tumorous Jlcpartmrnt. A Way Ws'vs All Got. John Bunker had grown old. He was not "up" to much, except to sit by the fireside and doze. But John himself thought differently, says an exchange. He was a man of Ideas, was John. One morning he laid down the newspaper with a thoughtful look on his face. Mrs. Bunker was absent, and the opportunity was favorable for letting loose a new idea upon his daughter. . "I have Just been reading," said he, "of a woman that was kind o' famous amongst her neighbors for being level minded and quick to see into things. They used to go to her for Information and advice of all sorts? what to do when the chimney smok ea ana now 10 seep cromer om num getting drunk, and the best way to break It to the landlord that the rent money wouldn't be ready till week after next, and?and more queer questions than you could shake a stick at. By-an'-by outsiders heard of it and began to bring her their troubles so many of 'em that she had to charge a shilling a head for giving advice; and at last accounts she was pop'lar and respected, and getting rich. "Now, you see. in that little paragraph there's an idea hove out that a good many might profit by. Say some man that's got Judgment and had experience?me. for Instance-?was to sort o' set up as a?a general adviser. There's not a day goes by but people miss chances, or run their necks into nooses, from sheer Ignorance and want of somebody to tell 'em what to do. Think of the benefit I could be to 'em. "I tell you it would be a profitable profession, too, after a man got a start at it," added Mr. Bunker, warming to his theme. "A shilling's worth of advice don't sound much?there's nobody would begrudge twelve pennies for being told what to do when he was at a standstill, as you might say?but the pounds would count up. And once a man's reputation spread, and he had regular customers fetching their troubles to him?" But at that Mr. Bunker stopped short. Mrs. Bunker entered, somewhat noisily and with a rush, as her habit was, and seemed even less at ease than common. She dropped into a chair and fanned herself violently for a moment. "John," she said, "what do you think? That old yellow hen is sitting again! I'd give five shillings out of my own money to anybody that'll tell me how to break up her nest so It'll stay broke up!" Mr. Bunker started, flushed, and cast a shamefaced glance toward his daughter. Happily, she did not speak or look In his direction. Yet It was some time before he could command himself to reply: "I?I wish I knew how to help ye. Sarah," he said, speaking low and meekly. The Duke Wasn't Through.?A well known local character is Sam Wellington, a colored man, known as the "duke," says the Boston Herald. The duke is a fine cook and often accompanies camping parties. Last fall a party of young men Sam was with decided to scare him with an apparition. Leaving the tent in his charge one night, on a pretense of going to the village, one of the party quietly returned enveloped from head to foot in a sheet and with face well covered with flour. He took his stand in the doorway. Suddenly Sam looked up. and emitting one horrible yell, dove through the rear of the tent and went down the road at a terrific pace. The ghost pursued. After about a mile of running the duke was ready to drop and sat down on a log, perspiring freely. The ghost came up and sat down on the same log, puffing and blowing. Absolute silence reigned for a minute, and then the ghost remarked in a disguised voice, "We went some, didn't we?" Sam, whose teeth were chattering like castanets, replied, "Yes, we did go some, an' you Jess wait till Ah gets mah breff an' we'll go some more." Misapplication.?The puzzle department of London Truth has a competition on amusing misapplications of well known quotations. Here are a few of the specimens sent In: "A school master, being shown an exceptionally good translation from a boy whose aptitudes lay In quite another direction, remarked: " 'The ass knoweth his master's "crib." * "When Lord Kelvin was Sir William Thomson his lectures were not always In simple enough language for the students to understand, and they were usually glad when his demonstrator, named Day, took his place. On one occasion, when Sir Thomson left for town, one of them wrote In large letters In the class room: " 'Work while it Is Day, for when the Knight cometh, no man can work." "Two clerical mendicants sat in a tavern where they had been concocting a specious begging letter addressed to the late George Moore, the philanthropist. One was overheard to whisper to the other, ' 'Tis not In mortals to command success, but we'll "do" Moore.'" Familiar.?A Mobile man tells the following story of an odd character In that town who for many years has done a thriving business In hauling ashes. One day, says the Mobile man, he chanced to be in the rear of his house when the darky in question was preparing to depart with the customary load. "I've seen you haul away many a load of ashes." said the owner of the house, "but. my good man, during all these years I've never had the least Idea of your name. What is It?" "Mah name is George Washington, sah," replied the old man. with a duck of his head. "George Washington, eh?" reiterated the questioner. "It seems to me," he added, with a smile, "that I've heard that name before." "Reckon you have, sah." came the answer In all seriousness, " 'cause Ise been haulin' 'way ashes from yo' house more'n ten years!"?Harper's Weekly. His Only Magic.?The old story of the Irishman who. when he was asked how he played upon the fiddle, answered, "Be main strength, be Jaber!" Is outdone by the answer of a celebrated violinist to a lady who asked him the same question. "Oh. slgnor!" exclaimed the fashionable dressed lady, with a gushing air. "By what magic do you evoke such divine strains from your violin?" "I have no magic, madam." answered the musician bluntly. "I have nothing but the bow and my hand." ^Miscellaneous heading. IN COUNTIES ADJOINING. News and Comment Clipped From Neighboring Exchangee. CHEROKEE. Gaffney Ledger, May 26: Mr. Bralnard Goode and Miss Mary Green, of Limestone Mills, were married on the 24th Lnst&nt, by R. P. Gibson, notary public Miss Ola Wllklns received the gold medal given by Hon. Thos. P. McDow of Yorkvllle. for the scholar of Wllkerson who attained the highest degree of proficiency In his studies, together with attention and deportment, in each of which Miss Ola Wllkerson scored 100?perfect. The four highest honors were awarded Will Roach, Beattie Wllkerson a id Misses Barbara Brown and Eula ,"V? llkerson, respectively, each of whom played right around the 100 merst mark. CHESTER. Lantern, May 26: At the laat meeting of presbytery, the relationship bettt'eon Ppv t Presslv and Edge moor church was dissolved. Mr. Pressly and family moved to Hickory Grove yesterday Miss Georgia Witherspoon of Yorkvllle, was the guest Tuesday night of Mrs. R. C. Guy and went to Rock Hill Wednesday to visit her sister Mr. Joseph S. Douglas, a native of Fairfield and a brother of Mrs. W. F. Marion of this city, died Tuesday at Vancouver, Washington. News of his critical Illness was received two weeks before, and his brother, Mr. E. E. Douglas, of Columbia, made the trip across the continent and was with him when he died. The remains will not be brought home for the present. Mr. Douglas was In the U. S. army Mr. James Gladden of Woodward, has been ill for some days On May 24, at the home of J. H. Hudson, Mr. Edgar Smith and Miss Mamie Hudson, were married. Rev. J. S. Moffatt, D. D., officiating. GASTON. Gaztonia Gazette, May 26: .Mrs. M. J. Clarke of Yorkvllle, came up Wedj nesday to spend a week at Mr. J. R. Warren's. Her brother, Mr. G. L. Riddle, came with her Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Alexander Costner have Issued Invitations to the marriage of their daughter, Miss Irene Costner to Mr. William Clark.ton Garibaldi, on June 7, at 8 o'clock In the First Presbyterian church. The bride-to-be Is one of Gastonla's most beautiful young ladies and has many friends boilih?re and In Charlotte, her fifture home, who will be interested to know of the approaching happy event. Mr. Garibaldi is prominent in the social and business world of Charlotte, being a member of the flr.n of Garibaldi and Bruns, Jewelers, and Is to be congratulated on winning so winsome a bride. Mr. Logan Brown died at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning at his home a few miles beyond Dallas. He was born In 1810 and was 95 years old on the 10th of this month. It Is believed that he was the county's oldest citizen. He was buried Wednesday afternoon at the Clonlnger graveyard near the old Brown homestead, after funeral services at the home by Rev. W. A. Deaton. Mr. Brown's career was a most remarkable one. He lived a long life?nearly a century. Despite the weight of many years his mind was keen and clear and his body active. I He had gone to the field to polugh! '.hat Friday morning when his fatal Illness overtook him. After he was 50 years of age he served through the civil war and performed 40 years of labor after the war closed. He began life In most humble circumstances, but acquired a comfortable competence; with no education, he was Intelligent and remarkably well posted. He was characteristic for independence, strict integrity, positlveness and tenacity of purpose Coroner W. N. Davis In company with Dr. H. F. Glenn went | to the farm of Mr. Hope Adams near Bowling Green last Tuesday morning to hold an Inquest over the body of John McElhaney, who died about 2 o'clock Monday morning. McElhaney was a young negro employed by Mr. Adams. On Tuesday, a week before, he was In the field at work with another negro. Bob Currence. Giles, a fifteen years old son of Mr. Adams, was at work with them but was carry lng nis row aneaa or me negroes. mc McElhaney negro had been picking and nagging at Currence, who asked him not to keep on calling him a liar and other names. Presently Giles Adams noticed the Currence boy rush by him along the rows. He did not know any violence had occurred until he turned and saw Met lhaney down with blood streaming from his head. Young Adams called Currence back and they took the wounded negro to the branch and washed his wound. Currence had stood the nagging as long as he could and had struck McElhaney with a goose-neck hoe. The blade cut a long gash and drove a fragment of the skull Into the brain. The wounded negro did not get along well. Currence took him to Clover and paid the doctor to dress the wound. He grew worse. Friday Currence disappeared. Early Monday morning McElhaney died. Tuesday morning the coroner held the inquest. Wednesday morning the bill of Indictment against Currence was In the hands of the grand jury. Currence has not been taken and there Is no saying, therefore, when he will be tried. i Catching Wild Horses.?The bronco is born for the saddle, but is given to resisting his fate, and endeavors | to make reciprocal the unpleasantness with which human beings are associated in his mind. Indians first captured him by the simple process of walking him down through days and nights of wild dashes and short rests, of interrupted meals, thirst and anxiety, to final exhaustion. The white man's system of catching wild horses Is essentially the same. Two or more men with supplies and swift horses work together. When a herd Is sighted one man follows It for all he Is worth, while the others make camp. When the horse u-' the first man is exhausted he returns and another takes his place. The herd, kept on the jump with little chance to eat, soon becomes tired out and is then easily driven to tht, oniriil Thin method is nraCtl cable because the herd while fleeing returns to the same generul locality. ?Country Life in America. Stop It.?boasting of what you can do instead of dot ig it. Thinking that life is a grind and not worth living. Exaggerating and making mountains out of molehills. Talking continually about yourself and your affairs. Saying unkind things about acquaintances and friends. Thinking that all the good chances and opportunities are gone by. Thinking of yourself to the exclusion of everything and every one else. Speculating as to what you would do in some one else's place and do your best in your own. Gazing idly into the future and dreaming about it instead of making the most of the present. # Longing for the good things that others have instead of going to work and earning them for yourself.?Success. (Timely fashion lips. FOR THE LADIE8. Helpful Hints on What to Wear and How to Wear It. ? There are two distinct styles of dressing for day wear?the simple tailor-made coat and skirt of cloth for the morning, and elaborate masses of embroidery, and silk for the afternoon. There Is a marked contrast between the two styles, and this is particularly noticeable in the sleeve, which, in the tailor-made, Is severely plain and tight fitting, with a cuff at the wrist; and In the case of the more elaborate frock, ends at the elbow and is finished by frills. ? Most of the coats for little girls are trimmed with linen or pique collars and cuffs, which are adjustable, of course. And these sets are made in a hundred ways, from the simplest edge with the plainest little scallop to the most exquisite of broderieAnglaise or blind work on the sheerest of linen. With the pretty Uttle dresses lingerie hats are worn, with the soft, full crowns and the sheer little ruffles of embroidery rather than lace, although lace Is used. too. but preferably In combination with embroidery. With her plainer dresses she wears a straw hat. rather large and with a drooping brim, untrlmmed exoept for a huge bow of the widest, softest ribbon that droops with the brim. ? The coats of lace and of linen, made elaborate by heavy embroidery and Irish lace, are being held In reserve for warmer days, but are unquestionably to be among the fads of the coming season. All of the popular coat models are copied in linen and pique, though usually In their simplest forms. The loose coat, long or short, of linen may be plainly tailored. but is more often trlmm<*l In heavy embroidery and lace. Short double-breasted tailored coats, semiflttlng. are smart In linen or pique with walking skirts of the same material. Pique, as we have noted before, has come back Into favor, and the pique short skirt will, as of yore, be one of the summer girl's best friends. ? Organdies and other sheer cotton stuffs assume more importance as the hot months draw near, and the sheer one tone cottons In all of the shadings found among the season's silks and wools are among the characteristic notes of the season. Raised dots in self tone or eyelet embroidery in self tone or white are introduced upon these cottons more often than any other ornamentation. The embrolder{ed Swisses, both in all white and In J color on a white ground, are prettier than ever before and are finding great favor. Shaded dots or lozenges embroidered on white are particularly effective, and among these designs one with dots of varying sizes and shading from light to dark bright blue sprinkled over the white surface Is especially good. ? The best fitting garments, wheth- | er visible or Invisible, are those that j are fastened with plenty of buttons which keep them In place and per- I fectly smooth and do not allow the garment to gap.. The buttons should be of a sort that will not break readily In the laundry. In the wash waist handsome buttons may be fastened on with a tiny ring and readily removed when the waist has to go to the tub. In the waists which fasten at the back buttons are far more reliable than hooks and eyes or hooks and loops. So few needlewomen make good buttonholes that they feed a great temptation to use the hooka and eyes as being less trouble, but this Is a mistake. Just as Is using the strings in lieu of buttons on undergarments. ? With some women the bargain habit becomes an actual vice. They buy things because they are cheap, not because they want them or need them. The wise woman shops only when she is in need of something. When she buys she goes to a firstclass store, jses her intellect as well as her fancy when making a selection. and looks out for durability as well as color and effect. She knows that because a thing Is cheap Is not always a reason for buying, and because a thing Is expensive Is no reason that It Is the thing she wants. Some women are naturally good shoppers. Just as some women are naturally good cooks. They are not con Ilijiru uy a, miRc at i aj ui iau? ivo w. detached from their original ideas by the display of a new novelty. In other words, they use their brains? a good habit at all times and all places. ? The all white costume is not yet fully launched upon Its summer career, but in cloth and other light weight wool, profusely trimmed with Irish crochet or trimming of the heavily embroidered linen variety, it is already seen. The clear, rather light blue known as Alice blue and kindred shades are particularly in evidence, not only for whole costumes, but as relieving notes for darker blues or In combination with other colors. Admiral and Saxe blues share the success of the Alice. The lilac and violet shades, running often Into magenta tones unspeakably trying to the average complexion are eyen more numerous than the blues, though not, perhaps, so conspicuous, and all the [delicate almond, light olive leaf, willow and similar greens are largely patronized. Certain gray and beige shades appear frequently, and one sees, too. many of the cooler browns verging on the onion tones and relieved by quantities of cream or white near the face. ? White Is, of course, the prettiest colordf It can be called a color) to dress the tots in all the year round? white dresses and coats and hats, even to the white shoes and stockings that are not only the prettiest for them, but definitely follow the style of older folks. But it Isn't everybody who can afford white?not the first cost, for good white stuffs cost rather less than good colored stuffs but the cost of keeping It white. A child Isn't healthy who keeps his clothes clean; it's the nature of childhood to stir about In impossible places. Natural linens and /lA^An o* 11 ff that nnmii In fhp same "natural" colors, and the blue linens and duck and ginghams and chambray and a lot of materials are favored as these can be worn several times before they are laundered. For little girls lots of mothers are making up the gay. or dark, plaid ginghams Into guimpe dresses, the material of the dress being too well colored to show soil easily, and the little white guimpe relieving the dress from seeming to heavy a coloring for summer days. A serviceable material in white that Is a good substi tute for linen, when linen seems too expensive. Is a sort of heavy muslin which goes by a variety of names, one of them, "butcher's cotton," showing Its resemblance to butcher's linen, best of all. It Is wide and costs about 12 cents a yard, wears about as well as linen, and looks very much like it. * RULERS OF EUROPE. Ths Confusion That Will bo Caused by Their Deaths. Although people In America, says a London letter to the Chicago Tribune, have been brought to believe monarchs nowadays are mere puppets, passive Instruments of the will of their people, and ornamental figureheads - a.tMAMAtlAtta nnr) 111 wnicn are eiiurei/ bu^ci nuuun <*iiu >* no sense indispensable to the welfare of the conmonweaith, yet the fact remains that in a number of countries of the old world the sovereign constitutes to such an extent the kingpin of the situation as regards domestic policy and foreign relations that his or her sudden death at the present Juncture would give rise to an important and possibly grave crisis at home as well as abroad, a crisis to which the United States cannot afford to remain Indifferent. It is only by the exercise of the most careful and skillful diplomacy that the war in Manchuria has been confined to Japan and Russia Time and again during the last fourteen months have there been moments when it seemed impossible to prevent other powers from being drawn into the conflict. Hostilities between European nations may be said to have trembled in the balance, and the situation has been and still remains so thorny that there is no knowing the* extent of the trouble to which the demise of one or another of the rulers of Europe would give rise. Kaiser Everything In Germany. Take, for Instance, the kaiser. The foreign press is fond of portraying him as the stormy petrel of international politics, and as a potenate whose unexpected vagaries constitute a continual menace to the peace of the world. Yet try to imagine Germany at present without the emperor. Even his bitterest enemies and most unkindly critics are forced to admit that he has become to such an extent the moving spirit not merely of the policy and administration of the empire but like wise of every phase of Teuton life and activity, that it seems that were he to die suddenly the entire administrative machinery of Germany would stop. Absolutely nothing is known about his eldest son and heir?for it Is impossible to attach any Importance or credence to the silly newspaper articles ascribing to him infatuations for actresses that have never had any existence save in the Imaginary brains of their more ingenious than scrupulous press agents. Our Information about him is limited to the fact that he is but 23 years of age, that he is about to be married, that he is a devoted son, and that he has been trained in a measure under the direction of his father; also that his life has been singularly free from those scanJ-1~ ?uul? fKo DomhronfU uaia wiiiin uuimuiuic >uc shading of the portraits of almost every European scion of royalty. But we are quite ^n the dark as to whether he possesses the strength of character. the experience, and the energy requisite to direct the policy of Germany in these parlous times. Wcare ignorant if he will lean towards Russia or towards the United States and Great Britain in the concert of great powers, and as to whether he will be able, like his father, to dominate the other sovereigns of the cinfederatlon known as the German empire sufficiently to retain In his hands the supreme control of its international relations. Kaiser's Rule One of Peaoe. In one word, the crown prince is an entirely unknown quantity, handicapped in any case by youth and inexperience, whereas of his father this at least can be said?namely: that in spite of all the predictions and apprehensions expressed at the time of his accession to the throne, now some seventeen years ago, his reign has oeen one or peace, anu, wmir ne mm added to the territorial possessions of Gtermany, he has accomplished this by statecraft and diplomacy Instead of by the sword. Emperor William's life constitutes. Judging by the past, a guarantee of peace, and thoughtful people, studentH of the present and of the past, rather than mere speculators of the future, will be disposed to agree that his presence at the helm In Germany Just now Is a subject for congratulation rather than of uneasiness. If Francis Joseph Dies?War. At Vienna the life of Emperor Francis Joseph Is even still more indispensable to the maintenance of tranquillity both at home and abroad. Indeed, there are many European statesmen of note who do not hesitate to publicly predict that the death of this sadly broken and cruelly bereaved monarch, now In his seventyfifth year, will be followed by an outbreak of civil war In his dominions and by the disruption of the Hapsburg empire. It is not alone that the Hungarians are determined at all cost to be Independent of Austria. There are the Croats as well, more than 3,000,000 In number, who are resolved to cast off the yoke of Hungary, their sentiments In this respect being shared by nearly 3,000,000 Roumanians In Hungary. They are all Imbued with sentiments of affectionate loyalty and devotion to the present emperor. But they abhor the Magyars, and they denounce the Hungarian government as tyrannic. In Austria Itself there are some 6,000,000 Bohemians and about 4,000.000 Poles, who are firmly bent upon obtaining, if not full fledged Independence, at any rate autonomy of the most far reaching character, and the single tie that holds them all together Is the now sadly worn thread of their affection for Francis Joseph. As Francis Joseph's nephew and heir, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, Is rAII Cliirij uiij;ufjuini, pai iivuiui ij ? Hungary, in Croatia, and In the Polish provinces, where he Is regarded as committed to a most reactionary policy, and to a settlement of all these difficulties by armed force rather than by statecraft. It is not unnatural that people should look upon the death of Francis Joseph as portending chaos of such a character within the dual empire as to furnish a pretext for foreign Intervention. Indeed, it was not so long ago that the president of the French chamber of deputies predicted this in the course of a public address at Paris. Alfonso's Life Precious. In Spain the disappearance of the 19 year old king from the scene would bring to the throne his little nephew, aged 4, the eldest child of his sister, the late princess of the Asturlas, who died last year. This would necessitate another long regency. and trouble certainly would ensue concerning the disposal of the latter. For whereas It might appear natural that the principal guardian of the infant king should be his father, yet the latter, owing to his foreign birth and to his membership of the most reactionary branch of the Bourbons of Naples, is so unpopular In Spain that his appointment as regent would be out of the question, and If the strict letter of the law and of the constitution were complied with the reins of power would be vested In the hands of the only surviving sister of the present king, the unmarried, 22 years old Infanta Maria Therese. i nai me present apcunnu ujruoaijr survived the sixteen years of the minority of Don Alfonso XIII. was entirely due .to the sagacity of Queen Christina, to the patriotic forbearance of Canovas, and to the devotion and political skill of Sagasta. That it would live through another regency of twelve years is extremely doubtful,. Indeed, well nigh Improbable. For Canovas and Sagasta are both dead and Queen Christina would be debarred by the constitution from resuming her former position at the tiller of the Spanish ship of state, even were the people willing to confide to her the task. Menaced by Carllsm and even still more by republicanism, the growth of which is making enormous strides in the Iberian peninsula, the present dynasty would be doomed in the event of the death of King Alfonso. Holland's Fata In Queen's Life. It was but the other day the Dutch premier, Dr. Kuyper, was publicly charged in the states general at The Hague with having Initiated negotiations with the object of bringing the Netherlands within the sphere of the German empire as a member of one of the sovereign states forming the confederation known by that name. There are a number of people In Holland who are convinced that this is the only way of protecting their colonies in the orient and also on this side of the Atlantic from seizure by foreign powers. This absorption of the Netherlands and of the Dutch colonial empire by Germany would be hastened?indeed, would become an accomplished fact? were anything untoward to happen to the young queen of Holland, who has never recovered her health since her serious Illness two years ago, and who is still childless. The next heir to the Netherlands throne is the grandduke of SaxeWeimer, a German sovereign prince brought up as a Prussian officer, and falling him the throne of the Netherlands would go to his father's sister, Princess Henry of Reuss, formerly German ambassadress at Vienna, and to her eldest son, Prinoe Henry XXXII of Reuss, a lieutenant In the German navy, stationed at Kiel. Whether Great Britain and France would be willing to consent to the incorporation of Holland Into the German empire is a matter wnicn nas aireaay given rise to much discussion. For there is no doubt that were Germany to secure possession of the principal seaports of Holland she would be placed within easy striking distance of the coasts of England and France, and therefore^ a standing menace to these two countries. To America the inclusion of the Netherlands in the customs union of Germany, which is hostile to the trade j and industry of this country, would prove a serious economic injury. Danger In Italy. King Victor Emmanuel's death Just now would bring to the throne his 10 months aid boy, with the duke of Aosta as regent. Italy is honeycombed with socialism. The republican element is Btrong throughout the peninsula, and the duke of Aosta is nothing like as popular as either the present king or either of his two predecessors. A regency long enough to admit of the Infant prince of Piedmont attaining his majority would be, all things considered, risky to the crown, and the J life, therefore, of the present king is of supreme importanoe, not only to his dynasty but also to Italy, and. Indeed, to the peace of Europe. just what would happen to Constantinople were the sultan to share (he fate of so many of his predecessors, and succumb to violence, no one can tell. For his brother and heir, Prince Rechad, is an elderly man of 60, who, owing to the padishah's Jealousy and suspicions, has been kept In such prisonlike seclusion that no foreign diplomat and but few Turkish statesmen have ever been permitted to have access to him. He is reported to be both fanatic and reactionary. But no reliance can be placed upon these rumors, which probably originate in the sultan's entourage. In one word, Rechad's advent to the throne might mean a Moslem uprising against the Christians and the revival of the so-called eastern question in all Its intensity; or it may spell the Inauguration of a new, more enlightened and happier era for the Ottoman empire. In Russia it is a grand duke, the brother of the czar, who Is entitled to the regency of the empire In the event or the death or Nicnoias ana tne accession to the crown of his 11-months old boy. Grand Duke Michael has been so frequently described In these letters that It Is unnecessary to 3ay any more about the subject, save that he Is credited with a strong and more determined character and less Inclination towards liberalism than Emperor Nicholas. King's Edward's Death a Calamity. The conciliatory role played by King Edward since his accession to the throne, both In domestic and foreign politics, would render his disappearance from the scene at the present Juncture something akin to an International calamity. From this it will be seen how Important Is the place which all these ferelgn monarchs occupy on the chessboard of international politics, how seriously the situation la liable to be affected by their disappearance, especially If the latter be of a sudden character, and how little America as a great power can afford to remain indifferent to eventualities of this kind. It Is well to bear in mind that they may be sprung upon the public at any moment. The auolnted of the lord, though some of them claim to be fashioned of a superior clay to our own, are, after all, but mortal and a prey to all the Ills to which their fellow creatures are subject. In fact, owing to their superior rank, and consequent^ more conspicuous position, they are exposed to drngers that do not fall to the lot of those of lesser degree and are consequently regarded by Insurance companies as to such an extent In the class of "bad risks" that in examining the political situation it Is always well to take Into account the possibility of their sudden death. POPULATION OF THE WORLD. i An Interesting Piece of Information Issued by the Ceneus Bureau. An interesting piece of information i has just been issued by the census bu- 1 reau relative to the theory that the ' world is fast becoming so crowded that ] at no distant date standing room will 1 be at premium, and difficulty will be felt In feeding the increasing multl- , tudes. A close scrutiny of the conditions ex- 1 lsting in all parts of the world has shown that In no country?not even ( In Belgium?has the maximum of population been reached beyond which it would be difficult to make the soil support the people. It is estimated that China can easily support three times the number of people now occupying that territory; that the capacity of British India has by no means been reached, and that every country of Europe is capable of sustaining more than twice the amount of people now crowded into what appears to be comparatively limited areas. As for the capacity of the United States and Russia, they are estimated to have hardly been touched, and, while it is believed that the next century or two will show a great increase both in European and Asiatic Russia, It Is believed that the greatest field for development lies through the United States and in northwestern Canada. To give an Idea as to how scattered is the population of the world, it has been Bhown that all the people now living In the world could be easily packed upon the Isle of Wight, a tiny speck of land off the coast of Oreat Britain, so small compared with other countries that it is hardly dlscernable upon the map. The total population of the world is now estimated at 1,500 millions. Allowing two square feet for each, all could be crowded Into a space of 67,000 acres. The area of the Isle of Wight is 94,341 acres, and it will, therefore, be seen that the entire population of the earth could be gathered there and much vacant space be left aside. Such comparisons are, of course, made only for drawing illustration, but t6 Americans, who have been unable to understand how Great Britain or Japan could sustain their comparatively dense populations without actual crowding, it affords a somewhat striking proof of the as yet still untouched resources of the world. The population of the United States is now estimated at somewhere between eighty and ninety millions. It is calculated that tnis country can easily support a population of 1,000 millions, and even then the population will not be as dense as it is in certain portions of China, in the valley of the uanges or in uie cuuuurn sumwuuuIng Antwerp In Belgium. The French republic has a population of something like thirty-five millions. Its acreage is not one-half that of Texas, and little larger than the state of Illinois. Japan, with an acreage but little larger than that of the stf te of Kentucky, supports a population of forty millions, against something over two million in our state. Many cities in Europe with a supporting country not comparable to that around Louisville have popula* tloas ranging from half a million upward, while in China there are cities of over a million closer together than Louisville and Lexington. It is true that in such countries as France and Belgium and in the fertile districts of China and India, every foot of available ground Is under constant cultivation, while in Kentucky and elsewhere throughout the United States it is not an unaccustomed sight to see two-thirds of the arable ground idle. It la plain, however, that while even at the present time the United States is the greatest power In the world It Is only In Its Infancy as far as population Is concerned. How strong will be the relative position of this country to the rest of the world when the United States is populated as densely as are portions of Europe It Is Impossible to estimate.?Louisville Post. 111! I 1 I iw rn rnirDirK T ? vaai ? AUTHi OUR NEW SE T! Mine This is a strong story modeli draws his characters from the lat and his action from the factory a ting a pretty romance, and a chi none of our readers can afford to The author knows his subje builded; how labor unions are 1 and the good and bad in both, an these things as attractive a story; public for many a day. Here is says of it: The New York Independent say* : "/ factory, the Mock market and induMrial com of weigbtinesi it tbould be said that there is Watch for the Opening ( Confederate Reunion, Louisville, Ky., June 14-16, 1905. The Southern Railway announces v'ery low rates to Louisville, Ky., and return, on account of Confederate Veterans Re-union, from the following points: Charleston, $14: Anderson, $10.90; Blaclcsburg, $10.15; Spartanburg, $9.35; Greenville, $10.20; Greenwood, $10.90; Columbia, $11.45; Chester, $10.75. Equally as low rates from other points. Tickets on sale June 10th to 13th, inclusive; final limit June 19th, 1905. An extension may be had to July 10th, 1905, by depositing ticket with joint agent, Louisville, and upon payment of fee of 60 cents. Side trips from Louisville to points in Kentucky can be made at very low rates. For full Information as to rates, time tables and Pullman reservation, con suit agents southern railway, ur n. W. Hunt, Division Passenger Agent, Charleston, S. C. UNDERTAKING UNDERTAKING in all Its branches from the cheapest 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. CAROLINA & NORTH-WESTER]) RAILWAY COMPANY. Schedule Effective May 14, 1005. Xartbbaaad. ramager. Mixed. Lv. Chester 9.00a.m. 4.30a.m. Lv. Lowrys 9.18a.m. 4.57a.m. Lv. McConnells .. 9.28a.m. 6.17a.m Lv. Guthries ..... 9.33a.m. 6.27a.m. Lv. Yorkvllle 9.48a.m. 6.57a.m. Lv. Filbert 10.00a.m. 6.36a.m. Lv. Clover 10.11a.m. 6.53a.m. Lv. Bowling G. ..10.19a.m. 7.24a.m. Lv. Gastonia 10.38a.m. 9.C0a.m Lv. Lincoln 11.50a.m. ll.20a.ra. Lv. Newton 12.28p.m. 1.00p.m. Lv. Hickory 12.57p.m. 2.20p.m. Ar. Lenoir 2.12p.m. 6.16p.m. Seatbbaead. fawieairrr. Mixed. Lv. Lenoir 3.06p.m. 9.45a.m. Lv. Hickory 3.67p.m. 11.60a.m. Lv. Newton 4.24a.m. 7.00a.m. Lv. Lincoln 6.02p.m. 9.00a.m. Lv. Gastonia 6.00p.m. 1.30p.m. Lv. Bowling G. .. 6.21p.m. 2.00p.m. Lv. Clover 6.29p.m. 2.16p.m. Lv. Filbert 6.40p.m. 2.50p.m Lv. Yorkvllle .... 6.50p.m. 3.06p.m. Lv. Guthries 7.08p.m. 3.46p.m. LV. McConnells .. 7.13p.m. 8.64p.m. Lv. Lowrys 7.24p.m. 4.12p.m. * - 7 IRn m 4-46D.IT1. All V^IICDICl 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. A N. E. F. REID, Q. P. A.. Chester, 3. C. CHAMPION ROLLER MILLS. Zeno, 8. C. IT gives us pleasure to Inform the public 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. Q. L. RIDDLE. Proprietor. July 22 f.t tf Or Wanted?Your orders for the best arade of Commeroial Stationery, Law Briefs, Arguments, or anything else if you want the Beet work. REVOR HILL OR OF RIAL STORY tie >rity td on unusual lines. The author >or,unions and the corporations, nd Wall street, but not forgettrming heroine. It is a stoiy miss. ct. He knows how trusts are )uilded, how both are operated, ,d he weaves into the telling of as has been given to the reading what the New York Independent l powerful and well balanced story of the bination. Lest this give* the impression Dot a dull page in it.' Chapters in This Paper frojftssional dfards. W. VV. LEWIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW. A Practices Li the State and United States courts, and gives prompt attention to all business. Lends money on approved security. Offics No. J, Law Range, Yorkville, 8. C. THOS, P. McOOW ATTORNEY AT LAW. v* Practices in the courts of the State and United States. Lends money on annroved security. Office No. 4, Law Rang*, Yorkvilla, 8. C. J, 0. WILBORN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Yorkville, 8. C. Prompt attention to all bualneaa. ; A. Y. GARTWRIGHT, SURGEON DENTIST, YORKVILLE, 8. C. Cafe OFFICE HOURS: 9 am to i p. m;t p ?>,t0 5p. a. Office in J pa ta Irs rooms of Cartwright bulMlng next to the Pariah hotel burnt lot J. M. BKICE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office Opposite Court House. , * Prompt attention to ail legal business of whatever nature. (1BO. W. 8 HAKT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Y JRKVILLE, 8. C. , LAW RANCIB. Pfcooa OAca We. 0 0. E. Finley. Marion B. Jennings. FINLEY & JENNINGS, ^ ATTORNEYS AT LAW, OAca in WILSON BUILD1N0, opposite Court Houae. Talephona No tal SOUTHERN RAILWAY {SCHEDULES. Schedule Effeotive Nev. ?. 1904. WESTBOUND TRAINS. No. 136, Daily?Reek Hill, 8. C- to # Marion, N. C.?First Class. Lv. Rock Hill 4.09 am. Lv. Tlrsah 1.19 turn. Lv. Yorkville 1.30 am. Lv. 8haron 4.46 am. Lv. Hickory Orove 7.00 am. Lv. Smyrna 7.16 sun. Ar. Blacks burg 7.40 am. Lv. Blacksburg 8.10 am. Ar. Marlon 11.00 ajn. No. 113, Daily?Kingville to Blaeks* burg?Firut Classt Lv. Klngvlile 11.00 a.m. Lv. Camden 12.86 p.m. Lv. Lancaster 2.07 p.m. Lv. Ctatawba 2.S7 pjn. Lv. Rock Rill 8.00 p.m. Lv. Tlrsah 117 p.m. Lv. Yorkvllie ISO p.m. Lv. Sharon 2.46 pjn. Lv. Hickory Grove 8.67 pjn. Lv. Smyrne 4.10 pjn. Ar. Blackstura 4.26 p.m. -f No. '167, Daily exeapt Sunday, Root* Hill, 3. C., to Marion, N. C.?Third Class. Lv. Rock Hill 10.00 ajn. Lv. Yorkvllie 11.00 a.m. Lv. ^'ackaturg 2.30 p.m. Ar. Marlon 8.60 p.m. KA8TBOUND TRAINS. No. 114, Daily?Blackaburg to King- % ' villa?Firnt Claaa: Lv. Blackaburg 7.40 ajn, Lv. Smyrna 8.02 ajn. Lv. Hickory Grove 8.14 a.m. Lv. Sharon 8.20 ajn. Lv. Yorkvllie 8.41 ajn. Lv. Tlrsah 8.62 ajn. Lv. Rock Hill 2.80 a.m. Lv. Catawba 9.60 ajn. , Lv. Lancaster 10.26 ajn. Ar. Camden 11.46 ajn. Lv. Camden L46 p.m. Ar. Klngvllle ,..,*-2.16 pjn. No. 136, Dnily?Marion, N. C., to Rook Hill, 8. C.?First Claaa: Lv. Marlon 6.26 p.m. Lv. Blackaburg 8.46 p.m. Lv. Smyrna 9.10 p.m. Lv. Hickory Grove 9.22 p.m. Lv. Sharon ., 9.38 pjn. Lv. Yorkvllie 9.64 p.m. Lv. Tlrsah 1 10.10 pjn. Ar. Rock Hill 10.30 pjn. M ?? n.ll.. .w..n, SiimiIsw?Marian. l^V. 1WV, wtwwp#* .... r N. C., to Rook Hill, 8. C.?ThirJ Class: Lv. Marion 9.00 a.m. Lv. Blacks ourg 2.60 pan. Lv. Yorkvb.le 6.10 p.m. Ar. Rock I: ill 0.00 p.m. For further information address: BROOKS MORGAN. Asst. Gen. Pass. A sent, Atlanta, Ga., or . . R. W. HUNT, Div. Passenger Agent, Charleston. S. C. MASTIC PAINT 18 GUARANTEED to be pure Lead. Zinc and Oil. We will pay 1100 cash, for any quantity of whiting, chalk, barytese or other adulterants found in the MA8TIC. "The best Is the cheapest." It covers more surface and outwears two or three times over the cheap so-called paints made to sell ** and not to last. BANNER PAINT made by MA8TIC people is ti good, but cheaper paint, not pure, hasn't the covering capacity, but we guarantee it equal to any at same price. If you are going to paint a house, barn, fence, wagon, buggy, plow, chair, bench or a piece of furniture, see us. THE YORK FURNITURE CO. 1 _ i .. 4