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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-10
ALL IS SELFISHNESS.

After ALL" said the wise man, what
is it but selfshness? The optimist who
goes through life whistling and singing
songs of cheer is not entitled to any
special credit, because 1t is a pleasure
to him to be happy. If it didn't make
him glad to be na-py, he wouldn't be
that way. So you see selfishness lies
at the bottom of his good cheer.
Then there is the pessimist. Is he
discouraged because he thinks it is his
duty to mankind to paint dark pic
lures? Not at all. His is another clear
case of selfishness. He gratifies him.
self by being unhappy and trying to
make others so. Love, too, is selfish
ness. The maiden doesn't love the man
to make him glad. It's her own hap
piness that she promotes in looking
upon him as the noblest work of God.
Mans love for woman has back of it
the same selfish motive.
$50, too. the philanthropist's love Of
the world. He loves it and loves to do
great things for it because it gives him
a satisfaction to know that he is doing
we'll.
Consider it from whatever stand
point you please. and you must always
arrive at the same conclusion. Every
thing that man does he does SelfiShly.
1t Is always case Of gratifying his
own inclination. It"
Just then the wise man turned SOM
ersault and skinned his nose against
water plug. When he got up and
looked around. with the look of one who
had long been forgotten, his pupil ask
ed:
Was it selfishness that impelled you
to stub your toe? Did you do 1t be-
cause it brought a sense of gratifica-
tion to your
Say. you confounded idiot" the wise
man replied, you ought to have that
grin photographed. 1t would make a
good frontispiece to Darwin's works"
Chicago Herald.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-10
DO NOT SELL

NNE of those kind Of Organs that
" GOES WRONG or GETS OUT OF
REPAIR. If it should happen, then I
go to your house and repair 1t FREE
OF CHARGE. Many Organ houses ad-
vertise 25 years guarantee and state
that IL sent to their factory 1t will be
repaired free Of charge" All right;
but the boxing and hauling to depot
costs you something and return freight
charges are at least $1,000. Then the
hauling home is something. I guaran-
tee to protect you against this for
FIVE YEARS LIMIT.
You will not find an Organ In this
country to equal the celebrated
BRIDGEPORT
for sweet tone, full volume and lasting
qualities. r. ]. HERNDON.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-10
Humorous department.
PASSED IN AS USUAL.

Old and little shaky on his pins, he
appeared at the tent now pitched up
on Grand River avenue and audibly
wondered II they would let him in.
What would we let you in fer?" was
the gruff reply. Don't block the way,
now
"All right: but that makes me think
Of one time we was showin' down in
New Orleans. The reglar man was
sick, so I was on the door with orders
to hustle and make up soon's the jam
Stacked up SOS the boss canvasman
could han'le the crowd. A great big
colored nanny waddled in and began
goin' through her pockets searchin' for
a ticket. Don't block the way. now,'
says I, in just them words.
Somebody done rob me- she shout
ed. I bot a ticket ober dar in dat red
wagon, sho, and I'ze gwine inter dis
heah cu'cust.' I tried to shove her
aside, but it was like pushin' stone
wall. The police could not get in for
the crowd, and it was a sure enough
blockade. Well. sir, we had to give
nanny front seat, furnish her With
peanuts to feed the elephant and prom
ise her a ticket for the afterpiece be-
fore she would stir. Your remark re-
called it."
Did, hey? broken down member OF
the perfesh, are you? Clown?"
hot NJ O.
graphs put me out. Before they was in
I could use the same jokes the year
around and everybody would yell. But
when they got to putin them in the
papers and had all been read in town
afore I got there was done for"
go on in, old man, and have all the
fun you can. All Of us is passin' away
as the poet says, and I'll be looking for
a pass some day. Drop around any
time
AS the smiling veteran was leaving
the door, the tender pointed him out to
a policeman as an old-time clown
Great man in his day."
"Old time fraud" growled the police
man, "but great man all the same. He
was never out of Wayne county in his
life, unless up and down the river, but
he gets into every show he wants to
see. You were lucky he didn't have
you to take up a collection among the
men. He's the smoothest confidence
man in the business, but he never
works any graft but shows. Seventy
years old and has a clear score for do
ing you fellows" s."-Detroit Free Press.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-10

HIT Me; I'm BIG ENOUGH. He
wasn't very big; but he was a sturdy
little chap with a face that bore the
marks Of much thinking and prema-
ture responsibility. I learned after
ward that he was supporting Grip
pied mother and an invalid sister who
had been left helpless in the world by
the death Of her father. He might
have run away from home and evaded
the responsibility, but he didn't think
Of it. He just sold papers.
At the loop on Fifteenth street a
crowd was gathered, waiting for the
evening cars. A ragged young girl was
selling flowers at the Fifteenth street
end Of the waiting station when man,
rushing to catch his car, knocked her
against the side Of the building. With
out stopping. probably not having no
ticing what he had done, he continued
his rush, when the boy stopped in front
of him, defiantly.
Say, what do you want to knock a
girl down for? Hit me; I'm big
enough"
The man paused in surprise. and
then glancing around, h saw the
flower girl picking up her wares, and
understood. Without a moments hes
itation he went back to her, gave her
enough money to make her eyes SPAR
kle with Joy and said:
I'm sorry, my dear, that hurt you.
I didn't see." Then, turning to the
boy, he continued: You said you were
big enough, young man; but you're a
great deal bigger than you think.
Men like you will have lot to do with
keeping this old world in a condition
of self-respect."
Then he caught his car and the boy
and the girl stood there wondering
what he meant.-Denver Times.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-10
REMEMBER THE DEAD
THE LIVING CARE FOR
THEMSELVES.

wv HEN you remember the dead oi
w your family, you show to the
world that your love for them Is not
buried with the body. 1t is duty you
owe yourself and to the one that Is
gone, to place a neat Monument OF
Tombstone over the last resting place
of departed loved ones. To do this the
expense is not great, and 1t shows te
the world that your love for the dead IL
as lasting as stone. II you have rela.
tives buried in unmarked graves do moi
let it remain so, when the expense OF
marking the grave properly Is so small
Get my prices and see the styles OF
work I have to offer you.
FRANK HAPPERF1ELD.
In the rear Of the Kennedy Building
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-10
HOW THE MORMONs WORK.

In view Of the meeting Of members
Of the Mormon faith in Atlanta this
week the following from the New
York Mail and Express is Of timely in
terest:
Some Of the papers have been COM
menting on the departure Of 30 Nor
mon missionaries for Europe as II II
were something new. AS matter OF
fact, the Mormons have been sending
missionaries in annual numbers quite
equaling this for a long time, and have
been bringing over bodies Of European
converts for 60 years. Their zeal and
success in this regard are well known;
but some of the features Of their sys-
tenn, as involved in the missionary
movement, are not so familiar.
The Mormon church is one Of the
most active, persistent and audacious
proselyting religious bodies in the
world. Practically every male Mormon
in good standing In his church and
above the age Of 81 years is expected
to spend two years Of his life as mis-
sionary. During these two years he
must go where he Is sent, be 1t to the
eastern cities, the south or to Europe
and now the church has missionaries
in Japan. He must leave his family
behind him and must take neither
scrip nor staff" he has to make his
living as he goes. But he has with him
one companion, a brother missionary;
for these emissaries Of the Mormon
faith are sent in pairs. His subsequent
standing will depend in some measure
on the account he gives of himself in
these two years.
At home the Mormons cordially well
come all strangers: they lodge them
and feed them-and labor to convert
them. Beyond all doubt they exercise
a powerful attraction on their neigh
bors and guests by their remarkable
social and economic practice, which
lightens the toll of the workers and
permits no member Of their community
to fall into extreme poverty. But their
system, though mutually helpful. is not
socialistic. The late George @. Can
non. of their presidency, died worth
50, ,0OO, 900, which was chiefly earned in
construction contracts for the Union
Pacific railroad. There Is plenty Of
latitude and reward for individual en-
terprise under the Mormon system. 1t
has good many rich men without
any very poor ones.
The undoubted excellence of the Nor
mons economic arrangements, leaving
polygamy out of the account, does not
lessen the seriousness of the problem
presented by the growth of their singu-
lar religious tenets, nor do away with
the fact that with them polygamy al
ways remains in reserve, an accepted
and sacred doctrine, ready to be revived
il the opportunity ever offers. 1t is
still alive, in actual practice, in the
fiourishing Mormon colonies in Mexico.
The material success and rapid numeri-
cal increase of the saints emphasize,
indeed, whatever Of danger survives in
their religion and marital system.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-10
ECZEM IA.
ITcHINc 81
Hu NJ 0RS 80 Y

Painful, unsightly eruptions, scabs and
scales, itching sensation, prickling pains,
thin, diseased blood, bumps, and dirty
specks on the skin, pimples, boils, pale
skin, eating sores and ulcers, skin and
blood humors cured by taking Botanic
Blood Balm (B.B.B.). All the sores quickly
heal and blood is made pure and rich by its
use. Deep seated, obstinate, cases that
resist Doctors and patent medicine treat
ment Weld to Botanic Blood Balm (B.B.B.)
The most perfect Blood Purifier made. 30
years old. Try it. For sale by Druggists.
81. per large bottle, including complete
directions for home treatment.
send CENTS to pny postage on Free Trial
Bottle. BLOOD BALM CO., Atlanta. Ga-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-10

CUNNECTIUNSs
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Newton and Hickory-Southern Ry.
Lenoir-Blowing Rock Stage Line and
G. Sc N.
E. F. REID. G. P. Agent,
Chester, South Carolina.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-10
ENGRAVED
INVITATIONS

T HAVE just added to my stock line
l. Of samples of ENGRAVED CARDS
and WEDDING INVITATIONS. Par
ties wanting such work will do we'll to
see me and get my prices. All work OF
this kind that I furnish will be found
to be mechanically perfect, and the
prices will be as low as will be found at
any other place, and in many instan-
ces 1t will be considerably less. Call
and see my samples before placing an
order. 1 can also furnish type printed
Invitations and Cards.
THOS. W. SPECK.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-10
BOTH BRAVE.
Captain SlOcum Gives His Opinion o.
British and Beers.

British and Beers.
OF all which has been written about
the actual conduct of the South Afri-
can war-and it has been much-noth-
ing seems more deserving of serious
attention than the report Of Captain
Slocum. u. S. A. That officer was de-
tailed to accompany the British head
quarters staff. and from the vantage
ground thus afforded observed the con-
duct of the war with the eye of an i'm
partial expert. Most of what he says
is calculated to send Il thrill of pride
through every sympathetic reader.
Thus of the Beers, especially of Cen
eral Cronje and his comrades. he says:
Words fail me to express adequately
my admiration for their tenacious and
brave defense" That is what we might
have expected a just observer to say. Of
the descendants Of the defenders Of
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-10
TALE OF A STAMP.

I'm a stamp
A postage stamp
A two-center;
Don't want tosbrag,
But I was never
Licked,
Except once;
BY q gentleman, too;
He put me on
To a good thing:
It was an envelope
Perfumed, pink, square;
I've been stuck on
That envelope
Ever since;
He dropped us
The envelope and me
Through a slot in a dark box;
But we were rescued
BY a mail clerk,
More's the pity;
He hit me an awful
Smash with a hammer;
It left my face
Black and blue;
Then I went on a long
Journey
OF two days;
And when we arrived
The pink envelope and me
We were presented
To a perfect love
OF a girl,
With the stunningest pair
OF blue eyes
That ever blinked;
Say, she's a dream!
Well, she mutilated
The pink envelope
And tore one corner
OF me Off
With a hairpin;
Then she read what
Was inside
The pink envelope.
I never saw a girl blush
So beautifully!
I would be stuck
On her-if I could.
Well, she placed
The writing back
In the pink envelope;
Then she kissed me;
Oh, you little godlets;
Her lips were ripe
AS cherries,
And warm
AS the summer sun.
We
The pink envelop and me
And now
Nesting snugly
In her bosom;
We can hear
Her heart throb;
When 1t goes fastest
She takes us out
And kissed me.
Oh, say
This is great!
I'm glad
I'm a stamp
A two-center.
Ohio State Journal
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-09-13
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature ss.ss sss Of &Azz1M

IN the Superior Court of the State OF Washing
L ton, for Thurston county.
Leo. DeHart,
a,.. ~ CO.. - , Foreclosure OF
Stout, her husband, Lux iAe"
Defendants.
The State Of Washington to Alice NJ. Stout and
- Stout her husband. Defendants:
You are hereby notified that Leo DeHart 10
the owner and holder Of certificate of delin
quency numbered 49,, issued by the Treasurer Of
Of August isei for The sum or t s and
95-100 dollars the same being the amount then
due and delinqusnt for the taxes for the years
sss and together With
erty assessed to Alice n. Stout, and of which
you are the owner or reputed owner, or IN
which you have or claim to have some interest
or estate, and which said real estate Ia situated
ticulariy bounded and described, to-wit:
NE x INV X Of Section lS, Twp. 10, Range
That plaintiff has paid taxes. other than those
included In said certificate Of delinquency, In the
sum Of $50 and 52l00 dollars, and which bear in
are further notified that plaintiff yin apply to
the Superior Court Of the State Of Washington,
for Thurston county. for . judgment for the
terest, penalty and costs. and foreclosiug his
lien against said property hsreinbefore de-
You Are berehv potiaed and .ummoned TO an.
pear within sixty days. after the first publication
Of this summons, to-wit: Within sixty days
after the sd day Of August, 1901, exclusive Of
said day, and defendothis action in the Court
your failure 20 to do judgment will be rendered
for the amount Of eaid certificate Of delinquency,
taxes, interest, penalty and costs, and forecl0s-
ing plaintin's lien against the lands and prem
lees hereinbefore described and the same will be
ordered sold to satisfy said Judgment
Any lpleading or process may be served upon
the undersigned ut the Postofice address be-
low given LEO DEHART,
Plaintiff.
Postofice address: Olympia, Washington.
Date Of frst publication, Aug. %, 1901.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-09-13
Mayonnaise Dressing.

Break an egg, separating the white
and the yolk carefully, and to the lat
ter add the juice of a lemon, half a
saltspoonful each Of mustard and
white pepper and a saltspooniul OF
salt. Stir ali together and begin add.
ing salad oil--this must always be OF
the best quality-a drop at time.
After half dozen drops have been
stirred in. (use fork in stirring), in
crease the quantity cautiously. Put
in now from three to six drops at a
time, and continue with this until the
dressing begins to thicken. When the
dressing is so thick that it will not
stir easily add little vinegar, not
more than thirty drops at first. Re.
turn then to the oil, and add this and
the vinegar alternately until the dress.
ing is of the thickness of double
cream. The proportion of oil is in the
ratio OF pint of this to a tablespoon.
full of the vinegar. All the utensils
and ingredients must be ice.cold in
order to secure absolute success.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-09-13

teeth in her mouth when she first saw
the light Of day. In each case the
teeth were lower front ones, and were
extracted when the child was only q
few hours old. 1t was necessary to
extract the teeth so the child could
nurse.
The teeth of the last five genera.
lions have been preserved, each baby's
teeth being labeled and put away.
There is tradition in the family that
being born with teeth has been q pc.
culiarity Of some members Of each
generation for ten or dozen genera.
tions back. Except for the case oil
William johnson and Mrs. Hays, only
one baby in each generation has been
born with teeth.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-09-13
IN the &, Superior Court q the State of washin

N the Superior Court OF the State OF washin z
ton Tor the county Of ThuretOn.
In the matter of the estate of Steven Barker and
Eleanor Alice Barker, deceased.
Order appointing time and place for hearing
eppncanon 70 sell or mortgage real property, and
directing notice to be given.
On reading and fling the petition of Fred
Schomber, Administrator Of the above entitled
estate, praying for an order to sell or mortgage
at private sale the following described real estate
IN Thurston county, Washington. to-wit: Lot 3,
block q; lots and 2 block 10; south n OF lots
and 4, block 1; lots and A. block 10; lots and
8, block 4; N. Y Of N u of lots and s, block l3,
oil in the original Tor Syvesters) plat Of the city
Of Olympia; and 1t appearing to the court that
there 10 not sufficient funds or personal estate in
the hands. or possession Of the Administrator OF
the above estate to pay the debts outstanding
against the estate and the expenses Of admins.
tratton, aud that II 10 necessary TO sell mort
gage the whole or come portion Of the said real
estate to provide funds for payment OF such debts
and expenses.
1t 10 ordered, That all persons interested In
said estate appear before the Judge of the Super
Tor Court OF the County Of Thurston, state of
Washington, At the courtroom of said court, at
the COurt-house In said Thurston county, on the
nd day Of September, 1901, at O'Clock p. u, then
and there to show cause why snch order should
not be made.
And 1t IL further ordered, That copy Of this
order be published In the manner provided by
law, in said Thurston county, at least four weeks
previous TO said sd day Of september, 1901 in the
WASHINGTON STANDARD, a weekly newspaper
published at Olympia, WASH, Aug. 10, 1901.
MASON IRWIN,
Date Of fret publication, Aug. %, 1901. St
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-09-13
cured by the use OF DR. Pierce's Favorite

cured by the use Of DR. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription.
1t is worth noting that these cures
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But they do not re-establish the lost
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And for economy's sake she often bears
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If the dealer offers YOU a vjust as
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-09-13
Vegetable Soup Without Stock.

Chop one small cabbage, peel and
cut small three turnips, three potatoes,
two stalks Of celery and three small
onions. Put these in stew pan and
pour over two quarts Of cold water.
Bring this almost TO the boil. Turn
it into q colander to drain off the wa
ter. Put the vegetables back in the
pot, cover with one quart of boiling
water and stew until very tender. Rub
all through strainer, saving the wa
ter. When the vegetables are pressed
through return them with the water
to the stew pan. Add two tablespoon
fuls Of salt and . little pepper. Stir
in one eupful Of grated bread crumbs
melt two tablespocnfuls Of butter, add
two tablespoonfuls Of -four, pour over
this one cupful of milk, then add it to
the soup, stirring until it boils. Beat
two egg yolks, pour one cupful Of hot
milk over them, then add that to the
soup, stirring until nearly boiling
Now add another cupful OF milk and
one tablespoon OF chopped parsley and
moro seasoning if needed.