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tumorous Jlrpartmrnt. Squire Barrett's Ancestry.?Squire Barrett was a number of years ago a well-known practitioner at the Hampden county bar. He was eccentric, especially about his dress, but underneath a rough exterior he was known to be deeply read and a brilliant scholar. His wife was given more to the frivolities of life than to books, but her fad at one time was the family genealogy. Then she studied hard. One dav a friend met Squire Barrett and said. "Well, how goes the wife's' family tree?" "Oh, her tree is all right," said the squire, with a twinkle in his eye, "but when she began on mine she had trouble." "What was the matter?" asked the friend. "Well, you see, about the first thing she struck in my genealogy was a Hudson river pirate, and she decided to let him rest for fear something worse might turn up."?Boston Herald. It Was Not Crape After All.?A New York man was talking about Ople Read, author and Journalist. "Read, you know,'* he said, "edited the Arkansaw Traveler for ten years or more. They say that in the spring of 1885 a reporter for the Traveler died. He was a fine young chap. A visitor to the office the day after the funeral found the editor and his staff talking about their loss disconsolately. " 'It has been a sad loss, friends,' the visitor said; 'a sad loss indeed.' He sighed and looked about the room. 'And I am pleased to see,' he went on 'that you commemorate the melancholy event by hanging up crape.' "Ople Read frowned. " 'Crape?' he said. 'Where do you see any crape?' " 'Over there,' said the visitor, pointing. "'Crape be durned!' said Read. 'That isn't crape; it's the office towel!"'?New York Tribune. Pats to Advbrtise.?When the teacher was absent from the schoolroom Billy the mischievous boy of the . class, wrote on the blackboard, "Billy Jones can hug the girls better than any boy in school." Upon her return the teacher called him up to her desk. "William, did you write that?'' she asked, pointing to the blackboard. "Yes, ma'am," said Billy. "Well, you may stay after school," said she, "as punishment.' The other pupils waited for Billy to come out, and then they began guying him. "Got a lickin', didn't you?" "Nope," said Billy. "Got Jawed?" "Nope." "What did she do?" they asked. "Shan't tell," said Billy, "but it pays to advertise."?Ladles' Home Journal. Brief and to the Point.?a postmaster general or some one in his office at Washington once wrote to the postmaster of some little station on the Tombigbee river: "You will please inform this department how far the Tombigbee river runs up," to which the postmaster answered: "I have the honor to inform the department that the Tombigbee river don't run up at all; it runs down." In due course of mail came another communication: "On receipt of this letter your appointment as postmaster will cease. Mr. has been appointed as your successor." to which went the following reply: "The receipts during the last year have been $4.37 and the office rent more than double that sum. Please to kindly instruct my successor to pay me the balance and oblige." An Opinion of Justice Marshall.? Once as John Marshall, chief justice, was traveling toward Raleigh N. C., in a stick gig his horse went off the road and ran over a sapling, so tilting the vehicle that it could move neither to the right nor to the left. As the Judge sat thinking up a way out of the dilemma an old negro came along. "Old marster,'' said he. "what for you don't back your horse?" The jurist thanked him for the suggestion, backed the horse and, promising to leave a dollar at the inn for the good advice, went on his way. The negro called at the inn and found the dollar awaiting him. He took it. looked at It and said: "He was a gemman for sho', but"? tapping his forehead significantly?"he didn't have much in here."?World's Work. A Gibraltar Lbgknd.?One of the stock of ancient legends relating to the rock of Gibraltar relates how a young Scotch subaltern was on guard duty with a brother officer when the latter in visiting the sentries fell over a precipice and was killed. When the survivor was relieved from duty he made the customary written report in the usual form, "Nothing extraordinary." And this brought the brigade major down upon him in a rage. "What! When your brother officer on duty with you has fallen down a precipice 400 feet high and been killed you report nothing extraordinary?" "Weel, sir." replied the Scot calmly, "I dinna think there's cnything extraornery in it, ava. If he had fa'en doon four hunder' feet and not been killed?weel, I should hae ca'd that extraornery." A Saved Situation.?The vising artist wt^s painting iu his studio, when a visitor entere<l leading a doe\ The a,nlma,l at once commenced barking fU^ioUjSly at the picture op the easel. "Oh," said the caller. /'you follow nature closely. The evidence of the faithfulness with which you have painted that dog in the background is the earnest way my dog barks at him." "But that isn't a dog." was the reply. "It's a cow." It was a terrible situation, but the visitor did not lose his head. Said he languidly: "Well, the dog's eyes are better than mine. He always did detest cows." ? ? ? H.ia Blooming Mistakr.?A eountry man of Goethe recently gave an instance of the difficulty a foreigner has with the English language. He was invited to dinner soon after his arrival in England and was desirous of saying something in a very pleasant way and made use of the following expression: "Will you have the blooming kindness to," etc. He used it in tin- sense that the word "blooming" Is used in German, as being something v? ry charming and beautiful, little knowing what havoc slang has played with the word In England. He was absolutely at a loss to understand why everybody was so utterly horrified at what he thought was an extremely nice expression.? London Express. iUiscfUiuuous iJcadiiui. IN COUNTIES ADJOINING. News and Comment Clipped From Neighboring Exchanges. CHESTER. Lantern, July 24: Mrs. Jane Howe of Yorkville, passed through Saturday on her return from a visit to her son, Mr. R. M. Love of Union. Her granddaughter, little Miss Aggie Love, accompanied her At a meeting of the trustees of the Lowryville High i school last Saturday afternoon, Mr. William B. Marion of this city, was elected principal for the approacning term. Mr. Marlon graduated at the University of South Carolina last June and is thoroughly prepared to fill the position to which he has the honor to have been elected. Besides taking a good stand in his class work. Mr. Marion took great interest in athletics all through his college course. The school at Lowryville is fortunate in securing Mr. Marion as teacher, and under his direction It will likely make advancement The sorrowful announcement was made on the street Saturday morning that during the preceding night the spirit of Miss Anney Holmes Williams had flitted away. The excellent young woman was the daughter of the late Judge Grandison Williams, who was magistrate in Chester for several years. She was thirty-one years old at the time of her death. The deceased leaves a mother, Mrs. G. Williams, and three sisters, Mrs. J. M. Daniel, Mrs. John R. Alexander and Mrs. C. C. Edwards. All reside in Chester with the exception of Mrs. Daniel, who lives in Columbia Mrs. Ellen Amanda Howze, aged about sixty-nine years, died at 2 o'clock this morning, July 24, 1906, at her home in West Lacy street, after a long illness with cancer. She was the widow of the late J. W. Howze and ix 3 t? AnLrMoru notahhnrhnnd IIYtrU 111 II1C v/am iue?v nv.0.>?v. until about three years ago, when she and her son moved to this city. LANCASTER. News, July 25: The dwelling of Miss Lena Cousar of this place, was struck by lightning Sunday afternoon. The stove flue was damaged and some shingles knocked off her roof. Some chickens under the house were killed The annual picnic of the Liberty Hill rifles held at Liberty Hill last Saturday was one of the most successful within the history of that splendid company. About 1.500 persons were present. The leading attraction was Senator Tillman, who was present and spoke by invitation. His speech was along the lines followed by him at Lancaster the day before, though not so long. Dr. Strait, candidate for congress, also spoke, as did also H. H. Horton, candidate for county auditor Mr. R. A. Dobson, the well known young attorney of Kershaw, has decided to return to his first love?school teaching, as will be seen from the following Laurens special to the Columbia State: At a meeting today of the board of trustees of the Laurens city schools. Prof R. A. Dobson of Kershaw was elected superintendent of the graded schools for the ensuing term. Since graduating from Furman university in 1900, taking the A. M. degree. Prof. Dobson has taught at Yorkville, his native town; superintendent of the Williston school two years and of the Kershaw graded schools during the past year. Prof. Dobson has accepted the superintendency and will move his family to Laurens in time to open the schools early in September The Republicans held a county convention here last Saturday?J. D. Dye was elected county chairman, and W. M. McKenna and A. Hudson members of the county executive committee? J. D. Dye and M. C. McAlexander were elected delegates to the state convention. The delegates elected to the congressional convention are L. C. Collins and J. D. Dye. GASTON. Gastonia Gazette, July 24: Messrs. J. D. Lindsay spent Sunday with Yorkville friends Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Thomson were sorely bereaved last Tuesday night by the death of their little nineteen months old son, Mack Holland, which occurred about midnight. The child had beeen unwell for nearly a year and for the past month had suffered with gastritis. The little one was laid to rest in the Oakwood cemetery Friday evening at 4 o'clock after services conducted by Rev. E. L. Bain....Mr. W. Meek Adams returned Sunday morning from a pleasant visit to his two sons, Tom and Leslie in Colorado. "Leslie," he says, "is looking as well as I ever saw him. I staid in the room with him two nights and did not hear him cough a time. He offered to run a foot-race with me for a two-block run, and he did beat me out in the walking business." The west thoroughly charmed Mr. Adams. The only reason, he says, that people stay back here in North Carolina is that the people don't know any better Mrs. Cynthia Johnson spent the day in Yorkville Sunday Mr. Lean Adams made a business trip to I^enoir yesterday. Messrs. Ed Adams and A. Q. Ellison were Clover visitors Sunday. Mr. Hardaway Stowe of Yorkville. spent Sunday in the city. A FAMOUS SONG WRITER. Foster Was Called the Edgar Allan Poe of Music. Stephen Collins Foster, the most popular of American sung writers and composers, has been called the Edgar Allen Poe of music. lake Poe, he was a genius. He came of Virginia parentage, received a good education and died in New York January 13, 1S64, in the height of his fame, a penniless wanderer. He was born in Pittsburg July 4. 1X26. He learned easily, and after receiving private lessons in music and drawing taught himself to play on the flageolet. guitar and banjo. He also devoted several years to the voice and piano. Then he turned his attention to composing songs and dialect ballads and dialect songs. At the age of seventeen, while employed in La?uisville. Ky., he published the serenade, "Open Thy Lattice. Love." which was instantly successful. Then followed "t'ncle Ned," "O Susannah." which were sung by a minstrel troupe, and Stephen Foster became famous far and wide. Marrying, in 1X44. Jennie McDowell, he came to New York, where in rapid succession he supplied his publishers with songs which became famous?"Old Kentucky Home." "Massa's In Do fold, fold Oround." "old Dog Tray." "Willie. We Have Missed You" and "Sweet Ellen Hayne." But the song that is best known in many lands is "The Suwa-nee Itiver." for which Christie's minstrels gave him at the beginning $50. In addition he received royalties on its sale of over half ai* million copies and the honor of knowing that eminent singers like Jenny Lind sang it to applauding thousands. His last song, a negro melody, "Old Black Joe," Is still a favorite. A fourth of his 150 songs were in negro dialect, among which were "Nellie Bly," "Nell Was a Lady," and "Nancy Tile." ELECTRIFYING CHINA. Current to Work Wonders In the Celestial Kinodom. Mr. Lim Dat, a successful Chinese | merchant of Victoria. B. C., has organized among his countrymen settled in British Columbia a $2,000,000 company to construct an electric trolley railway In China from Canton 10 San Wu, a distance of sixty miles. No white man need apply for stocks, as their presence in the company would forfeit the charter from the Chinese government. The route of the proposed line is a populous one, Canton having a population of 2,000,000 and San Wu 500,000. The prospectus of the new company sets forth that there are no serious topographical difficulties to be encountered in building the line; that water power will be obtained from the Quai Tong-Shun Mountains, thirty miles from San Wu; that now there are twenty-one junks plying on the river between these two points carrying heavy cargoes and many passengers; that it takes these junks fourteen hours to make the trip, which the electric cars will make in three hours. It is also announced that the summer cars to be operated?the weather being warm?will each tie equipped with 50-horsepower motors. The plan is to build the line entirely with Chinese labor, even using Chinese electricians as far as possible. It is stated that the company also intends to seek from the city of Can ton a concession of the light and power privileges. The streets there are so narrow that some difficulty would be experienced in attempting to secure the franchise for a city street railway system, although this might be sought later. Altogether It is a remarkable enterprise to be organized and controlled entirely by Chinese. Mr. Lim Dat, its promoter, is at the head of the leading Chinese merchantile firm in Victoria, known as "Gim Fook Yuen." They own a large brick block, conduct a department store, a rice mill and have several other stores in British Columbia, as well as a branch house in China. Mr. Dat, in 1895, invented and secured a patent on an improved device for electric rice mill machinery, the first patent issued to a Chinaman in British North America.?New York Herald. A BATCH OF QUEER TRADES. Fly and Flea Catchers?Lion Hunters ?Human Incubators. A request was recently sent out by an English paper for suggestions of novel ways of earning money. Some of the replies have novelty enough and to spare. There are a few "pro fesslons" which were proposed: A professional flea-catcher, a custodian for safety-pins, a collector of dried flies for hen's food, purveyor of fads to the leisure classes, a lionhunting agency for society's use, a motor car library to call at out-of-the way places with the newest books, a I maker-up of minds, a manners teacher. Evidently dried flies are in demand for the suggestion of a dry-fly merchant came from two quarters. As for the maker-up of minds and an equivalent to the motor-car library, they exist in New York at the present time. So, also, does the umbrella and waterproof exchange recommended by another person. Among the queer occupations described as already followed is that of artistically painting, with harmless pigments, fictitious, if scanty hair on bald heads. "A man I know," says one answer, "makes his living out of funerals and weddings. He attends a funeral, gets a list of the wreaths from the undertaker (on reciprocal terms), takes a shorthand note of the minister's address, draws up a souvenir report of the whole thing and offers it to the survivors. "Bereaved people are an easy prey. Not infrequently he receives encouragement also from the printer or typist, if he can persuade them to have it put in type. "His tactics are similar in regard to weddings; but there, as he suffers severely from the competition of the newspapers, his great source of profit is acting as agent for the loan of wedding presents. It is said that at the second wedding of a well-known politician at Birmingham the presents were valued at $60,000 and twothirds of them were hired. Commissions on $40,000 worth of business is not to be despised. Another case is that of a busy farmer's wife in Australia who had the misfortune to have a paralytic son, who was bed-ridden. She was a notable manager, and, considering the great cost of the invalid and the loss of his services on the farm, she persuaded him to allow clutches of eggs to be placed with proper precaution in the bed, that the equal and continual warmth might hatch them. This was accordingly done, and the paralyzed youth was as proud of his broods as possible and thoroughly earned his living besides gaining an interest in life?New York Sun. Josh Biixinos' Phuosopiiy.?A ped ant iz a very learned individual, wno mistakes a pop-gun for a pistill. A bigot iz a kind ov human ram, with a good deal ov wool over hiz eyes, but no horns. It requires but a phew branes tew make up an atheist, for the less a man knows the less he generally beleaves. The man who triers tew please everybody ix ax fickle hi nutur ax a puppy. I'le/./ure is lik?> molassiss; tew mutch ov it spiles the taste for everything. The most misterable people I kno ov are thoze who make ple/./.ure a bizziness: it iz like sliding down a hill twenty-five miles long. There iz no seed so sure tew produce a big crop az wild oats, and the crop is repentance. Politeness iz like ginger-pop?there isn't mutch nourishment in it, but it haz a ploazu.nl pop and a refreshing llavor. l'mfane swaring in a man iz like continual crowing in a barn-yard rooster, a plan tew keep up their courage or importance.. Most people are like an egg?toe phull ov I lionise I fs to hold etuty thing else. Thare ix this difference between genius and tallent. one iz a uatral reservoi. and the other haz tew be kantinually puutpt up.?New York Week*y A INPREGNABLE GIBRALTAR. Scene of More Fighting Than Any Other Fortress. Gibraltar! What a wealth of historic romance Is woven about this wonderful rock! Rising from the blue waters of the Mediterranean sea ?resembling a huge, crouching lion? It stands guard over th~- entrance to the straits, with the city sleeping In the hollow of Its mighty sides. One of the pillars of Hercules hat In olden times marked the very end of the world. Around its base ancient and modern history join together, as the waters of the stormy Atlantic mingle with the placid surface of the great sea?a mighty lion, emblem of English strength, lies this rock, with its head turned in defiance toward its ancient master. Scene of Many Wars. Few places have been more fought over than this in the long wars between the Moors and Spanish and the Spanish and the English. It was here the Moors first invaded Europe and here departed from it after a warfare of nearly eight hundred years. Ten times it changed hands, the battles fought around it bathing its shores in blood, until in 1598, the Spaniards finally drove the Moors forever from their shores. Undisputed. Spain held the rock for a little more than one hundred years only to lose it by a surprise during the war of Spanish succession. The English fleet, under command of Sir George Rooke, caught the Spaniards unprepared, short-handed and took the fort in three days. The Spaniards tried three years to recapture it, but tried in vain. A Most Daring Siege. It was during this siege that one of the most daring and difficult assaults in the history of the world was made. The eastern side of the rock rises from the sea fourteen hundred feet, and had never been fortified, as it was Believed no human being could make the ascent. I have stood on the narrow atrip of sand at low tide at the foot of this wall of rock and marveled at the courage that must have been displayed by the Spanish shepherd, who led the assaulting party of five hundred up a narrow path from Catalan bay to the signal station. But the assault was all in vain. Two hundred soldiers were captured and the balance either wounded or killed by falling from the rock in their hurried descent. Again in 1727 the Spanish laid siege to the rock for five months with twenty thousand men, but again they failed. World's Greatest Fortress. In June of 1779 began the great siege, lasting for four years, the story which cannot be told here. Suffice to say that the world has never seen such an example of endurance and courage as was displayed by the English garrison during this siege. Starvation and disease added their terror to the almost continuous bombardment. Assault after assault failed, until finally peace was made between the allied powers of France and Spain with England. From that day to this, the English flag has floated proudly over what is supposed to be the strongest fortress in the world. A Visitor's Impressions. I shall never forget my first view of the rook. Sailing in before a strong breeze early in the morning, the rock with the exception or its Dase was enveloped In a white mist which slowly faded away as the warmth of the rays of the sun dried the moisture from the air, as a curtain slowly drawn aside, leaving the rock standing out * bold against the sky. It appears to rise from the water Itself as the Spanish shores are scarcely above the water level at this place. Rising to a height of fourteen hundred feet at the head or northern end, it gradually slopes back and downward to the tail of the lion about three miles away. The city seems to be resting In the hollow between the paws of the reclining beast of stones and the white of the walls and the vivid greens of the foliage stand out In startling contrast to the dull gray rock Itself. Upon landing at the Waterport gate one is impressed by the strength of the walls around the town, the number of soldiers, their red coats standing out in brilliant contrast to the gray stone, and the people one meets, gathered from every part of the world. The Moor is here from across the straits In his long white robes and turban? here, with his chickens, eggs and fruits for the markets. Silent with ever scowling face, he shuffles about the narrow streets, offering his produce to the shopkeepers. Going up Waterport street past the lower barracks and guard houses one comes out on the Alameda, Gibraltar's parade ground and pleasure park. Here is the monument erected to "Old Elliott," the gallant defender during the great siege. Here are the gardens with their beautiful flowering plants and ancient trees, bordering and shading the shell walks. On beyond is the road to the governor's palace where social Gibralter holds its festivities. Guns Honeycomb Forts. If it were not for the soldiers and the stumbling over a hidden battery of 100-ton guns in the most unexpected places, one might fancy they were in some of the tropical cities?in a more peaceful land, instead of In the park of the strongest fortification in the world. Gibraltar does not depend for its defense upon these batteries along the water front altogether. The greater part of the rock Is honeycombed with galleries from which protl>u mnv/lpQ t\t mnnctor phik nnm mantling the range of every approach by land or sea. About six thousand picked troops are stationed here at all times, and the flower of England's navy finds shelter in the docks. Provisions for the men and for the English population are stored within the rock sufficient to last for six years. The Soldier's Hardships. Life grows very tiresome to the men, crowded together in so small a space, and it sometimes taxes the resources of the officers to prevent desertions, even though it may mean death to the man who leaves, for tlie garrison is always on a war basis. Suicide among the men is not infrequent, while I was at Gibraltar one poor fellow driven crazy by the heat, and the heartbreaking monotony of his isolation and longing for old England, Jumped from one of the upper gun ports to his death on the rocks below. No one who has ever felt the mystic spell of this place will ever forget it. But one must know something of its past to appreciate this feeling, to fall under the charm of this historic old rock. Every inch of its ground seems to whisper to you of deeds of war and bloodshed, or days of strife and of brave men in the years long gone by. I have been in many strange places, spots of greater Interest to the average traveler, but to me Gibraltar holds a charm; it stands out alone In my mind as one of the most fascinating places one can visit.?B. M. Hall. IN THE NEVADA DE8ERT. Travelers Suffering From Heat and Thrist?Brotherhood Among Prospectors. The lessons about judging diswhlnh qro In tha rlpur ia!lV.tO " IIIVII U> V 1VM. mvw *..v v.vw. air of Colorado must be learned over when the face is turned westward from the Grand Canon. After spending half a generation in the shadows of the Rockies, I lost a bet that the distance from rim to rim of the Grand Canon at Bright Angel trail was not fourteen miles. It was impossible to believe It was half that far until I ran out ei base line and took the angles, which proved the distance and cost me the price of a dinner. One typical summer day with a team and wagon I started across a valley to a camp at a water hole fifteen miles away, In plain sight across an almost level sagebrush plain. It did not seem that the trip could last longer than three hours, so the horses were watered, a small canteen was filled for my own use and no thought of danger from thirst was suggested. Why should there be any? The distance was small and the plain so level. There are scores who have made that mistake, while a wife, mother, sister or sweetheart was waiting, hoping, looking and praying for him who went out under the pitiless sun never to be heard of more. That fifteen miles over the roadless sagebrush was fifteen miles of sand from which the heat rose as from an oven, burning and blistering the face, cooking one and calling all the time: Water, water, water! The sand was sc deep that the horses found it hard work to draw the wagon, and progress was very slow; they stopped frequently and soon It was necessai-y to use the whip to make them go at all. My canteen was soon empty. I pitied the horses and got out to wane ana lighten their load. The sand burned the feet and was unbearably hot and walking ceased. The Iron parts of the wagon were hot enough to blister the hand. I felt as if I were drying Into a mummy. The old truth was remembered that the way to forget troubles which cannot be avoided is to fasten the mind upon something else, and I tried It. I'd like to have told them to the Ice man. The sun in the heavens stood still and the water hole seemed to be going away. My mouth was so dry that a pebble put in it showed no. moisture and the tongue felt as if It was growing thick. A lizard with a brilliant head and neck sat in the shade of a sagebrush, making a cannibal meal of a small lizard in its mouth. No thoughts could drive away the heat. After six hours, and the longest ones that ever passed, the horses staggered rather than walked into camp at the water hole. Had I tried to make the trip on foot these words would never have been written. No one knows how many hundreds have tried to make such trips. Few accounts are ever given of them, be* II It.. -4 All cause rew live 10 ten me aiury. ^vn that is known is that a man went out and never came back. It Is not strange that the desert should have been so many years In giving up its golden secrets. They are guarded by dragons that few are fitted to combat. The contest has developed a class of prospectors who seem to be different from the general kind. There is a peculiar camaraderie that is generally absent, In the civilized world, which reminds one of the feelings toward one another of old soldiers who have done the real thing?hard service together. Sharing common dangers creates a common brotherhood. In the thickly settled communities, boasting of the arts and refinements of civilized life, men die of want and neglect. On the desert every man has a helping hand for his fellow man, and when the game of life is played out there are always plenty to chip in and give a poor fellow a decent funeral, and not allow it to be said: "Rattle his bones over the stones, He's only a pauper whom nobody owns." Those who arrive at the water hole of good luck seldom refuse to extend a helping hand to the poor devil who has not reached the cool waters and green shade of success; nor does the Nevada prospector look back and weep over the heat and winds and bleaching bones in the drifting sands. He forgets trouble as soon as the wind covers the blood stains and bones of the missing. Prospecting never publishes its list of dead, and regrets for suffering and failure, if they exist, are as substantial as the dreams of last Christmas drinks.?Denver Republican. RELICS FROM SUNKEN WARSHIP Fishermen's Find at Scene of a Naval Disaster. Memories of one of the greatest and most tragic disasters in the annals of the British ravy are recalled by the recovery of several interesting objects from the wreck of the Ramlllles, off Bolt Head, on the south coast of Devon. The Ramilliea, a line of battle ship of ninety guns, sailed from Plymouth on February 13, 1760, on her fatal voyage, with a crew of 700 on board. The weather was rough and speedily developed into a terrible gale. According to tradition, when night came on one of the crew warned the officers ?hot the shin was in a dangerous po sltlon In Bigbury Bay, only a few miles from Plymouth. At the time It was believed that the ship was far out at sea. and the man, for his presumption, was put In Irons; but that night the vessel struck a submerged rock, which ever since has been known as the Ramlllles Rock, and Immediately foundered. Out of the 700 men on board only two were saved. One of the survivors, named Will Wise, though his leg was broken, climbed the rocks and was found next morning in a pit which to this day Is known us Will Wise's Pit. During the present week some fishermen from the neighboring village of Hope, with the assistance of u diver, have been exploring the scene of the wreck. The explorations huve resulted In the recovery of a brass wheel with the king's broad arrow, a brass weight ami a lugger g lurd, all In a good state of preservation. On the rocky sett bottom the diver also found four large guns, incrusfed together, and a large quantity of round shot. Among the villagers of Hope are some old people who can remember u song that used to be sung in connection with the wreck and the man who was drowned while in Irons. ?London Chronicle. STORIES OF "K. OF K." Lord Kitchener of Khartum Generally Hai Hie Own Way. A few months ago "K. of K."?as the British have nicknamed Lord Kitchener of Khartum?found himself engaged in a prolonged discussion with the commandant of a native corps in India who had applied for funds to fit his men out with brand new uniforms. The application was refused, only to be put forward again more urgent ly than ever. After this had happened several times, says the Grand Magazine, "K.'s" patience became exhausted, and he sent word to say that he would come and Inspect the corps himself. The colonel rubbed his hands with delight, and on the appointed day carefully Instructed his dusky warriors to don their oldest and most ragged garments, in order to furnish a practical demonstration of their sartorial requirements. The commandant was reckoning without his host, however, for Lord Kitchener had no sooner run his critical eye down the ranks than he saw through the other's device. A grim smile played about the corners of his mouth. "Ah, Col. Jcnes," he exclaimed heartily. "I congratulate you on the appearance of your men. They're in the pink of condition?positively bursting through their uniforms!" When Lord Kitchener once makes ?i?\ Vila m InH ohftllt flnVthin?T it re- I quires a very determined will Indeed to turn him from his purpose. On one occasion a difference of opinion had arisen as to the amount of money he might expend on the conveyance of stores to the front. He wanted a couple of thousand pounds for the purpose, but a niggardly pay department at home protested that the estimate was much too high. "Can't do It for less," was the laconic response telegraphed to Pall Mall. This, however, only evoked a reply that he would not be allowed more than a quarter of the sum asked for. To everybody's Intense surprise "K" wired back. "Allrlght!" and proceeded to carry out the work he was engaged on. When the expedition was over, however the treasury officials were electrified to receive from Its organizer a bill reading as follows: "1. To conveyance of military stores, as per estimate, ?500. "2. To supplementary expenses, ?1,500." OUR VISITOR IN 1910. Or tha Expected Return of Halle/a Comet in That Year. Some interesting: calculations have been made concerning the expected return of Halley's comet In the near future, by David Smart, F. R. A. S., and published in a late number of The Journal of the British Astronomical society. Halley's comet is the first ascertained to move in an elliptical orbit, and it has a period of about seventy-slx years, Its periodicity having been discovered by Halley in 1681. It has since been observed in 1759, and again in 1835, and uccordlng to the calculations above referred to, which are founded on the best authority, will reach perihelion May 23, 1910. The orbit of the comet In its outer part occupies a great circle as seen from the sun passing 10 deg. south of Spica then near Delta Corvi through the Crater and Sextans, north of Alpha Hydra, and close to the Procyon, then north of th Orion and Eldeharan to Delta Arietis. The greater part of the orbit is then south of the ecllpti". the ascending node being just outside Mars and before reaching perihelion, and the descending node Just Inside the earth's orbit, after perihelion passage. The speed at which the comet travels in its orbit varies tremendously from time to time as the radius vector sweeps over equal areas In equal times and the ellipse is very elongated. At aphelion the comet moves at thirtynine miles a minute, which is far more than we mentally associate with an "aphelion crawl."?Mary Proctor In the Scientific American. YORKVILLE MONUMENT WORKS. (Incorporated.) JULY 1 ST. We take stock on the above date, and no that date lis not far off we want to reduce our stock of finished work to as low a point as possible before that date and in order to help the reduction process along as rapidly as possible, we will, until JULY 1ST, make especially attractive prices to parties desiring to purchase Monuments, Tombstones, Markers, etc. By Finished Work we mean stones of various styles that have been finished in every way except the inscriptions. If you have relatives and loved ones whose graves you wish to mark in a suitable way, it Is entirely to your Interest to get our prices between this date and July 1st next. All of our work is of the BEST in quality and finish and in every respect is equal to any work of like character obtainable anywhere at like prices. W. BROWN WYLIE. Sec.-TreasALL THROUGH THE YEAR Best Recipes of Local Housekeepers. COLLATED IN HANDSOME BOOK. THE "ALL THROUGH THE YEAR" Cook Book consists of 136 pages of recipes, grouped in convenient and comprehensive form and makes up a work that will be of service in every household. Bound in strong paper covers. The price of the book is 60 Cents. When ordered by mail, 8 Cents extra. It may be had from the following places In Yorkville: ^ ~ O"** Vflna nian n Sf.rauss-smitn c*?. oec or Miss Wallace. Yorkvllle Banking & Mercantile company. See Miss Cody. York Drug Store. I. \Y. Johnson. Loan and Savings Bank. Orders also filled by Mrs. G. H. O'Leary, or Mrs. S. M. McNeel, Yorkvllle. S. C. COTTON INSURANCE. JAM prepared to write Insurance on Cotton stored either In open yard or In outbuildings on farms. Farmers can arrange to borrow money on my Insurance policies on cotton held on their farms the same as If the cotton were stored In a warehouse In town. Rate 3J per cent. Write or call at my office for rates of insurance and other information. J. R. LINDSAY. Oct. 3. t.f. tf. CLOTHES CLEANING. XAM prepared to clean gentlemen's clothes and ladles' skirts In a thor. oughly satisfactory manner, at reasonable prices. Work may be sent direct to my home or left at W. E. Ferguson's store. Mrs. R. B. McCLAIN. F. O. BLACK I^lfe InHiiramie Old Line Mutual Legal Reserve Just as solid as it Is possible to make anything. THE SECURITY LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY Has complied with the general Insurance laws, and is licensed to do business as legal reserve "Old Line" company. This means, that the state of North Carolina guarantees that the company's assets and liabilities are correctly given in its published statements. That the Company has deposited cash securities with the insurance commissioner for the absolute protection of Its policy-holders. FRED C. BLACK. Every Dollar Saved In the Game of Life Is A POINT SCORED. ONE DOLLAR WILL START AN ACCbtJNT WITH THE BANK OF CLOVER - r ? It Will Give Us Pleasure to Add Your Name to Our List of Depositors. CLOVER, 8. C. JAS. A. PAGE, Cashier. $ Parker Lucky Curve I Just want to remind you that if you haven't yet purchased that PARKER LUCKY CURVE Fountain Pen, you haven't yet realized what a really perfect Fountain Pen la. The Parker Lucky Curve is IT. I have sold quite a large number of these pens and they certainly come nearer giving ENTIRE satisfaction than any pen I have ever handled. I have quite a good stock of Parker Pens on hand, but if I shouldn't have Just the Style and Just the Point that will suit you, I WILL BE PLEASED TO ORDER IT FOR YOU AND GET IT QUICK. I have WATERMAN IDEAL PENS for those who prefer them. T. W. SPECK, The Jeweler. SOUTHERN RAILWAY SCHEDULES. Schedule Effective April 20, 1900. WESTBOUND TRAINS. No. 135, Daily?Rock Hill, S. C., to Marion, N. C.?First Class. Lv. Rock Hill 6.00 a.m. Lv. Tirzah 6.19 a.m. Lv. Yorkvllle 6.30 a.m. ' - ClfL a 111 LiV, OliUIUII ?* . Lv. Hickory Grove 7.00 a.m. Lv. Smyrna 7.15 a.m. Ar. Blacksburg 7.40 a.m. Lv. Blackaburg 8.56 a.m. Ar. Marion 11.45 a.m No. 113, Daily?Kingville to Blacksburg?First Class: Lv. Kingville 11.00 a.m. Lv. Camden 12.26 p.m. Lv. Lancaster 2.07 p.m. tLv. Catawba 2.37 p.m. Lv. Rock Hill 3.00 p.m. Lv. Tirzah 3.17 p.m. Lv. Yorkville 3.29 p.m. Lv. Sharon 3.46 p.m. Lv. Hickory Grove 3.57 p.m. Lv. Smyrna 4.10 p.m. Ar. Blacksburg 4.36 p.m. Ar. Marion 8.10 p.m. EASTBOUND TRAINS. No. 114, Daily?Blacksburg to Kingville?First Class: Lv. Marlon 4.30 a.m Lv. Blacksburg 7.40 a.m. Lv. Smyrna 8.02 a.m. Lv. Hickory Grove 8.14 a.m. Lv. Sharon 8.26 a.m. Lv. Yorkville 8.41 a.m. Lv. Tirzah 8.62 a.m. Lv. Rock Hill 9.30 a.m. Lv. Catawba 9.50 a.m. Lv. Lancaster 10.25 a.m. Ar. Camden 12.00 n'r Lv. Camden 2.00 p.m. Ar. Kingville 8.30 p.m. No. 136, Daily?Marion, N. C., to Rock Hill, 8. C.?First Class: Lv. Marlon 5.25 p.m. Lv. Blacksburg 8.45 p.m. Lv. Smyrna 9.10 p.m. Lv. Hickory Grove 9.23 p.m. Lv. Shaion 9.38 p.m. Lv. Yorkville 9.64 p.m. Lv. Tirzah 10.10 p.m. Ar. Rock Hill 10.35 p.m. For further information address: R. W. HUNT. Div. Passenger Agent. l_/IJ?&I ICOIUII, U. V?. CHEAP EXCURSION RATES. VIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY ? Rates Open to All ? On account of the special occasions mentioned, the Southern Railway will sell round trip tickets to points named below, at greatly reduced rates as follows: To Aaheville, N. C., and Return?Account Convention Commercial Law League of America. Tickets on sale July 25th to 27th, limited to return August 8th, 1906. An extension ol this limit to September 30th, may be obtained by paying a fee of 5C cents and depositing ticket with Special Agent at Ashevllle. Ratesone fare plus 25 cents for round trip. To Lexington, Ky., and Return?Account National Grand Lodge United Brothers of Friendship and Sisters Mysterious Ten. Tickets on sale July 29th to August 1st, limited tc return August 5th. Rate?One fare plus 25 cents for round trip. To Mexico City, Mex., and ReturnAccount International Geological Congress. Tickets on sale August 14th to 31st, limited to return 9C days from date of sale. Rate?One fare plus 25 cents for round trip. To Milwaukee, Wis., and Return?Account Grand Aerie Fraternal Ordei Eagles. Tickets on sale August 10th to 12th, limited to return August 22, Rate?One fare dIus 12 for round trip. To Richmond, Va., and Return?Account Meeting True Reformers. Tickets on sale September 2nd to 5th, limited to return September 13. Rate?One fare plus 25 cents for round trip. To Roanoke, Va., and Return?Account meeting National Firemen's Association. Tickets on sale August 12th to 13th, limited to return August 31st. An extension of this limit to Sept. 15th., may be obtained by depositing ticket with Special Agent and paying a fee of 50 cents. Rate?One fare plus 25 cents for round trip. To San Francisco, Cal., and Return? Account National Educational Association Convention. Tickets on sale June 29th to July 6th, limited to return September 15th. Very cheap. Write for rates and full particulars. For full particulars regarding above rates; also regarding cheap rate excursions via Southern Railway on account of Fourth of July celebrations call on any Southern Railway Ticket Agent, or write R. W. Hunt, Division Passenger Agent, Charleston, S. C. Real Estate For Sale. 61 acres, 1 dwelling 6-rooms, 1 tenant house 3-rooms, 3 miles Yorkvllle on Howell's Ferry road?good school. 40 acres In cultivation 8 acres original timber, level land; good orchard and grapes. 45 acres, 1 house, 8 miles southwest Yorkvllle, mar lands of Dr. W. Q. White and Gllflllln. Terms to suit purchaser?Cheap. One 3-room dwelling and lot, 70x165 East Jefferson street. One corner Lot, East Jefferson street adjoining above. 1 six-room, new Dwelling on west side Wright avenue. New fence around lot. new barn, and wood shed. City water. 180 Acres, 2-story dwelling, 8 rooms; 2 tenant houses; good new barn; 4-horse farm open; 60 acres in timber; capable of high cultivation; 6} miles from Yorkvllle, 71m to Rock Hill, on Yorkvllle and Rock Hill road. Terms to suit purchaser. SOI Acres, 31 miles Yorkvllle; ?0 acres in cultivation; good stream ot water; 1 nice weatherboarded 4-r house; 1 tenant house. 80 Acres, Si miles southeast Yorkville; adjoining lands W. R. Carroll; Spencer place; 1 4-r dwelling; 10 acres One.bottom; 20 acres forest land. 72 Acres, 3|m. Yorkville, on Rutherford road; 2 houses and barn; 66 acres in cultivation; 16 acres timber; branches; 80 tine fruit trees; 1-mlle of public school. 4511 acres, 2 miles of Tirzah, 61 miles Yorkville, 71 Rock Hill. On public road from Yorkville to Rock Hill, near Adner church; high state of cultivation, 76 acres bottom In corn, 10-horse farm open. Large new barn, 12 stalls and cribs. 10 acres line orchard, 2-story dwelling (painted) In beautiful oak grove. Produced 100 bales cotton 1906. 115 acres 21 miles incorporate limits of Yorkville, Pinckney road; six room dwelling, 1 tenant house, 40 acres In woods. Cheap?1-3 cash. 20] acres on Pinckney road, 1 mile Incorporate limits of Yorkville, In cultivation, level, one five room dwelling, 2 tenant houses. Price |850. 190 Acres, 41 miles south of Yorkville. One Dwelling, 2 Tenant houses; 76 acres open land, balance in Timber. 300 Fruit Trees. $12 per acre. 377 acres, farm, both sides King's Mountain road, about 21 miles Bethany High School, 1 7-room dwelling, I tenant house and other buildings; at least 100,000 feet saw timber; has mineral prospects; A. C. Stroup place. Farm In flne condition; 140 acres; II Room Dwelling; 40 acres In wood and saw timber; 8 acres bottom; good out buildings; half mile Bethany High school; $4,000.00. 67 Acres; 8 miles west of Yorkville; near Rutherford road; one two-room house; Cheap. IV\D flllr O O 7 hfllnlAa j v/ik n.-iuri 6ii i uv.t to, vw place," Si miles from Torkvllle. 3 houses, 4 horse farm open. 100 acres In wood. 50,00 to 100,000 ft. of saw timber. 40 acres fine bottoms on Buckhorn creek. 72 acres on Chester road, 4 miles Yorkvllle; adjoins Philadelphia church at Delphos station. 20 acres original forest, dwelling, etc. 50 acres 1 mile of Tlrzah; 10 acres in wood; 6 acres good bottom. Youngblood place. Price $800. Pine dwelling on Main street 10 Rooms?Splendid Location. 55 acres, i mile Tirzah station. Per acre, $16.00. 40 acres, 8 miles northeast of Yorkvllle, bounded by lands of Mrs. Nichols and Mrs. Youngblood; 18 acres woodland. 1331-3 acres | mile west of Hoodtown. On public road. 60 acres In cultivation, 35 or 40 acres of fine bottoms. 12 acres bottoms in cultivation. Cheap. Six valuable lots on Lincoln ave. 60x296 feet W. H. Herndon property. Small house on W. Madison street Lot containing one acre. 85 acres, S-mile from Yorkvllle on Charlotte road; a two-room house, 16 acres in bottom in high state of cultivation. 83 acres 2 miles from Yorkvllle, i tenant houses?3 and 4 rooms? New Barn with sheds, new double crib, good, pasture, good 2-horse farm in cultivation, 200 nursery trees consisting of pears, peaches, apples and cherries. 113 acres 6 miles west of Yorkvllle, 70 acres cultivated land, well watered, 2-story dwelling, 6 rooms, on R. P. D., about 28 acres In pasture and second srrowth Dine. 210 acres, 2 miles from Yorkvllle, 2 dwelling and 1 tenant hous?. Well timbered. 15 acres In the town of Yorkvllle, will sell in lots from one acre up. Five room cottage 8 x 30 foot hall, front and back portico, good well, 80 foot frontage on Wright avenue. Four lots in Whlsonant?CHEAP. 236 acre farm about 8| miles from , Yorkvllle, 3 miles from Ebenezer; 1 new 6-room dwelling two 4-room tenant houses, 30 acres fine bottom land ?five horse farm. J. 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