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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-04

China the Only Surviving Type of Ancient
Civilization.

China the Only Surviving Type of Ancient
Civilization.
By James A. Hall.
The "Boxer"' movements in China
brings into renewed and startling
prominence the most unique and inter
esting among the nations of the world
OF all the great com munities mankind
has built up the Chinese Empire stands
alone-a rare curiosity in human ex.
istence. And the tenacity exhibited
by this relic of the remotest age in its
resistance to the disintegrating in
Auence of modern civilization forms an
absorbing study for the student OF
history and ethinology.
1t seems a strange contradiction OF
human experience that this picturesque
nation, with an unbroken history ex-
tending back beyond the days of Min.
eveh and Ur of the Chaldeans, should
to this day maintain its individuality
aud the peculiar character of its peo-
pie, unchanged even in slight degree
of contact with the life and thought
by the rest of the world. No other
nation has existed so long and felt so
slightly the effects of the events which
go to make US history, and no charac'
ter is so hopelessly fixed and conserva'
tive as that of the Chinaman.
The Mongolian race was the first to
attain any degree of civilization. The
oldest sculptures in the world, whether
unearthed on the banks of the Tigris
or the Nile, show the smooth, full face
and the oblique eyes of the Chinaman
of today. With a quicker and more
comprehensive intellect than any OF the
other tribes of savage man, the Mon
golian soon mastered the arts useful to
him and organized an equitable gov
ernment.
More than twenty-five hundred
years before the Christian era China
is said to have reached it's golden age.
Commerce and agriculture fourished
and schools of philosophy were main
tanned under the care of such wise
rulers as Hwangti and Yao. Great
canals were constructed and other
public improvements carried out. The
people were peaceable and industrious
and China, at this remote period, pre-
sented all the features of an enlighten-
ed and progressive community.
But the civilization of the Chinese
was childish and superficial. That in
evitable quality called race character
cannot be thrust aside or overcome by
any manner of teaching, whether by
the wreck of empires or the humble
solicitations of the missionary. The
Chinese development encountered a
strange arrest in what may be called
its childhood stage, and their language
today is but a conglomeration of pri-
mary sounds. No other people in the
world speak language so crude; no
other government is so primitive IN
form and paraphernalia.
Other and stronger peoples pushed
the precocious Mongolian out of the
valleys of the Nile and the Euphrates
and built up great Kingdoms and more
splendid civilizations, but only their
broken arches and crumbling pyra-
mids remain to tell of their existence.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-04

IRISH POTATOES AND BoTs.-So far
as known the juice of Irish potatoes
is better calculated to cause the bot
to let 60 the lining Of the stomach
than any remedy that can, with safety,
be given the horse. The juice does
not kill the bots, but causes them to
become numb. Hence they curl up
and let go, and the horse is relieved
from his bots. Six to twelve tubers
will furnish enough juice, when
scraped, to relieve the worst case.-D.
T. Stephenson.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-04

A ROSE THAT THRIvEs In A CEN.
ETERY.-The best white rose for ceme-
terry planting is Madame Planter. 1t
is a variety of somewhat slender
growth, and on this account is some
times termed half-climber. But it
requires no trellis, being much more
graceful when allowed to train itself
than when given a support of any
kind. 1t throws up great number OF
stalks, on which great quantities OF
milk-white double flowers are borne in
clusters during June and July.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-04

AN ARTIST WITH SENsE.-"What
on earth are you doing with that pic.
ture ?" asked the artists friend, coming
into the studio.
"Why," replied the artist, with a
quiet smile, 81 am rubbing piece of
raw meat over this rabbit in the fore
ground. Mrs. De Soddle will be here
this afternoon, and when she sees her
pet dog smell of the rabbit, she'll buy
it."-New York Weekly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-04

SIMPLE CURE For SwEENY.-Get
a piece of poke root the size of a silver
quarter, slit the skin at the shrunken
part, slip the root in and let it stay IL
hours; then take it out, give your
horse few days rest and he is cured.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-04

To MAKE FISH BITE.-To one ounce
of asafeotida add ten drops of oil of
sassafras and enough alcohol to make
it into thin paste. A small quanti-
ty of the above spread upon the bait
will produce the desired results. At
least, so say old fishermen who use it
constantly on trot lines.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-04

CLOSED THE BARGAIN.-A shop
keeper wrote to one of his customers
as follows:
~ am able to offer you cloth like
enclosed sample at half crown a
yard. In case I do not hear from you,
I shall conclude that you wish to pay
only two shillings yard. In order
to lose no time, accept the last.men-
toned price" ."-Tit-B
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-04

The LONGEST SENTENCE.-School-
mistress-How many of my pupils
can remember the longest sentence
they ever heard?
Billy-Please, mum, I can.
School -mistress-What! Is there
only one? Well, William, you can
tell the rest of the pupils the longest
sentence you ever read.
Billy-Imprisonment for life Tit
Bits.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-04

IN CoURT.-Lawyer-So your name
is Sampson
Witness-Yes, sir.
Lawyer-Now, remember, you are
on your oath. Do you seriously think
you could break your namesake's
record?
Witness-I don't know, sir; but I'd
like to try when you have finished
with the jawbone.-Brooklyn Life.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-04
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-04

tell. In the language of member
from Texas: Cut down the appro-
priation for soap, and pump the Poto-
mac dry. You won't have so much
cleanliness but you'll have more leg
islation.' New York Sun.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-04

NOT HE !-"My friend" said the
sanctimonious clergyman, "are you
not ashamed to make your living
playing poker? ?"
"Huh you and I are very much
alike" replied the unregenerate man.
"When we hold a good hand we do
not care to accept a call unless there is
raise with t."-Troy Times.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-04

He KNEw.-Visitor-I suppose you
know where the bad little boys go?
Johnny (who had been told to stay
at home Yes, 1 do. They 60 in a
swimmin' and have a rousin' good
time.-Philadelph Press.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-04

Old Running Sores, Mucous Patches ir
mouth or throat, Copper-Colored Spots,
Ulcers, Painful Swellings, Bone Pains,
Pimples, Boils, Scrofula, Catarrh, Rhcu-
matism and every form of Blood Poison,
quickly cured forever by taking Botanic
Blood Balm (B.B.B). Thoroughly tested
for 80 years. Druggists. 81. Directions with
each bottle. Botanic Blood Balm (B.B.B.
heals every sore, makes the bloodpure and
rich. Cures when all else fails.
Sead cents to pay postage on Free Trial
Bottle. BLOOD BALM CO Atlanta, Ga.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-04

A YOUTHFUL CoNCLUsIoN.-"Did
you hear what Whimpton's little boy
said when they showed him the
twins"
"No. What was it ?h
"He said: There! mammals been
gettin' bargains again.-The St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-04

RETURNED WITH INTEREsT.-"So
you want my daughter do you ?" spoke
the stern father. ~ like your nerve,
young man !"
81 am glad you do. I like your
Minerva, SIR" responded the ardent
youth, unabashed.-Chicago Tribune.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-04
Founded 1842.
JEFF
/PlAN0s !
"Sing their own praise. "

And in buying one, you do not have to select
O Piano to suit your purse. STIEFF PIANOS
answer every requirement demanded by the
most exacting pianist or singer. STIEFF P1A-
NOS embody everything known In the art Of
TONE PRODUCTION and RESPONSIVE
NESS IN ACTION. I am not an AGENT, or
Err, pure and simple. What we SAVE YOU
IN PRICE AND GIVE YOU IN QUALITY
is your gain. Call and see our beautiful stock
Mt the only Manufacturers Wareroom In North
or South Carolina. For catalogue, etc., write
to c. H. Wilmoth, Manager, Chas. M. stIef's
Factory Branch Wareroom, No. 2l3 North
Tryon Street, Charlotte, n. e. CHAS. NJ.
STIEFF, PIANO MANUFACTURER, Balti-
more, Maryland. Fine tuning and repairing.
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||SN About y N3
T3N Your | 1
a1N Watch . Hill

Does it keep the correct time? Or do
you have to set it every twenty-four
hours? DO you know what is the matt er
with it? Bring it to me and let me put it
in correct-time-keeping order. 1t may be
dirty and need cleaning. 1t may have a
cog broken. 1t may have a screw loose,
or it may only need regulating. Bring it
to me and no matter what ails it, can
put it in first-class condition. My charges
are very moderate and the work will be
done promptly. I also repair Jewelry
and Clocks.
For anything in my line see me. can
and do meet all competition. See my line
of Spectacles and Eyeglasses. can suit
anyone with Glasses or Frames.
THOS. w. SPECk,
JEWELER AND OPTIcIAN.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-04

Trains Nos. 80 and 33 connect at Blacks
burg with trains on the Gaffney Division.
Train No. 80 connects at Camden with
the Charleston Division of the Southern
Railway for all points South.
Train No. 33 leaving Camden at II. 40 p.
m., going West, makes connection at Lam
caster, s. c., with the L. q. G. R. R., at
Catawba Junction with the 8. A. L., going
North; at Rock Hill with the Southern
Railway going North.
Train No. II connects at Blacksburg
with the Southern Railway from the
South. At Marion, N. c., with the South
ern Railway going West.
SAMUEL HUNT, President,
A. TRIPP, superintendent,
8. b. LUMPKIN, Gen. F. and p. Agt.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-04
Schedule Effective April 1st, 1900.

s2O minutes for supper at Gastonia.
No. 10, north bound. connects at Chester
with Southern Ry., Seaboard Air Line,
Lancaster and Chester Ry. from all points
south; at Yorkville with South Carolina
and Georgia Elk. Ry.; at Gastonia with
Southern Ry. !; at Lincolnton with Sea-
board Air Line; at Newton and Hickory
shes with Southern Sase R No. south o bound
points.
l.. T. NICHOLS, General Manager,
Chester, South Carolina.
E. F. REID, Auditor,
Chester, South Carolina.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-04
CAROLINA & NORTHWESTERN
RAILWAY COMPANY.

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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-02-17

day, or I'm a sinner. Hi but here's
No. 1. Craciy, she's corker. lie
struck it rich, sure 'nough.'
Instantly he pulled every atom Of
expression out Of his face. Approach
ing n woman hesitating ia the open
door. he said:
Good mornin', 'um. Lookin' fur de
Mr.. Malcolm as adetised in de morn
in Herald, UNI? Right dis way, um.
He's a-waitin' right in here"
lie opened the door OF the private
Office. The lady timidly entered. lie
closed the door again, and with a
broad grin retrcatcd 10 his chair TO
wait for the next and listen for the
bell.
Inside. the two faced each other for
moment in bewildered silence.
Each naturally looked for something
of wolf at the opposite end of such an
advertisement, and each was naturally
pcrplexed at the eXcellently adjusted
sleeps clothing.
Stanton was the poorest possible
Judge OF woman IL she was out Of the
witness stand, and he was too thor
oughly bewildered TO be half so good
Judge as usual He saw n face the
like OF which Il seemed 10 him that he
had never seen before, with keen, quick
eyes, lips curving scornfully, yet al
most ready to laugh, and something
about II which frightened him.
He was SO thoroughly bewildered
that when the woman recovered sufli-
GENTLY TO remark: "This is Mr.. NAL
colin, believer Stanton hesitated,
hung his head, and, looking at the floor,
replied:
"Why, ycs-or. rather, no, not ex-
actly."
IL was an excellent reply.
"Oh, indeed! / didn't suppose that
you were exactly Mr.. Malcolm" she
exclaimed, with pointed twist TO Tex
actly." "But you are the one who
wrote the advertisement, exactly.
aren't your"
"Why-yes, madam, / did write IT,"
he replied, with marked accent on the
write"
Her eyes sparkled Her head was
thrown back. Her lips were surely
laughing, but the curve OF scorn was
better defined, too, and made him de-
test himself without In the least real
ling why.
With an excellent imitation OF his
"write" she said;
at doesn't matter, after all. sir, who
did the writing. You are the man who
thinks that he wants a wife. I'm sure"
The tips OF Stanton's teeth appeared
under his mustache os he replied:
81 am"
II was not even professional smils.
but very like the smile OF schooihov
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-02-17
LITTLE ROSE CRAIG.
Ellen Terry In Bringing Up Hes
Grandchild to lie the Actress
of the Future.

Miss Ellen Terry, who is now playing
In this country with Sir Henry Irving,
is trying an interesting experiment. IL
is her theory that girl can be so edu-
Gated that she cannot fail 10 succeed
as an actress; that if n parent will be-
gin to teach his boy TO act ut the very
moment when he first initiates him
into the mysteries Of the alphabet he
cannot fail to win fame and fortune on
the stage.
In other words, while she does not
entirely disregard the old theory that
men and women are born players, just
as they are born poets, she is OF the
opinion that early training is even more
important, and she is now engaged In
making "A practical application of her
theory.
No one who has seen Miss Ellen Terry
play the youthful Clarisse de Maulucon
would ever imagine that she was
grandmother, and yet such is the fact.
Moreover, unlike many actresses. Miss
Terry is not ashamed of her age. She
is proud of the fact that she has been
able TO defy the ravages of the years
so well, and she openly boasts of the
little grandchild who is to be the great
actress to whom the world will pay its
honors when she, the grandmother,
shall have ceased TO play her parts.
The name of the little child who is
being educated up to this ideal is Rose
Marie Craig, and she is the daughter
OF Miss Terry's son, Gordon. At pres
emit. little Miss Craig is but four years
Of age, but in spite of this, her training
has already commenced
When she still lay in her cradle her
charming young grandmother dedi-
Gated her life TO the stage, and her ia
Their and mother are anXiously assist
ing Miss Terry in carrying out the ex-
pertinent. They have full confidence in
her theory. They believe that she can
do what she says she will do, and that
their little girl will yet be the greatest
actress the world has ever seen.
To begin with, the child shall be SO
educated that she will have no self
consciousness. To Miss Terry's mind
this is the gravest of all faults, and is
fatal to the success of man or woman
on the stage. Already she is learning
TO have confidence in herself, and on
her seventh birthday she will make her
bow TO the public.
Miss Terry believes that the period
OF self-consciousness begins soon after
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-02-17
CHAPTER IX.

Tuesday, December 6, 1892, the morn
ing edition of the New York Herald con-
tanned 16 pages, which is Is more than
the average mind can benefit by at
tempting TO absorb. of any daily news
paper.
In an obscure column, under the head
line Personal" there appeared, among
others, this advertisement: "a young
man wants wife. Must marry Tues
day. Answer before noon. Malcolm.
Herald. Uptown"
messenger boy waited TO receive the
replies, find the applicants, and direct
them 10 call in person at the office of
Robert Stanton, legal representative of
this indefinite Malcolm.
IL seemed well arranged and promis-
ing, and as Stanton entered his Office
that morning, after an unsatisfactory
night at hotel, smile Of sad satisfac-
ton lifted his upper lip from the tips
OF his excellent teeth.
He touched the bell and his office boy
not overnight, appeared at the inner
door connecting the private room with
door, marked Private" leading from
the inner office directly into the hall
Some women may cell TO see a Mr..
Malcolm" he said. 81 represent his in
terests. You are 10 show them in one
at time, in the order OF their coming.
When / have done with one will ring.
Don't let another come in till you hear
the bell. See?"
Not a muscle seemed TO move in the
blank, stupid face, as the boy muttered;
"Yesser" and closed the door. Then,
however, great grin instantly divided
his face and lis eyes opened almost too
wide for his head to hold them. lie
dropped into his chair, and, clutching
the Office copy OF the morning Herald,
he quickly hunted up and read again a
little two-lne advertisement: "a
young man wants a wife. Must marry
Tuesday. Answer before noon"
Gee Whit" he muttered. ~ we'd
din in de family. An ter-day's Tues
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-02-17
The Alternative.

The responsibility of taking human
life under any circumstances is ire
mendous. Justifiable as IL may be TO
kill in self-defense, we cannot but adj
mire the wonderful self-control of an
Armenian who preferred to die rather
than live with blood upon his hands.
II was during the horrible massncres
in Armenia. A native, says Rev. George
III. Hepworth, was employed In one OF
the railroad stations. He was standing
on the platform when the mob APP
preached. "A Turk, who knew the man
to be a faithful servant, handed him
pistol, saying: at is an outrage. Take
this and defend yourself. IL Is good
for six OF the rascals." The Armenian
took the weapon, hesitated for mo-
ment, then handed II back with groan.
II can't do it," he said. 81 had rather
die than commit murder" In less than
ten minutes he was bruised and bleed
ing corpse, and the fiends had started
on the track of another victim.-
Youths Companion.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-02-17
HEALTHFUL SLEEP.
IL Cannot he Secured Unless the
Spring Of the He'd L. Level and
Properly Adjusted.

The most important element in solv-
ing the question of how shall we get
the best and most refreshing sleep is
that of the bed. fyour bed or mattress
it not right you will not get the best
and most from your hours of repose.
Every one knows that il is bad TO sleep
on your back, but il is even worse il the
bed is such that your stomach is as high
as your head and your feet are lower
than both, as must be the case on too
heavily wadded mattresses. On the
other hand, IL the spring is too yield
ing you will find that the heavy parts
of the body make you lie in kind of
hollow, whether you sleep on your back
or on your side. 1t is most unhealthful
10 have your feet so high as they are in
this kind OF bed, when you sleep on your
back, and IL you try 10 sleep on your
side the spine is curved most uncom-
fortably and unhealthfully.
What then is TO be done about IL?
The spring of the bed must either be
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-02-17
WHO KNows7


The birth OF grass-blsde--ths nfs Of
rose?
And who. ia this life that Is drifting away.
rhs meaning, the mystery, Of them shall
say;
All that We know In this region below
IL that May makes the roses and winter the
snow.
Who knows
rhe thought OF the river that evermore
no the sea that - tossing it's waves on the
shore
And hceds not the rocks or the wrecks In
it's roar7
AL that we know in this region below
Is that May makes the roses and winter the
VINO knows
The tide where iife's tending-the goal
In the night is there lIght?-Willa morning
dawn bright
when the signs shall be silenced and souls
snail be white?
All that we know in this region below
Ii that May makes the rosesand winter the
snow
Yet we trust
That sometime a flower will blossom from
dust;
That the songs that we sing and the prayers
that we pray
Will not die In the darkness that knows not
The day.
Yet all that we know In this region below
Is that May makes the roses and winter the
snow.
Such Is life.
with It's Joy and it's sorrow-its strength
and It's strife
The bloom and the gloom. and the dark and
the bright.
And God give Good-morning. and God give
Goodnight!
But All that we know I'm this region below
Is that May makes the roses and winter the
snow.
IF. @. Stanton. In Atlanta Constitution
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-02-17
Care OF the FInger N.iI.

Great attention should be paid TO
keeping the nails brushed at least twice
a day, not with a stiff brush, but with n
soft one, preferably a camel's hair
brush, and the skin around the lower
part should be kept down by rubbing
with n soft towel. In this way the
moons" are exposed, and these are i'm
dicative both OF health and beauty. The
habit Of running a pointed instrument
around the nail under the flesh is not to
be advised. as II makes the skin tender,
and, II the material OF the instrument
is a cheap metal, sometimes brings on
blood poison. The sides OF the nails
need clipping about once during the
week. III they become stained wash
them well with pure soap, and after
rinsing Oft the soap brush them with
lemon Juice.