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lumoraus department.
A L?Mon In Cooking.
That anybody can cook is a popular
masculine view of one of the most difficult
and interesting i the arts. The
following Is a dialogue which took place
in a city flat when the wife was sick
and the husband a voluntary chef. It
was the breakfast hour. The voice
aoim/t "iv? vou bearin
I ruill iue luivucu aonvu, ??? ?
to count the three minutes from the
time you put the eggs in, or from the
time the water begins to boil?"
The voice from the bedroom replied,
"Do you wha?Why, you don't put the
eggs in till the water begins to boil,
dear."
"You don't? Well, I did."
"Is the water nearly boiling?"
"Nearly boiling! Why, I Just put
it on!"
"And isn't it very hot?"
"Of course it isn't!" came the indignant
reply from the kitchen.
?.A *411
"Well then, Just take tne eggs um ?.?
It starts boiling."
Silence for a few momenta
"What shall I take 'em out with?"
"There's a big Iron spoon hanging
over the sink."
"Oh! Where shall I put them?"
"Why, on the kitchen table, dear."
"But they keep rolling off If I don't
hold 'em."
"Then put them on a saucer."
"Which one shall I take?"
"Don't take?Oh, never mind; take
any of them."
Silence for ten minutes.
Then: "Charles, is the water boiling?"
"It If n't even lukewarm yet."
"Not lukewarm! Why, you didn't
fill It with cold water?"
"Of course. Why not?"
"Charles, dear, I'm sorry to make you
so much trouble," came from the bedroom,
"but It will never boll that way.
Just pour it out and put In only a little
from the hot water faucet."
"All right," came the reply from the
kitchen. "Now I've done It Shall I
put the eggs In?"
"No, wait tUl It bolls."
suence.
"There, it's boiling now. Shall I put
'em In?"
Silence for some time.
Then, from the bedroom, "Aren't the
three minutes up yet?"
"Gracious! I forgot to look at my
watch when I put 'em in. I guess it
must be time, though. What do you
take 'em out with?"
"The big spoon," said the voice from
the bedroom, patiently.
Silence.
"Say," came the voice from the
kitchen, "how?what made 'em all
come out of the shells? There Isn't
anything In the shells at all, and the
water?why, the water's all poached."
"Oh, dear," said the voice from the
bedroom, "you must have cracked them
when you dropped them In?"
"Why didn't you say so? I couldn't
put my hands clear down Into the boiling
water with 'em, could I?"
"Of course not. Never mind."
Silence.
"Well, what do I do now?"
"Oh, just turn out the gas and let it
go at that"
"But what are you going to eat?
Don't you want me to boil you some
more?"
The voice from the bedroom answered
eagerly, "No, no! Please, don't! I'll
just have some crackers and milk,
please. That will do. Bring me the
bottle of milk out of the lower part of
the refrigerator, and a bowl and a
spoon and a cracker Jar from the sideboard.
No, I'll open the milk bottle.
Thank you. Now go back to your
newspaper, dear. Sister May will clear
up when she comes."
"How long does the doctor say you'll
have to stay in bed?" came the voice
from behind the newspaper.
"He doesn't say."
"I hope It won't be long."
"I hope so, too."?Chicago News.
Juliet Got the Light.
At a smal seaport town a star ac
tress of the third magnitude appeared
as Juliet.
"I cannot do justice to myself," she
said to the manager, "If I do not have
a limelight thrown on me when I appear
at the balcony."
"We ain't got no limelight, miss, but
I think we could get you a ship's blue
light," replied the obliging manager,
and to this the lady agreed.
The lad who went to the shop to buy
the blue light brought back a signal
rocket, which was given to him by
mistake. The prompter took the rocket
in good faith.
Romeo?He jests at scars who never
felt a wound.
(Juliet appears. Prompter lights a
match.)
"But, soft! What light through yonder
windows breaks?"
(This was the match lighting the
fuse.)
"Arise, fair sun!"
The sun, or rather, the rocket, did
rise with a terrific hiss. Juliet was
knocked off the balcony, the fly borders
were set on fire, and the theatewas
filled with a sulphurous smoke,
while the audience, which was fortunately
a small one, made a stampede
to the doors.
Since then "Romeo and Julet" has
nia-ova hoon innkp/i unon In that town
as a dramatic work that could not be
witnessed without personal danger.?
London Express.
The Meek Men Retorts.?"Fountain
pens," snapped the nagging wife, "remind
me of some husbands."
"What Is the resemblance?" ventured
the meek little man.
"Expensive, can't be depended upon,
won't work, and half the time they are
broke."
"That's pretty rough, Martha, but
you couldn't compare a fountain pen
with some women."
"I guess not."
"No; a fountain pen will dry up and
some wives won't."
And then he made for the suburban
trolley and made a bee line for town.
?Chicago News.
IVI l8Unaer8X0oa^? VYOlll we nam,
said the man In the frock coat, "is a
safe and sane Fourth."
"You bet we do," agreed the man
with the wispy whiskers.
"We should put a stop to the unseemly
noises that shatter the very
air upon that day. I say to you, sir,
that on the occasion of the celebration
of the anniversary of the birth of the
greatest, grandest, most glorious governmental
structure that ever has"?
"Yep," interrupts the other man, "we
ought to choke 'em off. I'm good an'
tired of listening to those flapdoodle,
spread-eagle speeches myself."
And the man in the frock coat passed
on with an air of the haughtiest
kind of hauteur.?Chicago Post.
THE STORY OF CLEMSON.
[Continued from First Page].
I
er type than the denominational colleges,
was sufficient and declared that
there was no need for another state
college. They had attacked the south
Carolina university after the overthrow
of the carpetbag government in
'76, clamoring against free tuition, but
"nnhio to Drevent its being re
organized and reopened. They felt
that as the proposed agricultural college
was Intended mainly to teach
poor boys along practical lines, It
would prevent many students from attending
denominational colleges and
thus destroy them. The "ring" having
a large, number of the hold-over senators,
the victory for the acceptance
of the Clemson bequest by the general
assembly was a difficult thing to
achieve, and the deciding vote for the
bill, which had passed the house, yeas
67, nays 48, was cast in the senate In
behalf of the acceptance of the Clemson
bequest by Lieut. Gov. Mauldin,
It is well to state here that after the
bequest was accepted by the legislature,
Gov. Richardson withheld his approval
by what is known as a "pocket
veto," thus preventing any action looking
to work on the proposed new college
for two years. The seven life
trustees had met at Pendleton shortly
after Mr. Clemson's death, had organized,
signified their acceptance of the
trust in legal form, and set about getting
the estate into such shape as to
take the necessary action to carry out
Mr. Clemson's purpose with or with?"
afofo a IH
The progress of the struggle for
mastery between the two contending
ideas of education was watched with
deep concern by all parties Interested
in public affairs in the state, and it
became evident that the choice of Gov.
Richardson's successor would cause a
bitter flght. It has been the purpose
and work of the "ring" to excite distrust
of the reformers and to cause
timid people to be very much alarmed
over what was proclaimed as the impending
effort to "split the Democratic
party," though the friends of the agricultural
college always stood by the
Democratic party organization in every
county, and when beaten, as they
were in '86 and '88, they had moved
to make the nominations unanimous
and smilingly informed their antagonists
that they would try again.
The movement for the college had
by this time broadened into many
lines of reform in state affairs, and
the agitation which had acted as a
tonic, coupled with the organization
of the alliance, had taught the farmers
their strength, as well as rights
and the means of accomplishing their
purposes.
The Third Battle.
It is not my purpose nor is It necessary
to enter into any details concerning
the hot and bitter political fight
in South Carolina in 1890. The agricultural
college was one of the burning
issues in that campaign and the
1 r\t tho npnnlo with the
Sl&UO,! UlUiW^ii v* %..V
transfer of all the funds donated by
the United States government to
Clemson college, the abolition of the
agricultural department, and the donation
of the privilege tax to Clemson
for agricultural and technical education
are all of too recent occurrence to
need recapitulation here. The great
work which the college has done Is not
denied by any one; and Its future usefulness
is sure In spite of the opposition
of Its old enemies who seek to
undermine and Injure It, while pretending
to be Its friends. I would not
have written this story to be published
at this time, leaving it to see the
light after I am dead, but the active
agitation now going on in the state
has caused me to feel that It is my
duty to recall some facts which the
younger generation are unacquainted
with. They will Interest all our people.
The legal status of Clemson college
Is well defined and understood by every
intelligent lawyer in the state.
The agitation for the change In the
condition has no good reason for its
eTistPnep and the friends of the col
lege will see to it that neither old or
new enemies do It any injury.
B. R. Tillman.
U. S. Senate,
Washington. June 18.
Mother.
"All that I am or hope to be," said
Lincoln, after he had become president,
"I owe to my angel mother."
"My mother was the making of me,"
said Thomas Edison, recently. "She
was so true, so sure of me; and I felt
that I had some one to live for; some
one I must not disappoint."
"All that I have ever accomplished
in life," declared Dwlght L. Moody, the
great evangelist, "I owe to my mother."
"To the man who has had a mother
all women are sacred for her sake,"
said Jean Paul Richter.
The testimony of great men in acknowledgment
of the boundless debt
they owe to their mothers would make
record stretching from the dawn of
history to today. Few men, Indeed, become
great who do not owe their greatness
to a mother's love and inspiration.
Uaw wo hoar npfinlp in PVerv
walk of life say, "I never could have
done this thing but for my mother.
She believed in me, encouraged me,
when others saw nothing in me."
"A kiss from my mother made me a
painter," said Benjamin West.
A distinguished man of today says:
"I never could have reached my present
position had I not known that my
mother expected me to reach it. From
a child she made me feel that this was
the position she expected me to fill; and
her faith spurred me on and gave me
the power to attain it."
It Is a strange fact that our mothers,
the molders of the world, should get
so little credit and should be so seldom
mentioned among the world's achievers.
The world sees only the successful
son; the mother is but a round in
the ladder upon which he has climbed.
Her name or face is never seen in the
papers; only her son is lauded and held
up to our admiration. Yet it was that
sweet, pathetic figure in the background
that made his success possible.?Orison
Swett Marden in Success Magazine.
Behind the Bars.?The intoxicated
individual who, after bumping Into the
same tree thirteen times, bemoaned
the fact that he was lost in an impen
etrable forest is no greater disgrace to
modern civilization than the hero of
this story.
A citizen of Seattle, when he had
looked upon the wine when he was no
longer sure what color it was, in the
course of his journey home encountered
a tree protected by an iron treeguard.
Grasping the bars, he cautiously
felt his way around it twice.
"Curse it." he moaned, sinking to
the ground in despair. "Locked in!"
44
THE COMING HARVEST.
Great Interest In the Year's Wheal
Crop.
"Wheat harvest has begun in Texas,"
is a message that reaches the central
grain markets every year In th?
last week of May or about the first ol
June. The announcement came recently,
and it is of more significant
this year than usual, because of th<
exhaustion of old wheat supplies an>
the extraordinarily high prices prevailing
in most of the winter wheal
area. Texas is not an important whea
state. It raised 20,000,000 bushels ir
1903 and 10,000,000 bushels in 1908
This year its crop is not expected tc
be over 6,000,000 bushels, owing to s
prolonged drought that has been exthprp
Rut the beginning ol
harvest In Texas means that the milh
of that state will be able to supplj
their demands from their home croi
at least for a time, and it is the forerunner
of the gradual spread of th<
harvest over the entire 45,000,000 acret
of wheat now growing in the Unite<2
' States.
Within three weeks the earliest
wheat of Oklahoma will be ready tc
| cut. In the latter part of June the soft
wheat of southern Missouri and southern
Kansas and Kentucky and Tennessee
will begin to fall before the
machines. About July 1 the great
Kansas crop, constituting nearly e
fifth of the entire winter wheat production
of the United States, will b<
ready to garner. A little latir th(
clatter of the binders and headers will
be heard in Nebraska, and in August
the spring wheat of the Dakotas anc
Minnesota will be ripe.
Never since the grain trade has beer
organized as at present has this country
come so near to exhausting ltf
supply of wheat as this year. In Kansas,
Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, Indiana,
Illinois and Ohio farmers
granaries are swept clean and manj
mills have not enough wheat to keef
them going until new grain is available.
Except in Chicago, Mlnneapolii
and Duiutn, mere is nine wuwi a
any market centre. The occasional cai
I of good soft wheat that reaches Kansas
City and St. Louis sells at ovei
$1.50 a bushel, nearly double a norma
price for wheat.
Because of this exhaustion of ol(
wheat supplies, the coming of harves
is watched for with unusual interes
this year, and there will be more competition
for the first cars of new whea
that come to market than ever before
The production of wheat In the Unit'
ed States last year was 664,000,001
bushels, including 437,000,000 bushel*
of winter wheat and 226,000,000 bushels
of spring wheat. The requirement*
for bread and seed are about 550,000,
000 bushels. Owing to the dry weathei
last fall a deficiency of 2,500,000 acre)
in the area, and damage this spring ii
Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas by drj
weather, the winter wheat crop is no
expected to exceed 390,000,000 busheli
this year, or 48,000,000 bushels lesi
than last year. If there should b<
even a moderate deficiency in tlx
spring wheat crop, the country wouk
come nearer to being on short rationi
than ever before in recent years. Bu
fortunately the conditions are favorable
for a much larger spring wliea
crop than last year, and the probablli|
ties are that the United States wll
have at least a moderate supply o:
wheat in excess of home needs.
At the present time, owing to tlx
scarcity of old wheat, prices are higher
in the United States than in Liver
pool?a condition that has existed onlj
two or three times in a generation oi
more.
The wheat crop In Kansas and Nebraska
is about ten days to two week*
behind a normal growth for this season
of the year, a fact which has caused
some excitable speculators to doub
Aether miioh wheat will be avallabh
to fill July contracts. But experlencei
wheat raisers say that normal whea
In June will bring on the harvest a'
about the usual time.
Stocks of wheat In Europe are expected
to be reduced to small proportions
before a new crop la raised. Tin
world's production of wheat for tw<
years has been below the world's requirements.
The deficiency has beer
made up out of the surplus from preceding
crops. Last year the world's
crop was 3,172,000,000 bushels; two
years ago, 3,142,000,000 bushels. Ir
1906 3.432,000,000 bushels were ralsec
and In 1905 the crop was 3,330,000,001
bushels. There will be little surplus
to carry over this year anywhere, s<
that millers, grain dealers and speculators
are watching with acute Interest
the growth of the crops In al
parts of the world. Europe, like th<
United States, has had a late spring
and In Germany there Is an unpromising
outlook for fall-sowing grain
The Argentine crop was less than lasi
year's, but those of India and Australia
were larger. In most other Important
wheat countries the prospect Is
fair to good.
Nearly every schoolboy knows tha1
a wheat harvest Is In progress somej
where in the world every month in th<
year, but 80 per cent of the total production
Is In the northern hemisphere
with harvest corresponding approximately
to the season In the Unltec
States. Here Is the world's wheal
harvest calendar: December and January,
Argentina and Australia; February
and March, East India and Upper
Egypt; April, Lower Egypt, Ash
Minor, India and Mexico; May, Northern
Africa, China, Japan and Texas
June and July, all the chief wlntei
wheat areas of the United States ant
Europe; August, the chief spring whea
areas of North America and Eu
rope; September and October, Scot
land, Sweden and Norway; Novem
ber, Peru and South Africa.?Kansa
City Times.
A Fine Point.?It all depended upoi
whether or not the word In a contraci
was "on" or "or." The final lettei
could be taken for either an "n" 01
"r," which Is very common in ordinal'}
penmanship.
The case was a claim made by G. W
Akers before the council committi-i or
claims yesterday afternoon for the re
funding of $58, which he had paid foi
sidewalk pavement. Mr. Akers exhl
bited the petition for the widening o;
Forest avenue, east of the boulevard
and where his name appeared was th<
following sentence:
"If I have no expense for sewer 01
(or on) street."
City Attorney Hill said he bellevet
the little word was "on," and if 1
was, there was nothing about side,
walk pavement mentioned.
Mr Akers snld the little word wa!
"or," and If this was the case, h<
would not have to pay for sidewalk
pavement as that Included expense
"on" the street.
The committee appeared to sld<
with Mr. Aker, after carefully inspecIng
the little word, and the city attorney
said he felt forced to admit
that the word could be either "or" or
"on."
The committee took no final action,
t but It Is believed that Mr. Akers will
be refunded the $58.?Florida TimesUnion.
TUNNEL UNDER THE ALAMO.
)
' If Famous Defenders Had Known
; They Could Have Escaped.
> If the defenders of the Alamo had
j known that the holy fathers who con.
structed the old adobe fort had also
I dug a secret tunnel several miles long <
t they might have saved their lives and
, the celebrated massacre would have
no place in history. Such a tunnel ex
, Ists. but, strange to say, It has never
L been explored, declares the Chicago
. Inter-Ocean.
f The mysterious excavation leads in
, two directions from beneath the an- i
r cient Alamo building. It is known
, that one branch of the tunnel runs
. south for at least two and one-half i
. miles to the old Conception mission,
, and that another branch extends north
I from the Alamo to the ruins of the an- \
tlquated stone blockhouse which
t stands in what is now San Pedro Park.
, It ia about two miles from this block
house to the Alamo.
The early historic accounts of the
. string of ancient missions which are
, situated along the San Antonio river
I make no reference to the system of <
t tunnels, which was evidently con- i
. structed about the time the buildings
s wefe erected. It Is evident that the
s existence of these tunnels was not t
I known to the early settlers. I
t When the American garrison of the
I Alamo was surrounded by the Mexi- <
' can troops it knew of no way of es,
caplng the death that surely awaited i
. it. So well did the Franciscan fath.
ers. who built and inhabited these
. missions, keep the secret of the exlat.
ence of the tunnels that this knowl- i
edge did not even come to the early
T Mexican settlers of San Antonio. It
, was not until about twenty years ago
. that the discovery was made that a
, tunnel led from tlje Alamo to the Oont
ception mission. It was quite by acr
cldent that the underground passage
. was found.
r Louis Teborah was digging a well
I at his home on South Presa street,
when the picks of the workmen struck
I a hard substance that proved to be
t adobe plaster, such as the Franciscan
t fathers taught the Indians of this sec.
tlon to make In the early days. A few
t strokes of the pick made an opening
In this concrete wall and a cavern was
. exposed to view. Mr. Teborah and the
) laborers who were digging the well
3 descended into the opening and found
. that it was not a cave, as they sup3
posed, but a tunnel, with a width of
. about five feet and a height of seven
r feet. The concrete layer of two or
3 three Inches in thickness formed the
j walls and arched roof, while the floor
f or bottom of the passageway was of
t dirt.
3 The tynnel was explored by Mr.
3 Teborah and others for a distance of
i several hundred yards In both dlrec5
tions. Further progress was blocked
j by cavlngs which had occurred, filling
3 the passage with dirt and debris,
t One end of the explored tunnel
. crossed under the San Antonio river,
t In order to get a safe distance below
the bed of that stream the tunnel was
j lowered several feet at the crossing
I point, flights of stone steps connecting
the two levels. It is thought that the
3 tunnel runs in almost a direct line between
the blockhouse on the north to
the Conception mission on the south
. by way of the Alamo, and If this
1 is correct the river crosses above it no
r fewer than a dozen times.
The opening into the tunnel in the
Alamo is situated in one of the cells of
3 the monks. Centuries of disuse have
caused It to fill with debris and no effort
has ever been made to clean it
out and conduct an exploration, so far
' as known. The same condition is true
of the entrance beneath the blockhouse
and at Conception mission. Since
the discovery was made by Mr. Teborah
several years ago the tunnel has
been encountered at 'other points
on its course. While excavating for
i the outfall sewer that leads south of
' the city the tunnel was broken Into
and considerable difficulty was expe1
rienced In building the brick sewer
across it. It not infrequently happens
3 that the tunnel is struck while exca1
vating for the foundations for houses.
1 It is considered ramarkable that no
1 systematic exploration of this ancient
' relic of the Franciscan fathers ever
3 has been attempted. It Is believed by
3 many people that the tunnel does not
stop at the Conception mission, but
that it extends all the way to the San
' Francisco de la Espada mission, siti
uated nine miles south of San Antonio,
' connecting en route the San Jose and
the San Juan missions. All these an
cient structures are built close to the
1 San Antonio river and are surrounded
by little villages of Mexicans.
These mission buildings were erect3
ed nearly two centuries ago, and it is
supposed that the tunnel which proba'
bly connects all of them was con"
structed about the same time. The
i blockhouse in San Pedro Park was
built at a later date, and it is consid
ered likely that the branch tunnel
" which leads to it was built some time
' tfter the passageway to the missions
^ was finished.
There Is much speculation as to the
' original objects of the system of tun"
nels. It is considered likely that In1
dlan labor was used to dig the tunnel,
" and if this Is true it could not have
been kept a secret from the tribesmen.
r It is considered probable that the real
' object of this tunnel connecting
1 some, if not all, of the missions along
' the San Antonio river was to afford
" the monks an opportunity of visiting
" each other without the knowledge of
' the Spanish military and civil authorities,
who made their headquarters
in San Antonio.
1 If this theory is correct the monks
1 did not lead the strict life, of a recluse
p that has heretofore been generally supp
posed. Instead of being alone in their
' cells they were probably off on a visit
to some of their brothers at one of the
other missions without the outside
1 world being any wiser.
An exploration and rehabilitation of
p this ancient system of tunnels might
lead to many interesting discoveries,
r it Is claimed. In the Imaginative inlnds
of some people the treasure room of
i the Franciscan monks is situated at
some point on the line of the underp
giitund passageway, and perhaps it
may still contain a store of great
' wealth. The Mexican Inhabitants of
t At-- I ti it?
lilt? Illlit? village nnuaicu aujauriu iu
" the missions have a superstitious
dread of the mysterious tunnel. None
* of them could be Induced to enter the
i dark and grewsome passageway.
[ 9 ,
itiT For heartburn try one-half tea>
spoonful of salt In a little water. I
NATI0N8 THAT DIED.
Most of Them Went to Their Doom
Fighting, ae Did Rom*
Most countries which have died have
gone down lighting. The Roman empire
perished like that
The empire of the west became so
weak at last that it could make no
stand against its enemies. Rome was
sacked by the barbarians and eventually
became not the capital of a vast
empire, but the city of the popes, over
which the pontiffs reigned as kings.
Finally the city was taken without a
real light by the soldiers of the king
of Italy.
The empire of the east had its capital
at Constantinople. For centuries it
was the greatest power in the world.
But it became honey-combed with vice
and enervated with pride and luxury;
also it grew old and weak.
Then the Turks made a ugerisn
spring on Constantinople and took
It by storm. The last of the Greek emperors
died sword In hand, and his descendants
are living In England today
In very humble situations.
Egypt, once so powerful and famous
under the pharaohs, was conquered by
Rome and was afterward swamped by
the Moslems.
The great moguls used to reign In
India. In the days of Queen Elizabeth
the mogul, or emperor of Delhi, as he
was sometimes called, was so powerful
that he thought it a vast condescension
on his part to receive an embassy from
the maiden queen.
But as time went on the great rajahs,
or tributary kings, rebelled
against the moguls. India was rent
asunder by the wars between rival rajahs.
This gave the Europeans a
chance.
Prance at first held the upper hand
and nearly conquered the land. But
then England drove France back and
Reized the empire of the great moguls
for herself. The heir of the moguls
still enjoys a pension given by the
British government.
Poland used to occupy a big place on
the map of Europe. At one time it was
much larger and stronger than Russia.
But Poland perished through her
own faults and follies. The mass of
the common people were slaves In all
but name; hence the nobles and the
people never stood together In times
of danger or disaster.
Poland is a big country, but It was
divided against itself, and Russia,
Prussia and Austria combined were
more powerful. They all three Joined
hands, and each took a large share of
Poland In 1772.
In 1793 the trio of robbers made a
second swoop. Only the ghost of Poland
was left. Another year saw the
end of the tragedy. The last remnants
of Poland were swallowed up by Russia,
Prussia and Austria.
The fate of the republic of Venice
is one of the most dramatic In all history.
Its doges ranked as the equals
of the proudest kings. Its alliance was
coveted by the greatest powers. All
real power rested In the hands of the
dreaded council of ten and the secret
three. The latter was a trio of living
mysteries and were known by name
to practically no one In Venice.
So the government of Venice was
a terror to Its own people and the outside
world. Then Napoleon came upon
the scene, and "the Lion of St. Mark
licked the dust."?Pearson's Weekly.
Th? Foiler Foiled.?Recently one
young man bet another that he could
not break an egg placed on the floor
of their room by hitting It with a barrel.
The second young man promtly
took the bet. . '
Thereupon the first young man
carefully placed an egg In a corner of
the room, Just where the walls made
a right angle, so that It was Impossible
for the other to hit the egg with an
ordinary barrel.
Then the first young man proceeded
to gloat.
But the other suddenly produced a
revolver and broke the egg by tapping
It smartly with the barrel of the weapon.
Then he demanded the money.
There was quite a dispute naturally.
Finally the two agreed to submit the
question to the editor of a sporting paper.
In due time the answer came.
The sporting authority decided that the
second young man was me winner 01
the bet, since the other had not specified
in any way what kind of barrel
should be used for the destruction of
the e^T. ?New York Times.
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What |
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Piano ?
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no mechanism, tone qual
1 ity, action, etc., you had
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Lavadura
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' A pure, fine, white, harmless powder that
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don't have to rub and scrub and ruin vour jBH
g4l ; hands and clothes when you use Lavadura. [19
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? CONDITION JUST AT THIS TIME. IF HE MAKES f
A GOOD CROP HE IS CERTAIN TO GET A GOOD
W PRICE FOR IT AND IF HE MAKES A SMALL 5
V CROP HE IS CERTAIN TO GET A BETTER PRICE ?
! FOR IT I
? We believe that York county Is In a more prosperous condition
J than at any time In Its history. Farm lands are becoming more 3
A and more valuable and, while the necessary articles used on the. 9
X farm are more expensive, at the same time the products of the L"
farm are likewise more valuable and more marketable. A
A few years ago, IT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE for the I?
FARMER TO GET MONEY ADVANCED TO HIM ON THE V
V PROSPECTS OF HIS CROP *
X THE NATIONAL UNION BANK COMMENCED TO f
V ADVERTISE FOR THE FARMERS' BUSINESS, i
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A OFFERING TO LET THEM HAVE MONEY TO #
J CULTIVATE THEIR FARMS, CHARGING THEM )
j ONLY SIX PER CENT Ihterest
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A THE NATIONAL UNION BANK HAS SUPPLIED
C MORE MONEY TO FARMERS THIS YEAR THAN I
; IT HAS EVER DONE BEFORE L
r The only requirement in order to obtain money from us, is that V
you can make good papers and will do your business with this y
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? IF YOU ARE NOT NOW DOING BUSINESS WITH i
ITS. YOU SHOULD COMMENCE TODAY. V
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X W. J. RODDEY, President. IRA B. DUNLAP, Cashier. J
Rawls Plumbing Co. CEMENT
BLOCKS
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11 J I I II Lj J. 1 \J VV ,n8: Cement Blacks in any size and
w ^ * i w w shape for Building Purposes, Fencing
Curbing, Cemetery Lots, etc. See us
for prices.
WE have an adequate force of ___ _
Competent Workmen to do QTHVP WHOH
PLUMBINO or other work in our * V/ Y L? YY v/V/L/
line. We can give you all the inforSAN'itarT'PSTMBSSO
''"Ed ttS We are >re?arcd ,0 " ordera 'OI
nl nlvi lt,. ?! Stove Wood, cut from slabs to stove
BES?and MOST APPROVE FIX- lengths In oak and pine, at $10)0 per
TURES MOST APPROVED FIX Uj|d phone U8 for gtove Wood.
J. J. KELLER & CO.
COME FOR US or SEND FOR US.
WtT See us for Lime, Cement, Lumber
RAWLS PLUMBING COMPANY. ?Rough or Dressed.
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A NOVEL
-BYOpie
Read and Frank Pixley
Will Be The Enquirer's Next Serial
Story, Which Will Be Published By
Special Permission of Mr. Read's Publishers.
"The Carpet-Bagger" is one
of Mr. Read's Best Stories and Is the
Equal In Interest to "The Jucklins,"
Published In The Enquirer a Few
Months Ago. Watch for the Opening
Chapters of "The Carpet-Bagger."
They Will Appear Soon.
..UNIVERSITY..
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SOUTH CAROLINA
8CHOLAR8HIP EXAMINATION.
The university op south ^
CAROLINA offer* Scholarships In
the Department of Education to one
young man from each county. Each
Scholarship is worth $100 in money and
$18 matriculation or "term" free.
Examination will be held at County
seat Friday, July 2. Examination for
admission to the University will be held
at the same time.
Write for information to
8. C. MITCHELL, President,
Columbia, S. C.
47 t St
SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE 4
Examinations Clemson Agricultural
College.
At the County Court House on Friday,
July 2nd, at 9 a. nru, the Scholarship
and Entrance Examinations to
Clemson Agricultural College will be 9
held under the direction of the County
Board of Education.
Applicants must be at least 16 years
of age and must be prepared to enter
the Freshman Class. There are no
Scholarships in the Preparatory Class.
This class is only open to a limited
number of boys who cannot reach high
schools and who are living in sections
of the state where school facilities are
poor. Scholarships are worth $100.00
and Free Tuition. The next session of
Clemson Agricultural College will begin
Sept 8. 1909.
Apply to the County Superintendent
of Education after June 20th
for needed information concerning the
Scholarship Examinations.
For catalogs, further Information and
cards upon which to make application
for entrance to the College, address
P. H. MELL, President,
Clemson College, S. C.
47 f.t 7t
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checkbook i?!} 171? +
pass book r jlvH/H/
USE OF OUR BUROLAR-PROOFxf
SAFE FREE. . '
BENEFIT OF OUR EXPERIENCE
FREE.
Sometimes, no doubt you wonder at
your neighbor's prosperity
He Has a
Bank Account ^
Shall be pleased to add your name
to our growing line of customers.
The Bank of Glover, *
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W. Brown Wylie, John E. Carroll,
President See. A Trees.
YORMLE I0MJMENT WORKS
YORKVILLE, 8. C.
Anything In
Marble or Granite *
LET US HAVE TOUR ORDERS
NOW FOR ANT KIND OF WORK
IN MARBLE OR GRANITE. WE
CAN PROBABLY FILL TOUR
REQUIREMENTS FROM OUR
LARGE STOCK OF DB8IGN8. IF
NOT WE WILL BE PLEASED TO
SHOW TOU OTHER DESIGNS
THAT WE CAN FURNISH OB
WILL MAKE WHAT TOU WANT
FROM TOUR DESIGN.
A Letter or Postal Card will bring
you Information by the first mall. A
better way is for you to visit our s
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have.
YORKVILLE MONUMENT WORKS.
WW Anything in Marble or Granite.
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The Agenoy for
I PAROID
ROOFING
ie now controlled by
1 J. J. KELLER & Ca
Any property owner requiring a
I first-class, permanent roofing for
I warehouses, barns, stores, tenant ?
houses, gin houses or low cost ^
dwellings, will find this material
most satisfactory.
Fire resisting, waterproof, easy
to lay and adapted for southern
conditions.
All fixtures supplied without ex- .
tra charge.
Past performances of other un>
fortunate roofs need not worry you
with this brand.
Ask for samples.
WW Colored Card Board and Blotting
' Paper in large sheets can be had at
The Enquirer office.
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