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New-York tribune., 1903-03-01

siVe scientists who have founded the school
there viii come q day when the average physi-
clan will find himself without a practice so Tar
As contagious diseases are concerned. 1t Is
believed, however that medical men would hau
thf condition with triumph and would nght
for its attainment with the same unhaggtng
devotion that inspired Major Reed to prove his
theory concerning the spread Of fever by mos
eHitOes. True, he lost his life in demonstrating
the fact but he practically freed Cuba from her
most dreaded sccurge-
General George n Sternberg, the recently re-
tired surgeon general OF the army. has been
made president Of the new school, and the list
Of eminent professors includes the names OF sew
er1l physicians from various branches OF the
government service. Some Of these are scien-
thc s2eci1.ists who have obtained q worldwide
reputation for their research work along the
hEes 10 which they have devoted themselves.
The course Of instruction will consist prin-
c1p-.s clinics the different hospitals IN the
city. and Of practical laboratory work in bac-
eeFloiOgy. sanitary chemistry and clinical
microscopy
For the general practitioner the hospital In
slruction will be the most attractive and yalu-
Geae feature Of the course. One or two didacttc
ectaEes viii also be given daily on such sub
Fels as preventive medicine. military medicine
ahd surgery. preventive il.oculation, etc. 1t
believed that the course will be especially VAL
liable for physicians who contemplate entering
New-York tribune., 1903-03-01

.n teaching q baby to talk is problem with
vrh,ch fond mothers have yet to wrestle
Certainly the talking machine is now as use
sul in the Office as it is entertaining in the par
lor. Some Of the largest business houses in this
city employ twenty-five or thirty Of the ma
chimes in disposing of the vast amount OF cor
respondence daily passing through their onlces.
BUSY men use this helper because 1t enaoles
ihem TO dictate faster than the most expert
stenographer could follow. while saving the time
reouired for taking notes. and the user Is at
liberty TO dictate at his own convenience, re-
eardIess of whether the typewriter is at lunch
eon or occupied with another member OF the
firm.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-01

rection is undoubtedly largely due to these tive
factors.
In contradiction of the belief expressed by
many to the lack OF progress made by medi-
cine compared with surgery statistics prove
that the span of human life increases with
every generation. In the sixteenth century the
average was somewhat less than twenty years.
At the present time, as General Sternberg
proved, it is more than twice as long. and dur
ing the last twenty-five years the average
duration of life has been heightened about six
years.
For the present the headquarters of the school
will be at the Emergency Hospital where
things of interest to doctors and surgeons are
happening every day.
EASIER THAN HOUSECLE4NING.
Samson had just pulled the temple down on
himself.
You Sec" he gasped. lit will do away with
the spring housekeeping"
Realizing too late what great man ne was
the people made haste to do him reverence.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-01
NOTES OF THE STAGE.

''Nr. Pickwick," at the Herald Square Theatre.
"a pleasing many theatregoers. 1t arrived
rujetIy. and has made its way to popularity by
the cleanliness Of its numor and the music,
which is often melcdious and never offensive
sAgjce and Men" Miss Annie RusseIls sweet
end quiet play at the Garrick, is doing uni
forniy good business
Miss Lolita Faust the new Trixy in ''The
wizard of Or" has made good in the cast OF
that extravaganza. and does her share toward
filing the comfortable Majestic nightly.
Mr. Burton Holmes, the lecturer on travel. is
srnourced for his usual course Of Lenten lect-
Ures at Days Theatre.
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TO PREVENT DISEASE.
WORK OF THE POST GRADUATE MEDI-
CAL SCHOOL AT WASHINGTON.

CAL SCHOOL AT WASHINGTON.
Washington. Feb 28-The Post Graduate
Medical School. Just organized at the national
cauitaI has the distinction CT being the only
institution OF its exact kind in the United States
The founders are the leading members OF the
medical profession in Washington. and the STU
dents viii be graduates from all parts OF the
country who may desire to pursue special
studies here instead of going abroad to obtain
knowledge which they have heretofore been
unable TO attain at home. Only graduates Will
be admitted.
If success crown the efforts of the progress
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-08

head on balcony to see him go and to look at
the crowd in front of their windows. and while
they were scrambling for the best place saw
Prince Edward give his little brother a good
hard slap with his royal hand just like any
other kid
"Of course this started the American mother
on the subject of her boys virtues. But even
this usually wearisome topic brought with it a
laugh for the company. for she told how her
little pet few years before was walking along
the street past shoemakers shop. over the
door Of which was hung a huge pair Of giIded
boots. The small boy. after staring at the
trade mark as it swung over his head. asked
solemnly: Mother. are those Gods boots?
There were no more jokes for a little while
after this because they all began to talk church
"A subject which comes up every day in Eng
land-and a side topic from hat the Amerf-
cans gave few impressions Of Westminster
Abbey. One of them told queer thing she had
heard from the policeman who stands in the
cloisters behind the Abbey. The old fellow had
been relating startling tales about the time
when some one threatened to blow up the ma
tonal vault We 'ad to put on a lot of new
hoflicers to guard it, he said. An one young
fe.ler 'ad the place TO watch as he ave now
Well, as you can see for yourself. hits pretty
lonesome sort of u job. walkin' hup and down
hover these ere tombstones. with cheerful little
monuments hon your right and hand on YOUR
left, wheresCever you looks. hand Hi suppose IL
sort of got on is nerves. Hit does hon mine
sometimes There's a monument at the bend
Of this cloister shown a man with is and lust
under the leaf Of book. ready TO turn il hover
and this young Teller got some notion that that
statue turned hover the leaves Of the book when
e wasn't looking. r kept watching and watch
ing the monument till hit nearly drove i'm Wild
An one morning e came as white as chalk TO
the captain of the force and gives up is Job.
r said that the night before the statue had
turned the leaves while e was Iookin' straight
hat hit
81 think there's material there for a really
good story said an English woman, who. as
she saw the tea party was breaking up. was
bound to have the last word. L know only one
ghost story What is that? asked another
English woman who was of course in no such
hurry as the Americans.
"'Oh, it's the usual story OF man who went
to visit friend at country house and had his
host receive him with the news that there was
only one room left in the house. We don't often
have visitors in it," he said. he left him at
night $50 l don't know whether the beds very
comfortable. But if you want some blankets In
the night. so into the dressing room next to IL
and take some. There's lots there" The visitor
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able Importance In the course of the CONVEX
sation the neighbor of one of the students at
table said to him eagerly: I'm sure you love
Botticeli? The young man looked doubtful for
moment, but wishing TO turn OF such 4
dubious topic said. carelessy: Or ] don't
know; | always prefer Tokay myself His
friend who overheard him. leaned over and said
in a loud whisper: For heavens sake. Fred.
don't make an ass of yourself BotticelTs not
a wine; it's cheese,
"A topic which invariably came up among the
Americans was the pilgrimage to Stratford-on-
Avon on this particular afternoon l have
been describing. the girl with the brown veil
got started on the subject of the poets birth
place.
Did you notice some of the really silly
souvenirs of the bard they offer for sale there?
she asked.
u didn't notice Them said her friend. I
don't believe you notice anything retorted the
brown yelled one. You taken up with
that wedding viii you believe it, she went on,
turning to the audience. pretty nearly every
woman in the church. when most of them had
paid hundreds of dollars to cross the Atlantic
and make the weary trip to Stratford to see
that church and Shakespeare's grave and all
the rest of it, just dropped the guide and every
body else to watch bride getting out of
carriagei More women rushed out into the
VeStry TO see the bridesmaids dresses that day
than ever stayed to look at Shakespeare's bust
well. don't care. said her friend, laughing,
L do like to see something ordinary for a
change. l get so tired of visiting dark old
churches and of hearing some shriH voice be
hind you ask: who's buried here?" And no
matter where you so, there are so many rules
to make you uncomfortable. Why, Just think
in the Houses of Parliament the air was so
close that got faint and wanted to turn back
But a policeman stopped and said | must
go right on through the whole building before
could get out. That was the route, and nobody
who came in could do anything else Nor could
l sit down for a moments rest-not in the halls
or corridors staircases. or even on the floor
We were literally driven over the whole course
to the bitter end. That seemed to me peculiarly
English.
Ibid you the King in London asked tn,
mother of the thin little boy.
Yes, we did We saw him when he re-
ceived the French President. with his uniform
and. soldiers and guards and outriders of the
royal coach. l had seen it all so often in ..rh.
Illustrated London News" that 1t Just looked
like a colOred cinematograph But l did see
something not pictured In the papers. When
the King starting off from buckingham
Palace his little grandchildren gathered over
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went to bed. and in the night he woke Up 0o'-
SO he crawIed out Of bed in the dark. went u.
the next room and got a blanket. After Is,
while. as he still felt cold he got OUT VI w.
once more and took another blanket
But where does the ghost come IN. aSA0-
the little American boy. 81,
The next morning ut oreahI-isl' wv
ladies also visiting the house tod the nus,
they had seen a ghost. They said II hAu -
peared in their room at night and had U4AS"
blanket off their bed Then. after wins "
had come again and taken another Ol-'iA
"One afternoon the latest arrivals al ",
lodging house were an American niN
his wife. who looked particularly WeaIA'-
beaten and siuewy from swift traVeL -.
didn't seem very cheerful and ate "
logged sort Of way. without sayms -
thing. At last one Of the English "O--
asked them if they had yet seen 1-s
daIen College-the first thing any oXiOiu =
son asks YOU Not yet said the =
Wife YEARLY. You see We just came -
from Scotland oh, Did you so 70 the IA.
asked the tea pourer. The Scotch IAeS =
such a reputation for beauty They may
well have thatl' said the American hus0@--
suddenly breaking in. for such an 'OoH-..' -.
lot Of mist hangs over them that Don
IeNe any DOUy ever saw tiltlit '.,''.-S 2
make affidavit what they look like. l AH0"
couldn't
Yes said another American IN reP'
the usual Magdalcu question. 4 saw tHe
Iese. But one Of the best things about !"
my mind wasn't the tower or the sepi@ y,
dow, or the deer. but the grass cutting u
garden I had heard about the extreme "''- .
illness of the British workman. Here l Sd" -
II wasn't a very big garden. but 1t seeH',-
take two men and a horse all day 10 -
They had little grass cutting machine, h
a very fat and lazy English pony attacheu =
one big English I1borer was pulling ue -,
along by the nose and another was pusH-Ns i.
lawn mower behind him with all MS -
Whenever they came 10 corner. VINCE =,
Tcned about every minute. the t"0 a.
would stop and mop their foreheads. anu d,
pony would roll his eyes as if he were sV'-9
have an attack of apOp.eNy- Then they 80
turn the machine around the corner WIKI -. 80
grunts and do another yard or So MY n
were an energetic trio, BUt the oldest -. -,
the picture was that the pony had on Iu1 DR.
to keep him from cutting up the turr 80
regular galoshes. as they call them over
one on each hOOf' ,r'
One thing that strikes me as ori"s ~ Is
said the fair tourist in the long brow" -,
that the favOrite dessert Of the
at Chrlstchurch Hall should be thOS'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-08

his grandmother. Mrs. Belmont" Evidently the
marquis doesn't use this magnificent rarlor or
hament. | guess the furniture they really use is
just like anybody eses. 1 spied from the out
side Of the house the backs Of the dressing
tables damned into the windows just like every
other English bedroom l have seen
The English women said that the Duke of
Marlborough was great favOrite with the OK
ford students. There was a tremendously ex-
citing time at the university when he came of
age. 1t seems he gave large ball then, to
which he invited many of his friends from
Christchurch Hall But the dons wouldn't let
the students attend it, and ordered every one
to be within the gates at the usual hour of 9
o'clock at night. The students grew des-
pcrate as the girl who cried Curfew shall not
ring tonight! and cut the rope of Great Tom
the bell in Christchurch gateway that tolls
every night for the university men to go in
doors, and went to the ball after all. Vivid
prints are yet displayed in oxford picture shops
depicting this lively night; the subsequent
eating Of the students and many of them
being sent down in disgrace.
They also told US that the largest stag
among the deer that look so beautiful in the
grove belonging to Magdalen College came from
the Duke of Marlborough. He had one of the
particular color that the college authorities
thought they needed, and offered to present it
TO Magdalen if any one could catch it, So one
day one hundred and fifty Magdaen under
graduates drove over to Blenheim and begged
to be allowed to take home the stag. The deer
and the hundred and fifty undergraduates all
tearing through the groves made Blenheim
lively place for a while. but they got the stag.
when we got talking about the great me-
mortal service that had been celebrated for
Pope Leo XIII I'm oxford about a month before
one of the English women said: AS 1 was
walking along High-st to-day l saw an old
woman with a little hand organ. l like to prac-
tse talking Italian whenever l can, you know
SO | began talking to her. She seemed greatly
pleased to hear me speak her native tongue, and
took me into her confidence at once. for she told
me a wonderful piece of news that had evil
IDENTIFY Just reached her from Italy. With tears
I'm her eyes she leaned forward and said in
solemn tone: IL nostro Iapa morte!" COur
Pope is deadO. The news was a IN nth old. but
] pretended to be immensely surprised The
dear old thing reminded me of the Italians
met among the Sabine Hills when / look
Ing for the villa of Horace They really thought
that Horace was an Englishman, because SO
many English came every year to see his villa
IAN Italian story which is a great favorite
I'm oxford circles is of two students who
were dining at the house OF man OF consider
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-11-03

FRANK B. Hayne Of the cotton firm
of Vincent & Hayne, Of New Orleans,
which firm is responsible for the pres
ent high price Of cotton recently wrote
an interesting story Of the bull move
ment that was engineered by his firm
and which led up to the present situ-
alton. He asserts that the movement
was legitimate from the beginning;
that it was inaugurated because the
firm believed that the cotton supply
was short and that prices were too
low. He scores Secretary Wilson for
his attempt to bear cotton, and takes
occasion to say that If it had been
western wheat or pork that was de-
irving the benefit Of it's value, the sec
retary would probably not have had
anything to say. He completely over
whelms the claim that was hurled
against the combination last summer
to the effect that it was throwing ope-
ratives out Of employment, etc., and
defends himself with the showing that
the mills would have been compelled
to shut down anyway. He takes some
satisfaction out of the mills too, in
showing how they shipped cotton to
New Orleans for the purpose Of break
ing the pool, and the pool bought all
the mills sent and sold it back to the
same mills at a higher price. Along
the same line he shows that the cotton
shortage in Europe was caused not
through any fault of the bull pool; but
on account of the action Of Liverpool
gamblers in sending cotton back to
America to make good their specula-
tive short sales. Altogether Mr..
Haynes writes as if he Is very we'll
satisfied with his conduct and the out
come of his little game seems to justi-
fy him in that satisfaction.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-11-03

possibility of failure to convict, and In
that event the thief will probably be in
duced to sue for damages. A pretty
come to pass is q condition that could
bring about such q situation; but real
ly we do not think the express company
Is to be blamed. However, the parties
who stole the money under the cir
cumstances ought most certainly to be
punished.
From the comments that the writer
has heard on the whisky sermon that
Rev. ]. l.. Stokes. D. D., preached last
week, and which was published in THE
ENQUIRER of last Tuesday, 1t Is fair to
say that it has made a fine impression.
There was no harshness in the sermon
and that added very much to its
strength. People who read it were i'm
pressed with the terrible truths 1t con-
tanned, and that is the secret Of its
splendid effect. The reading of SER
mon like that occasionally, or the re-
peated reading of this special sermon Is
calculated to help cure the liquor habit,
especially where there is still left in the
reader a reasonable amount of intelli-
gence.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-11-03
MERE-M ENTlON.

The president has issued a procla-
nation setting aside November 26 as
a day Of national thanksgiving. .......
The Buncombe county, N. c., grand
jury is investigating the frauds alleged
to have been perpetrated against Mr..
Vanderbilt in the management of his
Biltmore estate. 80. In spite of the re-
ported frost last week, new cases of
yellow fever continue to develop in La
redo and San Antonia, Texas. =. Hon.
James Wilson, secretary Of agriculture,
Is in Texas investigating the ravages
of the boil weevil. Samuel Parks the
New York delegate who was tried last
week for extortion was convicted and
he. will probably get five years in the
penitentiary. .....A train known as the
Chicago and Colorado flyer was wreck
ed at Pueblo, Col, last Saturday. 1t Is
believed by the work of robbers. The
wreck occurred at a high bridge. The
train was loaded with eastern bankers,
returning from a trip to California
The engineer was badly scalded and
may die. Quite number Of people
were injured, but nobody was killed
outright. ... Senator German has
thoroughly emphasized the race issue
in Maryland. 49,. Prof. Memmsen, the
most noted historian of Germany, died
last Sunday. =. Millard Lee, who muir
dered Miss Lila May Suttles in a
church on May rs, 1902, was hanged in
Atlanta last Friday after having OBJ
tanned six respites. .... Eight hundred
laborers at the worlds fair quit work last
Thursday on account Of the alleged
violation by employers of some kind Of
an alleged agreement with the union
....... Emperor William, Of Germany,
has announced his purpose to offer a
cup for the winner of a yacht race to
be sailed across the Atlantic ocean
some time next month.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-11-03
AUCTION SALES.

There was quite a large crowd In at
tendance on the auction sales In front
of the court house door yesterday.
There were sales by the sheriff, the
clerk, the probate judge and by CALVIN
Brice, sole surviving executor, and the
value and Importance Of the lands, that
were offered. The bidding was quite
spirited, and in most instances the
lands offered brought good prices. The
results Of the sales were as follows:
BY the clerk:
Under foreclosure in the case of the
Heath Elliott Mule Co., VS.. Mary A.
Davies, a tract of 29a acres; bought by
c.. E. Spencer, attorney for $500. Also,
in the same case, lot Of two acres;
bought by c. E. Spencer, attorney for
$75.
Under foreclosure, in the case Of w.
1. Witherspoon, executor, plaintiff VS..
Mary Ann Hudson. tract OF l65 acres.
Bought by John R. Hart, attorney FOR
s305.
Under foreclosure, in the case Of T.
B. Montgomery VS.. F. D. Williams. a
tract of 14O acres; bought by ]. w.
Bankhead for $500. Also, in the same
case. a tract of 25 acres. bought by j.
w. Bankhead for $1S5.
BY the sheriff:
Under execution, in the case Of w.
Brown Wylie, c. C. c. Pls, plaintiff, VS.:
the Commercial and Farmers bank OF
Rock Hill, tract Of 25 acres lying
north of the tract set off for V. b. NC
McFadden as a homestead: bought by
C. E. Spencer, attorney for $3.50.
Also In the same case, 5S acres lying
south of the McFadden homestead
tract; bought by C. E. Spencer, attor-
ney for $500.
By the Judge Of probate:
Under foreclosure, in the case or J.
R. Killian, in his own right and as ad-
ministrator, against Susan ]. Killian
and others, defendants, a lot with SO
feet frontage and 300 feet deep In the
town of Glover. Bought by ]. r. Kill
lian for $1,230. Also, in the same case,
lot Of one acre, joining the forego-
ing; bought by ]. R. Killian for $175.
BY Calvin Brice, sole surviving exc
cutor:
The A. S. Wallace home place, in
cluding 331 acres. Bought by j. Mack
Brice for s3,500.
Tract Of 400 acres adjoining, bought
by J. Mack Brice for $1,500.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-11-03
WITHIN THE TOWN.

The county board of commissioners
holds it's regular monthly meeting to-
morrow.
The salesday attendance yesterday
was large and representative. coming
from all parts Of the county.
On account of the illness Of Mrs.
R. T. Stephenson, the director, the reg
ular meeting of the Shakespeare club
has been postponed until next Tuesday.
At a congregational meeting held
last Sunday morning, the members OF
the Associate Reformed church unani-
mously decided to extend call to Rev.
w. C. Ewart, now Of Abbeville, to the
pastorate of the church here.
The name of Mrs. G. M. Lowrance
was inadvertently omitted from the list
of exhibitors at the flower show, as
published in the last issue of THE EN-
oUIRBR. Mrs. Lowrance had on exhi-
bition very handsome collection of
chrysanthemums and ferns.
-Yorkville is badly in need Of a
steam laundry. The present laundry
custom Is wasteful and eXtravagant,
however cheap it may be made to ap-
pear, and if the whole thing were re-
organized on a business basis and the
town washing done at a central estab-
lishment, the result would be very
beneficial to the town. Yorkville pays
not less than $1,000 annually for laun-
dry work and much less sum, prop
erly managed, ought to give more sat-
isfactory results.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-11-03

with Georgia, Arkansas and Florida.
Three-fourths Of the questions point to
the belief that no top crop worth men
tioning will be gathered, but the an
swers to the question Of grading and
staple show it 20 be better as whole
than last year. Although the general
concensus of opinion is that the crop
will be smaller than a year ago. it Is
pointed out that the higher price rul-
ing, the advance on last year being 1
to II cents, makes the crop, potentially
as valuable in & money way, as year
ago. Making all allowances for under
estimation, the reports as a whole
point to yield in bales no larger, If
indeed it quite equals, that of last year,
which saw commercial crop Of 1O,-
727. 900 bales marketed"