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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-17

BRIDE 1S; GROOM 100.-Not for his
money, but because he had loved her
great-grandmother Marie Waters. IL
years old, Of Allegheny, has married
Albert o. Rood, Of Binghampton, N. Y.
According to dispatches from that To-
cality announcing the event, Mr.. Rood
has wealth, but it cut no figure IN Sc
curing him youthful spouse, except IN
so far as a desire to make her sure OF
inheriting it, inspired him to propose.
Mr.. Rood is described as a hale and
hearty man, who might pass for 70,
though he was born January 4, 1901.
Mr.. Rood has resided in Broome coun-
ty, N. Y, for Is years. Recently Miss
Waters went from her home In Alle-
gheny to visit friends in the vicinity
of his home. She met the centurian,
and a strange and, to some who OBJ
served it, unaccountable friendship,
sprang up between them.
During their conversations Mr.. Rood
learned that his youthful friend was
the great-granddaughter Of a girl to
whom he had been engaged In his
youth. This caused him to grow more
fond Of her than ever, and he deter
mined to leave her his fortune. So
they became engaged and were mar
ried, and everybody in the neighbor-
hood says it is a real love match. Mrs.
Rood says she did not take her hus-
band for his money, but for his esteem
for her and the love he had borne her
MISUNDERSTANDING Post.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-17

THE COUNTRY EDIToR.-Verily, the
life of the country editor Is a path of
thorns.
His bread is promises and his meat
is disappointment.
His creditor chaseth him by day and
the devil grinneth at him by night.
One subscription in wood and behold
it Is rotten and soggy and Of short
measure.
His Exchanges" are waded into in
a most merciless manner and he Is
daresome to grunt.
He whoopeth up the country poll
tician who gets elected and knoweth
him no more.
He puffeth the church fair gratis,
and then attendeth it and payeth his
dollar and receiveth two oysters.
Two young people marry and ne
giveth them a. great puff; they goeth
to housekeeping and taketh not his
paper.
Yes, he is bound with woe and his
days are full Of grief and trouble and
vexation.
But sorrow endureth only for night
and JOY cometh in the morning.
He ploddeth along and endureth In
patience and it Is written that he will
receive his reward at the Judgment
Exchange.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-17

WADE HAMPToN's LEADERsH1P.-lt
has been remarked that South Carolina
had no great leader or leaders after
Mr.. Calhoun, says D. H. chamberlain
in the April Atlantic. This was true
until 1876, but not later. Great occa-
sions usually bring leaders. Al the
head of the Democratic forces in South
Carolina. in June, 1876, appeared GEN.
eral Wade Hampton known only, one
might saw. till then. except locally as
a distinguished Confederate cavalry
officer He had led the life OF pant
or on q large scale, and possessed we'll
developed powers and habits OF COM
mand. Totally unlike Calhoun Hamp-
TONS strength of leadership lay, not III
his intellectual or oratOrical Superlorl-
~ but i'm high and forceful character,
perfect courage and real devotion 10
what he conceived to be the welfare or
South Carolina. Not even Calhouns
leadership was at any time more alb
solute. unquestioned and enthusiastic
than Hampton's in 1876, and 1t was
Justly so from the Democratic point OF
view, for he was unselfish, resolute,
and determined. He was
for the hour true. natural leader
and he led with consummate mingled
prudence and aggressivenss.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-17
Wednesday, April II, 1901.

enemies, taking every opportunity to
advance the interest Of an active can
didate for McLaurin's seat, and to en-
hance the prestige of the senior sena-
tor who dearly desires and earnestly
seeks his colleagues defeat. 1t could
scarcely be expected that McLaurin
would press his services upon those
unwilling to accept them, or who were
busily engaged in promoting his enc
my's benefits. Now that reasonable
approaches have been made to Senator
McLaurin by people who have larger
views than to restrict the promotion of
Charleston's interest to any one clique,
he has given his assistance to the ef-
fort, with every prospect Of flattering
success. Doubtless his activity will
have political value; scarcely has he
overlooked this phase; what then?
Why, nothing, except that McLaurin
has the same general ideas Of opportu-
mites that other candidates have, but
knows little better than the average
how to use characterization Post.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-17

deficit appeared. Each evening there
was a loss of $40 or $40, and the direct
or of the mint grew hot in the collar.
A personal search was made Of every
one leaving the room, but the short
age continued.
Finally, one day, the inspector in the
coinage room smelled rat, a real rat,
which had fallen a victim to the jaws
of a deadfall during the night. AL
though it was still early in the day,
the rat asserted itself until it dawned
upon the inspector that decomposition
had progressed with remarkable ra-
pidity for one day corpse. The trap,
he knew, had been emptied Of another
rodent the evening before, for he re-
membered seeing an employee pick uD
the thing by the tail and toss it out
through the small slot above the win
dow.
A flash of intelligence came to the Of
fetal and he waited. Later STAMP
er" approached the trap, remarking
jocularly, "Nother rat!" bent over,
fooled with the trap and then tossed
the creature out the window. The in
spector was out in flash and reached
the ground floor just in time to see
gent" pick up defunct rodent, slip
Il into a leather grip and decamp.
The commotion made by the inspect
or put the employe on his guard and
he threw no more rats.
He was soon dismissed for cause,
and went away damning himself for
his own laziness; for, instead Of get
ting busy and keeping a supply Of rats
on ice, he used and reused the same
fellow until he became faisande and
put the authorities next to his game.
However, he justified himself by say
ing that was the only rat he had found
with mouth large enough to hold $25
worth of gold.-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-17

the jury, the case Of Nancy Kennedy,
colored, VS.. the G. G. & N. railway,
was taken up, J. H. Marion and S. E.
McFadden for plaintiff, J. L. Glenn for
defendant. The plaintiff was a pas
senger on freight train, and sat in
the caboose at the station while the
train was shifting. It was alleged
that when ready to couple up, the
train came back against the caboose
with such force that defendant was
thrown violently from her seat and Is
still suffering from her injuries. The
damages claimed were $500. The jury
awarded $3.50. The next case was that
of Mrs. Mamie E. Jackson VS.. Mrs
Susan r. Cross, growing out Of mis-
understanding or disagreement about
the division Of lands Of their father,
Stephen Ferguson. Henry & Mcclure
for plaintiff, and Glenn & McFadden
for defendant. The jury gave a ver-
dict in favor of the plaintiff for the
land sued for, 125 acres and SIS dam
ages. 1t appears that the father, who
is still living, was attempting to make
other disposition of the land Of which
the plaintiff had been in undisturbed
possession for more than 30 years, and
which, as alleged by plaintiff, he had
told her he intended to will to her, and
she had made expenditures and ar
ranged business on the strength Of that
assurance. The defense claimed that
plaintiff had not complied with neces-
sary conditions, and could not hold the
land All other cases have been con-
tinued and the jury dismissed, and 1T
remains only to hear some equity
cases.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-17

ONLY AN EPIscoPALIAN.-One Of the
Southern bishops enjoys telling the fol
lowing story on his own daughter
Strongly imbued with her fathers doc
trine, she had grown UP strict Epis
copalian, and had never attended q re-
vival or camp-meeting in her life, al
though, as her younger brother re-
marked, the woods were full of them
When she was about 16 she went tc
visit an old friend Of her mothers ir
New York, and her hostess, after much
persuasion, prevailed on her to go tc
hear Tom Harrison, the famous boy
evangelist.
But, Mrs. Burnett" she had finally
objected, suppose he would speak to
me, I'd be frightened so I shouldn't
know what to say"
why, Virginia." her hostess had re-
piled, 1.-The church will be so crowded
that nothing is more unlikely than hi
should single out either of u.s."
But the girls fears were realized.
AS the great preacher left the pulpit
and passed down the aisle, exhortine
first one and then another. he paused
at the pew where the bishops daughter
was seated.
my dear child" he said earnestly
"are you a Christian?"
"N-no, SIR" she replied, I'm al
Episcopalian."
With a twinkle in his eye the evan
gelist passed on without another word
Detroit Free Press.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-17
GERMAN LOVeMAKlHG.

She Is a pretty American girl, spend
ing the winter in Berlin and wrestling
with "that awful German language"
which Mark Twain has so delightfully."-
described; but If her German is painful
to her neighbors it cannot be more as
tonishing than the English to which
she is compelled to listen. She has
written back to her friends in Ameri-
ca the record Of her exploits In BELLE
ship and as modestly as is becoming
in one with long line of social sue
cesses.
IT must write you an extract she
says, from a note one Of the German
officers wrote me. He Is stationed at
Bremen, but came up here for his hol-
idays and took me to a dance. The
spirits bear witness shall never go to
another German dance. But this Is
the extract:
at am glad I made your association
on my holidays, and that I could be
about you on the last hours of my
presence dI VII liC oahib
shall be by you the most agreeable
dancing
"As if that were not sufficient in the
way Of elegant English phraseology for
me to think over for the winter" she
continues, "he sent me photograph
of himself and has written:
".Mav II be an remaining remem-
brance of some wonderfully fine to-
gether spent fortunately days.
"Heigho! His mother has been here
to negotiate with my mother in true
German style-but nay! I fear that
after we were married our days would
not be so wonderfully fine together
spent fortunately "-Youth's Compan-
ion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-17

FAIR WARNING.-A popular Cleve-
land doctor tells this story Of a bright
boy, his own, who had reached the ma
ture age of 9, after an early career
marked by many wild and mischievous
pranks.
His restless nature had made him
something of torment to his teacher
at times, and one afternoon not long
ago she kept him after the others were
dismissed and had a serious talk with
him. Perhaps she was little afraid
that her admonitions were falling on
stony ground. Anyway, she finally
said:
II certainly will have to ask your
father to come and see me-"
Don't you do it," said the boy.
The teacher thought she had made
an impression.
YES" she repeated, II must send
for your father"
You better not" said the boy.
why not?" inquired the teacher.
Cause he charges 81 a VISIT" said
the scamp.-Cleveland Leader.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-17
SMEllED A RAT.
How an Ingenious Scheme For Stealing From
Mint Was Detected.

The sight of vast quantities of coin
has a stimulating influence on human
wits; to such an extent that Uncle Sam
Is kept busy coppering efforts OF gen.
fuses to "do" the various mints. Some
Of the schemes are so smooth that the
government officials are unwilling Tor
their nature to be divulged, at least
until the law has been twisted into
shape to fit the new form of THEFT.
Time and again methods have been
evolved for which no legal antidote is
discoverable and which can only be
punished by dismissal, not by criminal
prosecution.
Some plots are too deep for the aver
age man to penetrate; but others are
frankly broad farces which, once dis
covered, fall of themselves. one or
the latter type was recently worked on
q Western mint, according to the re-
port of late arrival via the South
ern Pacific. 1t was this way: The
gold is rolled into strips from ingots IN
the rolling room, carefully weighed in
to the punching room and as carefully
weighed out again. The In and
"out" figures should tally, and they
did until recently, when a sudden daily
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-17

THE HONORABLE HIGHwAYMEN.-Sam
Rawson occasionally said good thing
and one of these occasions CHANGED to
be the town meeting. The people OF
Sans village could not understand
how the money appropriated for the
roads had vanished with such poor re-
suits.
A stretch of road running past Sans
house was in a notoriously poor condi-
ton, although Sam declared that he
had paid literally to have it put In
good order, and there was general in
terest when Sam rose before the Sc
lectmen to make his statment.
"Td just like to say one thing" he
drawled, needless of the fact that he
had interrupted an indignant neighbor
IT don't want to make any fuss, but
I'd just like to ask the honorable board
of highwaymen-"
That was as far as he could get. A
roar of laughter swept over the town
meeting and showed its effects in the
red faces Of the "highwaymen." -
Youths Companion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-17
Autnurous department.
liz GAVE BACK The CHANCE.

"I was standing in front Of one of
the Broadway hotels in New York, one
afternoon last week." said railroad
mail clerk, who has a run between the
capital and the big town, according to
the Washington Post, when typical
Englishman in broad-gauge tweeds
and with a fore-and-aft cap, who had
obviously been off the steamer for a
very short time, stepped out of the
hotel, and, spying huge cop, one OF
!. the gigantic Broadway squad, stand
ing on the corner, hailed him thus:
Hi, there, bobby, come heah!"
"The cop looked surprised at first.
Then he grinned at the man with
whom he was talking and walked over
to the Britisher. The latter Tipped a
scent piece at the cop and said:
"I say, bobby, just run down to the
connuh and get me a cab, theah's
deah fellow
1.-The cop had caught the nickel deft-
ly, and he looked at it curiously.
Whats this?' he inquired of the
Englishman.
"'Oh, that's for you, me bobby
said the Englishman. Get youahself
a dram with it-and, say, make haste
and get me the cab, will you, like
good chawp.'
"The cop, I could see, didn't know
whether to get sore or not. He prob
ably didn't know about the custom of
giving tuppence or such like to the
boobies abroad. However, he thought
better of it If he had any idea of get
ting sore. He pulled off his right glove.
dug into his right-hand trousers pock-
ct. pulled out bunch Of change, pick
ed out four pennies and handed them
to the surprised Britisher.
"I say, y'know what's this? inquir-
ed the Englishman.
That's your change, Algie,' said the
cop, and then he gave a whistle be-
tween his teeth for cabman that was
passing just then, put the nickle in his
pocket and strode away grinning.
did the Englishman catch on?"
mot at ALL
"Deuced obliging chaps, these Amer
lean boobies, I declah! I heard him
mutter to himself as he stepped out to
the cab. Bah, Jove, who'd have
thought they'd make change for a fel-
lahr"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-17

The PLAIN STRAIGHT TRUTH.-lt
must not be lost sight Of that those
who had charge of the movement to
secure the governments patronage for
the exposition persistently ignored
Senator McLaurin's influence in the eff
fort, and, indeed, seemed to fear Its
enlistment. More than this, they gave
omen laid and comfort" to McLaurin's 8
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-17

AZ A lecturer in Hastings inquired
dramatically: Can any one in. this
room tell me of a perfect man."
There was dead silence.
Has any one" he continued, heard
oi perfect woman?"
Then a patient little woman rose up
.at the back of the room and answered.:
There was one. I've often heard of
her, but she's dead now. She was my
husbands first fe.'-London An
SwerS.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-17
YORKVILLE ROLLER MILLS.

HESE mills are now being put in
l. thorough repair by us, and from
now on we expect to give the public
FlRST-CLASS SERVICE or know the
reason why. Bring your wheat and
let us show you that we know how to
treat you. REED q 20.
w. J. REED, Manager. w3m
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-17

r. Uncle Bob, what is pedeStri-
an?" why, he's the fellow who makes
a row when bicycle runs over him."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-17

en- the whisky, under advisement."
88 1t is expected in the near future
oranges will be grown in Washington
as palatable as those Of Florida. The
trees are now bearing; but the fruit
will not ripen until fall, so the real
flavor cannot be determined. The ex-
pertinent has been carried on by H. J..
Weber, an expert in plant-breeding
who obtained hybrids from twelve Of
the hardest oranges known in the
world, and the prospects are promis-
ing.
88' A youth lately leaving his aunt's
house after visit, when finding it be-
gan to rain, caught up an umbrella,
that was snugly placed in a corner,
and was proceeding to open it. when
the old lady, who for the first time OBJ
served his movements, sprang toward
him, eXclaiming: mo, no, that you
never shall! I've had that umbrella
% years, and it has never been wet
yet, and 1 am sure it shant' be wet
now"
III The United States IS now patron
izing the banana plantations of the
West Indies and of Central America
to the amount of about eight million
dollars a year. That is the exporting,
not the retail value. The Island of ia
maica alone is sending to this country
over four million punches year,
which means $1,5OO,OOO to the produ-
GERS and shippers of the colony. The
contributions Of the ten millions OF
punches which this country consumes
annually come from Costa Rica, Nj
caragua, Honduras, Mexico, Cuba,
Porto Rico, Jamaica and San Domingo.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-23

be
naces notno
Ing good
spread the English language
his travels the Oldest
driver and
worhpd
might o
writer cites
the
modern European
and English is the
which have
carried
deserb blossom
a
Of
and
cussions should limit
should conclude his
quotation the French.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-23
AMusEMENTs TONIGHT.
rUSHAP TO SHAMROCK ii.

There no Joy on the Atlantic the mishap,
amounting almost that beel Sir Thomas Lpons
challenger Shamrock yesterday The American
SPORTSMAN always true sportsman but
by any other than methods He would
contemplate lchng opponents 1t this fine and
true sposmanke spirit American yachsmeu
regret mos, profoundly overlook the Upton
challenger yesterday squa she swept of
pars rigging and helpless hulk drifting the
waters
Late reports say Thomas Upton has requested postpone
ment of the cup races Sandy time
the ocean and contes. great yachting trophy
That his granted be taken of
We hold the Americas cup expect retain it, but when
enter contest for defence desire opponent
to be in every way fit and able to make good battle
it is of difficult to form accurate
opinion as to the lis unfortunate msiap
Squalls expected wherever yachts sail but that the
probable since the older L. only her opma
and that too about render assistance to
the spaess challenger This would indicate that the designer
Of Shamrock strength ghtn aud had
vded spread proportion the strain the light rigging
and spars could carry with safety.
The ceanuess everything the deck swept
away tends this Perhaps the
will hope cup challenge this side she will
be in condition put up lively and will meet such
disaster as overlook her N Soent.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-23
Discovery of Coffee.

There is extant a tale OF the discovery
,f coffee "A story which might have
suggested to Charles Lamb the idea for
his "Dissertation on Roast Pig. This In
the legend
Toward the middle OF the flfteenth cen
turv a poor Arab was travelling I'm Abys-
sinia. aud finding himself weak and
weary from fatigue he stopped near
grove Then. being i'm want OF fuel 10
cook his rice. he cut down tree, when
bappened TO bc FUN Of dead berries. Hts
meal being cooked and eaten, the traveller
discovered that the hair burned berries
were very fragrant collecting NUM-
her ~ these and crushing them with a
stone. he found that their aroma had
Increased 10 a great extent While won
dering al this he accidentally let fall the
substance into can which contained his
scant supply of water. 10, what miracle
The almost putrid liquid was instantly
purified He brought N TO his. lips: u
was fresh, agreeable, and I'm moment
after the traveller had so far recovered
his strength and energy as TO he able
go resume hts journey.
The lucky Arab gathered as many ber-
rles ne Ne could. and. having arrived at
Arden. iu Arabia. be Informed the mulfti
of his discovery This worthy divine was
sn invttrrate opium smoker. who had
been suffering for years from The enect-
oil that poisoni0us drug lie tried al 10
fuaion Of the roasted berries and was sC
delighted ni the rccoverN Of hts own vigor
that. m gratitude to the tree. he called Il
| cabuah. which in Arabic signlfcs force
Denver Times.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-23
The Rainbow.

Familiar as everybody ~ with the ap-
pearance of the rainbow. comparatively
few people. perhaps, old or young, fully
understand the philosophy of II, or why
IL IL nearly always seen In the afternoon
and then Invariably in the eastern sky.
says an exchange.
or course n rainbow can be seen only
in the part of the sky that Is opposite To
the sun, and when the sun is near the
horizon for Il Is caused by the refrac-
tion and reflection of the suns rays by
drops OF rain, which act like prisms.
IL Is possible. under favorable condi-
tions, TO see one I'm the early morning,
but we nearly always see IL I'm the after
noon for the reason that our showers
come from the west and pass of toward
the east Then. as the clouds break away
i'm the west. the sun comes out and its
rays fall on the ralndrops that are falling
i'm the east.
Sometimes we see two rainbows al the
same time one some distance above the
other. The lower one, called the prl-
mary is always much brighter than the
upper one called the secondary, and the
order OF the colors Is exactly reversed;
that is 10 say. i'm the primary bow the
red nd-is-nR the outside. but In the
secondary il Is on the inside.
In the primary bow the ray ot light
from the sun falls on the upper part OF
the raindrop, where IL Is refractsd, or
bent at an angle. to the other side OF the
drop. There IL Is reflected back 10 the
near side OF the drop, but at It's lower
part where Il is again refracted, and the
colors are dispersed or separated. ana
far on the eye exactly as they do when
separated by prism.
In the secondary bow the ray OF light
falls on the lower part OF the raindrop,
| where IL il refracted 10 the other side OF
| the drop. reflected 10 the upper part or
| that side. and reflected again to the near
| side OF the drop, where IL is again re-
| fracted. and the separated colors then
\ come TO the eye. Some OF the light Is
\ lost I'm the double reflection and the col
| ors are turned upside down.
| IL IL now easy To- understand why the
secondary or upper. bow is fainter than
| the primary. and why the colors are re-
| versed IN IL. for some or the light Is lost
| i'm the double reflection. and the double
| reflection turns the coIors upside down.
| Every rainbow is complete circle, but
! We see only the upper part of IT, the
! lower part being below the horizon. us
| circular form is due TO the fact that only
| those raindrops act prisms for our
! eyes that lie in the proper angle of re-
! fraction.