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Nature Study That Failed.
A certain clever teacher in a public
school once congratulated herself
on having given her geography class
a vivid Idea of islands by cutting out
pieces of brown paper and pinning
them on the wall. "That's all very
well," said the master of the school,
speaking from a longer experience of
the youthful mind, "but those children
will go out into life with a fixed
idea that an island is a piece of brown
paper pinned on the wall." The New
York Evening Post says that two little
'Tresn air" gins were noin-eu, un iuc
morning aftecr their arrival, gazing at
the landscape with evident disapproval.
"What's the matter, children?" asked
their hostess. "Why are you disappointed
with the country?"
"Why, there's no grass here," said
one, pulling a blade and biting the
end of it.
The lady could only stare. "What
is your idea of grass?" she asked, at
.last.
Little by little the truth came out.
To begin with, grass, they thought,
was about the height of a man.
"If this were taller would it be like
grass?" asked the lady.
"Oh, no!"
"How is it different?"
"Why, grass is black." said one
child.
"Black and white," added the other.
Then the explanation became apparent.
They had drawn their ideas
of vegetation from the black and
? and hooka
Wline pi til 10 ui ucnoi/o^v.. ?
Dreaded His Good Time.?A certain
member of congress one day last winter
was deploring the fact that he must
that night attend a public dinner, when
the probability was he would have "too
good a time."
"My predicament," said the congressman,
"reminds me of the sad case of
an old constituent near Kansas City
whose weakness was drink. The place
where he lived voted no license; so In
order to obtain Intoxicants It was necessary
to take a trolley car to Kansas
City, seven miles away.
"One night I chanced to meet my
bibulous friend waiting for the Kansas
City car. To my inquiry as to where
he was going he replied:
" "Up to K. C. to get drunk.' Then,
solemnly he added: "But great Scott,
judge, how I dread It!"
<*#" "Gosh!" exclaimed old Farmer
Korntop, "young fellers now'days
does git extravagant when they fall
in love. Now, thar's that boy o*
mine?"
"W'at's the matter 'o him?" Inquired
the village gossip.
"Why. he's fell In love, an' dashding
me if he didn't go in town t'other
day an' spend a whole quarter fur
a teeth-brush."
"Madame," politely began the man
behind, "your hat obstructs my view
of the stage. I wish you would remove?"
"O!" she snapped. "I guess you're
seeing more than your money's worth."
"I am indeed, m&dame. I only paid
$1.60 for this seat and I observe from
the tag on your hat that it's worth
$3.98."
A Bite.?Little Marlon's music teacher,
while endeavoring to make plain to
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ner me ainereni nuic-vtuuca, uo^u ?...
apple as an illustration. Cutting it In
two. Marion announced. "Those pieces
are halves." "In bisecting the halves
she replied, "Quarters," but when it
came to dividing one quarter, to bring
out the idea of eighths, hers was the
wise response, "That's a bite!"
Brutal Man.?"John," said the doctor's
wife, "my tongue looks bad this
morning. There must be something
wrong with me."
"Yes?" replied the doctor, "overworked,
perhaps."
"But, reaJly, I haven't been work
ing hard."
"I didn't say you were over-worked.
I referred to your tongue."
"I notice your esteemed contemporary
claims your edition never exceeds
500 copies," remarked the neutral
observer.
"Yes," replied the editor of the
"Weekly Bazoo," "and his remarks
1? ?n a imnH Hani of bad
net Y C aiuicu UF u RVVV.
blood in our office?"
"Bad blood? Ah, then your circulation
really is poor, eh?"
* " "The woman who lives next door
called on me today," said Mrs.
Newcome when her husband came
home from the office.
"Well," he replied. "I guess it
won't take her long to tell all she
learned about us."
"O! yes, it will take her some time,
George, she stammers terribly."
History.?a congressman once declared
in an address to the house:
"As Daniel Webster says in his
great dictionary "
"It was Noah who wrote the dictionary,"
whispered a colleague, who
sat at the next desk.
"Noah, nothing," replied the speaker.
"Noah built the ark."
tsr "Ah, my pretty pippin." said the
impudent traveler, approaching the
inn door, while his companion tied
their horse to the hitching post, "I
suppose you furnish accommodations
Roro tor man and beast."
"Certainly," replied the Inn keeper's
daughter, "come In and tell the
man to come in, too."
VT "I notice your son isn't doing anything
but playing baseball and rowing
on the river. I thought you said you
were going to keep him at his books
and prepare him for college this summer."
"No, I simply said I was going to prepare
him for college."
xar "Oh! yes," said Miss Kulcher,
"we had a meeting of our club but
we didn't do anything."
"Why, you were in session for fully
three hours," said her brother.
"I know, but it took us all that
time to read and approve the minutes
of the last meeting."
W "Your friend, that political leader,
seems anxious to get into society.
Do you think he will?"
"No; he has no family tree."
"He's pretty solid with the plain
people, though."
"Yes: he has a plum tree that interests
them."
Lifrukr.?Visitor.?How lifelike are
the waves of the sea!
Fisherman?Yes. They comes to the
beach In great style and goes away
broke.?Illustrated Bits.
ittisccUaiuou* grading.
IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
Newt and Comment Clipped From
Neighboring Exchanges.
CHESTER.
Lantern, September 15: A few days
ago two negro women got Into a difficulty
at Great Falls and one, Daisy
Wright, cut the other woman's throat
from ear to ear, coming within an
eighth of an inch of severing the
I jugular vein. It is said that she was
able to sit up the next morning after
the affray and was still getting along
all right yesteraay. rne wngm woman
Is in Jail awaiting consequences.
Senator Tillman says he cared
nothing about the offices of governor
and attorney general; It was the legislature
he was fighting for, and he
got plenty of dispensary representatives
with about a dozen to spare.
The fox in the fable, after exhausting
his strength leaping up in vain
after grapes, said they were sour and
unfit to eat; that it was the muscadines
he was after and he got them
in abundance; but he was observed
making a very scanty supper upon
the discarded hulls Mrs. J.
Lyles Glenn beautifully entertained a
large number of the younger social
set on last Friday evening complimentary
to Miss Burnett, Messrs.
James Hardin of Clover, James Given
of Spartanburg and James Greer.
The cool and spacious piazzas and
lawn of this handsome home proved
to be a popular resort. Stationed at
the door to greet the arriving guests
were Misses Louise and Kate Glenn
and Florence Caldwell. From the
hall Miss Glenn escorted them into
the parlor wnere Mr. ana Mrs. uienn
introduced them to the guests of
honor. Afterward refreshing and delightful
punch was enjoyed, served
most gracefully by Misses Sudle Caldwell
and Julia Marquis on the veranda.
Later in the evening dainty refreshments
of two kinds of cake and
cream were served the guests
Mrs. Nettie Roddey Miller and
three sons of Florida, who have been
visiting at the home of her brotherin-law,
Dr. S. Q. Miller, for a few
days, returned to Rock Hill yesterday
morning where she will spend a few
days before going home Miss
May Hamilton had a number of her
friends out at her home in the country
one evening last week. They
were served with delightful cream
and cake and all had a most enjoyable
time. Those invited were: Misses
Hamilton Henry, Mary Lindsay, Mildred
Patterson, Gladys Patrick, Rebecca
Hafner, Julia Moffatt, Annie
May Prior, Ella Stringfellow, Mary
White, Etta McCullough, Messrs.
John Hemphill, Frank Whitlock,
William James, Stanley Boyle, Steele
Caldwell, .Will Marion, Butler Woods,
Klllough White. Harold White, Will
Latimer, James uienn, Koy Miner
and Joe Wylie Mr. H. T. Carter,
who. left Saturday night for Knoxville,
after hearing of his son's death,
returned yesterday morning. He
wired Saturday night that he would
go at once, and again the next morning
that he was on the way, asking
that burial be deferred until he arrived,
but the telegram was not delivered
in time and the body was buried
before he arrived. Otherwise he would
have brought the remains home. Mr.
Carter was in the employ of the
American Steel company and was at
work with a force of men putting up
the steel frame of shops for the South
ern railway, In the Lonsdale suburb
of Knoxvllle. A rope working on a
pulley caught In some way and while
he was looking where the hitch was
the engineer put on more power, giving
two sudden jerks, when the end
of the boom snapped. There was a
cry, "Look out!" but at that moment
the broken piece struck him on the
back of the head killing him instantly.
Mr. Charles P. Carter was born
in 1876. He had made a reputation
as an all around bridge man, and his
services were In demand at fine pay.
As stated Tuesday, he leaves a wife
and one child.
GASTON.
Gastonia Gazette, September 14: A
called meeting of the Daughters of
the Confederacy was held in the public
library Tuesday afternoon. No
business of importance was trans
acieu except trie naming uy me president
of delegates to the state convention
to be held in Durham in October.
The delegates appointed are
Mrs. T. L. Craig, Mrs. S. N. Boyce,
Mrs. J. P. Reid; alternates Mrs. A.
A. McLean, Mrs. J. K. Dixon
Rev. and Mrs. F. A. L. Clark have
the sympathy of many friends in the
death of their baby daughter, Mary,
which occurred at their home Monday.
Funeral services were held at
the home Tuesday afternoon and the
body carried to Mt. Olive church near
Bessemer for burial Mr. Arthur
Winget, who has been keeping books
for the John F. Love stores, has accepted
a position with Mr. H. T. Newland,
at Lenoir. He will be succeeded
by Mr. E. G. Pasour, who is one of
TKo r?orFotto'o ritrh r_Vior>/1 onm nnult f\ra
Both will begin their new duties
Monday Mr. Thos. A. Sharpe of
Mecklenburg, died Tuesday night at
9.10 o'clock at St. Leo's hospital, at
Greensboro, after an Illness of a
month. Some time In August Mr.
Sharpe was stricken with appendicitis.
Last Saturday night he underwent
an operation, from which he
rallied and seemed to be doing well
until late yesterday afternoon, when
he became worse. The funeral arrangements
have not been made yet,
but It is thought that the remains
will be carried to Pineville for burial
Papers are now being prepared
for the transfer of two pieces
of realty in Gastonia. Mr. Zeb Harry
has bought of Mr. Robert L
Glenn of Washington, D. C., the
house on Franklin avenue occupied
by Dr. Delveaux. Price $1,200. Mr.
H. G. Winget has bought from Mr.
W. O. Cushion of Lowell, the house
and lot just west of Mr. Charles
Ford's on West Airline street. Consideration
$1,150.
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Fortunes to Kiu, Squirrels.?The
compiling of figures by the government
expert employed in the biological survey
of the state of Washington, estimating
the cost of the fight waged
against the squirrel pest by the farmers
of the Palouse county, brings out
very interesting figures.
The two hardware stores of Pullman
have sold 746 dozen traps and
345,500 cartridges this season. This
death dealing material foots up to the
tidv sum of $1,393.60 for traps and
$1,122.85 for cartridges.
Two drug stores kept figures on
the amount of poison sold. The third
could not furnish data. The poison
list shows that 1,933 pounds of prepared
poison at 15 and 25 cents a
pound. 600 ounces of strychnine at 84
cents an ounce, thirty-eight pounds of
cyanide at 60 cents a pound, 170
pounds of phosphorus at $1.25 a pound
and four gross of Wakeless poison at
$3 a dozen was sold. This amounts to
$1,131.90 for poisons alone. The total
expenditures for squirrel destroying
material reached the sum of $3,648.35
for this season in the territory
directly adjacent to Pullman alone.
SHAVING, THE WORLD OVER.
Barbering You Can Feel In Villages
of Spain.
Any traveler in Spain who steps
off the beaten path may, like Don
Quixote, find a Mambrino helmet for
himself, for it swings from a staff
over the door of every wayside barber.
An old and worn out basin
does for a signboard; one less old is
necessary to the shaver's art.
These barber basins of the peninsula
are always made of brass.
Some of the old ones are fairly hammered,
but in all the shape is the
same, a product of public utility answering
an unvarying demand.
A half circle Is cut out from one
rim large enough to accommodate
the patron's gullet and Adam's apple.
Seen in profile the effect of a man
being shaved is as a St. John the
Baptist whose head had partly slid
off the charger. Thus Is it adapted
to the tonsorlal methods in vogue In
Spain, and with but slight variations
practiced in all of the villages of Europe.
There are no Joke weeklies to
while away the time of waiting; there
are no chairs with complicated gear)
to raise and lower the patient, to
swing him around Into the light at
his most artistic angle, to tilt him
back to a monotonous view of the
J celling. Instead the sufferer is planted
bolt upright in a straight chair,
land throughout the operation his is
. the sole responsibility of holding a basin
of water at his throat, and If he
spills the suds down upon the front
of his shirt the blame is his alone.
Nor does the difference cease here.
The peasant barber of Europe reeards
lather as merely an ornate In
cldent. He wets his patron's cheeks
and smears them with good hard
soap, well rubbed in. Then he uses
his razor to evacuate this cement of
stiffening soap, moistening It only
when it is found too hard to work.
The soap is dragged off with little
regard to the feelings of the sufferer;
the question is never put: "Does this
razor pull?" When the barber has
gone his round from ear to ear the
patient takes his bowl and washes up
for himself. When the sharp suds
sting his cheeks he rests content, for
he has had a shave that he can feel.
Despite attempts at long intervals
to make hair on the face a fashion,
practically all the world shaves. The
most consistent advocates of the
cleanly shaven face are the Indians
of America. Nature has helped them
out at the beginning, for hair upon
their faces appears only late in life
and then very sparsely. For this reason
it is not so difficult and painful
as it might seem to follow the Indian
custom of Dulling out each hair as
soon as it reaches a length that will
permit it to be gripped.
Another stock whose beard is late
and scanty provides employment for
a large guild of barbers in shaving
high. This is seen in the blue rim
which encircles the roots of any Chinaman's
queue.
Being Mongolian, a Chinese razor is
naturally not like any other razor in
the world. It looks like a split half
dime mounted on a stick; but the
Chinese And it extremely effective,
and that must serve as a complete
test of its efficiency.
The race that peopled the valley of
the Nile when Egypt was the home
of all the world's enlightenment, shaved
so completely that one might infer
that they had adopted the billiard
ball as the type of beauty, for from
the point of the chin to the nape of
n<w>k not a hair was soared. Here.
though, crops out the military exception.
The Pharaohs and their captains
seem to have grown a few straggling
hairs on the chin. At any rate they
wore richly ornamented boxes to cover
the beards which they may or may
not have been able to grow. So long
as nothing showed but the beard box
gummed upon the chin, any one
might wear the ceremonial and symbolic
box, even If he could not raise a
beard to fill it.
Their great rivals for the empire of
the ancient world, the Assyrians, were
abundantly supplied with beards.
That they held them in high esteem
may be inferred from the fact that
they carved them upon the effigies of
their sacred bulls and other gods of a
long forgotten theology.
If one may accept the statuary of
Mesopotamia as a safe guide to the
fashions of those early Oriental times
It would appear that the Assyrian
beard was worn In long ringlets. That
may, however, be no more than an evidence
of the limitations of the art of
the ancient sculptor, who could not
carve hair positively unless he made
it look like rope. It seems hardly
conceivable that Nebuchadnezzar and
Assurbanlpal would submit to a fashion
that involved putting their heads
up in curl papers every night.
No modern race goes conspicuously
unshorn except the black fellows of
the Australian bush.
Among the people of the earth who
shave wholly or in part the utensils
of the barber's high calling widely
vary. Soap and shaving brush are a
triumph of advancing civilization, the
sybarite's effort to secure his ease.
Some of the lower races wet the
cheeks with water or the juices of
fruits or sap of trees, but for the most
part the savage shaves dry.
Such of the native tribes along the
Amazon as shave at all in preference
to plucking out their scanty beards,
prepare their cheeks by swabbing
with the heavy sap of the tree which
yields the rubber. In tropical Africa
the oil of the oil palm is used for the
same purpose.
In the East Indies generally the
pulp of the ripe banana Is rubbed to a
cream on the cheeks and chin with
the abundant juice which may be
drawn from the leaf stem of the same
plant. Elsewhere In the same region
of the eastern seas the green orange
is employed.
Many and various are the substitutes
for the razor of steel. In the [
uplands of Africa, where the natives
have developed no little skill as workers
of metal and produce knives of
good temper, they seem not to have
hit upon the Idea or true snaving Dy
the use of a cutting edge. Their
abundant beards are removed and
their chaps kept smooth by singeing.
A plate of iron an inch In width,
three inches long and a quarter of an
inch thick is mounted on a handle of
horn. This is brought to a white heat
in the charcoal furnace and is passed
evenly over the face very close to the
skin. This glowing plate produces a
close shave effect with a luxury of
comfort to the most tender skin that
no razor yet forged could bring about.
For shore dwellers the opportunities
which several mollusks afford
have not been lost upon the barbers.
One such shell has been commonly
designated the razor clam, and while
not much of a clam for fritter purposes,
It will serve excellently well on
a pinch for a razor.
It abounds on the beaches of the
northern Atlantic coast, but It is not
altogether easy to dig up even
when the little spout of water In the
sand betrays Its presence, for It takes
the promptest alarm and can dig itself
out of sight far more quickly than any
man can dig it into view. The shell Is
In two valves, each about half an Inch
wide' and some six inches long, the
shallower one being preferable for
shaving.
I Tn nrenare It for use all that is
needed Is to press the shell from the
Inner side steadily and evenly with a
chip; this splits off a sheet of the
tough purplish green outer rind and
leaves a clean edge of shell thut is
sharp enough for comfortable shaving
and firm enough to keep the edge at
least during the operation. While
this razor shell Is confined to the
North American coast, there are mollusks
of similar utility In every sea.
Another pelagic razor widely employed
is the tooth of the shark.
While this also has a sharp edge It
differs from the keenness of the shells.
They present a true cutting edge so
long as Tt lasts. The small tooth of
the shark keeps Its heavily enameled
edge much longer, but It is of the
saw type and therefore by no means
of smooth action.
In Inland regions, where sea razors
are not easily come at, there may be
found mineral substitutes. The most
widely found of these mineral razors
Is the flint.
Another mineral of great vaiue to
the primitive folk who shave themselves
is the obsidian or volcanic glass. ,
By careful treatment this may be
split into almost any desired shape
and its edges of fracture are found
very keen, though quick to lose their
cutting edge.
Even the herb of the soil as well as
the sea and the rocks yield its razor,
than which there could be none better.
This is the rind of the bamboo,
which owes its fine polish to the deposit
of flint. When the Joint partitions
are cut off from a node of green
bamboo the tube may be readily split.
Each silver will be found to carry a
thin sheet of the flint casing* a sheet
so thin that its edge will appear
sharp enough under a high power
microscope.
It is sharper than any razor of
steel can be whetted?so sharp that
it must be used with great care to
avoid cutting deep into the skin. It '
will hold its edge for any operation of
shaving and there is no need to save
it for a second time, since the bamboo
grows wild all over the tropics l
and a new razor may be had without
cost of labor whenever wanted.
In his primitive estate savage man
I nAooaoo all fho nPPPqsflrlA'l Cit
the barber shop except the lather
brush and the shop, neither of which
he has learned to need, and therefore (
does not miss them.?New York Sun. (
ANIMALS ON TRIAL.
Dog's Treasonable Act?Punishment |
For an Elephant and An Ass. I
A trial which carries us back to
the Middle Ages has Just been concluded
at Delmont, In the Canton of
Soleure, Switzerland. Last January, ,
a house was broken into and robbed,
and its owner, a rich man named Merger,
murdered. Suspicion fell on a i
certain Sherer and his son, who, on
being arrested, while confessing to the
crime, averted that Merger was first
attacked by their boarhound, which I
pulled him down and killed him be- i
fore they plunged their knives into
his breathless body. This line of de- <
fence resulted in the arrest of the
hound, which was placed In the dock i
beside its masters. The Jury having
found tne tnree prisoners guiuy, uw <
judge sentenced the two Sherers to i
imprisonment for life and the dog to I
be shot. . I
In 1849, at the time when Hungary <
rose in revolt against the dominion of 1
Austria, a dog belonging to a Magyar <
patriot chanced to bark at an Austrian i
officer. This harmless demonstration i
was construed into a treasonable act,
and in default of the dog's owner, who ]
could not be found, the animal itself
was arrested and tried by courtmartial. i
Fortunately for the prisoner, it by i
chance displayed a marked liking for 1
the presiding officer, on whom it I
fawned affectionately, and who, con- sidering
its present conduct a suffl- .
clent indication of regret for its erstwhile
disloyalty, ordered its acquittal.
A ? txlnl AaI/ nlaOA fl t
All aillUOH>5 wtai iv/uu |/I|?vv
Preslau In 1825, when a pig was hauled
before the magistrate charged with |
a savage assault upon the burgomaster,
whom It had chased through the
town and bitten In the leg. The lawyer
who was retained for the animal's
defence pleaded that his client '
had mistaken the civic magnate for one
against whom It owed a grudge,
and was ready to offer full apology for
Its misdeed. The presiding magistrate
thereupon remarked with much solemnity
that the prisoner's ocrrect attl
tuae had unaouDieaiy savea us inc.
and that a fine would meet the merits
of the case. This was duly Inflicted,
and paid by the pig's owner who was
then permitted to lead the delinquent
out of court.
Mhow, In central India, was the <
scene of a courtmartlal on an elephant i
accused of having , killed his native 8
keeper. With Its neck encircled by a (
chain firmly attached to the collars
of two other elephants, the culprit
was led between a double file, consisting
of all the elephants of the station. J
to the place of trial. When it had
been firmly secured, the brigade major
and staff rode along the line, halting
within a few yards of the prisoner.
Then, having produced several sheets
of foolscap, the brigade major proceeded
to read the charges, with "he evl- I
dence for and against the culprit, who
was ultimately found guilty and sentenced
to forty-eight lashes with a
chain and to drag about for three 1
months a log attached to Its leg. The
first part of the sentence was carried
out by a powerful elephant, who, ,
wielding the chain with Its trunk, belabored
Its fellow pachyderm most unmercifully.
Althought it can scarcely fce called
recent, the case of a gardener's ass,
which In 1768 was tried at Nlmes on
a charge of sacrilege, may be here :
cited. Its master having left It for
a few minutes, the animal strolled In- |
to a church, the door of which waa
nnon a r?rl aooln cr o hnctln nf hnlv wa .
ter took a drink. Caught In the very
act, It was called upon to answer for
its Iniquity. Counsel was appointed for
its defence, but so Irrefutable was the
evidence that a verdict of "guilty" was
a foregone conclusion. The ass was
sentenced to be hanged and afterward
burned while the gardener was mulcted
In the costs of ihe trial.?London TitBits.
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tar One of the things you can't buy 1
on credit Is experience.
QARB OF ARGENTINA COWBOYS.
Wears Biggest Trousers on Record?
His Saddle and Whip.
Our friend the gaucho Is as much In
evidence along the line to the west aa
to the south In Argentina. He still
sticks to the Inevitable poncho, but he
has discarded the chlripa, a blanketlike
garment that the southern gaucho
wears around his legs, or bombachos,
which Is the name for absolutely the
largest trousers on record.
The bombachos In the flrst place
were, I believe, brougnt to Argentina
by the Basques. The things went
straight to the heart of the gaucho and
he adopted them at once. Only he has
steadily Insisted on amplifying them,
until today one leg of a pair of bombachos
will house a small family.
There is no particular point of utility
to be urged for these windbags, but
they serve to make their wearer a conspicuous
figure when he rides Into
town, which is reason enough for the
gaucho.
The recado or saddle used in the
west is much the same as In the south.
It consists of a couple of smooth pieces
of wood to be laid on the blanket behind
the horses's withers. Over these
several pieces of fleece or soft blankets
are strapped, a pair of stirrups thrown
over the whole and the recado is ready
for use. This sounds like a crude arrangement,
and such it often is; nevertheless
I have heard a number of
Englishmen who have used it claim
that the recado gives a knee grip in
the soft blankets that insures a'seat
more sure than that possible in any
saddle of hard leather.
The most inseparable companion of
the gaucho of the west is his ribenka,
or whip. This has a heavily loaded
handle about a foot and a half long,
which terminates in a thick single or
double thong of rawhide of the same
length as the handle. The handle is
sometimes covered with hide, or, again
heavily inlaid with silver. A blow
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irom mo nanuie ui a nueuna wnt ion
a horse and a cut from Its lash will
tear open a rash In the flank of a
tough skinned mule.
The gaucho of the south flghts with
his knife in one hand and his folded
poncho in the other as a shield. The
western gaucho substitutes the ribenka
for the poncho, and must make a far
more formidable opponent. His great
facon, or knife, reposes most of the
dme in his belt; his rlbanka never
leaves his hand during the day and at
night he sleeps with the thong of It
about his wrist.?Los Angeles Times.
RED OR GREEN.
Color Troubles of the Color Blind Poet,
Whittier.
It is well known that the poet
Whittier was color blind and unable
to distinguish red from green. He
once bought for himself a necktie
which he supposed to be a modest
and suitable olive tint and wore it
once. He never wore It again, for
his friends soon made him aware that
It offended against the traditional
quietness of costume enjoined alike
by the habits of the Friends and by
bis own taste. The tie was of flaming
scarlet.
On another occasion, when he
found a little girl In distress on account
of her new gown, made over
from her older sister's, which was
not becoming to her coloring and
complexion, he tried to console her.
"I wouldn't mind what a rude boy
says about It, Mary," he said kindly.
"Thee looks very well indeed in it,
like an oread, Mary, aressea an in
green."
Unfortunately Mary was not dressed
in green. She was red haired, and
her dress was red. That was the
trouble.
Once on a day in mid-March, when
jut walking with a Friend and deeply
engaged in conversation, Mr. Whittier
approached too near for safety
to a place where blasting was going
on. The danger signal was shown,
but neither Friend noticed it until a
workman, violently waving his arms
ind shouting, leaped before them
ind warned them back.
"I didn't see the flag at all," said
Mr. Whittier's companion.
"I saw it," rejoined the poet, with
i twinkle in his eye, but I thought It
was in honor of St. Patrick. Thee
cnows my defect. I can't tell Erin
!rom explosions except by the harp!"
riAmnonlnn
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^professional Cards.
DR. M. W. WHITE,
DENTIST
Opposite Poetoffice, - - Yorkville, 8. C.
JOHN R. HART.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
No. 3 Law Ranfe
Yorkville. S. C.
W. W. LEWIS, I
ATTORNEY AT LAW. ,
Practices in the State and United )
States courts, and gives prompt atten- |
Jon to all business. Lends money on
ipproved security.
Office No. 5, Law Range, Yorkville,
3. C.
A. Y. CARTWRIGHT,
SURGEON DENTIST,
YORKVILLE, 8. C.
lEgSBfc OFFICE HOURS:
9 em, to j pro,; i pm, to 5pm.
Office in upstairs rooms of Cartwright
building next to the Pariah
hotel burnt lot.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW
Office Opposite Court House.
Prompt attention to all legal business
of whatever nature.
GEO. W. 8. HART,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
YDRKVILLE, S. C.
I LAW RANGE 'Phone Office No. 58
D. E. Finley. Marion B. Jennings.
FINLEY & JENNINGS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office in Wilson Building, opposite
Court House. Telephone No. 126.
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come to my studio on West Liberty
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J. R. 8CHORB.
STATE OF SOUTH MEOT.TIA,
County of York.
IN PROBATE COURT.
By L. R. Williams, Esq., Probate Judge
of York County.
WHEREAS CATHERINE MILLER
has applied to me for Letters
of Administration on and singular,
the goods and chattels, rights and
credits of HENRIETTA TRAYWICK,
late of the County aforesaid, deceased:
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish
all and singular the kindred
and creditors of the said deceased, to
be and appear before me at our next
Probate Court for the said county, to
be holden at York Pourt Houae on
the 22ND DAT OF SEPTEMBER,
1906, to shew cause if any, why the
said Administration should not be
granted.
Given under my hand and seal, this
10th day of September, in the year
of our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and six, and in the 131st year of
American Independence.
Sept. 11 t 2t
IMPORTERS AND
ROASTERS OF
HIGH GRADE COFFEES
OCR ROASTING PLANT
Is In Full Operation, and to Those
Who Desire a
Clear, Well Roasted and High Grade
COFFEE
We are Prepared to Furnish It.
Wi name the following brands:
OM Government Java, Monogram.
Foil Sumter, Blue Ribbon,
Arabian Mocha, Mountain Rose,
Morning Glory, Maracalbo, Jamoma,
Sunbeam, Electric, Porto Rico,
Red Owl, Acme, Aromatic, Dime.
A Trial Will Convince Consumers of
the Superior Merits of Our Roasted
Coffee, and Once Tried Will Use no
Other.
Packers of Teas, Spices and Soda,
put up under our personal supervision,
and We Guarantee them Strictly Pure
Goods. Send for samples and prices
before purchasing elsewhere.
F. W. WAGENER * COMPANY,
Charleston, S. C.
j Fall and
! SEASON 01
A OUR Mr. CHARLES W. SM
\ markets, where he spent a week
4 FALL AND WINTER GOODS. 1
a buying a stock of goods that
f buyers of Dry Goods, Notions, Dres
A market. Our customers need hat
f in position to take care of their e\
m Our Fall stock is now arrtvir
\ and we hope by the last of next we
f line of goods in every departmen
a ieast we will have enough goods li
f spectable showing and one which
4 factory idea of what may be expect
* SMITH COMPANY this season.
4 will not be amiss at this time. H
4 SHOES FOR MEN, WOMEN A1
a merit we have given the same can
f been our habit in past seasons.
A and more varied than ever before
v Ladies' fine Shoes our leader as v
4 this section will be the famous j
\ CO. These Shoes have* been worn
f a score of years and we have neve
a an thnrnncrhlv <u?tlafnrtr?rv in Stvlf
f famous Shoes of the REED factor
J will arrive shortly.
From the Reed quality of lad
i down through the different grade
\ heavy coarse Shoes,
f Our leading Shoe for Men wl
A OVER BRAND, which for Style,
T Ish has no Superior and few equi
m model of perfection in Shoe makli
\ rlage to the wearer that is not f
f market today. A trial of the "Vroll
a Besides the Walk-Over brand
f Shoes running down through the \
i Work Shoes, made to stand the hai
In Shoes for Boys and Girls \
f on us In Qualities and Styles to pl<
4 DRESS GOODS?For several
x partment has been growing in pop
f clothes In this community. This s
A the procession; but will show a line
f mlngs second to none in Qualiti
a Prices to be found in all this sectii
i CLOTHING.?As is usual with
\ assortment of mediufn priced Clotl
f sense of careful buyers of ready-t
a nothing of the away up high class
v that we can give you the FULL.ES
i ING MONEY in medium priced go
A HATS FOR MEN AND BOYS
\ always shine. We'll shine this s<
M been growing sieaany larger eac
years. Our Btock will Include Hai
on upward through the various gri
productions of the JOHN B. STE'
are no beter Hats to be had.
And so you will find it throi
department will be found most o
Styles, etc. As to Prices we are
CASH BUYING and CASH SELLI1>
care of the interests of our cusion
be ready for the Fall trade withii
ready to make your Fall purchasei
THE STRAUSS-SN
Main and Liberty Sts.
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YOUN
Pcnn Rheumatism cun
REMEDIES AN URIC
Entirely free from opiates, iodide of p<
building up the weak or debilitated.
Penn Rheurr
prill positively curl m Acute, ^ Chronic, Infl
(.uaNMfo-rncs, iiqwiu uarge douicj *
tution. When you ask for a Penn Remed
ind Bust of Wra. Penn is on the packag
pamphlet to Pean Drug Co., Philadelphia, F
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AttAHAK k* A?U*A*A*A*A*A*A*A*??J
HORSESHOE
ROBINSON
Thfi rinmnlptp Sturv.
Bound In Cloth,
Illustrated*
$1.00 a Copy.
During the recent publication of the
Thrilling Historical Romance HORSESHOE
ROBINSON In The Enquirer,
we had numerous Inquiries for copies
of the work in book form. We were
unable to supply the demand at that
time; but we are now prepared to offer
a LIMITED NUMBER of copies,
bound in cloth atfl.OO a copy at this
Office; 91.10 post paid by mail.
Respectfully,
L. M. GRIST'S SONS.
"TCTUBALIA"
18 THE LATEST WALL COVERING
OUT TO DATE. 8EE ME?I HAVE
IT, AND ALL OTHER8.
A. B. GAINE8.
V Wanted.?Your orders for all
kinds of printed matter. Best work
at fairest prices.
Winter t
F 1906?1907 t
ITH is back from the Eastern i
or ten days buying our stock of \
ilr. Bmlth spared no efforts in f
will satisfy the most critical a
9 Goods, Furnishings, etc., on this f
re no fears but that we will be A
rery want in our Unea
ig on every train that comes In, i
ek to be able to show a complete \
t from Notions to Clothing. At f
[i our house to make a fairly re- A
will give shoppers a fairly satis- \
bed at the store of the STRAUSS- A
A few remarks about our lines a
ere goes: r
SI) CHILDREN?To this depart- f
eful attention in buying that has i
That our Shoe stock is larger f
> may be taken for granted. In A
fell as the leader throughout all *!
jroductions of the E. P. REED ?
by the ladies of this vicinity for a
r heard of a Ladies' Shoe that 1s f
), Fit, Finish and Quality as the A
y. Our Fall stock of Reed Shoes ^
lies' shoes our stock will run on a
>s to the lower priced goods in r
11 be the World-famous WALK- \
Durability, Quality, Fit and Fin- A
sis. The Walk-Over Shoe is a \
ng. It gives a comfort and car- f
ound in any other Shoe on the a
It-Over Shoe will convince you. f
we will also have a line of Hen's A
various grades to the heaviest of. \
rdest service of the farm hand. #
ve will be found with the goods \
iho #0n/>w a# >ia kiivap
years past our Dress Ooods de- r
ulartty wlih the wearers of good A
ea&on we have not fallen behind f
i of Dress Ooods and Dress Trim- J
es, Styles, Varieties and Right \
on. f
i us we will this season have an i
ting that will appeal to the good \
o- wear Clothing. We will have f
of goods, but we can assure you A
T VALUE FOR YOUR CLOTH- T
ods. i
I.?This Is one line In which we A
sason, loo. Our Hat trade has \
h season during the past few f
ts from the Cheapest in Quality a
ides to the best of all Hats?the f
rSON people?than which there i
ighout our entire store. Every f
omplete in Varieties, Qualities) i
certain that with our plan of ^
JG we will be in position to take i
lers in every particular. We'll \
i a few days and when you are f
j don't ran to see tne m
IITH COMPANY, )
Yorkville, S. C. J
10 FURTHER
[AVE IT HERE!
?is just what you have been looking for
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ammatory, Sciatica, RhaumaUam or
1.00. Tablets, 50c. Beware of substiy
"See that our trade mark," the Head
:e. None other genuine. Send for tree
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Real Estate For Sale.
Two tracts?one 60 acres and the
other 62?one mile King's Creek station.
26 acres open, balance In timber
?saw, cross ties and cord wood. Price
616. Latham land.
80 acres, I 3-room house, stable, well
watered, l|-horse farm, 8 miles from
Yorkvllle. near Rutherford road. Price
$800, half cash. Miss Emily Love's
place.
4-7| acres near Grover at Beams
crossing of railroad and 3 public roads.
One house and lot In Liberia Inside
corporation?lot on California street.
One 6-room house, painted, on Main
street?one acre of land. Known as
the Ooforth house.
One 4-roora house, same street as
above?one acre of land, $460.
One 4-room house adjoining the
above lots?one acre of land?1460.
Terms to suit.
FOR SALE?247 acres, 2 miles
Yorkville, Lincoln road. One twostory
10-room painted dwelling,
good out buildings, 4 tenant houses.
30 acres fine bottom; 6-horse farm;
open; excellent neighborhood?Wm.
Dobson place.
140. acres In India Hook; 4 miles
Rock Hill, near school and church;
well timbered?Lineberg place. Prloe
61,800.
46 acres land, near Lee Robinson
place; 9 miles Yorkville. Cheap?terms
to suit purchaser.
18 acres, all In cultivation, 3-room,
newly painted dwelling, celled. Inside
coporate limit* Yorkville. Lies well,
good drilled well, 941 feet. Nice young
orchard.
61 acres, 1 dwelling 6-rooms, l tenant
house 3-room*. 3 miles Yorkville
on Howell's Ferry road?good school.
40 acres In cultivation, 8 acres original
timber, level land; good orchard and
OTflnM '
45 acres, 1 house, 8 miles southwest
Yorkville, near lands of Dr. W. O.
White and Gilflllln. Terms to suit
purchaser?Cheap.
1 six-room, new Dwelling on west
side Wright avenue. New fence
around lot. new barn, and wood shed.
City water.
160 Acres, 8-story dwelling, I
rooms; 2 tenant houses; good new
barn; 4-horse farm open; 10 acres in
timber; capable of high cultivation;
6| miles from Yorkville, 7Jmto Rock
Hill, on Yorkville and Rock Hill road.
Terms fo suit purchaser.
30} Acres, 3| miles Yorkville; SO
acres in cultivation; good stream of
water; 1 nice weatherboarded 4-r
house; 1 tenant house.
451} acres, 2 miles of Tlrsah, <|
miles Yorkville, 7} Rock Hill. On public
road from Yorkville to Rock Hill,
near Adner church; high state of
cultivation, 75 acres bottom in corn,
10-horse farm open. Large new barn,
12 stalls and cribs. 10 acres fine orchard,
2-story dwelling (painted) in
beautiful oak grove. Produced 100
bales cotton 1005.
115 acres 2| miles incorporate limits
of Yorkville, Plnckney road; six
room dwelling, 1 tenant house, 40
acres in woods. Cheap?1-8 cash.
180 Acres, 44 miles south of Yorkville.
One Dwelling, 2 Tenant houses;
75 acres open land, balance in Timber.
300 Prult Trees. $13 per acre.
877 acres, farm, both sides King's
Mountain road, about 2| miles Bethany
High School, 1 7-room dwelling,
1 tenant house and other buildings;
at least 100,000 feet saw timber; ibas
mineral prospects; A. C. Stroup place.
57 Acres; 8 miles west of Yorkville;
near nuuiarturu ruuu, uu? iwu-ruuui
house; Cheap.
FOR SALE?287 acres, "Enloe
place." 6ft miles from Yorkvtlle. 8
houses, 4 horse farm open. 108 acres
In wood. 60,00 to 100,000 ft of saw i
timber. 40 acres line bottoms on
Buckhorn creek.
60 acres 1 mile of Uriah; 10 acres
in wood; f acres good bottom. Youngblood
place. Price $860.
40 acres, 8 miles northeast of Yorkvllle,
bounded by lands of Mrs. Nichols
and Mrs. Youngblood; 18 acres
woodland.
1381-8 acres | mile west of Hoodtown.
On public road. 80 acres In cultivation,
36 or 40 acres of fine bottoms.
12 acres bottoms In cultivation. Cheap.
Four valuable lots on Lincoln ave.,
80x208 feet W. H. Herndon property.
86 acres, ]-mile from Yorkvtlle on
Charlotte road; a two-room house, 16
acres In bottom in high state of cultivation.
88 acres 2 miles from Yorkvtlle, 8
tenant houses?8 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.
118 n A?/>a # imIIas ? iiwl a# "V a r lrv! Ho
no atrco v iiuiud ncoi w* x. w? af ? ??,
70 acres cultivated land, well water*
ed, 2-story dwelling. I rooms, on R.
F. D., about 28 acres in pasture and
second growth pine.
96 acres in the town of Torkvttle,
will sell in lots from one acre up.
Five room cottage 8x80 foot hall,
front and back portico, good well, 80
foot frontage on Wright avenue.
Four lots in Whisonant?CHEAP.
236 acre farm about 8i miles from
Torkvllle, 3 miles from Ebeneser; 1
new 8-room dwelling, two 4-room tenant
houses, 30 acres fine bottom land
?five horse farm.
J. C. WILBORN, Attorney.
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work that will be of service in every
household. Bound in strong paper
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The price of the book is M Cents.
When ordered by mall, 8 Cents extra.
It may be had from the following
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company. See Miss Cody.
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