Jrumorows department.
Sometimes Happens.
The weary city man wandered back
to his boyhood home after almost a
half century of happiness. He took
great delight in talking over the old
days with the people.
"What ever became of Percy
Pierce?" he asked of the grizzled old
village blacksmith.
"The little red-headed feller that
was always playin' hooky?"
"Yes."
"Gone t' congress."
"And how did Jack Turner do?"
"Little Jack that wuz alius flshin'when
he should a been studyin'?"
"Yes."
"One of our jedges of the supreme
court."
"Of course you remember Tim Hooley,
the freckled boy who was always
pulling the wings off of flies and
shooting birds. What has become of
him?"
"Tim's president of the state society
.fur preventin' cruelty t' animals."
"Remember Walt Webster, the boy
who could recite 'Spartacus to the
Gladiators' and 'the Seminole's Defiance'
with such dramatic effect that
your hair fairly stood on end?"
"Feller that alius took the prize for
oratin'?"
"Tea"
"He's brakin' on a passenger train
between Stub Junction and Cohasset"
"I suppose Tommie Timson is one
of the big men of the state now?"
A*? ,iA.A' ? + Vt r? +' TIT 11 T
"You mean me mitt: imci u?m ??.
alius too busy studyln' t' Jlne our
Sam s?"
"Yes."
"Driv' i' delivery wagon fr Sells, the
grocer."
"T; cie was one boy in school whose
-ame I can't recall. He was the
?voret boy in the whole lot. Wouldn't
study; always fighting; could cheat
better at marbles than any other boy
and none of us dare trade knives
with him."
"You mean Sam Swiggiers, don't
you?"
"Yes, Sam Swiggers. What become
of him?"
"Sam's in politics and dead sure o'
bein' elected governor next trip."
"And what became of Skinny Hogan,
the laziest boy in school?"
"He's gettin' $4,000 a year pitchin'
fr a baseball club back east."
"Good for .Skinny! And, of course,
Billy Boles made a success in life?"
"You mean that little fellow that
alius kept himself thin workin' so
hard fr an eddication?"
"Yes."
"He's preachin' over in Slimville an'
gettln' $360 a year, when everybody
pays up."?Exchange.
Over the Phone.?The telephone Is
a great institution. It Is also an institution
productive of some very,
great shocks. Last week two North
Baltimore matrons were exchanging
confidences over the phone. Mrs. B.
was in trouble, and she was telling
her grievances to Mrs. C.
"You know," she said, "I really don't
care for my sister-in-law s'o very
much, and I can't bear children. But
I can't help it if she says she's coming
and will bring the little dears," in
a highly sarcastic* tone. "I must
make the best of It. I know I'll have
nervous prostration at the close of
her visit, however."
"I certainly do sympathize with you.
How many children has she?"
Then there was a slight whirr, after
which the answer came:
"Six hundred and thirty-three is the
number. I'm sure I don't know what
to do. My husband says he Is sure I
will like It. I always admire hardwood
trimmings."
"But what about your sister-in-law?
I don't understand."
"Why, didn't you know my sisterin-law
died last January? I thought
you were at the funeral. I am telling
you about the new house Jack wants
to rent."
"But aren't you Mrs. B?"
"No; I'm Mrs. D. Isn't this moth?"
"No; I'm not your mother! The
idea! That exchange is too stupid. I
shall get Tom to complain or tne Dau
service we are getting."
And she rung off, and went to call
on Mrs. B. to hear the true story of
the sister-in-law and her children.?
Baltimore American.
Where Religion Is Cheap.?The
Reverend Kinnard Brice sat upon the
roadside and gazed at his feet. They
were large and substantial, but very
tired and quite incapable of adding
another mile to the many they had already
traveled that day, yet tramp
they must to reach their destination.
He looked furtively about; apparently
he was alone. From his trousers
pocket he drew a flat, black bottle,
which he applied to his lips; his air
as he replaced the cork was somewhat
more genial.
"I done preach down tuh de Buck
las' night fuh de mattah o' ten cents,"
he soliloquized, "an' I done preach
ovah in Noo Jahsey all summah fuh
de mattah o* seventy-five cents.
Reckon dey's some folks gits dey *ligion
pow'ful cheap."?Ella Middleton
Tybout, in June Lippincott's.
Landlord Cleveland.?Ex-President
Cleveland, who is living at
Princeton, owns a house in the neighborhood
which he leases to a university
professor, a friend of his, for a
very moderate rental. The spring
rains have been unusually heavy of
late, and the professor's cellar is frequently
inundated, greatly to his annoyance.
Having found upon investigation,
that a defect in the construction
of the wall was responsible for
the trouble, he called upon his eminent
landlord to register a protest.
?? r* loi'fklo " Vi a nAmrvlnlnarl
AUI i V/it? ^IUIIU, tic eviu^iuiueu, .
"my cellar is full of water."
"Well," rejoined the ex-president,
"what do you expect for the rent you
pa y?ch a m pagn e ?"
XS~ Did the dentist hurt you much,
Elsie?" asked her mother, solicitously
"Yes, mama," replied the small girl,
"but he was .very nice every time he
did."
"Very nice? How do you mean?"
"Why, he always said 'Ouch' before
I could."?Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
?jft wltetuottis leading.
FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That la of Mora
or Less Local Interest.
YORK.
Rock Hill Herald, June 3: Mrs. S.
E. Campbell, aged 74 years, died Sunday
at the home of her son-in-law, D. j
L. Evans, of bronchial trouble of wnicn
she has been afflicted for some time
past. Monday the remains were interred
in the Rowell burial ground in
Bethesda township, funeral ' services
being conducted by Rev. W. Arlal.
Three daughters survive,' Mrs. Sam
Roach, Mrs. John Campbell and Mrs.
D. L. Evans Constable J. B. Conner
was in the city Sunday morning
having in custody two colored men
who were arrested in Fort Mill Sunday
and who were wanted by the Lancaster
authorities for breach of contract
He said that the late rains had been
general over that county and that Friday
and Saturday of last week, Mr.
James Bailey had 35 plows standing,
the ground being too wet to plow
State Constables J. T. Thomasson and
H. B. Howie made a trip Saturday in
the vicinity of the works of the Catawba
Power company, and captured
three gallons of blind tiger whisky.
The booze was in the possession of
Milus and Will Barron, both colored.
The A. R. P. church at Edgmoor
| was taxed to its full seating capacity
last Sunday, the occasion being the
^annual sermon by Rev. Lee Oates, of
Hickory wove, to winow umy,
Woodmen of the World of that place.
Several neighboring lodges were well
represented, having been Invited to attend
and participate In the services.
Miss Frankie Walker presided at the
organ, the choir rendering sweet and
appropriate music. The speaker's text
was from Galatians, sixth .chapter
and third verse, "Bear Ye One #Another's
Burdens." It was a timely and
well delivered discourse and the speaker
held the undivided attention of his
hearers from beginning, to end. At
the conclusion of the service, Rev. L.
T. Pressly, the beloved pastor, in well
chosen words extended thanks to Rev.
Mr. Oates for his able effort and also
extended a hearty welcome to the
many strangers present stating that
the church at Edgmoor was not only
open that day, but all the time to
strangers as well as visitors.... *. The
barn of E. W. Hall was destroyed by
fire Monday morning at 1 o'clock. The
flre originated in the crib and made
great headway, the building having a
lot of corn, peas, peavines, hay, fodder
and other roughness in it. A surrey
which was in the same building was
also destroyed. The l^ss is partly
covered by insurance.
CHESTER.
Lantern, June 2: The Rev. J. P.
Knox, of Columbia, will preach at the
A. R. P. church next Sunday. The
pastor, Rev. J. S. Moflfatt, will be in
Due West, preaching the baccalaureate
sermon before the graduating
classes of Ersklne and the Female college
W. A. Barber, Esq., and little
daughter Mary, of New York, are
down for awhile... .Miss Helen Marshall
has received her diploma as a
trained nurse in New York. Not only
that; she stood at the head of her
class. She was offered positions In
two hospitals, but she preferred work
(Aered her by private families at better
pay....Last Saturday about noon
the startling announcement was made
that the Rev. J. C. Stoll was dead.
Mr. Stoll had been out In his garden
and after coming In, sat in the piazza
and read a newspaper. He then lay
down on a lounge, and when called to
dinner said that he did not feel like
eating. When his daughter went to
him a little later, she found him dying.
Dr. Cox, who lives near, quickly
answered a summons, but found him
dead Mrs. J. W. Means found In
her yard yesterday two roses of entirely
different color on the same bush,
the immediate stems of the two coming
out from the same joint on the
stalk. One is pink, with the extremities
of the petals very light. The oth
er rose is uniformly dark red, with
velvety appearance. Both are healthy
and perfect formed specimens. This
caper needs an explanation, which we
trust some one will furnish.
LANCASTER.
Ledger, June 3: As a result of the
investigation by Sheriff Hunter Into
the recent killing of Ben F. Blackmon
by Sandy Evans, considerable
light is being thrown on the matter,
and evidence now in the hands of the
sheriff makes it highly probable that
the killing occurred under quite different
circumstances from those related
by the defendant at the time of his
surrender. The developments promise
to be startling The new board of
trustees of the Lancaster graded
schools organized Monday. Maj. B.
F. Miller was elected chairman and
Maj. C. T. Conners, secretary and
treasurer Only nine of the seventeen
applicants for teachers certificates
passed at the recent examination
held here. Certificates were awarded
to the following: Miss Mattie Massey,
J. C. Massey, J. C. Craig, Thomas
O. Steele, Wm. Duncan, Oscar Adams,
Jefferson Walters, Miss Maggie Walker.
Only one colored applicant passed
the examination and received a certificate,
viz: Mary McDonald Mr.
D. Reece Williams, of this place, was
one of the thirteen graduates, of the
S. C. college, admitted by the supreme
court last Tuesday to practice law in
the courts of this state The following
are the petit jurors for the
June term of circuit court, which convenes
Monday week, the 15th instant,
Judge J. C. Klugh, presiding: Jno.
A. McAteer, W. H. Shute, W. T. Ballard,
H. S. Plyler, M. V. Hinson, G. W.
Pitman, J. F. Gardner, W. H. R. Barton,
J. P. C. Caskey, R. J. Mcllwain,
E. C. Secrest, J. Davis Flynn, J. C.
V/reiianaw, w. n. uramn, m. tjrimin,
J. H. Therrell, S. T. Blackmon, R. W.
Marshall, Lewis M. Horton, J. A. Culp,
W. R. Williams, Jno. S. Riddle, E. M.
Hinson, B. F. Adams, E. D. Bowers,
M. W. Scarboro, M. S. Witherspoon,
W. S. Hammond, R. L. Baskins, V. D.
Estridge, J. Roy Cunningham, A. M.
L. Hallman, W. L. Adams, Chalmers
B. Horton. H. D. Thompson. David
Yarborough.
Salutino the Quarter Deck.?
Some customs of our royal navy appear
very strange to outsiders. One
such Is that of saluting the quarter
deck.
Everyone who comes over the gangway
or on the quarter deck Is order
ed In the "King's regulations" to make
the naval salute?that Is to say, the
right hand, with the thumb and finger
close together, has to be brought up
smartly to the hat, the thump being
In line with the outer edge of the right
eyebrow, and the palm of the hand Inclined
to the left.
The reason of the salute is this:
The king is supposed to be upon the
quarter deck or an nis snips, anu neuce
it is a mark of salutation to him.
The ordinary blue jacket is not supposed
to stand or walk upon this "holy
of holies" except on duty. On all other
occasions he has to cross it at the
double.?London Tit-Bits.
MARCONIS OF AFRICA.
Basutos Got Boer War News by a System
of Wireless Telegraphy.
Marconi's system of wireless telegraphy
has a rival, which is already
centuries old, and was in operation
long before Franklin drew the electric
spark from the clouds down a kite
string or before Morse devised his system
of dots and dashes over the electric
wires. The Rev. C. A. Rideout, a
missionary of the African Methodist
Episcopal church of America, who returned
to this city lately on furlough
after four years' labor among the native
tribes of South Africa in the territory
lying west of Natal, described this
remarkable system of wireless communication
to the writer.
"Shortly after I began work among
the subjects of King Lerothrodi, the
hereditary ruler of the Basutos, I discovered
that they had a system where
by the villages couia communicate
with each other, used in times of peace
to convey messages from one chief to
another, and frequently to the monarch
himself, and in times of war to transmit
the intelligence of victories and defeats.
In every village there is a class
who are utilized as scouts. Among
these guards there are always two or
three men trained to the use of the
gourd drum.
"A large gourd such as those grown
in many parts of the United States is
hollowed out and thoroughly dried.
Then kid's skin, stretched out and
dried by a native process, which makes
it as hard and thin as parchment, is
stretched across the hollow of the
gourd. It is beaten with a padded
drumstick, and gives forth a sound
which can be heard distinctly at a distance
of from five to eight miles. The
Basuto country is mountainous, and
the villages lie along the mountain
sides and in little valleys or glens,
seldom being at a high elevation.
"The guard who hag been trained to
the use of the signal code?which is
practically an African Morse alphabet
?beats the message on his drum in
the open air, and the sound is carried
au- -?~ ?-a 4-\* ~
at'iuso uic vtuic^u aiiu gicno iu tuc
next village, where It is interpreted by
another guard. There is always a
guard on duty ready to receive these
messages. He can tell at once whether
the message is for his chief or the
head man of his village, in which case
he goes to the head man's hut and
makes the communication verbally.
If, however, the message is for a distant
part, he repeats it on his gourd,
and so it is carried from village to
village, with very little loss of time,
until it reaches the person for whom
it is Intended.
"I was granted the privilege by King
Lerothrodi of using his gourd telegraph
system to send any message to
our other workers whenever I wished
and often availed myself of it. It is
not considered necessary to report
back the message to the sender. It is
simply carried along from gourd to
gourd, and I don't know of a single
instance where it failed to reach its
destination properly.
"During the war between the .British
and the Boers we who were hundreds
of miles distant from the scene of hostilities
got all the news- with surprising
rapidity. We knew every victory and
every reverse which took place In the
Oranira TTVoo fitataa ond tVit. TrflnR.
vaal, and I have known of several Instances
where the news came by the
gourd air line hours ahead of-the message
by field telegraph. You can readily
understand how this surprised the
military officers.
"The same system Is common to
many of the African tribes, and the
secret is always confined to the few
trained men in each village, who are
chosen for their fidelity to the head
man or chief. Who first devised this
system nobody seems to know. It has
been In use for centuries. Among the
Pondos, the Tembis, and the Bechua
nas, whose tribes I visited in connection
with my work in Africa, I frequently
observed the gourd communication
in operation. The drummer receives
the orders from the head man
to send a certain message, and he goes
out, and in a few minutes he can be
heard pounding out on the gourd short
taps, long taps, and taps in little
groups, taps with pauses between, and
taps close together, like the roll of a
drum.
"There appears to be no difficulty in
sending any kind of message by the
code, and it was just as easy for the
operator, comparatively, as it would be
for the man who sits at the key in a
telegraph office. I have known of messages
being sent nearly one thousand
miles."?Kansas City Star.
"There are but few persons who
know how to walk up stairs properly,"
said a well-known physician. "Usually,
a person will tread on the ball of his
foot in taking each step, springing
himself up to the next step. This is
very tiresome ana wearing on tne
muscles, as It throws the entire suspended
weight of the body on the muscles
of the legs and feet. You should,
in walking or climbing stairs, seek for
the most equal distribution of the
body's weight possible. In ^walking
up stairs your feet should be placed
squarely down on the step, heel and
all, and then the work should be performed
slowly and deliberately. In
this way there Is no strain upon any
particular muscle, but each one is doing
Its duty In a natural manner. The
man who goes up-stairs with a springing
step you may be sure is no philosopher;
or, at least his reasoning has
not been directed to that subject."
OFFICE HIGH; 8ALARY LOW.
Little Pay the Rule With the Lieutenant
Governors of Most States.
The lieutenant governor of Missouri
resigned recently under suspicion of
boodling. The lieutenant governor of
Missouri receives $1,000 a year for his
services and $7 a day additional during
the period when the legislature is
in session. But as the session is limited
to seventy days the maximum
compensation of the lieutenant governor
is $1,490 a year.
The lieutenant governor of Iowa re
ceives $1,100 a year for his services,
and he gets It only In the alternate
years when the legislature meets. As
he Is elected for two years he practically
receives $560 a year?the salary
of a New York city clerk.
The lieutenant governor of Mississippi
Is paid even less. He gets
I $500 a year, except when there Is a
| special session of the legislature at
Jackson, when he is paid $3 a day extra.
Such special sessions in Mississippi
are rare, and they don't last
long.
The lieutenant governor of Arkansas
gets no regular salary. He is employed
so to speak, on the waiting
list, receiving $10 a day as compensation
for those days in which he actually
works: ' The constitution of Arkansas
limits the session of the legislature
to sixty days, so the pay of
the lieutenant governor cannot be
more than $600, but he is docked $10
for each day he is absent from Little
Reck.
The lieutenant governor of California
receives the same pay as the lieutenant
governor of Arkansas, but as
a special concession he gets $10 a day
while the legislature Is in session
whether or not he is In attendance.
Georgia has no lieutenant governor.
Neither has Florida.
The lieutenant governor of Alabama
receives $1,800 a year; of Louisiana
$1,500; of Indiana $1,000; of Kansas
$700 and $6 a day additional during
the session of the legislature, which
meets once in two years for fifty days.
The lieutenant governor of Ohio,
who holds also the post of land officer,
receives $800; the lieutenant governor
of Nebraska, $600; of Rhode Island
$500, and of South Carolina $400.
The lieutenant governor of Texas
gets $5 a day when the legislature is
in session, and of Michigan $3.
The lieutenant governor of Illinois
receives $>,000 and of Delaware $5 a
day?limited to $300 a year, if he presides
over the Dover senate for sixty
days.
The lieutenant governor of Connecticut
gets $500; of Maine $1,500; of
Nevada $1,800, and of North Carolina,
I $6 a day during the session of the leg
j islature.
There are no lieutenant governors
j of Oregon, New Jersey, New Hampshire,
Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia
and Washington.
The lieutenant governor of Wyoming
acts also as secretary of state
and gets $2,000 a year for performing
the duties of both offices.
The lieutenant governor of Vermont
gels $6 a day duriiig the session of the
legislature and 60 per cent, of the
fees paid to the insurance commissioner.
There is no lieutenant governor of
I ? lUufAnont cTAirni'nAr nf
mui ) laiiu. x no iiouionaub gvivtuvi v*
North Dakota receives $1,000 a year,
of South Dakota $10 a day during the
session of the legislature, limited to
sixty days, and of Virginia $600.
The only states which pay their
lieutenant governors well are New
York and Pennslyvanla, which pay
$5,000 a year. The lieutenant governor
of Massachusetts receives $2,000 a
year.?Chicago News.
THE COUNTRY OF THE KURDS.
The Region Visited by th<? Recent
Earthquake Is In the Neighborhood
of Ararat.
The destroyed town of Melazgherd
was on the Murad Su, an affluent of
the eastern Euphrates. It lay north of
the Nimrud Dagh mountain range,
which separated the valley of the
Murad Su from Lake Van.
The place was In a region famous In
both sacred and profane history, beoKaii*
nno himHroH mtlPR WPflt bv
south of Mount Ararat, and in the
particular country which many Biblical
geographers have identified as the
Garden of Eden.
The general features of this entire
region are high mountains, inclosing
fertile valleys and an undulating upland,
intersected by numerous streams,
the headwaters of the Euphrates and
the Tigris. The scenery of these highlands
is described as romantically
beautiful, while the numerous rivers
and streams flow through charming
landscapes and thickly wooded valleys,
passing in their courses castles
and cities famous in ecclesiastical history.
The Nimrud Dagh mountain range,
just south of the Murad Su, is a continuation
of the Taurus range and is
continued to the westward in the Sipan
Dagh and Ala Dagh to the Persian
frontier northeast of Lake Van. North
of the Murad Su are the Dujih and
Mezoor Dagh ranges, rugged and inaccessible
mountains filling up the entire
space between the two arms of
the Euphrates and culminating to the
east in the Ararat of ark fame.
The ruined town was in the very
heart of the country of the Kurds?
fanatical, turbulent and semi-independent
tribes that are at the same
time one of the greatest annoyances
and safest reliances of the Ottoman
government.
This is the region of most of the
Armenian outrages which have engaged
the attention of the United States
in recent years. The town itself was
about three-quarters Mahometan in
population, the remainder being Armenians
and Jews.
The whole of Kurdistan, both Turkish
and Persian, is very mountainous,
some of the peaks being nearly 13,000
feet above the sea-level. These mountain
ranges divide the country into fertile
valleys and extensive tablelands.
The country is traversed, in addition
to the Euphrates and Tigris, by the
Zab-asfal and Shirvan, and contains
several large lakes, the chief of which
are Van, in Turkey, and Uramiati, in
Persia.
Four-fifths of the inhabitants are
Kurds, a race spoken of as "alien to the
Turks in language and to the Persians
in religion." The Kurds are nearly
nomads, occupying themselves chiefly,
however, with the breeding of cattle,
sheep, goats and horses.
A great trade Is carried on with Turkey
and Persia, especially in horses,
the Kurdish breed being so famed for
* " X. *_ _
us spirit ana enaurance as to ue tu- |
most exclusively employed by the
Turkish and Persian cavalry.
The settled portion of the population
Is engaged In agricultural employments.
A remarkable product of this
country Is a substance found on the
leaves of the tamarisk and other
shrubs, which is said .to closely correspond
to the description given of "manna"
In the Old Testament, and is supposed
to result from the puncture of
the leaf by an insect
The country is deficient In mineral
wealth. The chief towns in Turkish
Kurdistan are Bltlis, Van, Urumbia,
Mardin, Mush, Korkuk, Diarbekir,
Malatia and Marash.
The nearest United States consulate
to the ruined town of Melazgherd is at
Karpoot or Harpoot. The incumbent
of the office of consul is Prof. Thomas
H. Norton, of Cincinnati.?Washington
Star.
RUNS A CAT FARM.
How a Woman In Maine Make* an Income.
From the various parts of the country
we hear of new occupations taken
up by women; some have gone in for
kitchen gardening, others to raising
poultry, and yet others have undertaken
the culture of nursery products
or taken up the breeding of stock in
several branches.
There is one woman on the coast of
Maine who has made a very considerable
income by conducting a cat farm.
In that locality is a very beautiful species
of cat called by some of the natives
"coon cat," and by others "shag
cat." These cats in many cases attain
to a considerable size, eighteen
and twenty pounds being not at all
uncommon.
Th$y vary in color, have large heads
and many of them pronounced mutton
chop whiskers in addition to their
"smellers." The fur on their chests
grows very long and some among the
finest of the breed have a small fur
tassel giowing from the very center
of the chest.
In frequent instances these cats mature
with blue eyes and it is not uncommon
to see a full grown cat of this
breed with one blue and one green
eye.
Years ago, many of the Maine sea
captains brought home from their trips
iu eastern ports specimens ui tne
beautiful cats of the Orient, which in
after years developed to the present
coon cat.
The price ranges from $5 upward?
size, color, etc., determining the cost.
She has a large house for them and
spacious grounds screened off with
wire netting, which prevents the cats
straying off. The proprietor of this
cat farm says that cats are easier to
raise and command readier sales than
dogs.?Brooklyn Eagle.
Be Not Deceived.
"O, I take it to aid digestion. I suffer
so from dyspepsia," was the reply
of an army officer when cautioned
against the use of alcoholic drink.
What folly! Why, men put dead flesh
into alcohol to prevent it from corruption.
To take drink to allay fever or
reduce an inflammation is like putting
nil rtn fira Trrlnrles nnri ininahnt
wounds fare far worse in a drinking
man than in a sober one. "But for
the alcohol in him," says the doctor;
"or the bad blood caused by the beer,
there might be hope."
A man's motive in taking the drink
may be good, but liquors never stop to
ask you what you want of them; they
go in and do their work of death.
But it is said the liquor is needful
and useful in fatigue duty. It is?
Why does the soldier need it? Is it to
give him warmth? This it never does.
Alcohol produces a sudden excitement
and glow, but it abstracts heat, and
the man Is colder after it than hq was
before it. Does he need it for nourishment
when exhausted? This it does
not give. The idea that alcohol is
consumed in the system, and is properly
food, is exploded. It is never
digested, more than a stroke of lightning.
It remains in the system, disturbing
every part until it is expelled
through the lungs and liver.
It goes to. the brain and produces
brain fever and madness, and the man
who drinks it on fatigue duty is but
the more fatigued and the more disqualified
for his arduous duties.?National
Advocate.
"I Can, I Will."
A professor of mathematics in one of
our largest colleges whose reputation
as a mathematician is very high, began
his career under the inspiration
of "I can and I will." A writer in an
exchange tells the story:
I knew a boy who was preparing to
enter the junior class of the New York
university. He was studying trigonometry,
and I gave him three examples
for his next lesson. The following
day he came into my room to
demonstrate his problems. Two of
them he understood, but the third?
a very difficult one?he had not performed.
I said to him:
"Shall I help you?"
- "No, sir; I can and will do It If you
give me time."
I said, "I will give you all the time
you wish."
The next day he came into my room
to recite another lesson in the same
study.
"Well, Simon, have you worked that
example?"
"No, sir," he answered; "but I will
do it if you will give me a little more
time."
"Certainly; you shall have all the
time you desire."
I always like those boy who are determined
to do their own work, for
they make our best scholars and men,
too. The third morning you should
have seen Simon enter my room. I
knew he had it, for his whole face told
the story of his success.
Yes, he had it, notwithstanding it
had cost him many hours of hard
work. Not only had he solved the
problem, but what was of much greater
importance, he had begun to develop
mathematical power.
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, An Anirnal Story For c
Utile Folks fl
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=Bears'Good Fortune ,
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The bears had a nice house which 8
they rented from Mr. Camel, and they
wished to remain there the rest of 1
their days, for they were getting along f
In years and did not relish the idea of
moving. c
But you know we are not always r
able to have everything our own way
In this world, and so It proved to be l
with the bears. One day Mr. Camel r
decided that he would like to live In
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BIO TEABS STREAMED OCT 07 THEIR EYES. .
that house himself, and he sent word {
to the bears that they would have to t
move out I
Mr. and Mrs. Bear were almost bro- *
ken hearted. They did not know what ^
to do. for, look as hard as they could,
they were unable to find another house \
into which to move.
When the day came for the bears to
get ont they did not know where to go.
But go they bad to, and go they did.
Down the road they marched side by
side, while great big tears streamed
out of their eyes.
. When they reached the top of a hill
about a mile from the bouse they had
just left they turned to take a farewell
look at it. And what do you
think? The house had disappeared!
They had no more than got out of it
when a big gust of wind came along
and blew it down In a mass of planks
and boards upon the ground. Not one
piece remained attached to another. |
"What a lucky thing for us!" ex- '
claimed Mr. Bear Joyfully. "If we
had not got out when we did we
would have been crushed to pieces."
And. indeed, they would have been.
They were certainly fortunate, for a
little farther on down the road they
found the tiger family moylng out of
a real nice bouse, and the bears secured
that one and lived there until
the end of their days.?Chicago Tribune.
PLANT. THAT KEEP8 TIME.
If You Know How to Read It?Only
Worka In Good Weather.
"One of the most peculiar, as well as
one of the rarest plants produced by
nature Is the clock plant, and there Is
only one specimen on view In the gardens
of the agricultural department," j
said an employee of that institution to ]
a Star n^an. I
"The clock plant is a native of Bor- j
neo, and in that country, even it is said j
to be as rare as In other sections of the 1
world. Of course, the plant derives its j
name from Its peculiar habits, which j
are known to but a few who have not ]
studied the plant from a scientific J
standpoint. The plant has leaves of i
two sizes, one of which acts in the capacity
of a minute hand, which keeps
moving until about 4 o'clock in the afternoon,
and the other keeps going un
til morning. The larger leaves act as J
the hour hands.
"Starting in a position when all of
the leaves lie close to the stem, with
the points hanging down, they rise
gradually until they turn toward the J
top, and then they drop to their for- 1
mer position. It takes the smaller
leaves about one minute to go through
this performance, and. the longer leaves
just about an hour. When the con- j
dltions are favorable this movement ]
continues throughout the entire day, 1
but not such days as we have been ]
having lately. j
"It requires good, warm sunshine for 1
the plants to perform this function.
Such days as we have been having the
leaves move, but they do so in an im- j
perfect and irregular manner. Why,
sometimes the large leaves cling so
closely to the plant that it looks like
a huge bundle of twigs. ' ^
"The plant is delicate and extremely
hard to propagate, which accounts for
the fact that we now have only one of
them. We had several, but they have
all died. The plant bears a small flower
like that of a pea, and its seeds
grow in a pod in the same manner, j
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^
t is hard to get it to seed in this
ountry, which makes it extremely dlfIcult
to get seed for other plants."?
Washington Star.
Truths to EMPnxBizfc.?1. That
lod's plans are unconquerable and hiservants
indestructible till their mision
is performed.
2. That the Spirit of God is to fit
is for every duty of life, intellectual,
iractical, moral and religious.
3. That any one upon whom the '
Spirit of God rests will be a marked
nan.
4. That the Spirit always gives
>rofound insight and uncorruptible
Ighteousness.
? TVi q f aiir no hirua a pa ronflfnrm
>d in the Kingdom of Christ and grow
nto higher and happier relations.
6. That the outcome of all his work
s to bring peace to the world, and In
hese modern days we see pacific seniments
growing.
7. That the saving knowledge of
5od is to become the means* of this
miversal reign of peace.
8. That "v e may expect such a time
:o come, even if we do not see the
ligns of its speedy coming, for God
las promised it.
9. That Christ becomes the most
it tractive standard around which to
'ally mankind.
10. That a gospel thus designed for ?
:he whole world must be carried to
:he whole world by the followers of
:he Messiah.
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Ifl AST ART
A ND It takes an artist to be a pho.CjLtographer.
One who is not an artst
doesn't stand much of a chance of
naklng a success at photography. I
lave given years of study to this es>ecial
line and 1 can say with pride
hat my work will compare favorably
vlth that of any photographer in this
lection.
The best and most perfect photographs
are the result of experience
ind not experiments. I do all of my ,
leveloping, retouching and finishing,
hereby obtaining the best possible i remits.
is Far As Prices
Are concerned, yoa need not worry
rourself along that score. I know that
ny prices are reasonable and you will
igree with me when I tell you what
hey are. I am also prepared to devel>p
and print pictures taken with pockit
cameras. If you have a Kodak or
/ive or any other camera, and for any
eason you can't develop and print
four pictures, bring them to me at my
rallery on West Liberty street.
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CAROLINA & NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Schedule Effective June 7, 1903.
Nertkbeert. Pusciger. Ilxet.
Ex. Sun. Dally. ;j
jv. Chester 9.00a.m. 8.00p.m.
uV. Lowryville ... 9.18a.m. 8.28p.m.
jY. McConnelss .. 9.28a.m. 8.48p.m.
liV. Guthries 9.33a.m. 8.67p.m.
liV. Yorkville 9.49a.m. 9.19p.m.
L.V. Filbert 10.01a.m. 9.44p.m.
. v. Clover 10.12a.m. 10.00p.m.
liV. Bo wlin'gGreen. 10.20a.m. 10.24p.m.
>. Gaatonia 10.38a.m. 12.30a.m.
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jv. Newton 12.28p.m. 2.56a.m.
L.v. Hickory 12.50p.m. 4.00a.m.
jV. Cliffs 1.23p.m. 4.40a.m.
V.r. Lenoir 2.05p.m. 8.00a.m.
S?atkb?Hid. PasMsger. Mixed.
Ex. Sun. Daily.
-v. Lenoir 2.30p.m. 8.00p.m.
^v. Cliffs 3.08p.m. 9.30p.m.
jv. Hickory 3.20p.m. 9.50p.m.
_.v. Newton 3.46p.m. 11.45p.m.
jv. Lincolnton ... 4.30p.m. 1.60a.m.
jv. Gastonla 5.30p.m. 4.20a.m.
-.v. Bowling Green 6.48p.m. 4.65a.m.
^v. Clover 6.57p.m. 5.10a.m.
..v. Filbert' 6.08p.m. 6.40a.m.
jv. Yorkville .... 6.23p.m. 6.00a.m.
jv. Guthrles 6.40p.m. 6.50a.m.
liv. McConnells .. 6.46p.m. ' 7.00a.m. '
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_JV. iiunijf VUIC v?vi|Mm*
Vr. Chester 7.17p.m. 8.00a.m.
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Cheater, 8. C.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Effective April 19th, 1903.
Between Blaoksbi^rg and Kingsville.
Read Down. Read Up.
*o. 16?daily. No. 14?dally.
6.15a.m.. .Lv. Kingsville Ar?5.40p.m.
7.45a.m....Lv. Camden Lv....2.10p.m.
8.65a. m... Lv. Kershaw Lv. .10.49a.m.
9.37a.m... Lv. Lancaster Lv. .10.10a.m.
10.13a.m.. .Lv. Catawba Lv.. ..9.40a.m.
10.30a.m.. .Lv. Rock Hill Lv.. .9.20a.m.
i0.50a.rn Lv. Tlrsah Lv....8.64a.m.
Ll.02a.rn....Lv. Yorkvllle Lv..8.42a.m.
L1.17a.m... .Lv. Sharon Lv.... .8.27a.m.
1.30a.m... .Lv. Hickory Lv... .8.15a.m.
il.41a.rn Lv. Smyrna Lv.. .8.05a.m.
12.01a.m...Ar. Blacksburg Lv..7.46a.m.
Between Blacksburg and Marion.
*7o. 33?daily. No. 36?dally.
7 1Rn m T.v. Rlarkshurir Ar..8.40D.m.
8.25a.m.... Lv. Shelby Lv 8.12p.m.
9.05a.m Lv. Henrietta Lv.. .7.85a.m.
9.37a.m.. Lv. Rutherford Lv.. .7.06p.m.
0.45a.m Ar. Marion Lv.....6.60p.m.
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