? Don't you know you're not allowed to catch flsh hero?" The angler, who had sat three hours without a nibble, turned and surveyed the official sourly. "I'm not catchin' 'em,'' he retorted peevishly; "I'm feeding 'em." According to the Book.?"Do you Know, aear, said me young nusoana, "there's something wrong with the cake? It doesn't taste right." "That is all your imagination," answered the bride triumphantly; "for it says in my new cooking book that it's delicious." High Cost of Living.?Hungry Harold?Can't yous gimme a bit o' meat to eat wit' de bread? Mrs. Goodsole?Not at the present price of meat, but I'll cut your bread with the knife I've been slicing the bacon with. Easy for the Wife.?"We must be nice to my rich uncle. He may leave us some money. He says that he yearns for a slice of home made bread." "That's easy," responded the young wife, "our biker sells it." Wanted to Hit Him First.?"Now Ethel, Harold says he's sorry he broke your doll, so I want you to forgive him." "I'd feel more like forgiving him. mother, if I could hit him back first." Would Warm Him Up.?Teacher (severely)?What will your father say to your low average? Youngster (with hestitation)?When dad sees I'm down to zero he'll warm me up, I guess.?Judge. Experience Worth While.?"Dolblay had a costly experience in Wall street.'' "Poor chap! I know what that means." "But it was worth the price. He hasn't been back since." In Love With a Sport.?"Is there any outdoor sport she is fond of?" "I should say so. She's dead in love with a baseball player."?Browning's Magazine. 9 iHiscrllancints -Reading. ULOolivsa Or umivIoLINQ DtN Governor of Louisiana Makes Raid on famous riace at new un?n?. Europe has its Monte Carlo on one of the most beautiful spots overlooking the blue Mediterranean. There the rrince of Monaco rules, lie gambles not but he sells the privalege to M. Blanc. America has its Monte Carlo, or rather, it had until the other day. it was a shabby and tawdy initiation of Us magnificent European namesake out it had its prince in L. H. Marrero, sheriff of Jackson parish, Ba., and its M. Blanc is Dick Hyland, who boasted control of more gambling rooms than any other man and whose boast probably was justified for his tstabiishment covered nearly two city blocks and nothing from faro to craps, baccarat to bezique, keno, chuck-aiuck, Klondike, roulette and stud poker was lacking. There no law but the will of the gambler prevailed. Vice of every kind was recognized, protected and nourished. But there is gloom In Elysium. Not a wheel whirs or a card is turned or a dice is rattled. And Louisiana has a gambling sensation of high degree. To get a comprehensive idea of this whole affair a bit of ancient history must be related. New Orleans has prided itself on being Le Petit Paris. Its view was liberal, tolerant and broad. It countenanced for some years the lottery. It permitted open gambling. It was gay or it tried to be so. It has a permanent population of 350,000 and a large floating population in the winter. Unfortunately for themselves gamblers presume on license. Unfortunately, too, there are public officials who fatten on vice. The gamblers at one time almost ruled New Orleans. They went to extremes to show how "open" was the town. They overran the city and they swindled and robbed their patrons because there were so many games that they could not be maintained if conducted honestly. They had prize fighting and horse racing until there was a surfeit of it The decent citizens sought relief by protest and then by revolting against outrageously bad administrations. In one of these revolts they elected Jos. Shakespeare mayor. "Uncle Joe," as he was known, was an iron merchant, a plain, hard-headed citizen. When he assumed office a delegation of leading gamblers called on him. In the party were "Bud" Renaud, "Charley" Bush, "Big" Willis and "Jack" Curry. "Uncle Joe," said the spokesman of the delegation, "we know the gambling situation in New Orleans is disgraceful. We know we are social outcasts and all that and that we deserve little sympathy. What we want to lay before you is this: People will gamble. They have gambled in New Orleans since the days of Bienville. They'll gamble long after all of us here are dead and forgotten. Possibly you don't know it but we have not been the real bosses of the gambling houses we are reputed to own. We have paid such a price to the political gang for permission to do business and have had to employ so many thieving politicians around our places that we have had little for ourselves. Wo oinuM lllro to mnlro n nrnnnsitlon to you. If you will designate the number of gambling houses there should be in New Orleans we will pledge to keep to that limit and pay to you the amount formerly paid to the grafters. We will promise that there will not be a crooked game in the city; that there will be no 'capping* and that, so far as possible, the houses will be conducted cleanly and decently. If there is any violation of our pledge we ask you to punish us any way you desire." "And what about this money?" Shakespeare asked. "Spend it on charity, 'Uncle Joe,' " was the reply. "That is where such money should go." "I'll think the matter over," said the mayor. A few days later he notified the delegation he would accept the proposition. So long as Joseph Shakespeare was mayor New Orleans had a limited number of gambling houses and there never was a crooked game. Shakespeare was mayor four years or more. Today New Orleans has a memorial to his administration and his pact with the gamblers. It is the Shakespeare Alms House. It covers three blocks. Every dollar for it came from the tribute the gamblers paid. After Shakespeare retired from office the ring got back, and graft, crookedness and crime had full sway uuce mure, i. ue ueceni people ui rsew Orleans stood It a long time and then they expelled the gamblers. When the order of exile came, Dick Hyland was one of those affected. He was of a fair New Orleans family, but was under a cloud, having killed a man and married a gambler's daughter. Hyland has considerable ability. He looked the situation over and decided it was not necessary to go very far from the Crescent city. New Orleans is in Orleans parish. Adjoining it on the west is Jefferson parish. A drainage canal is the dividing line between New Orleans proper and Jefferson parish. In the marsh lands fronting on Lake Pontchartrain and in Jefferson parish, but only six or seven miles from the center of New Orleans there were a lot of resorts of questionable character. Hyland went to the political boss of Jefferson parish and made a deal with him for the gambling rights there. Since then that bit of marsh land has blossomed with gambling houses and social outcasts at an astonishing rate. Anybody in New Orleans who wanted to tempt fortune could go over there in 30 minutes. There was no law except the law of Dick Hyland or the sheriff of Jefferson parish. To offend either of these men meant expulsion. Marrero, the sheriff is a descendant of one of the proud Spaniards who were lords of Louisiana before Napoleon sold it to the United States. He had much the same idea of power and privilege as had his forefathers. There has been a lot of scandal and criticism about conditions in Jefferson parish. Governor Hall, who is from 'northern Louisiana, has no sympathy with the laxity that was rampant there. Recently a Sunday closing law was passed. A policeman endeavored to enforce it in Gretna, which is in Jefferson parish. The saloon keeper considered the policeman presumptuous and promptly shot him dead. It was a plain case of murder but the charge on which the saloon Keeper was arraigned was manslaughter. The sheriff's son-in-law is the prosecuting attorney in Jefferson parish. The Washington military organization of New Orleans goes to summer encampment each year. It was to start the other evening. The governor went to New Orleans to see the soldier boys off. After they got aboard the train he got into an automobile. The train and the automobile arrived at the same place, and it was not the summer encampment. It was Dick Hyland's gambler's paradise in Jefferson parish. Such a raid as the governor and the militiamen made never was known in Louisiana before. They bagged more than 300 players and employes of Hyland. JTiey got together the largest collection of gambling paraphernalia that ever was seized. They also took five safes in which Hyland was accustomed to store his money. Safes, gambling paraphernalia and all were taken to the militia barracks in New Orleans, and the 300 prisoners, who included some of the prominent citizens of the Cresent City, were put in cella Now proceedings are to be begun against the sheriff and others responsible for violation of the law of Jefferson parish. The governor declares that he is going to wipe out the foul conditions that have obtained there, if he has to keep the parish under martial law for the rest of his term. There will be no need of that, for Marrero's power is broken for the present, at least. All of this-is spectacular, but is the result lasting? The most magnificent gambling establishment in America is in a famous Florida resort. It is conducted by a Pennsylvanian who used to be a watchmaker. He is credited with being the inventor of more crooked gambling devices than any other man who ever lived, and yet' he has the support and patronage of men and women of wealth, prominence and distinction. Vice cannot be stamped out by statute laws. It is a serious question for municipalities whether the plan under which "Uncle Joe" Shakespeare conducted affairs in New Orleans, was not better than the drastic one by which the Hyland principality came into being or the corrupt one by which the political grafters fatten. Regulation of vice has not proved successful in any place in America.?Commerce and Finance. MANY QUEER BEQUESTS Unexpected Legacies that Have Given Joy. "Mr. Louis, he was one of the right sort," said an old hawker, on hearing that he had been left the sum of 20 shillings by the will of the late well known geologist. "Most every week he'd give me a shilling for luck. And now it's nice to feel he hasn't forgot me." Two other beneficiaries under the same will were an old woman in the city who sold bootlaces, and a onearmed newsboy, who were equally surprised and pleased at receiving a sovereign apiece. Wills are, as a rule the dullest documents. In most cases the property goes to people who have a right to expect it. Now and then a will, like that of Mr. Louis, leaves a bequost to some person who least expects it. Some 12 years ago a resident ' ! W'althamstow went mad, killed hi ^ wife and child, and committed suicide. There was no money left, and a pauper's funeral seemed the fate of the poor remains, when a local undertaker stepped in and carried out the funeral at his own cost. An elderly gentleman named Simpson happened to hear of the undertaker's kindness. "He has a good heart," he said, "he shall be repaid one day." Four years later Mr. Simpson died, and it was found that he had left n sum of no less than 5,000 pounds to the kind-hearted undertaker. Little more than a year ago, in the will of an elderly colonel, the rather odd sum of 412 pounds was left to his great nephew. The reason of this bequest was thus explained by the de ceased: "I am leaving you this money," he wrote, "because on no fewer than J03 different occasions you listened, always with courtesy and Interest, to an old soldier's account of his own bipr battle." The legacy, it will he noticed, is calculated at the rate of 4 pounds for each repetition of the ancient yarn. The life of a newspaper editor is a hard and not particularly happy one. He meets with plenty of blame and little appreciation. Imagine, then, the surprise of the editor of a Swiss paper in Geneva, when a lawyer's letter appraised him of a legacy of 5,000 francs (200 pounds), left to him by a regular reader. "I have always enjoyed your paper," wrote the deceased, "and I want the interest of this money to be paid to you twice a year, the only condition being that on each occasion you drink a mug of beer in my memory in the presence of witnesses." Two years ago a widow named Ward, living in the American town of Peru, in very poor circumstances, received a legacy of a thousand dollars (200 pounds) from a man whose name she had never heard. A letter inclosed with the check explained that the donor had visited Peru on a bicycle 24 years previously, and had been robbed of his money. Mrs. Ward, it appeared, had taken him in and given him a meal, and asked for no payment. A somewhat similar case occurred near Belfast. Years ago a young sailor, who had been drinking more than was good for him, was run over by a dogcart, and found lying in the road. A poor woman named Cronin pi^ed him up and took him into her cottage, , where she and her husband looked after him until he was better. "I'll never forget your kindness," he said, as he went away. Years passed. Then, one day, in September, 1912, came the amazing news that they had been left the sum of 2,300 pounds. The once-drunken sailor had risen to be captain of a ship, and saved money, and, having no relatives, left it all to his benefactors. One more "surprise"?this of a different character. After the death of his patient. Miss ' Mary Marchant, a doctor whom?as i he is still alive?we will call Smith, re- ] ceived a larfje box. With it was a let- i ter: 1 "This box and all its contents 1 i leave to my dear physician, Dr. John i Smith." c He opened it eagerly, to find within it all the medicines which durinfj the i past 19 years he had prescribed for < Miss Marchant!?From Answers. i A ZEPPELIN RAID German Writer Describes an Airship Raid on England. In a recent Issue of the Cologne Gazette, a German journalist thus describes an airship raid on the British coast: Intelligence cruises by airships and aeroplanes almost daily increase our knowledge of the enemy. The airships float in their hangers ready to sail at a moment's notice. It is barely growing dusk when i lout ndor X. in command of airship L, receives an order over the telephone to cruise on the morrow in ' a northwesterly direction in the lati- ' tude of Terschelling. He gives the 1 necessary orders, lies down, and early 1 next morning enters the hanger. The crew of two deck officers and 1 twelve non-commissioned officers are already at work with a group of men under the orders of the officer of the guard. The lieutenant looks to see < that everything is in order. Sailors In the gondolas test the motors. One of the officers satisfies himself that the supply of petrol is ' complete, while the other superin- 1 tends the placing of bombs and incendiary missiles in the gondolas. The 1 skipper climbs into the gondola and 1 after a brief inspection expresses his satisfaction with a nod of the head. Food Carried for Crew. He is very particular to note that light refreshments, warm tea in theirmoa flasks and bread and butter, have been shipped. On longer trips he is accustomed to take sausages also. They are easily warmed on the exhaust in a tiny aluminum pot. The necessary maps being also in order, he descends to the ground. There is silence in the great hall, of which the doors have been opened. The men who hold down the vessel are In their places. The crew are at their stations in the gondolas. The officer in charge reports: "All in order" to the skipper, who calls out instructions to discharge the water ballast. There is a rush of water, and the vessel gradually rises above her props and floats in the air. The captain paces her whole length, scanning her with careful eye. Then he climbs into the front gondola and orders her to ; be taken out. The lieutenant repeats the order "Airship forward," and the men with the mooring ropes tow her into the open. A gust of wind outside causes her to sway, and her nose is pointed in the direction of the wind. The breeze increases now, as though it had only been waiting for the airship to venture outside. A squall seems to threaten. The skipper has to wait patiently and squats on the bulwark of the gondola waiting for a more propitious moment. The wind goes down. Spring- 1 ing to his feet, he shouts, "Loosen," and the mooring rope at the bow is let go. The Start ia Made. She is now held only by the gon- 1 dolas, into which the lieutenant climbs , ?like an impatient steed champing at its bit the airship is tugging at its mooring ropes. There is a cry of , "Tention!" and a long, shrill blast from , the boatswain's whistle. The last ropes are dropped, and almost simultaneously the engine room telegraph signals "Motors full speed ahead." With a noise like thunder the propellers spring into life, and the vessel ( shoots forward and upward. The forward gondola resembles nothing so much as the bridge of a . warship and as in the chart house of , a cruiser so the skipper now bends over his mans. But the occuDation of an aviator is harder than that of the seafarer. Clad in fur lined leather clothes, he has to protect himself against cold, ; which particularly attacks his feet. He also has to protect his ears from the noise of the motors, so nerve , racking is their throb. No matter how long the cruise lasts, the officers never ( quit their posts, and although hammocks are provided for the crew it is ] seldom that they are used. Already in the ascent the ship has cleaved its way through banks of ( clouds. The sun shining through then . on the sea facilitates steering. With , his eyes on the shadow of the vessel and a piece of wood hanging loose at the end of a string, the skipper is ( able to reckon the speed of the vessel , and the condition of the wind. If the weather is dull and the air- . ship is above open water without any ( landmarks in sight only practice and j seamanlike instinct can help the com- ( mander to a knowledge of his position, | He must also reckon not only with the prevailing wind but with threatening ( changes. A strong current from the ( direction of home might make his return difficult. This time, however, the vessel ad- , vances in a straight line to the north- j west. A number of fishing vessels can be seen at sea, all flying the Dutch ' flag, but the skipper thinks his own thoughts. He knows that British fish- , crmen, even close under their own , coasts, now seldom fly anything hut ( Dutch colors. ( By 3 p. m., his mission is at an end. He had received orders to be , back at the hanger before dusk, but . the weather being so favorable he , asks permission by wireless to act on , his own initiative and profit by the favorable opportunity. "Agreed," is the reply. Continuing his flight to the northwest he determines to deliver a blow against the English coast. It is yet twilight when he approaches England, : and he ascends to a height of 4,000 feet in order to keep out of sight of j the watchful eyes on hoard England's ( guardships. Through a rift in the clouds a de- j stroyer could he seen making the ] round of the guardships. There is j nothing yet to be seen of the land, but a blackish mistiness on the distant horizon is recognized by trained j eyes as smoke for the chimneys of an industrial district. The skipper now knows that he has steered a true course and that his . destination, a harbor with enemy dock yards, is before him. He remains above the clouds until it is dark; then, approaching the coast, he detects the two moles marking the mouth of the river he is seeking. Zeppelin's Gunner at Work. Almost simultaneously flashes of irtillery fire come from below. The rudder swings round, and, steering past the attacking fortress the airship is over the yards, arsenals and munitions factories. The airship's gunner is lying on his face by the sightng apparatus and fires at the targets jver which he is being steered. There are now flames heneath us ivhich do not proceed merely from the >nemy artillery. The displacement of iir, due to a tremendous explosion, is Felt in the gondolas. Below us a large factory is sCcn to collapse. The windows of the other workshops suddenly become dark. The men In the gondolas are under the impression that they see policemen hurrying through the streets to give warning, uid house after house is suddenly swallowed in darkness until the town and suburbs are in complete obscuri ty. But the work ig done. After observations have been made for half an hour the return Journey is begun. Thb weather is clearer, but bitterly cold. The skipper sinks to an altitude of only 300 feet above Helgoland and is helped by the moonlight along the Serman coast. Above Norderney the maps are again requistloned, and then the airship sails straight overland for the hangar. USE OF SECRET CIPHERS Justified by Reduced Expense and Public Policy. Considerations of expenses and sound public policy, both in peace and war, compel all governments to communicate with their diplomatic and civil officers in ciphers and by telegraphic codes. Cipher experts call communications in which each word is used in its ordinary sense "plain language" messages, intelligible at sight, of course, to any reader of the language employed. "Code messages" are those in which each word, phrase or sentence of the plain language meant to be understood between the sender and receiver is represented in the message by an arbitrarily selected word or. group of letters taken from a telegraph dictionary, a copy of which is in possession of all concerned, and to which reference is made to ascertain the real meaning of the communication. A cipher is any means of giving language a hidden or secret meaning, understandable, at least in theory, only to the initiated, and either a plain language or a code message may be enciphered, in which case the latter is said to be a cipher code." Telegraphic code3 are employed primarily for economy, cable tolls being reduced by causing one word, which is transmitted and paid (or, to represent several plain language words, which on receipt of a message the receiver looks up in his telegraphic dictionary or code book. Such codes are common in the commercial world. All large industrial concerns have them, and several publishers And their sale profitable. They range in size and completeness from small booklets to huge volumes of hundreds of pages, comprising enough phrases for the coding of messages on any ordinary commercial subject. Government codes differ from these principally in containing thousands of words and phrases peculiar to the public business, the technical language of far more diplomacy and war. They are far more adaptable too, to enciphering for secrecy. In handling its communications our government, in its several branches and departments, uses all the leading commercial codes. These it supplements by private codes held confidential in the service, and prepared by its own officers and experts. The state department employs a code bearing its name, copies of which are in the office of the secretary of state, and in the hands of our diplomatic and consular agents everywhere. The war department telegraph code, revised and distributed from the office of the chief signal officer of the army, is kept under lock and key in the department, in the office of every post commander, in the headquarters of every army force in the field, and is issued individually to every officer of the United States signal corps. The navy likewise has a code of its own, and each of the three departments mentioned uses, when necessary, the codes of the other two. One of the most used and jealously guarded government codes, that of the bureau of isular affairs, never has been printed. Its compiler, an expert codist In the office of the chief of that bureau, personally typed it on thin sheets, making four copies which then were bound. One was sent >y special sessenger to the governor general of the Philippine Islands, another to the governor of Porto Rico, a third was retained in the bureau, and the fourth is in the hands of a trusted government officer who for confidential reasons cannot be named. No other copies exist, and the four made are guarded with the utmost vigilance. It is the vehicle of secret communication between the government and our colonial possessions, and is the only government code in whose certain secrecy absolute confidence is placed. Only the most vitally important messages coded in it are further protected by enciphering, and its use obviates the delay inevitable in sncipnering ana aecipnering important messages coded in the more widely distributed departmental codes. It is the one really secret code Df the United States. To be sure, there is a polite Action that the department codes are secret. The utmost precautions have been taken to this end. Each was printed under guard by the public printer. Each copy and page is numbered, and the holders receipt for their copies, take oath to preserve them secretly and report regularly as their continued possession. Unlawful possession of a copy is a penal offense against the United States. The N'avy Code Book is weighed with lead and navy regulations charge an officer with the duty of casting it overboard in case of capture. The holders of the state and war department codes are bound to keep i.;em In their personal possession, day and night, and to burn them leaf by leaf, or to bury them, if circumstances so require. Yet copies have disappeared. Several copies of the war department code, now soon to be abandoned is absolute, have been stolen from time to time at different posts. Several disappeared in the San Fran?isco Are, and whether they still exist is, of course, uncertain. When Secretary of Embassy O'Shaughnessy and his party left Mexico City for Vera rruz, in 1914, Capt. William A. Burn?lde. United States army, o-ur military ittache, fearing theft of his baggage, carried his copy of the war depart nent code in his hands. His trunks vere broken into and searched surreptitiously, and while on the train he attache, in the presence of Amerl an witnesses, burned his code, leaf ly leaf, igniting it from cigarettes. The witnesses swore to this and on iling their affidavits at the war demrtment the officer was relieved 'rom all responsibility.?Philadelphia .ledger. WOMAN AND THE HOME Fact, Fashion and Fancy Calculated to Interest York County Women. Dress your character, not your figure, is the advice of a famous actress?and rather surprising this advice seems at first hearing. But think it over well and the excellence of the idea will appeal to you. Every woman has a certain individuality of her own?a temperament, If you will? that makes her a little, or perhaps a good deal, different from all other women. It is this individuality?this temperament?that women should dress up to, according to the actress, in order to make the personality more marked and convincing. But an instinctive carrying out of this advice with no heed to the promptings of reason may result in disaster. For example, there is always the woman who weighs 200 pounds or thereabouts, but whose personality is distinctly kittenish. Is she to dress her character or her figure? There is also the very little woman who ought to belong to the cuddly, appealing class, who yearns to be impressive and stately. If she Insists upon wearing the garments of the grenadier woman she may spoil her chances of being fascinatingly charming. * ? Women In Business. Mrs. Vera K. Frye, the only woman bank cashier in Illinois, has resigned to become a bride. Miss Alice Carpenter is at the head of the women's department of a large New York bank. Mrs. Mary E. Yawcett has been appointed dean of the women at the Oregon state agricultural school. A Moslem woman is permitted to know no men but her father, her husband and her sons. Women will hereafter be eligible to membership in the National Union ol Railway Men. Two young women were recently graduated from the civil engineering department of the University of Michigan. seroia is saia to De me one coumrj in the world in which there are no women over twenty years of a&e unmarried. Thousands of German women are said to be engaged in powder and ordinance factories making munitions of war. Miss Sadie V. Fenton, editor of the Londsport (Ind.) Times, is the youngest woman editor in the United States. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, the president of the National American Woman Suffrage association, was recently presented with a new autmoblle by her friends and admirers In the suffrage association. * To Eradicate Ink. A very good way to remove ink stains from cloth is to wash them with boiled rice. Rub the rice on the stain as you would soap, and wash with clear water. If the first application does not complete the cure repeat the process. It usually works like magic, even if stains are perfectly dry. Dentists to Advertise.?The National Dentists' association has been organized at Cedar Point, O., by a number of dentists who believe that they have a right to advertise and that advertising by dentists is proper. The meeting was held for the purpose ol effecting an organization for the purpose of preventing state legislation similar to that recently enacted in Ohio forbidding dentists to advertise and protesting and taking action against the Ohio statute. It was declared that the statute is not only unfair, but is probably unconstitutional, and a committee consisting of one dentist from each of the larger cities in that state will have charge of the fight on the law. Partners Two. Said a whisky flask to a cigarette: "I'd like to make a good sized bet. That I can get more scalps than you, Although your victims aren't so few." Said the cigarette to the whisky flask: "Well, that's as easy as I could ask, For I give kids their downward start, Then you pitch in and do your part. They come to you with burning thirst, But I'm the fellow that sees 'em first; So most of them should count for me. I'll take the bet, it's a cinch, d'ye see?" Then the whisky flask had this to say: "I never looked at the thing that way, But I must confess you the truth; Tis you that tackles the foolish youth, You fill his system with dopey smoke, I mould him into a first-class soak; We work together far too well To quarrel for even a spell." So the whisky flask and the cigarette Shook hand3 together, called off the bet And away they sauntered side by side Hunting for victims far and wide; In every corner of the nation, Partners in crime and ruination. So here's your warning1 on the level, Shun them as you would shun the devil. ?The Loyal Workman. Never Blamed the Booze. He took a bottle up to bed. Drank whiskey in the night, Took cocktails in the morning, But never could get tight He shivered In the evening And always had the blues, Until he took a bowl or two But he never blamed the booze. His joints were full or rheumatism, His appetite was so slack, He had pains between the shoulders And chills ran down his back. He suffered with insomnia, At night he could not snooze, He said it was the climate, But he didn't blame the booze. His constitution was run down At least that's what he said, His legs were swelled each morningAnd he often had swell head, He tackled beer, wine, whiskey, And if they did not fuse, He blamed it to dyspepsia? But he never blamed the booze. He said he couldn't sleep at night, And always had bad dreams; He claimed he always laid awake, 'Till early sun light beams, !e thought it was malaria, Alas! 'twas but a ruse; lie blamed it to everything, But he never blamed the booze. His clothes were getting seedy, His nose was gettig red; His children always hungry. Himself not too well fed. His family he neglected. His wife he did abuse, He blamed all her relations? But he never blamed the booze. Then he had the tremens, And he tackled rats and snakes. First he had a fever, Then he had the shakes. At last he had a funeral, And the mourners had the blues, And the epitaph carved for him was "He never blamed the booze." E. J. Woods. "00-y! My Corn-n!" H-m, Use 'Gets-It.' Then You'll Have No Corns to Bump! Your Corna Will Come "Clean Off," Quick! Did you ever see a corn peel off after you've used "Gets-It" on it? Well, It's a moving-picture for your life! And you hardly do a thing to it. "8ow Corn Bumped . f? t/^Cornii \ r Put a little "Gets-It" on, it dries at L once. There's nothing to stick. Put Jl shoes and stockings on right over it. No pain, no fuss, 48 hours?corns \A gone. "Gets-It" never hurts the true flesh, never makes toes sore. If you have tried almost everything else for corns, you will be much more surpris- *>? ed to see how quickly and easily your H corns and calluses will come right off 5with "Gets-It." Quit limping and h< i wrinkles. Try "Gets-It" tonight on 01 that corn, callus, wart or bunion, and Jo you'll be glad you read this. M "Gets-It" is sold by all druggists, Sc i 25c a bottle, or sent direct by EI Lawrence & Co., Chicago. jj. DIRECTORY OF ? YORK COUNTY * A DIRECTORY of the White Men in of York county of voting age, together ?r with the postofflce address and occupatlon of each, may be had at the 1 1 Bank of Clover, the Bank of Hickory ar ' Grove, the First National Bank of Sha, ron, the People'a National Bank of ut Rock Hill, or from The Enquirer Office er at 25 cents a copy. This directory at contains more than 4,000 names, and is er ? of especial service and value for commercial purposes. Published by 1 L. M. GRI8TS 80N8. W All kinds of Typewriter Supplies | ?Paper, Carbons. Ribbons?At The f0 Enquirer Ofllce. 3< U Full value given f< VI Tags from Liggett & and Tobaccos. Big ? Umiums on hand. Coi Special welcome to la SHIEDER .. L UZIA COFFEE is steadily growing in favi South Carolina. This is evidenced LUZIAWF are steadily growing in sons for this steady growth of LUZ1 First, Every pound of LUZIAN> price?all the satisfaction that can ^Coffee for 25 Cents. Second, Its delightful aroma ni Third, Because H is so scientifl roasted, ground and parked that it wife who is particular about the Co Fourth, Because there Is no h quality?it is always the same?Can same as the can that went before?Y ing to get when you order it from Fifth, It Satisfies the taste of drinkers?the kind you want?Coflfet THE REILY-TAYI NEW ORLEA FALSE ECC ?? It is an old saying th, man," and quite true is thi give quicker attention and well dressed man than you careless of his clothes?esp< stranger. Wouldn't YOU? ed Stationery, Booklets, etc, liable merchant, a banker 01 but YOU know that YOU notice the difference in the q that passes through your h ctive is written on a poor c a cheap looking printed hea possibly?put it down in y< on a par with his stationery that way. Well, if this b< OTHER FELLOW think tionery is of the cheap, sho the same kind of opinion < form of HIM. What kind of stationery kind that leaves a bad taste attention by its very appez please? The better kind cos more because it gets more? either kind. If YOU want mand attention use the BF.S COST. Use the kind that quirer Office. We insist or As Good As Your Money "V isfied with the cheap, shodd course we do not expect to DO WANT YOURORDE in Quality at a FAIR PRIC A rubber stamp will : others are satisfied with am printing office?but the Me facturer who wants to creati other Merchant, Banker or with nothing but the BEST L. M. GRIS1 JOB PRIN [ hi tti ii 111 m? an m mi Mi ail in ?i >ii ail 11 Fountain Pens ^ IF YOU use a Fountain Pen and want a New one?Buy a WATERMAN IDEAL. IF YOU haven't a Fountain Pen and want a good one?Buy a WATERMAN IDEAL. IF YOU are hard to suit In a Foun- % tain Pen, give me a chance and I can Fit your hand with a WATERMAN IDEAL. IF YOU want a Fountain Pen that Is always on the Job?buy a WA TERMAN IDEAL. IP YOU would like to see a good line of Fountain Pens?let me give you a splendid opportunity by exhibiting my stock of WATERMAN IDEAL PENS?They're BEST. IT WILL give me pleasure to show you my line of WATERMAN IDEAL FOUNTAIN PENS. T. W. SPECK, Jeweler . J? W Typewriter Ribbons?All kinds? t The Enquirer Office. IEAL ESTATE ' DOK! Now Isn't Tills a Nice Selection? The J. K. I lo|H* Place: 70 acres. ;ar Tirzah, on Rock Hill and Clay ill and Yorkville and Fort Mill roads, room dwelling; large barn; 2 tenant juses and ilher buildings; 2 wells? ie at house and other at barn. Adins T. M. Gates, F. E. Smltn and rs. Glenn. This Is something nice. >e ME QUICK. The E. T. Carson Place: 188 acres; roem dwelling; 3-room tenant juse; large barn; crib, etc. Plenty ' wood. Adjoins W. R. Carroll and + hers. Now is your time to see me. Two Tracts?One 3 acres and the her 60 acres?about 6 miles from orkville on McConnellsville-Chester iad. First tract has 4-room dwellg; barn, crib and cotton house. Oth1 t.act has one tenant house. Each ^ act watered by spring and branch. Ipnlv nf timhpr ftnnd. strons land. 1 id the price la right. Better see me. Town Property: My offering! here -e very attractive. Can suit you elth' in a dwelling or a beautiful lot in modt any part of Town on which to ect one. Let me show you. Jeo. W. Williams HEAL ESTATE HHOKEK. W Send The Enquirer your orders r high grade Commercial Stationery, ?oklets, Law Cases, etc. Bp v m'te -si uu on/n^jj iNNE.. ?r with Coffee drinkers all over by the fact that the sales of volume. There are many reaANNE'S popularity. fK represents full value for the Jhk possibly be put in a pound of >peals to the Coffee drinker, cally blended and so carefully always appeals to the houseffee she buys. ilt and miss about LUZIANNE * after can being Just exactly the ou know Just what you are goyour grocer. the most particular of Coffee $ "Like Mother used to make." .OR COMPANY N8, LA. wmmmmmmmmmmrmm mm _ i at "Clothes don't make the s saying?but YOU would more consideration to the i would to the man who is ecially if the wearer were a * ' Yes. Well, Good Printdo not make a good, re other safe business man? ?unconsciously possibly? uality of the printed matter ands. If a letter YOU re[uality of paper and carries iding YOU?unconsciously )ur mind that the writer is and YOU think of him just j true then what does the of YOU when YOUR staddy looking kind? Forms j }f YOU that YOU would y do YOU use? Is it the or the kind that commands trance?its Quality, if you ^ its a little more?it's worth -but a red stamp will carry YOUR stationery to com IT?it will pay YOU for its YOU will get at The Eni all Our work being "Just Vill Buy." If YOU are satly kind of printing, then of get your orders?But WE R if YOU want the BEST :E satisfy some people, while ^thing that comes out of a rchant, Banker or Manue a good impression on the Manufacturer is satisfied ?That's Our Kind. ^ rs sons, TERS