tumorous Jlfpartmrnt.
A Loyal Partisan.
Col. W. P. Thorne, the present lieutenant
governor of Kentucky, is one of
the best campaigners and story tellers
to be found in Kentucky. One of the
best he Is telling in the present campaign
runs as follows:
"It was Just after W. O. Bradley was
elected governor of Kentucky, in 1905,
and the Republicans in my county
were holding a big ratification meeting.
Brass bands, all kinds of floats
and banners and hundreds of men and
women and boys had been parading
the streets. A young girl claimed that,
while standing on her front porch,
which was almost covered with vines
and foliage of different kinds, she was
repeatedly hugged and kissed by a
young man whom she hardly knew. A
warrant was sworn out for her assailant.
He was arrested, and it was my
duty as commonwealth's attorney to
prosecute him. John Carroll, who is
at present a judge of the Kentucky
court of appeals,, had been employed
to defend him. I soon finished my examination
of the witness, and turned
her over to Carroll for cross-examination.
"'What night was this?' thundered
Carroll. ,
" Thursday night,' answered the
witness.
"'Thursday night, you say? What
time of night?'
" 'About 8 o'clock.'
" 'That was about tha time the parade
was passing your house?'
" 'Yes, sir, the parade was Just passing
my house.'
"'Street full of people?'
" 'Yes, sir, the streets were full of
people.'
"'Did you ever cry out or scream?"
'"No, sir, I did "not."
" 'Will you please tell this Jury,'
asked Carroll with rising voice, 'with
the streets thronged with people and
this man hugging and kissing you
against your will, as you claim, why
you never uttered a single cry for help
or assistance?'
""Yes, sir. I will tell the Jury and
everybody else that you'll never ketch
me hollerin' at no Republican gether
In!'"?Judge.
A Joke That Failed.
When Henry Norman, the English
writer, who Is now a member of parliament,
came to this country several
years ago he made a trip to Washington
and was entertained by the National
Press club.
Norman enjoyed himself hugely, but
the newspaper men found he was slow
in appreciating their jokes.
Two or three correspondents decided
to try him out. Karl Decker was chosen
as the spokesman. Decker took a
little bell from one of tbe tables and
walked over to Norman.
"Mr. Norman," he said, "I have been
delegated by my felloe- club members
to say to you that we have thoroughly
enjoyed your visit. We consider you
a fine type of the English newspaper
man. Before you go and as a testimonial
of our friendship and esteem,
we have decided to present you a
slight remembrance, and on behalf of
the club I am instructed to give you
this ring."
As Decker said "ring." he tapped
the bell smartly and placed it on the
table.
Norman was surprised. He hemmed
and hawed a bit, but then pulled himself
together and said: "Mr. Decker
and the members of the National Press
club, I can hardly find words to thank
you. I have enjoyed my visit here
greatly. I shall always, cherish pleasant
memories of Washington. I am
overwhelmed at this evidence of your
comradeship."
Jforman went on like that for five
minutes. He made a very clever little
speech. Then he said: "I am pleased
to receive your gift; but, as is only
natural, I suppose. Mr. Decker, in the
embarrassment of the moment, for we
newspaper men are notoriously poor
speakers, has Riven me a bell Instead
of a ring."
?
Would Take Axother Look. ? A
southern lady left the cook arranging
the dinner table and went to the kitchen
for something. A great, hulking
darky was sitting in the kitchen rocker.
Indignant, the lady hurried back
to the dining room.
"Cindy," she demanded, "what have
I told you about having your beau in
the kitchen?'
"Laws, miss, he ain't no beau?he's
nuffln' but my brudder!"
Somewhat mollified, the lady went
back to the kitchen.
"So you are Cindy's brother?" she
said kindly.
"Law bless yo' no, miss, I ain't no
'lation 'tall to her. I's jes' keepin'
comp'ny wif her."
The lady, angry through and through,
sought out Cindy again.
"Cindy." she asked sternly, "why did
you tell me that that man was your
brother? He says he is no relation to
you."
Cindy looked aghast.
"Fo" de Lawd's sak. miss, did he say
dat? Jes" yo* stay here a minute an'
lemme go look ag'in!"?Everybody's.
It Faiij.d to Pbrsi'ade.?A well
known officer has a beautiful daughter.
A young ensign, with no resources but
his salary, fell in love with her, and
asked the old gentleman for her hand.
The father at once told him that he
had hardly enough to keep him in
white gloves and to burnish his brass
buttons.
"Well, admiral, what you say is true;
but when you married you were only a
midshipman, with even a smaller salary
than mine. How did you get
along?" asked the ensign, who thought
he had made a good defence.
Hut not so. The crafty old sea-dog
thundered forth:
"I lived on my father-in-law for the
first ten years, but I'll be hanged if
you are going to do it."?Tit-Rits.
A Paruampntary Sprkjoh.?Representative
Champ Clark of Missouri
tells the Indianapolis News a story
about former Representative Henry IT.
Johnson of Indiana.
"Mr. Johnson." he said, "was engaged
in a debate with an Illinois congressman
and called him an ass. This
was unparliamentary, of course, and
had to be withdrawn. Pursuant to the
order of the speaker. Mr. Johnson said:
" 'I withdraw the language I used,
Mr. Speaker, but I insist that the gentleman
from Illinois is out of order."
" 'How am I out of order?" demanded
the Illinois man. with considerable
heat.
"'Probably a veterinary surgeon can
tell you.' retorted Johnson. This was
parliamentary, and went Into the Record."
ittiscrllancous $tfadiit<|.
IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
News and Comment Clipped From (
Neighboring Exchanges. t
LANCASTER.
News, November 9: Mr. J. M. Grler,
of Fort Mill, visited Lancaster this '
week. Accompanied by his former -s
fellow townsman, Capt. S. E. White, '
he paid this office a pleasant call '
Thursday Col. J. G. Wardlaw of s
Yorkville, spent a day or two in Lan- a
caster this week. He and Miss Lessie a
Witherspoon, also of Yorkville, and a '
visitor here, spent Wednesday at the r
historic old Waxhaw church cemetery. s
A well known citizen of Lan- 1
caster tells us that he has discovered *
how to get rid of nut grass. He says '
a flock of geese will effectually destroy r
the pest. He turned some geese on a 1
patch of the grass on his premises and 1
they finally "killed it out" by burrow- 1
lng into the ground with their bills af- e
ter the nuts and eating them A s
protracted meeting will begin at the v
Waxhaw Presbyterian church on Sab- v
bath morning. November 17. The Rev. 1
E. E. Gillespie of Yorkville. has sig- t
nlfled his willingness to do the preach- 1
ing. He will be remembered by many ^
for his faithful sermons at Six Mile '
church a few months since. The pub- '
He generally is cordially invited to attend
these services. There will be 1
preaching twice a day, in the morning r
at 11 o'clock and in the evening at 7.15. '
The meeting will continue throughout
the week. f
CHESTER. i
Lantern, November 8: Mr. W. E. '
Sanders of Yorkvllle, has accepted a i
position with the DeHaven-Dawson d
Supply company.... Miss Mary Cork- fi
kill arrived from Atlanta yesterday f
evening to spend the winter with her I
mother. Mrs. Jnlia Corkill. Her
brother. Mr. Giles Corkill, Is on his way v
home from Mexico and is expected in '
a few days Mr. and Mrs. Sims t
Wylie, who have been spending some r
time at Capt. E. P. Moore's, left yes- t
terday for Rock Hill, where they will '
make their home. Mr. Wylie will be '
secretary and treasurer of the Wymo- '
ja mill, which is to be built in Rock
Hill Mrs. A. A. Wallace of Fort
Lawn, who went to Greenville last
week on accouht of the illness of her |
sister's child, returned yesterday afternoon.
The little child is some better,
but her other sister, Miss Gillie (
Agnew, who is in Greenville with Mrs. <
Galloway, is quite sick with pneumo- t
nia Mr. F. S. Chandler and son, 1
of the Farmers' Union, were in town <
Tuesday on their way home, at Ander- '
son. They will return in a few days to <
continue their work. "Locals" have <
been organized at Lowryvllle, Armenia, <
Harmony church, Wylle's Mill, Lands- (
ford, Bascomville and Pleasant Grove.
They organized also, on this trip, at
Harmony Station and Lesslie in York
county Two little boys, probably
10 and 12 years old, who ran off from
their parents in Newberry and have
been hoboing since Thursday of last
week, were taken up in Yorkvllle yesterday.
Some one there made up money
to send them home and turned them
over to Capt. Ross yesterday evening
and on arriving here he put them in
charge of Mr. W. C. McKenzle, the
newly elected health officer, and he in
turn turned them over to the conductor
of No. 27 this morning and he was
to deliver them to the conductor of
the Newberry train.
GASTON.
Gastonia Gazette, November 8: Mrs.
S. A. McElwee of Yorkvllle, S. C., is
visiting Miss Kate Cody....Miss Lela
Oates of Tirzah. S. C., daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. T. M. Oates, arrived Wednesday
for a visit of several days to her
uncle, Mr. W. D. Anthony, and her
grandfather. Mr. J. C. Anthony, of
route one....Mrs. Baber of Yorkvllle,
S. C., was a pleasant visitor here Wednesday
Mr. Plato Slsk, an operative
at the Loray mill, died at an early
hour Wednesday morning at the
home of his father-in-law, Mr. O. D.
Stacey. as the result of a hemorrhage
of the lungs Rev. R. W. Carson,
who returned this week from a trip
to the Jamestown exposition, left
Tuesday evening for a visit to friends
at Chester. S. C. He will also vhlt his
sister. Mrs. Mac Bell, at Blackstoek, S.
C., before returning to his home at
Guntown, Miss....Mr. Breck Pegram,
of Yorkville, passed through Gastonia
yesterday afternoon en route home
from a business trip to Charlotte i
The hunting season for quail in Gas- |
ton county opens on Thursday, No
vember 28th. Thanksgiving Day, and *
continues till January 10th. Accord- !
ing to a well known local huntsman, l
quail are pretty plentiful in the coun- !
try this season and good sport is in 1
prospect for the lovers of the game. '
The Uganda Mission.
Prom darkest Africa, in 1875, Stanley '
sent out the challenge, through the
London Daily Telegraph. "Now, where 1
in all the pagan world is there a more
promising field for a mission? Here, 1
gentlemen, is your opportunity; em- 1
brace it!" Three days later the challenge
was accepted. A gift of ?5,000
was offered for the establishment of a
mission in Uganda, and men went 1
forth to lay down their lives in the
land of Livingstone. It was not only
the fever that killed them. Uganda
had extraordinary tragedies. Among
the rest was the death of the missionary
Bishop Hannington, who was murdered
by an African chief by command
of the wicked King Mwanga. Mwanga
was the son of the king who first :
greeted the missionaries in 1877.
Mtesa, the father, bade them hearty
welcome and was very desirous to
know whether they had brought the
"Book" with them. But his friendship
was fickle, and the son who succeeded
him was both a worse man than his 1
father and a weaker one, and under
his reign the missionaries were often .
In norll ,,f their lives :ind some of
them, like Hannington. met martyrdom.
It was a most discouraging sequel to
the welcome accorded the missionaries >
by Mwanga's father, and there were
those in England who proposed to give
up the mission altogether. T?y that 1
time Mackay was there, and by his (
counige and tenacity and the faithful ,
devotion of others the mission continued.
1
The son of the king who welcomed i
the missionaries became the murderer ,
of the missionaries. Hut he. too. had ,
a son. In lSSTi Hannington was murdered.
Twenty-one years later, in
1906. the son of Hannington baptized '
the present king, son of the man who |
murdered his father. Here, surely
was an example of poetic justice and
a proof of the value of holding on. <
Religion has a firm hold in Uganda ;
today, and thousands attend worship .
every Sunday. Those who endured the
persecutions of twenty years ago re- '
joiee that times have changed. <
The life of Hannington was not |
thrown away. Men die. but the work (
lives. There is a verse in the Psalms
which is full of promise for genera- 1
tions that have reached the limit of >
their upward progress: "Instead of thy ,
fathers shall be thy children, whom .
thou mayest make princes in all the
earth."?Youth's Companion. '
ENGLAND AND OPIUM.
Relation of Great Britain to China's
Industry and Incubus.
It Is difficult to get an admission
veil today, from a thorough going
British trader, that opium had anyhlng
to do with the \var of 1840-43,
vrites Samuel Merwln in Success i
Magazine. He is likely to insist either i
hat the war was caused by the refu- 1
;?l of Chinese officials to admit Eng- 1
ish representatives on terms of equal- I
tv or that it was caused by "the (
topping of trade." There was. Indeed, I
i touch of the naively Oriental in the
ittltude of China. To the Chinese of- j
icial mind, China was the greatest of
lations, occupying something like five- 1
ixths of the huge flat disc called the 1
vorld. England, Holland, Spain,
"ranee, Portugal and Japan were small
slands crowded in between the edges
f China and the rim of the disc. That '
hese small nations should wish to
rade with the "Middle Kingdom" and
o bring tribute to the "Son of Heavin,"
was not unnatural. But that the 1
Son of Heaven must admit them
rh.viier he liked or not, and as equals,
ras preposterous. Stripping these no- j
ions of their quaint Orientalism, they
toil down to the simple principle that
"hina recognized no law of earth or
leaven which could force her to admit ,
oreign traders, foreign ministers, or
oreign religions if she preferred to live
>y herself and mind her own business.
That China has minded her own busitess
and does mind her own business
s. I think, indisputable.
The notions which animated the
British were equally simple. Stripped
if their quaint Occidental shell of reigion
and respectability and theories
if personal liberty, they seem to boll
lown to about this?that China was a
rreat undeveloped market, and, thereore,
the trading nations had a right
o trade with her willy nilly, and any
ffective attempt to stop this trade
vas in some vague way. an Infringenent
of their rights as trading naions.
In maintaining this theory, it is
lecessary for us to forget that opium.
hough a "commodity," was an adnlttedly
vicious and contraband comnodity,
to be used "for purposes of
'oreign commerce only."
MYTHS OF THE INDIANS.
nteresting Discoveries By the University
of California.
When men spend five years In the
:ollectlon of Indian myths from one
lection of a stata one might expect
hat the result of their labors would
>e of real value, says the Berkeley,
[Cal.) correspondent of the New York
Times. Those who are qualified to pass
in the scientific merits of the work
lone In that period by the department
if anthropology of the University of
California say that the results are
nore than satisfying to them. Others
han scientists have taken a good deal
if interest in the summing up of that
vork, as presented in a report which
las just been made by Dr. A. L.
[Croeber, one of the most assiduous of
searchers for stories which have been
landed, or talked, down among the Inllan
tribes of California for many
lundreds of years.
The department of anthropology at
:he state university is one of the hardest
working staffs that ever labored
jnder President Wheeler. Mrs. Phoebe
A. Hearst some time ago provided the
money for the labors of the department.
She has since supported the
work with large gifts. Meanwhile the
men in the department have tolled like
beavers. Some of them have spent
months living in Indian camps and
settlements, among surroundings that
Jon't appeal to any but the real, unrlloA/M.wnp^
"olon I of Thnn thPV hAVP
spent other months writing up their
notes and making comparisons. At
considerable expense and greater trouble,
Indians have been brought to the
expert observers that their myths
night be recorded accurately on phonograph-like
machines and preserved
for the scientists of the year 3000, if
there are any then.
Some records of this work have already
been printed, but none of the
reports lias contained so much real
text as Dr. K. Kroeber's most recent.
His repoit concerns the Indian myths
of the southern part of the central section
of California?that's the way Doctor
Kroeber defines it?only it's actually
that section south of the latitude of
San Francisco and north of Tehachapi
Pass.
Some of the tribes of Indians are
nearly gone. The Costonoan family,
For instance, has shrunk to a few dozen
persons. This family, once extended
all the way from San Francisco to
Monterey. In Monterey the myth hun
[er rouna iwo agfu wuuim u^txi u?t>
Spanish names, who belong to the
family, and from them he got six
myths, or fragments of myths. These
are valued by Doctor Kroeber as an
enthusiastic entomologist would prize
a specimen of a practically extinct
Species of butterfly. The Costonoan
myths, like the others dug up. contain
frequent references to coyote, who
always appears "In a role more or less
opposed to that of the Creator." For
instance, this is the beginning of the
myth on the beginning of the world:
When this world was finished the
eagle, the humming bird, and coyote
were standing on the top of Pico
Rlaneo. When the water rose to their
feet the eagle, carrying the humming
bird and Coyote, fiew to the Sierra de
Ciablian. There they stood until the
water went down. Then the eagle
sent Coyote down the mountain to see
if the world were dry. Coyote came
back and said: "The whole world is
dry."
One of the most interesting myths
on the beginning of the world was told
by a Yokuts Indian. It contains Coyote,
an eagle, a very wise magpie?
magpies are always wise?and a falcon
rind a mudhen. Here it is in part:
Far in the south was a mountain.
It was the only land. Rverything else
was water. The eagle was the chief.
The people had nothing to eat. They
n-m-o Miimr the enrfh nrid if was near
ly gone. Then Coyote said: Can we
riot obtain earth? Can we not make
mountains?" The eagle said: "I do
not know how." Coyote said: "There
is a man that we will ask." Then they
?ot the magpie. The eagle said: "Can
we obtain earth?" The magpie said:
"Yes." "Where?" "Right below us."
Then all the ducks dived and tried to
living up the earth.
Some were gone half a day. They
xiuld not reach the bottom and died
ind floated up. The eagle said:
When you reach the ground take hold
>f it and bite it. and fill your nose and
hi is." For six days they dived and
found nothing. There was only one
nore to go down. The inudhen. Then
he eagle said: "Now, you go. Let us
=ee if you can find the earth." The
nudhen said: "Good." Then it dived,
t was gone for a day and a night. In
he morning it came up. It was dead.
They looked it over. It had earth In
Its nails, its ears, and Its nose. Then
they made the earth from this ground.
They mixed it with chyu seeds and
from this they made the earth. After
six days the eagle said to the wolf:
"Now go around." Then the wolf went
where the Sierra Nevada now is and
around to the west and came back
along where the coast range Is. The
eagle said: "Do not touch it for six
days. Let it dry first." All the people
said: "Very well, we will let It become
dry." But soon Coyote said: "I
will try it. It Is getting hard now."
He traveled along where the Sierras
are. That is why these are rough and
broken now. It Is from his running
over the soft earth. * Then the ea-'
gle and Coyote sent the people to different
places. They said: "You go to
that place with your people. You go
to that spring." So they sent them off
and the people went to the different
places where they are now. They were
still animals, but they became people.
For a little while after they had all
gone the eagle and Coyote stayed
there.
Then Coyote said: "Where will you
go?" The eagle said: "I am thinking
about It. I think I will go up." Coyote
said: "Where shall I live?" The eagle
said: "Here." But Coyote said: "No,
I will go with you." The eagle told
him: "No, you must stay here. Tou
will have to look after this place
here." So they talked for six days.
Then the eagle took all his things.
"Good-by," he said, "I am going."
Then he went. Coyote looked up. He
said. "I am going, too." "You have
no wings. You cannot," said the eagle.
"I will go," said Coyote ard he
went. Now they are together in the
sky above.
Another interesting myth of the California
Indians concerns the origin of
fire. Several tribes give the jack-rabbit
credit for having handed It down
for future generations to cook with.
The rabbit had gone far to the west,
where there was a man who had Are.
"and he had It all." Others hail gone
before the rabbit and had failed. When
the rain came which had foiled the
others, he burrowed in the thick brush
and held the fire close under him.
That's what makes his palms black to
this very day. The first woman, according
to another myth, was a deer.
Of course, there Is no pun in that. The
Yokuts Indians say that the owl was
the first doctor. Coyote pretended to
be one, but his patients did not recover.
Other myth* contain frequent references
to stars and constellations. Some
of them are very much like the stories
which have been handed down by
tribes that lived much further east, for
' *%v%A
instance, trie rawnees, oiavmcn an*.
Apapahoes.
A LECTURE.
An Old Gentleman Rebukes the Egotism
of Youth.
"She couldn't work me." said the
young man with the unusually long
head, boastfully. "There ain't none of
'em can, as fur us that goes," he added.
"When I was a young chap like you
they could all work me for all I was
worth, and as long's they'd a mind to,"
observed the old man with the clean,
pink face and white chin beard. "I
enjoyed It."
"They can't work me," repeated the
young man with the long head. 'I
don't fall for it. What Is there Yn It
for me?"
"Kasclnatln' society." suggested the
old man.
"I can visit with myself an' not get
lonesome," said the young man. "I've
always found myself pretty good company
without blowin' myself for outsiders.
If I blow any money, it's going
to be on something that'll do me good.
I'm a good feller, an' there ain't no
good reason why I shouldn't treat myself
well. Why would I take her to
the show once when I can take myself
twice for the same money?"
"If you put it that way, inaybe you're
right," said the old man.
"Sure, I'm right. I've been working
for myself, an' there ain't no reason
why I shouldn't let myself have a little
fun now and then. She ain't done
nothin' for me as I know of, an' what's
more she ain't likely to."
"I suppose she ain't," admitted the
old man. "Still," he said, "a good,
husky built woman who wasn't particular
what she took to you, so it was
heavy and handy, might do a whole
lot for you if she was married to you."
"I'm too foxy for that."
"And too fond of yourself?"
"Snrp whv wouldn't I be? 'SI say
I'm good to myself."
"I ain't disputin' that, my son,"
said the old man. "Anybody can see
that with half an eye. The question
Is. why should you be?"
"I don't know any better friend
I've got." said the young man.
"I do." said the old one. "You're
doing yourself hurt with everybody,
and that ain't the part of a friend.
What is there about yourself that
you're so stuck on? You ain't handsome.
I never see a worse knock
kneed specimen than you are. I don't
see how any girl would want to go to
a show with a face like you've got.
If you ask me I believe you were lying
when you said she was trying to
work you."
"I wouldn't take that kind o' talk
from you if you wasn't an old man."
"Yes, you would. You mean if I
didn't have this good old hickory cane
between my knees. I heard you take
worse not so long ago an' not bat an
eye. But I'm just talking' friendly to
you. I'm tryin' to show you that you
don't deserve all the warm feelln's
you're entertainin' for yourself. You
may be honest, but you're so darn
stingy mean it ain't no better than
stealin'. You ain't smart, or you
wouldn't brag the way you do and give
yourself away. You ain't even got a
good job, because nobody likes you
well enough to give you one or boost
you in any way, shape or manner. It
beats me to see people like you goln'
around all the time an' huggin' theirselves
when there's so many better
things they might hug. and the end of
it's the same every time. They all
wind up by hating themselves mighty
nigh as bad as they do everybody else.
You just go away by yourself somewheres,
son. an' ask yourself the question,
'What am I that I should try to
give myself the best end of it all the
time?' Then look around you an' see
if you can't like some one else better.
"Shall I start in on you?" asked the
long headed young man, with a grin.
"Start in on a yellow pup and work
up," suggested the old man. "I'll tell
you, son, and it's for your good; the
warmest feelin' most of us can afford
to have for ourselves is respect."?Chicago
News.
Not long ago the bishop of Bristol
was invited to write an article on King
Alfred, using as few long words as
possible. His response was an article of
1.350 words, every one of which was of
a single syllable and of Anglo-Saxon
origin.
TASTING THE TSAR'8 DINNER.
No Food Placed on the Royal Table
Until Officially Sampled.
The kitchens In which the food of
the "Great White Tsar" is prepared are
extraordinary for the elaborate precautions
taken to prevent any of his
household tumnerlnir with his food.
says Tit-Bits. The kitchens themselves
present the appearance of a
strong-room of a modern bank, guarded
by a regiment of soldiers, rather
than the culinary department of a
royal palace.
Even the chef?M. Eugene Kratz?
who presides over the imperial kitchens,
enjoying a salary of $20,000 a
year, and social privileges equal to
those of a general of the Russian army,
is not to be envied In his peculiar position.
As soon as dinner or luncheon is
ready to be placed on the emperor's
table, a very elaborate system of "tasting"
has to be gone through; and when
the tsar is in residence at Peterhof, not
only M. Kratz himself, but also his
under-chefs and certain high officials
of the imperial army are called in to
taste every dish that goes to the emperor's
table, after which experiment
a reasonable time Is permitted to
elapse to see whether or not the "tasters"
are poisoned. This curious survival
of other days comes from the
time of Ivan the Terrible.
When the meals prepared for his
majesty are served, M. Kratz himself
begins to taste; and after the strange
"poisoning" interval has elapsed the
dishes are placed In an electric eleva
tor with a closed shaft, into which the
military officials are locked, and up
goes the lift to the ante-chamber of
the imperial dining room. Here again
the major on duty samples the dishes
under the eyes of the tsar, after which
the imperial family sit down to dinner.
No dish ever served on the tsar's ta
ble Is permitted access to the dining
room save through the elevator shaft. [
Thus the food can In no way be tarn- E
pered with save by the cooks them- S
selves and the military officials on t
duty. It has been said by an author- 2
Ity that the Imperial family of Russia
In bygone times sat dowrf to their ,
meals in a dining room constructed of a
cast-Iron and steel, for all the world 4
like a bank vault. This, however, is ?
not the case now; but elaborate pre- 1
cautions still have to be made to pre- s
vent the enemies of the tsar carrying |
out their plots against his life. :
RICH CARGOES OF GOLD.
Spanish Galleons Laden With Riches,
Sports For the Buccaneer.
The galleons (the name is a corruption
of galley and is from the Greek, j
but the origin Is lost) were variously
designated, says a writer In Scrlbner'a.
There were "register ships," privileged
merchantmen, so called from being
registered at Cadiz; "avisos," dispatch
and mail ships with regular monthly 1
sailing between ports, which seldom |
carried treasure, but were eagerly
sought for the Information in their
mail bags of galleon movements; the
"azogues" were the quicksilver ships *
that carried from Spain the mercury '
necessary for smelting and refining in
the mines of Mexico and Peru; tne j
"flota" was the fleet which sailed from j
Cadiz to Cartagena, In what Is now
Colombia; and the Spaniards called all
ships "galleons" which sailed annually
to Vera Cruz in Mexico. The English
called them variously "treasure ships"
~ *A f**i\rr\ thn fant that ^
clHU |'in ir ii^vto ti vi?i viiw >?w.
much of the treasure carried was in
the form of rough metal plate and pig.
A comparison of the value of the cargoes
carried by the flota and galleons
Is Interesting. Of gold, to the 3,000,000 j
crowns carried by the galleons, the j
flota carried but 1.000,000: of silver, a
the galleons carried 20,000 crowns, the ?
flota 10,000; of jewels, so called, the ^
galleons carried usually about 20,000
crowns' worth of pearls, 300,000 crowns'
worth of emeralds, 20,000 or 30,000
crowns' worth of amethysts and other
less valuable stones (these figures include,
however, the East Indian ships),
the flota carried none; of wools, the <
gallleon cargoes approximated 40,000
or 50,000 crowns' worth, the flota
none: of quinquina, the galleons 20,000
or 30,000 crowns' worth; the flota
none; of Campeachy woods the galleons
60,000 crowns' worth, the flota
none; and of skins and leather, the *
galleons about 70,000 crowns' worth |
and the flota a like quantity. The register
ships from Beunos Ayres usually
carried a cargo of skins and leather
valued at 200,000 crowns' and 600,000
crowns' worth of Indigo. This difference
in value did not last for long after
the treasure ships began to be the
prey of all mankind, then the cargoes
ahinnpH InrlisrHminatelv DrOV'id
ed only the vessels were strong and
fast or In large Meets.
Opinions of the Wise.
Socrates thought that if all our misfortunes
were laid in one common
heap, whence everyone would take an
equal portion, most persons would be
contented to take their own and depart.
When Demnratus was asked whether
he held his tongue because he was
a fool or for want of words, he replied.
A fool cannot hold his tongue."
Pittacus said: "Everyone of you
hath his particular plague, and my
wife is mine; and?he is very happy
who hath this only."
Marcus Aureltus asserted: "How
much time he gains who does not look
to see what his neighbor says or does
or thinks, but only at what he does
himself to make it just and holy."
Aristippus, being asked what were
the most necessary things for well
born boys to learn, said, "Those
things which they will put in practice
when they become men."
Simonides said that he never repented
that he had held his tongue, but often
that he had spoken.
Aristotle was once asked what those
who told lits gained by it. Said, he,
"That when they speak truth they are
not believed."
Marcus Aurolius said: "Let not thy
mind run on what thou lackest so much
nv on what thou hast already."
Sophocles *aid: "Think not that thy
word, and thine alone, must be right."
90* We are going to give a Seventy
Dollar Quarter Leather Top Rock Hill
Buggy to the York township
clubmaker who returns and pays
for the largest number of subscribers
to The Yorkville Enquirer by March
29, 1908. Those who fail to get the
Buggy, will receive full pay for their
work, the same as heretofore. The
price of the paper will be $1.75 per
annum. New subscribers who give
their names to clubmakers now, and
pay for the same at the time of entry,
may have the paper until January 1,
19U9, for the price of one year's subscription.
' Our regular prospectus will
appear next Friday, November 15.
In the meantime let everybody who
expects to be in it get busy.
L. M. GRIST'S SONS.
^ywi
"SUPERIOR TO '
XBccause
you get a better
better made and better weari
For Sale By YORKV
B0~ We are going to give a Seventy |
)ollar Quarter Leather Top Rock Hill J
luggy to the Bethel township
lubmaker who returns and pays
or the largest number of subscribers
o The Yorkville Enquirer by March
!9, 1908. Those who fail to get the
Suggy, will receive full pay for their I
vork, the same as heretofore. The c
irice of the paper will be $1.75 per t
innum. New subscribers who give
heir names to clubmakers now, and I
ay for the same at the time of entry, e
nay have the paper until January 1, r
909, for the price of one year's subcription.
Our regular prospectus will 1
ippear next Friday, November 15. r
n the meantime let everybody who
xpects to be in it get busy. f
L. M. GRISTS SONS.
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W. I. WITHERSPOON CO.
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HARDWARE, 1
IMPLEMENTS,
WAGONS.
BUGGIES.
HARNESS. 4
RON and COMPOSITION ROOFING,
CE CREAM FREEZERS, FRUIT
JARS and RUBBERS.
We offer any of the above at Whole- I
sale and Retail and will be pleased to
nake prices and terms.
If you have to buy a MOWER or
itAKE, see the J O H N S T O N before <
rou settle the matter.
1
W. I. WITHERSPOON CO. s
('OU CAN GET IT AT 1
JOHNSON'S
i
f it Is something: out of the ordinary n
GROCERIES you can always get It
it L W. JOHNSON'S. I make a specialty
of having out-of-the-ordinary I
groceries of the BETTER QUALI- I
riES. Here are some: <
CANNED BEETS, 1
CANNED APPLES, t
CANNED SWEET PEAS, *
VAN CAMP'S BIG HOMINY, ?
HEINZ'S TOMATO SOUP, *
BREAKFAST HERRING ROE, F
SNIDER'S PORK AND BEANS, s
PINEAPPLE?Grated, Chunks and *
sliced, F
N. C. BUCKWHEAT, '
MAPLE SYRUP?qts. andj-2 gals., J
MARASCHINO CHERRIES.
YES, GET IT FROM
I. W. JOHNSON. e
OVERC
With the advent of cold we
new Overcoat. You will do w
early, as then you will he able
Our stock of Overcoats is largi
sents the Very Best of Values,
wards to Suit Your Purse.
MEN'S GENUINE CRAV
In Raincoats we have the
Garments. Now, don't be dece
"Cravenette" is not "Priestly'
110 Cravenette that is so good a
you want the worth of your n
sell you the Genuine Cravenett
LADIES' GENUINE CRAV
Ladies' Genuine Priestly (
fashions in cut and style, $10.o<
The STRAUSS
e6eat)_.
^CLOTHING
It's time
to think of
11 Overcoats
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y Our new stock
jyVv is ready for your
Jfor inspection.
i| Come and
11 look at the new
i|| | models. <
IIII \\ ^ l^e ncwest
llllll I 1\ fhirnrs in over
m ? coir -
'II \ Every Itne is
'VI \ perfect. Long, '
w'^c lapels, full 1
, back. Inlaid vel|ji
vet collar or full
y f) velvet collar. <
** The prjcc js
within the reach
* of any man. <
rAILOR-MADE"
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garment for less money,
ng?and it's ready to wear.
??/
ILLE B. & M. CO.
Lots In Westerleigh
Westerleigh Is the most desirably
ocated suburb of Yorkvllle, and Is
ilose to the business centre of the
own.
It is the only place within the cor>orate
limits where a negro can buy a
uitable building lot at a reasonable
irice.
Already some thirty-five or more
ots have been bought by substantial
legroes.
There are only about fifty more lots
or sale.
The prices are low, very low consldsring
the value, and the terms are
aslly within the means of any Indus
rlous laborer.
Negroes who desire to Invest In lots
'or the purpose of building homes, or
or the purpose of getting good profits
vlthln a year or two should see me
'or particulars.
LAURA E. PARISH.
30ING TO
Charleston?
Fall Festival Opens November
18 and Continues
One Week.
Srcat Preparations for a Good Time.
Firemen's Contests and Parade.
Grand Military Parade,
Prize Drill for Squads.
Fourth Annual Poultry Show?Admission
FREE,
spectacular "Fighting the Flames."
SAND CONCERTS
STREET CARNIVAL,
ILLUMINATION OF KING ST.
Dne Fare, Plus 25 Cents on All Railroads.
6t*
W We are going to give a Seventy
dollar Quarter Leather Top Rock Hill
luggy to the Bullock's Creek township
ilcbmaker who returns and pays
for the largest number of subscribers
:o The Yorkville Enquirer by March
>9, 1908. Those who fail to get the
3uggy, will receive full pay for their
vork, the same as heretofore. The
>rice of the paper will be $1.75 per
innum. New subscribers who give
heir names to clubmakers now, and
>ay for the same at the time of entry,
nay have the paper until January 1,
909, for the price of one year's subicription.
Our regular prospectus will
ippear next Friday, November 15.
n the meantime let everybody who
a- L!t k..?w
ixpects XO DO in Ik yoi uu.r.
L. M. GRIST'S SONS.
:oats
ather you are sure to need a
ell to come and see our lines
to get just what you want,
e, varied in styles and repreOvercoats
at $5.00 and UpENETTE
RAIN COATS
Genuine Priestly Cravenette
ived, about this matter. All
s Cravenette," and there is i
s "Priestly's Cravenette." If
loney in a Raincoat, we can 1
e Coats at $10 and Upward.
rENETTE RAIN COATS
Cravenette Raincoats, latest
a and Upward. ]
5-SMITH CO. ;
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professional Cards.
C. A. SMITH,
Veterinary Surgeon.
Office at Glenn & Allison's .Stables.
Prompt attention will be given to all
Tails?Day or Night. 81 3m.
DR. H. W. WHITE,
DENTIST
Opposite Postoffioe, Yorkville, 8. C.
JOHN R. HART. *
ATTORNEY AT LAW
No. S Law Range
Yorkville. 8. C. 0
A. Y. CART WRIGHT,
SUKULUN DcIN No I,
YORKVILLE, S. C.
Cam OPPICE HOURS:
gam. to i pm.;i p m. to 5pm.
Office In upstairs rooms of Cert- v"^
ivrlght building next to the Parish
lotel burnt lot
j. s. BRICE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW ^
Office Opposite Court House.
Prompt attention to all legal business
jf whatever nature.
GEO. W. S. HART,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
YORKVILLE, 8. C.
2 Law Range. 'Phone Office No. 58
D. E. Finley. Marion B. Jennings.
FINLEY & JENNINGS,
YORKVILLE, 8. C. *
Office in .Wilson Building, opposite
Court House. Telephone No. 126.
AX ORDINANCE.
Providing for an Election to Decide 4k
Whether or not the Town of Yorkville
Shall Issue Twenty-five Thousand
Dollars of Bonds, If so Much
Be Necessary, for the Building of
Sewerage System and Extension of
Water-works System.
BE It ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the town of Yorkvllle,
S. C., In regular council assembled
this 28th day of October, 1907:
It having been certified to the coun- J,
ell of the town of Yorkvllle, S. C., by
George T. Schorb, Town Treasurer,
that a majority of the freeholders of
said town, as appears from his tax
books, have signed a petition asking
that council call an election submitting
to the qualified voters of the said
town the question of whether or not
the town shall issue Twenty-five
Thousand Dollars of Bonds, if so Much
be necessary, bearing interest at a
rate not exceeding six per cent and
payable in forty years from the date
of issue, with the privilege of redemption
after twenty years, it is Ordained,
That such election be held on the
20TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1907, in.
the Sheriff's office, and the polls shall
be open from eight a. m. until four p.
m? during which time all of the qual- *
lfled voters of said town shall be entitled
to vote.
Sec. Those in favor of the issuance
of said Bonds, shall cast a ballot
on which the following shall appear:
"Shall the town of Yorkvllle, S. C., *
Issue Twenty-five Thousand Dollars
of Bonds, if so much be necessary, for
the Installation of a Sewerage System
and Extension of Water Works In said
Town ?"
"YES".
Those opposed to the issuance of
said bonds shall cast a ballot on which
the following shall appear:
"Shall the town of Yorkvllle, S. C.,
Issue Twenty-five Thousand Dollars of
Bonds, if so much be necessary, for
the Installation of a Sewerage System
and Extension of the Water Works in f
said Town?"
"NO."
That W. Thompson Jackson, C. H.
Sahdlfer and T. W. Clawson are hereby
appointed Managers of said election.
Done and ratified in Council assembled.
"W
JOHN R. HART.
Mayor Town of Yorkvllle, S. C.
Attest [Seal]
I. W. Johnson,
Clerk of Council.
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