Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, May 30, 1905, Image 4
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.
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AUTHi
OUR NEW SE
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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.
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UNDERTAKING in all Its branches
from the cheapest Pine Coffin to
the finest State Casket. Robes for
children, ladles and gentlemen of all
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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
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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,
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