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tumorous Jlrpartment. The Easy Public. Thomas W. Lawson was talking about sharp practice, says an exchange. "Sharp practice Is the rule," he said, "but Is not the public In a way to blame? Why should the public be so willing to be deluded? What Is the matter with the public, any way? Upon my word, I have seen men and women hug and nurse worthless stocks as Washington White nursed his watch. "Washington White? Oh. he Is a Boston colored man. "One day a friend met him on an underground train. The friend sat down beside him. Washington was rocking himself to and fro In a curious way?something like a man with the colic. " 'How do Washington,' said the friend. " 'How do,' replied Washington, and he still rocked to and fro. "The friend regarded him curiously. ** 'You ain't sick, Washington, be you?* he asked. " 'No Indeed, Cainoun,' was xne r??piy. "Then why In the name o' common sense, mah friend, am you rockin' yo'self to and fro thls-a-way all the time?* "Washington White made no pause in his regular oscillations as he said: " 'Calhoun, you know Jerome McWade? Well, he done sold me a silver watch for three dollar, and if I stops amovln' like dls de watch don't go no mo'.*" He Couldn't Be Seen.?James W. Webb, one of the few men in Brooklyn who are the owners of O. A. R. Medals of honor, was a Union scout and soldier of fortune in general, says Success. He is of Impressive presence, standing 6 feet 3 inches In his stockings. Mr. Webb is pretty well Identified with "working politics" in Brooklyn, and reoently had occasion to call on one of the big men of the borough?a big man in his own estimation. and by the accident of a political overturn. Now, Mr. Webb has his estimate of the true worth of the person In question, and it is not of an altogether flattering nature. Consequently. when the big man made an engagement at his office with the old soldier, and then refused to see him, on the ground that he was busy, Webb's characteristic frankness found vent. "Tell Mr. ," said he to the office boy, "that I have wasted an hour on him already, and must insist on his keeping his engagement with me." nffioo hnv HIsannMred Into the Interior sanctum and presently reappeared. "Mr. says he can't be seen," he said. "Well," thundered Webb, "I knew he was pretty snu>51, but I didn't know he was as small ns that." A jrltbd Man's Triumph.?Mrs. Wllklns Freeman, the novelist, nodded toward an angular woman of forbidding aspect at a tea. "You would hardly believe," she said, "that she was once a very beautiful girl. And she was as vain and selfish as she was beautiful. She Jilted three desirable young men In two years. "She had, I suppose, a good time while her beauty lasted. Now her beauty is gone, and she is aJorte In the world?a hard, cruel old woman, with a bitter tongue. "An/1 If Qha nnoe frlnmnhpd OVPf men, men now. if they are vindictive and cruel enough, may triumph over her. "One of the men she Jilted was sufficiently cruel and vindictive for such a triumph. She met him a few years ago and said: "'Let me see; was it you or your brother who proposed to me when I was a girl?" " 'I don't know, madam' the man answered. 'Probably It was my father." "?Philadelphia Record. Queered Him With Customer.? Two salesmen who knew each other well, happened to call on the same man at the same time, only to disc ever that his office door was locked says the New York Sun. One of them suggested that they leave their cards sticking In the crack of the door. "Not on your life." said the other, "and I'll tell you why. I had a good customer in the machinery line who had an office In one of the downtown buildings. One day when I called he was out and the office was locked, so I stuck my card In the crack as you suggested just now. Not long after a rival salesman blew in and saw my card. He wrobe on the face of it, just over my name: 'I have been trying to find you for two days; now you can go to hell.' All I could say never squared It with the customer and the other fellow got the trade. "How do I know who did It? The scoundrel had the nerve to tell me." Credulity of Women.?Chairman Shonts of the Isthmian Canal commission told this story, according to the Detroit Free Press, in Illustration of woman's credulity: "A voung man entered the drawing room of the girl whom he was soon to marry. "The girl came down to meet him with a severe frown on her pretty faoe. " 'John.' she said, 'father saw you this morning going into a pawnbroker's with a large bundle.' "John flushed. Then he said in low voice. "'Yes, that Is true. I was taking the nawnbroker some of my old clothes. You see. he and his wife are frightfully hard up.' "'Oh. John, forgive me!' exclaimed the young.girl. 'How truly nobb- you are!'" Hb Had Already Won.?The following story is being told of a man who lives In the eastern part of the city. Last week a young man. who had been attentive to the other man's daughter, aRked him for her hand in marriage. # "I'm sorry." said the father, "but I must refuse. I don't believe you are the kind of man for her." "I'll have her anyway." said the youth, becoming bold. "You won't," said the father, em* ph&tlcally; "We'll Just see who wins out In this matter." "All right: I accept the challenge." said the other. "Is the fight on now?" "It is." "O, very well," said the youth, "then I've won. I married your daughter two weeks ago Thursday."? Kansas City Times. i JHisrcllauccus StatUni). IN COUNTIES ADJOINING. News and Comment Clipped From Neighboring Exchanges. CHEROKEE. Gaffney Ledger, August i: Col. J G. Wardlaw of Yorkvilie, was In the city Tuesday Train No. 36, the northbound morning passenger, is now being run In two sections, the first section carrying nothing but mall and express. Even with this change, the passenger section is generally late.... Sheriff Thomas left the city Wednesday morning for Knoxvllle, Tenn., to take possession of Bill Blueshlrt, who is wanted here for the murder of Cora Rice, a colored woman, whom he wantonly shot to death in this city about thrao venra aim .Mr Frank Little John, mail carrier on Pacolet R. F. D. route No. 1. was shot at from ambush Wednesday night, while on his return trip to Pacolet. The contents of the gun did not strike Mr. Llttlejohn. but the report frightened his horse, which ran away and threw him from the buggy, wounding him painfully about the head and face. There Is no clue to the miscreant who fired the shot; but should he be captured he should be severely punished for his cowardly act. CHESTER. Lantern, August 4: Mr. E. Claud Hardin left yesterday for Arizona, where he hopes to be benefited by that western climate so favorable to those affected with lung trouble. He went to Atlanta, where he expected to purchase a ticket to Ms destination, Phoenix. Arizona... .Supervisor J. O. Darby went to examine some roads in the neighborhood of Rocky Mount Wednesday, and he says that he found some bad roads. The chalngang is at work In making a fill at Russell bridge on the road from Fort Lawn to Catawba Falls. He came by Landsford and attended the picnic at the Hough school house yesterday Mr. Ellie Boney, who has been spending the past few days In Chester, left yesterday morning to make preparation for opening his school next Monday at Gold Hill academy, In York county. This Is one of the best schools of the county, employing three teachers. Mr. Boney graduated at Furman university in June, making a fine record as a student hence he has every prospect of making a grand success in his chosen work We are pleased to hear that Mrs. E. F. Dillingham of Rock Hill, is coming to Chester to reside. Her daughter, Miss Rosebud Dillingham, is a fine musician, a graduate of a southern college. She hopes to secure a clas.' in music here. We certainly hope she may be successful, for good musicians are always welcome. They will occupy the house in which Dr. Frank Kellars now lives, on Pine street Mr. J. C. Mcllroy of Yorkvllle, came down Tuesday to visit his father and other relatives In the city and county Mr. N. P. Johnston, returned last night from Huntersville, N. C.. where he visited his daughter, Mrs. Marks. While he was In Charlotte Joe Bradshaw, who used to work in the Bprlngsteln mills, and was employed in Charlotte as a lineman for the elec ic lighting, was killed by coming In contact with a live wire Harvey Simpson, a colored boy 13 or 14 years old, was placed In Jail Wednesday charged with a right serious offense. He Is alleged to have placed obstructions. In the way of cross ties, on the Southern railroad track a short c stance below Evans station on July !2nd with a view to wrecking the ti iln. Fortunately the obstructions wer discovered and removed before thi arrival of any train. Since that time a detective has been quietly at work on the case. We understand that Simpson confessed his guilt. A warrant was issued for his arrest by Judge J. J. McLure, and Constable W. C. Hedgpath went on search for him Tuesday, but he could not run across his man." A colored man living In the community, one Jim Shannon by name, being familiar with all the facts relating to the effort being made to effect an arrest, captured the Simpson negro and brought him bound to the proper anthorltles, presenting the prisoner a. Judge McLure's office on Wednesday. This Is an unusual case. We think that the railroad company should give this worthy colored man a reward for his commendable deed Rev. J. H. Brown, a Baptist doing Independent missionary work In the Canary Islands. has been spending a few days in the city this week. He was present at the prayer ineetlng at the A. R. P. church Wednesday afternoon and made a very Interesting talk relative to his labors. He is an Englishman by birth. He came to Havana. Cuba, and became a Baptist minister. For three years he has served as a missionary In the Canary Islands. Independent of directions from any board. He has been In this country with the hope that he could induce the foreign mission board of his church to place him under its direction. For some reason the board refused to act In the matter and he Is on his way back to the Islands to continue the work in that Interesting and needy field, depending aiiuKruiei upun VWIUIIUU \ uunuiK? Jn his behalf with which to prosecute his undertaking. Formerly he and his wife supported themselves by teaching. but the opposition of the Catholic priests became so formidable as to shut off almost entirely this source of income. Mr. Brown also attended prayer meeting at the Baptist church Wednesday night ard made a short address. He will not make an appeal for his cause before the Chester congregation. GASTON. Gastonia Gazette, August 4: A telegram received by the committee of the Presbyterian church last Wednesday morning informed them of Rev. R. C. Anderson's acceptance of the church's call to Its pastorate. There is great satisfaction here over his decision. Mr. Anderson says he will begin work here as early I 1 September as possible On North Marietta street the cottage of George Foster, the colored man who drives the express wagon, was s**t on fire at 10.30 last night by the explosion of a lamp. His wife and two little children, who were alone, escaped unhurt. The fire gained quick headway. Both fire companies responded and quickly extinguished the flames, but the house and contents were practically ruined. At a church near by services were going on. "I was fixin' to call up the mourners." said the minister, "but they all left me" "Tell the people who are so nervous about the use of bicycles by the mail carriers," said Mr. Sumrney Mullen, "that we have permission from the department to use them?received permission yesterday.".... That was a happy party chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. Hamp Barnett of Bethel, which set out for the mountains last Tuesday In the good old way of traveling In covered wagons. The party consisted of these two and the following young people: Messrs. Thomas Nichols. Leslie Simril, Paul Barron: Misses! Ida and Minnie Ferguson, Nora and Sallle Martin, Mattie Cook, and Ella Carroll?all from the Bethel and Allison Creek neighborhood. They had three wagons, two tents, guns, squirrel dog and ammunition, and enough provisions to start to the army with. They were heading for Blowing Rock and will possibly swing westward from that point for a leisurely ramble across the mountains. Capt. W. I. Stowe made a dash to turn in and go with them as soon as he sighted the wagons passing through town, but he suddenly remembered that the old soldiers' reunion comes next week and then slowly climbed down off the wheel. "OUTCAST IN GRAY." The Coyote and Attempts of Ranchmen to Suppress Him. The "outcast in gray." as Bret Harte dubbed the coyote, or prairie wolf. Is one of the perils to live stock that every ranchman or stockman In Arizona or Texas has to take Into account. While other wild animals in the last twenty-five years have decreased to such an extent that the enforcement or rigid game laws Is necessary, coyotes have multiplied, and unceasing vigilance is necessary to circumvent the wiles of this shambling desert wretch who combines the audacity of a hoodlum with the cunning of a thief. The coyote Is a mongrel composite of the wolf, the fox and the ornery Indian dog. Nature gave him the wolf form, but It Is by foxllke cunning that he makes his living. While everything Is food that comes to his ravenous Jaws, his predilections are for tender young calves and lambs, the ranchwoman's cherished turkeys or any other domestic fowls. Every kind of wild fowl that nests on the ground, with all the eggs during sitting time, is a delectable morsel, while the coyote has phenomenal nose for trailing up anything sick or wounded, even man himself. He likes rabbit meat, but does not often get It. for Br'er Rabbit Is something of a sprinter himself and does not trust himself to sleep on the desert with both eyes shut. Falling other meat, he falls with gusto upon the swifts and other desert lizards, eats prickly pears and mes- I quite beans, choke cherries and plnons, thus prolonging by his obliging stomach his absolutely worthless life. Gaunt, leathery, with muscles like whipcords and dusty, shaggy hide, furtive eyed, he limps through the clearings and skulks along the arroyas. A shade on the stable, a ghost by the wall, Now leaping, now limping, now risking a fall; Lop eared, and large Jointed, but ever! always, A thoroughly vagabond outcast in grey The voice of the coyote is one of his most distinctive assets. Heard at night, in a staccato series of earsplltting, demoniac cachlnnatlons, one can easily imagine all the hosts of sin let loose and making merry. Yet quite as likely as not all this yelping that pierces the ear of night is the output of a single couple of these pariahs of the dog family. While the ordinary coyote is a cowardly brute, confining his attentions to the weak and helpless, a mad coyote?and these have become unpleasantly common in the last few years?is fearless, never hesitating to attack any person or animal that he encounters. In many districts a state of panic exists, during the summer months especially, and camping parties and Isolated ranch houses have their tents and porches as well as chicken yards and corrals enclosed with wire netting. So catholic Is the coyote in his tastes that even the family house cat has learned to stay in nights when his raucous notes are heard in the distance. It takes a mighty hunter to catch a coyote alone. An inexpert eye passes him over for a patch of sand or sunburnt rock as he stands alone insolently eying his would-be captor, so closely does his shaggy coat match the desert coloring. When he starts to run It is with deliberation. He prefers a dog trot, but when he finds it advisable to put on speed he slips along in easy lopes that carry him quickly out of reach. He is a great traveler, frequently making fifty miles a night after water or some special dainty that he has soented from afar, then back again before light. The coyote is not easily trapped. His sense of smell is remarkably acute, so that he is easily able to detect the tracks of man or the odor of gunpowder. He views all traps with suspicion and has learned to avoid anything Impregnated with strychnine, a poison which the hunters formerly used with some success. Nowadays, when his depredations become too flagrant to be borne, word is passed along that a coyote roundup Is in order. At the date appointed all the young men of the countryside gather with their dogs and horses, and a cordon is extended to cover a number of square miles, then gradually drawn in until a pack of the snarling beasts are run down, corralled and sluin. The greyhounds that are trained for this purpose can easily overtake the Kilt o ra caMnm a hla tn If 111 him alone. In Arizona the Indians are devoted to this exciting sport, appearing as by magic on their stout ponies, armed with their bows and arrows. At a recent roundup in the Salt river valley 150 of the Plmas came over from the reservation and did yeoman service in anticipation of the good dinner that was prepared for them afterward by the ranchers' wives, assisted by the squaws. In Texas the coyote peril has assumed such proportions, a single ranchman losing 200 calves last year, that the people have applied to the legislature for relief. The matter has taken the shape of a bill appropriating $50,000 for the payment of bounties for the scalps of these desert thieves. Buttons From Potatobb. ? Great quantities of buttons are now made from potatoes. It is not generally known that If the substance of the common Irish potatoes be treated with certain acids it becomes almost as hard as stone, and can be used for many purposes for which horn, Ivory and bone are employed. This quality of the potatoes adapts it to button making, and a very good grade of button is now made from the well known tuber. The potato button cannot be distinguished from others save by a careful examination. and even then only by an expert. since they are colored to suit the goods on which they are to be used, and are every whit as good looking as a button of bone or ivory. Their cheapness is a great recommendation, and will no doubt lead to a much larger employment In the future.?St. Louis Globe-Democrat. C0WB0Y8' VOCATION GONE. Changing Condition* Have Displaced Old Order of Things. "The cowboy'8 vocation is jjone. Before long a handful of men will be all that are left to tell the story of the most picturesque occupation that wonderful America ever devoloped. Hundreds of them are emigrating from the west and finding their way Into other fields of work. There are hundreds or maybe thousnads earning their living In every Imaginable way, all of them getting along and many of thtem markedly successful. They all lament the passing of the old days, and would give a great deal to get back to the freedom of the plains If the onward march of progress did not make It Impossible. Their chances are past and never again will they see saddle service unless they emigrate to South America or Cape Colony. Even then they would only again witness the destruction of their vocation." * * * * Buck McKee of Oklahoma, born and bred In a saddle, cattle ranger and cowboy, scout and Indian fighter, spoke. He was one of the many driven from the plains by changing conditions: "I'd like mighty well to feel a real cow pony under me again, and you can bet I will when Col. Mulhall gets here with his horses and cattle. It'll be an excuse for a real ride like I haven't had since the settlers spread so thick over the plain that they busted the game. The land is so cut up there are mighty few stretches where the cattle can run wild. Every thing Is fenced In and all the boys have to do now is to ride the line morning and evening to see that the wires are all In place. "Only in the semi-annual roundups for branding Is there a chance to rope a steer, except for the four summer shipments, when they are corralled to pick the fat ones for market. Then a short drive over the country to the nearest stretch of railroad and that won't be far, Is all the action you'll get for your money. "All the pasture land Is now cut up and It forces the cattleman to raise his own feed to keep the herds In winter. In the old days the cattle could always find canons and foothills where the grass grew so long that it was easily found under the snow. There was no necessity to provide feed. Nature did It all. Now you have to raise grain to save the rough for winter. In Oklahoma with the new cotton Industry and the finding of oil there will be less chance than ever. "When I was a kid out there, scarcely big enough to sit in the saddle, there were miles and miles of land over which the cattle grazed. They were as wild as could be, and a man took his life in his hands many, many times when he went out to round them up. And In driving them he was compelled to drive 200 or 300 miles to get them to market over the roughest kind of territory. I remember on one occasion when we were taking 8,000 head to ship them to Kansas City or Chicago, we had to cross a stream where the current was running a regular mill race. "The banks were so steep It was impossible to mount them, save In one stretch of about 100 yards. There was a solid mass of cattle swimming from one bank to the other. The leaders were across before the tall enders started, and between the banks you could have walked across on their backs. We lost 160 head, drowned, and would have lost many more had It not been for some mighty quick work on the part of the cowboys. "You know when a herd starts to swim a stream they all follow certain leaders. If one of these leaders gets bewildered by anything they will swim around in a circle. The others will follow until a score or more are locked so tight you couldn't get a leg between them. There they would swim If you would let them until every one of them are drowned from exhaustion. The cowboy has to ride out and mount the backs of the outsiders. Then he fights his way across to the leaders. Stooping over he throws water In their eyes until he distracts them and deflects their course until they are going straight. There Is no chance to get back on his horse, and he has to ride the steer ashore. There he has a pretty ticklish Job dismounting and getting his pony again. * "A steer, when he's tired, will attack a man afoot in a minute, and it takes lively moving to avoid being gored or trampled under fcfot by them. In fact, there is always danger afoot to look out for. But a cow brute will never attack a horse unless It is badly wounded or completely worn out and unable to run. Then It's fight anything. If there's a chance to run, it will bolt, though. "Then there Is danger of being thrown in the water from the back of the steer. If a man goes In ahead of a herd It's all day with him. A steer will hit him with his fore feet If there Is a chance, and try to put him under. In fact, a horse will do that unless he's trained as a cow pony Is. Even a cow pony will try to climb into a boat In a stream, and he's pretty sure to swamp it If he gets near. "Most of the cattle lost In crossing, however, are lost by being trampled under and drowned by their fellows. The weak ones that can't swim as fast as those behind are climbed on by the followers and driven under. Once down there Is never a chance for them to get up again. "This Is one of the most serious sources of loss to cattle herders. The blizzard is another. In blizzard weather the herder knows he's the man who has gone broke through a bad stretch. The cattle go crazy and stampede. Then they huddle together in some sheltered spot so close that you could not wedge between them. A weak one goes down and is trampled to denth. Others stumble over him, and never come up. In a night I have seen hundreds trampled to death through one falling. On riding out In the morning I have found a pile of dead carcasses as high as your head and as broad as the Flatlron building. It's mighty tough work driving the herd out to prevent more from going under. I tell you. "The Instant a steer smells blood he is wild. Hundreds are drawn to the spot and paw the ground and bellow til) you'd thing bedlam was loose. They are sure to fight among themselves and kill more every time a steer goes down, and you have to mount a cowboy guard around a dead one to keep them away from a wake. I have known men to have to stay for three days over dead carcasses to keep the herds moving. "It's peculiar how a stretch of prairie where you can scarcely see three steers can turn up hundreds with a bellow. Let a half dozen wolves creep upon a ealf when they smell It, and let the mother bellow, and you'll see hundreds gather In a twinkling. They pick a leader and form In Indian file. They they start on a walk toward the wolves, and going faster and faster, shaking their heads rrom side to aide, waving their tails and bellowing, they run the wolves for a couple of miles until they scatter them In every direction. I have lain In ambush many a time and watched them do It. It's pretty hard work for a wolf to get a calf. The cow brutes watch them like hawks. It's a funny thing, bu.t you can take a calf away from Its mother and then turn it loose In a corral of a thousand steers and It'll find the cow every time. That's the way proof as to the ownership of unbranded calves Is established. "It's the way cattle thieving is detected, too, when brands are changed. The only way a man can steal a calf and change its brand with safety Is to kill the cow. That's such a waste to gain a calf that the boys make short shrift of a man caught at It. t * * "There's a good bit more of it dpne today than there used to be, however. Every roundup shows some 9us plcious looking' brands. It's done probably because there are so few mavericks these days. With the fencing In It's pretty hard for a calf to escape marking. It the old days steers were frequently found which had never been branded, and these belonged to the man who caught them. "It's a pretty rough life and devilish hard work, but I tell you I'd cut tomorrow if there was any chance of getting a life job under old conditions. So would many another of the boys. It'll do me good to get a sight of a Texas steer of the real stripe in Col. Mulhall's outfit, while I wouldn't miss a chance to ride and rope one for a good deal. It's In the blood, I guess." GIRLS DO THE LOVEMAKING. How Marriage In Some Lande Are Brought About. The students of psychology and sociology know that women have cultivated an attitude of effeminate coyness tho thAiioonrlq and nnp con aiuiiK WIMI wiv vaaww.^??..~~ ventlonalltles that have been thrust on them. In spite of these opinions, says the Chicago Tribune, In the days gone by It was almost as common for the women as the men to do the courting. Today there are parts of the world where young women feel they are doing nothing wrong by taking this pleasure and responsibility on themselves. In Polynesia there are no women's clubs and the doctrines of women's rights have never been heard, and still these half emancipated young girls feel they have the right to extend an offer of marriage to an equal or to an Inferior. Their proposals are sometimes accepted, again rejected. When their love Is unanswered they do not commit suicide or take poison, as an American novelist might make us believe. They may grieve a little while, only to console themselves with the thought, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." "These proposals are often spoken in most romantic words. A Fijian maiden desperately In love with a young man asked his father if she might love his son, and receiving no encouragement, she said: "Let me only live outside of his home. I will sleep upon the woodpile. If I may only light his cigarettes for him I shall rejoice. "I may only hear his voice from a distance; It will suffice. Life will be pleasant to me." Between the northern and southern extremity of New Guinea lies Torries Strait. The largest island In the strait is Inhabited by Melaneslans. whose customs are Insular and unique?they are of special Interest to students occupied with the phenomena of love and marriage. They are, with one exception, of the Papuan type, frizzled hair people who cultivate the soli, use the bow and arrow, and, un-Australlan like, treat the women with consideration. f ror. a. u. nuuuuii, me mini cuuuciu authority on these people, says that the women of the region are wonderfully Independent. The most a man ever dares Is to suggest he Is fond of a girl, but if he actually proposed he would be the laughing stock of the whole district. On the Island of Tuo boys are taught: "You no like girls first; If you do girls laugh and call you woman." When a girl likes a man she tells his sister and gives her a ring of string. She tells the brother she has some good news for him, and If he approves they select a rendezvous, where the conversation is carried on In this manner: "You like me proper?" "Yes," she declares. "I like you proper, with my heart Inside. Eye along heart see you?you my man." Half frightened, he continues: "How you like me?" She usually answers: "I like your? your skin good. You my man." In a neighboring Island courtship assumes a more practical form. The lovesick maiden sends her young man food, and plenty of It. He waits some time and If he decides he approves of her he acknowledges her favor by eating all she has sent him. A good dancer Is always admired In these islands. A man's being married does not prevent his being courted again. Girls have enough tact not to make this known to the wife. A sister Is selected. Some of the girls are wonderfully persistent. Haddon tells of a girl who was In love with a cook. She made the advances, but he paid no heed, and so she accused him of trying to steal her. She carried on a long lawsuit, though the case was decided In the man's favor; In spite of these advances most of these women become the property of their husbands when married? sometimes to the extent If a man gets angry he kills his wife, and his sister If she remonstrates. In New Zealand women do their courting In a most romantic fashion. The young girl visits the courting house set apart for this purpose. Standing up In the dark she says: "I love So and So and I want him for my husband;" whereupon the chosen lover, if willing, says "Yes," or enough to signify assent. The Pueblo girl Is even more Independent; after many a delightful and sometimes romantic flirtation she comes to the conclusion she Is fonder of one suitor than the others and she tells her father she Is determined to have the young man. The father usually acquaints the young man with the fact. It seldom happens that any objections are raised, but the father of the bridegroom must reimburse the parents of the maiden for the loss of their daughter. This Is done by an offer of presents In keeping with their wealth and rank. The young people are thoroughly Independent. and If they learn they do not love each other as much as they Imagined, they separate and leave their children to be cared for by the grandparents. The Moqul girls are so strenuous In their love affairs they are satisfied with a verbal contract. Goods, personal effects and valuables of the women still belong to them. If a woman leaves her husband she takes all with her. The husband Is often indebted to a wife for a loan, and this keeps them together when otherwise divorce would ensue. Among the Spokane Indians when the man rails in love he must conauu the father and the girl, though it is more usual for the girl to make the advances. They usually marry from the same tribe, but if a man marries out of his tribe he must Join his wife. It is thought she can work better in a country that is known to her. The Indian girls of the Hudson, according to several reliable authorities, signify openly their desire for matrimonial life, when one of them takes a notion to marry she covers her face with a veil and sits covered as an indication of her desire. If she attracts a suitor negotla'lons ensue, presents are given by relatives and friends and the bride taken. A pretty girl. Manjiknawls she was called, was fond of a self-contained, egotistical young man who had no special fondness for her beauty. She had a notion thnt her ability as a housekeeper might win him. though her beauty did not. She was solicitous in attending his wants, mended his moccasins and prepared his food, but he was equally Indifferent to these kindnesses. So she resolved to play a trick. She dug a hole In the spacious lodge and covered it carefully. When the young man returned from the chase he threw himself down in the usual place and fell in. "Ha. ha." said the girl, as she helped him out. "You are my prisoner at last. I did It on purpose." A smile came over the young man's face. Half flattered, and more amused by the inventive mind, he said: "So be it. I will be yours." Robert E. Lee. When the future historian shall come to survey the character of Lee he will find it rising like a huge mountain above the undulating plain of humanity, and he must lift his eyes toward Heaven to catch its summit. He possessed every virtue of other great commanders without their vices. He was a foe without hate, a friend without treachery, a soldier without cruelty a victor without oppression, a victim without murmuring. He was a public officer without vices, a private citizen without wrong, a neighbor without reproach, a ChristIan without hypocrisy, and a man with out guile. He was a Caesar without his ambition, Frederick without his tyranny. Napoleon without his selfishness, and Washington without his reward. He was obedient to authority as a servant and royal in authority as a true king. He was as gentle as a woman in life, modest and pure as a virgin in thought, watchful as u Roman vestal in duty, submissive to law as Socrates and grand in battle as Achilles."?From the speech of Ben Hill in United States Senate. M.'L. Carroll. C. W. Carroll. CARROLL BROS^ OLIVER CHILLED PLOWS. These plows have been before the York county public for more than a dozen years, and everybody Knows what thr.y are. They are the Strongest, Most Symelrlcal and Easiest Running, and in fact All Around BEST Turn Plow in the world. Ask any disinterested farmer who has ever used one and he will tell you that what we say Is True. Mr. J. D. Clark, one of the most intelligent and progressive farmers of the Beersheba neighborhood, said in speaking of the Oliver recently: "Lay this plow on the ground In line, and on its side, if you want to, and start your team. It will get up and go Into the ground before you ouch the handles." Il Is the Best Balanced Plow In 'he i world. The railroad people have Just notified us of the arrival of .16,500 pounds i of Oliver Chilled Plows, and we are ready to -tupply a large demand. Wc fold 1"5 last season. If an Oliver Plow breaks and the bret.k shows a flaw we give you e new piece without turning a word. We sell a ltoek Hill or Columbus Buggy OCCASIONALLLY. CARROLL BROS. MASTIC PAINT IS GUARANTEED to be pure Lead, Zinc and Oil. We will pay $100 cash, miontitv ?f whitinsr. chalk. ' barytese or other adulterants found In the MASTIC. "The best Is the cheapest." It covers more surface and outwears two or three times over the cheap so-called paints made to sell and not to last. BANNER PAINT :iade by MA8TIC people Is a gooi* Jut cheaper paint, not pure, hasn't covering capacity, but we guarantee it equal to any at same price. If you are going to paint a house, barn, fence, wagon, buggy, plow, chair, bench or a piece of furniture, see us. THE YORK FURNITURE CO. CHAMPION-ROLLER MILLS. Zeno, 8. C. IT gives us pleasure to Inform the public that our mills have been thoroughly overhauled, and that we are prepared to furnish our patrons with the finest flour that can be made In this country. Custom Is solicited from all who may be seeking the best. G. T*. RIDDLE. Proprietor. Tnlv 21 ft tf August?the last mon receive great quantities h iness this coming Fall V mendous stock of goods and A great quantities of goods tha ing. To make this room we in our shoe depart1 i have sold great quantities of I make on that score; but we : I Styles and Prices. We want Q summer month, and to do so, A At the prices quoted below < These Shoes will go in a hur such as are seldom offered ii you have a golden opportuni cut our Regular Prices from certainly unapproachable. ( m for babies: Dongola Sandals 5 Patent Leather Sandals .... Tan Vici Sandals for children Dongola Oxfords J Dongola Oxfords I Tan Vici Oxfords Q Patent Leather Sandals ... Irngn roint v ici uxiorus... Dixie Girl Vici Oxfords .... R. W. Tn Oxfords White Canvas Oxfords Barefoot Sandals FOR MISSES: I Patent Leather Sandals ....$ Dongola Oxfords Tan Vici Oxfords High Point Vici Oxfords... Dixie Girl Vici Oxfords IR. W. Tan Oxfords The above prices are for J | The STRA professional Cards. W. W. LEWIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Practices in the State and United States courts, and gives prompt attention to all business. Lends money on approved security. Office No. 5, Law Range, Yorkville, 3. C. J. C. WILBORN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Yorkville, S. C. Prompt attention to all business. A. Y. CART WRIGHT, SURGEON Db.Nl 1ST, YORKVILLE, S. C. 033b OFFICE HOURS: 9 ?m. to i pm.;a p m. tojyii). I will be absent from my office during the next week or ten days. j. s. BRICE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office Opposite Court House. Prompt attention to all legal business or whatever nature. GEO. W. S HART, ATTORNEY AT LAW, YORKVILLE, S. C. 1 LAW RANGE 'Phone Offlce No. 38 O. E. Finley. Marion B. Jennings. FINLEY & JENNINGS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Office in Wilson Building, opposite Court House. Telephone No. 126. UNDERTAKING UNDERTAKING In all Its branches from the cheapest Pine Coffin to the finest State Casket. Robes for children, ladies 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. THE "WE FIX IT" SHOP. WE are repairing, repainting, and overhauling Buggies, and we are doing this work at pricss that ars right. You'll And us In the rear of Riddle & Carroll's. Yours for business, R. E. MONTGOMERY, Proprietor. S. M. McNEEL, Pres. THE LOAN AND ' w. p. mt\ JjSH< th of summer?is on us. In a few > of Fall and Winter Goods. We that our Store has ever seen. To in order to have room to carry 1 t are now occupying valuable spa< begin TODAY, AUG. 1ST, A GI WENT. We are very much in ea Shoes during the past few montl still have thousands of pairs of Li? : to change this vast stock of Shoe , have CUT PRICES DOWN TO everybody can afford to have two ry. They will be quickly picked o< i this vicinity. Take our advice? ty to buy at prices that will not b one-fourth to one-third it makes COME TODAY. Here are the I Was Now ^ .60 $ .40 Patent Leatl .60 .40 Tan Vici B1 .75 .50 Vici Bluche: Vici Strap J ; Vici Oxford ,,r Vici Oxford.5 Was Now Vici 0xfor(), P 60 * -40 All of the 75 -5? P. Reed's go 75 .50 100 ^5 Dixie Girl \ 1 oo 'nc High Point 1.35 1 "00 HiSh Point 1 on .co High Point < rQ Vici Oxford ? ' 5 White Canvi White Canv Was Now > .85 $ .60 85 .60 Vici Oxford: 1.00 .75 Tan Oxford: 1.25 .90 Middlesex V 1.25 1.00 Goodyear W 1.50 1.15 Goodyear W 5P0T CASH only. Make money USS-SMITH ( SOUTHERN RAILWAY SCHEDULES. 8chodulo Effective Nov. 6, 1904. WESTBOUND TRAINS. No. 135, Daily?Rock Hill, 8. C., to Marion, N. C.?Fir?t Ciaaa. Lv. Rock Hill 6.00 a.m. Lv. Tlrzah 6.19 a.m. Lv. Yorkvljle 6.30 a.m. Lv. Sharon 6.45 a.m. Lv. Hickory Qrove 7.0(1 a.m. Lv. Smyrna 7.15 a.m. Ar. Black8burg 7.40 a.m. Lv. Blacksburg 8.10 a.m. Ar. Marion 11.00 a.m. 4 No. 113, Daily?Kingvillo to Biaoko* burg?Firat Claaa: Lv. KlngvMe 11.00 a.m. Lv. Camden 12.25 p.m. Lv. Lancaster 2.07 p.m. Lv. Catawba 2.37 p.m. Lv. Rock Hill 3.00 p.m. Lv. Tlrzah 3.17 p.m. Lv. Yorkville 3.29 p.m. Lv. Sharon 3.45 p.m. Lv. Hickory Qrove 3.67 p.m. ** Lv. Smyrna 4.10 p.m. Ar. Blacksburg 4.36 p.m. No. 167, Daily excapt Sunday, Root* Hill, 8. C, to Marion, N. C.?Third Class. Lv. Rock Hill 10.00 a.m. Lv. Yorkville 11.00 &.m. Lv. Blacksburg 2.30 p.m. Ar. Marion 8.60 p.m. EASTBOUND TRAINS. No. 114, Daily?Blacksburg to King* villa?First Class! Lv. Blacksburg 7.40 a.m. Lv. Smyrna 8.02 a.m. Lv. Hickory Grove 8.14 &.m. Lv. Sharon 8.26 ajn. Lv. Yorkville 8.41 a.m. Lv. Tirzah 8.62 a.m. Lv. Rock Hill 1.80 a.m. Lv. Catawba 9.60 a.m. Lv. Lancaster 10.26 a.m. Ar. Camden 11.46 a.m. ^ T.v Pflmrtcn 1.46 D.m. Ar. Klngvilie 3.16 p.m. No. 136, Daily?Marion, N. C., to Rook Hill, 8. C'?First Class: Lv. Marlon 6.26 p.m. Lv. Blacksburg 8.46 p.m. Lv. Smyrna 8.10 p.m. Lv. Hickory Grove 8.23 p m. Lv. Shot on 8.38 p.m. Lv. Yorkvllle 8.64 pjn. Lv. Tlrzah 10.10 pan. Ar. Rock Hill 10.30 pjn. e* No. 166, Daily, oxcapt Sunday?Marion. N. C., to Rock Hill, 8. C?Third Class: Lv. Marion 8.00 a.m. Lv. Blacksburg 2.60 p.m. Lv. Yorkvllle 6.10 p.m. Ar. Rock Hill 8.00 p.m. For further Information address: BROOKS MORGAN, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent, Atlanta, Qa., or " R. W. HUNT, Div. Passenger Agent, Charleston. S. C. J. S. BRICE, Vict-Puts. SAVINGS BANK e's a Satisfaction ?ur Depositors and Patrons In knowir funds are entirely safe and that ts are carefully and Intelligently or your business to be handled in a juslness-llke way, and it Is our conserve our patrons in an acceptable ory manner. uite a number of satisfied customers i, and would like to have you among We invite you to call or write us i Berve you. tRRISON .... Cashier. ill fa I more weeks we will begin to expect to do the biggest bus- I do this we will carry a tre- I :he goods we must clear out ^ :e on our counters and shelv- A J EAT REDUCTION SALE rnest about this matter. We >s?we have no complaint to , rht Weight Shoes of all sizes, I . s into money during this last I THE GIVE AWAY MARK. J r or three pairs of Fine Shoes. A ver. They are Real Bargains, I it is good: Buy Today, while I e duplicated soon. When we values and bargains that are 'rices: FOR LADIES: A Was Now I * Iier Sandals $3.00 *2.50 ucher Oxfords.. 2.50 1.75 r Oxfords 2.50 2.00 >andals 2.00 1.50 Q s, light soles... 2.00 1.50 A ?, heavy soles... 2.00 1.50 I >, common sense 2.00 1.50 above are the celebrated E. I 2 ods. There are none better. Was Now fici Oxfords.... 1.50 1.25 Vici Oxfords... 1.35 1.00 Strap Sandals.. 1.35 1.00 uom. Sense Oxs. 1.35 1.00 s 100 .75 as Oxfords .... 1.50 1.00 as Oxfords 1.25 .75 I ? FOR MEN: f Was Now s $1.50 $1.25 I 1-50 1.25 ici Oxfords 2.25 1.50 I elt Vici Oxfords 2.50 2.00 elt Tan Oxfords 3.00 2.25 J i by quick buying. COMPANY | J