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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-19
MRS. BRYAN KNEw.-MrS. William

MRS. BRYAN KNEw.-Mrs. William
Jennings Bryan was one Of two per-
sons who went to the Democratic Ma
tional convention in 1896 firm In the
the belief that her husband would be
nominated for president, says the
New York Sun. The other person was
William Jennings Bryan himself. He
never lost faith and was nominated.
His wife wavered just once. After
the "cross of gold and crown Of
the hero Of the convention. there was
the long session devoted to nominat-
ing speeches. Then the convention
adjourned until the next day without
taking a ballot.
On the morning of July Z, when the
nomination was made, Mrs. Bryan
rode into the city with William R.
Springer and Urey Woodson. The
latter Is now secretary of the National
Democratic committee, and he was
the first man to take up the Bryan
boom in the convention before the
great speech Mr.. Woodson said:
We will nominate him today"
Mrs. Bryan sadly replied: mo. 1
think not 1t could have been done
Yesterday, but 1 fear it is too late.
I have seen Mr.. Bryan capture the
galleries before and lose the dele
gates"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-19

S1ANGY? No, Nor HE!--"That boy OF
ours is chock- full Of slang" remarked
Mr.. Sharpe to his wife in a complain
ing tone. He talks about me as the
guv'nor, and this morning heard him
tell Bridget to Let her go!' Where
does he pick up such abominable
stuff?"
Goodness only knows" Mrs. Sharpe
replied.
AT school," continued the father,
"of those Yardsley boys. He is alto
gether too fly, that boy, and If l
catch him with those boys again he'll
make a home run Of the liveliest kind"
HE may hear some Of 1t at home" }"
suggested Mrs. Sharpe, with motherly
kindness.
"At home!" cried Mr. Sharpe. You
are entirely off your base, my dear.
Who uses slang here?"
Probably 1 am addicted to It," was
Mrs. Sharpe's meek reply.
We'll, it's vice you'd better get
rid Of, then; refined conversation is a
mark Of culture. Let me hear that Kid
use slang again and I'll give 1t to him
right off the bat. III"
Just then he saw an amused look on
his wife's face, and an idea suddenly
striking him, he picked up his hat,
and mumbling something about hav-
ing an appointment at the oftice, ned.
-Tit-Bits.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-19
SHIPS OF THE ANclENTS.
Noah's Ark Was the Largest Until
Very Recently.

The record for bulkiness Is being
smashed so often by ocean steam
ships nowadays that the advent Of
new leviathan excites little more than
passing interest. For nearly fifty
years the record was held by the Great
Eastern, which, after the Atlantic ca
BILE was laid from her decks, was found
to be too large and expensive to be
operated as a liner. But the fame OF
the Great Eastern has been eclipsed
by other vessels, and the belief Is gen.
eral that if a little company Of dele
gates from ancient races were to come
back to earth to investigate the sub
ject the members Of that delegation
would stand aghast before an up-to-
date greyhound of the seas.
But this belief is wrong. The ship
building abilities of the ancients have
been greatly underestimated. They
built many large craft and fitted some
of them luxuriously.
In order that the size Of these old
time ships may be appreciated, it will
be we'll to compare their measurements
with a well-known modern vessel. The
Baltic, the largest ship in the world, is
726 feet long, IS feet wide. and 49 feet
deep. with a tonnage of 23,7S6.
That much controverted craft, the
ark, is an example Of bigness. Her
tonnage is estimated at about 5000
tons No less an authority than Lind
says thinks that she was simply a. raft
Of stupendous size. having upon 1t a
structure resembling a huge ware
house. As no means of propulsion
were necessary, this description may
be correct. The cargo, however, was
unique, and probably the largest and
most valuable ever carried.
The description Of the ark, as given
in the Scriptures. makes the vessel
about $50 feet in length, IS feet in
breadth, and As feet in depth-propor-
tions similar to those now in use for
great vessels.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-19

How To EscAPE.-A now we'll
known author once drifted down into
Arkansas in search of local color. AS
he was 'roughing it," his appearance
was not calculated to inspire the local
landlords with confidence. In one
town he was shown to a room on the
third floor, reached through many mar
row and winding passages. From the
one window it was a straight drop to
the ground. Say, how would l get out
of this place in case Of fire." he asked
the landlord, who had brought up his
grip. The other eyed him coldly.
Wall" he drawled, "all yo' would
have to do would be to show ther night
watchman-the one with ther shotgun
"a receipted bill foh yo' board an
lodgin an get him to tie up ther bull
dog."-Bellman.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-19
TAINTED MONEY IN PITTs6URe.
Two Bank Clerks Laid Up BY Septic
Infection In Thumbs.

Two clerks from one Pittsburg bank
are at present suffering from septic
infection in their thumbs, contracted
in handling old and dirty money.
which in the bankers parlance is call
ed rags" says the Pittsburg Dis
patch.
The banks Of the city seem to be
flooded with an influx Of rags" just
now, and daily there are large ship
ments Of the mutilated paper curren-
cy from Pittsburg to the treasury In
Washington, where new scrip Ia issued
for the old stuff, which is destroyed.
The money handled by the Pitts
burg banks, as a general rule, Is COM
paratively clean, and almost all the pa
per money put into circulation by the
local banks Is entirely new and crisp.
Pittsburg uses a great deal Of paper
money. and nine out Of ten persons
who draw money insist upon having
scrip which still crinkles with fresh
ness.
For some weeks past there has been
an extraordinarily large amount Of
dirty money in circulation In Pitts
burg. 1t comes into the banks in the
shape Of deposits, which even the
same depositors will complain about
receiving again when they draw on
the bank. One Pittsburg bank last
week sent $250,000 to the treasury In
Washington in one day to receive new
money in return for it.
The spread Of infectious diseases by
means Of paper money has long been
recognized by the medical profession.
The recent flood of rags" received in
Pittsburg has interested the bank
clerks, and there is a great deal Of
gossip now about preventive measures.
Many Of the clerks attended the tu-
berculosis exhibit in old city hall, ev-
identity anxious to discover whether
the germs Of the disease might be
transmitted on paper money.
The two clerks who are now suffer-
ing from infection contracted by hand
ling dirty money each "barked" his
thumb slightly, and, without thinking,
began handling rags" In a few days
the infection developed. and now both
men are unable to work. One Of the
clerks who has handled a great deal
of rags" lately, says:
IF you stand over a drawer full Of
that stuff the stencil arising from 1t Is
just like a cesspool. Pittsburg GER
tainly needs clean money and plenty
of it."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-19

SHE HAD But Two.-In the absence
of his wife and the illness Of the SER
want, Mr. Taylor undertook to help
three -year-old Marjory to dress.
He had succeeded in getting her
arms in the sleeves and through the
armholes Of her garments and had but
toned her into them. Then he told her
to put on her shoes herself and he
would button them.
He soon discovered that she was
vainly striving to put a left shoe on
her right foot.
why, Marjory." he said impatient
ly, don't you know any better than
that? You are putting your shoes on
the wrong feet
"Dey's all de foots l dot, papa" re-
piled Marjory tearfully.-Youth's Com
panion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-19
BAlDHEADEDNESS
A Sign Of Intelligence and a Badge Of
Distinction.

DR.. D. L. Parker, writing in the
Medical Record, tells us that bald
headedness can be cured by deep
breathing. We hope, however, that
this Is not true, for we would hate to
see any easy way Of growing hair on
bald pates introduced. The human
race would lose much Of its venerable
dignity If bald heads are to be abol-
ished.
We never fail to have a carefully
selected baldheaded editor on our
staff says the Pathfinder; we keep him
in the sanctum sanctorum to show to
visitors as 1.-The" editor, and no one
who sees his beautiful, polished poll
could fail to be suitably impressed
with him, for he looks as If he really
knew everything an editor Is expected
to know. When congress is in session
we send him to the Capitol with in
structions to sit constantly in the press
gallery with his hat off, to look as
wise as possible, and on no account 10
give himself away by expressing any
opinions. Visitors from afar by the
thousands ask their senators and
members who that distinguished
looking gentleman" is, and when they
are told that he Is "the editor Of the
Pathfinder" they go home convinced
that this is the paper they have been
looking for and they subscribe with
out delay.
In the same way we see to 1t that
our baldheaded editor Is always in ev-
idence at White House receptions and
other important gatherings, and We
even send him to educational conven-
tions and the like, where he never
fails to do good work just by exhibit
ing himself and keeping silent. Now.
what better advertising could you
think Of? How inconsequential be-
side our editor do the measly little
whipper-snapper college-bred writer's
with football shocks employed by our
rivals look
We attribute a large part Of the
success Of the Pathfinder to this pol
icy Of being always represented by a
man so impressive. And what would
our editor be IL 1t were not for his
baldhead. From time to time, after
reading the seductive "cure-for-bald.
heads" advertisements that are so
common, he gets a notion that he
would like to grow little hair. Once
we even caught him rubbing some
sort Of fertilizer on his scalp, but We
threw the bottle out Of the window
and gave him to understand that If he
ever dared so much as even to cast a
shy glance at hair-restorer ad. again
his job would be gone. He now real
ICES where his bread is buttered and
seems reconciled to his situation. He
ought to be highly contented, for he
has no work to do and draws the high
est salary Of the establishment. There
Is no doubt that he owes his good
berth to his bald head; he ought new
er to forget this, but nevertheless We
shall take good care that no tempta-
tions in the way Of announcements Of
new cures for hairlessness are placed
in his way.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-19

ADVICE 10 LAwYERs.-A young man
from the south who, few years ago,
was so fortunate as to be enabled to
enter the law office Of a we'll known
New York firm was first intrusted
with a very simple case. He was
asked by the late James c. Carter,
then a member Of the firm, to give an
opinion in writing. When this was
submitted, it was observed by Mr..
Carter that, with the touching conf
dence of a neophyte, the young south
erner had begun with the expression,
81 am clearly of opinion"
When this caught his eye, he smiled
and said:
My dear young friend, never state
that you are clearly Of opinion on
law point. The most you can hope
to discover is the preponderance of
the doubt."-Success.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-19

ELEPHANT HUNT IN CEYDoN.-A
Ceylon planter tells the following
elephant story to a London Telegraph
"On one occasion I
went after a herd Of eight wild ele-
plants. After stalking I got a chance
at the biggest of the herd and drop
ped it at first shot. About two hours
afterward I had the tail and feet cut
off and taken to the bungalow. Next
morning 1 went to the spot to look at
the elephant, and to my surprise found
no trace of the body. After searching
around / saw that the herd had been
back during the night, and I soon dis
covered a track where they seemed to
have retired in a body. Following this
up 1 eventually came upon the dead
elephant, lying at the bottom Of
rocky stream. From the tracks it was
quite evident that the body had not
been rolled, but carried to the bank,
and it was plain that it had been taken
through the long grass which grew on
the bank into the stream. My neigh
bors were incredulous until I show
ed them where the elephants tail and
feet had been cut off and where the
body lay in the stream, which proved
conclusively that by some means or
other the body had been got over the
space in the night. 1t Is
difficult to understand how elephants
with their trunks and feet could raise
and support the dead body of COM
rade- However, they seem to have
managed to do il, and 1t is pity no
human eye saw this strange funeral.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-19
GASTON.

Gastonia Gazette, July 16: At his
home in Bessemer City Saturday morn
ing at els o'clock, Mr.. William Wal
Ter died at the age of seventy, after
weeks illness. The funeral was held
at the home at IL o'clock Sunday
morning, the services being conducted
by Rev. w. V. Honeycutt, followed by
interment in the Bessemer cemetery.
Mr.. Waller had been a resident Of Bes-
semer City for the past thirteen years
and was highly esteemed by large
number of friends. He is survived by
widow and two step sons, Messrs
William and Edward Bell of Bessemer
City. Chairman John F. Leeper Of
the board of county commissioners
was in town yesterday en- route to Lin
colnton where a conference was held
with Chairman Cline Of the Lincoln
board of commissioners and two sur
veyors, Capt. c. c. Wrenshall of Lin
colnton, and Mr.. Jacob Kiser of this
county. relative to the resurvey of the
line dividing Lincoln and CASTOR coun-
ties Capt. Wrenshall has been en-
ployed to make this resurvey and will
be assisted by Mr.. Kiser, Mr.. Leeper
and Mr.. Cline. The work will require
some days. possibly two weeks or more.
The members of the new city
council do not think that the members
of the fire department have any just
cause to complain of their treatment
under the new regime. The Gazette
has not been asked to make any state
ment whatever in defense of the board
or it's actions but, as only the fire.
mems side of the affair was presented
in Fridays issue, We deem ii only meet
and proper that all the facts regard
ing the matter be put before our read
ers. The basis of the firemens quar-
rel with the council, it seems, is the
fact that the council declined to grant
the departments request for a street
carnival here. AS stated to the board
the object in having a street carnival
was to raise the balance of the money
due Craig & Wilson for the fire horses
recently purchased. In refusing the
departments request, the council
agreed to assume the responsibility for
the balance due and pay the same out
of the city treasury. This assumption
by the city council of the debt did
away with any real or supposed neces-
sity for having a street carnival. In
this connection it is noted as a fact
that previous boards have uniforml.
refused all requests of the fire depart
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-19
AuttIurulls department.

WHERE HE'D BE SAFE.-A lawyer
was talking about the late Samuel c.
T. Dodd, the Standard Oil lawyer,
whose salary from the great corpor-
alton was 100000 a year.
"Mr. Dodd," said the lawyer, had
an excellent legal talent. He it was,
you know, who organized the Stand
ard Oil trust. What further endear-
ed him to Mr.. Rockefeller were his
strict views on the observance of the
Sabbath.
They tell a story about Dodd when
he was a struggling practitioner in
Franklin.
There was a Franklin minister
who went cunning a good deal, and
altogether was rather a sporting char
acter.
"At a little church supper one
night the minister was boasting about
his knowledge Of horses and hunting,
his craftsmanship and so on, when
Dodd interrupted him.
you're a good sportsman, are
you?' he said.
"'Well,' said the minister, not sus-
pecting any trap. I am not a bad
sportsman, If do say it myself.
Yet said Dodd, If were bird
could hide where there'd be no dan
ger Of your potting me-
Where would you hide?' asked
the minister.
I'D hide Dodd answered, in
your study n'--Washington Star.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-19

ALL TOOK THE HINr.-A man in
small western town bought a quart
OF milk and on arriving home found
it was adulterated with water. The
next day he posted bills in different
sections of the town reading
Il bought a quart of milk yesterday
which / found to be adulterated. If
the scoundrel will bring me another
quart I'll not denounce him."
The next day he found three quart
cans on his doorstep. There were
three dairymen in the town.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-19

WHEN COLLINS PLAYED A RACE
Chief of Police Collins is not a gamo-
ling man, but he admits having once
played the ponies. 1t was years ago.
says the Chicago Tribune. This Is the
story:
II didn't know one horse from an
other, but 1 heard the men in the de-
partment telling about the money they
had won. If they lost bet they new
er mentioned it. One day, during a
meeting at the Robey track, a copper
at Harrison told me he was going to
put IS on a good thing as he called
it. 1 said to him in a joke: why
don't you play Stayaway? That's the
best horse out there today
THE meaning I wished to convey
was that If he stayed away from the
track he would be winner. He was a
dense sort of fellow, and didn't catch
the quiet sarcasm.
80 out he goes to Robey, and, re-
membering my tip to play 'Stayaway,'
he looks at the card and sees a horse
named Getaway in the third race.
He was to l for first place. The
"copper" thinking he had got the
names mixed, laid his IS on Getaway
who came under the wire about block
ahead of tie others.
when he returned to the station
he handed me a $40 bill with the re-
mark: L played that horse you gave
me, lieutenant, and won $40. This Is
your half Of it,"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-19
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ment and others for street carnivals
with one exception. Some three or
four years ago a carnival was allowed,
since which time all requests for such
amusements have been declined.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-19

you," came back the reply from the
bench.
"Our only recourse will be another
appeal to the supreme court" said
Mr.. Evans.
You can go to the supreme court
or-anywhere else you please" said
the Judge.
This court can be punished for
contempt"
go away, go away" shouted the
judge, waving his long arms belliger-
emily toward the lawyer. You talk
like a town fool l used to know back
in Missouri. Bailiff adjourn court"
Ia The railway postal clerks have
two organizations. The principal one,
says a writer in the New York Tri-
bune, is the Railway Mail associa-
ton, with a membership Of 1000.
This association is a fraternal, bene-
fetal organization. 1t has a paper of
its own, the Railway Postoffice, whose
editor, George A. Wood of Portsmouth
N. H., Is also secretary and treasurer
Of the association. It was through
him that the scope of the organization
was so broadened as to make it con-
sidered by the department a valuable
adjunct to the railway mail service In
the solution Of the many problems
that arise In the continual effort to
better the service. Wood has been
reelected to his office nine successive
times.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-19

,18' The average rise of the Nile Is
little more than "a feet.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-19
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-19

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-25
IN SECRET SESSION.
International Officers of Labor Organ
izations Meet

A meeting of the international officers of
the several labor organizations and the
local grievance committee was in progress
this afternoon at headquarters. 9Th and G.
streets, and it is said. matters of i'm
portance were under consideration. Among
the latest arrivals was President Alfred
Tracy of the International Association of
Cement Workers, who reached Washington
this morning. The meeting today was ex-
ecutive in character and nothing was given
out as to its purport.
A leading member of one of the unions
said this afternoon that the reports from
this city being freely circulated through the
country 10 the effect that the open shop Is
a fixture at the capital and is in successful
operation calculated to inJure the
cause OF organized labor. and that steps
would be taken to check such reports.
A members of the Employers Association
sa i'd this afternoon:
I'VE have demonstrated that the open
shop is fixture here. and the reports that
IL is In successful operate in Washington
are true to the letter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-25
Triangular Ocean Race.

NEW YORK. September For the first
tiase In the history of this port three French
ssfiing vessels will sail on a l2OOCemile
rae" from New York. All hail from the
AsH'e port. Nantes. Their captains are life
iosE friends aud members of their crews
are related by marriage otherwise. The
vessels are nearly alike in size and speed
sat all are going to one port. Melbourne
Australia. The racers The ship Yer
ctagetortx. 2.2T3 tons: the bark Admiral
Coafbet, 2.2:! tons. and the bark La Bruy-
ore. =. lpS toes All have been chartered by
the Standard OH Company TO carry case oil
to the Hntipodes
tspJ l. Charter commands the Courbet
Capt J. Huet the Vercingetorix and Capt
A Anceliu. the La Bruyere.
Great interest In the race is NANTES. ed
oE the maritime exchange and among
french residents and crews. who exchange
visits and gossip and lay wagers on the
resell The masters will have a farewell
aiaaer few nights before the race begins