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^uv IT AT HOME' aw iiWt'iit Mn >wn, uldkVA>i,? x*.. IMrtow THfcRt W0M '? ee ^Nor?eiKXH? in . TOWH UKt IT FOR IT ?> TH4 VCHY LATOT1 AW Pv4irifc 88$ IA/EUlV ClWMV tHO fO'^MuL ?NjOY *to*5tr AT P? ' em.i j THl* J4 Toot btoty MhMi HfcRfcAFTC* ill 5uy it j AT HCrtt! C*?NT **?? **b! i ORONHYATEKHA. Two twenty-year-oid lads stood Uo i r*LH?C!l ?ther on ? Cu^? JndUn ry rvatlon one day in lWl. while around them crowded brilliantly uni formed officers, civic magn^t^ gayly apparelled Indians. b?),? *" u?. .tender. "J ,u cM 1? Um full r# galla of a Mohawk chief. He waa Oi^ onhjratekba, lineal deecendant of the Wmp cW#f" of "81* Nations." vJS?* 0t?*f boy"~H l,Un' "iht halred. of medium height ami arrayed in the uni form of a British colonel ? was Albert Edward, prince of Wales, the recently deceased King Edward VII. of England Indian chief and British prince faced esch other in a moment of awkward silence, while Oronhyatekha ransacked bin brain for the flowery English speech of welcome he had 'so carefully prepared. He knew Just what he want ed to say. But lb this moment of stress bis hardly-acduired knowledge of the English language utterly deserted him. The Prince and the Indian. The braves wfco had chosen tko young fellow ap their spokesman scowled at him and muttered under their breath. The gorgeous military and civic staff fidgeted uneaaily. Sud denly Oronhyatekha's heavy faca lift ed with an inspiration. He hurst forth into the speech he had planned. But Instead of speaking English, he dehr Si - ^ classical Greek I the prince oTWales and his ?tat listened With open-mouthed amassment. They had expected to hear a dusky orator grunt eut a few ill-pronounced sentences in broken English. Instead, this moccaslned, deerskln-elad savage was his sovereign with perfect fluency la a dead language that comes ealy halt ingly to the lips of many a college president. That speeeh made tke young cbWi fortune. ~ Oronhyatekha was Wifon the Six Nations reserration, near Brantford. Ontario, Canada, on August 10, 1841. While he excelUd, ps a child, in the rough sports and exercises of his fel low-Indians, he had almost a mania for study. He saw that education alone could lift him a>oyo the sordid life of his fellow-Mohawks. He learned all that the local Industrial school could teach him. Then he managed to raise funds to take him to the cele brated old 4 ^Vesleyan academy at North Wilbraham, Mass. There he quickly reached the head ef his class and was graduated with high hoaors. From school to school he wandered. He had *io money, so he turned his hand to any sort of work that would let him pay for books and tuition. Toil ing in the daytime as a cobbler a?& woodchopper? he studied Greek and the higher mathematics until after midnight. At Ihst he felt 'he was ready to enter one of the large uni versities. But be lacked money for such a course. It waa at, this crista that hie "chance"^ came. The young prince of Walee waa making a tour of the United Statea and Canada. He was due . to visit the Six Nations reservation on a cer tain day. Oronhyatekha, as the heat educated of the local Indians, was chosen to make the speech of welcoaee. When, the prince of Wales heafd the impromptu Greek oration ^ eJ becaW# at once keenly interested in the speak er. A few questions drew forth the Indian's life story. The prince at once took charge of Oronhyatekha's educa tion. He sent the Indian te Oxford university. There be placet him un der the tutorship of the royal phy sician, Sir Henry Acland. By the time lje returned to Canaia Oronhyatekha was a physician of splendid ability. He settled in Ontario and quickly built up a large practice. Then In lt&l be chanced to get control of a decrepit Insurance company. Thie he strengthened p* enlarged until from it Qie famoua fraternal so* clety, the Independent Order of Forest ers. His wealth and his important In the community grew with each parsing year. up w uw ueaui m JH?rco, AWWI, on# of Canada'i beftt known, most turesque figure*.^ V': : (Copyright.) ByWay _ of Proof v "Mint," Uttid Ample/, ctrtUol;. ? "Catnip," contradicted Aufter'a wife, decisively. Ampley regarded her with the be nig ill/ pitying look men reeerre for erring and weak-minded member* of their families, "Oeraldlne " he aald In a pained tone, "do you suppose I've lived all these years and escaped an Intimate acquaintance with mint In Its various forms T It is Just as easy to tell mint when you sec it as H U to recognise a potato! This Is mint!" Mrs. Ampley dropped her golf dubs and sat down plump In the middle of the disputed green stuff. At the eight eenth hole they had wandered off the course Into the Inviting autumn woods bordering the links- Her cap waa ooe sided and her faco was flushed. "You may know mint," she admit ted crisply. "I've not the slightest doubt that you could tell It In a tall glass a mile away, but let me lafenn you that when It comes to catalp you've nothing on me. Why, I was brought up on catnip? almost! Haven't I gathered tt by the boshpl for the cats and kittens we ahmrt had at home? I f> "Pine aroma," Interrupted Ampley, twisting the pprlg he boid beneath Ma nose wtth the maddening air of a eem nolsseur. *1 don't know when Pro stumbled on n finer bed of mtot, really 1" "You'd Infurint* me If yoa weeen't so silly," remarked his wife. -A art you are so absurdly stubborn!" ? ?>- ' I f II ? I... '? "What're you. doing?" demanded Ampley with curiosity as sin Isgsa picking handtwla of the kerb and ^tuffed them into her sweater pock >tc. MTB, JJB9M7 regarded him ulill. "I am picking oatnlp," iki laftwaaM him, "to take bom* to the eMl Mil door? and I Intended to l?H4?i*tHy prove to you that I akn In the rifkt!" "Any iaM cat," scoffed her hue band, "would ba lnsultod If handed a bunch* of that atuff! It would eolleer all lt? Intlmata ft ianda and alt eut on the back feacfc and yowl al yea la dlflgUBt." His wife an! Sad. "Any cat would be my friead for life," aha contradict ed. "The poor tiring would ha hys terical with Joy! Did you ever aaa a cat playing with oatalpT" "No, hut I am curleua ta ohaaave one havlag a Ml of joy on plain mint," aald her huaband. "It Will he novel." '' * ? mm "Shoo!" aald Mra. Ampley six timea to the golf club cat, Which aeemed do termlned to tag them into the statlea bus, "What alia tha animal r asked Am pley. ' , "Catnip!" explained Mra. Ampley, sweetly. "Uraph! " commented Ampley. Walk*, ing up the nvoaue to thflr bome In the duek Ahipley fell over saane ani mal twice; "What the??" he began. "I think," said his wife casualty, "that It moat he that big black cat I've aeea la this block so much. It probably has sniffed the catalp la my pockets ? ? " ~ "ObT-fudge 1 " growled. Apaple^ Just aa they sat down to dinner there was a maw from the freat porch. It was nn Insistent cnll and Mra. Ampley beamed. "The dear tUag!" she murmured., "Cats are so intelligent! I draff* a leaf of the stuff cm purpoae aa I came in and U'a calling for morel Listen there are twa of them now!" Ampler gat ta hie feet violently. "Have we got to endure $hla serenade , >11 through :dinnerf?he inquttajtlwitb awful sarcasm. "Just becauaa same fool cats caa't tell mlat when they see it?" Ha opened the front door ta scare away the lnvnders, hut thsy vanished suddenly. For a/momeat ha thought he saw shadowy forma flit by him, hat when he glanced back Into the hall nothing was to be seen. 'It is rdally remarkable," mused Mrs. Ampley, "bow cleverly oats' will discover catnip and aearch It out! Sea bow thoaa two oa tha porch?" "That was me?a coincidence," Am pler Insisted. "A cat weulda't walk a foot to smell of mint! And Fm tell ing you that It waa mlat you picked!" "Catnip! " said Mra Ampley seme 17. Ampley weat upstairs to bad. a ttt tie later, murmuring oontrnAletoty thlnga under bis brdath about the greea leavee plucked by hia wtte a re w hours before out at the club. Then preeeatly bo yelled. So weird and nliuraMd wag hia cry that Mrs. Ampley cams running to hie assist ance. When aha got the room light turned on ahe discovered Ampley crouching with blanched face near the bed, on which he evidently had placed hia hand. And ho bad thrust it late the midst of a bunch of warm, furry, live thlnga? four cats Uneconaed upon Mrs. Ampley'e carelessly bestowed sweater, the pocketa of which they had bean contentedly rilling. One cat waa chewing a leaf and it winked at Ampley Joyously. All of them war# purring in a dlaalpated faahlon. Turn tag, Ampley met his wife's trf umpbant eye. "We-e-ell," ho aald tfittnlp.' ME " '? r ' 'i' ~'.'V T \7' ' V ?? We are more than pleased with our thirty days of business. If we had been told that we could have done even half as well we would have thought it a mat ter of impossibility. But figures do not fake ? we have them. In view of these facts we have decided to continue our marvelous sale of Men's Shoes and Oxfords for thirty days more, at die following prices: All Men's Shoes and Oxfords, formerly $5.00 will be sold at All Men's Shoes and Oxfords, formerly $4.50 will be sold at All Men's Shoes and Oxfords, formerly $4.00 will be sold at All Men's Shoes and Oxfords, formerly $3.50 will be sold at All Men's Shoes and Oxfords, formerly $3.00 will be sold at All Men's Shoes and Oxfords, formerly $2.50 will be sold at . - $3.98 - $3.25 . - $3.15 - - $2.95 - - $2.45 - ^ $1.85 W? are going to offer the entire stock of Ladies and Children's Shoes and Oxfords during the month of August at just what they cost us. Now, if you are in need of anything in a frst class shoe ? one that you will not be ashamed to wear ?one that looks good and will wear better than any shoe you ever wore for the money* now is the time to buy. These goods are all of high-class stuff. No old stock, no shoddy goods. All goods are new and up to date. r Come and be con vinced that such shoes were never before offered at such ridiculously low prices. We will positively dose this offer after August 30th. So if you need anything in this line and want to buy it at a real genuine bargain now is the time. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA The f arming lands in Lee County have long been recognised as ' the best in the State, and sell readily for $30.00 per acre. We offer for quick tale two tracts Smith ville ? one containing 163 acre* and one 10 acres at a price far below the $30.00 v ? ; . 7 >T ^ ? .?? , *... ?. t, - v . vv , . . v : > ? , mark. . . Both tracts are ideally located, being on the public road, within a few miles of the railroad and having every advantage of the 'V ???V ' V. < ' . *?*) ' * ' J '/;f ^ * I . .0 ; r*. >Wfi : \ '?-r \ average town* ? ? ' . ? ' f* V <? r V 'Phone 29, or write us for further information. CAMDEN, S. C LANCASTER, S. C Estate