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Humorous gfpartnnut. H? Saw the Governor.?.The following story which is going round Washington points a moral too obvious for comment, says the New York Evening Post. A man with a very important air recently got on board a western train, seated himself beside a quiet, unobtrusive stranger, and began a conversation. 'Tm on my way to the capital," said the important one, "to get a pardon for a convicted thief. I am not acquainted with the governor personally, but he will have to listen to me because he can't afford not to." "Is the man guilty?" asked the stranger. "Certainly he is, but that doesn't matter. His friends have promised me 1500 if I get him out and it's a pretty cold day when my line of talk runs out. Where are you traveling?" "I'm going to the capital too." "Do you live there?" "Yes." "Perhaps you could help me. May I innniro what hnsinpss vou are in?" "I'm the governor." Amendable to Argument.?Here is a little story that was told by Congressman George R. Smith of Minnesota the other night when reference was made to the country party who deadlocks a lury. Some time since an autoist was whizzing it down the pike as fast as he could spark the gasoline when a country constable sprang from a clump of bushes by the wayside and held up a halting hand. "Sorry, mister," said the constable as the autoist stopped the car, "but I'll have to arrest ye. Ye was going fifty miles an hour or more." "You are wrong, my friend," replied the autoist digging into his jeans. "I say I wasn't going more than fifteen miles an hour, and here is a ten dollar bill that says I wasn't." "Maybe I was wrong mister," calmly replied the country constable. "Leastwise, with eleven ter one agin me, I mi# onn nt v tor tho aill l 5 U11I5 ICI |/Ub blic VUMIIVJ kV* expense of no trial." It Was Coming to Him.?There is a proprietor of a shop in the city, a man of most excitable temperament, who is forever scolding his clerks for their indifference in the matter of possible sales. One day, hearing a clerk say to a customer, "No, we have not had any for a long time," the proprietor, unable to countenance such an admission, began to work himself into the usual rage. Fixing a glassy eye on his clerk, he said to the customer: "We have plenty in reserve, ma'am; plenty down-stairs." Whereupon the customer looked dazed and then, to the amazement of the proprietor, burst into hysterical laughter and quit the shop. "What did she say to you?" demanded the proprietor of the clerk. "We haven't had any rain lately."? Houston Post. Poop But Proud.?A lady who is a district visitor became much interested in the very poor but apparently respectable Irish family named Curran, living on the top floor of a great building in a slum district of her parish. Every time she visited the Currans she was annoyed by the staring and the whispering of the other women living in the building. One day she said to Mrs. Curran: "Your neighbors s^em to be very curious to know who I am, and the nature of my business with you." "They do," acquiesced Mrs. Curran. "Do they ask you about it?" "Indade they do, ma'am." "And do you tell them?" "Faith, thin, I do not." "What do you tell them?" "Oi, just tell them," was the calm reply, "that you are me dressmaker, and let it go at that." Giving Mamma Away.?A beautiful young widow sat in her deck chair in the stern and near her sat a very handsome man, relates the Washington Herald. The widow's daughter, a cute little girl of four or five years, crossed over to the man and said: "What's your name?" "Herkimer Wilkinson," was the reply. "Is you married?" "No; I'm a bachelor." The child turned to the mother and said: "What else did you tell me to ask him, mamma?" Prompted.?Willie was struggling through the story in his reading lesson. "No, said the captain," he read "it was not a sloop. It was a larger vessel. By the rig I judged her to be a-a-a-a-a?" The word was new to him. "Barque," supplied the teacher. Still Willie hesitated. "Barque!" repeated the teacher, this time sharply. Willie looked as though he had not heard aright. Then, with an apprehensive glance around the class he shouted: "Bow-wow!"?Detroit Free Press. Her Only Concern.?Sir David Baird the first baronet, w;as a famous Anglo-Indian soldier who early in his career had the unpleasant experience of being thrown into the black hole of Calcutta during the mutiny. Like a number of other eminent soldiers, he was not blessed with too sweet a temper, and when his old mother was told that the prisoners in the black hole were tied together her only comment was: "Heaven help the poor man that's tied to our Davie!" Met the Competition.?An enterprising yoiftig florist, in order to impress his trade, displayed this sign in his window: "We give a packet of flower seeds with every plant." His competitor across the street promptly sought to meet the competition by placing in his window the following announcement: "We give the earth with every plant."?Exchange. 'X3T Two Germans who were crossing the Luxembourg frontier declared to the customs officials: "We have three bottles of red wine each. How much is there to pay?" "Where is it?" asked one. "Well, inside us." The official gravely looked at his tariff book and read: "Wine in casks, 2 shillings; in donkey's hides, free. Gentlemen," he said, looking up, "you can go." How He Used Them.?"Did you kill the moths with the moth balls I recommended?" asked the druggist. "No, I didn't!" said the customer truculently; "I sat up all night and didn't hit a single moth." iWistrllanrous grading. THE MISSISSIPPI SWEEPSTAKES Robert E. Lee Beat the Natchez in a Race and Broke All Records. Did you ever hear a man get enthusiastic when telling about a race? Well, when he gets through talking this one will hold him for a while. This is the race Mark Twain designated as the greatest ever run in America. Foot racing and horse racing are all right in their way but none of them can hold with steamboat racing?that is, steamboat racing of the order of the kind the Natchez and the Robert E. Lee put on. It was back in 1870 when the two steamers left the levee at New Orleans for St. Louis to win the Mississippi river sweepstakes. The bets on each side ran up into the hundreds of thousands. For three days the Natchez and the Lee was running almost neck and neck, the Lee from 3 to 30 minutes in the lead. Finally the Lee plowed through the fog which the Natchez r>(lntc] tttoro nnohln tn npnetr&ta and the Robert E. Lee unloaded at the St Louis levee five hours ahead of her opponent. The winner shoved her nose under the wire just about a half an hour before noon on the Fourth of July. Twenty thousand people were on the banks watching her come in?the winners cheering and the losers paying out great rolls of green-backs. A record trip of the Natchez was the immediate cause of the race, although the two boats had been rivals for several months. The Robert E. Lee, built in 1866, had made quite a record for speed. Captain T. P. Leathers in 1869 built the Natchez. The boat was touted as the fastest craft on the river. Early in 1870 it made the up-stream run from New Orleans to St. Louis in three days. It was the fastest run ever made, beating the record of the J. M. White by one hour and 11 minutes. The J. M. White established that record in 1844. Proud of the achievement. Leathers advertised his boat as the swiftest of them all. His advertising stung Captain John W. Cannon, of the Robert E. Lee, and a challenge was issued for a race. Leathers accepted readily. Accordingly the two boats lined up at the New Orleans levee June 30. Th'ey were to leave the water front at 5 p. m., or as soon after as they could get under way. The Lee got the Jump on the Natchez and swung out into the stream with her nose pointing north. "A second to the good may win the race," said Cannon as he boarded his boat for the great race. A few minutes after the Lee the Natchez was in the stream sending her cloud of smoke to the sky. The Lee passed the St. Mary's market at 5.04 p. m. The Natchez passed the same point exactly three minutes later. Near the north city limits of New Orleans, it was found the Natchez had gained eight seconds on the Lee. The fact was telegraphed all over the country and the odds in the betting for a time were two to one on the Natchez. Among the river men who staked hundreds of dollars on the outcome of the race was Captain George Keith, who died last May, according to Colonel Hunter Ben Jenkins, historian of the run. Keith bet $400 on the Natchez the day the race began. That night he dreamed the Lee was going to win. The next morning, with the papers full of how the Natchez had gained eight seconds on the Lee, Keith hedged and bet on the Lee. By his second day's Btroke he won $500 on the race. Natchez was the first point to which the boats raced. Everybody in town was down at the river front watching them come in. As the boats came around the bend they saw the Natchez swallowing the smoke of the Lee. It was a day of mourning for Natchez. The city had a pair of elk horns to deliver her namesake when she returned winner of the race. The horns were mounted at the water front and were in plain view from the pilot house of the Lee. As the Robert E. Lee steamed past Captain Cannon shouted: "Lower those horns." The horns were promptly lowered. On the side of the Lee was a banner bearing the inscription: "Shoo, fly, don't bother me." A frantic old man on the shore went into hysterics as he read the sign and heard the captain shout to lower the horns. Several bands were at the wharf to play "Here the Conquering Hero Comes." Captain Fred Voltz, now 76 years old, was a pilot on a boat playing between New Orleans and Vicksburg. This boat had 200 cords of pine knots for delivery to the Lee. Voltz held his boat alongside the Lee for ten miles while the fuel was being loaded on the racer. After leaving Natchez, Vicksburg was the next goal to race for, and the Lee beat the Natchez there, showing a gain in runing time of 18 minutes over her rival. It was the end of the first day, the Lee passing Vicksburg wharf at 18 minutes to 6?according to the Kouns record?on the afternoon of July 1, and the Natchez passing at 3 minutes after 6. The Lee ran up along the upper wharf-boat and discharged a few passengers and started off, picking up two coal floats in the river. Coal heavers swarmed over them and they were cast off, minus the coal, in a few minutes. In doing all this the Lee lost only eight minutes. The Natchez tried the same feat, but got one of the barges across her bows and she was delayed several minutes. The end of the first full day of the race closed with the race still in the balance, but with the Lee 18 minutes in the lead. The Lee was in Memphis at 4 minutes after 11 the next night?the night of July 2. In the 35 hours since she had left Vicksburg she had begun to show that she was almost a sure winner. She was out of Memphis a minute after she arrived. The Natchez was tpn milps hphinri Thp TCntrhpz cleared for the north at 13 minutes after 12 o'clock, and the dash was on for Cairo. The Lee passed the mouth of the Ohio, three miles from Cairo, at 4 minutes after 6, the afternoon of July 3, and took on coal and pilots running at almost full speed. The Natchez passed at quarter past 7. The pilots picked up by the Lee to take her to St. Louis?Cannon and his pilot Wesley Connor, not being familiar enough with the river above the mouth of the Ohio?were "Cap" Jesse T. Jamison and Enoch King. Jamison, reviewing the race after he had taken Connor's place at the wheel, once said: "We'd just left Cairo and daylight behind when a fog settled down. "Yet bet, we'd a'run that fog if we'd a' known Uncle Charon was waitin' for us midway," said Jamison grimly. "When it began dropping down on us as we shot by Devil's Island, Enoch? my pard in the wheelhouse, Enoch King?turned to tpe and said: "'We'll cut right through it, Jesse?' " 'Of course,' I said. "The news that we got the next morning, that the Natchez had tied up, dazed us. She had been holding on like a bull-dog to a book agent clear up to Cairo, and when Enoch and I were wafted out into midstream on a coal schow to board the Lee and hunt easy water for her into St. Louis we could look down the bend and see the Natchez's smoke filling the air like the Battle of Waterloo. The river then between Cairo and St. Louis comprised about 200 miles of the toughest piloting you ever saw around these parts anywhere. There wasn't a lighthouse .from end to end of the run, and there were snags, bars and overhanging trees enough to discourage a Pilgrim ghost. Jim Pell and Wes Connors, who had steered all the way out of New Orleans, were as tickled as schoolboys to see us. You see, they had only studied the river to Louisville, and we were sent down by rail to take the racer into the St. Louis terminal. "The fog shook hands with us at Devil's Island. We supposed, as a matter of course, the Natchez would tackle it, and we never thought of doing anything else. At that stage of the game a blow-up wouldn't have been worse than to have trailed in behind. The experiences of that night turned Jamison's hair white. The Natchez which had been hanging on the rear of the Lee all the time, was lost in the fog. Jamison did not know where she was. All night long he strained his ears to catch the whir of his rival's paddles and the pumping of her pistons. At last he became possessed with a fear that the Natchez had passed. Not until he was within 18 miles of St. Louis did he know he had won. There the Lee was met with a great delegation from St. Louis. The fastest boats in the harbor had come down to escort the winner in. Colonel Hunter Ben Jenkins, at that time second clerk on the Glasgow, which was then plying on the Missouri river, was on the water front to catch the time of the winning boat. Mark Twain, the author, also was there to take the time. Jenkins is now secretary of the National and Pilots, Harbor 28. Speaking of the finish of the race, he said: "It was a glorious Fourth of July. The sky was clear and a crowd of 20,000 was on the river banks to see the finish. The mate of the Lee was a sawed-off fellow with a commanding voice. Proud of the victory he shouted to the negroes as the boat drew in. 'Launch out those stages, launch out those stages.' The stages are the planks down which the passengers go in disembarking. In those days there were no swinging stages and they had to be lowered by hand. They were all in position ready to hit the ground when the Lee scraped against the wharf boat. "The time was three days, eighteen hours and thirty minutes. Captain Leathers was miffed at his defeat. Instead of coming to the landing he steamed up stream for a mile or so and then turned around and came back to the landing. "A great banquet was given to the officers of the rival boats at the old Southern Hotel. Leathers at first declined to attend the banquet, but later accepted the invitation. Before morning he was ready to take his defeat with good grace." Leathers explained his defeat was due to the fog and to a broken pump. He said otherwise he would have beaten the Lee by 20 minutes had fate not been against him. His pilots would not risk the fog and he did not suppose Cannon would be daredevil enough to do so.?St. Paul Pioneer Press. MRS. COLUMBUS DISCOVERER Wife of Great Navigator Believed World Was Round and Spurred Her Husband On. Why not let the world know that the love and intelligence of a woman, Columbus's wife, were the inspiring ele ments in the discovery of the western continents? As we get farther away from the day of discovery we become deeper interested in Columbus, we overlook many of his personal faults and grow to love his sturdy courage. We understand him better; we are more charitable, and we eagerly look for a true and undisturbed outline of him who was not of ignoble parentage but came from fearless sites. Historians have made it to appear that he came from common ancestry, that he and his kin were plebians. While this is the general character of the biographical trend, a few writers comment on the fact that he had a relative who was a large land holder, but beyond this all proclaim him and his kin of the mediocre sort. Most authors and historians hope by portraying the hero "a good boy of unknown, unhonored parents" to give the character of a halo of the commoner type and thereby invite sympathy and interest. While it is true that Columbus was poor and that his immediate surroundings were not of the rich kind, yet that does not prevent him from coming from a heraldic family. After search covering 17 years 1 can prove that Columbus was of a heraldic family and that he did have distin- ( guished ancestors whose services were important. ( One of the earliest factors in the life of Columbus and which led to the discovery that he was of heraldic ances try was the investigation of his mar- , riage to "Felipa the Fair." as she was ( known while attending the convent, i Her intention was not to become a nun ] or a sister, but she was sent from her l native home, Piacenza. Italy, a com- < munity where many of the family of ] Columbus lived, to a convent in Lis- < bon by the name of All Souls' Acade- ] my. ? ] The love affair which soon develop- < ed between this beautiful maiden from i Italy and the future discoverer of i America forms a most fascinating and < thrilling story and the narrative has ' never received that color the setting 1 deserves. Columbus's meeting of this : girl had more to do with his finding l America that any score of other fea- 1 turas in his career; besides it forms 1 the first basis for concluding that he 1 was of heraldic ancestry, as developments demonstrate. The young woman was a devout i student at the convent. l># she gave ' some meditation on love. But while s yearning for a lover she was eager in '< her studies and was exceptionally in- I formed as to geography. This serious i able to her nature was the result of a father's intluence. Her father was a i man of unusual knowledge of the t world's surface, both as to land and < water. He was an earnest student of navigation and was a famous navlgato., whose experiences formed some of the story-telling of the daughter at the convent. The sisters and priests were astonished at her comprehension of worldly affairs, especially geography. Inquiry brought from her lips a glowing account of her companionship with her father, how he constantly taught her regarding the latest discoveries along the coast lines and some of the strange new notions of the world's circumference. . She related how anxiously she awaited the return of her father from these voyages of adventure, commerce and discovery and that her mother was equally interested in the fascinating tales of the husband and eagerly sought to have Felipa informed on the the progress and skill of the beloved sailor dad. She was better informed on some features of geography that w#re her teachers, and her ideas were often at variance with the accepted thought and belief. trsrorv nno at the convent was deen ly interested In this bright and beautiful girl. At the church of this same community there worshipped a young and to all appearances ordinary chap. He. too, was a believer in the muchridiculed idea that the world was round. In turn he ridiculed the theories of monsters of the deep and the horrifying tales of demons of the Atlantic that devoured ships and men. Thus this youth, Columbus, who was preaching outside of the convent the same ideas as were being advanced in the convent walls by Fellpa, attracted the attention of all. One of the comrades of Fellpa, noticing him continuously at mass, remarked to her: "You are seeking to be In love. Why don't you get acquainted with that young fVirlatrwal Pnlnn fthp Snnnish WAV of spelling the name Christopher Columbus)? As you have the same ideas as to the world, you likely have the same notions as to love." "I think your suggestion is worthy of consideration," said Felipa. "He is industrious, as he is continually interesting the patrons of the church in the purchase of his maps, and we can make believe we wish one, and possibly our curious visitor's acquaintance can be cultivated." The candles were blown out and the students were soon in dreamland, siq) Moqjo stunpc.maqi o.n: snojju young couple were brought together, but at any rate after a while they were married. Here, too, we find evidence of the distinction of the Columbus family. Felipa was of noble parentage, her father belonging to a great family of the nobility of northern Itaiy, and it was uncommon for a woman of such eminent family connections to enter into marriage, with as has been said, a Columbus of lowly and unheraldic ancestry. Columbus did possess a coat of arms, and after he had married this distinguished girl she had the Columbian shield, as well as her own, marshaled on one union shield, as evidenced in the engraving I found relating to her ancestry. This marriage meant much to Columbus, since he not only received a royal helpmate but. came into possession of valuable maps, charts and land outlines which were the property of his father-in-law, Bartholommei'eres- ' trello, the nobleman. These new possessions and the heljl of the faithful wife did more to give us the new world than did the jewels of Isabella. Even If the queen had refused to help him, with his perseverance and his defiant nature, he would have continued to seek for aid, since the dying words of his wife urged him on in the great crusade of discovery. His wife had borne him a son, who was named Diego. While Columbus never again married, he had a love affair with a woman of noble birth. Her name was Beatrix Enrlequez, of Cordova, and to this clandestine companionship was born a son, named Fernando, on Au- , gust 29, 1487. The son became the historian of his famous father, and the repeated instances where this biographer refers to his distinguished and heraldic ancestry make it clear that Columbus came from distinguished ancestry. Four volumes he wrote about his father are lost, but their translations remain. They may turn up some , day, and much valuable history will ( be brought to light. Possibly the most important heraldic deduction relative to the coat-ofarms of the Columbus family is based on what transpired at the capital of Spain on the return of Columbus from his first voyage, when the kingdom he , represented was anxious to do him ( honor and conferred upon him a coat- , of-arms distinctly Spanish in character. This heraldic shield consisted of , five shields and not four, as has been , the description in all works and histories published of Columbus. The first field represented a castle, the second a lion, the third some islands, the fourth five anchors and the fifth represented what historians have neglected to observe or have been unable to acocunt for.?Birmingham Age-Herald. Stevenson's Life. This city has more than a passing interest in Robert Louis Stevenson. He seems to be a brother-in-la.w to the community, for though he never lived here he married a daughter of this city, who yet survives. .London Everyman, in a sketch of Stevenson, recalling the popular belief that R. L. S. died quite a young man, says that he had a good stretch of 45 years, from 1850 to 1894, and that as far as his art was concerned, there is no broken column to lament. "Nobody," says Everyman, "suggests that had he lived, the character of his message or his power of delighting us would have been measurably altered. In many respects he is the most clear-marked message of good cheer which the last century boasts. Yet there lingers in people's memory of him a vast and poignant regret as of one prematurely cut oft, as were Burns, Keats, Shelley and Byron. Apart from his imperishable art, his 45 years, despite many days' confinement to his prison-bed, were full enough of the business of llfn nn/1 tV?o In at flff oftn von res wot*#* years of exile truly, but the exile of a A prreat sahib. His was, if you like, the romance of Sir Walter Scott, so many 1 miles farther down the stream."?In- ? jianapolis News. ( , m 1 X-y "Well, well," surprisedly com- 1 mented the patient churn man, as the f village bras band tore rapidly past * smashing out tintinnabulatory strains c is they went, "those fellows are pret- 1 ty nearly on a run. What makes them march so fast?" 1 "Trying to get away from the mu- * sic, I guess," replied the landlord of :he tavern, who was a pesismisticold f ?hap, anyhow. ' FRANCE'S BLACK ARMY May Prove the Winning Card in Game That Will Decide Fate of Europe. Will the Black Army prove the salvation of France? On the 14th of July last the famous army defiled before the president and half a million people on the Longchamps race course. Their appearance was greeted with the same wild enthusiasm which manifested itself some six years ago when the first French military aircraft hovered and maneuvered over the assembled troops. This was the answer of the French nation to the recent formidable increase of Germany's fighting force. The French people realized that they possessed another immensely valuable adjunct for the future struggle?the "winning card," as they call it, in the great game of skill which they believe is to decide the fate of Europe. So far as number go, the French KIIUW inm incy win aiways uc iiuenui | to their eastern neighbors, but they consider that valor and skill will make up for this deficiency. That a few regiments of black troops might well change defeat into victory, or transform the enemy's retreat Into a disastrous rout, is declared by those who have first-hand knowledge of the French colonial troops. Colonel Marchand, of Fashoda fame, recently said: "Every black soldier of France is a hero; he fights with a fanatical courage of the Mahometan, and can endure privation that would decimate white troops. Now that skill and discipline have been added to his native bravery, he is the most formidable fighting machine in the world. France will not hesitate to use these troops in Europe when occasion arises." Colonel Marchand paid a glowing tribute to General Mangin, who has devoted his whole career to the organization and improvement of the French Colonial army. It was General Mangin?then captain?who first brought black troops to Paris In July, 1899. His men have the deepest affection for him, and he is still known as "le pere deu tirailleurs." Without his energy and pertinacity the black army would still be what it was then ?a small contingent of very uncertain value. Py hammering away at the question week in and week out for six years the French public was aroused fponi its apathy and parliament took up the question. The result was the recent significant demonstration at Longchamps and a coming increase of 20,000 in the black army. Its founder's efforts were recognized by the commander-in-chief of the French army, who raised him from the rank of colonel to that of general and awarded the native troops the mark of honor of which they have long been worthy? a Hag of their own to fight and die for. Speaking to the writer, General Mangin gave the following account of his work: In 1871, after signing the treaty of Frankfort, France possessed 37,000,000 inhabitants and Germany 39,000,000. At the present time France has 39,500,000 and Germany 67,000,000. The population of France now remains stationary, whereas that of Germany increases by about 1,000,000 a year. From a military point of view this is a deplorable situation, and can only be remedied by incorporating in our army increaseingly large numbers of black troops. "Our colonies can give us an inexhaustible supply. The most noteworthy feat of colonization and civilization in the nineteenth century was the division of the Black Continent by the three great European nations. Thanks to the ability and tact of our pioneers, France has acquired the respect and affection of the best part?West Africa?with its population of at least 12,000,000. I have just returned from a lone stav in that countrv and am certain that we could get 40,000 volunteers a year from West Africa alone. The governor general of the country has just confirmed this in a letter to the minister of war. "The warlike character of our black troops is well known. The Senegalian rifleman is now one of the most popular types, and his bravery is beyond comparison. He can march for incredible distances under a burning sun, bear hunger and thirst without complaining, and fight for three days without rest. Commanded as they now are by French officers, there are no troops in the world who could stand against them. "They have often been reproached with having no initiative, but this little story shows that there is no foundation for this belief. In 1911 Captain Cazemajou and Interpreter Olive were sent on a mission into the district between the Niger and the Tchad with a small escort of Senegalian riflemen. They were ambushed by the Sultan of Zlnder and assassinated. The native sergeant and half a dozen men were also captured and put in irons. "Corporal Kouby took command of the remaining eight men, and at once set about fortifying his camp. He repulsed two desperate attacks the next Jay, and threatened to burn down the town of 10,000 inhabitants if the prisoners were not set free. He set fire to some huts the same night, and the next day the sergeant and his men were liberated. A successful retreat was made to the nearest post on the Vigor, 700 miles away, in 54 days. "I could quote you many other ?ases proving that the black soldier rias just as much initiative as the white, while he possesses other great llolifiau IT.. Viflu nr. -nr.?.fr.t, on, J no n deep at the word of command, even vlthin the sound of cannon. Now hat armies maneuver for several days before petting into position this is an nvaluable quality. While civilized loops are losing their strength by the lension of their nerves and loss of deep, these hardy sons of the desert ire laying up a reserve of energy for he final charge upon which our fate, uul theirs, may depend." Questioned aa to the supposed "unvritten law" against employing black roops on a European battlefield, Genual Mangin said it was only an invenion of those who feared their intervention. "There are several precedents in listory," he stated. "William of Oringe used black troops when he landed at Torbay on November 2, 1688; tfichlieu at the siege of La Rochelle ind Maurice of Saxony at Fontenoy ind Lawfield. Napoleon quartered nerro regiments all round the French mast, and they fought on the French lattleships. And our regiments of Turcos,' who fought so valiantly in c he Crimea and Italy contained many r >lac ksoldiTs." s There are now. according to the lat>st statistics, 2,000,000 French fami- c ies without children, and five times this number with only one child. By Increasing the duration of military service fro mtwo years to three, and by reducing the age of enlistment from 21 to 20 years, the French government has imposed a very heavy burden upon the nation. Any further attempt to increase it would lead to a revolution. The development of her colonial army is, therefore, her only way of salvation. Any other policy would be suicidal, and it is being vigorously pursued, in spite of the imprecations of the German press against the use of "savages" in "civilized" warfare.? New York Times. OWNS 28 MILLION ACRES The World's Greatest Landlord is General Terassas of Mexico. The Duke of Sutherland, who is said to be the greatest landowner in England with his 1,358,000 acres, has scarcely room enough to turn around on when his paltry holdings are compared to those of Gen. Luis Terassas of Chihuahua, Mexico. Take a map of Kansas, draw a line down the center of it north and south, and the eastern half of it will be about equal in area the holdings of Gen. Terassas. In one body of land the general is said to have something like 8 million acres, while the whole area he owns is said to equal 28 million acres, or approximately 43,750 square miles. Probably no other man in the world owns so much land. Enrique Creel, son of an American father and a Mexican mother, is a sonin-law of General Terassas, and a selfmad man. In the process of his making he is said to have accumulated a fortune second only to that of his father-in-law, and his land holdings comprise more thousands of acres than can be counted on one's fingers and toes. The combined properties comprise more than half the state of Chihuahua. Except when revolutions are revoluting, Terassas and Creel between them practically own the state of Chihuahua and the city of the same name. Just now they don't own any of it for practical purposes since neither of them dares put a finger across the boundary for fear that one of Villa's sharp shooters will shoot It off. But ordinarily Terassas is the feudal lord of Chihuahua and Creel is his chancellor. They own the banks, the breweries, some railroads, cotton mills and nearly every other industry in the city and the state. They own mines of gold and silver and almost everything else. On the huge ranches there roam uncounted cattle, sheep and horses. One estimate made some years ago, before the rebels began to use the general's ranches and stores as their commissary department, was that Terassas had one million cattle, seven hundred thousand sheep and one hundred inuuHiinu iiur?ea. wuriwiifc uu tiicyiu.ii of exacting most of the profit for himself, the general operated his own slaughter houses, where approximately one hundred thousand sheep were slaughtered each year. On this ranch there used to be approximately two thousand employees. There the general lived like a baron of old in a castle of the typical Mexican mission style of architecture. His town house, too, is a castle, and furnished as befits a- man whose wealth can only be conjectured, but which is estimated at anywhere from 200 million to 500 million dollars. Between piling up money and managing his vast properties, General Terrassas found time, under most of the Diaz administration, to be governor of Chihuahua, and acting on the well established Mexican principle of keeping good things in the family, he appointed Enrique Creel, his son-in-law, the acting governor to do the heavy work. General Terassas came honestly by his title and the foundation of his wealth, for in the troublous days of iuc r iciilii invaaiuii, auu aiicmaiuo, he fought hard and often, first against the imperial forces and afterward against the church party. In lieu of money paid for his services the government paid him in land, and that was the foundation of the fortune and the small empire which he now owns. The general is now 84 years old, and has lost the craving for excitement he possessed in his earlier years, which is one of the reasons he hot-footed out of Chihuahua when the revolt started for the more peaceful California, where there is nothing more serious than an occasional earthquake to disturb him. Words to be Avoided. Newspaper men who have '"worked for Charles H. Dana on the New York Sun" recall the list of words and phrases to be avoided, which was used in that celebrated office. There has been in the editorial office of the Cen lury Magazine a list or words to De avoided," from which the following are taken: above or over for more than aggregate for total balance for remainder call attention for direct attention claim for assert commence for begin conscious for aware couple for two cultured for cultivated date back to for date from donate for give indorse for approve fall for autumn from whence for whence inaugurate for establish, institute individual for person infinite for great, vast in our midst, for among us in snitp for dpsnitp last for latest less for fewer materially for largely mutual for common notice for observe onto for on or upon partially for partly party for person past two years for last two years practically for virtually prior to for before propose for purpose proven for proved quite for something of realize for obtain section for region spend for pass standpoint for point or view subsequently for afterward transpire for happen universal for general vest for waistcoat vicinity for neighborhood viewpoint for point of view would seem for seems ?Century Magazine. Famous "Old" Men.?Among those >f past ages who have accomplished emarkable things in an advanced age ire: Darwin, author of "Origin of Spe:ies," written at the age of 50 years. Immanuel Kant, writer of "Critique of Pure Reason," at the age of 67. Herbert Spencer made*a rough outline of his "Sympathetic Philosophy" when 40 years old, wrote "Principles of Psychology" when 52 years old, and "Justice" at 71 years. Richard Wagner accomplished more after the age of 50 years than before. The entire "Niebelungen Ring" appeared when he was 60 years old, and his "Parsifal" was written when he was 64 years old. Haydn composed "The Creation" at No Sub Return to i shhifes sent j ing Powder. stitute for ROYAL ; cream of tartar be healthful. Powde \ . stitutes are made IN ROCK HILL Statements of Rock Hill Citizens Are Always of Interest to Our Readers. To many of our readers the streets of Rock Hill are almost as familiar as those of our own town, and we are naturally interested to read of happenings there. The following report from a well-known and respected resident will be helpful to numbers of men and women here in Yorkville. Mrs. George Laurey, 262 N. Wilson St., Rock Hill, S. C., says: "It is a pleasure for me to publicly endorse Doan's Kidney Pills in return for the benefit they brought. I consider them the best medicine for anyone to use who has trouble from disordered kidneys. My kidneys were weak and my back and hips often ached. When I saw Doan's Kidney Pills advertised, I got a supply. Since I used them, I have enjoyed much better health." Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that T .q nrpv had?Fnstpr-Milbum Co.. Props., Buffalo, N. Y. FOR SALE CORN and Baled HAY at Scott Wilson Farm. See J. P. BARNES, at the Farm. 8 t. f. 4 CLEANING AND PRESSING IF you want It done right and done quickly, come to my barber shop, Corner of Congress and Liberty Streets. We will look after your work either by the piece or by the month, and we will see that you are satisfied. C. M. MILLER. Prop. Sanitary Electric Pressing Club. GREAT OFFER Return ten subscribers to The Enquirer and get a 31 piece Dinner Set. See prospectus. IF IT IS BROKEN 1 cun put 11 111 guuu icpan anu men you will get some benefit from its use. A Watch or a Clock that is out of repair, is just about as useless as things can get to be. Suppose you bring them to me and let me put them in running order. Doing Just that kind of work is my business and I Guarantee to give you Satisfactory work. I also do? JEWELRY REPAIRING? Of all kinds, and if you have any Jewelry that is broken, you might bring that along, too. If it is broken you can't use it. If it is repaired then you have the satisfaction that comes with use. My charges are always reasonable. See me for everything in Solid and Plated Silver Ware. T. W. SPECK, Jeweler A Sure Proposition On February 22, 1878, the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company issued to Charles L. Railey of Lexing ton, Ky., an Ordinary Life Policy for $10,000 on the Accelerative Endowment Plan. Mr. Ralley was 34 years of age when the policy was issued and the annual premium was $251.80. At the time the policy was issue the face of the policy?$10,000?was not to be paid by the company except in case of the death of Mr. Railey or at age 96! All Ordinary Life Policies, Issued by all companies, contain those conditions, and that is why the average man objects to them and prefers a fifteen or twenty pay life. At the time the policy was issued Mr. Railey had the privilege of using his annual dividends to reduce his premium or to leave them with the company to be applied on the Accelerative Endowment Plan and thus convert his policy into an endowment. He chose the latter plan and as a result on Feb. 22. 1908, 30 years after the policy was issued, the company paid him $10,764.72 in cash, while he was yet living. During the 30 years he deposited $7,554 with the company. Had he died at any time after he made his first deposit the company would have very promptly paid $10,000 to his beneficiaries. Don't you think 30 years' gilt-edge protection and the payment of $10,764.72 in cash is a fine return on payments of $7,554 made in installments? The company has thousands of policies of this kind in force. I would be pleased to give any additional information you may desire relative to the plan. The company issues policies on acceptable lives at all ages from 15 years to 70. It insures both males and females, and issues them to be paid up with any number of payments the assured may elect. SAM M. GRIST, Special Agent CLOSES TOMC Our INVENTORY-CLE Friday, and it comes to an er NIGHT. We have been and ; business we have been doing < to insist that YOU visit TH the LAST DAY. We are prices on all Winter Goods an do better elsewhere. Come an how you CAN SAVE MONI during THIS Sale. LOOK AT THI SPECIAL?DRESS GINGHAMS ai SPECIAL VALUES?In SHOES 1 from the youngest to the olde* SPECIAL VALUES?In DRY GO' a Dry Goods or Notions war save you money. SPECIAL VALUES?In BLEACH! Spring supply here and buy SPECIAL VALUES?In CLOTHI> And There Are Others?I Yorkville 3a 67 years of age and "The Seasons" came years later. Christopher Columbus was 66 years * old when he discovered America. Goethe did most of his literary work after he had reached 65 years. Probably his greatest work was "Faust," the second part of which was written when he was 80 years old. Among others who did brilliant work between the ages of 40 and 70 were Humboldt, Lord Kelvin, Faraday and John Fiske. 1 t stitutes be grocer all sub- \ you for Royal Bak- $ . There b no sub- | Royal b a pure, J iking powder, and * i i i' rs ottered as sud- | from alum. | BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS ^ 1HAVE Three Pens of Pure Bred B. P. Rocks?strong, healthy, vigorous stock, and am now booking orders for eggs for hatching. Good at ; 11.00; Better at $1.60, and the Best at 1 .m $2.00 per 16. Fertility guaranteed. M. S. CARROLL. Filbert, 8. C. 8?Jan 27 # t.f. mar 27?26t. THE CITY MARKET WE BUY EGGS What's the use running all over % town to sell Eggs, when we pay you the HIGHEST MARKET PRICE? IN CASH, first shot out of the box? We want all the BUTTER we can handle, and when a first-class article ' in handed to us we generally buy. We are selling the BEST BEH2F to * be had on this market, and about as gooa as me uesi mat is 10 oe naa in any other market in this State. We get a Fresh shipment of OYSTERS every other day, and we sell our Oysters only while they are Fresh. Cured Hams and Boiled Hams, Wholesale and Retail, and the Best Breakfast Bacon to be had in like quantities. CHEESE?WJiole or Sliced, and the Best to be had. We are here to give service. C. F. SHERER, Proprietor. ^ We have substantial evidence from our many friends that our efforts to ^ give them the Best that can be Obtain ed in Monumental work have been appreciated. Without this it . would not have been possible to have accomplished the steady Increase in our business that we have enjoyed during the past year. We do not know how we can better express our appreciation than to say that it will be our constant endeavor to look carefully after the interest of every customer, whether ?r the order be large or sthall. Phone 211. ~ rrti^mr. i iu munum&ni v?u. JOS. G. SASSI, Proprietor. YORKVILLE, S. C. MOVED THE STORE ROOM ON THE CORNER OF MAIN AND WEST MADISON STREETS, IS NOW OCCUPIED BY THE ROYAL PRESSING CLUB AND V DOR SETT'S RESTAURANJ. COME AND SEE US. We will give you good work when you want? I CLEANING, PRESSING % vrv A Ail MJ U 1 HililU. y And will also give you Propipt Service and you will And that our charges are most reasonable. Royal Pressing Clab H. D. DORSETT, Prop. Phone 149. 1 LIVERY 1 IP YOU want Livery Turnouts m for pleasure or tor business driving, we are prepared to serve you promptly and furnish first class teams on short notice and at reasonable prices. TRANSFER WE MAKe a specialty of transferring passengers and baggage to and from all trains. Phone us your desires and we will do the rest. D RAYING WE ALSO give prompt attention to Light and Heavy Hauling of all Kinds and give prompt service. See us at James Bro's. Sales Stables. We also do PLOWING for the public. M. E. PLEXICO & SON # )RR0W NIGHT AN-UP SALE opened up last id TOMORROW (Saturday) are very well pleased with the during this Sale, but we want IS STORE TOMORROW? offering unusually attractive d we are sure that you cannot fj d see us and let us show YOU 2Y by buying at THIS Store SSE SPECIALS id CURTAIN GOODS?5 CTS. Yd ^ for every member of the family, st, in Heavy and Dress qualities. ODS and NOTIONS. If you have '1 it, we can supply it, and we will !NGS and DOMESTICS?Buy your flKl it NOW. ?G for Men and Boys. ^ -ots of Them. Come?See. irgain House