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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-05-21
CLOTHING

Descriptions
and
Prices.
|14o6. Is a fast black cotton
clay worsted. These suits are
lust one lot in our stock that
leases Our competitors and
gives them a headache. Our
price is only s. a Suit
642o. Is a fine washed Melton,
dark blue ground, with neat
brown and gray stripes, single
breasted, round-cut sack suits.
This is a good imitation of the
flannel stripes which are the
rage this season. 81. so a Suit.
1904. All-wool Tricot in dark
Oxford, round cut sack suit,
satin-piped facings, made and
trimmed in Al manner, and IS
a good bargain at our price.
Only IS a Suit
6456. Fine wool cassimer, dark
blue ground, with a neat
olive and brown stripe, satin
piped facing, All elegant article
at only 30 a Suit.
6536. Extra fine all-wool crash,
medium brown ground, with
an olive and gray mixture,
in single breasted sack suit,
we'll made and nicely trimmed
at only $7.5oa a Suit.
6638. Extra fine all-wool fancy
cashmere in medium olive
ground, with a silver and green
stripe over-plaid, in single
breasted, round-cut sack suit.
Only 50 a Suit.
COOL. Extra fine imported all
wool fancy worsted, in a dark
ground, with neat olive and
blue check, single breasted
round sack suit, lined through
out with the best Princes
serge, pants made with French
Wristbands. These suits are
good values at SIS a Suit.
IL a nmn lIIQN a Oh
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-05-21
Sperial gotires.

Preaching mt EnOn.
Rev. w. f. Hurt will preach at Enon
church on Sunday afternoon, May %,
at o'clock.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-05-21

"a, WHEN BOYS WERE MEN.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-05-21
By Way of
Random
Suggestion.

A more tasteful display Of DRESS
GOODS has never been seen in York
Vile. We have everything in Blacks,
and an immense variety Of new Wells,
Granite Cloths, Silk Figured Albatross,
Serges, All-over-nets, Wool Goods Of
endless variety and color, Linens Of all
the newest weaves, Embroidered Bat
lists, with AppliqLes to match. Sheer
and Fleecy White Goods. Lace and
Plain Striped Piques. all shades Of Mer-
cerized Car. .brics, Tuckings and ALL
over Embroideries. new patterns Of
Silk Waists, white and black Crepe de
Chine in all weaves and colors, at all
prices, and 80 many other pretty things
that it is practically impossible to tell
the whole story at a single sitting.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-05-21

AZ WHEN BOYS WERE MEN.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-31
A UNIQUE Restaurant

There is a restaurant in Philadel-
phia that is unique. In addition to
catering to hungry man it aims to pro-
vide club for servant girls on their
afternoons out. The proprietress has
had lot of handbills printed calling
attention to the fact that her restau-
rant ...is for good purpose and is
much needed, for it is grand of its-self,
for our young ladies and gentlemen"
An extract from this circular that is
worthy of preservation as literary
curiosity is as follows: Let us No
tice that there are some one at service
in this city. and especially Uptown,
who have no certain place in disagree
able weather. to spend their After
pCQns. when absent from their occupa-
don Such persons and others IKE
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-31
NATURES ICE HOUSE.
Food For Birds That Is Preserved In
the Arctic REGIONS.

WV VI oHQS t1dl 10 FtSSSfvSo VI
the Arctic Regions.
The number of birds that go to the
arctic regions to breed is vast beyond
conception. They go not by thous-
ands. but by tens and hundreds OF
thousands. and because nowhere else
in the world does nature provide at
the same time and In the SAME place
such lavish proIigal;ty of food.
The vegetation consists of cranber-
ry. cloudberry and crowberry bushes,
and these forced by the perpetual sun
shine of the arctic summer, bear enor-
nous crops of fruit Put the crop is
not ripe until the middle and end of
the arctic summer, AMI IL the fruit
eating birds had to wait until 1t was
ripe they would starve in the mean
time, so they arrive oil the very day
of the melting Of the snow.
But each year the .now descends
on an immense crop % ripe fruit be-
fore the birds have time to gather it.
1t is thus preserved perfectly fresh
and pire, and the melting of the snow
discloses the bushes. with the I'M
consumed last years crop hanging on
them or lying ready to be eaten, on
the ground.
The frozen meal stretches across
the breadth of northern Asia. 1t new
er decays and is accessible the mo-
mcnt the snow melts The same heat
which thaws the fruit trings into be-
ing the most prolific insect life in the
world-the mosquito swarms on the
tundra. No European can live there
without a veil after the snow melts.
The gun. barrels are black with them
and clouds of them often obscure the
sight.
Thus the insect eating birds have
only to open their mouths to Gil them
with mosquitoes, and thus the pres
ence of swarms of cliff chaffs, pips
and the wagtails in this arctic region
is accounted for.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-31
I'm glad you didn't said MD 1lll

a solemn countenance.
| Linden never forgot the week that
followed. She mastered one difficulty
only to fall into another. Her pie
crust was like leather and her mu;Gns
were like lead Everything went to
| the table either burned to crisp or
else raw in the middle. There was no
limit to her ambition; but she grew
humble at last. She learned to boil
potatoes, to make tea and to scramble
eggs, but her conscience would not
permit her to serve this trustworthy
combination oftener than opce each
day.
Mr.. Braddock and Max fortified
themselves each noon with a good
meal at the restaurant, otherwise it is
doubtful if they could have survived
the week. Linden ate bread and milk,
and the fruit her fatheRawas careful
to bring her. She could not touch her
own cooking. She felt that she never
wanted to see another scrambled egg.
But the longest week does not last
forever. Upon her return Hannah was
amazed at the warmth of Linden's
greeting. at sthe condition of the
kitchen floor. and at the size of the
girls appetite.
How nice those lamb chops are!a
said the deposed cook at dinner that
night. "And, oh, aren't these the
incest mashed potatoes? Think Han
nah is the cleverest person know. I
have the profoundest respect for any
body that can cook five or six things
at once, and get them all done at pre-
cisely the same moment, instead of
having the soup come tagging along
about an hour behind time l think
shall drop everything else and take
cooking lessons this winter"
'f'll pay for Them" said Mr.. Brad |
dock, promptly
Il won't promise to eat the results"
said Max, "but I'll do the best I cam"
Companion.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-31
interesting Mexican Petrifcations.

A curious sale has just been made
in this capital by the family Of the
late Espirdion Galindo of Jalisco. the
objects coming from small museum
Or the deceased.
Some fourteen years son there was
a food in Jalisco caused by the over
flowing of the Lagos river, and the
town Of CuaIenta was completely de-
stroyed. In the neighborhood 81 San
Juan de los Lagos. trees and ancient
walls alike were swept away, and
when the flood subsidized. the neigh
bors found quantities Of petrifed
bones and BY way OF contrast. hne
specimens Of fruit IS pears. ounces,
Apples, etc, One "psren" o Il y eau.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-31
NEMESIS ILLUSTRATED.
How a Thief Was Discovered In
French Dame School.

Professor Richard G. Moulton, Of
| Chicago, editor of literary editions oil
| books of the Old Testament, has q
fund of interesting material concern
ing conceptions. ancient and modern
| of the word nemesis" The English
meaning of the term he illustrates
by an experience of his mother when
| child attending dame school" In
France. DR.. Moulton defining q
dame school, as place. where chill.
dren were sent to an elderly woman
who had nothing else to do to, keep
them from doing anything else"
Repeated thefts of small articles be-
longing to the school resulted in in
quiries were unsuccessful and resulted
in nothing whatever. At length the
dame announced that as she had been
unable to discover the thief In any
other way the duck" would have to
find out for her. Now the children
knew the little lame duck that wad-
died about the school yard, but how
that duck was to find cut who 1t was
that had done the stealing the Oldest
of them could not guess.
One of the. smaller rooms was dark
ened, and through this the pupils to
walk in turn and, as they did SO. pass
their left hands along the back of the
duck. By it's quackins, she said she
was able to know the thief The
children were more in the dark than
ever, for the i'll tempered little fowl
kept up a querelous complaint at the
strange procedure AMI small differ
ence could they tell in its quacking
at one or another of them. But the
dame did, or at least, she appeared to,
and when they were gathered in the
class room again she puzzled them
all the more by telling them to lift up
their left hands.
Up went the hands and what was
the children's surprise 10 find that
the podgy palm of every one of them
blackened. But no, not quite every
one One miserable little chap lifted
up a clean hand as clean hands go
among school children. Him the
good dame straightway declared the
thief. She had covered the back OF
that duck with layer of lamp-black,
and fear of the tell-tale quacking had
led the guilty youngster to merely
pretend to touch the ducks back as
the others did. 1t was simply his
dread of detection that had convicted
him. That Hays DIR. Moulton, was
ideal retributios nemesis"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-31
SOME EccENrRIc Railways.

Remarkable Engineering Feats on
Roads In Russia and Peru.
As the iron track is bound to force
its way into most corners Of the world
It Is not surprising that some lines Of
railways exiac VllS are striking esi.
dence Of a sinSola bold conception
carried out in tzs Pc of obstacles
which seemed almost insurmountabIe.
Sometimes the route Of future line
lies across a desert; then the Great
law of the CONDENSATION OF nnture'''
seems to maket53elf felt for to bal
ance the saving of time and money
due to the fact that long tunnels will
not have to be cut through the hills
or mountains the engineers are con-
fronted by the total absence Of three
essential elements of construction
namely, wood. iron and water. which
have to be transported along newly
laid line as it stretches It's low, length
across the desert. Eassia's Trans.
Caspian railway. now known as the
Central Asian Railway, was butt
under these conditions. .Thol sdFds
of logs of timber were needed. Sud
the region traversed cannot boast OF
a single tree for more than 700 miles.
This timber was required for building
the long bridge, two miles in length.
over the river Amu-Darva.s
This bridge was always the weak
point in that highly imnortant rail-
way. and il. has been replaced recently
by stone bridge. Between Merv,
and Charjui the line lad TO be car
ried over shifting sands sfsty-four
feet deep. When the work Is being
carried out in such regions me trains
become little town on wheels.
They are composed of !. two-story
wagons, which contain seeping ac-
commodation, butchers stalls. can
teens and FORCES. AS the TRANSIT
berian railway grew in length it was
resolved by the authorities THAT the
workmen should have their own
church carr A wagon was fitted up
accordingly as church, with little
peal of bells in the alcove above the
entrance.
The romance of paountain railways
by no means ends With their construc-
ton, and travelling upon railways at
very high altitude is not a thingfto
be desired. The Peruvian line run
ming from Callao to Oroya has a two
fold claim to distinction; 1t is built
at probably the greatest altitude of
any existing railway, namely, 1896
feet above sea level, and 1t affords
travellers certainly the most unpleas-
ant experience de voyage" that can
be imagined. AS the result of travel
ing at such an altitude, the passen-
gers begin by feeling the great OPP
preston, accompanied by pains in
the head and limbs; these are quick
~ followed by bleeding from the nose
and mouth, and then by momentary
blindness. It is gratifying to know
that there Is q certain variety in the
effects produced upon passengers at
this point. Thus, while some persons
are seized with giddiness, others en-
terrain strange Authorizations. and
others faint away: the last class be-
come SO weak that any undue exertion
on their part often proves fatal. But
this is not all that one has to under
go on the Callao and Oroya line. In
due course the skin becomes irritable |
and sores break out. while the lips
swell and then crack.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-31
WORDS AND THEIR ORIGIN.
Much to Be Lesrned From Study o
the bictionafy.

=
In an important AeBF she diction
airy is the sum total 4 all human ex
perience. In the ilissiLate analysis
the unit of literature Is the word ant
a collection of all the words of 9
language is a record of all that mer
have taught, learnedS and experien
ced. A word now Ta.skd into com
mon usage may bs an unrecognized
relic of a great historic event; il
may tell us of Irregularities of char
acter or oddities of habit now un
known save to him who studies the
dictionary, for in the words of a
language is often crystalized NO
small share of the past of the people
who use them. The arts, the sci.
ences. the religions. the superstitions,
even the rogueries and deceits of the
past, are embodied in our words. A
sincere man Is man without deceit.
The word was once applied in COM
mendation of wellmade furniture. In
the good old days We read about
their wares of honest, fiawless wood.
Then came rogues in the business,
who filled up knot-holes and cracks
with wax. Sine cera, which means
into sincere and sincere furniture
therefore meant the best that could be
made.
The dictionary tells us of the origin
of things familiar, and in its pages
we may learn that the bayonet was
first made at Bayonne, in France;
that damask and the damsoh came
originally from Damascus: that coffee
first came to Europe from Kaffa, and
copper took its name from Cypress;
that candy was first exported from
Gambia, and that tobacco was SO call
ed from the Island of Tobacco, the
gin was either invented at Geneva, or
early in it's history became an i'm
portant factor in the commerce of that
city; that the tarantula was once
hOtOliOuo pCot ia tuC ltSlon dDoul
anita; thatNthe magnetic property was
first noticed in iron ore dug in the
neighborhood of Magnesia; that
parchment was first made at Perga-
mus, cambria at Cambl1y, muslin at
Mousseline, calico at Calicut, gauze
at GAIA, dimity at Damietta; that mil
liners first piled their trade at Milan
and that mantuas were invented in the
Italian city of the same name.
II the dictionary told us no more
than this it would be worth reading.
But it does more. 1t is more than
history of usage; it is more than a
history of language. 1t contains, in
brief and with many gaps, some of
which cannot now be filed, all the an
nails of the human race. 1t exhibits
the beggings. borrowings and steal
ings of our language from others; it
Is a record of the commercial spirit
and indefatigable business energy of
the Anglo-Saxon race. There is not
a commercial nation on the earth
which has not been forced to stand
and deliver to the English language
such words as the pglish-speaKiny
peoples needed in their business. Nor
is that all, for it bears testimony to
the fact that when we need word
and cannot find one to suit we do not
hesitate to make one. Verify, he who
buys dictionary buys the sum total
Of what the English language has to
offer in history, in art. in science,
poetry and philosophy. for all are
in this one book.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-31
RAIN THAT BURNS.
The Thirsty Land Around ltaly's Fa.
nous Crater Where .caustic Show
ers Fall.

The Thirsty Land Around ltaly's "a
nous Crater Where caustic Show
| ers Fall.
A singular phenomenon has occur
| red this year and has caused con
siderable damage in the village
around Vesuvius, says Mr.. Consul
Neville Rolfe in his report on tn,
trade of South Italy for 1901. Tn
volcano is constantly pouring out /,
large cloud of steam from it's summit
This steam is highly charged with by
drochloric acid, and shower of rail-
falling through it becomes impregnat
ed with this acid, and falling on thu
growing crops burns all the yount
shoots. No doubt some special at
mospheric or other conditions mus
have been present, because the noun
tain has poured out its steam, and
the rain must have fallen through
it for centuries without the same
result occurring, and in fact the phen
omenon only lasted for about a month
in the spring. During this month
however, the sprouting vines suffered
severely, both leaves and buds being
shrivelled up, and having the appear
ance of having been burnt, and in the
case of the village nearest to- the
mountain. the cereals growing below
the vines were seriously damaged,
and in some cases destroyed.
Fortunately the vines which were
the most forward suffered the least,
but the damage was so widespread
that it reached Palma. near Nola,
where the produce consists of halle
nuts, which are indigenous to the dis
trict. and are grown for export in
large quantities. These have been
practically ruined, all the young
shots being destroyed It is hoped
that the mischief will not extend It.
self to the plants themselves, and
that only this years crop will be lost
Under law still in force the Gov
eminent is liable to. indemnify suf-
ferers from volcanoes by remission of
the whole or part of the land tax
This has been done in many cases
in the present Instance. and has ap-
parently worked well, but the. law
under which it was granted. will soon
be obsolete, and a new law of 1886
will come into force, whereby all per-
sons living in the neighborhood of
VOLCANOES will have an annual reduc-
ton of their land tax and stand by
their own accidents.
A similar phenomenon arising from
quite another cause occurred just be-
fore Easter. A heavy sand-storm
from the Sahara passed all over South
Italy and lasted several hours. Dur
ing the course of it heavy rain fell,
and precipitated the fine sand in the
atmosphere, the rain falling blood
red on the ground and on the houses.
In the case of white houses the red
marks are still distinctly visible. Con-
siderable alarm was felt by the popu-
ace, as there was no way of account
ng for SO unusual an occurrence. On
analysis of the dust it was found to
have come from Egypt and to contain
| good proportion of phosphates, SO
hat agriculture experts declared that
layer of valuable manure had been
spread over the whole
country. and might be expected to
confer considerable benefit upou n
London Globe.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-31
DoND DAKE YOUR DRouBLEs.
HOME.


Dond carry home your daily business
cares,
shust leave dem all downtown where
!. dey pelong.
I Dond find fault nit your leetle home
affairs
Pecause some speculation vent dead
wrong.
Dond go home NIT mad, contracted
brow,
Ven so-and-so dond pay up yot is
du.
Uud II you leave desc droublcs oud,
somehow
! dink i makes more joy at home,
dond you?
Remember dot your wife does all she
To make your comfort in dot home
complete,
fShe washes. scrubs. darns. sweeps
'und cleans und sews)
S. II anudder fellow down der
street
Your wares und business methods
does revile
Dond go home scowling all aroundt
der place;
Der shildren dey would RAIDER see one
shmile
Den half dozen frowns upon your
4. face.
Remember dot your wife has droubles
too.
Und in dere way dey're shust as
hardt to bear.
At nighd-dimes ven she drinks her
work is droo
In her shmall home vot solace finds
she tiere
II you are fretting, grumbling. indis
Greet,
Nit not q word ov kindness al nighd
~ long
Und SO dink home would be more
shweet
If business cares we're left where
dey pelong.
=. P. Pitzer, in the New York News. |
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-31
Did "He" Do It?

Late one afternoon a woman OF
rough appearance entered the Office OF
a rising young dentist in Northwest
Washington, stating that she wished
- ask him question.
VERY WE'LL" asked the dentist. in
his most professional tone, what
is it?"
Can l have cap put on this
tooth?" exhibiting as she spoke a
broken lateral incisor. And. doctor,
it is giving me SO much trouble | am
afraid I'll go crazy"
The dentist after scrutinizing the
offending fang with his professional
eagle eye. asked.
Has this been recently done?''
"Oh, no, said the woman. THAT
was done before married him.,
Washington Star.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-31

wise can have the use OF Sitting Room.
where they can read or sing and enjoy
themselves, while the beautiful Piano
Music will be heard during our supper.
No Charge to sit and enjoy yourself
until you aresready to return at the
proper hour to your occupation
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-31

ed. being cross between pear and
an apple. was in perfect state Of
preservation, having lost neither its
color nor brilliance In the course Of
petrifcation. The objects. sold ten
in number, broueht 81 .Oo0.- Mexican'
Herald,