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tumorous flfpavlment. The Generous Sardine. Patrick F. Murphy, during his stay in Paris last month, was the lion of the city. Such after-dinner speaking had never been heard there before. Mr. Murphy, it was unanimously agreed, was .better than Depew at his best, says the New York Press. Paris was above all amused by his circus story. The story was reproduced in Figaro, and even in the serious Temps. As Mr. Murphy told it at a dinner in the gray old Rue de Varcnne, the most aristocratic street in the aristocratic Faubourg St. Germain, it ran: "One summer afternoon the frog, the duck, the lamb and the skunk set out together for the circus. Down the dusty and sunny road they passed In Kftiirao thav rflAph aooui ui "Fine," replied Mrs. Blank, "I have nothing else to do." "All right, my dear," continued Mr. ! Blank. "The curtain rises at half past i eight." "Yes, I know," said Mrs. Blank. ' "I thought I'd let you know in < time, so that directly you have had ! your lunch you can begin to put your hat on," he went on. "Then we can get there before the middle of the Drst act. By-by, my dear." The only answer was an angry 1 click at the other end of the wire, 1 which seemed to indicate that anoth- 1 er receiver was in trouble, but Mr. Blank only laughed as he returned to i his work. 1 , m , 1 Prohibitionists. Over at Newaygo, near Big Rapids, j where it is so dry that the "boys" ha- , bitually "spit cotton," there seem to . be some mighty dry prohibitionists, { according to a story that comes from , the desert. A Newaygo citizen recently received ( a letter from a Kentucky whisky house requesting him to send them the names of a dozen or more persons ] who would like to get some fine whisky shipped to them at a very low price. The let'.er wound up by saying: I "We will give you a commission on all the orders sent In by parties whose j names you send us." i The Newaygo man belonged to a j practical Joke class and filled In the j names of some of his prohibition i friends on the blank spaces left for ( that purpose. I He had forgotten all about his supposed practical Joke when Monday he received another letter from the same house. He supposed it was a , request for more names and was ( Just about to throw the communication in the waste basket when It occurred to him to send the name of , another old friend to the whisky , house. He accordingly tore open the envelope, and came near collapsing when he found a check for $4.80, rep- | resenting his commission on the sale of whisky to the parties whose names ( he had sent in about three weeks be- ( fore.?Detroit Free Press. ..Didn't Walk All the Way.? "Down in Alabama," said John D. Fearhake, in the Woman's Home Companion, "there's a deputy marshal who doesn't let any such trifles as extradition laws stop him. One day he rode into town on a mule, leading a prisoner whom he had caught in Georgia, tied up snugly with a clothes line. The prisoner looked as If he had seen hard service. " 'Why, for heaven's sake, Jim,' said the judge, 'you didn't make him walk all the way from Georgia, did you?' " 'No, sir,' said Jim. " 'I hope not,' said the judge. " 'No,' said Jim: part of the way I drug him, and when we come to the Tallapoosa river he swum.' " The Helpful Bellboy. ?For four consecutive nights the hotel man had watched his fair, timid guest fill her nlteher at the water cooler. "Madam," he said on the fifth night, "if you would ring, this would be done for you." "But where is my bell?" asked the lady. "The bell is beside your bed," replied the proprietor. "That the bell!" she exclaimed. "Why, the boy told me that was the Are alarm, and that I wasn't to touch it on any account."?Success Magazine. 0111510 1I1C. All U v?v VVM?WV ???^ ed the village green. There In the middle of the green stood the circus tent as white as snow in the sun. They gave a shout of Joy and ran forward. "The frog reached the doorkeeper first. As he had a greenback, of course he was passed right in. "The' duck had a bill, so he followed the frog. "The lamb had four quarters. He trailed after the frog and the duck. "But entrance was sternly refused the unlucky skunk. For he had only a scent with him, and that was bad. "The skunk, cursing and growling In a low tone, turned away. He slouched slowly back along the road he had traveled so gaily, a half-hour before. Hundreds of animals, chattering and laughing about the delights of the circus, passed him unheeded by. But the sardine noticed his forlorn look and stopped. "'Hello, what's the matter?" said the sardine. " 'Well, old fellow, I know Just how you must rei sdoui u, ior i uviuug you know, to the smell family myself.' "Then he laughed and slapped the disappointed skunk heartily on the back. " 'But you are all right now,' he cried. 'Come back and go in with me. I've got a box.' " Taking Time By the Forelock. He was a very busy man. and, like all of this kind, he hated to waste time by unnecessary waiting, says Lipplnoott's. That was why In the midst of his correspondence, along uhout 11 o'clock the other morning, he paused, and, turning to his secretary, requested him to ring up his residence on the phone. "Jemmison," he said, "get my house on the wire and ask Mrs. Blank to come to the 'phone. Just tell them that I wish to speak to her." The secretary made off and in a few minutes the required connection was made. I "Is that you, Mary?" he said. "Yes," was the answer. "Well, this is John," he said. "I ' have Just rung up to tell you that marker was in here this morning with two tickets for John Drew tonight. ' He and Mrs. Barker have been called suddenly out of town, and he thought 1 we might like to use the tickets. How Miscellaneous trading. POPULAR SAYINGS LOOKED UP. Many Well-Known Proverb* Explained Interestingly. America is a Held in which popular sayings thrive, whether they be native or imported. But a vague condition of mind would undoubtedly exist if the average man or woman were suddenly asked to explain their origin. Mr. A. Wallace sends out for public delectation a clever little compilation entitled "Popular Sayings Dissected," which is both "instructive and amusing." Here are some of those heard most frequently and generally familiar to Americans: "By hook or by crook." By the expression, "to get a thing by hook or crook," is generally understood the ata# Anai'a nKWf hv nAPAAVAr* ULiiUUUUl V/I VUVO VMJWV |fWa?rv* ?. ance and the employment of means permissible or illicit, or, as it Is commonly put, "by fair or foul means." Several suggestions have been made as to the origin of this phrase. The following may be advanced as the more probable: In former times the poor of the manor were allowed to go out into the forest, within certain limitations, armed with a hook and a crook, wherewith to collect the dead or fallen branches and twigs. What i they could not reach with the hook they might pull down with the crook. The metaphorical adaptation is easy: If you cannot reach your end (the branches) by one means (the hook), you must do it by another (the crook), i A reference In point to this custom appears in the Records of Bodmin, i Therein is a claim of concession from the prior, dated 1525, and reference is i made to "a right with hook and crook to lop, crop and carry away fuel, eta, in the same wood." Further, In direct support of the general Interpretation ?>f i the phrase as "by fair or foul means," i it has been advanced that the "hook" i refers to that used by thieves to ab- i stract wares from shop windows, and the "crook" is the bishop's crozier, an emblem of recitude and uprightness. To "play gooseberry to two lovers," which should rather run "gooseberrypicker," is to make a third and play propriety, to act as the gooseberrypicker, who has to undergo all the pains and penalties attached to gathering a prickly fruit, while the others have the pleasure of eating it Does everyone know that the favorite dish denominated gooseberry fool has no remote relationship to him of the cap and bells, but Is a corruption of the French word foule, smashed, broken or pressed? To "play the Tom-fool." in the world of folk-lore Tom has always figurea as the honest dullard, as distinguished from the sharp-witted, active Jack. Thus we have the Bleek, drowsy "Tom cat," the senseless "Tom Noddy," the foolish Tom, the Piper's Son, who "went crying down the street," Tom Tug, the slow-moving waterman, and on the other hand, the active Jack Tar. the valiant Jack, the Giant Killer, Jack o' Lantern (wlll-o'-the-wlsp). We have quite another description of "Jack" In saying Jack'd-up, which means thrown up, given up. This, probably, is from the Latin jactum, from Jacio, "I throw." Again, the name of our national flag, the Union Jack, Is derived from quite a different source. It Is the outcome of the union of England and Scotland under James or, as the name would appear in French, the language or heraldry, "Jacques," corrupted into Jack. "What will Mrs. Grundy say?" In 1 other words, "Will it not make people 1 talk?" is a query often made by way 1 of comment on the advisability of a ' projected act This expression, like many another, had its origin in a popular play of the time. In Bishop Morton's "Speed the Plough," written in ] the Sixteenth Century, one of the char- ' meters, Parmer Ashfield, annoyed at ' his wife's continual deference to her neighbors, opinions, cries, "Be quiet, ( wool-ye, always dinging Dame Grun3y into my ears?what will Mrs. Grun- 1 iiy say, what will Mrs. Grundy think? Let ur alone and behavet y'rself pratty!" "Mad as a March hare" means hope- 1 lessly mad. It has been suggested that ' March is a corruption of "marsh," 1 where the hares, from being less pro- j vided with shelter or opportunities of retreat than in the usual covers, are wilder than elsewhere. But this re- ! puted wildness in connection with ' the month of March, or the commence [iieut ut spring, is perrecuy haajuuiiiable, In that this is the beginning of the rutting time, when hares, like other animals, exhibit extraordinary rest- ! lessness. "Hip, hip, hurrah!" the national J shout of Joy, applause, or congratula- j tion, sprung from the same soil that ^ owns the Holy Sepulcher. The word ( "hip," or, as it is more correctly written in the title of one of George Eliot's essays, "hep," is a notarim, and represents the initials of the words Hierosolyma est perdlta, ("Jerusalem 1 is taken,") the shout raised when the 1 holy city was captured. To give one the "straight tip," to 1 supply one with accurate information ' or warning, probably springs from the idea of giving a tap straight from the shoulder. The school boy's "tip," meaning a present, and the collegiate's ; "dipbs" (money) are due to that rash < violation of classic grounds which an ( everyday familiarity seems so fre- ] quently to induce amongst these em- , bryo wits and philosophers. Both these words owe their origin to "dlobolon," a Greek coin worth about threepence-halfpenny of our money. A stronger insinuation is conveyed in the expression, tell it to the horsemarines, which, having no existence, implies no one will believe it, that is, It is an absolute fabrication. "I believe you, my boy!" is a line from "Jack Sheppard," which Paul Bedford used to give in a very expressive and "rounded" manner. "Before you can say Jack Robinson," generally used for what the country people call "as quick as quick," is a line from a song of Hudson. "Sown his wild oats," meaning become steady, forsaken his gay and vicious habits and settled down. There are here, apparently, three ideas introduced?the oats, which evoke a manifestation of spirit, even of viciousness, in a horse; secondly, the implied comparison between a gay young spark and an unbroken colt: and thirdly, an allusion to the parable of the sower. Oats were probably selected by the proverb-maker in preference to barley for the reason stated above, or be cause it is not unusual in some parts of the country to sow oats simultaneously with a crop of later fruition, such as vetch, for Instance. The hot and impetuous deeds of youth sown recklessly only temporarily choke the good crop, and eventually give place to the development of hardier and better planted grain. "You must whistle for it" is frequently said inlmically by a person after the rejection of a last alternative by another, and conveys a prospect in the speaker's mind of having to go without the object desired. In the taverns and inns of Dorsetshire and elsewhere it was at one time customary to use larger tankards with four handles, holding about five or six pints, and in one of these handles there was a whistle, which the consumer could use to summon the laggard drawer when the tankard grew empty. "Nine tailors made a man." This expression brings us to the consideration of the universal custom of the ringing of church bells, a practice re"""fu ?? almost sacred in most minds as being one of the ceremonies attached to the Christian faith. Its origin, however, is a very superstitious one, and the ringing of bell3 was formerly practiced from a beliu' In their efficacy to drive away evil spirits. The "tailors" in the above phrase is a corruption of the word "tellers," or strokes tolled at the end of a knell. Immediately on the death of a person a knell is tolled, the idea having originally been, as previously observed, to keep off hostile spirits from the now departing one. In some places the departure of an adult was announced by nine strokes in succession; six were rung for a woman; three for a child. Hence it came to be said by those listening for the announcement, "Nine tellers make a man." As this custom became less general, and the illusion less generally understood, there was an easy transition from the word "tellers" to the more familiar one "tailors." At the present day at Wimbledon it is still the custom to toll nine times for a man. That inveterate Joker, Curran, took advantage of this popular saying to poke some fun in a good-natured way at his hosts on the occasion of his being entertained at dinner by 18 of the Guild of Tailors. Curran, on leaving, rose and said, "Gentlemen, I wish you both good evening." This anecdote reminds one of the tale told of a former skipper of a good-sized ship on which several hands had been employed, who had become so impregnated with the phases of command used In directing such a craft, that, when at length he took to working a small boat with the assistance of one other individual, and it became necessary to summon the latter, he would cry out, "All hands abaft" then, suddenly recollecting himself, he would add, "both of us." "Drunk as blazes (or Blalzers)." This very inelegant expression, meaning "In a state of excessive Intoxication," is said to offer Immortality of a sort to fhe name of Bishop Blalze, the patron saint of wool-combers, who are In consequence denominated Blaizers, and who at Leicester and elsewhere celebrate his festival with processions and high conviviality. Or it is Just possible that the simile may merely have arisen from the idea of a face "blazing" with drink, as red and flamecolored as blazes, Just as we say "blazing hot," etc. "In a maudlin state," that is, overcome with drink, and in a melancholy nr tearful condition. Maudlin is a corruption of Magdalen, and the reference to Mary Magdalene, who is grensrally represented as weeping at the foot of the Cross. The name of MagJalen College, Oxford, is similarly pronounced, which has given rise to many |okes at the expense of the undergraduates of that institution. To "rain cats and dogs," meaning to pour in torrents, is said to be a perversion of the word "catadupe," a waterfall. To "fight like Kilkenny cats," mean Ing to be constantly wrangling or to fight almost to the very death, Is based >n the well known story of the two Kilkenny cats which encountered one mother In a sawplt, and, being thus hemmed in, fought till only their tails ivere left! There Is, of course, an association with this tale of the fact that the Inhabitants of that part of the ivorld are esteemed considerably hott)looded and contentious. "Every dog has his day." It has been suggested that "day" Is a corruption for "bay," the result of the tendency for alliteration In proverbial sayings, ind as baying or barking Is one of the :hlef Indications of Joyfulness In the fiound, the general meaning of the phrase, that of everyone having a time 5f pleasure or notoriety at some period >f his life Is satisfied. "As dead as a herring." A herring is supposed to die Immediately on removal from the water. It swims near the surface because it requires much ilr, and the gills, when dry, cannot perform their function. Temperate Sweden. "They still drink In Sweden, but they likely will not do It long'," remarked C. L. Nelson of Stockholm. "Already one-tenth of the whole population belongs to temperance societies. It takes seven of these societies, among them the W. C. T. U.t to accommodate the membership of this one-tenth, and there are many total abstainers outside. There are 6,000 members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union in Sweden, and there doubtless would be many more if so many women had not become members of other temperance societies before the advent of the W. C. T. U. Sweden has a student's total abstinence association with a membership of 11,000. This remarkable institution appears to give a hopeful promise for the future. The W. C. T. U. and other societies in Sweden have successfully handled the government, for last month the Swedish par 1 lament grave a large grant toward courses of temperance Instruction for teachers this year and next and the city of Stockholm grants 1,000 kroner yearly to a permanent temperance exhibition. The local veto bill has been thrown out. however, by the First Chamber, though it passed the Second. Two large towns in Sweden are dry and in the villages of the whole country there are not a hundred saloons. The temperance question has assumed so much Importance in Sweden that every political party must take account of it and have It in Its platform."?Washington Post. THE GAMEST BIRD OF ALL. Interesting Facts and Observations About Bobwhite. "In three waya the bobwhite is of strictly economic importance?as a destroyer of noxious seeds and insects; as a delicate and nourishing food, and as an object of sport," declared Sylvester D. Judd, assistant ornithologist of the biological survey, of the department of agriculture. This the government of the United States is trying to Impress upon the friends of the little game bird, says the Washington correspondent of the Charlotte Observer. "Every landowner should realize the value of the bobwhite and should demand from sportsmen a fair price for the birds killed on his property," continued he. "With proper management some farms of from 500 to 1,000 acres would probably yield a better revenue from bobwhltes than from poultry. Many farms in North Carolina yield a regular income from this source. This is obtained by leas ing me snooting ugiu to weaiuiy sportsmen, who, in localities where birds are abundant, willingly pay considerable sums for the privilege. This is probably the most profitable use to which certain poor lands in the south can be put. In some places in Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina the sportsman often pays the landowner from five to twenty-five cents for every bird shot. "The sooner the farmer realizes the value of the bobwhlte and the fact that the market hunter is a bird exterminator, profiting at the landowner's expense, the better will be his chance of an income from his crop of quail." Mr. Judd has made a careful study of bobwhite and talks and writes entertainingly of him. A 'Game Bird. "No bird," he vows, "has so firm a hold on the public interest as the game bird. The laws enacted in its behalf exceed in number a hundredfold those relating to all other kinds of birds. Among the game birds the bobwhite is held by many to be preeminent Easily accessible over a wide area of the country, small enough of size and swift enough of wing to test the sportsman's skill, delicious enough to please the epicure, to most sportsmen it is without a peer, the king of our feathered game. "The name 'bobwhite' is derived from a fancied resemblance to this word in the familiar utterance of the bird. It has been adopted by several writers because of the inaccuracy of the two names by which the species is usually known?'quail' in the north and west and 'partridge' in the south. The name 'quail* properly belongs to a smaller migratory bird of a different genus, found in the Old Wor'd, the quail of the Bible story; while 'partridge' in New England universally applied to the ruffed grouse, is strictly the name of another Old World genus, though also used to designate the group to which bobwhites, quail partridges and other closely r?lated birds belong. Where Birds Are Found. "The bobwhite is found from southern Maine and southern Ontario to the Gulf of Mexico, except in mountainous regions, which are too cold for it, and exclusive of southern Florida and southern Texas, in each of which an allied race occurs. It ranges as far west as South Dakota and eastern Colorado. It has been introduced into New Mexico, Utah, Idaho, California, Oregon, Washington and tho Island of Jamaica. The bobwhite of Florida, which is confined to the peninsula, is a much smaller and darker bird than its northern relative. The Texas subspecies, which is resident north to western Kansas and south into Mexico, though no smaller than the northern form, is less deeply colored and somewhat differently marked. At least ten subspecies occur in Mexico, many of them different markedly in appearance from the familiar bobwhite of the United States, but no appreciable difference in notes." In discussing bobwhite, Mr. Judd sometimes becomes sentimental and eloquent. Hear him: 'To pastoral inland scenes?woodlot in a green mist of young leaves, summer grass fields and bushy pastures, brown stubble and skeleton cornfields?the bobwhite adds a charm, homely but no leas enjoyable. As it calls in summer from the fence post or runs fearlessly across the road, the stroller can see it closely enough to admire its trim, alert figure, and its tasteful color pattern of black, white and brown, set off by delicate tintings of blue Its mellow whistle seems a proffer of good-fellowship, investing even a solitude with cheerful friendliness, while the plaintive covey call, heard in the growing darkness as it summons a scattered fiock to its nigntly resting place, is one of the tenderest of evening sounds. Useful On Farm. i ne DODwniie, ne conunueu, is probably the most useful abundant species on the farm. It Is one of tne most nearly omnlverous birds, consuming large quantities of weed seeds and destroying many of the worst insect pests with which the farmer has to contend. It does not injure grain, fruit or any other crop. "In an Investigation 801 stomachs were examined, collected in every month of the year, though mostly during the hunting season, and obtained from twenty-one states, and from Canada and the District of Columbia, but chiefly from New York, Maryland, Virginia, Florida, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Texas. As indicated by this material, the bobwhlte Is notable for the great variety of Its food. It lives mainly on seeds, fruits, leaves, buds, insects and spiders, though myriapods, crustaceans, mollusks and even batrachians, have been found in the stomach. The character of the diet varies with the season. The greatest proportion of aniinal matter Is taken in late spring and early summer. The food for the year as a whole, estimated from the analysis of the contents of the stomach and calculated by volume, is divided thus: animal matter, 14.93 per cent.: vegetable matter, 8.r>.07. The elements of the nnlma' food are distributed as follows: beetles, 6.38 per cent of the total food: grasshoppers, 2.56: bugs, 2.83; caterpillars, 0.87: miscellaneous insects, 0.48; other invertebrates, largely spiders, 1.81. The vegetable food consists of grain, 23.64 per cent of the total food; various seeds, chiefly those of weeds, 50.78; fruit, 8.53, and miscellaneous vegetable matter, 2.12. "Some idea of the value of the bird as a weed destroyer may be gained from the number of seeds taken at a meal. Thirty buttonweed seeds, 200 smartweed seeds, 500 seeds of sheep sorrel, and 700 of three-sided mercury have been taken at one feeding." Season For Shooting. North Carolina is singled out by Mr. Judd as a state which has five counties "in which the bird may be shot at any season of the year." The department of agriculture is doing much to interest the people I generally, and the farmers in partic ular, In bobwhlte and other valuable I birds. Experts have been sent to the fields to gather information, which has been put In bu"etin form, and can be had for the asking by any farmer who will write to the department and state his wants. The papers on bobwhlte, showing J exactly what has been found out | about him, are most entertaining. Any ( farmer would enjoy perusing them on a rainy day, and after studying the | contents he would think more of the friendly little bird now becoming so scarce in some localities. More land would be posted and a closer watch kept over prowling dogs that destroy the eggs and young, and the pot-hun- | ter would be denied the privilege of the farm. Goats As Trail Makers.?The brush eating instinct of the Angora goat Is i being successfully demonstrated on ) the Lassen national forest In California where they are cutting trails for fire guards through the brushy areas ' on the slopes of the mountains. The animals, which number 3,000, have been divided Into two bands and under the care of the herders are grazed within certain well defined areas so that their work may be concentrated on the brush within those limits. The result is that they have practically killed nearly all the brush In the course either by eating it up entirely, J or by barking as in the case of the | heavy manzanita bushes. At the beer In nine of the exneriment there was some doubt as to the goats' willingness to eat the manzanlta, but it has been found that where there is little I else they will just as readily attack it | as any other bushes. The grazing season was so late this I year on the Lassen forest that the ' goats did not begin operations until about the middle of June, but since then they have made rapid progress and the result promises to be a success from every point of view. The trails will first be opened and then kept free of sprouts by the goats, saving the government considerable labor in cutting them out by hand as has been done heretofore, while the brushy forage which otherwise would have been wasted will support 3,000 goats very comfortably. 1 ,p Wood's Descriptive Q !l r_n 0^4 II rail 3ccu taioiug now ready, gives the fuJiest information about all Seeds for the Farm and Garden, Grasses and Clovers, Vetches, Alfalfa, Seed Wheat, Oats. Rye, Barley, etc. Aleo tells all about Vegetable & Flower Seeds that can be planted in the fall to advantage and profit, and about Hyacinths, Tulips and other Flowering Bulbs, Vegetable and Strawberry Plants, Poultry Supplies and Fertilizers. Every Fanner and Gardener ahoald I have this catalog. It la Invaluable In i Its helpfulness and suggestive Ideas for a profitable and satisfactory Farm or Garden. Catalogue mailed free on request. Write for H. I T. W. WOOD ft SONS, J Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va. \ THE ONLY WAV i i Many Yorkville Citizens Have Discov- , ered It. 1 Just what to do when the kidneys are affected, Is a question that concerns both young and old. Weak kidneys neglected in childhood lead to life-long suffering. People of advanced years, with less vitality, suffer doubly. In youth or age, languor, backache, urinary irregularity, dizziness and nervousness make life a burden. There Is one remedy that acts directly on the kidneys and cures these troubles. Doan's Kidney Pills owe their i world-wide fame to the fact that they 1 cure sick kidneys and cure them per- i manently. Follow the example of this Yorkville citizen and you will be con- I vlnced that this is so. James Hugglns, formerly of W. , Main St. Yorkville, S. C., says: "For ? several years I was subject to spells of nervousness and I was also bother- t ed by a dull ache across the small of ( my back. My kidneys were weak and s the secretions were unnatural. At times I was in such a bad condition | that I could hardly get about. Final- ' ly I procured Doan's Kidney I .s and / the use of two or three boxes cured > me. I now feel much stronger and better in every way." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 ' cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?DOAN'S?and ^ take no other. s r I FARMERS' BUSINESS I We give particular attention to the business of farmers. A checking account Is a convenience no farmer should be without. Make your deposits by R. F. D. Mail and draw checks. You will always be able to make the right change, no need to stop work to come to town for the cash. THE LOAN AND SAVINGS HANK YORKVILLE, S. C. GLENN & ALLISON. Mowers, Raises, Machinery, Etc. We are headquarters for McCORMICK MOWERS and RAKES, and we have a full supply on hand. We sell the INTERNATIONAL GASOLINE ENGINE and guarantee it to give perfect satisfaction. But if you are in the market for a Steam Engine, Saw Mill, Cotton Gin or Cotton Press, you had better see us for prices. } Our Buggy and Wagon line is complete. and will be glad to quote you prices. \ GLENN & ALLISON. * "Ain't It 1 Awful!" How some agents and dealers will?"fabricate?" Just the other day an agent told one of our customers he could sell him a piano "Just as good" as the Stleff for ever so much less money. It so happened our customer knew the difference, and knows the firm of Chas. M. Stleff has never attempted to mislead a customer. If It were possible for an agent to sell as good a piano as the Stleff, how could he sell It for less money? Don't be fooled, but your piano from the time honored firm of Chas. M. Stleff. the old reliable. f Chas. M. Stieff Manufacturer of the ! Artistic Stieff, Shaw, and Stieff Self-player Pianos SUU I MLHIN WAHCnUUHI. 5 W. Trade St. Charlotte, N. C. C. H. WILMOTH, Manager. 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Sewing Machines Search the whole list of Sewing Machines through and you will And none that are equal in Light Running, PerFect Sewing and Lasting Qualities, such as you will And in the White and Standard Sewing Machines. We sell both of these?either will give you entire satisfaction. See us about Sewing Machines. CASH OR CREDIT?Suit yourself. YORK FURNITURE CO. YOU SHURE WILL. f/, . t?. .? OUCTJI'D'e T ^ vwiiic unu iiauc ai otiuivuiir u. * leed all the trade I can get and will :hank you for It. Store open from 5 { i. m. to 8 p. m. In Vegetables this week I have Cabjage, Sweat and Irish Potatoes. When you can't get EGGS and BUTrER at SHERER'S, little boy you can jo back home and tell your Ma there ' ire none In town. If you want the BEST BEEF In ' own, cut In the latest styles, come to 1 DLD GEORGE'S MARKET, and you < rnre will get It. f you want to get trade in Yorkville, 4 /ou must run a Credit Store, \nd at tho End of every year /ou likely will be Poorer. OLD GEORGE, J THE BUTCHER. f CTOTITPS CT.PANTNn 1 1AM prepared to clean gentlemen's clothes and ladles' skirts In a thoroughly satisfactory manner, at rea- " lonable prices. Work may be sent died to my home or left at W. E. Fer- a ruson's store. " Mrs. R. B. McCLAIN. a I 99~ The Enquirer office Is especially veil equipped for handling Briefs and Arguments. Send us your next one. He Thinks Po^ ? Bernard Shaw, a picturesque Ir t: self, has written greater plays tha tracted considerable attention by I garding money and poverty. Instead of taking the Scriptural f the root qf all evil, Mr. Shaw says Is the one hopeful fact In our civlllz social conscience. "Money," he strength, honor, generosity and bea nlably as the want of It represent meanness and ugliness. Not the 1 stroys base people as certainly as it pie. It Is only when It Is cheapene made impossibly dear to others tha ng need of the nation Is not for bei perance, liberty, culture And the evil to be attacked Is not l/lnornMft rlemni?nCT. JTlOnODOlV. ig ' nor any other of the scapegoats wh ply poverty. The greatest of evils > erty, and our first duty?a duty to should be sacrificed?is not to be p< If It be once conceded that povei to be tolerated, how Is Its abollshm js the only certain way Is by industry of the bank habit; and, generally si son of poverty is In every man's ha i choose. While the acquirement and posse : any patent of nobility, it Is indlsput hance one's self-respect. This is one man's idea. What 3 the Saving habit to be good and W< sired in a good !?ank unci welcome i with T'Us Growing linnk. THE FIRST NAT YORKVILI O. E. WILKINS, Pres. gSQQQQ'SSMfi | A CHANCE FOR, our cm TO G LINUJU It was our original i Lincoln pennies to giv< | tomers a penny. They ' get and we have on hand. We know tha would like to have one they last we will give mers as they call for tY If you want one, today THE NATIONAl . | W ABSOLUT] ROCK HILL - - S W. J. RODDEY, President. f _= QFRl | TYPEW HHB I :m ? WE BEG TO ANNOUNCE TO J BUYERS THAT WE ARE NOW f REBUILT TYPEWRITERS OF J J ARE MOST ATTRACTIVE. AM /( NISH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING (J Nos. 2, ?, 7 and 8 REMINGT Nos. 1, 2, 8, 4, 5 and 6 8MF A mlers Nos. 2 and 4, we can furnl X Trl-chrome Ribbon Attachments, if Nos. 2, 8 and 5 OLIVERS?VI NOS. 1, 2 and 3 UNDERWOO: L Nos. 1 and 2 L. C. SMITH'Sf Nos. 1 and 2 MONARCHS?VI Nos. 1, 2, 4 and 5 DEN8MOR ? Nos. 8, 4, 10, 23 and 24 FOXX writing with either solid or bl-chi Also any of the following: WILLIAMS, NEW CENTURY, Hi SCAGO, PITTSBURG VISIBLE, B These machines we offer In ft CLASS AA?For Direct Compe A ?The machines In this class, are ? spect, every worn piece Is renewe< V platen roll, newly nickeled and en: a are made as goods ps a NEW m /t equal to NEW machines In Durabl J Will save you $20 to $30. Rubbei " metal cases. J CLASS A?The machines In t 1 dealers throughout the country olfr Z are the product of honest workm v pearance and most excellent in po ed to meet the demand for hlgh-gi r era. They are reflnished, renlckel 2 new roller, new ribbon, adjusted a \ bottom. Rubber covers with all m If you want to buy a TYPE\ L and teil us what you want. We < m order and Our Prices will please yo Besides REBUILT TYPEWRF ? ER PAPERS in various weights, I PAPERS, TYPEWRITER RIBBOl { X L. M. Gri j YORKV1L t t-l I UUUU 1 1U11?*7 To Eat Tou can always depend on getting :he very best and freshest Groceries when you order your supplies from :his store. Among our newest arrives are the following: :ream cheese SARATOGA CHIPS FULTON YEAST, , SHIPPED REEF IN Glass and Tin CHOW-CHOW SWEET and SOUR PICKLES 1 LEMONS < > O'CLOCK WASHING POWDER ftOCK SALT for Ice Cream freezing ROCK SALT for Cattle. When you want the Best Groceries or your family I can furnish them. Phone your orders. W. E. FERGUSON. MONEY TO LEND rw N improved farms in York County, J onmifll In LA Kepayaoie in wvc octoj, tallments. Interest eight per cent. . Jo broker's commissions. C. E. SPENCER, Attorney at Law. 63 f.t 6m. i ^erty a Crime II lshman, who according to him- II < n Shakespeare, has recently at- B I some new pronouncements re- B I view that the love of money Is II the universal regard for money g 1 lauun, me one auunu syui. in uui declares, "represents health, mty as conspicuously and unde- 1 s Illness, weakness, disgrace, least of Its virtues Is that It defortlfles and dignifies noble peod to worthlessness for some and it it becomes a curse. The crytter morals, cheaper bread, tembut simply for enough money, sin, suffering, greed, priestcraft, norance, drink, war, pestilence, ich reformers sacrifice, but slmand the worst of crimes Is povwhich every other consideration >or. i rty Is something that ought not ' lent to be secured? Manifestly, ', self-denial and the cultivation jeaking, the antidote to the poind, to be used or not as he may o sslon of property do not confer able that, as a rule, they do en / : do you think of It? We know > offer you every thing to be deyour account. Come and Grow 10NAL BANK 1 .E, S. C. R. C. ALLEIN, Cashier. nwnwmmniimnw iiu hh wwti c 4 MAJORITY OF |j iTUMtKS I ET A f PENNY] ntention to get enough : each one of our cushave been difficult to A ly a limited supply on t all of our customers of them and as long as mem out to our custo- \ iem. is the time to ask for it. L UNION BANK SLY SAFEU | OUTH CAROLINA IRA B. DUNLAP, Cashier. MIT =- ! . A mmmm m RITERS 5 i [AKES 5 PROSPECTIVE TYPEWRITER J IN POSITION TO SELL THEM ft INY MAKE AT PRICES THAT J 'JP ONO OTHERS WE CAN PUR- J 1 IN REBUILT MACHINES: ONS. Z I rH PREMIERS. In Smith Pre- V 1 Ish you either the Bl-chrome or J , 1 islble Writing. 1 DS. * -Visible Writing. A Islble Writing. S ES. I -The last two numbers are visible I ome ribbon attachments. 2 REM. SHOLE8, FAY 8HOLE8, 5 kMMONDB, MANHATTAN, CHI- I ARLOCE, ROYAL STANDARD. V ro classes, as follows: X I tltion With Brand New Madiloes jj thoroughly rebuilt In every re- J 1, new key tops are put on, new a ameled, restriped. In short they X achine In every respect and are ? Itty and Appearance. Our Prices J r Covers with all machines. No A y his class are such as typewriter 2 ;r as "thoroughly rebuilt" They y anshlp, highly attractive In ap lnt of service. They are design- A rade, reasonable priced typewrit- * ed, new transfers, new key-tops, J nd aligned. The prices are rock ? X achlnes. No metal cases. A M VRITER of any make, write us Z can get what you want in short y u. rERS, we also sell TYPEWRIT- d A cut to sises desired; CARBON y "*W ST8, Etc. 4 * isrs sons z LE, S. C. J + REPAIR WORK ? When you are ready to repair your buildings, come and see us for the Rough or Dressed Lumber that you ^ will need. If the roof needs patching. see us *w nn# ur w. pr?w omngiti, Painted and Galvanized Tin 8hinglee or Composition Roofing; also see us for Laths, Lime, Fibre Piaster and all - ^ kinds of Building Material and Build* f rs' Hardware, as well as Paints, Oils, Varnishes, etc. If you say so, we will send a carpenter alonff to do the work. Phone us youd wants. ' /$' J. J. KELLER & CO. |ro{e?si<iital Cards. W. W. LEWIS ATTORNEY AT LAW YORKVILLE - - - g. C. Jfflce Opposite the Court House on West Liberty Street. ^ A. T. CART WRIGHT SURGEON DENTIST YORKVILLE, S. C. CgBt OFFICE HOURS: * 9 am. to 1 pm.; 2 pm. to 5 pm. Office upstairs In the Moore bulldng over I. W. Johnson's store. JOHN R. HART ATTORNEY AT LAW , Vo. S Few Ranee YORKVILLE, 8. C. J. S. BRICE, \TTORNEY AT LAW # Office Opposite Court House. Prompt attention to all legal business f whatever nature. GEO. W. S. HAKT, ATTORNEY AT LAW YORKVILLE. 8. C. Law Rang*. 'Phone Office No. 58 % ). E. Finloy. Marion B. Jennings. FINLEY & JENNINGS, YORKVILLE, 8. C. O'fice in Wilson Building, opposite ^ iourt House. Tslephont No. 120.