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tumorous Jlrpartmrnt. Hofmann Advi&ad.?Here la the latest story about Josef Hofmann, the celebrated pianist, and It Is one which few people have heard before, says the Philadelphia Press. A few weeks ago Hofmann and his manager stopped In a small town in New York state, while en route for New York. As it was not necessary for the pianist to reach New York that night he and his manager stopr.^d In a typical country hotel. There was a piano In the big parlor and after supper Hofmann sat down and let his Angers wander over the keys. No one knew who he was and few appreciated the tunes, except one man who was a sort of village musician. He asked Hofmann If he studied music with any one and the little artist replied that he had given It up some time ago. "You should have kept It up," said the man, totally unaware to whom he was talking. "You have a pretty good touch and If you only keep at it you ought to make a pretty good pianist. I teach on the piano and have quite a number of pupils." Hofmann listened to this advice with keen enjoyment and while the man was still talking launched forth on one of his difficult concertos. The country musician stared In amazement and Anally asked: "What's your name?" "Josef Hofmann." was the reply. And according to the latest reports the country musician has not recoverer from the shock. Disqualified.?WTien Senator Knox was attorney general a vacancy occurred In a Judicial position In the far west and a famous Pennsylvania congressman hastened to submit the claims of a constituent. TU be glad to help you If you have the right kind of a man." said Knox. "What we want Is a man who has no fear and will do his duty. He must have nerve enough to defend himself, for he may be shot at even while he's on the bench, and he must hold the respect of his community by his ability to defend himself." "He's Just that sort?Just that kind of a man," broke in the congressman eagerly. "He will fight the whole bar If need be." ' ' ^""""And besides." continued Knox, "he must be able to stand daily temptations. Somebody's apt to offer him $10,000 as he steps off the car and $20,000 before he has dinner. That's the kind of atmosphere he will live In. and that's the sort of men he will meet; will your man fill the bill?" "Now I think of It," said the congressman, rising abruptly "he won't All the bill?he?he's got a wart on his trigger finger, unless I'm mistaken." Victory and Aftrr.?Many a man in a moment of fine enthusiasm applauds Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death." It Is a proper sentiment to entertain, but not easy to live up to. Most of us feel more like the Pennsylvania Dutchman who told his wife to write an appropriate Inscription on his knapsack, which she was packing on the eve of his departure to Join Washington's army In the Revolution. The enthusiastic woman, dreaming of her hero coming home a general, at least, wrote In good, round letters, "Victory or Death." In a few moments her husband caught sight of It. "No goot! No goot!" he exclaimed In great excitement. "Take dat off quick! Put on goot vords, 'Wictory, oder come back again.' "?Youth's ' Companion. Colbs Scuttled.?A biographer of Eton In the time when the Rev. J. J. Hornly occupied the head mastership tells a capital story of Russel Day. one of the masters, a quiet, insignificant looking little man, who made up for his lack of Inches by his wit and ready retort. On one occasion a big boy named Coles, who was reputed to be a bit of a "swagrger," went on some errand Into Russell Day's schoolroom and stood magnificently by the door. Little Day looked at him long and hard. f"What is thy name?" he asked drawltngly at last. "Coles, sir," said the confident youth In resonant tones. "Then, Coles, you may scuttle," came the quick and devastating reply. And Coles retired in ruins.?London Globe. Gave Up Waiting.?a young man who was anxious to secure a job as a railroad brakeman wandered into one of the local yards the other day and came across a bunch of railroad men who were sitting in a shanty. He made known his ambition and one of the men, who Is quite a Joker, asked him a few foolish questions. The youth answered them and then asked: "How long before I'll be likely to get a Job?" "Sit down and wait." said the joker. "There's ten or fifteen brakemen killed I here every day and you can't tell how soon we will need you." The young man's ambition seemed to fade, and he remembered that he had an engagement elsewhere.?Albany Journal. A Model REPfULic.?"There are few men as happy as you in your family relations. "Yes, my household is a model republic in miniature. You see, the secretary of the treasury Is my wife, the secretary of war my mother-inlaw and the minister of foreign relations my daughter." "And of course you are the president?" "No, man. One can see from that question that you are a poor, ignorant bachelor. The presidential chair is occupied by the cook." \"Well. then, what are you?" *'Why. I am the general public and support the government through the payment of taxes."?Modern Mexico. The Editor's Apology.?An excited military looking man entered the editorial sanctum of a Missouri paper ho Hav nnH pvolnimotl "That notice of my death is false, sir. I will horsewhip you within an Inch of your life sir, if you don't apol ogise in your next issue." An editor who is up to his business always knows how to get up appropriate npologies when they are demanded. That editor knew his business. and the next day his paper contained the following apology: "We regret extremely to announce that the paragraph which stated that Major Blazer Is dead is without foundation."?Our Home. iHisrcllnncous grading. IN COUNTIES AOJOINING. News and Comment Clipped From Neighboring Exchanges. LANCASTER. Review, April 19:. Dr. and Mrs. B. J. Witherspoon of Charlotte, spent Sunday and Monday here with the former's father, Capt. Witherspoon, who accompanied them home Monday. Mr. J. Wren Tillman, one of Lancaster county's best and most substantial citizens, died Sunday night, at his home west of town. He was a victim of cancer o..' the stomach and had been a sufferer for several months. In addition to local physicians, specialists from a dlstaice did everything possible for him. Mr. Tillman was an Intelligent, public spirited citizen and took an active Interest In all matters pertaining to the welfare of his county amd state. He was on the state board of equalization for a year or so and made a most useful member. He frequently served on local assessment boards. He was an unusually successful farmer and a man of sterling character. He was a consistent and Influential member of the Methodist church. He was also an active member of the Woodmen of the World. Mr. Tillman was a son of Mr. John Lee Tillman. Sr.. of Van Wyck, and was about 51 years of age. He leaves a widow, daughter of the late Hon. Churchill B. Jones, and two adopted children. He is also survived by three brothers and two sisters, namely, Mr. E. D. Tillman and Mrs. B. Cunningham of Lancaster; Messrs. M. M. and J. Lk Tillman. Jr., and Mrs. J. M. Yoder of Van Wyck. The remains of Mr. Tillman were burled yesterday at Camp Creek church. CHESTER. Lantern, April 18: Mr. Robert Bankhead, brother of Mr. John Bankhead of this city, died at his home in Winn8boro, Saturday night, after a week's illness with grip and other complications. He was in his 61st year and leaves a widow, three sons and four daughters. One son, Mr. Jimmie Bankhead, is living in the Pleasant Grove neighborhood, this county. The funeral services wcr^ in the A. R. P. church at 5 o'clock Sabbath afternoon, conducted by the pastor, Rev. C. E. McDonald and the burial was In the A. R. P. cemetery... .... Mr. Crockett J. Stroud, of this county, died this morning of pneumonia. after a few days' sickness. He leaves a widow and five sons, the youngest an infant. We Judge that Mr. Stroud was about 48 years old Married Saturday morning, April 16? at the Methodist parsonage by Rev. M. L. Banks. Miss Gertrude Green, of this city, and Mr. Wilfred S. Ward, of Philadelphia. Mr. Ward is a representative of the Computing Scales Co., with headquarters at present In Columbia. They left on the Southern the same day for Spartanburg Mrs. W. H. Stigall, aged 41 years, died early yesterday morning at her home at the Sprlngsteln mills. She had been In bad health for several months with lung trouble, but had been confined *o her bed only a few days. She wa i a Baptist and a good woman. Her husband and six children mourn her death. The funeral services were at the home at four o'clock yesterday afternoon, conducted by Dr. J. S. Moffatt and Rev. James Russell and the burial was in Evergreen cemetery. CHEROKEE. Gaffney Ledger, April 18: Mr. L. IG. Wylle of Hickory Grove, has ac| cepted a position as clerk in Mr. W. J. Moorhead's store at Blacksburg.... There was a quiet home wedding in West End Gaffney. Peachtree street, at the home of Mr. D. E. Lemmons Sunday at 10 a. m. The contracting parties were Mr. Joseph C. Camp and Miss Etta Lemmons, Rev. W. T. Thompson officiating. At 10 o'clock those present for the purpose of seeing and enjoying the occasion repaired to the parlor. Rev. W. T. Thompson next entered, and was followed I by Mr. Edwin B. Stacy and Miss Hattie Camp. Then Mr. T. E. Petty and Miss Illuster Lemmons who were in turn followed by the interesting young couple to be united in the holy bonds of matrimony. After the cere mony was performed they were shown the nice presents given them and they Immediately started for Grassy Pond, accompanied by several other young couples, where they attended [services Invitations are out to the marriage of Miss Ella Kirby to Mr. J. L. Prultt, which will take plaoe next Wednesday night at the Cherokee Avenue Baptist church at 8.30 [o'clock. Miss Kirby is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Kirby of this city, and Mr. Prultt is from Boiling Springs, N. C.. but is now engaged with the Cherokee Marble Works of [this place Mr. R. P. Rippy and Miss May Shiver were married at the | Baptist church in Blacksburg last Sunday night by Rev. I. T. Newton. The ceremony wan performed immediately after the usual prayermeetlng services were concluded. Notwithstanding the fact ;hat it was the intention of those most concerned that the affair should be quiet and free from any great drsplay or publicity, the church was about full. Miss Shiver was one of Blacksburg's most charming young ladies, and while Mr. [ Rippy Is an unusually nice l'ellow and a prominent young business man, he Is to be congratulated for bt ing [so fortunate as to win such a pr.ze. Mr. and Mrs. Rippy will make their home at Blacksburg. GASTON. Gastonia Gazette, April 18: Mr. Philip Pinkney Carroll died last Friday morning at the State Hospital f Inoanp in Columbia. S. C. Policeman J. W. Carroll received a telegram from the authorities Friday afternoon informing him of the sad event. The body arrived Saturday morning and was laid to rest in the cemetery by the side of the dead man's mother and brother. Services were conducted at the A. R. P. church by Dr. J. C. Galloway. Mr. Carroll was a member of the A. R. P. church at Bethany. Mr. Carroll was born near Cherryville 39 years ago on the 10th of May next. The family moved to York county and later to Gastonia. Mr. Pink Carroll remained in York, however, in the employ of Mr. Alex Wallace. Many years ago he began to suffer periodical mental derangement, from which he never fully recovered though there were frequent intervals of relief. He was treated a year or two at Morganton about ten years ago. Returning to Gastonia, he remained a few months and was taken to Columbia. A letter to Policeman Carroll from the hospital authorities in February said he seemed to be In better health than usual. A few days ago he was taken with a bowel trouble, grew rapidly weaker, and on Saturday morning fainted. He told his physician he believed he was near the end and In a short while died. The only one of the immediate family now left Is Mr. Wiley Carroll. Mr. Felix A. Carroll of King's Mountain, Is a half brother, Mrs. W. Hi Sparrow of Clover, a half-sister. Mr. and Mrs. Sparrow, Mr. Felix Carroll and his daughter. Miss Lula, Mr. Charles Carroll a nephew, from Cherryvllle, and Mr. and Mrs. John Johnson of Charlotte, were here to attend the funeral. "Fifty-six years ago the 15th," i said Capt. W. I. Stowe yesterday, "all this country through here was covered with- snow. It was the 15th of April, 1849. I was ten years old and was going to school In Yorkvtlle at the time." The weather came mighty near celebrating again After several weeks of suffering from whooping cough and pneumonia, Bertie Viola, aged one year, one month and nine I teen days, the unly child of Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Bell, fell asleep in Jesus, April 14, 1905. Its little body was laid to rest in the cemetery, Gastonla. N. C.. after a service at' the Lutheran church The condition of Rev. J. E. Bramiett, who has been seriously ill with paralysis for several days, is slightly Improved. From Monday until Saturday he was unable to speak at all, though yesterday he was able to say a few words so as to be understood. Mr. Bramiett came to Gastonla from Savannah several months ago to visit his daughter, Mrs. P. T. Heath, and while not in usual health his present serious condition was altogether unexpected. His wife and daughters. Miss Pauline Bramiett of Savannah and Mrs. Ralph Gault of Washington, D. C., arrived Friday... .The Infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Kirksey of High Shoals, died at Stanley last Wednesday of whooping cough, and was buried in the Stanley cemetery at 11 o'clock Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Kirksey were visiting his mother In Stanley when their baby was taken sick. FLOOR OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC Depths In Which Huge Mountains Could Be Hidden. Sir John Mu-ray has prepared a paper on the floor of the North Atlantic, which is condensed for "The Bulletin of the American Geographical Society." The region dealt with extends from latitude 20 to latitude 60 north, and embraces about 6,875,000 square geographical miles. Between the limits indicated over 70 per cent of the area of the sea floor is covered by water between 1,000 and 3,000 fathoms in depth, about 20 per cent is covered by less than 1,000 fathoms of water and 10 per cent by more than 3,000 fathoms. The shallow zone, with depths of less than 1,000 fathoms, forms^ a border around the North Atlantic Basin along the coasts of Africa, Europe and North America, and along the Iceland plateau, which joins the British Islands with Iceland. This zone Includes the Continental slope, and soundings have shown in some places what are believed to be submerged river basins or submarine gullies. This shallow zone also surrounds the Islands and island groups and also submarine elevations that do not reach the surface. The area covered by water between 1,000 ana Z.UUU iainoms 111 utryiu m about one-fourth of the total area. It extends along the eastern, northern and western borders of the map, outside the shallower zone, and also extends uninterruptedly from the northern border down the centre of the ocean as far as the equator. This central ridge or plateau Is probably the most striking characteristic In the bathymetry of the North Atlantic Basin. It Is very Irregular In outline, and Is widest In the northern portion, between latitude 30 and 50 north. The area of the North Atlantic sea floor covered by water between 2,000 and 3,000 fathoms (12,000 to 18,000 feet) In depth Is nearly one-half of the total area. This zone forms two large Irregular areas?one to the east the other to the west of the central ridge or plateau. The eastern area extends as far north as latitude 53 north, while the western one reaches latitude 58 north. The area of the sea floor covered by more than 3,000 fathoms of water Is about one-tenth of the total area. To these parts of the ocean basins the term "deeps" has been applied, and distinguishing names are applied to them. Sir John Murray briefly describes the ten "deeps" In the order of their size. The Nares Deep Is the largest and most Important In the Atlantic. Its maximum depth Is 4,662 fathoms (27,972 feet) and Is situated to the south of latitude 20 north. Within the limits of the area under consideration the Nares Deep covers over 500,000 square geographical miles of the North Atlantic. From Sir John Murray's description it is evident that the bed of the North Atlantic presents the greatest divergencies in its configuration. From the central ridge or plateau, as well as from deeper water, there rise elevations which form islands like the Madeira, Azores, the Cape Verdes and Bermuda. On the other hand, what are called "deeps" descend about 20,000 feet below the level of the waves. If the highest mountain In the world (Everest) were placed in the Nares Deep it would form an island the summit of which would be about 1,000 feet above the water. The estimated elevation of that peak is 29.000 feet, or nearly six times. Neered Encouragement.?"I remember," said an old naval officer, "hearing of an incident on board of a ship which was commanded by a religious captain who would not allow the mate to use profane language or violence toward the crew and where the work and discipline wore carried on more by moral suasion than by force, with the result that things went very slowly. The men did not jump to the braces or ropes, and the general work of the ship was slow. "While at anchor one day In the harbor of Rio two of the sailors, leaning over the rail, were watching the work going on on board of another ship anchored close to them, where the opposite system prevailed. The air on that ship was lurid with the language of the mate, and the men were treated witn a violence that was far from necessary, but the work went on quickly. The sails were furled and the yards braced In a smart and seamanlike manner. As they listened to the sulphurous orders of the mate one of the sailors on the good ship remarked sententiously to the other: " 'Bill, d'ye see now what It Is we want aboard here? We want a little | encouragement!'" MODERN 3IEGE DEVICE8. How the Jape Operated Againat the Ruaeiana at Port Arthur. The Japanese had to cross a valley a mile wide and six miles long, dominated at all points by every degree of hostile fire. This did not appal them. They accepted the problem, grappled with it and mastered It. They honeycombed the valley, In the classic manner, with 18 miles of trenches and tunnels. The chief element In the problem was to hide these from an enemy with lookouts above the plain. The Japanese attache in South Africa had seen the Boer commandos, under fire, suddenly vanish In waving stalks of corn, projected, screen-like, across a telltale front It was a savage trick, learned by the Boers from the Kaffirs; and though school-bred British minds sneered at a ruse so apparently childish, yet many times their game was lost through such manoeuvres. The Boers UBea ineir maize m nnucnuc fashion, covering their front with deep layers of whole sheaves. The Japanese Improved upon this. Students of nature, disciples of nature, they gave no gross imitations. In late autumn, over a field battle-tossed for three months, trampled by two armies, and slckled by the husbandryman, Death, they advanced, resurrecting the cor iflelds as they went, till the Russian eye beyond could not guess the point where maize standing by chance left off and maize erected by besiegers began. Each angle of advance was concealed by these brown, withered sheaves. Both sides had sailors on land. The Japanese emplaced the navy six-Inch guns In the bottom of a valley. The army field-guns were perched along the peaks In front, from which they could bark down like noisy house dogs. But the savage bite came from the big guns, a quarter of a mile behind, the location of which was mistaken by the Russians as Identical with that of the blustering field pieces on the ridge. The sailors did not trust alone to the improbability of their hiding place. They cut out earth the size of a ship's hull, mended the broken crust with timber stalks, and thrust the noses of the six-Inches out of two square openings that might have been turretholes. Thus, entirely protected, though within easy reach of the enemy, they escaped serious Injury. This was the most effective Japanese battery; It has become famous for tenacity. For the first time coast-defence guns battled with each other. The Russians turned most of theirs landward. The Japanese learned that field artillery was useless against either the fleet or the permanent forts. Such knowledge prompted the assignment of a naval brigade to the initial bombardment, which, with the first grand assault, failed. Then they immediately turned to home for heavier ordnance. Mortar for coast-defence along the straits of Shlmonosekl and on the bay of Yezo were all but completed In the military shops at Ozaka. Twenty-six of them were Immediately sent by transport to Dalny, and thence by rail over the tip of the mended Trans-Siberian to the last station outside the zone of the Russian fire. The shipment of these great guns, the mortarbarrel of one weighing eight tons, up to that point, where cranes, steamships and locomotives of the finest type were available, was a gigantic undertaking. Arrived at the shattered station In the night?for day work was lmposslblethe task was only begun. From there the guns were hauled by hand, for horses or Manchu oxen could not be used where silence.and concerted Intelligence were essential. Eight hundred men were detailed to each gun, which was mounted on skids such as lumbermen use in the north woods. Four abreast, with hempthongs across their shoulders, and all attached to a long cable as thick as a man's leg, the men labored on through the mud, after dark, with the Russian shells flinging out searching challenge over their heads, occasionally a quart of shrapnel bullets spurting promiscuously Into their ranks. Of the positions to which the guns were thus taken the nearest were 1,000 yards and the farthest three and one-half miles away. Once they were there, no emplacement of shale or earth, such as sufficed for field artillery and for naval guns, would do. So under each gun was laid eight feet of concrete, firm and deep; and when It had hardened the gun was emplaced. All this was done under fire, In the night, the men being spat upon frequently by the glare of the searchlight, pelted sometimes by wind and rain, and, toward the end of autumn, seared by the winds howling In from two seas. It was prodigious toll, obscure heroism unbelievable. But It was successful, for It was this coast defence artillery that sank the Russian fleet. None other could have done It. The monster labor of placing these guns on the bleak Manchurian hills, from which they have contested with- the finest defences in the world, Is one of the thrilling engineering feats of modern times. For the first time in history armies battled under searchlights. There had before been fights at sea, and at Klmberley a few skirmishes under searchlights; but In front of Port Arthur they have lighted up decisive engagements, extensive manoeuvres and vast losses. Science has intensified war. It has limited numerical loss, but it has increased individual suffering; and, as in modern city life, it strains brain and nerves to the breaking point, vimhortv mw the dawn of the fire works branch of warfare. It was left for Port Arthur to bring Into permanent use this feu de Jole of holiday nights, a delight In peace. In war a spy. Rockets, such as we use on the Fourth of July, bursting above the plain, threw phosphorus over the advancing sappers and lighted up acres as though by candelabra of stars. The Russians used three batteries of such star bombs, and their dazzle added spectacle to horror. Some Japanese officers contended that they caused no annoyance, but my observations of the results was that they gave annoyance, but were not a decisive factor. By lying low, advancing troops could alway escape being seen when the light came their way. It was to be expected that a people like the Japanese, Inventive, versatile and industrious, would develop extraordinary resources when confronted with such a problem as Port Arthur, the reducing of which has caused them great agony and cost vast treasure. Archimedes would have rejoiced to know Col. Imazawa. Imazawa's most effective device was the wooden grenade gun, an invention to save assaulters from death by their own explosives. He found that a soldier carrying hand grenades of guncotton up a slope under fire, If properly hit, became a more frightful menace to his comrades than an opposing mine. So he made a wooden barrel three feet long, erected It at an angle of fortyfive degrees on a wooden upright, and by a catch spring tossed the balls of guncotton from it several hundred yards into the Russian parapet. After the taking of Hatchimaklyama (the Turban Fort,) Imazawa found his men for the first time on a height above the Russian trenches. Then he invented the dynamite wheel. This is a steel cylinder containing five hundred weight of dynamite, with a projecting shield for soldiers who roll it forward under fire until it reaches the declivity down which it is hurled. The opposing trench precipitates the explosion. Imazawa also improved the saphead shield, used by besiegers since the Middle Ages. Formerly it was a heavy log of wood, protected by armor-plate, behind which pioneer soldiers advanced their trenches when close to the enemy and under outpost Are. A solid log was too heavy for the Japanese purposes, so Imazawa contrived a framework of klri wood, both light and tough, over which he built a steel shield such as Maxim put on his machine gun. The shield stuck out in advance of the framework like a cow catcher on a locomotive. It was ronea out of the saphead one or two feet toward the enemy. Behind It two sappers, on their bellies, dug: out from under their legs the beginning of a wide, safe trench in which, two days later, a regiment could find shelter. Nervous work this, with bullets raining overhead like hail on a tin roof; but Imazawa made it practicable. Before he finally hit on his grenade gun, Imazawa employed a bamboo grenade lift, his first device to let assaulters hurl their explosives into redoubts without danger to themselves. These were 20-foot lengths of heavy bamboo, to the ends of which balls of gun cotton were tied. Two soldiers carried one of these lifts up a slope, projected the grenade over a trench or a parapet, and let the furious Russians smash it and themselves into destruction. The use of many successful inventions showed the Japanese equal tc^ all the progress of the age. The hyposcope enabled them to observe what went on in the town, and from 203-Metre Hill revealed the fleet. This is a telescope cut in half, the front elevated two feet above the rear by a further length of scope, and the line of vision between made straight past the angles by two mirrors. It gives a lookout within a few hundred yards of the enemy's line a chance to explore calmly at his leisure. Bomb-proofs for the generals were cut in the solid rock 1,000 yards in advance of the artillery and overtopping the firing line. Thus commanding officers could get the traditional bird's-eye view of the battlefield. Instead of sitting at headquarters, miles In the rear, General Nogi occupied a bombproof in the centre of his army, two and a half miles from Port Arthur. From there his eye glanced over as grand a battlefield as the world has j et produced, for within an area of ten square miles was brought every possibility of modern warfare. Even cavalry manoeuvred. While his optic vision was extraordinary, his mental horizon was vast and comprehensive. Telephones centering to a switchboard in the next bomb-proof connected him with every battery of every regiment under his command. He was In Instant touch with the most outlying operations, and almost with the ease and certainty of Napoleon at Austerlltz, could march and countermarch, enfilade and assault. Telephone and postoffice follow the flag. In the advance of the Japanese army down in the peninsula, telephone linesmen bearing on their shoulders colls of copper wire, not much larger and of no more weight than a packthread, followed through the kaoliang- I fields on each side of the commander. The moment he stopped a table was Droduced, a receiver was snapped on the wire, and a telegrapher stood ready. More remarkable was the advance of the telephone Into the contested redout of the Eternal Dragon, where a station was placed and operated for four months, with the Russians holding trenches only forty "metres distant and on three sides. At this station, along the front of which twenty men a day were slain by sharpshooters, mall was delivered every time that a transport arrived, which was almost daily. Men on the flrlngllne received postal cards from their sweethearts and mothers an hour before death. Telephone and postofflce followed the flag: the Red Cross preceded It. The medical corps came, not in the wake of the army, but close on the heels of the pioneers. Before even the Infantry-men entered a Chinese village it was explored, the water of Its wells analyzed, Its houses tested for bacteria and the lines of encampment laid down. This unusual sanitation is looked upon by surgical authorities as perhaps the chief cause of Japanese success.?Century Magazine. GREAT BORING MACHINES. Those For the Pennsylvania Tunnel Being Made In Pittsburg. Four of the biff shields to be used In boring the great tunnels of the Pennsylvania railroad between the Hudson and East rivers In Its costly entrance Into New York city are fast approaching completion at the Leetsdale Works of the Rlter-Conley Manufacturing company. The company's workmen have been engaged upon these for months, and the task was so unusual even for a company accustomed to handling great things that speciul alr-drlven tools for the boring and reaming of the steel had to be made. The boring machines consist of enormous steel cylinders twenty-four feet In diameter and sixteen feet long. Each cylinder without the machinery weighs 150 tons, and the machinery will weigh equally as much as the shields. The cylinders are made up of three thicknesses of half-Inch steel j plates riveted together. Within this cylinder Is placed the boring edge of cast steel, the diaphragms, air locks, and other apparatus necessary to drive the tunnel beneath the rivers. I The cylinder moves with the cutting edge. It will be necessary to assemble the boring machines here and then knock them down for transit to New York. It is particularly gratifying, when any steel work of unusual magnitude Is to be done, the country at large finds it Is absolutely necessary to come to Pittsburg, Not only In the magnitude of Its steel operations but also in Its ability to do the best work, and the very quickest Is Pittsburg maintaining Its lead as tj.e steelmaking city of the world.?P.'ttsburg Dispatch. tV The hypocrite Is the only one who is deceived by his antics. CURIOSITIES OF A DE8ERT. 8ton?? and 8htlls Strswn Over the Deadly Plaint of Yuha. There Is a section of the Colorado desert where nature has left some remarkable records. She has visited the region, alternately, with fire and water, and has left It with neither. It Is the most desolate, wild, barren, forbidding part of the desert, says the Los Angeles Times, and It Is shunned alike by man and beast. That there Is good and sufficient reason for avoiding this locality Is attested by numbers of graves?nameless, for the most part? found In the terrible region. These graves are simple affairs, merely mounds of earth with a border of stones about each and a pile of rocks two or three feet high at the head. Each tells the story of a tragedy of heat, thirst and death. Those Items ? * - ?- t tkft are aDout an mai is ever Known ui stories of those *who perish. Their mummified bodies or bleached bones are found long after the struggle Is over and the finder, respecting the memory of the unknown, scoops a hole in the earth, lays the ghastly relic within, and plies up the only monument available in that wild region. As recently as Dec. 13, 1904, the bones of a thirst victim were laid In one of these lonely, flowerless, turfless graves on the plains of Yuha. The plain now lies nearly 100 feet below the level of the sea and the rocks of the plain and the bases of the mountains are washed and eroded In a wonderful manner. Mingling with the burnt stones and volcanic debris are rocks worn by the waves and shaped Into hundreds of fantastic forms. There are many acres of these stone curiosities and certain sections of the field seem devoted to certain shapes and figures. For Instance, one passes through a region which he at once names the cabbage patch, for It presents the appearance of a field of those vegetables which have turned to stone. The waves have worn the rocks Into round boulders about the size of the vegetable which they so much resemble,, and, have cut into the globes, laminating them In perfect imitation of the leafy layers of the garden vegetable. Another locality is devoted almost exclusively to dinner plates. Thousands of rounded, thin disks are scattered over the plain or are piled scores deep In singular piles, each piece shaped exactly like the crockery which adorns our tables, and quite as thin and symmetrical. Another section of this truly wonderful region Is given almost wholly to dumbbells, These vary In size from pieces weighing one or two pounds, up to those seemingly calculated for exercising the muscles of a giant and weighing thirty or forty pounds each. In almost every instance these natural dumbbells are well balanced, the balls at either end of the connecting piece being of the same size and weight. There Is In this plain an arsenal, also. While guns and swords and bayonets and powder are not to be found there, there are thousands of cannon balls varying In size from two and three Inch balls to those fit for the big 13-lnch guns of modern warfare. And all are of stone, all formed In nature's workshop. There are other objects Innumerable. There are stone roses, stone lilies, stone tulips, stone leaves, stone birds, stone animals, stone quoits, stone ornaments in varied and unique designs; stone canes?In fact almost everything conceivable in nature or art imitated in stone on the plain of Yuha. In one portion of Yuha rise two hills, or small mountains. One might mistake them in the distance for ancient craters, but when he approaches the eminences he discovers them to be monuments to an ancient life?the records of species now extinct. They are shell mountains, great beds of prehistoric bivalves which were left stranded when that ancient sea swept back from the region and left a dry and desolate land. One of these mountains, the large one, is composed wholly of large rough shells, much larger, but less elongated than the shells of the modern oyster, which in some respect they so much resemble as to lead to the suspicion that they are the remains of the ancestors of our much prized bivalve. The lesser hill Is composed of tiny shells of a prehistoric type of brachlopoda. Like the larger shells they are found, except on the surface, In an undisturbed state, both valves of nearly every shell being found In position. Although the mollusk dwellers of these shells vanished several centuries ago, so perfect are the shells one almost expects, when he opens the valves of the shell, to find the living creatures within. The Power of a Coin.?How that baby did cry! Its triple expansion lung power was altogether too much for Its tired looking mother, who strove In vain to keep It quiet. Sentiment In the crowded car was divided between sympathy and annoyance. It was In the heart of the shopping district, and the passengers were mostly women who usually have little sympathy for babies exhibited in public other than their own. Two stylishly dressed women got aboard bearing flowers and packages that indicated costly purchases. They couldn't even become strap hangers. They stood directly In front of the howling baby. "Poor little thing!" said one. "Tired to death, I suppose. So am I. For a good cry like that right here this minute I would cheerfully give $50." Opening her purse, she took out a fifty cent piece and gave It to the baby. "Get In a few extra screams for me, little one!" she said. The baby promptly put the coin In Its mouth and stopped crying. The passengers looked relieved. The woman who gave It the coin looked alarmed. "Ach, dot makes no differences," said the grateful mother. "Ven he gries at home I gives him a spoon to put In his moud. But I forgod to prlng vun ven I come out."?New York Press. Bank Runs.?A good many years ago in London an old woman fell In front of a bank and broke h":r leg. A crowd couec:ea, ana me iejwi i ?wii about that there was a run on the bank. In a very brief space there really was one. A disastrous run on the Bank of England In the time of the pretender In the eighteenth century was prevented by an Ingenious delay. When Prince Charles was marching on London depositors were In a frantic hurry to draw out all they had In the Bank of England. Every call was met, but In sixpences and shillings. So long did these coins take to count and so prodlelous were the loads of bullion which had to be carried that public confidence was restored and, news of the retreat of the hlghlanders coming to town, the situation was saved. A MATTSR OF HEALTH tigU, ^AKlN^ POWDER Absolutely Pure HAS HO SUBSTITUTE Reduced Rates to 8partanburg, 8. C* via 8outhern Railway on Account South Atlantic States Music Festival. Account of the South Atlantic States Music Festival at Spartanburg. S. C., May 3rd-5th, 1905, the Southern Railway announces the very low rate of one flrst-class fare plus 25 cents for the round trip (minimum rate 50 cents.) Rates to apply from all stations, Atlanta. Athens, and Elberton to Oreensboro, N. C., inclusive and from Charleston and Savannah to Asheville, N. C.. Inclusive. Tickets to be sold 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th of May from all points in the above territory; also on May 5th from stations, Greenwood and Greenville to Charlotte, N. C., and Asheville to Columbia, inclusive. Final limit of all tickets May 5th, 1905. For further Information as to rates, etc., addreMB any agent of the Southern Railway, or Brooks Morgan, A. G. P. A., Southern Railway, Atlanta, Ga. Thf. Hege Log Beam SAW MILL WITH Heacock-King Feed Works Enoinis and Boilers. Woodworking Machinist, Cotton Ginning, Brickmaking and 8 hi no li and LaTH Machinist, Corn Mills, Etc.. Etc. G1BBKS MACHINERY CO., Columbia, S. C. the qlbbes shingle maohine Very Low Excursion Rates via Southern Railway to the Following Points. Kansas City, Mo.?Southern Baptist Convention: May 10th-17th, 1905. Rate one first-class fare plus 50 cents for round trip: Tickets on sale May 7 to 11, inclusive, final limit May 23. 1905. St. Louis. Mo.?National Baptist anni versary, May 16-24, 1906: Rate one first-class fare- plus 25 cents for round trip. Tickets on sale May 14. 15. 16, with final limit May 27. 1906. Ashevllle, N. C.?South Atlantic Missionary Conference, May 17 to 21. 1905. Rate one first-class fare plus 25 cents for the round trip. Tickets on sale May 16, 17; final limit May 23rd, 1905. Fort Worth, Texas.?General Assembly Southern Presbyterian church. May 18 to 26. 1905. Rate one first-class fare plus $2, for round trip. Tickets on sale May 16, 16, 17, final limit May 31st, 1905. Hot Springs, Va.?Southern Hardware Jobbers' Association, June 6-9, 1906. Rate one first-class fare plus 25 cents for round trip tickets on salo on sale June 3, 4, 5, final limit June 13th, 1905. Savannah, Ga.?National Travelers Protective Association of America, Mav 16-23. 1905. Rate one first class fare plus 50 centa for round trip. Tickets on sale May 13-14: final limit May 26fh, 1905. Savannah, Qa.?Fourth Annual Tournament Southern Golf Association, May 9-13, 1905. Rate one first-class fare plus twenty-five cents for round trip. Tickets on sale May 7, 8, 9, 1905, limit May 15th, 1905. The Southern Railway is the most direct line to all of the above points. Operating Pullman Sleeping cars, High back Vestibule coaches?with Superb Dining Car service. For detailed information apply to any Ticket Agent of this Company, or R. W. Hunt, Division Passenger Agent, Charleston, S. C. CHAMPION ROLLER MILLS. Zeno, 8. C. IT gives us pleasure to Inform the Dubllc that our mills have been thoroughly overhauled, and that we are prepared to furnish our patrons with the finest flour that can be made in this country. Custom is solicited from all who may be seeking the best. G. L. RIDDLE. Proprietor. July 22 f.t tf S. M. McNEEL, Pres. THE LOAN AND One of our 4 h. p. Vertical Combinatien Gasoline and Kerosene Engines has recently been set up in The Yorkville Enquirer office, and by courtesy of the proprietors we are permitted to invite parties interested in power to call and see this engine in operation. FAIRBANKS-MORSE CO., F. E. Bailey, Southern Mgr., Dept. Y. Q. Atlanta, Ga. WANTED CI OW PEAS. J LATTA BROS. March 24 f.t tf SOUTHERN RAILWAY SCHEDULES. Schedule Effective Nev. 6, 1904. WESTBOUND TRAINS. ^ A No. 135, Daily?Rock Hill, 8. C., to Marion, N. C.?First Class. Lv. Rock Hill 4.00 a.m. Lv. Tlrzah 4.19 a,m.. Lv. Torkville 4.30 a.m. Lv. Sharon 4.46 a.m. Lv. Hickory Orove 7.00 a.m. Lv. Smyrna 7.16 a.m. Ar. Blacksburg 7.40 a.m. Lv. Blacksburg 8.10 a.m. Ar. Marlon 11.00 a.m. No. 113, Daily?Kingville to Blaoks* burg?First Class: Lv. Klngvllle 11.00 a.m. Lv. Camden 12.36 p.m. Lv. Lancaster 2.07 p.m. Lv. Catawba 2.37 p.m. Lv. Rock Hill 3.00 p.ra. Lv. Tlrzah 3.17 p.m. Lv. YorkvlUe 3.29 p.m. ^ Lv. Sharon 3.46 p.m. Lv. Hickory Grove 3.67 p.m. Lv. Smyrna 4.10 pan. Ar. Blucksburf 4.86 p.m. ., No. 1C7. Daily except 8unday, Rooh Hill, 8. C., to Marion, N. C.?Third Class. Lv. Rock Hill 10.00 a.m. Lv. YorkvlUe 11.00 &.m. Lv. Blacksburf 2.30 p.m. Ar. Marlon 8.60 p.m. ? EASTBOUND TRAINS. No. 114, Daily?Blackaburg to Kinovilla?First Class: Lv. Blackaburg 7.40 a.m. Lv. Smyrna 8.01 a.m. Lv. Hickory GrovO 8.14 a.m. Lv. Sharon 8.26 a.fr?. Lv. Yorkvllle 8.41 a.m. Lv. Tirzah 8.62 am. Lv. Rock Hill 8.30 am. Lv. Catawba 8.60 am. Lv. Lancaster 10.26 am. Ar. Camden 11.46 am. Lv. Camden 1.46 p.m. Ar. Klngvllle 8.16 p.m. No. 136, Daily?-Marion, N. C., to Rook Hill, S. C.?First Class: Lv. Marlon 6.26 p.m. Lv. Blackaburg 8.46 p.m. Lv. Smyrna 8.10 p.m. Lv. Hickory Grove 8.23 p.m. Lv. Sharon 8.88 pan. Lv. Yorkvllle 8.64 p.m. Lv. Tirzah 10.10 pan. Ar. Rock Hill 10.10 pan. No. 168, Daily, exeept Sunday?Marlon. N. to ftoek Hill, 8. Cw?Third ?? Class: Lv. Marlon 8.00 aan. Lv. Blackaburg 2.60 pan. Lv. Yorkvllle 6.10 p.m. Ar. Rock Hill 6.00 p.m. For further Information address: BROOKS MORGAN, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent. Atlanta, Ga, or R. W. HUNT, Dlv. Passenger Agent, Charleston. 8. C. tr 8end The Enquirer your next or- * dsr for Stationery. CAKDLUiA & HOKTH-f ESTIBK :Ip RAILWAY COMPANY. Schedule Effective Maroh 19, 1906. iiirUhiii. PsaMscsr. Mixed. * Lv. Chester 8.00a.m. 1.00p.m. Lv. Lowrys 8.18a.m. (,27p.m. Lv. McConnells .. 9.28a.m. 6.47p.m. Lv. Guthrles 9.38a.m 7.08p.m. Lv. Torkvllle .... 9.48a.m. 7.28p.m. Lv. Filbert 10.00a.m. 8.08p.m. Lv. Clover 10.11a.m. 8.25pjn. Lv. Bowling G. ..10.19a.m. 8.56p.m. Lv. Gaatonla ....10.28a.m. 10.20p.m. Lv. Lincoln 11.60a.m. 12.00 nt Lv. Newton 12.28p.m. 1.26a.m. Lv. Hickory 12.57p.m. 2.05a.m. Ar. Lenoir 2.12p.m. 6.00a.m. ' ^uatkbaaud. Pmsesger. Klxc4. Lv. Lenoir 2.05p.m. 8.00p.m. Lv. Hickory 8.57p.m. 10.05p.m. Lv. Newton 4.24p.m. 12.00 nL Lv. Lincoln 6.02p.m. 1.00a.m. Lv. Gar!onla .... 6.00p.m. 6.00a.m. Lv. Bowling G .. 6.21p.m. 6.28a.m. Lv. Clover 6.29p.m. 6.42a.m. Lv. Filbert 6.40p.m. 6.18a.m. Lv. Yorkville .... 6.50p.m. 6.25a.m. Lv. Guthrles 7.08a.m. 7.20a.m. Lv. McConnells .. 7.12p.m. 7.40a.m. Lv. Lowrys 7.24p.m. 8.00a.m. Ar. Chester 7.46p.m. 8.20a.m. E. F. REIO, G. P. Chester, 8. C. CONNECTIONS. Chester?Southern Ry., S. A. L. and L. & C. Yorkville?Southern Railway. Gastonia?Southern Railway. Lincolnton?S. A. L. Newton?Southern Railway. ^ Hickory?Southern Railway. Lenoir?Blowing Rock Stage Line and C. & N. UNDERTAKING UNDERTAKING in aU Its branches from the oheapest Pine Coffin to the finest State Casket Robes for children, ladles and gentlemen of all ages, Slippers, etc. Hearse and Hearse Wagon, Grave Mounds, Funeral Notices, etc. We do Embalming. State License No. 66. THE YORK FURNITURE CO. ???^??? v ??'J J. S. BRICE, Vicc-Pncs. 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