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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-17

who had never eXisted-a woman
whose soul would have been correctly
indexed by Lurline Bannottie's face.
They saw the smile her face wore;
they looked upon the curve of cheeks
and chin and lips; they caught, some
times, the warm glances from her
deep, dark eyes; they saw her high,
broad forehead; they noticed her elas-
tic step; they admired her long, strong
fingers, with their tapering whiteness;
| they
But why multiply words?
Lurline Bannottie had been drawing
men after her in that way all her life.
She had been admired, loved, raved
over, fought for. She had gone her
way unscrupulously and carelessly,
deliberately seeking the admiration
which was no more than a passing
pleasure to her and the love which she
cared only to scorn and mock at. Most
men had loved her, when she willed
ii. Many had wOrshiped her, when she
had only permitted and tolerated IT..
Her regrets-her fears, and whatever
other feeling dominated her-surely
these must have been keen and strong
to make it possible that she had awak-
ened such passion as had sprung to
warm life in the hearts of some of her
fellow passengers-while she neither
knew nor guessed it.
They had done no more than many
men had done before them. They had
watched and admired. as | have said.
They had summed ii all up i'm one
word Of reverential awe and unswerv-
ing loyalty: angel" they had called
each unknowing that another had
breathed the word in confidential pri-
vacy to his own heart, each unknow-
ing that angel" ceased to be an origi-
nal designation for this woman with
the sweet face and the strange name,
long, long ago.
And they worshiped--a face-a form
an animal; they loved the woman
WHO nave liNeu III SuSii a pouy
They forgot the omnipotence of God;
They did not remember that He can
make face on which a smile shall be
a mask; they forgot that the curves of
muscles may mean cruel strength in
stead of tenderness; they failed to re-
collect that the fire in an eye was not
necessarily kindled in heaven: they
overlooked the fact that the giant in
tellect stirring behind the broad, high
brow may be the evil genius Of all on
whom it exercises its strength: they
did not stop to think that a strong,
light football may mean treachery;
they did not go from their admiration
of q woman's dainty hands to the
question What have they done?" they
forgot that God may give the body of
an angel to a devil.
And so-they loved her
And so-she did not guess it.
Although it had been the way with
men as long as she cared to remember,
and perhaps longer.
They loved her, and they did not
stop to think of asking her from
whence she came-where she was go
ing-nor whose call she was obeying-
nor why!
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-17
CORN AT $40 AN EAR.
Out In Iowa They Raise That Kind and
Buy Ii In Themselves.

Out In Iowa They Raise That Kind and
Buy 1t In Themselves.
Ten dollars seems a pretty big price
to pay for Just one ear Of corn, but out
in Iowa they raise corn which brings
even more than that 1t is not uncom-
mon for a man out there to raise corn
which he cannot afford to own.
Improbable as this sounds, it Is true
and the explanation is that prize cars
of seed corn become the property Of the
agricultural courses where they are
exhibited They are then sold at auc-
ton, and the man who raised them
does not always feel that he can afford
to bid them in.
That was precisely what happened
to an Iowa farmer named McCulloch
not long ago. He entered good
many ears of corn in the competition
held at Marshalltown under the man.
agement of the state agricultural col
lege. Over 5000 ears were entered and
one of McCulloch's won first prize.
The prize was a $3.50 water supply
system, so the farmer probably felt
that he could afford to bid in the prize
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-17
acquire another world-famous resi-

acquire another WOrld-1amOuS resi-
dent.
The Wilder mansion is quaint old
structure, built over a hundred years
ago, and several times remodeled. II
stands on the west side Of the hill road
leading from Lancaster "Old common
to Bolton centre almost at the crown
Of the highest rise. although this road
does not scale Wattaquottoc's extreme
height.
Sampson Vryling Stoddard Wilder,
the founder of the Wilder mansion,
was born in Lancaster, May 90, 1880,
and his family tree sprang from the
Puritan stock which settled the place.
The WilGers emigrated from England
and came to Boston in 1889. About
the year 1900 Mr.. Wilder, having met
Talleyrand in Boston, and being sent
to France to look after certain busi-
ness interests, obtained through his
friendship special privileges from the
French government. He made the ac-
quaintance of many prominent men
of the day, and preserved among his
mementos are many personal letters
which were written by them to him.
He represented the United States on
the occasion of the marriage of En-
peror Napoleon, then in the height OF
his glory, to the Archduchess Marie
Louise.
In 1923 Mr.. Wilder returned to Boil
ton to settle down. The following year
was made memorable by the coming
of Lafayette to America. and the re-
ception given the latter by Mr.. Wilder
at the Bolton mansion was the event
Of the century for that community.
The programme was arranged by the
host and the then Mayor of Bolton,
the Hon. Josiah Quincy, the elder.
1t is a we'll established tradition that
the Wilder mansion was selected as an
asylum for Napoleon after his defeat
at Waterloo. Napoleon delayed in
taking advantage Of the offer until too
late. Passage had been engaged for
him on a vessel that was to bring him
to America, but he waited in a desire
to provide for his faithful friends until
he was compelled to give himself up
as a prisoner of war.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-17

NO LIBERTIES said Edith's
mother when the child arrived home
from the tea party, did you have
good time?"
Yes, thank you mamma
and did you play nice game" "
Yes, mamma"
"And did you have a nice tea?"
"Yes, mamma"
II hope Edith, that you behaved
yourself like. little lady. You did
not take any liberties, did you?"
mo, mamma. There wasn't any
on the table"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16

writings of Tolstoy compared with
Shakespeare's. The dramatic piece of
TOlstOy that has certain right to be
classed as drama is his work Gamma
karinina." 1t was originally written
as a novel and dramatized later on.
But this work is whirlpool of de-
graded and degenerated slush of stulti-
fed characters, full of immortality and
crime and nonsensical postulates. You
have to wade thru a sea of this stuff in
order to find one single redeeming
character, man blessed with the vir-
tue of common honesty. Tolstoy's
writings have no ethical value, and
very little literary. There is more
ethical and moral value in "a Mid
summer Nights Dream" or GAS You
Like It," than you will find in Tol-
stoy's great philosophical
works my Confession" and "My Re-
ligion." In my opinion these two are
the only productions of Tolstoy that
are worthy the name of literature.
Finally, to talk in the language of
Mark Twain, in comparison with the
crimson, living ideals and characters
of Shakespeare, painted in never fad
ing c"lors of purple. violet and gold
TolstOy's whole literary productions
are but pale inconsequentialities.
L. H.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16

pie have speculated and studied, both
the ignorant and wise, is life. l mean
the vital principle. Who can answer
the question, what is life? With due
Difference and respect to our learned
member whose essay on the "Origln of
Man" had the pleasure of listening to
recently, the question remains unan-
swered today as it has for past ages;
prophets, priests and kings; science
and medicine have speculated, argued
and disputed; great arguments about
it have ever interest ed all classes and
ages of the human family, but the
seers and sages have come out of the
same door wherein they entered. One
step further and we have to consider
the universal law, the higher or SUI
preme intelligence that governs and
directs ell that is in or on the world.
Nothing can exist without it's influence,
and its mysticism is unfathomable.
The seven wonders Of the ancient
world are, (exc-pting the Pillars of
Hercules) so commonplace today, that
even our school children fail to re-
member them. The wonderful goth
century in which we live will leave q
more lasting impression on the pages
of history than any that have gone be-
fore, even if the poets prophecy shall
come to pass and the lone fisherman
bathe nn the deserted banks of the
river Thames.
A favorlte saying of Napoleon
"From the sublime to the ridiculous is
but STEP" reminds the writer of a
few wonderful things that time pre-
vents considering and among them
may he mentioned the following: Love,
the marcel wave, submarine boats
Roosevelt, marconigrams, broiled live
Holsters, Chinese tom-toms and wom-
ans dress-pocket. T. w.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16
End of Convict Leasing in
Mississippi.

By the passage of the Hebron-J ohm
ston bill, which now awaits the gov
ernor's signature, the Mississippi legis-
lature has destroyed prolific source
of scandal and cruelty-the convict
leasing system. The bill provides that
county cOnvlcts shall be worked only
under official control and manage
ment. The counties are not compelled
to provide convict farms of their own,
but may, if they prefer, keep their
prisoners in Jail, or employ them upon
the roads or on any other public work.
Supervisors of adjoining counties may,
if they see fit, divide expense by main
tanning common county farm and
working their convicts together. The
prisoners are divided into classes, ac-
cording to age and physical condition,
and minimum valuation of their la
bor is fixed, upon which to figure the
term of service OF those who are work
ing out fines. It is stipulated that the
law shall not abrOgate existing leases;
but shall prevent the making Of new
ones and renewal OF the old upon their
expiration.
The new law, if it receives the gov
ernor's approval will not altogether
prevent cruel and inhuman treatment
of prisoners, for it is not possible to
leglslate compassion into the breasts
of men in whom the spirit of humani-
ty is undeveloped. We shall doubt
less hear complaints from time to time
of the ill-treatment of convicts by
county guards, just as charges of bru-
tality are occasionally leveled at the
penitentiary guards. But with the
county authorities directly RESPONSE
BILE for the decent treatment of their
charges, and removal Of the incentive
to drive convicts past their strength
for private gain, instances of cruelty
will grow steadily rarer.-New Orleans
Times Democrat.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16

$50 the plaintiffs counsel tried to
pump you today, eh?" said Lawyer
Dudley.
EYER, it was Lawyer Sharpe; but
told him you were looking after my
interests" said the defendant.
"What did he say, thenP"
"Asked me why I didn't engage
lawyer. philadelphia Press.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16
Some of the Most
Wonderful Things in
the World.

Paper fsead Before me Chautauqua Circle.
In presenting this subject for your
consideration and in order that the
facts and arguments may be properly
sustained, it is necessary to eliminate
what the ignorant and superstitious re-
gard as wonderful and miraculous;
considering those things both abstract
and concrete that excite feelings of
wonder, admiration and astonishment
in the mind of educated, cultured and
refined people.
n cause must be greater than its
effect; therefore, the first wonderful
thing is that which has produced the
most wonderful efforts of the human
race. Sentiment, then, is the first won
derful thing for our consideration.
Webster defines sentiment as thought
prompted by feeling; and it is thru our
feelings that the majority of men and
women are Influenced. Sentiment is
UNIVERSAL; it is not confined to race,
creed, time or place; without it the
human race would stagnate and die.
1t is the lever that moves the human
world. Sentiment has established and
destroyed religions and nations; caused
the death of Christ and the judg-
ment of Plate; and in scientific
age has retained foolish and useless
customs. All the events in history are
due to sentiment. The bitter contest
between Rome and Carthage, the In
dia mutiny, the Crusades, the Pyra-
mlds. the moving force in our politi-
Cal and scientific life is sentiment.
Sentiment produced Galileo and a
Paul 5th, Benedict Arnold and a
Nathan Hale. Huxley and Darwin
are equally children of sentiment with
Livingstone and Father Damien.
Closely allied with sentiment is pa
tience; it is wonderful because few
people possess it and keep it. For ex.
ample. did you ever see man with pa
tience whose force would Keep him by
the side of his wife in shopping ex.
poOlClOn 10 bargain counter SalesT vi
did you ever see a woman with pa
tience, hurrying to the aforesaid bar
gain sale in car, and get off the cal
without last word to the conductor
for its unavoidable delayp Truly, pa
tience is wonderful thing.
j Another equally wonderful thing
for your consideration is the facia
|, features of humanity. When you con
slider the multitude of human being
that have occupied this world of our
since the beginning Of things, and re
; member that no two individuals ar
, exactly alike in face or form, yol
: must agree this is q wonderful thing.
Perhaps the most wonderful thing II
} the world about which the most PEG
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-07
HOME OF JERSEY
WOMAN IN MIDST
Of CANN|BAlS
Lady Menendez, Formerly Miss
Tilyou, of EnglewOod, Tells
of Her Experiences.
DECLARES SHE LOVES
HER LIFE IN AFRICA
Relates How Bored Debtor and
Friends Fricasseed Creditor
and DevOured Him.
Especial to the Evening Star.

ENGLEWOOD, July Back from a
two years s~ojourn in the heart Of
Africa, Lady Hetty Menendez, for
merly Miss Tilyou, a pretty and at
tractive society girl of Englewood. is
making a visit to her childhood home.
acre. Lady MenendeZ, whose marriage in
Englewood to Sir Raymond Menendez,
chief justice of Northern Nigeria,
three years ago, was one of the prin-
cipal social events of the season, spent
her honeymoon 500 miles from civiliza-
ton in the dark continent.
Il am perfectly happy in my adopted
home" she said today In an interview
with an EVENING STAR representa-
tive There is much to compensate
for the lack of luxuries we enjoyed In
civilized countries.
1--WE had a great time reaching the
town of Zungira. where we live, after
our marriage. Our first taste of life in
the wilds was given us when we COM
menced the journey up the Niger. That
journey lasted ten days, although the
distance was only 500 miles.
Strange as it may seem. there is a
ralrOau OF twenty miles from Zunglfll
to Barijuko, where we left the river.
Two hours was the scheduled time for
the trip. Along the line we saw many
antelopes, wild hogs and thousands OF
snakes.
Home in Zungiru was a bungalow
built on iron piers to keep out the rep
tiles. The town itself boasted a float
ing population of 5000, fifty of whom
were white.
"Soon we learned of the terrible
scourge which is the dread of the Afri-
can-the black water fever. So swift is
its deadly work that the man 1t seizes
is generally a corpse within an hour,
unless medical assistance is given.
Often 1t recurs, and one sturdy native
boasted that he had been seized thirty
six times in as many days.
Life is cheap in Northern Nigeria.
1 remember a tobacco merchant who
was slain by a debtor and eaten by the
debtor and his friends.
but. withal. | love my home. Am I
going back? I am, most a~ssuredly."
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too proud even in her poverty to let
others see her emotion.
But while there were many scenes
The joyous laughter of happy childhood
rang high above the note of suffering.
"Gee! Amt this great" cried out a
little girl. IT wish we could keep on
sailing all day like this"
And when that most wonderful of
earth's isles to the children of fifty
miles around New York. Coney, APP
peared to view, a chorus of "O-o-oh's!
Amt it grand" went up In a paean of
delight that all the adjectives in the
English language fail TO express.
The glories of the remainder of the
day will be told in childish treble
weeks to come. The wonderful, glisten-
ing sands, where houses were built
and caves were dug, to be wiped away
with the kick of a bare little foot; the
cool salt waves that laved tired limbs
and put new life and energy into heat
worn small bodies; the joys of Luna
Park, the magnificent, with it's mad
dash down the chutes, the rid on a
teeny-weeny, but real, railroad through
dark and tunnels, the shivery
show, where the Bad Place was shown
with the bad men suffering for their
sins; the Burning of the Prairie Belle,
made famous by John Hay, in Jim
Bludsoe;" the wonderful big elephant,
on which the little ones rode; the open
air circus-all these and a thousand
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-07
THE STAR AT THE
SUMMER RESORTS.

Before you leave tow for the sum
mer leave an order with Our local
~newsdealer to mail you the STAR"
Morning or Evening, or both.
The STAR" morning and evening
editions, are on sale at the following
stands:
ATLANTIC CITY-John A. MaJnne, 10
Goodwill avenue.
ASRURY PARK-E. j. Smith. Main
street and MattisOn avenue; ,. q. Har-
rison, Mattison avenue. neal POST
Office; IL. A. Borden, MattisOn avenue,
corner Bond street; Il. Brylnwski. roo
Main street; Union News Company.
nt depot.
ALLENHURsT AND DEAL-H. C. ohD
son and Union News Company at
depot.
ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS-G. c. Jenkin-
son, w. n. S~nedeker. Union News
Company mt depot.
AEON-C. d.. Snyder. Main street. =.
BELFORD-W. w. Morris, Jr.
BELMAR-E. j. Seymour, II. Weinstein.
j. SiIyerstein. Union News Company
at depot.
Main street, or address r.. j. Smith.
News stand, Main street and MattfsOn
avenue. AsbUry Park. for delivery.
EAST LONG BRANCH-Jack Murphy.
opposite depot; Union News Company
lELBERON-Mrs. T. Fay. postOficc,
Union News Company, mt depot.
Observation-Disclosures Power, Al South
streets John 4. McChesney, Main
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-07
THROWS ROSES
FROM TRAIN TO
TELL Of WEDDING
BOOntOn Bride Takes Novel
Means to Inform Brother
of Romance.
Especial to the Evening start

BOONTON, July IA novel example
to clipping brides has been set by Miss
Ethel Tillotson, of this place, whose
lacon,c announcement of her marriage
was a bunch of bridal roses thrown
from the window of an express train
at her astonished brother. He knew
what it meant. Miss Tillotson sent a
telegram to her parents, saying that
she had been married to James Benja-
min, of Lincoln Park, and that she
and her husband were on their way to
Canada for their honeymoon.
Tillotson was at the station when
the II o'clock flyer went through yes
terday morning In obedience to a
telegram from his sister, who was a
teacher at Lincoln Park. AS the cars
sped past something hit him, and he
glanced up just in time to get a
glimpse of his sisters smiling face,
He gradually recovered from his sur
prise and went home with the news
The family had expected the marriage
but not in that way.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-07
Power D s6ms July Sale Bargains
he source of many great sale specials

a. n source or many great sale specials reaches some weeks pack, when uroNard
Weather conditions found many manufacturers wholesalers and importers with heavy
stocks for prsenthmet ae Goods die not move fast enough to reN bullying warehouse and
G ERkng bank balance until He bright days burst upon us The enre Grade" then
scrambled to take advantage o the splendid demand that at once sprung up reckoning on fail
q business to oup 1s And we were ina position to avail ourselves of my such
" ofaings-or own socks were in splendid condition That accounts for finding tehe bargains
figures a fsane recognized by discerning women md being akena advantage of to thief fence
our hrongedst tore. Here arr: more dTatment brdihsa and many still not mentioned
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-07

and one other delights unseen and un-
dreamt of before will be told and retold,
while the mothers will bless the gen.
erous men and women who made the
outing possible.
There were 1900 mothers and chill
dren on the trip. Fully one-half of the
party remained at the island until 10
o'clock last night to enjoy the delight
full breezes that swept the beach. All
the officers and crew did everything
possible to make the mothers and chill
dren comfortable.
Frederic Thompson, manager of Luna
Park, threw open all of the attractions
in the beautiful place to the excursion
lists, without any restrictions. The at
tendants were most courteous and en-
tered freely into the spirit of the affair.
All of the officials and attendants at
Luna Park wore THE EVENING
STARS Free outing" badges.
The few children and women who be-
came slightly indisposed We're promptly
cared for by DIR. Mary f. Broadnax, one
of the local district physicians, n the
Misses Maude Fisher and Louise Greg
DIRE, of the City Hospital, who accom-
panied the party. The milk was fur
nished by the Attorney Dairy Company,
Seller Brothers. Henry T.. Backus and
the Fairfield Dairy Company. Fresh
bread rolls We're furnished by Mangels
e Schmidt, wholesale bakers. Other
foods were donated by Van W~agenen e
Schickhaus Co. Members of Bartend-
ers' Union No. 131 and Walters Union
No. 1903 waited on the mothers and
babies without financial recompense.
Arrangements are already under way
for another outing, and announcement
Of the late will be published soon in
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-07
Y. M. c. A. SUMMER SCHOOL
OPENS WITH MANY PUPILS.

The Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton summer school for boys has opened
with a representative registration from
the Oranges, Bloomfield, Irvington and
Newark.
The religious and moral leagues have
arranged for numerous lectures and
talks, to be given by Bradford Will
Jams and w. II. Ward. The Campers
Club, of which William Park has been
elected president and Thoma Clark
vice-president. will meet Friday and
plan the trip to Lake Wawayanda.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-07
FREE PIANOS FOR
SCHOOL CHILDREN
g. Smith,, 755 Broad
ST., WiII Loan Few
Good Square Pianos to
Parents Who Wish Their
Children to
TAKE UP MUSIC DURING VACAT TON

This liberal offer entails no obligation
whatever on the part Of parents who wish
to take advantage of it. Now that schools
are closing, you will appreciate the neces-
sity of having some entertainment indoors
to keep the children occupied at least part
of the day. What could prove more at
tractiye, more entertaining or more in
structive than a piano? 1t will enable
the children to take up music at a time
when they have ample leisure to practise.
1t will give them a start toward acquiring
a proficient musical education.
A few good square pianos, nearly all
leading makes, will be loaned free for six
months, and all that is asked of you Is
to pay the small cost of moving the piano
to your home. Call at the +. G. Smith
warerooms, ut 75 Broad street, Mt once,
and make your selection.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-07
DISAPPEARS WHILE
SWIMMING IN PASSAIC.

John Brennan, SO years old. of 90
School street, is believed to have been
drowned in the Passaic river. Accom-
panied by John Holzberger he went to
Cook G. Genung's dock at the foo of
Jersey street early last night for a
swim. Holzberger did not enter the
water, but watched his friend from the
bank.
HolzbeI ger became alarmed after
some time had elapsed without his see
ing Brennan. and he told the police of
his disappearance.
Brennan was married ana a three
children.