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2?umorou5 ilqiartmnit. He Got Well.?"You are dying," said the doctor to the country editor as he lay on his deathbed after long years of weary toil. "And do you think 1 am going?" said the editor. "Yes, I am sure," said the doctor. The dying editor turned his head and looked at him who had come to make out his last will and said, "And you think 1 am dying?" "Yes, I know it," said the lawyer. The dying editor then said to the doctor, "How much do I owe you?" "About one hundred dollars," said the doctor. The editor turned to the lawyer, "How much do I owe you?" "About one hundred dollars," said the lawyer who had spent about three hours making the editor's will. "Well," said the editor, "won't you please kneel on each side of me while I breathe my last?" "Why do you make such a request?" the lawyer and doctor asked simultaneously. "Well," said the editor, "it will be a great satisfaction to die as my savior died?between two thieves." The lawyer and doctor fainted, and the editor got well.?Health Record. Describing a Motor Car.?A young lady describes her new automobile as follows: "My car is the very latest 1915 model and is equipped throughout with imported annular ball ear-rings. It has a lean-line body, dispatchable and denounceable rims, epileptic spring In front and fiatiron springs in the rear, full sloping rear axle, most infernal expanding brakes, electric stopper and starter, autocratic glass front, uniced power plant, flash jubilation, tree point detention, sailor radiator, three speeds horrid and one perverse, amateur on dash board, gasoline tank asleep, 60-mile speedy greeter, aggravated ebony rim on spearing reel, sliding near trimmers in headlights, frigid suspenders, hand-cuffed leather up holstering, dippy curtains, bar type foot rest and many other latest susceptibilities."?New York Telegram. By Waiting Patiently.?"Patience and perseverance will accomplish all things," was a favorite saying of an old miller. He had made this remark in a train one day on the way to market, when a pompous individual in the corner turned to him crossly and said: "Nonsense, sir. I can tell you a great many things which neither patience nor perseverance can accomplish." "Perhaps you can," said the miller, "but I have never yet come across one thing." "Well, then. I'll tell you one. Will patience and perseverance ever enable you to carry water in a sieve?" "Certainly." "I would like to know how?" "Simply by waiting patiently for the water to freeze."?Dallas News. She Knew.?A new drama was being rehearsed and the two women who had prominent parts were not on the most friendly terms. "In this scene," remarked the tall stately blonde, "I am supposed to leave the stage at the rear, while you stand in the front facing the audience. What will be your cue to resume your lines?" "Why," replied the glowing brunette, without hesitation, "the look of satisfaction on the faces of the audience."?New York Times. It All Depends.?When James A. Garfield was president of Oberlin college, a man brought for entrance as a student his son, for whom he wished a shorter course than the regular one. "The boy can never take all that in." said the father. "He wants to get through quicker. Can you arrange it for him?" "Oh, yes," said Mr. Garfield. "He can take a short course; it all depends on what you want to make him. When God wants to make an oak He takes a hundred years, but He only takes two months to make a squash."?ExHe Needed New Parts.?Customer? "When 1 bought the motorcycle didn't you say you'd supply me with any new part if I broke anything?" Motorcycle Dealer?"Yes. What do you wish me to let you have?" Customer?"I want a pair of new ankles, a rib, three feet of cuticle, a box of assorted finger nails, four molars and a funny bone."?Tit-Bits. Fish That Bite.?"You'd think," said he, eagerly, "that fish would know better than to bite at those artificial baits." "Oh, I don't know," she replied. "It isn't so long ago that you bought a lot of very pretty automobile stock."?Detroit Free Press. <t'J Kind Old Lady?While you were orlittle orirl n hnfl hnv Mmp tin tn the porch and ran away with your licorice babies. Little Girl?Oh, I don't care much. "But he ate them all up." "Then he'll be sorry, 'cause they wasn't licorice babies. I made 'em out of tar."?Kansas City Star. Misleading.? Sergeant? Halt! You can't go there. Private Murphy?Why not, sir? Sergeant?Because it's the general's tent. Private Murphy?Then, bedad, what are they doing with "Private" above the door? A Fair Valuation.?"A scientist computes that the salts and fats of the human body are worth commercially about $8. In short, the average man is worth $8. Seems small, doesn't it?" "Oh, I don't know. As I run over my list of acquaintances, it seems a very fair price." Such a Pity.?"Poor Mrs. de Reegur is broken hearted. They can't send her any more Paris gowns. That suit she's wearing was made here in town." "What a pity. I never saw her looking so well." Plausible, Really.?"Why, is a man's skull made in sections, instead of all in one piece?" asked Johnny, who had just taken up physiology. "So that it will stretch at the seams and not burst when he gets the swell head," answered father.?Judge. An Accident.?First Office Boy? Well, did you ask your boss for a raise right after his lunch, as I told you? Second office Boy?Yes; and I got fired. He'd forgot to take his dyspepsia tablet. >X- In a certain town a Mr. Cobb married a Miss Webb, and it was said he fell in love with her as soon as he spied her. Miscellaneous ilea dun). SEED CORN SELECTION Now is tiie Time to Attend to this Important Matter. Autumn is the time to prepare for a protitable corn crop the following season. At this time the seed is most abundant, and the very best can be obtained before it has been in any way reduced in vitality. Many let the opportunity pass, expecting to purchase their seed corn in the spring, but the department's specialist in charge of corn investigations advises that the autumn is the best time to select good seed. The best place for the farmer to obtain corn is from fields on his own farm, or in his neighborhood, that were planted with a variety which has generally proved most successful in that locality. Of course, if a community has an experienced and honest corn breeder on whom it may rely the seed corn may be obtained from him. The corn breeder who has demon strated year after year the suepriority of his corn, will demand a special price for hi* . uperior seed. Such corn breeders have improved cattle. He has used special methods that farmers generally have not time to apply. Five dollars a bushel is not too much to pay and will be a profitable bargain for both parties. What Constitutes Good Seed Corn. Ky far too many consider seed good simply because it will grow. To be first class, seed must be? 1. Well adapted to the seasonal and soil conditions where it is to be planted. 2. Grown on productive plants of a productive variety. 3. Well matured, and preserved from ripening time till planting time in a manner that will retain its full vigor. The importance of the three requirements just enumerated has been demonstrated experimentally by the department's office of corn investigations. The results given briefly, as enumerated, are as follows: 1. For a series of five years, 12 wellbred varieties were tested in ten northern states, equivalent lots of seed being used in each state. Varieties that produced most in some states were among the poorest in others. 2. Seed ears taken from the highest yielding rows of ear-to-row breeding plats have repeatedly produced better than seed ears taken from poorer yielding rows. Seed ears from the best producing stalks found in a general field produced more than seed ears taken without considering the productiveness of the parent stalks. 3. Four bushels of ears were divided into two equal parts, one part being well taken care of and the other placed in a barn as corn is ordinarily cribbed. The well-Dreserved seed gave a yield on poor soil twelve per cent higher than the poorly preserved and twentyseven per cent higher on fertile soil, notwithstanding the fact that both lots of seed germinated equally well. Seed Corn Gathering Should be Special Task. At corn-ripening time drop all other business and select an abundance of seed corn. The process is too important to be conducted incidentally while huskin" When selecting seed corn, give the process your entire attention. Get the very best that is to be had and preserve it well, and your increased yields will return you more profit than any other work you can do on your farm. The only proper way to select seed corn is from the stalks standing where they grew as soon as ripe and before the first hard freeze. As soon as the crop ripens go through the field with seed-picking bags and husk the ears from the stalks that have produced the most corn without having any special advantages, such as space, moisture, or fertility. Avoid the large ears on siams sianuuig singly with an unusual amount of space around them. Preference should be given the plants that have produced most heavily in competition with a full stand of less productive plants. In all localities the inherent tendency of the plant to produce heavily of sound, dry, shelled corn is of most importance. Late-maturing plants with ears which are heavy because of an excessive amount of sap should be ignored. Sappiness greatly increases the weight and is likely to destroy the quality. In many sections this fact is not sufficiently appreciated. In the central and southern states, all other things being equal, short, thick stalks are preferable. Short stalks are not so easily blown down and permit thicker planting. Thick stalks are not so easily broken down and in general are more productive than slender ones. The tendency for corn to produce suckers is hereditary. Other things being equal, seed should be taken from stalks that have no suckers. The same day seed corn is gathered the husked ears should be put in a dry place where there is a free circulation of air, and placed in such a manner that the ears do not touch each other. Good seed is often ruined because it is thought dry enough when gathered and the precaution mentioned is considered unnecessary. Many farmers believe that their autumns are so dry that such care is superfluous. Seed corn Jn every locality gathered at ripening time will be benefited by drying as anmrAotfiH If l^ft in tha hnsik lnntr I after ripening, it may sprout or mildew during warm, wet weather or become infested with weevils. The vitality of seed is often reduced by leaving it in a stick or in a pile for even a day after gathering. During warm weather, with some moisture in the cobs and kernels, the ears heat or mildew in a remarkably short time. The department of agriculture has a bulletin that gives in detail the best manner of treatment for corn after it is gathered. The bulletin also describes how seed corn should be stored during the winter and tests of the germination of seed corn. The bulletin may be had free by those who request Farmers' Bulletin No. 415, on Seed Corn, from the department's division of publications, Washington, D. C. COAST DEFENSE MINES How They are Made and How They are Managed. Submarine mines were first used by the Americans against the British at Philadelphia, during the war of Independence. They were then called petards. As they were found to work as much, if not more, mischief to friend as to foe they were abandoned. Modern improvements, however, have, to a certain extent, removed that drawback. There are different kinds of stibma DOING HER HUSBAND'S WORK I > m wfr-nnr ?i One of the brave women of Havre who has taken her husband's place as conductor of a street car while he is at the front, fighting the Germans. rine mines, the simplest of which is known as a contact mine. It consists of an iron case, packed with explosive material, and is fixed to the bed of the ocean by means of a cable attached to a sinker. The latter keeps it in its place. In the middle of the iron case are several pins, each with a firingpoint. A vessel passing over this mine would strike one or me pins, urnt ?i m, explode a percussion cap, which would tire the material in the reservoir. In order to be effective, the mine should be at least eight feet below the surface of the water. In laying it great care has to be observed in paying out the cable. Special men are employed for the work, who are trained for it. The simplicity of the contact mine is considered its most dangerous feature. In order that it may not blow up, a friendly vessel, the explosive reservoir is taken out of harm's way, and fixed to the anchor in the bed of the sea by a link. The latter contains a bursting charge, which, by means of an electric current, can be fired, releasing the mine, which then returns to its former dangerous position. Thus the mine is always ready to be worked or not, ac A n*> n nnrnop h intr coming lu WIICUIU ait a|ipiuuv.....Q vessel is a hostile or a friendly one. Then there is the "observation mine." This is worked from a station on shore. The firing pins are fixed in a buoy, which floats a few feet beneath the surface of the water, and above the explosive reservoir. An electric cable runs from the anchor, beneath the bottom, to the shore station. When a pin is driven into the top buoy, it causes a bell to ring or a light to flash in the shore station, warning the observer on duty that a vessel is passing over a mine. The observer thereupon closes the firing circuit, and the mine explodes. Observation mines are usually placed in groups of from five to seven, each group communicating with a junction and the main cable, which, in its turn, communicates with the shore station. The groups are arranged in two lines, one a little behind the other, in alternate positions. That is to say, one group in advance, the next to the rear, the third forward, and so on. The idea being that should a vessel miss one group, she would be certain to pass over another. The mines are so laid that the explosion of one in no way injures the others. Where the water is deep and there is a strong current, what are known as ground mines are laid. For these a much greater explosive power is required. The greater the depth, the greater the explosive power necessary. A ground mine laid at a depth of 65 feet would require a charge of 1,200 pounds of guncotton, equal to 4,800 pounds of powder. A ground mine is worked in the following manner: On the shore there are two stations i ama ohnr Thoro ic olontrip ir?r unwind!. oommuniction between these stations and the mine. The current is broken at each station. In the latter are two observation telescopes, which are so fixed that the observer has a view of any part of the horizon. We will suppose a hostile vessel is approaching a ground mine. Both telescopes are fixed upon it. As the vessel approaches, so the telescopes travel with it, as it were. By the time the vessel has arrived immediately over the mine, the telescopes are both fixed upon the spot. This automatically closes the current and explodes the mine. The whole contrivance is delicately arranged. The mere act of pointing both telescopes at the spot where the mine is located sets the mine into deadly action. The mines are charged with guncotton, dynamite and explosive gelatin. It is calculated that to blow a hole in a modern vessel a pressure of from 6,000 to 12.000 pounds per square inch is needed. The work of loading mines, although it may seem very dangerous, is quite safe if proper precautions are taken. Gun-cotton is issued damp, in slabs measuring about six inches by two Inches. They weigh three pounds?gun cotton, 2i pounds, and water A pound. While wetted with 20 per cent of water it can be safely cut with a saw, gouge or chisel. It has a natural tendency to become dry, so it is necessary to apply water to it unceasingly. The lloor of the room in which the work is done, as well as the benches in it, have to he kept wet. The chips which are cut off, and the dust, which in dry weather will fly about, have to lie swept up, wetted and returned to the store. If this is not done, very serious consequences may easily ensue. After handling dynamite or blasting gelatine it is necessary to wash the hands, especially before eating. Submarine mines are laid out in previously determined positions, which are marked on the plan of the mine field. A copy of this plan is always kept in the chart-house of the steamer or miner, as it is called, when engaged in laying mines. The plan has marked upon it the index letter of tin- group and the number of the mine, the num ber of the alignment on which the mine is to be laid, the cross-bearing, also the angle in case the sextant is to be used. The depth of water is also noted on the chart. Upon this plan the calculations in the observation station are based.?Philadelphia Ledger. ? ENGLAND IS TO BLAME Well Known British Author Says Country Has Been Smitten With Blindness. Houston Stewart Chamberlain, the well known English author, who mar- j ried a daughter of Richard Wagner, and who has lived many years In Germany and Austria, is deeply disappointed with England because of its declaration of war upon Germany. In a letter which has appeared in the German press, he says he holds England chiefly responsible "for the terrible disaster that has broken upon Europe," and he can only explain the action of England by assuming that it has been smitten with blindness. In answer to a correspondent who had suggested that he write a protest against England's course* and have it published in England, he further wrote: "The moment for such a protest has not yet arrived. The English must first bear the consequences of their disgusting course in the form of heavy blows; after that they can be reasoned with. May God protect the glorious cause of the Germans; there is no other hope for the future of the human race." German professors and men of science have made a strong protest against England's course by renouncing all the honorary degrees, titles, and other marks of distinction conferred upon them by English universities, academies and other bodies of English scholars. They have publishon a rtoolnratinn on the subject, as fol lows: "England has declared war upon us under a hollow pretext which is least of all justified in view of English history, and the true character of which is laid bare by numerous documents. Although England is related to us by blood and race, it has, out of a contemptible envy of Germany's economic success, incited other peoples against us for years, and, in particular, it has allied itself with France and Russia to crush us as a world-power and to endanger our cultural achievements. "It was only because they were able to reckon upon England's co-operation that Russia, France, Belgium and Japan threw down to us the gauntlet of war. England bears, foremost of all, the moral responsibility for this conflagration of the nations, which will result in frightful suffering for millions of men and will demand unheard of sacrifices of blood and treasure. England's brutal national selfishness has placed an indelible blot upon its name. "We are well aware that very eminent English scholars, with whom German men of science have for years been on friendly and fruitful relations, were opposed to this war, so wantonly begun, and spoke against it. "Nevertheless, those of us who have received marks of distinction from English universities, academies and societies of scholars do renounce as a matter of national feeling, all such honors and rights attached to them." This declaration was published with some thirty signatures, and other signatures are coming in daily. Among the signers are many men with worldwide reputations. They include Buch medical men as von Behring of Marburg, Paul Ehrlich of Frankfort, Czerny of Heidelberg, August Bier of Berlin, and Otto von Schjerning of the general staff of the army; philosophers like Rudolf Eucken of Jena and Wilhelm Wundt of Leipzig; zoologists like Haeckel of Jena and Weissmann of Freiburg; law professors like Paul Laband of Strasburg, Josef Kohler and Franz von Liszt of Berlin; the political economist Adolf Wagner of Berlin, and Jacob Reisser, the specialist in the science of banking; the composer Humperdinck and the painters von Werner and Liebermann. DOES NOT LIKE WAR For Publishing Letter of Socialist German Paper Was Suppressed. The London Standard's correspondent at Amsterdam, says that the let ter from a German soldier, the publication of which led to the suppression for three days of the German Socialist paper Voerwarts, was as follows: "On August 18, we were at Greischelburch and there underwent a baptism of fire. There I saw for the first time the dreadful effect of artillery. Hundreds of men were mown down and for the first time there came into my head, 'Children love one another.' But now we are accustomed to it, and that must be so, otherwise we should not be able to eat. "Since August 25, we have been in the neighborhood of Saint Die. Put yourself in our conditions. I have not slept in a bed since August 10, nor under a roof since August 16. We camp in the open air, always prepared for marching. Our horses have not been completely unsaddled from August 10, to September 2. "One rainy night it happened that the van in which I sat fell with the horses down a steep decline about 100 feet. "The van struck half-way down the hill between the trees and the horses and I were saved as by a miracle. The next morning we had to pull up horses and van with ropes. "It is very annoying not to get any papers to read, but it is harder to be cut off from the comissariat. We did not have a bit of meat from August lfi to nor any bread?nothing but tinnod vegetables. Bread is scarce. Even now one receives a large portion at once, so part gets moldy before eaten. Then for a long time we do not receive ' anything. Wines we find everywhere in large quantities. Here at Saint Die we suffer from want of water, as the Drench have cut off all sources. "In the German dailies, it is said, the French and English prisoners make a sad impression, but if we were taken prisoners in our present condition the description would be of another nature. The state of our shoes and garments is not much better and we hard jy ever lane iiiein on. THE FIRST SHOT AT MANILA At Lee, Who Fired It Died in Los Angeles Last Week. Lieutenant William Edwin At Lee, the man who, according to his service associates, fired the first shot in the battle at Manila Bay, died at his residence at Los Angeles, California, last Thursday, while on sick leave from his command of the United States revenue cutter Snohomish at Neah Bay, Washington. He was 52 years old. Lieutenant At Lee had a most interesting naval career and bore the distinction of beinp the man who dared to threaten with confinement in irons a 1 president of the United States. When a young officer At Lee was in command of the revenue cutter McCulloch. The boat was ordered by President Cleveland to be used as his yacht on a trip to Buzzards Bay. On the voyage one of the worst storms of the Atlantic coast swept on the boat. For several days the little ship fought the winds arid waves, and all over America it was believed the president was lost. On the McCullough, Cleveland was anxious to return to land, knowing the fears the country would have and the important events that might occur, while he was absent, but At Lee knew his safety lay in remaining at sea, "Return to land," the president commanded. The boyish lieutenant refused. "As commander-in-chief of the sea forces of the United States. I order you to return." The ship was beyond the three-mile limit. "As commander of this ship, I am supreme at sea," At Lee replied. "It is impossible for us to land." Then, in a joking way, he went on: "I will put in irons any one who disputes my authority." The president subsided. When the party finally disembarked the lieutenant expected dismissal from service as the least of the consequences of his arbitrary action. Instead he was invited to dinner at the White House. The president, amused at the young officer's audacity, and knowing that he was right in refusing to land, had promoted him. When the day came for the attack on the Spanish fleet at Manila the McCulloch was of the American fleet. As the greater warships steamed slowly toward the harbor, the McCulloch was in the lead and received the first fire from the Spanish forts which gave the signal that the American fleet was approaching. Lieutenant At Lee was in command of the guns on the cutter, and the instant the order was received he answered the fort, firing the gun personally. Throughout the engagement that resulted in a memorable naval victory for the American squadron, Lieutenant At Lee was in the thickest of the fight, and displayed such splendid bravery and efficiency that he was decorated with a bronze medal by order of congress. FIGHTING LIQUOR Apathy of Oppononts Helps Saloon People. "If only drinking men were allowed to vote on national prohibition, every saloon in the country would be put out of business in the next thirty days." The man who said this recently stood with his foot on the brass rail and a gicisa ui vviuanjr uu luc uui 4?w?.v w?. him. And what do you suppose was the answer of the saloon keeper? Here it is, exactly as he said It, with a hitching up of his shoulders as he spoke: "Why, of course; we all know there is no argument worth a damn in favor of booze, except the argument of the man like myself who sells it for a living; but you'll never see the saloon put out of business in this country because the church people don't practice what they preach. They talk temperance, but they don't work and vote for it, and we are able to put it over on 'em every time." It is a fact that the great majority of men who drink, whether they drink little or much, are in favor of national prohibition, not only of the sale, but of the manufacture of liquor and beer. This is because they see enough of the ''inside" of the traffic to know that it is the greatest curse the world has ever known. It is not the vote of the drinking men that defeats anti-liquor measures; it is the apathy of the men who never go into a saloon?of the churchgoing men. They do not come into direct touch with the evil that drinking does and they are too apt to take no part in a campaign against the saloon or against whisky control in politics. It is an old saying among local option workers in every campaign: 'If we can only get the church men to come out and vote we will win by a big majority." That is going to be the danger this fall in the campaign now on to down the control of the whisky ring in the government of this county. If the men who support the churches will come out and work openly and earnestly against the whisky ring and for the County Unit Bill there will be no question about the result. The whisky men know this, but they are counting on the traditional apathy of the churchgoers in campaigns of this kind.?Kansas City Star. A FAMOUS CATHEDRAL Rheims Structure One of the Finest Products of the Middle Ages. The cathedral of Notre Dame at Rheims was begun by Bishop Alberic de Humbert in 1211 and completed in just 100 years. It was rebuilt to replace the earlier cathedral built by Hincmar, which was destroyed by fire in 1211. Both were on the site of the basilica where Clovis was baptized by St. Remigius. The plan of the structure and the building of the apse are attributed to the architect Jean d'Orbais. The great entrance doorway, with the gallery above containing the forty-two statues of kings of France, was chiefly the work of Robert de Coucy and was added at the beginning of the fourteenth century. The roof and spires were destroyed hy fire in 1481. The building was damaped by fire during the French revolution. In 1875 the facade and balustrades were repail, $400,000 being expended on the work by the national assembly. The main facade, the finest feature of the edifice, is one of the most perfect masterpieces of mediaeval architecture. Statutes and statuettes, 530 in all. lavishly embellish the three exquisite recessed portals. Of these the center one dedicated to the Holy Virgin, is surmounted by a rose window nearly forty feet in diameter, itself set in a frame which is embellished with statuary. A fine organ in a flamboyant Gothic case is in the north transept. There is unusually fine wood carving especially on the choir, and the paintings include specimens of Tintoretto, Nicolas Poussin and others. .1 . - I rerguson, uie amuimuiui vni.iv, has written of the great main, or western facade as "perhaps the most beautiful structure produced in the MiddleAges." It was in the present cathedral that Joan of Arc after the victories of the French army, stood beside the dauphin on July 17, 1429, holding the sacred banner in her hand, when the dauphin was crowned King Charles VII., of France. A statue of of Joan of Arc by l'aul Dubois was placed in front of the cathedral in 1906.?New York Sun. GERMAN CRUISER OFI PH K / \ i J The German cruiser Leipzig, whos< interrupted and which is believed to t merchant vessel*. FOOD FOR WARRING NATIONS Consideration of the Bread and Butter Side of Life. The present war is bringing home to us in a vivid and impressive way the fact too often forgotten in time of peace of the internationalization of economic life. Politically the surface of the globe is composed of many units, of widely varying size, which sometimes rub together smoothly and sometimes do not. Racially, there are other divisions, and between them, too, there is friction. But economically, in the bread-and-butter side of life, the side of industry and commerce and finance, the globe is no longer a group of separate units, .but a single entity. The political and racial wholes are only economic parts. Russia and England, Allies in the present war, present a marked difference. In the industrial scale, great Russia is rough pig iron, while England is that iron converted into steel nnrt ihpn wrniurht into delicate, effi cient machinery. But machinery is easily put out of order and broken, while pig iron will stand any amount of rough usage. Russia exports raw materials, the necessities of other nations?cereals, (lax, hemp, timber. If she loses her export trade it will be a heavy blow to the nations she supplies, but it will not be a blow to Russia. For the exports only pay for imports, manufactures for the most part, which Russia can do without and still exist. For Russia feeds and clothes and houses and warms herself, and doing so, she can maintain life, war or no war, whatever happens to foreign. But not so England. It is not luxuries that she imports, but absolute necessities. Of the vast total of the BELGIAN AMBULANCE""I DON'T WORRY WHEN YOU want the BEST FRESH MEATS in Town, see Old George, or Phone No. 117. You can get Cabbage, Sweet and Irish Potatoes and other Vegetables at SIIERER'S. I am selling Good COFFEE at FIVE POUNDS FOR A DOLLAR. CASH. Not the kind you buy on a Lien. There are SOME People in Yorkville who are always kicking about the Meats, and then don't want to pay when the bill comes. Oh! Well, we are not stuck on that kind. So, hereafter?NO PAY?NO MEAT. Don't worry about the German war, Nor cuss because Blease got beat. But go to work like a Son-of-a-gun, And pay Old George for his meat. OLD GEORGE THE BUTCHER. 30 Years' 4 9mm 30 YEARS THE STANDARD Come Here and Si 1 Come and compare the "OwensborC I any other make. Hitch your team to ii I farm, the road, in the woods?anywher I Yorkville Be : CALIFORNIA COAST SH M \ ; /! \ $ ' \ fig,. / , ?# ; coaling In San Francisco harbor was le off the California coast in wait for 1912 imports of the United Kingdom, amounting to more than $3,500,000,000, food, drink and tobacco accounted for more than $1,250,000,000 and raw materials for about as much again. England's business is to make things for the rest of the world, and manufactured articles though forming one-quarter of her imports, make seven-tenths of her exports. And with them she must buy the food and clothing of her people, for she can neither feed nor clothe her millions with the products of her soil. European Russia, with a population in 1911 of 120,558.000 had nearly 200,000,000 acres under cereals, more than an acre and a half for every man, woman and child. Great Britain with 45,221,015 population had only 6,603,000 acres under wheat, barley and oats, a small fraction of an acre per capita. The wheat bill of the United Kingdom in 1912 was $230,000,000, with $27,000,000 more for wheat Hour. And then there were corn, barley, oats, meat and food animals, dairy products, sugar? imported?each of them totaling scores or hundreds of millions. Cotton imports came to $400,000,000, wool to $160,000,000, wood and timber to $140,000,000. England, then, is absolutely dependent on the rest of the world. Her foreign trade is her life, and command of the seas is for her insurance not against invasion merely, but against starvation. Russia and England are the two extremes, with all the others lying between them. Austria-Hungary is selfsupporting on the basis of short rations, and so probably is France and possibly even Germany. Nearer the condition of England are Belgium, Holland and Switzerland, and neutrals have to suffer as well as belligerents.? Boston Globe. CORPS AT THE FRONT x* B an ? 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Repv ^ Stands! hones every every ] *e the "OwensbrrO" W< i" part by part with I If you don't find that i t and try it out on the lighter, rides easier, a e?any way you like. | satisfactory wagon fc inking & Mercanti SEED RYE FOR SALE I HAVE One Hundred Bushels, home raised and very fine. See me or write No. 1, Yorkville. D. M. HALL. ^ YORK COUNTY FAIR AT Hock Hill on October 14, 15, 16, 1914. Two Aeroplane Flights daily. Balloon ascensions and numerous other fine attractions. Horse Races and Liberal Prizes in all Departments. YORK COUNTY FAIR ASSO. A '.t 3 mo. ^ UNLESS THE BLOOD IS PURE you can't expect to have a '.lealthy, energetic body or a clear, cheerful mind. When the blood is poisoned or lmpov- 9 erished, indigestion, nervous dyspepsia, rheumatism, scrofula, and a host of other ills bring bad health and unhappiness. Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy "l,ln1'1" ""'llloo thu hlnnH nirifl it tO re lun-rv.j "'v M.VWW, 9ume its work of carrying life and eneergy to every part of the body; tones up the system, and drives away disease ind misery. Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy Is a vegetable compound scientifically wf prepared from purest ingredients; and has been used successfully for 40 years. Your dealer should have it. If he hasn't, send his name and 11 to the manufacturers for a large bottle. Rem- p edy Sales Corporation, Charlotte, N. C. Mrs. Joe Person's Wash should be used in connection with the Remedy for the cure of sores and the relief of inflamed and congested surfaces. It is esnoninllv vnlnnhlp fnr women, and should ? ? always be used for ulcerations. TAX NOTICE?1914 4 Office of the County Treasurer of York County. Yorkville, S. C., Sept. 14, 1914. NOTICE is hereby given that the TAX BOOKS for York county will be opened on THURSDAY, the 15TH # DAY OF OCTOBER, 1914, and remain open until the 3HT DAY OF DECEMBER, 1914, for tin collection of STATE, COUNTY, SCHOOL AND LOCAL TAXES, for the fiscal year 1914, without penalty; after which day ONE PER CENT penalty will be added to all payments made in the month of JANUARY, 1915, and TWO PER * CENT penalty for all payments made In the month of FEBRUARY, 1915, and wF SEVEN PER CENT penalty will be added to all payments made from the 1ST DAY OF MARCH to the 15TH DAY OF MARCH, 1915, and after this date all unpaid taxes will go into executions and all unpaid Single Polls 4 will be turned over to the several Mo trlatrntaa fnr nroseeution In ac - cordance with law. For the convenience of taxpayers. I will attend the following places on the days named: At Yorkville, Thursday, October 15. At Smyrna, Thursday, October 22d. At Hickory Grove, Friday and Saturday, October 23d and 24th. At Sharon, Monday, October 26th. At McConnellsville, Tuesday, October 27th. At Tirzah, Wednesday, October 28th. At Clover, Thursday and Friday, October 29th and 30th. At Yorkville from Saturday, October 31st, to Tuesday, November 3d. At Coates's Tavern, from 8 o'clock a. m., Wednesday, November 4th, to 8 o'clock p. m. At Fort Mill, Friday and Saturday, November 6th and 7th. At Rock Hill, from Monday, November 9th, to Saturday, November 14th. And at Yorkville from Monday, November 16th, until Thursday, the 31st day of December, 1913, after which date the Densities will attach as stated above. Note.?The Tax Books are made up by Townships, and parties writing about taxes will always expedite matters if they will mention the Township or Townships in which their property or properties are located. HARRY E. NEIL, Treasurer of York County. 74 t 4t FOR SALE * The beautiful home and farm of J. Barney Barron, in Tirzah, 8-room cottage; 120 acres land. Price $40.00 per acre, for quick sale. A most desirable home at R. R. station. Can't be excelled. I am selling many farms and now is the time to buy. Recently sold the Alexander farm, Frank Glenn farm a and others. 136 Acres?The Wells 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 Ms 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?or w. c. Miner, on Charlotte road, near Ancona Mill. 300 Acres?Property of D. A. Whisonant, Joins J. VV. Quinn and others Price $10.00 a 40 Acres?Property of John Barnett, Joining farm of J. R. Connolly and We Harrison Est 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 a sum of $20.00 an acre for it. 109 Acres?Near Lowryvllle, $25.00 per acre. I desire to say to my friends that I have property that I can cut up in mall tracts and sell on long terms. The Quinn estate land?On King's Mt. road, adjoining Frank Riddle's Neil 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 m Manse. Can be cut into two beautiful w building lots. The property cf Dr. Mack White on Wincr'a M nnntnin Street, also 2 dwel lings, property of Quinn Wallace, et al. on Klnr's Mountain Street. This property will be sold quickly and if you _ want it, see me. I have for sale three of the Finest Farms in York county, and they are i'ery cheap at the price; to wit: The John Black?Henry Massey lomestead. 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, oeautlfully located within the Incor>orate limits of Yorkville. Read my 1st of Farms and send me some of- ^ 'ers. * Two Ooo<| Houses?On King's Mountain Street. J. C. WILBORN itation Back of arm Wagon I v it takes a mighty good hold up for 30 years and I ularity and sales every year. That's e "OwensborO." Just because the J > Wagon Works have persisted in I; t wagon for "perfect satisfaction" to 1^ purpose, year in and year out. g agon for Yourself I * t is better built in every way, runs Itrries more weight and is a more lis >r your money, bring it back. '1 le Company J *