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MIXED METAPHORS.
oratorical Gems That Went Wrong
In the Speaking.

oratorical Gems That Went Wrong
In the Speaking.
The Prize Reciter and Speaker
gives the following instances Of
mixing of metaphors by some English
statesmen:
Mr. Balfour In q speech spoke or
IAN empty theater Of unsympathetic
auditors" Lord Curzon remarked that
Though not out Of the wood we have
good ship" Sir William Hart Dyke
told how Mr.. Lowther had caught
big fish in his net-and went to the
top of the tree for It," Mr.. Asquith
remarked that redistribution Is a
thorny subject which requires delicate
handling or 1t will tread on some peo-
pies toes"
Mr.. Brodrick told the commons that
among the many jarring notes heard
I'm this house on military affairs this
subject at least must be regarded as
an oasis" General Butler declared
that "the army Is honeycombed with
cliques, and kisses go by favor In this
web of ak grinders"
In a debate on the London educa-
tional bill Walter Long said. we
are told that by such legislation the
heart of the country has been shak-
IN to it's very foundations" Winston
Churchill at a meeting Of the Bow
and Bromley Conservative association
commended certain utterances OF LORD
Rosebery, but said that Sir Henry
Campbell- Zimmerman had sat so long
on the fence that the iron had entered
into his soul"
A financial minister assured the COM
mons that "the steps Of the govern
ment would go hand in hand with the
interests of the manufactures" 1t was
in the lords that the government was
warned that the constitutional rights
of the people were being "trampled
upon by the mailed hand Of authori-
ty."
Sir George Campbell said "the pale
face of the British soldier Is the back
bone of the British empire and SAID
certain abuses I'm India were but "a
mere flea bite in the ocean" as COM
| pared with others he could name. Ii
was another friend of India who said
| Pass the measure, and the barren
| wells will become fertile valleys" 1t
was a loyal member who said, when
I go wrong l look round and see our
chief leading, and l soon get right
again"
But our Hibernian friends Will be
Jealous II we credit them with nothing
In this direction.
Mr.. Field of Dublin when discussing
bill relating to the shipping or cattle
across the Irish sea begged the men,
bers mot to look at the subject from
live stock point Of view," and 1t was he
who said, THE right honorable gentle
man shakes his head, and Pm sorry
to hear It," He 1t was, too, who, when
the Irish land bill was being pushed
through, said, 1.-The time has now
come and is rapidly arising" Another
member in a debate objected to in
PRODUCING fresh matter already decid-
ed" 1t was Mr.. McHugh who declar-
ed the government was "ironbound
with red tape" but it was an oppo-
nent of home rule who regarded a GER
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-04-25
LEE WITH HIS ARMY.
Was Kind and considerate-Always
Refused Whisky.

AS the Civil war recedes farther and
farther from the present day there
looms larger and larger in the story Of
1t the figure Of Gen. Robert E. Lee,
the adored leader OF the Confederate
armies. There is scarcely a household
Of Importance in the south In which
rome story Of him Is not proudly told,
but few illustrate the qualities for
which he was beloved better than these
which the New Orleans Times Demo-
crat received from a woman who met
the general on his last retreat:
The army had halted two miles
from Petersburg, on the road to Appo-
mattox. and General Lee and his stan
had been asked to dinner at the home
of a we!l-known jurist at Summit
Iced mint -julep was the favorite bev-
erage Of Virginia gentlemen In those
days, and when the staff and guests
had assembled, just before dinner was
announced, the glasses were passed
General Lee was In conversation with
a young lady. He offered his glass to
her, after the old style, then barely
raised 1t to his lips. and set 1t down
untas:ed. He took up and drank In
stead a glass of water. Looking round
the room. where all the men were
drinking with relish, he said:
do you know. really believe this
glass of water refreshes the inner man
far more than the julep."
Even his hosts famous liquor could
not tempt him. 1t was said that a
hottle Of brandy presented to the gen.
raj before the war was returned to
the giver unopened after the surren-
DER with the request that she would
use 1t in some case Of need.
At the dinner General Lee took a
cup of coffee and added sugar and
cream. 1t was especially fine Java.
brought In before the war, and his
hostess exclaimed, "Oh General Lee!
Do you take cream In your after-din-
ner coffee"
II haven't tasted coffee for so long,"
he said, smiling, that / am AFRAID TO
take It in its full strength.
1T is true,' said one of his staff.
latr. Every bit of coffee that has
come into his hands he has always
sent 1t to the hospital"
AS he rode away from Summit on
famous horse, Traveller, he passed the
home of a poor old woman who had
sent her sons to the army. The
voungs st, when she called Dolly,
was her special pet. Like every poor
southern woman, she believed General
Lee was the personal protector of her
son. When she saw him she rushed
out and caught his bride.
20 General Lee," she cried. What's
become of my Dolly?"
Although he was even then without
hope of saving his army, and was en-
crossed with plans for making the last
desperate stand in the faint possibility
of a union with General Johnston, the
great leader, divining at once tnat
Dolly must be soldier son, replied
In his gentlest manner:
Madam. II you tell me Dolly's name
and the name Of his company and
command, 1 will try to find out for
you"
His hostess said that as he rode
away all the tales she had heard and
read of warriors and their deeds
rushed to her mind, and she felt that
never were their qualities Of courtesy
and chivalry personated in another as
In the south's general.-Youth's Com
panion.
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THE MEXICAN DOLLAR.
Effect Upon Its Value In the Orient OF
Chance 10 Gold Standard.


Mexico's change from the silver to
the gold standard has brought about
some knotty problems for Secretary
Shaw to solve, and he has just finished
wrestling with one Of the worst or
them. The Mexican silver dollar Is the
paramount coin In Asia. It Is the ba-
sis for about all the money standard
there is in China and many Of the 9TH
er Asiatic countries. Heretofore all
imports coming to the United States
from those sections Of the world have
been assessed for customs collections
Upon a basis Of their value in the bull
lion of the Mexican silver, not face
value. The bullion value of the silver
In one of these dollars is arrived at
by the United States authorities by an
average of the market price OF silver
for the three months preceding the
date Of circular that Is issued at fire.
quent intervals by the secretary OF the
treasury fixing the value of foreign
coins.
Mexico, as Is well-known, will enter
upon the gold standard May l, and has
fixed a value upon her silver dollars,
based upon its redemption In gold.
This value is quite different from the
bullion value Of the same coin In ASIA
Secretary Shaw recently decided that
imports coming to the United States
from Mexico should pay customs duty
at their valuation in the Mexican dol
lar as fixed by Mexico, but this would
never do upon goods coming from the
East, as 1t would make big difference
to importers and to the United states.
Mexico herself will not redeem foreign
dollars at the value she has recently
placed upon them, and law will prohi-
bit their importation at all or fix heavy
import duties upon them. thereby pre-
venting a return to Mexico OF the hood
of silver dollars that are in circulation
In China and the east.
Secretary Shaw has sent notifica-
ton to the state department that the
government would continue its policy
of fixing the valuation Of the Mexican
dollar in the east at it's bullion value,
and that goods coming from the East
would be invoiced upon that basis.
Secretary Shaw says that what are
called Chinese Mexican chop dollars,
and which circulate so freely In the
East, are not made by the Mexican
government and will not be redeemed
by that government. Consequently the
United States can not accept them at
anything except their bullion value.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-04-25

who was smoking Porto Rican sto-
gle. Kent took a second look and held
out his hand.
This Is an unexpected pleasure.
Judge Marston. was counting on
three hours of solitary confinement" t"
The leutenant-governor acknowl-
edged the hand-clasp. nodded. and
made room on the leather-covered di-
van for the newcomer. Hildreth, the
editor OF the Argus. put II aptly when
he said that the grim-faced old cattle
king had blown" into politics. He
was compromise on the ticket; was
no part of the Bucks programme. and
had been made to feel It. Tradition
had II that he had been terror to
the armed and organized cattle thieves
Of the early days; hence the brevet
title of Judge" But those who knew
him best did not know that he had once
been the brightest man upon the su-
preme bench of his native state: this
before failing health had driven him
into exile.
For a time the talk was desultory
monologue, with Kent doing his best
to keep 1t from dying outright. La
ter, when he was fairly driven In upon
his reserves, he began to speak of him
self, and of the hopeless fight for en-
largement In the Trans-Western strug-
gle. Marston lighted the match-de-
vouring stogle for the twentieth time.
squared himself on the end Of the d.
van and listened attentively.
Marston opened his watch and looked
at 1t. Then he lighted another OF the
villainous little cigars.
"We have an hour yet" he said.
"You have given me the legal points
In the case: now give me the infer
ences-all of them"
Kent laughed.
"I'm afraid sha'n't be able to for
get the lieutenant-goyernor. I shall
have to call some pretty hard names" ."
Call them" said his companion.
briefly; and Kent went deep into the
details, beginning with the formation
of the political gang in CASTOR the
dismantled.
The listener In the gray dust-coat
heard him through without comment.
When Kent reached the end Of the in
ferences, telling the truth without
scruple and letting the charge Of po-
litical and judicial corruption lie
where it would, the engineer was
whistling for the capital.
"You have told me some things l
knew, and some others that only sus-
pected," was all the answer he got
until the train was slowing into the
union station. Then as he flung away
the stump of the little cigar the 81
lent one added: IF I were in your
place, Mr.. Kent, I believe should
take supplementary course OF read
ing in the state law"
I'm what particular part Of it?" said
Kent, keen anxiety in every word.
"In that part Of the fundamental law
which relates to the election Of circuit
judges, let us say. If | had your case
to fight, I should try to obliterate Judge
MacFarlane."
Kent had but a moment in which to
remark the curious coincidence in the
use of precisely the same word by both
Hunnicott and his present adviser.
But my dear sir! we should gain
nothing by MacFarlane's removal
when his successor would be appointed
by the executive!"
Marston turned in the doorway OF
the smoking-compartment and laid
fatherly hand on the younger mans
shoulder.
My boy. didn't say 'remove;' l
said 'obliterate.' Goodnight"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-04-25
CHAPTER XIII.
THE WRECKERS.

Just why Receiver Guilford, an Of
icer OF the court who was supposed
to be nursing an insolvent railroad
to the end that its creditors might
not lose all, should begin by declaring
war on the roads revenue, was a
question which the managers OF COM
peting lines strove yainly to answer.
But when, in defiance OF all precedent,
he made the cut rates effective to and
from all local stations on the Trans
Western, giving the shippers at IN
termediate and non-competitiVe points
: the full benefit of the reductions, the
railroad colony denounced him as q
mailman and gave him d month In
which to find the bottom Of d presum-
ably empty treasury.
But the event proved that the ma
jor's madness was not altogether with
out method. II is All axiom In the
carrying trade that low rates make
business: create it, so to speak, out
OF nothing. Given an abundant crop,
low prices, and high freight rates in
the great cereal belt, and, be- the farul-
ers never so poor, much of the grain
will he stored and held against the
chance of better condition.
So il came about that Major Gull
ford's relief measure was timed to
niccty, and the blanket cut in rates
opened veritable flood-gate for busi-
ness in rans-Western territory.
From the day Of its announcement
the traffic Of the road increased by
leaps and bounds. Stored grain came
out OF its hiding places at every
country crossroads to beg for cars,
stock feeders drove their market cattle
unheard-of distances, across the tracks
of competing lines, over and around
obstacles Of every sort, to pour them
into the loading corrals Of the Trans
/ Western.
Nor was the traffic all outgoing.
With the easing of the money burden,
the merchants in the t.ibutary towns
began thriftily to take advantage OF
the low rates to renew their stocks;
Ilong-deferred visits and business trips
suddenly became possible; and the
saying that it was cheaper to traVel
than to stay at home gained instant
and grateful currency.
In q short time the rolling stock
uf the road was taxed to its utmost
capacity, and the newly appointed
purchasing agent was buying cars and
locomotives right and left. Also, to
keep pace with the ever-increasing
procession of trains, doubled con
struction force wrought night and day
installing new side tracks and passing
points.
Under the fructifying influence OF
such a golden shower Of prosperity
land values began to rise again, slow
ly at first, as buyers intrusted the
continuance Of the golden shower;
more rapidly a little later. as the
Guilford policy defined itself in terms
of apparent permanenca.
Towns along the line-hamlets LONG
since fallen into the way-station rut
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-04-25
ELEcTRIcITrs MOTIVE POWER.
Something About Mechanism That
Makes Wheels Go Round.

maket "heoiS 1o hoGuos
II we could look into the interior Of
a mechanism In connection with the
trucks beneath the car, we should
find an apparatus consisting essential
ly of coils of wire adjusted compactly
about an axis, and closely fitted be-
tween the poles Of a powerful electro
magnet These coils Of wire consti-
tute what is called an armature. When
the current is switched on It passes
through this armature. as well as
through the electromagnetic, and the
mutual attractions and repulsions be-
tween the magnetic poles and the elec-
trio current In the coils Of wire cause
The armature to revolve with such
tremendous energy as to move the
.rain-the motion Of Its axle being
tra 1smitted to an axle Of the car
wheels by simple gearing.
The current reaches the car through
the third rail, or in the case Of the
trolley through an overhead or UNDER
ground wire. All that is essential is
that some conducting medium, such as
an iron rail or a copper wire. shall
'orm an unbroken connection between
the motor apparatus and the central
dynamo where the power is generated.
The central dynamo in question
will be found, II we visit the power
house. to be ponderous affair, sugges-
tive to the untechnical mind Of inn
oenetrable mysteries. Yet in reality 1t
Is a device essentially the same In
construction with the motor which
drives the train. That Is to say, Its
unit Of construction consists Of wire
wound armature revolving on an axle
and fitted between the poles Of an elec-
tro-magnet Here, however, the Sc
quence Of phenomena Is reversed. for
the armature, instead Of receiving a
current Of electricity. Is made to re-
volve by a belt adjusted to its axle
and driven by steam engine. The
wire coils of the armature thus made
to revolve cut across the so-called
lines of magnetic force which connect
the two poles of the magnet, and In
80 doing generate current Of induc-
ed electricity, which flows away to
reach in due course the third raik OF
the trolley wire, and ultimately to pro-
pei the motor.-Harper's Weekly.
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HOW INDIANS COMMUNICATE.
News Travels With Wonderful Rapid
ity Among the Red Men.

ity Among the Red Men.
The rapidity with which the news Of
orders given out from the Union In
dian agency and the Dawes commits
sion spreads to the remotest corners
n the Creek nation Is continual
.ource Of wonder to the Federal ON
cials
When, says the Kansas City Jour-
nal, the regulation compelling Indians
to accept the pay for their land in
installments Of SO month was an
nounced, 1t seemed that every Indian
In the Creek county knew II at once.
for the petitions for sale dropped Off
Immediately. A few days ago. when
the order was revoked and the In
dian was allowed to pay for his land
at the rate Of $50 per month, practi-
cally everybody knew II the next day,
and business in the Creek land sales
department suddenly became lively
again.
When II Is remembered that there
are several thousand full blood In
dams in the Creek nation who cannot
speak or read a word Of English, and
who have no way of learning the news
Of the day except by word Of mouth.
the speed with which intelligence Is
communicated to them is most re-
markable. Most Of the full bloods
live In the hills and mountains, far
from railroads, and in sections where
daily or even weekly newspapers are
seldom or never seen.
General Pleasant Porter, chief Of the
Creek nation, and the best informed
man In the tribe, when asked to ex-
plain the phenomenon. said signifi-
cantly:
"It may be telepathy. Let me ask
you a question. How does the buzz
zard flying through the air learn that
an animal has been killed and why
are there hundreds Of them on the
scene in less time than 1t takes to
tell about It? You may call It in
stinct, or anything else you please,
but the Indians keep as well posted
on news that interests them as the
newspaper reading white people.
my people have formed the habit of
communicating whatever interests
them to their neighbors and asking
them to pass 1t on. Every train that
leaves Muskogee Is loaded with In
dians who know personally Of an or
der. They pass the word along. and
It spreads like wildfire. In the early
days the Creeks had regular couriers
who carried the news. One OF these
would visit a town, and at sundown
the people would gather around him
and hear the information he had to
impart. The town king would then
detail some one to pass 1t on to the
members of the next town or tribe,
and the same method would be re-
peated.
II have known" said the chief,
growing reminiscent, "of foot carriers
travelling 100 miles day with import
ant messages. One morning during
the Creek rebellion I sent a messen-
ger out to get volunteers for my army,
and. before the sun set 1,2o0 men came
into my camp.
warriors had way Of announcing
the approach Of an enemy by giving
war whoops. If the yells followed
closely one after another the enemy
was near. One prolonged whoop indi-
Gated that the enemy was many miles
distant, with no danger Of immediate
attack"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-04-25

THE YEGoMANs WARSINo.-One OF
the burglars, who was a member OF
the gang convicted in Charleston the
other day. gives out a statement In
which he says that South Carolina is
the easiest state in the country for
cracking safes in postoffices and
banks. He refers, of course, to the
rural districts, where there Is little
police protection, but what he says Is
nnuuestionably true. We should pro-
At, however, by his confession and
make 1t more difficult hereafter for
burglars who are after easy prey.
The record shows that too many
crimes Of this character have been
committed. Being wise, and having
some regard for Federal law. the rob-
bers endeavor to leave the postohices
alone, thus keeping the secret service
men off the trail.-Greenville News.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-04-25
THE GRAFTERS
Copyright. 1904. BY The Bobb..Meuill Company
FRANCIS LYN D e

Kent shook his head unhopefully.
Don't mistake me-" he said. Il
am fighting for the pure love OF 1t.
and not with any great hope of saving
the stockholders. These grafters may
have us by the nape of the neck. We
can't make a move till MacFarlane
comes back and gives us hearing on
the merits. That may not be till the
next term of court. Meanwhile, the
temporary receiver Is to all intents
and purposes a permanent receiver;
and the interval would suffice to wreck
dozen railroads"
"And still you won't give up?"
NO"
81 hope you won't have to. But to
man I'D a tree 1t looks very much
like q dead cock In the pit. AS have
said, If there is any backing to do,
I'm with you, first, last, and all the
time, merely from sportsman's inter-
est in the game. But is there any use
In a little handful of us trying to buck
up against whole state government?
The coffee had been served, and Kent
dropped lump Of sugar into his cup.
"Ormsby, I'll never let go while I'm
alive enough to fight" he said slowly.
"One decent quality I have-and the
only one, perhaps: I don't know when
I'm beaten. And I'll down this crowd OF
political plunderers yet, If Bucks
doesn't get me sand-bagged.
His listener pushed back his chair.
"lf you stood to lose anything more
than your job could understand it."
he commented. Gas 1t is, can't. Any
way you look at it, your stake in the
game isn't worth the time and effort
it will take to play the string out.
And happen to know you're ambi-
tious to do things-things that count"
What Is it you don't understand
the motive?"
That's 1t"
Kent laughed.
"You are not as astute as Miss Van
Brock. She pointed it out to me last
night-or thought she did-in two
words"
Ormsby's eyes darkened, and he did
not affect to misunderstood.
"It would be a grandstand play"
he said half-musingly. ''if you should
happen to worry 1t through, I mean.
I believe Mn Hepzibah would be ready
to fall on your neck and forgive you,
and turn me down." Then, half-jest-
ingly: Kent, what will you take to
drop this thing permanently and go
away"
David Kent's smile showed his teeth.
'The one thing you wouldn't be
willing to give. You asked me once
when we had fallen over the fence
upon this forbidden ground II were
satisfied, and I told you wasn't. Do
we understand each other?"
81 guess so," said Ormsby. But
Say, Kent, like you too we'll to see
you 60 up against stone fence blind
folded. I'm like Guilford: I am the
man in possession. And possession Is
nine points Of the law
Kent rose and took the proffered
cigar from Ormsby's case.
"It depends good bit upon how
the possession is gained-and held
doesn't it?" he rejoined coolly. "And
your figure is unfortunate in its other
half. I am going to beat Guilford."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-04-25
CHAPTER XIV.
THE GERRYMANDER.

With Judge Marston's hint partly
to point the way, Kent was no long
time in getting at work on the new
lead.
Having been at the time a practi-
TONER In one of the counties affected,
he knew the political deal by which
MacFarlane had been elected. Briefly
described, 1t was a swapping Of horses
in midstream. In the preliminary
canvass it was discovered that in all
probability Judge MacFarlane's dis
trict, as constituted. would not re-
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tain concession as "the first stitch In
the dismemberment Of the empire"
But we must stop or we shall have
a repetition Of the rebuke administered
by a statesman of the Emerald Isle,
who declared that there's no truth
in half the lies told about the Irish.'