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^tumorous Department. He Met His Match.?Th?> Russian innrshul Suvaroflf was famous as a jester and was fond of confusing the men under his command by askiiiK them unexpected and absurd questions. Hut occasionally he met his match. Thus one hitter January ni^ht. such as Russia only can produce, he rode up to a sentry and demanded: "How many stars are there in the sky?" The soldier, not a whit disturbed, answered coolly: "Wait a little, and I'll tell you." And he deliberately commenced counting. "one, two, three," ete. When he had reached lftn Suvaroflf who was half frozen, thought it high time to ride off, not, however, without inquiring the name of the ready reckoner. Next day the latter found himself promoted. t' The inspector was examining Standard I, and all the class had been specially told beforehand by their master: "Don't answer unless you are almost certain your answer is correct." Hostory was the subject. "Now, tell me," said the inspector, "who was the mother of our great Scottish hero, Robert Bruce?" He pointed to the top boy, then round the class. There was no answer. Then at last the heart of the teacher of that class leaped with joy. The boy who was standing at the very foot had held up his hand. "Well, my liny," said the inspector, encouragingly, "who was she?" "Please, sir. Mrs. Bruce."?Dundee Advertiser. The Bigness of Texas.?The Bigness of Texas is evident from a cursory examination of the map. But its effect upon the people of that state is not generaly known. It is about six hundred miles from Brownsville, at the bottom of the map, to Dallas, which is several hundred miles from the top of the map. Hence the following conversation in Brownsville recently between two of the old-time residents: "Where have you been lately. Bob? I ain't seen much of you." "Been on a trip north." "Where'd you go?" "Went to Dallas." "Have a good time?" "Naw; I never did like them damn Yankees anyway."?Louisville Times. Teaching a Girl to Swim.?F. Hopkinson Smith, painter, author, engineer and professional optimist, tells a story showing th.it Boston boys of the street are like all others. He overheard a conversation between two youngsters selling newspapers. "Say, Harry, w'at's de best way to teach a girl how to swim?" asked the younger one. "Dat's a cinch. First off you puts yer , left arm under her waist and you gently takes her left hand"? ( "Come off: she's me sister." "Aw, push her off de dock."?Cosmopolitan Magazine. A Question of Value.?Hogan was ( playing nurse to the twins on the front ( porch. The twins were annoyed because each wanted exclusive possession of a solitary kitten and they were yelling. A neighbor paused at the gate. "Well, Hogan," he asked, "what would you take for them children of yourn?" Hogan shifted in his chair. "All the money In the wurruld couldn't buy thim." he declared. "But," he added, "I wouldn't give tin cints apiece for any more like thim."?Metropolitan Magazine. Richard, aged 5, was being interviewed in regard to his school work. "And where do you go to Sunday school?" was next asked. "To the Episcopal." he replied. "What have you learned there?" "Honor thy father and thy mothrr." he said. And do you know. I went down to the Methodist church the other clay and they were teaching the same thing there!"?Iappincott's. Where Cost Doesn't Count.?"I hear you are going to unit the grocery business." said the customer. "Is it true?" "It is," answered the grocer. "I'm tired of hearing men complain about high prices and growl about the expense of living." "What are you going to do?" queried the customer. "I'm going to start a saloon," answered the grocer.?Chicago News. One H. P.?The automobile being out of order, the head of the family took the children out in the old family carriage behind a nag that was in need of exercise. When the horse began to snort and cavort, the younger boy said: "Pop. you'd better shut off the current and fix him. He's missing fire." Still a Rich Man!?I heard once of the pathetic statement of a member of the legislature who had returned from the races looking dejected. "How did you come out, Tom?" he was asked, "I lost everything I have in the world but my vote on the insurance bills," he replied.?American Magazine. Quite Natural.?"You seem to find your book very interesting Miss Ma idstone." "Yes: it is one of the most charming stories 1 have ever read. And so true t<? lifi\ Rvery man in it is a villain."?Ijomloii Tit - Hits. Clung to Hope.?"Have you hail many cases in which you havo given ui> all hope?" asked the young doctor. "Not until I placed tlicm in the hands of a collecting agency." replied the old practict inner.?Philadelphia Record. Limited Love - Making.? I )rn in mcr Will you l>c mine? All my life I will worship you from February until April and from August until l>cccmher. The rest of the time I am on the road. Pliegicude Hlaetter. X" "Tom is such a stupid." "Why, I-Vlicc?" "He says he can teach me to swim in three days." I'irmingham AgeHerald. >x Totem- Franklin onee said. " me that takes a wife takes care." Iladeii ?Well, that's all right. In taking a wile a man should take care. ?Chicago I >aily News. X' "He was the greatest detective 1 of his time." "What did lie do?" . "Discovered the plot of a musical i comedy."?RulTalo Kxpress. ? Kvery hoily's. iUiscrllananio ^eadutfl. FROM NEIGHBORING EXCHANGES News and Comment About Things In and Around the Country. Lancaster Ledger, September 3: The infant <>f Mr. and Mrs. Jack Knight, <>f the mill community, died Wednesday, aged about three months. The burial was in West Side cemetery Thursday Lancaster's industrial development goes merrily on. as it should. Its large cotton mills, up-todate cotton seed oil mill, model ice factory and other successful enterprises are now to be followed by another large manufacturing plant, a fertilizer factory. On Thursday application was forwarded to the secretary of state in Columbia f?>r the issuance of a commission of incorporation to the Catawba Fertilizer company of I^ancaster, the corporators being Mr. John T. Stevens of Kershaw, Col. Leroy Springs and Mr. L. C. l.azcnby of Lancaster. The capital stock is $M>.()fiO. Mr. Stevens will be made president of the company. An eligible site for the plant has already been secured, being what is known as the Jasper Cunningham place about a mile west of l^incaster, on the L. &. C. railroad. The plant will manufacture acid* phosphate and all other kinds of fertilizer. The capacity of the mill will be ten tons of acid daily, or twenty tons of bag goods. It is estimated that the business done annually will be between $400,000 and $500,000. About 100 hands will be employed. Work will start at once, and the company expects to be ready for business by the first of December. Rock Hill Herald, September 2: Dr. D. B. Johnson went down to Columbia Wednesday morning. He is one of five who have been appointed to rewrite the school law of South Carolina To morow night Mr. I. Blumberg will leave with his family for New York, where they will reside in the future. Much regret is being expressed at the departure of this estimable family and tinbest wishes of the community will follow them to their new home As was briefly stated in the last issue of the Herald, city council has placed itself on record as favoring municipal ownership, and ordered the commissioners of public works, acting for and in favor of the city of Rock Hill, to purchase from the Rock Hill Water and Electric company, the water and electric plants, at a price to be fixed by arbitration. The resolution ordering the trade was ratified in council on the 30th of August, 1010 To fill the position in the Winthrop practice school, left vacant by the resignation of Miss Leila Russell, Miss I^eila M. Cobb of Goldshoro, N. C., has been chosen. Miss Cobb comes highly recommended and will, no doubt, fill the position most acceptably. She is a graduate of the State Normal school at Greensboro and has been a successful teacher for ten years in the schools of Goldshoro, Wilmington and other places. Just recently, she has held the important position of supervising teacher in a school used as a practice school by the department of education of the University of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill. Chester Lantern, September 2: Miss Mnrthn Estes died at her home in the Armenia community yesterday mornins used al>oul 65. The funeral services took place this morning at Armenia church conducted by Rev. I). Tiller and the remains were buried in the cemetery there Mrs. Sue W.vlie Cain and daughter, Miss Reba of Yorkvllle, after a visit of several days with relatives here, have gone to Pleasant Grove to spend some time with Mrs. Mary Wylie and family A joint meeting of the city council and the citizens' committee, favoring the union depot, was held yesterday .afternoon in the council chamber at 6 o'clock to consider the plans for the union station for the Southern, <\ & X.-W. and the I*. ??.- <\, which were forwarded here yesterday morning by the railroad commission with the request that they be examined and a report on same made to the commission without delay. The plans were unsatisfactory to the committee and council and offer no advantage over present depot, this being put through in the form of a motion expressing the sense of the meeting, and the railroad commission will be so notified... .The result of the primary election as far as Chester county is concerned, emphatically announced that the pie of this county want good roads. When the campaign tirst opened up many people seemed to be against the present incumbents of the office of representative on account of the road law, but as the campaign progressed and the voters began to understand tinlaw and to see that it had real merit the sentiment changed with tin- result, as we all know, of returning the melt to the legislature who had represented the county wh -n the road law was made. This in itself means that tincitizens. that is some of tln-ni, misunderstood the situation wlu-n the cam paign first started, ami it also shows that after due consideration the inhabitants of Chester county, at least a good majority of them, want good roads. And Rood roads they are going to have. Whatever is lax in the new law that is now being tried out will l>e amended and tin- weak places strengthened, hut whatever else may be done, we can rest assured that good roads are a thing that will he sought for in this county from now on and not many years hence the highways of Chester will he a credit to the district. flood road building is a science. And in order that the people's money may be spent to the best advantage it will be well for the county commissioners if they will carefully consider every turn that tliey make in the construction of roads. A dollar rightly spent just now will mean two saved a few years later on. A piece of mad built right at this time will stand and be "a good road" many years from now. And the people believe that they have a board of county commissioners that arc going to see to it that the Uo I.Mill ...! I ull. .1,1.1 I... Gastonia Gazette. September 2: Mrs. I; 11 Scott, of Sharon. s. arrived in (lastonia Wednesday ami is tin* truest I Mr. ami Mrs. S. A. Giltillan at their hm Y<?rk strict Mr. ami Mrs. .1. \Y. Kirkpatrick. of Yorkville. S. <'.. passed tliroiit-li Gastoiiia yesterday afternoon fit r??utc holm- from Hickory, white Mrs. Kirkpatrick visited relatives while Mr. Kirkpatrick was in the north purehasiuu fall ami winter stoek for the Kirkpatriek-I'.elk conipany With the biunest efop of corn, wheat ami oats ever raised in tin- county's history and with a pretty uooil cotton crop (which will hrittK around 1 r. cents it imt tuoivi (",as|on county tanners are hotter lixctl than it any time since Gaston was a county. We should all rejoice ami !? a lad that we live in a section which yields tiich bountiful harvests Miss Julia Galloway left this nioriiina for Madison, fin., where she jioes to resume her duties as a member of the I'aeulty of the city Itiyrli sehool, whieh begins the work of the fall term next Monday The Oa/.etle is informed that there will l>e a toe Itepiihlieau rally in the Manna jjmve in Unslnnia on Silt urday, September loth. The hour lias not been animtineed hut as < there are ;it leiist two speakers it will i prohahly he an all-dav affair. Kx-Sen- i atnr Marion Sutler, of Washington. I). ? C? and Distriet Attorney A. K. H??lton < will lie the nrineipiil stietikers of the .< occasion. It is not stated I>i11 we take I it for wanted that Mr. S. S. McN'inch, i Republican candidate for congress in this district, will he on hand and ( speak some too. The candidates foi i county offices will he here to extend ] the glad campaign-hand to ever.vliody. < ....Last Saturday lite Union farmers < of Anson county held a hi?- picnic at i lirown Creek. The Ansonian. in report- < ins: the event, says anions: other i things: "One of the most important matters before the Union and the non- i Union men present, was the following j resolution, discussed and adopted: 'We i the members of the Farmers' Union , and citizens of Anson comity In mass | meeting assembled, believing the Tor- j reus system of registering titles to be , the simplest and best method, do request our representative to use every .< legitimate means to enforce the use of ; the Torrens system of registering land , titles.'" I HIS PICTURE IN EVIDENCE. . 1 i Attorney Was Sorry He Had Been Photographed With Scenery. Some Chariton bottom farmers were j suing the Cataract Pipe Line compa- , n.v for $100,000, alleging that a break i in the line had flooded their land with I oil and blighted it. The case came on ' t for trial in the l.a Plata division of the , Macon county (Mo.) circuit court. The I defendant's claim attorney, Harney ' Malone, was a short, fat man, with a round, good-humored face, receding ( hair. Mr. Malone had been very active 1 in securing evidence and in looking j after all features of the defense. , When tin- defense came on Mr. Ma- ! Ion introduced a large number of photographs of the flooded area to ] show vegetation was still growing thereon luxuriantly. In order that comparisons mignt ik* mane. iwr. nialone was photographed with the natural scenery. Jno. T. Barker, a tall, slender young man, with Joe Chamberlain eyeglasses, ( cross-examined Mr. Malone on behalf of the injured farmers. "I notice here on defendant's exhibit A some one posing amid the verdure." remarked Mr. Barker, adjusting his glasses and regarding the photograph * intently. "Who is that?" i "Me," replied the witness. 1 "And who are you?" "Barney Malone, they call me." "Your profession is?" < "Claim attorney." ' "For the Standard Oil company?" "No, sir! For the Cataract oil and . Clas company." t "Oh!" I Mr. Barker gingerly fingered anoth- ' er exhibit, examined it as though he were studying some Egyptian hiero- t glyphics, and asked: "Who is this bald-headed man there in the weeds?" "Barney Malone is his name." "Will you please point Barney Ma- i lone out to the jury?" j "That's me, sir." "Oh! And you are?" > "For the Standard Oil company?" s "No, sir! For the Cataract com pa- ( n.v. 1 told you that once." "So you did. Now, here's defend- t ant's exhibit L>. I believe. The evidence i offered is a man, with a smooth round 1 head, and a moon-shaped"? v "That's me, sir," exclaimed the wit- 1 ness, angrily. < "Ah, so it is. I beg your pardon. My eyesight is nut of the best. And your ' name is?" I "Barney Malone, claim attorney Cataract Oil and Gas company," replied > the witness, wearily. "Thank you," said Barker, pleas- ' antly. "1 was going to ask you that." s "I'm in all those pictures." "Indeed?" "Yes, sir." J "You ha?l all these pictures taken to ' vmirfiAlf In this inrv?" ; "To show them how high the grass ,s and things were growing as compared ' with the height of a man." . "I see. This"?indicating?"is the man and this the grass and growing ' things?" "That's me all right." "Did the Standard nil"? "The Cataract Oil and flas com pa- ' n.v." " "Excuse me. Did the Cataract oil and flas company pay for all these pictures of its claim attorney to cxhi- . hit to this jury?" "They paid for these photographs . that show how things will grow on land you claim we blighted." ? "You think these pictures show ' nothing there that is blighted?" "Sure." I "You are in all of these?" ( "I admitted that a dozen times. Do j von want me to keep repeating it all ( day?" I "No. We'll stop when we get ( through with the pictures. Now, I hand you defendant's exhibit E. The | gentleman sunning himself amid the growth there is?" "Harney Ma lone, claim attorney Cataract nil and <las company." "And will you be good enough to indicate to the jury where Harney Malone is?" The attorney pointed to himself. "I'm simply taken with the weeds to?" "To show how you both grow up," finished Barker. "There's nothing wrong in that, I'm sure. Now, defendant's exhibit K likewise represents some well-grown weeds and a fairly well-grown man in the garden?some farmer, possible, judging?" "That man is the picture is Harney Malone. and that's me!" "Harney Malone, claim attorney for the Stand?" "For the Cataract oil and Gas company. I'lease remember that, mister." "So T will. You say you're in all of them ?" "I said it about ?.ri times. I think." "You were not posing for a moving picture show?" "They were to be hung in the llall of Kami1," sarcastically. "Itone in oil?" There the eonrl took a hand to relieve the witness of further torture. "It is admitted," he dictated to the official stenographer, "that in all the photographs introduced by tin- defendant the man shown therein is Mr. Harney Malonc, who is claim attorney for the Cataract nil and Oas company. "Is that sufficient. Mr. ItarkerV" "If your honor will he I enough to add that in each picture Mr. Harney Maloiie has his hands oii his hips, and is grin I mean smiling, it will he entirely satisfactory to us." replied Mr. liarkcr, good-naturedly. While the jury wtis out ti message was sent to the court, asking if it would he legal to award damages in double the amount of the claim, t recti Hag. Specialists.?The psychologists tell us that if we look long and intently at tiny particular thing we become hypimtiy.ed. There is I reason, therefore, to think that most specialists hypnotize themselves, and that's why: Preachers think that if men are good they will he happy. Materialists think that if men are happy they will he good. t'hiropoilists think that all the trouble of mankind conies from tight shoes. Stock brokers think that till the World is fed if the market is active. Magnates think that every one is m.'lKIIIU Ml' ?lu > II IIII'V .11 f. I Suramins think flint tin- ;i|>|><-n<li\ is ( til'' imii'McSl Wol'k nf thill. , i Militiary im-ilii-al |>r.-1<-1 it iuicTs think | tlint nutliina is rnrrn'l nnh ss it mmi'S y frmii 11 - r ilm-tur of ilnir own , Sl'll'Hl). | l.a\vy?t* think tlnil vitv thina sliniilil Im- n fi-IT'll In 1: 1: 11 -1< SI 11 ' nf Siillli' i>m* n Is. wliii niii'i' iliil i'i- sail I suini'thinx | I (i >ii 11 ii >i is I . I.ill-. j, BLEASE AND FEATHERSTONE. (Continued from First Page.! The Second Primary. Anderson Tlail.v Mail. Several of the leading newspapers if the stiite, which have always advocated local option, and which did not support Mr. Feathcrstone tor gov rnor in the first primary on that ac otint, have now come squarely to his mpport. Anions these newspapers are [he Charleston 1'ost, the News and Fourier and the Columbia State. They take the position that the piestioti of prohibition or local oplion is no longer tin issue, since the legislature which will pass upon that I nest ion has been chosen. The house will probably be in favor of prohibi lion, while it is claimed that in the ornate there will he a majority for lo nl option. Hilt with the whisky question out >f the way, the former opponents of Mr. Keatherstone argue. the issue is now one of men instead of measures. \iwl. knowing hoth Keatherstone and lilease. they argue that Keatherstone s file better and safer man to lie elect d governor. It is believed by many who underhand state polities that Hlease will ijet few if any more votes in the seciixl primary than he got in the first primary. They believe that Mr. Hlease's record in political matters In he stale is so well known that the .Treat majority of the people will not uipport him for governor. We believe that Mr. Keatherstone lost many votes in the first primary iceatise of the overeonfidenee of his friends. This was true here in Anderson county, where he was born and raised. No particular work was done for him, while Hlease and McLcod and the others had workers all over the oiinty. If the same work had been lone for Keatherstone that was done for the other candidates he would have led easily. This was no doubt true in nther counties. Hut we think it will be very different in the second primary. The friends >f Mr. Keatherstone. and those who are not particularly his friends but who do not want-to see Mr. Hlease elected governor. realize now that they must heit ir themselves, and they will do so. They will go to work, and Mr. Keatherstone will be elected governor by a safe and convincing majority. As the other papers have said, the issue now is men and not measures. The ehoiee for governor is squarely between Keatherstone and Please. MEDICAL SUPERSTITIONS. Old-Fashioned Remedies as Valueless as Bread Pills. On another person's neek a boil isn't a half bad thine, and you can ogard it without envy. It may offend >rour sense of ttie artistic, but, on the tvhole. it does not disturb your equaliinity. By natural sequence your nind reverts to Job and his "comforer." and you regard the possessor of he excrescence with the same conemptuous pity with which you think >f the sore-smitten sufferer of cenuries agone. Perchance, however, you know the leck-knotted victim, albeit his sunny smile has given place to a frown and xpression of agony, and his neat colar and tie are replaced by a half hidlen bandage. In sympathetic tones ,'ou ask the trouble. "Boil." he answers btielly, biting he word in half. You had guessed it, but you dare lot say so.. "Too bad. old man," you murmur. 'It must be painful." Three adjectives and an adverb are equired adequately to describe the lain. "Still, it might be worse," he eon;oles himself. "Kvery one gets 'em in spring, you know, and when they are >ver they are better than medicine. Phey clear the blood and syean thesysem?beat all the tonics, ancient or nodern. and tlx you up in great shape, it's pretty sore at present, but it's vorth $10 to me. Thanks. I'll sympathize with you when your turn omes." Whereat you smile in a supercilious nanner, as one above boils or similar ilebian ailments. Comes a day soon, however, when rou feel a little irritation on the neck, lut you think nothing of it. With houghts far afield you scratch it instinctively. and the irritation becomes nore pronounced. Then you notice hat your collar is rubbing, and a litle red point develops, which gives orth heat like a miniature volcano. V swelling follows and the redness spreads, with a little white speck aplearing later. My this time life is losing its charm. >ut the worst is yet to come, and it omes with the certainty of death and axes. The covering breaks and adis harge of pus follows. The redness lisappears. but the pain increases unit the storm passes and a scar is left is a guntle reminder that a boil is no especter of persons. "I wouldn't have taken $10 for it," nu boast, when you resume your colar and necktie. As an investment, however, a boil it $10 is a poor proposition. Take 10 outs mr it it you can net u, ami consoler yourself that much ahead of the tame, not to speak of missing tlie pain iml discomfort. For there is absoutely no reason whatever for the the?ry. or superstition, that a common mil on tin- neck or arm or other part >f the anatomy has any effect on I he ilood or the system, for either good >r had. To state the fact baldly, a boil is a oca I excitement due solely to local in'eclion, the excitement sometimes bong more than proportionate to the aflietion. Alive with minute organisms, i little hair curls over your neck and mlieiitly burrows beneath the skin. I'hls. in brief, is the scratching, period, Tom which really dates tlie comnencenient of your troubles. For with his scratching comes a tiny puncture, 00 small for human eye to notice, uit of inviting proportions to wanderng germs intent upon exploration. And on this beginning developments oliow, the microbe making himself 1 home and bringing bad luck with lim. A sweat gland becomes clogged ,vitli dust, and the dust is full of staphylococci. True, the microbe nay go it alone, without the staphylococci. or the staphylococci may act vitlmut the microbe, but either cause s amply sufficient to develop a boil of he linest activity. Its course you have 'allowed in experience, and the recolcetion still lingers with you. To explain scientifically, however, lie redness and heat and pain may be inscribed as the outward and visible agns and painful products of a battle ictween the intrusive germs and the vhite corpuscles in the blood. From hi' moment of their meeting these wo sworn foes gel into hostile action, lw? ppi'Iik i*i>tfiiiir i tit ii t hi* gkin :iml 11? corpuscles attacking and attemptng to swallow litem. Could you open lie boil and study it under n microscope you could follow the tight in all ts details. Like a lizard licking; up a ly. the white corpuscle approaches uid swallows the germ. and under the ilass you may see the germ writhing n the interior of its captor. At times, as in human battles, the ones are unevenly matched, and the oi'puscles lind the germs easy prey, n which event the boil is small and ilmost unworthy of the designation of 'pimple." Hut when the germs have mind a footing ami victory hangs mi i long-drawn battle, you develop a toil well worthy of the name and suficienly painful to move you to proanity. Nor does your trouble cease villi the decision of the battle, for In n are the corpuscles gorged with he germs and the boil further tilled villi germs slain in the struggle. This lebris is a yellow, creamy substance, liore or less poetically described as >1IS In the breaking of the boil, however bis pus is discharged and the soreness lisappears. All the germs have been tilled and the white corpuscles have ii I til ied their duty as scavengers and lolicemcn of the body. I'or till this it is evident that boils ire not symptoms of blood diseases mi- indicative that the system Is oning up. Hut they do show that a lumber of vagrant germs have found odgment in tin- skin ami that the i bite corpuscles object to their pres liee. The preference of the boil for lie neck is found in the fact that men's ollars are stiff ami scratchy and full f tilth embalmed in starch, thus irriating the skin and forcing the organ<nis into it. As usually addicted to soft collars, women are less frequent- w ly afflicted by boils, while that part of st the populace which eschews collars seldom suffer from the trouble. si Not that many diseases of the blood n and general diseases do not generate r? ruptions of 1 h?- skin, as may !? noted T with sniullpox; but the boil per se is g< not a symptom, but a disease in itself, u In effect the boil is big brother to the vj pimple, the blackhead and other ii blemishes to which mankind .is heir, n all alike being due to the entry of im- p .....I....,,,., iiitrmli.ru intn the mires and a sweat glands. Nor will sulphur and ti nxMasses and other socalled tonics h cure them or prevent them; the only ti course open to the sufferer being to a help the white corpuscles in their bat- u tie with the germs. A lancet In the n hands of a friendly physician will he c< found a help in time of trouble. p As a matter of fact, however, the tc fallacious idea that boils are a safety valve for an impure system is only p; one of 10,000 erroneous medical notions cherished through generations ~ of ignorance and tradition. So, too, gj some foolish folks fondly aver that gin is beneficial for the kidneys, or tlint ^ camomile tea will cure indigestion. Nor are these ideas held only by lay- W men, but are entertained also by cer tain physicians. * For the cure of most ills nature has provided the most simple of remedies, M and water will be found the most ac- j, live of agents in thousands of cures $ credited to other remedies. Take, for tt Instance, the flaxseed poultice, to v which your grandmother turned in * the days of your infancy as a sovereign relief for your little ailments. A Good for coughs, folds and hoarseness A and all diseases of the lungs and liver, spraint'd wrist, broken neck, pain in the stomach and scores of other complaints, thought grandma. You often found the remedy worse than the trouble, but you endured the soggy, smelly poultice, both perforce in the traditional belief that it would cure the affliction. Hut the curative properties were not in the flaxseed, and bran or sawdust would have been just as efficacious. In the flaxseed or any other old poultice the virtue lay in the heat, the stuffing being helpful only in retaining the warmth in the water. Without the flaxseed the hot water would have been just as effective, as Is proved by the use of the rubber l?,tg for hot water. The unsightly, unsavory, uncomfortable poultice has given place to the clean and convenient water bag, and many minor ailments have lost half their terrors. So, too, with the weird and variegated "teas" with which the youngster of three decades ago was dosed to his discomfiture, discontent and disturbance of his internal economy. Sage tea. flaxseed, tapioca, or saxifrage, each for its own peculiar ill, was poured by the quart down infant throats according to the notions of olden times. And. in spite of the Ingredi- ' cuts rather than because of them, the remedies often did the work, but the real cure was worked by the hot water, while the nauseous herbs took all the ' credit. Some throats improved because sore throats will do so in time, even if let strictly alone; stomach aches disappeared. because the disturbance had ! subsided in the course of nature, and so on through the entire category of ailments. Also obtaining credit tinder false pretenses, beef tea was a favorite remedy of yore, being especially esteemed as sustenance for convalescents to whom more substantial food was forbidden. So it scalded the throats of uncounted thousands, supposedly furnishing food and strength and really contributing as much nourishment to the half pound as an equal g amount of soapstone. I5ut the unostentatious hot water, regarded only as a necessity for the dissolution of the beef tea, did its work, despite the handicap of the mixture, and grandma preached the virtues of beef tea, even unto the third generation of them that hated it. Even to this day you may regard the porous plaster as a friend, ready at hand to ease your back?and the liver- H pad and the liniment; sovereign remedies, all .counter-irritants they were called, and they gloried in the highsounding classification. As a rule, the directions indicated, and impressed upon the users, that the "powerful drugs" In the plaster or the liniment Kot heneath the surface of the skin z and worked effectively on the muscles, t< or destroyed disease perms there lurking. Rut, on no less authority than a the word of a scientific pharmacolopist, n the axiom is now accepted that "the human skin, except when Mister- f1 ed, is almost impervious to any drup , hut mercury." That is to say, the epidermis of a healthy man is as much F proof apainst liniments as a rubber boot apainst a pnat bite. Rut you believe in the porous plaster? Well and s good; better cover your back with such f a plaster than with a coat of preen tl paint, which would be just as effica- c clous. d Rut, you persist, you speak from ex- ? perience; you have rubbed out muscu- n lar soreness with your infallible llni- n ment and you well know where of you p arpue? Ripht you are. The first day i in the pymnasium stiffened your mus- |, clcs and you ached as though an automobile had run over you; but a pood p rubbing with your favorite liniment did the work, and next day the muscles were supple and pliant and all the soreness had vanished. After the rubbing it would indeed have been strange Cl if you had not felt ripht again for the . ruiibing caused the cure, and the liniment contributed only the nasty odor. S Try hot water the next time, and see if you do not feel even better. j, Of a 11 the remedies f<?r tnuscuiar pains none excels massage?nor is it equaled. Healthy eireiilation is induced in tlie part affected and the rhythmic motion lias a psychic effect. In fact, there is more in the laying on of hands than generally is known or conceded. The stroking of the hair of a suffering person ofttimes will abate the pain and the rubbing of the brow will often cure headache. For almost all ills nature herself finds a cure, and these in the simplest _ of remedies. Hot water or cold will relieve many troubles, and in the exercise of his own muscles in the massage of his body man will find a natural and effective substitute for all the liniments over compounded ? Philadelphia North-America n. WEST POINT AND LYING. One Place Where Nothing Goes But ? n the Truth. y There need no longer he any doubt as to the good West Point is to the p country. It has long been the idea a of many people that West Point was a high-grade school where congress- " men partly paid their political debts s by sending the scions of a few weal- y thy or influential constituents, but it j' now appears that even if this be true in the main, it is not the entire truth, a for it has lately developed that West Point is one place in the United Stales where the truth is the only con versa- ~' tional legal tender. It all along has I - * Mm ' I II SUSpeCletl I Hill in limoo.oo .... big milit.'iry school for no other pur- " pose ih.'in to iiii-ii out a needed lieutenant now ami then was an expenditure not unite in keeping with the amount of return made the country, but it now develops that West Point is not so much a school for teaching military technique as it is an institulion for instructing young men in telling the truth. It appears that one of the cadets at West I'oinl was caught committing f, some minor offence, and believing he could escape the consequences?the a loss of a few points?he deliberately el lied about tlie matter. Now. according to the tliies of the institution, there are no worse crimes than telling r? a lie. This is not a code arranged i y the faculty, cither, for among the student body it is tlie rule that the in.ni ? who lies lias no place in the school, ? and dismissal is the prompt answer to every evasion of the truth. There has been no parading of this matter, and today tlie public would still have ' been in ignorance of the existence of p any such law bad it not become known tf through accident. While the written regulations may not indicate as much. there is no transgression looked upon I itli mure disfavor Ity family and si iidmls Ihiiti thai of lylnt?. M If for iioIIiIiik else the existence of w it'll a sentItiH'iil as this In the Mk pi lilitary Institute should rail for our In sport as well as our admiration, ri hci't' is pruhiiltly no practice niorr ai I'tirrally indulged in than thr our in ndrr Ihr hau at VV'rsl I'olnl. It per- It ildrs huslnrss circles, It Is tolerated il i society, it Is even looked upon as a n lore or less valutihle asset in some T rofessions, and it Is supposed to have u ttained t,lie dignity of an art in poll- h cs; In fart, so badly horiey-CMinhrd hi as ci vllixaion heroine with the prar- hi ire that it has mine to lie classed ai motiR the necessary evils presumed til > he unpreventahle, and each man li I ur?i in I\t* 111?* rimiin^ III I-IIIIIIIIK III III intact therewith, just as In* is sup- w used to do in the matter of a coun rfelt hill, i Assuredly West I'oint possesses no m nlent right to the position it has as-1 h >>+A *vvA *->*A A *>>*A *?'' * A Cook Stoves =-AT CI I i Here's something of into Stove or Range buyers. We art class of goods. We want to ? ! that the quickest way is to off ! Cost Prices, we have adopted tl: I Stove and Range in our slock ; buyer with the Cash. If you n j or expect to need one soon, thi cure the highest quality at the 1 to you in Yorkville. Come ant ; you. Come today. We want t i can save. We want you to see , offer in Cooking Stoves and R opportunity like this again very ly new, high grades Stoves at Prices. Won't you let us show incut will tell you to buy. Our he well for you to come quick. 5 8-19 Helenas, at $10.50 Each. 1 8-19 New South Stove, at i 3 7-15 New South Stove: 3 Wonders at $6.86. 1 Loth's King, 7-1! 1 Loth's Marve 1 Diamond Cast Range, at $15. 1 Grand Oak, at $6.50. 3 Grace Leaders, at $7.2^ 1 Fern Stove, at $4.5! 2 Celebrated Maje These Stove rtnd Range ofFcrini tunity of just swapping dollars, money by spending a few dollai Yorkville Hartto ?** +***+ ***** +***+ T UADDV DFOITITC unr r i ivljulu lave Made Many Yorkville Residents Enthusiastic. N<. wonder scores of Yorkville citiens grow enthusiastic. It is enough r? make anyone happy to find relief fter years of suffering. Public stateu-nts like the following are but truthul representations of the daily work one in Yorkville by Doan's Kidney 'ills. R. J. Mackorell of Yorkville, S. C.. \ ays: "For over a year I suffered s rom attacks of backache and pains h hrough my kidneys. The kidney se- li ret ions were unnatural and I at last eeided to try a reliable kidney remdy, thinkiuk that my trouble came from p ty kidneys. Since using Doan's Kid- ]| ey Pills I have been a great deal bet- a er. The pains have disappeared and a have been free from that dull, list- o >ss feeling- I do not hesitate to re- i ommend Doan's Kidney Pills as a re- t able remedy." For sale by all dealers. Price f.0 . ents. Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, few York, sole agents for the United tates. Remember the name?DOAN'S?and ike no other. NEW PERFECTION Wick Blue Flame Oil Cook-Stove IiIorI for Summer cookjntf. Cut* fuel expense , In two. Srv*h lnhor. Hive* cleun, quick re- ' RUltH. Three *l7.e? Fully wnrrnn?<,<l a STANDARD OIL CO. a (I nt-?rp?rnu-il) j 1) Screen Doors And Windows : s o If your home Is not equipped with icreen Doors and Windows, you are s Hissing one of the real luxuries of " our life?a luxury of comparatively n rilling cost when you consider the P lany advantages of keeping the pesky les on the outside. Our Screen Doors w nd windows are made to your order ? h fit your doors and windows: they are h lade of good material and will outlast I ny of the "make-em-by-the-mlllion" creens you ever saw. Let us make n ou an estimate on the cost of supply- w ig your house. The difference in n he cost will be greatly overbalanced a y the life of our Screens. Phone us It bout Fly Screens. tl J. J. KELLER & COMPANY la wis Plumbing Co. " Wanted I At once two or three Plumbing Jobs >r people who want High Grade, Canary Plumbing and Prompt Service. We advertised a couple of weeKs ago f hi ir two or three jobs and we got them ml have completed the work and evryliody is happy. in 01 We are now ready for two or three lore Jobs. Let us know when you are E -ady. It.WVLS PLUMBING COMPANY. II ;eo. t. schorbPHOTOGRAPHER. Come to see me for satisfactory Photgraphs at reasonable prices. See me about tiie high grade Lester iano. This instrument has been fully VJ sted in this vicinity for the past lif- al en years, and has met every requireent of the most competent musicians. ? pe me about the Lester. I GBO. T. SCHORB. bi iiiiimI in dealing with this, we might iy. national evil, ami other .schools oill?l do well to engraft it into their no tice and procedure. It would not i* a had Idea to make it a part of the I'-iciiliim. It stands to reason that T n army officer Is not the only Individ- I ill who jiii make rimmI use of the i uth, and a wider dissemination of ie West Point idea would he receiv1 with gladness in many directions, he state Institutions of lenrniiiK ilKhl imiuire of the national school ow It has been brought about and arrow the process. However, it is m elleved that if the student body <?r ny educational institution would k<> t the matter earnestly the crop of is would l>e cut short and the world lade a vast deal pleasanter place In hich to live.?(Jalveston Tribune. China is spending two hundred t lilll.m dollars on the rehahilitation of er army and navy. *.*+A *.*+A K?+A *.*+A ?*+A and Ranges ? {? ? pi rest to prospective Cooking ^ zj ; going to quit handling this ^ jet out quick and believing a, pi er our entire stock at First ? j,, lat method. Every Cooking ^ K ..rr 1 encT ^ i> IM Ullt'lCU dL IU Lll^ w * eed a Stove or Range now, ? pi s is your opportunity to se- 9 j? Lowest Price every offered 4 4 1 sec what we have to offer in 0 show you how much you 5 j" what big values we have to * anges. You won't have an ^ ' soon. We offer you strict- * u, ul Ranges at Second-Hand $ ( you? Your own good judg- ? <?' stock is limited, and it will ? * We have: 3f ^ 4 di w i>I2-5?- g fr > at $9.12 Each. 4 (]i m hl 5 Square Oven, at $10.84. * C 1, 7-26. at $10.55. * * 68. S ti * 01 pl 1 Each. S f 1 4 hi stic Ranges, at COST. j* R ?s arc better than an oppor- 4 It is your chance to make jf pi s. Come and See TODAY. 4 W Ji rare Company. if ***** ***** ***** +** ^ 5 THE END OF MAN ? w Is bound to come sooner or later. Ve who remain are bound by duty to ee that those of our family whose end g. tas come, are fittingly remembered e! ?y either a 6. MONUMENT OR TOMBSTONE. ? We show our appreciation of the de- s< iartod by erecting to their memory as asting a remembrance in the way of ei Mnniin\nn t n a vv<> rail afford. If VOU J' .re about to take the step in the way oi f purchasing a Monument, kindly vis- a< t us. We assure you we will posl- fi ively save you money by doing so. Piedmont Marble and Granite Co. I YORKVILLE, S. . rj . M. IITJGHES. See. and Treas. c< J. W. GREGORY, Manager. ? o: Company, Contract, Cost. 2 n The Mutual Renefit Life Insurance la 'ompany of Newark, N. J., is an old p ompany with traditions and ideals nd with vast experience. There is no d azard of inexperience involved in be- h oniing a member of such an institu- hi ion. So much for Security. The second consideration is the Con- ol ract. It is almost an axiom that di lutual Reneflt policies contain special H nd peculiar advantages not combined ei 11 the policies of other companies. The final consideration is Cost. In 3i uying a suit of clothes, or any other 6. onunodity, price is not the first con- a' ideration. Price depends directly P* pon quality. When you b .y a suit on look about until you f some- j? hing that satisfies you. som .ningthat ^ i substantial .something that will be erviceable. Having found it you speak f the cost. The net cost of Mutual Renefit inurance is low by reason of the econ- J*1 my with which the Company is ad- JJ linistered, its low mortality and its cc rofitable and stable investments. . If you insist on Quality, combined ith the lowest cost consistent with bsolute security, you will eventually . isure with the Mutual Reneflt, the ,ending Annual Dividend Company. te Don't lose sight of the fact that the jn nan who buys insurance is the one aI ho pays the freight, and that wise % it'll litnk nut r??r their own interests ml Itii.v from the agent who is ahle to irnish undoubted proof that he has y, ie Itest Roods. All companies are not ze ihoiit the same." An investigation ]j| ill convince the most skeptical. jn SAM M. GRIST, Special Agent. pts IE GLENN & ALLISON, jj w se be Buggies and aEc bi Harness or he Our line of Ruggies and Harness is jn umplete. and it will pay you to see us i'fore buying. so WAGONS. at We have a full stock of Wagons, that mst he sold, so don't put off, but come j 11 ami look over our complete stock. jrt NGINES, GINS AND MACHINERY. in If you need anything in the above ne. either Steam or Gasoline, see us. [JLENN & ALLISON m pe THE CITY MARKET r.o When you want the Best t<> he had ] i the Meat line, I'hone the City Mar- j)a t. I ean't handle anything but the ry best. First-Class Fresh Meats sc I the time, refrigerator cooled. C. F. SHRRER. no Bt W See The Enquirer office for Rejilt Typewriters of all kinds. $5.00 N GOLD FREE To the person selling on the Clover arket the first hale of NEW CROP COTTON. ti r* i f ni ine DanK 01 uover, CLOVER, S. O. J. C. WILBORN REAL ESTATE ? FOR SALE ? 1ST YOUR PROPERTY WITH ME -1 YOO WANT TO SELL? 95 Acres?Mrs. J. Frank Wallace ace, 2 dwellings on it; 8 miles of orkville on public highway, near New Ion church. Price $1,425. 148 Acres?Fort Mill township; 3 iles of Fort Mill, 1 mile of Philadellia church; 25 acres under cultlvaon, balance in timber, pine and wilw. Joins J. L. Kimball. T. S. Kirkltrick and others; li miles from Oold ill academy. Price $16 an acre, roperty of J. H. Railes. 3121-2 Acres?P. M. Parrott home ace; 2J miles Clover; one beautiful sidenoe, 2 stories, 6-rooms; 8-horse irm open?about 75 acres in timber; tenant houses, 3 to 5 rooms each; >od barn and all necessary outhuildigs; 30 acres bottoms. One of the fst located farms In York county, and lies good, on public highway and . & N.-W. R. R. For quick sale? hi per acre, it is worm more money. The fine farm of Mr. Scott Wilson, is known as one of the host. l.and es level; 462 acres; $18 per acre. 18 Acres?Inside the corporate limits r Yorkville; 1 house, 3-rooms; young rchard; 941 foot bored well. Price 1,785?T. C. McGhee. 171 Acres?J. J. Scoggins mill and nme, 1 dwelling, 8-rooms, 2 stories; ) acres very fine bottom land?proLice corn every year; 30 acres bar lied ire; also 30 acres hog wire pasture; ) acres under cultivation; 25 acres i forest timber. A new barn, 40x60; nible crib. One-third Cash. | (1) Parks Parish place 91 acres; 1 ouse, 4 rooms; 50 acres under cultlation, 40 acres in timber, orchard. !) 128J acres at New Zion, Joins J. . Faires and others; 1 house, 5 rooms; 5 acres under cultivation; 90 acres In mber; 3 miles of Smyrna, good barn, ntbuildings. $2,100 for Parish Dixon lace, 1st. $21.00 per acre for place nhn Dixon now lives on 2nd. John . Smith. 51 Acres?Mrs. R. R. Plaxico; onealf mile of Sharon, on Southern wy.; 40 acres under cultivation, rice $2,200 for quick sale. 56 Acres?Rachel Burns place, onealf In fine forest timber; Is now the roperty of Goforth; joins R. N. McElee. One lot in Yorkville on College St. , ains Broadus Love. 285 Acres?Joins Wm. Biggers, Meek aulkner, Jim McGill; 5-horse farm; house, 6-rooms, 75 acres under culvation; 185 acres in timber. Some iw timber; near to Enon church; 2| illes Smyrna; 4 tenant houses, 35 cres of bottom land. Price $15.00 per ere. A. J. Boheler property. 61 Acres?Joins Dave Clark, Cal lark and Carson lands; 1 story, 4>om house, new; 45 acres under cultlatlon, 2 acres In timber, young orhard, 3 miles from Filbert. All bulldigs are new. Price $40 per acre. Miss Ida de Loach residence? $3,000. Miss Dolly Miller residence?a barain. 150 Acres?75 acres In cultivation; > acres in timber; 3 miles Sharon, ery cheap. 50 Acres?Joins A. J. Boheler, Westloreland and Ed Whltesldes corners ^ t London siding; 1 house, 1 story. 3- " >oms, 20 acres under cultivation, lenty of firewood; orchard, good ?rlng, I mile of Canaan church, 1 mile f Smyrna station, good barn. Price 16.00 per acre. 72 Acres?Beautiful 6-room cottage, md level, very productive; new barn, new 4-room tenant house, dressed eather-boarding at Outhriesville? 1,000. 165 Acres?Nice two-story dwelling; -rooms; 3 piazzas, good burn; all nectary outhouses; 3 tenant houses; one room house; fine mineral spring; one ille of Newport railway station and ihool. Price $50 an acre. 98 Acres?Adjoining Forest Hill acaduy; property of Perry Ferguson. Price 1,600. Forty acres In cultivation, some f which has made over a bale to the ?re; 58 acres on timber; plenty of ne saw timber. 125 Acres?One dwelling, one story nd half, 5-rooms? Perry Ferguson IcCullum place. Price $1,600. S5 3-& Acres?une awemng, lg biuies; good well water; J mile of ConDrd church and school; 25 acres under iiltivation; plenty of wood. Price $650. erms to suit purchaser. Property of f W. H. Balrd. i 97 Acres?And a new 6-room house, tenant houses; new bam 30x40; two llles Clover. Owner wishes to buy irger farm. This Is a great bargain, roperty of T. J. Bradford. House and half acre lot In Clover; 1 welling, 3 rooms, 2 piazzas, splendid ^ ouse, electric lights. J. Ross Parish ome. Price $850.00. 50 Acres?Of land, situated in Cherkee county; Joining Mrs. Sallie Chilers and Blanton Moore: one mile ,'opewell church; one dwelling. Proprty of P. M. Stewart. Price $1,000. 235 Acres?Three miles Ebenezer; i miles Winthrop college. Rents for 950 lbs. lint cotton; 3 miles incorporte limits of Rock Hill. Price $30.00 Br acre. Six-horse farm open. 100 Acres?One mile Tirzah; level nd; 3 houses; good new barn. Price 10.00 per acre. For Sale?A two-story, 6-room Cotige In Yorkvllle?in Liberia. Price 1,100. 100 Acres?Ebenezer township; three lies Winthrop; 6-room house; good , irn and outbuildings; rent 3,000 lbs. >tton. Price $30 per acre. 186 Acres?In King's Mountain town* ilp; one 3-room dwelling; about 600, 10 feet timber. Price $10 per acre. 3951-2 Acres?Known as the Oatesllison place; produces 8 bales of cotn; one 2-story, 7-room building: 4 nant houses, 3 rooms each, 100 acres cultivation, 150 acres in timber: bailee In second growth and pasture; * miles of Hickory Orove. Will cut Insmall tracts. Price $12.00 per acre. 217 Acres?Joins Will Campbell. Will iiungblood, William Oates, In Ebeneir township. Will rent for 6.000 lbs. it cotton. Is one of the best farms the county. A beautiful home. t, tinted: two story, eight-room house; 0 acres In cultivation; a good orlard, two miles of Tlrzah station; 5 nant houses, 3 and 4 rooms each: 2 rge barns, pasture of 40 or 50 acres. Ill sell In two tracts, but prefer to 11 as a whole. Home of J. M. Camp>11. 455 Acres?Property of Jas. A. and Bankhead; 3 houses. Nearly 200 res of bottom land, raises about 1.000 < ishels of corn, very productive place. *ice $9.00 an acre. 122 Acres?8-room dwelling ;a fine chard: lj miles Beersheba; 2 tenant uses; 75 acres In cultivation, balance timber; the timber is original. 128 Acres?Home place of J. F. Carn; good 6-room dwelling; land level; w barn, crib, cotton house. All necsary out buildings. A beautiful farm Delphos. 119 3-4 Acres?Joins lands of Mrs. I,. MeOIll; one new 4-room house; acres of fresh, new ground, balance wood; H mile Bethany High School. 234 Acres?One 2-story, 8-room veiling: good 5-norse rarm open; b? res In timber: 4 good tenant houses, rooms each: good barn. I^and In gh state cultivation. Joins J. J. | atthews; 3 miles Bethany. Price $25 r acre. 112 3-4 Acres?Joins John F. Smith; acres In cultivation; 52 In timber; dwelling. 2 tenant houses; good new rn. Price 2,000. R. D. Wallace, one Rot, East Jefferson, near Graded M hool and Southern depot. ^ One nice Cottage, East Jefferson, ar Graded school. Property of Mrs. rrv?very chean. J. C. WILBORN.