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tumorous Department. A Born Lawyer.?A lawyer advertised for a clerk. The next morning his office was crowded with applicants?all bright, and many suitable. He bade them wait until all should arrive, and then ranged them in a row and said he would tell them a story, note their comments. and judge from thut whom he would choose. "A certain farmer," began the lawyer, "was troubled with a red squirrel that got in through a hole in his barn and stole his seed corn. He resolved to kill the squirrel at the first opportunity. Seeing him go in at the hole one noon, he took his shotgun and fired away; the first shot set the barn on fire." "Did the barn burn?" said one of the boys. The lawyer, without answer, continu ed: "And seeing the barn on fire, the farmer seized a pail of water, and ran to put it out." "Did he put it out?" said another. "As he passed inside, the door shut to, and the barn was soon in flames, when the hired girl rushed out with more water." "Did they all burn up?" said another boy. The lawyer went on without answer: "Then the old lady came out, and all was noise and confusion, and everybody was trying to put out the fire." "Did anyone burn up?" said another. The lawyer said: "There, that will do; you have all shown great interest in the story." But observing one little bright-eyed fellow in deep silence, he said: "Now, my little man, what have you to say?" The little fellow blushed, grew uneasy, and stammered out: * ?1? v. "I warn lo Kill#W Willi l ucvuuiv squirrel, that's what I want to know." "You'll do," said the lawyer: "you are my man. You have not been switched off by a confusion and a barn burning and the hired girls and water pails. You have kept your eye on the squirrel."?Tact in Court. Butcher Wouldn't Believe It.?Health Commissioner F. A. Kraft of Milwaukee tells a good story on a Sixth ward butcher, whose market is one of those that worry the chief food inspector into sleepless nights and who was cited to appear before the health commissioner. He was told that his market was a disgrace to the neighborhood and his methods too filthy to tolerate. Prosecution and a probable fine was suggested. After voluably protesting his good intentions and promising improvement, his eyes, according to Doctor Kraft, fell upon a picture of a model butcher shop erected by a North side butcher. The man studied the picture critically, and not without reverence for some time. "Study it," finally said the commissioner. "You need the example." The butcher showed some bewilder ment, then said siowiy: "Ya-aa; vot iss it?" "What is it! Why. what do you think it is?" "Oh, I think maybe it's a church." At the Shore.?Henry R. Law. Denver sociologist, was lecturing in Atlantic City on eugenics. "It's a bad thing for eugenics," he said, "when a rich old man like Gobsa Golde marries a young and beautiful chorus girl. It's bad for eugenics?it's also bad for the rich old man. "Gobsa Golde sat alone on a windswept pier the other night when two gossips from the hotel joined him. " 'Mr. Golde,' said a gof sip, 'I'll tell you, if you wish, the names of all the men who have kissed your wife during your brief stay here.' " 'Humph,' said the aged plutocrat, 'how many names do you know?' " 'Six,' the gossips answered in a chorus. " 'Oh, get on with you,' said Gobsa Golde. 'I know eight myself.'" Broke Up the Game.?Willie finally persuaded his aunt to play train with him. The chairs were arranged in line, and he issued orders: "Now you be the engineer, and I'll be the conductor. Lend me your watch, and get up into the cab." Then he hurried down the platform, timepiece in hand. "Pull out, there, you red headed, pale faced Jay!" he shouted. "Why, Willie!" his aunt exclaimed in amazement. "That's right: chew the rag!" iie retorted. "Pull out! We're live minutes late already!" They have had to forbid his playing down by the tracks.?Everybody's. >t4' Grace was a country girl, whose parents sent her to the city to attend college. When the holidays came around and she came home, her mother gave a reception in her honor. Some of the girl friends asked Grace to show them her new gowns. Obligingly she brought out several modish gowns, and holding up a particularly pretty one of silk, she said: "Isn't this one perfectly beautiful? And just think, it came from a poor, little insignificant worm!" Her hard working father was seated near, watching the performance, and he replied: "Yes, darn it, and I'm that worm!"? Lippincott's. Each Wanted to Know.?Blushing, she hid her face on her father's shoulder. "He loves me," she breathed. "Wants to marry you, eh?" the old man grunted. "Yes, papa." "What's his income?" She started. "I don't know," she murmured, "but nit; wwiJiviurui.c to ?ri j "What coincidence?" asked her father. "Clarence," she answered, "asked the very same question about your income."?Savannah Press. A noted New York architect sai 1 of a recent criticism of skyscrapers: "The criticism is not fair. It is prejudiced. Hence it will do more harm than good?like the remark to the waiter. "To a waiter who was under notice to leave, a guest said in a restaurant. " 'Waiter, confound it! This steak is not tender enough!" "'Not tender enough?' the waiter snarled. 'Ah. what do you expect? Do you want it to jump up and hug and kiss you?'" When Jasper got back to his office his boss said: "Look here, does it take you a half hour to go down to the corner and do an errand for me?" "It did this time, sir," answered Jasper. "A man dropped a quarter down a hole in the sidewalk." "And it took you all this time to get it out?" "Yes, sir; you see, I had to wait till the man went away." | itliscrtlanrr.uo grading. TRICKS OF THE MIND READER Methods of the People Who Reveal Contents of Sealed Envelope. . If one were a modern sorcerer, a fake clairvoyant or medium, or were engaged in any of the modern magic practices whereby the public is deceived and cajoled out of its goods and chattels, such a person would be pardoned for nursing a well-developed grouch, if not a positive dislike, for one David P. Abbott. This man Abbott for 20 years practiced the occult sciences himself. Now he has gone systematically into the business of exposing how they are perofrmed. He has proved to be one of our most enthusiastic exposers. His mathematical symbol should be: The square of the convert's zeal multiplied by the cube of the rerormer s eeergy, plus the nth power of the scientist'3 devotion equals Abbott. Without attempting to controvert the faith of the genuine spiritualist in the slightest, Abbott has spent many years studying so-called materialization and looking for manifestations of the presence of spirits. In a letter to a friend he declares: "No one would be more happy than I were it possible to prove personal immorality in this manner; yet I do not wish to be deceived and to believe that which is not true. Therefore, I always look for fraud and trickery in manifestations of this nature. I will further add that in all my life I have been looking for things of this kind, and have never yet been able to see one little thing that was genuine. Always, when I have been present, I have found a trick." Readers of the Sunday Post-Dispatch Magazine will recall the account of how Abbott explained the Laffling mystery of spirit portrait painting. Some of his other disclosures as published by him have been no less startling for their revelations of the wonderful ingenuity that has been devoted to the business of deceiving humanity. Not the least interesting is nis account of the undoing of a stage mind reader who was practicing some of those feats which often have bewildered theater-goers. A friend, who was a skeptic, had written to Abbott that this performer had an act which defied explanation and appeared enough to convince one that if the man had no occult powers he at least had mastered the secrets of telepathy. None of the ordinary explanations for these feats would do, the friend said. Abbott got on a train at once and went to the city where the performances were taking place. On each of three nights when Abbott was watching him at work, the seer used a new method and the methods seemed to have nothing in common. Abbott, in his "Behind the Scenes With the Mediums," describes him as a very slender personage, with long hair and a particularly ghostly look. The first night, he took his seat quietly on the stage, after his manager, who made a short speech, had a boy pass through the audience with cards and envelopes. The spectators were asked to write questions on the cords and seal them ud in the enveloDes. The boy was well known in the city and was not a confederate. He collected the sealed envelopes in a hat. A committee from the audience then blindfolded the medium, first tying a woman's kid glove over the eyes, to make certain the bandage was impervious to the light. The seer's manager led him to a table back stage, on which were some flowers and a music box, but he was never for a minute out of sight of the audience, which could see that the bandage was not molested. When the boy came on the stage directly from in front, the manager placed a handkerchief over the hat and asked the boy to take a seat on the stage, facing the audience, some ten feet in front of the medium. The manager delivered a brief lecture, after which the boy was asked to take an envelope from the hat and hold it high in his hand. He obeyed and to the amazement of everybody, the medium began answering a question which a man in the audience admitted was his. Every question was answered and every person who had written it was compelled to admit he was satisfied. After the show the envelopes, still sealed, were returned to the writers. The next night the method was changed. This time the manager collected the envelopes and cards in a small bag with a drawstring. As he collected each he gave the writer a number and placed the number in the envelope. When all had been collected he held the bag between the tips of his fingers, above his head, so that it should be in view all the time. Taking it to the stage he hung it upon a cord dangling from a screw eye above, where sight of it could not be lost for a second. While he was doing this the medium was walking about on the stage reading a Rible. When the bag had been hung in place he put the Bible on a table and then walked forward to the manager's side, where he stood while the latter delivered a brief lecture. At the conclusion of the address he took a seat and picked up the book again. He turned through it deliberately, occasionally pausing to read a text. After each verse of Scripture he would answer one of the numbered questions. Each writer admitted the question was his. When he had finished the manager took down the bag poured the envelopes v at of it into a basket so the audience could see. Then they were distributed to the writers, the envelopes still sealed. The third evening the medium was dressed as a Buddhist priest, wearing a large turban. The questions were written as before and collected by the manager in a wicker basket, from which they were emptied on a table on the stage. This time the lecture lasted only a few minutes. The medium then I began tapping a small bell as if to summon the spirits and read the questions in a remarkable fashion. SomeI timoc ho would walk around as if in great mental distress, ringing his bell. When an answer was coming to him ho would stop still a moment until he had delivered it. These pauses took place on all parts of the stage. The audience was completely mystified and none more so than those who had witnessed every performance and got not the slightest hint of trickery. Abbott discovered it, however, and his explanation made the whole thing absurdly simple. When the boy came on the stage the lirst night, Abbott noticed the manager received the hat from him in his right hand, in a natural manner, while he diretced the oby to his chair. Naturally. attention was focused on the boy. Abbott alone watched the manager closely enough to observe that when he picked up the handkerchief from the table he exchanged this hat for another hat, behind the music box, which was tilled with dummy envelopes. Only an expert could have done it so adroitly and only an expert could have detected it. It will be remembered that the bandaging committee first placed a kid glove over the medium's eyes. The glove was stiff. By a trained movement of his eyebrows, the medium could raise the glove until he could see under the bandage. Under the concealment of the music box and flowers the medium dextrously opened the envelopes, took out the cards and stacked them in his left hand while the manager was lecturing. Then when the boy held up a sealed dummy, he had nothing to do but read the top card, answer it, shift it to the bottom by sleight of hand and so until the performance was over. Later the cards were resealed in the envelopes by assistants and returned to their owners. The secret of the second night's performance was in the bag itself. Nobody except Abbott noticed anything remarkable in the fact that just as the manager was suspending the bag r?i?o n m?n in the back of the audience shouted that he had a question and asked that it be included. The manager asked a man in the front row to take the bag back and get the question. The two men, of course, were confederates. They simply switched for this bag another in which the prepared dummies had been placed. They hurried back of the stage with the originals, read them, wrote them on a slip of paper with the proper numbers and placed the slip in the medium's Bible at the moment he laid it on the table to go forward to his manager when the latter was making his speech The rest was simple. The third night's trick was the most brilliant, but Abbott saw through it at once, as It was merely an improvement on the method already well known The basket in which the envelopes were collected had a double bottom, sc> arranged that when one is closed the other is opened. The dummies were in it when the manager collected the originals. After he had poured the dummies out on the stage, he tossed the basket carelessly to one side and u confederate in the wings got the originals out, read and copied them, sealed them without the audience suspecting. Now, the heavy folds of the medium's turban contained a tiny telephone receiver which was in place over his ear. Concealed by his clothing, wires ran from this to small copper disks on the sole of each shoe. In the floor of the stage were corresponding copper disks connecting with a telephone back of the stage. Half a dozen sets of these disks had been scattered on the stage. When the medium wished to establish communication all he had to do was to place the disks on his shoes over a set of disks on the floor. A certain ring of his bell notified an assis * tVia oaalatnnt tant ne was reauy auu nn= read the question to him. Variations of these methods of reading sealed messages and conveying them to the medium are done in practically all of the stage demonstrations of this kind, according to Abbott. There is a much wider range, however, in the method of collecting the messages from the audience. Some of these are truly mystifying, particularly those in which the individual writes his message and keeps it in his own possession. In most cases these notes are written on paper in tablets furnished by the seer. Several sheets down from the one on which a note is written is a specially prepared sheet of waxed paper. This acts as a sort of white carbon, and when developed with chemicals off stage an exact duplicate of the copy in possession of the writer is in possession of an assistant. Sometimes visitors prepare their questions at home on their own paper, which they never allow to leave their J possession. These offer the greatest difficulty to the performers, who resort to extraordinary efforts to turn them I to their own profit. Ushers, theater nnri close friends of the ilianu^vi u m..?. house keep a sharp lookout for such persons, and when they spot one resort to every means of getting information about them. All the house staff who could possibly recognize them look them over, and even ask questions about them of others in the audience. Once a name or an occupation of a person can be discovered the city directory, telephone books and any other accessible sources of information are called into service. Even when the author is sitting" in complacent ignorance that he is the object of so much attention the city is being scoured for information about him. And after a while he is amazed when the seer says: "I seem to get a message for a lawyer. The spirits are in confusion, but one of them is trying to tell me something for him. I get the impression ?f a big two-story house on a street full of trees. The houses are far back from the building line, and there is an iron deer on the lawn of the one next to him. It is a short street, some kind of a place?I get the name Parkland. Yes, it is Parkland place, and I get the number 67?it is the number of the house. Now a name comes to me. It is George Y. Jones. He is asking a question. The spirit seems to be telling him not to worry?that his daughter will not suffer a relapse." Of course, the medium doesn't know the exact question Mr. Jones has written on his paper, unless some one in the lawyer's confidence has betrayed it. But the telephone has brought the information that Mr. Jones has gone to the theater after stopping at the hospital to visit his sick daughter. The medium's shrewdness has done the rest. Mr. Jones is exceedingly mystified by it all, and the performer's repe tation has been immeasurably enhan ed.?St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Handy Legal Manual.?Case: Something you pay your lawyer to have the courts postpone from time to time unI til nobody cares whether it is decided or not. t??i?a ninw wherp lawyers riuuaic. ... . rest while they are waiting to get the money. Court: A place where the rich go for j protection. Jury: Twelve men who don't know their own minds, interferred with by a judge whose duty it is to let them decide for themselves. Referee: Any man with the highest | reputation as a good guesser. Retainer: The first hold-up. Calendar: A graveyard of justice. Attorney: What you think your lawyer is. Lawyer: What you think your attorney is. Judge: The official representative of the law's delays. Appeal: What you usually do if you have any money left.?Life. if It isn't always philanthrophy that prompts a man to be looking for the "good things" he can do. WARS OVER DEAD BRITONS Murders of British Subjects in Foreign Lands Seldom Go Unpunished. In more warlike times than our own. unprovoked murders of British subjects in foreign lands seldom went long unpunished. When for instance, Chinese officials boarded the British vessel Arrow, hauled down the national Hag, and killed her captain for daring to protest. Sir J. Bowring, governor of Hongkong, declared war there and then, practically on his own initiative, and within a fewweeks the Chinese fleet had been destroyed and Canton bombarded and burned. This happened in 1856. In 1862, again, similar swift retribution overtook the murderer of Mr. Richardson, an English merchant living in Japan. Because he refused to prostrate himself in a street in Yokohoma when the Prince of Satsuma happened to be passing with his suite he was u?Knoton fr* /loath hv tliA nrlnp^'fi ui U'.auj i;caicii n/ wvv%v?. ~j ...w .... armed retainers. Whereupon our warships bombarded Satsuma's town of Kagosima, burned his palace, and sunk his steamers. It is only fair to add that in after years the Japanese voluntarily expressed regret for Mr. Richardson's murder and in 1894 a Japanese gentleman, Mr. Kuookawu, erected a monument to his memory on the site where he was killed. If we care to go back a little further many similar instances might be cited. Britons were quick to draw the sword when the British empire was a-building. In some cases, even, outrages falling short of thfe actual taking of human life, have been followed by hostilities. There was, ror instance, me comucv which was known in semiderision as the "War of Jenkins's Ear." Jenkins was a merchant captain whose vessel was boarded by a Spanish guardship, and in the course of a scrimmage that ensued Jenkin's ear was cut off. "Yqu'U hear more of this!" yelled the angry master mariner, and he caused the severed ear to be smokedried and cured, much as if it had been a kipper or a haddock. In this state it was exhibited to the members of the house of commons, who passed it from hand to hand with a great show of gravity, and many expressions of sympathy. Afterward an apology and a money indemnity were demanded, and neither being forthcoming, war ensued. Not infrequently, however, "money talks" in these international disputes, as in private ones. When, during one of 4~4 - - ? 4 ~ 1~ PAvnlnf inns UUdiciuaia o (/uiuuivui vtw.w. John Magee, our consul at San Jose, was seized and brutally flogged by order of the commandant, Colonel Gon- j zales, we sent a warship there and threatened to lay the town in ashes unless, within 24 hours, an indemnity of ?60,000 was paid, being at the rate of ?1,000 for each lash inflicted. The Guatemalan government was unable at such short notice to raise the money, but offered, instead, to grant Magee certain concessions, including the right to establish a bank and build wharves at San Jose. This offer was accepted, and Magee, by virtue of his monopoly, became in time enormously wpftlthv. Hfi died in 1900. leaving be hind him a fortune of ?10,000,000. Then again, there was the case of Major Lothaire and Mr. Stokes, which created such tremendous excitement in the spring of 1895. Stokes was an Englishman engaged in trading for ivory in the Congo Free state, and he was arrested by Major Lothaire, a Belgian officer, on a charge of gun-running and inciting the natives to rebel, and, after a summary trial by drum-head courtmartial, was hanged. The British government insisted on Lothaire being brought to trial, and this was done. In fact, he was tried twice, once at Boma, and again at Brussels, and each time he was acquitted. Whereat public indignation in this country blazed up afresh, and with tenfold force. However, a war with Belgium being unthinkable?it would have set all Europe by the ears?we compromised matters on the usual money indemnity basis, the sum of ?6,000 being handed over by the Belgian government to the next of kin of the dead man.?Pearson's Weekly. A DENTIST TALKS TEETH Education in Hygiene Prevents Ugliness and Disease. "1 am glad to see the Weekly Star has taken up the dental propaganda," said Dr. Channing Allen, secretary of the Kansas City Dental college. "The proper care of the teeth should be taught in every country school as well as in the city schools. Yet we tlnd it difficult to arouse interest in many communities on this subject. Some people resent any intimation that they should use a toothbrush frequently. "I have no doubt that there are children who have never owned a toothbrush in their lives. Few mothers know anything about the teeth, the manner of their appearance or the oare of them. They do not know that a normal child likes to chew anything hard like crusts or hard apples or candy. When a child refuses hard foods and prefers soft var'jties the mother may know the teeth require immediate attention. "There are always exceptions that prove this rule. We had a case here the other day of a comfortable, wholesomelooking, grandmotherly woman, 72 years old. She complained of a slight toothache. She said it was the first time in her life she had ever visited a dentist. I never saw such a perfect set of teeth. She had thirty of them?clean and white and well-shaped, although she admitted she had never owned a tooth-brush. It was one of the rare cases of self-cleansing teeth and plainly indicated a simple diet and a well regulated life. Easy for Rural Schools. "The National Mouth Hygiene association is endeavoring to extend the dental propaganda in every school in the country. Dental teaching in the rural schools could be managed very paailv. In fact, it is now being done in Oklahoma and a few other states. The school boards engage a dentist from an adjoining county to visit each school in turn and give simple drills in the care of the teeth. They demonstrate the use of the tooth brush and give talks in simple language on prophylaxis of the teeth. "The plan of obtaining a dentist from an adjoining county eliminates any thought of friction or professional jealousy among the home dentists. Nearly all dentists are members of the National Mouth Hygiene association, or at least in sympathy with it, and will do this missionary work gladly. Tiie dental propaganda in Kansas City, for instance, is promoted absolutely free of charge. "The deciduous teeth should be carefully cared for in order that the second set may be strong and permanent, al though good teeth are as much an inheritance as good features or good temper. Watchful care on the part of the parents, however, will prevent much suffering from the teeth for the children. The daily use of the tooth brush should be considered as much of a necessity as the daily washing of the face and hands. The teeth should be cleaned as often 'as the body. Fevers Mark the Teeth. "Any fever disease, such as measles, smiript fpver or dintheria. leaves its mark on the teeth. It is apt to make ridges in the enamel. The first teeth should be examined regularly by a dentist and filled when needed. This gives the later teeth time to come down properly. If the teeth are in good condition, pure candy will not hurt the child?a little good candy is necessary for him. If there is. a suspicion of decay, no sugary foods should be given, as the sugar forms an excellent medium for the cultivation of bacteria in the mouth. "Such frequent clinics at the school will take away frori the child all fear of the dentist or of having their teeth 'fixed.' Dentistry is not the racking torture it used to be and excellent work may be done with very little pain. "I believe it is true that few farmers pay any attention to their teeth. They let them ache as long as they can endure the pain and t ien they have them extracted. They prefer having it out * ^ V* r* %? %-* rr U flll/wJ on/1 thtu to urhv ar\ many farmers wives have sunken cheeks and lined faces?from the loss of teeth which might have been preserved for years. Again, these dental talks would relieve the school teacher of the burden of having to point out to a child the need of .1 tooth brush. Slow to Wake Up. "This missionary work can be manured easily if the school boards would consider it seriously, but we have found fnm experience it is very difficult to get serious attention on this topic from people in authority. The dentist is accused of grafting and of trying to obtain patients. Whereas, every reputable dentist is eager to spread the gospel of clean, well cared for teeth. "A copy of the Weekly Star's recent article on 'Dirty Teeth' should be placed in the hands of every country school teacher and every member of a school board. It is a subject on which every parent should be informed if we are to have a future generation of clean mouths and good teeth." Both Carried Away.?In "Things I Remember" Frederick Townsend Martin, writing of Mrs. Peter Lorillard Ronalds, says that in his younger days she was nominated in Paris as the "Patti des Salons" because of her ex quisite soprano voice, in Lonaon one evening an American woman was so cf.rried away with this voice that she left her seat ind clasped about the neck of Mrs. Ronalds not only her arms but her "valuable necklace," saying, "Pray, pray accept this as a tribute to your divine voice!" The next day the giver of the necklace reappeared and without ceremor.y avowed to Mrs. Ronalds that she had made a mistake in donating the necklace, because she had been "carried away" by the sound of Mrs. Ronalds' voice. "What a pity," answered Mrs. Ronalds, "for the necklace has been carried away too. It's now in my safe at the bank!" 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SATURDAY, APRIL We will sell Ladies Gauze mer? MONDAY, APRIL 2c ; We will sell Three Spools Customer DON'T FAIL TO VISIT THK 1 DURINC; THIS SPKCIAL The Yorkville WHEN YOUR FACE FREEZES. Applying Snow Only Make* It Worse, According to Stefansson. The idea that when your face or any other part of your body begins to freeze you must thaw it out with snow, is declared to be a superstition by Vilhjalmur Stefansson in his book. "My Life With the Eskimo." Few things could be more absurd, he says, and yet this is a superstition that has been carried with many an arctic explorer through long experience in the north. Tales are told of how even the application of snow failed to relieve IUa \er nn/1 fVi aoa o ro falfOII flfl In. UIC HCCI<iil5, U.11U bMCOV WAV WW ... dications of the severity of the case, Instead of proof that, as a matter of fact, the snow only assists the freezing process. Any high school pupil, Stefansson says, could tell offhand what would happen If liquid air were applied to a man's cheek or nose; of course, the part would freeze instantly. Snow has the same though a less rapId effect. The whole secret of dealing with frost bites of the face in arctic travel, he says, is to keep the hands warm and to run the warm hand over the face every few minutes to see if any part of it is frozen. Usually also, one can keep oneself fairly well informed about the condition of one's face by continually wrinkling it and "making facea" If a spot of skin or cheek the size of a 25-cent piece becomes stiff, one can always detect it by making a grimace. Then all one has to do is to take one's warm hand out of one's mitten and press it to the frozen spot for a moment until the whiteness and stiffness are gone. In the very coldest weather in the arctic, however, the way of taking care of the face is dilTerent. When a man Is properly dressed for winter there his coat is a loose fitting one with sleeves so cut that at any time he likes he can pu his arm out of the sleeve and carry it against the naked breast inside his coat, to keep the arm and hand warm against the body. The neck of the coat is made loose, and whenever any part of the traveler's face refuses to wrinkle up he pushes his hand up through the loose-fitting neck and presses it for a moment on the stiffened portion of the face. As soon as the freezing part is thawed ne pulls his hand in on his breast again. In long arctic journeys any attempt at protection by covering the face defeats Itself, for the covering over the face becomes frozen and aggravates the difficulty. A clean-shaven face is best for arctic travel, for with a beard it is not possible to thaw out the face rapidly with the hand and there are conditions when the beard becomes a mask of ice over the face. Stefansson says that the Eskimos as a race are no more immune from freezing of the face than are the white men. Susceptibility in this matter is an individual and not a racial trait. Some Eskimos are as sensitive as any white man.?Indianapolis News. it#' Nora was applying for a place as cook, and when asked for a reference presented the following: "To whom it may concern: "Tnls is to certify that Nora Foley has worked for us a week and we are satisfied."?Everybody's Magazine. t Remains isrepresentation by the dng powders, no jug, or pretended analysis, :ates, or falsehoods of 3 the fact that Ing Powder nd by the offle ns to be ot the alng efficiency, i, and of absolute irholesomeness. owder is indispensable most economical food. >tival of Bargains tues All Next Week OSTIVAL OF BARGAIN GIVING, EST BARGAIN OPPORTUNITY K THIS SPRING TO BUY FASHT SMASHED PRICES, nity you have had in the history on the season's Best Merchandise, seasonable goods and the Quality We have always been the Ijeader Cheaper?Yes, from 25 to 50 per It will PAY YOU to visit THIS r Bargain Festival. Special Minbe surprised at what your nickles inute Sales? MUTE SALES ii?1.30 to 1.40 P. M. Shirts, 50c Value?One 25 CTS. 3?10.20 to 10.30 A. M. :o for? 25 CTS. 14?2.20 to 2.30 P. M. -all colors? 10 CTS. Yd. . 15?1.20 to 1.30 P. M. ,ace Collars at? 25 CTS. 16?10.20 to 10.30 A. M. ssses?50c Values?Sizes 10 CTS. 7?".20 to 1.30 P. M. :tticoats?50c Values? 25 CTS. 18?3.20 to 3.30 P. M. Vests?Four to custo2 For 5 CTS. ??1^.20 to 10.30 A. M. Thread?Six Spools to 5 CTS. IORKVILLK BARGAIN HOUSE FASTER BARGAIN SALE. Bargain House Ready-t Garn WHY WORRY YOURSELF CAN BUY THK READY-MADE ( US TODAY AND SEE THE STY YOU MAY FIND EXACTLY W STOCK Children's WASH DRESSES?Siz Ladies' WASH DRESSES? Ladies' Crepe and Silk DRE88E Ladles' WASH SKIRTS? Ladies' TAILORED SKIRTS? t finit stttt?__ I Ladles KIMONOS? Ladies' SHIRT WAISTS? , Ladles' Muslin and Oepe UNE ments from Cheapest to Bei Ladies' CORSETS?Warner's and Ladles' SILK GLOVES?Kayser'i Ladles' NECKWEAR?New StyU Boys' WASH SUITS? Boys' PANTS? Men's STYLEPLUS SUITS? Men's SUITS? Men's PANTS? Ladles' OXFORDS Children's OXFORDS Men's OXFORDS? IF IT IS GOOD, WK IIAVI PIUCES. NO TROUBLE TO SH Kirkpatrick -1 THE BIG STORE WI Garden Plowing STABLE MANURE?We can furnish Stable Manure for garden use In any quantity at any time. See us. In addition to our regular Livery and Draying business, we are also at all times ready to do your GARDEN PLOWING. As soon as your garden is dry enough to plow, let us know and we will do your plowing for you without delay. Phone us. LIVERY If you want a turnout, single or double, for pleasure or business driv"on furnish what VOU Want and you will find our charges most reasonable. DRAYING We are always ready to do all kinds of Light and Heavy Hauling, either In town or country. Let us do yours. M. E. PLEXICO & SON Of Importance to the Farmer If you are a farmer we wish to impress on you the many advantages as well as the convenience of doing business with this Bank. Right now, at tne commencement 01 spring, is a good time to put your business on a systematic basis. After you have once used the check plan of paying all bills you will realize the risk of the haphazard loose-money-in-the-pocket method you are now using. This bank will be pleased to furnish you with a bank book and checks when you make your first deposit. Bank of Hickory Grove HICKORY GROVE, S. C. FOR SALE HOUSE and lot prominently located in Hickory Grove. Lot is well elevated, bound on all four sides by streets, and is amply large enough to acornmodate two other houses. Deep well and fine orchard. Write J. L. WELLS. Mooresvllle, N. C. 25 t.f. 8t. professional (Cards. Geo. W. S. Hart Jos. E. Hart HART & HART ATTORNEYS AT LAW Yorkville S. C. Witherspoon Big., Second Floor, Front. 'Phone (Office) No. 68. O. E. Finley J. A. Marion FINLEY * MARION ATTORNEYS AT LAW Opposite Court House Yorkville, S. C. Dr. 15. U. BLAU K.I Surgeon Dentist. Office second floor of the New McNeel Building. At Clover Tuesday and Friday of each week. JOHN R. HART ATTORNEY AT LAW No. 3 Law Range YORKVILLE, S. C. Shriner's Special to A The Southern Railway has be< lanta by Oasis Temple to Shrine A! will leave Charlotte at 11 p. m. lanta following morning, and reti m., E. T., Thursday, May 14th, a This Special Trail, will be Pullman compartment drawing ro< cars, dining car and baggage car. The entire train will be parkt lanta meeting and every facility t and convenience of those oocupyin The following low round trij named: Charlotte $8.25. Concord $8.9 Salem $10.75. Greensboro $1 ville $9.60, Hickory $9.00, H $7.70. Fares from all other points oi 7th to 12th inclusive, with final r^ lege of extension of final limit unt and payment of $1.00. Passengers from other point! Charlotte, connecting witn tne sp< In addition to the Oasis Spe< cars operated on a number of regu take care of special car parties an for special cars should be made ir All applications for reservath Charlotte, should be made to Mr. T N. C., direct. Applications for re all arrangements for special part through any Southern Railway age R. H. DeBUTTS, Divij Charlotte " \ :o-Wear lents * f ABOUT SEWING WHEN YOU GARMENTS SO CHEAP? VISIT LES, QUALITIES AND PRICES. HAT YOU WANT IN OUR BIG ;es 2 years to 14's? 25 CTS. to 92.00 98 CTS. to $5.00 SI?all Stvles nrnl Oolora? ; $4.98 to $15.00 * 98 CTS. to $3.00 $2.00 to $8.50 $10.00 to $25.00 98 CTS. to $2.50 48 CTS. to $3.50 % )EHWEAR?all Style Garit. I W. B.'h? 50 CTS. to $3.00 s? 50 CTS. and $1.00 ? Collars? 25 CTS. to $1.00 48 CTS. t<> $2.00 25 CTS. to $2.00 $17.00 $4.98 to $22.50 ^ 98 CTS. to $6.00 * 98 Cta. to $4.00 48 Cta. to $2.00 $1.50 to $5.00 i IT. LOT US GIVE YOU OUR IOW OUR GOODS. %elk Company. TH THE BIG STOCK J ' FOR SALE * 136 Acre#?The Welle Place, the property of R. N. Plaxco, a very fine farm. High state of cultivation. I have had many inquiries about the County Home Lands?First Tract: 90 acres, on Rock Hill road; also 137 acres join J. L. Moss. I must sell this land At Once. .If You want it, see Me at Once?It is a good money maker. County Home Farm?90 Acres, Joining T. L. Carroll, $25.00 Acre. 140 Acres?Joining R. R. Love, J. L. Moss and others. Magnificent bottom land in this tract. See me. Cottage Home?Of W. C. Miller, on qp Charlotte road, near Ancona Mill. 300 Acres?Property of D. A. Whisonant, joins J. W. Quinn and others Price 916.00 40 Acres?Property of John Barnett, joining farm of J. R. Connolly and Win. Harrison Eat lands. 100 Acres?Known as the Dorster * place, about 1 1-2 miles from Philadelphia church and school. If sold during February, I will take the small sum of 920.00 an acre for It 400 Acres?Near Lowryvllle, 925.00 per acre. X desire 10 say 10 my ineam iaui a have property that I can cut up In small tracts and sell on long terms. ^ The Qulnn estate land?On King's Mt. road, adjoining Frank Riddle's Nell place and others, am willing to cut this into smaller farms to suit the purchaser. The residence of the late Dr. J. B. Allison, Joining the new Presbyterian Manse. Can be cut into two beautiful 9 building lota The property of Dr. Mack White on King's Mountain Street, also S dwellings. property of Qulnn Wallace, et al, on Klnc's Mountain Street This property will be sold quickly and lr you want it see me. I have for sale three of the Finest Farms in Tork county, and they are very cheap at the price; to wit: ? The John Black?Henry Massey homestead. 600 Acres?The R. M. Anderson Farm. 410 Acres?Of the S. M. Jones-Ware Farm, about 4 miles from Rock Hill. Also 18 acres, and a nice cottage. beautifully located within the Incor porate limits of Torkvllle. Read my list of Farms and send me some offers. Two Good Houses On King's Mountain Street. t /t ttTTT n Antr J. V*. W1L0UK1N REDDING SELECT COTTON SEED CAREFULLY selected (Cleveland) by Col Redding?those who buy will be pleased. Price J1 per bushel. JAMES BRYAN, Filbert S. C. 23 f. tf REAL ESTATE ? Know all men by these presents that I am prepared to give you efficient advice. My offerings are numerous and attractive. Drop in and let's talk the matter over. John N. O'Farrell Residence?On Charlotte Street. 5-room dwelling. About 1-acre lot Don't delay if ' you want it. M. E. Plexico Residence?On King's Mt. Street. Nice piece of property, and the price is right. What say YOU? I Miss Ida deLoach Residence?On W Cartwright Avenue. Take a look. Xow Listen?I have a beautiful lot on East Liberty Street, part of Steele j property. 100 feet front, that's a bargain for some one. See me. Miss Rosa B. Steele 40-Acre Farm? Adjoining J. W. Betts and others. It's up to you. I'm at your service. If you don't see what you want, ask me about It. Geo. W. Williams * ItEAL ESTATE BROKER. itlanta via Sou. Ry. jn selected as official route to AtLeeting, May 10-13. Special train , Sunday May 10th, arriving Atlrning will leave Atlanta at 2 a. rriving Charlotte same morning. ; composed of the latest design Dm, steel electric lighted sleeping ;d at Shrine Park during the Atvill be arranged for the comfort g the cars while there. ? fares will apply from stations ' 0. Salisbury 39.60, Winston1.10, Gastonla $6.75, StatesIgh Point $10.60, Rock Hill i same basis. Dates of sale May stum limit May 20th, with privtil June 20th, by depositing ticket ! i may use regular trains into eclal Train. :ial there will be extra Pullman lar trains to and from Atlanta to id general travel. Arrangements l advance. ins on Oasis Special, starting at hos. Griffith, Recorder, Charlotte, servatlons in all other cars and ies, cars, etc., should be made ^ nt, or, ^ tion Passenger Agent , n. c. i i