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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-15
WOMEN IN POLITICS.
In England They Have Long Been
Campaigners.

Electioneering women are no nov
city in English campaigns. They have
been at the business for years. Even
before there were elections at all
at least, popular electiOrs-they had
a good deal to say about the men who
should do the lawmaking.
\ seat in parliament was then very
often private property, just as church
livings were, and indeed still are. The
right to nominate these members
sometimes come by inheritance to a
woman, and many of these feminine
politicians used the right.
All through the eighteenth century
and during the first third OF the nine
teenth, parliamentary power was in
the hands of Il few great families.
The Court and Tory families nom
mated one candidate, the Whig fam
lilies nominated another; but the
electors could say if their members
should be a Tory or q Whig.
Every artitiCc was employed to
win votes. Money was no object eX-
cept to the voter. Great families
impoverished themselves in corrupt
ing the electorate. but with the hope
of recouping themselves later on AT
the expense of the taxpayers.
ON one occasion Il bye election was
impending i'm Yorkshire and Pitt,
paying a social visit TO the famous
Mrs. Bone of the Whig queens of
the West Riding-Said bantrringly:
ell. the election is all right for us.
Ten thousand gumeas for the use of
our side go down to Yorkshire to-
night by Il sure hand
la, Il NI,.S
b.. and that night the bearer of the
precious burden was stopped by a
highwayman on the great north
road and the 10000 guincas was
used to procure tn" return of the
Whig candidate.
Yet even i'm those corrupt days
there were voters who could not b"
reached by gold. But they wcr" not
always proof against feminine charm
Gc0rgiana. duchess of Devon. m""
was the most successful CanvaSScr in
English electoral history. Her inter
venti0n in the Westminster election
of 1884 was the inspiration of mo-
mcnt.
Charles James Fox. the darling of
the Whig ladies. was the candidate
of his party The Court and the To-
ricS We're moving heaven and earth
| to prevent his return for what was
regarded as the leading constituency
of Great Britain. Things We're GO
ing i'll with him and he would. with
out doubt. have been at TN" bottom
of the poll had not the Duchess. ac-
companied by her sister, Lady Dun
cannon. driven down in her chariot
and begun to canvass tn" unpollcd
voters. Lady Carlisle and other great
Whfg ladies followed her example.
The Tories took fright and hastily
summoned their own women folk Ia
the field to CountcraCt the influence
of FoX'S allies Among those who
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-15
WORK OF MICROBES.
Without Them World Would Be Cum
bered With Decay.

Few persons can realize at once
what an immense number and variety
of microbes there are, not only around
us. in the air and dust and water, but
also in US and on us in and on ev-
cry living thing The work, the huge
system of chemical change and the
circulation of the elemenic, carbon,
oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen and sui
phur, which they carry on is inces-
SAINT. varied and complex. Those five
elements are the main and essential
constituents of all living things. Sup
posing there were no microbes, there
would be no putrefaction, no break
ing down of the dead bodies of ami
mails and plants which were once alive
into gas and substances soluble in
water.
They, by Il series of steps in which
different kinds of bacteria or microbes
are successfully concerned, convert
the protcidS and the fats and sugars
of dead plants and animals into
less elaborate bodies organic acids,
aromatic bodies, and other COM
pounds (SOme highly poisonous to
mani. and at last. when what were
highly complex combinations of hun
drcdS of atoms in each molccule have
been reduced by the action of first
one and then of another kind Of mi
crobc into comparatively simple sub
stances of twenty or thirty atoms to
the mOleCulc, the coup de grace is
given by certain special microbes.
which convert these later compounds
into still simpler combinations, name
| ly. ammonia and nitratcS. which are
fairly stable. 80 that tn" whole elab-
crate chemical fabric Of living matter
i'm Il few hours or days after death
| is broken down until it reaches the
stable "mneral'' condition. pract-
Cally carbonate and nitrate of am
Notwithstanding salts!
If there We're no microbes this
would never occur. TIL" earth would
| be numbered with the dead bodies of
past generations of animals and plants
| |-undcCompoScd. And very soon all
| the organic elements. all the carbon
and nitrogen. if not all the hydrogen
| and oxygen, on the face of the earth
| would be fixed in these COrpSeS and
| the green plants would perish from
| the whole world for want of sub
stance. For it iS tn" green plants
which feed ON. ana absolutely must
| have as their food. the CarbOniC acid.
ammonia and nitrate. into which tn"
microbes resolve all living things
when dead. 1t is the green plants
which from those simple compounds
| build up again the NOR" complex
molecules. the sugars. fats. albumens
and protcids. and provide for the
InouriShmcnt and increase of the most
complex of all-th" living matter
hidden i'm rntoplasm.-L0mdnm Tcle-
graph
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Fits For a Chaser.

ID. Ogden Mills had many gooo
story of the old bonanza days. said a
San Franciscan. Il like especially mis-
whisky story.
"A tenderfoot, the story ran, entered
a saloon and ordered whisky. Whisky
in those days and in those parts was
very weird drink. Queer effects were
sure to follow it. The tenderfoot knew
he must expect something out of the
common, but, for all that, he was tax
en- aback when the bartender handed
him a small whisk broom along with
the bottle and glass.
.Tenderfoot like, he didn't care To
expose his ignorance by asking what
the whisk broom was for, so he just
stood there and fidgeted. He didn't
drink. He waited in the hope that
somebody would come in and show him
what was what.
We'll, in a few minutes a big chap
in a red shirt entered. He TOO, ordered
whisky, and he, too, got broom.
The tenderfoot watched him closely
He poured himself a generous drink
tossed it off, and, taking up his whisk
broom. went over into a corner and
carefully cleaned on the floor a space
about feet by 3. There he lay down
and had a fit.-Detroit Free Press.
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came forward were Lady Salisbury
she who was fated more then ntty
years after to be burned TO death III
fire at Hatiield-and Lady Buck
linghamshire. Then opened battle
royal; but Georgiana was irresistible.
At the end of the forty days the
poll closed according to law and Fox
had won. -,
The electioneering Mrs. Berney'
gained that designation during the
Norfolk election of 1906. She was an
enthusiastic supporter of the Tory
cause. Day after day Mrs. Berney,
accompanied by another widow lady,
paraded the city of Norwich in
barouche, the servants, the horses
and her own costume, as we'll as that
of her companion, profusely decorated
with the Tory colorS. This excessive
Haunting of her partisanShip angered
the Whig mob, and without the cog
nizance of their leaders they decided
to play a trick.
An euuipage exactly similar was
obtained and two ladies made up to
represent Mrs. Berney and her friend
as closely as possible-but with this
important difference, that they
spOrted the Whig cOlOrs-drove out
in it to parade the city. When the
Tory mob discovered the deception
their fury was great anG the TWO
counterfeit ladies narrowly escaped
serious maltreatment. As ii was,
their carriage was hacked to pieces.
Nowadays no married candidate in
England would think of fighting an
election without the help of his wife.
At the general election of 1892 the
late Mrs. Darwin took leading part
in the contest at Lichfield, when her
husband, Major Leonard Darwin, was
returned At one meeting of miners
which was being addressed by her
there was a good deal of interruption,
but the lady was undaunted.
You think, perhaps" she said,
that because l am a woman l am
easily frightened and put down, but
| am not. | am afraid of COW,
confess. but l am not afraid of a
miner"
During the Warwick and Leaning
ton bye-election of 1903, when Alfred
Lyttelton was indiSpOSed, his wife
took his place on the platform with
satisfactory results. Nor is the ca
pacity for making a speech the only
valuable quality in a candidates wife.
The late Mrs. Arthur Brand sang her
husband, so it was said, into Wis
bech.-Ladies Pictorial.
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experience for man to take sides
with his friend, and it is often done
without considering whether he Is
right or not, i'm which case a man re-
CARDS friendship as stronger than
truth.
Friendship is the most beautiful
fact in human experience. and to say
''he is my friend" is saying a great
deal. But it is saying a great deal
more to say ''he Is right" and stand
by him for that than solely for friend
ships sake. This does not make
friendship cold-hearted. AS Cassius
said to Brutus: "A friend will bear a
friends infirmities;" and even those
but not the faults.
Rut our great concern should be in
dealing with those whom we do not
like. lest our opinion is swayed by
prejudice or malice. Truth should be
The arbiter in all cases. There is
nothing so fine in a mans character
as frankness to a friend or an enemy.
Such a trait always proves its high
merit, by the sense of pleasure 1t gives
one when it is exercised. One of the
best things to make a man think is to
be frank with him; If he Is right, to
say so; if he is wrong, to say so,
whether he is friend or enemy. And
this, not in any controversial spirit,
but simply as the expression of ones
good will, which is always in order.
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Influence of Environment.

The parrot which belonged to the rich
malefactOr sat in its glided cage, con-
templating a pricemark which had not
yet been removed. Presently the mag
nate approached and the bird looked at
him. He had been on the witness
stand that day in an important case
and was feeling rather elated over his
successful testimony.
Hello. Polly" he greeted the bird
sticking his finger through the bars
Hello" responded the parrot. ignor-
ing the finger.
Does Polly want cracker"
The bird cooked its head to one side
inquiringly. The magnate laughed al
its manner. Possibly the bird mad not
quite understood the question.
Does Polly want cracker" he re-
peatcd.
The bird still looked at him with
Slanted vision, but made no reply.
"Oho." he laughed. you're not hun
CRY. Have you had your dinner"
Il don't remember" croaked the bird
and the magnate ordered the butler tC
remove it from the premises forthwith
-Lippincott's.
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CHANGES IN THE OLD ORDER
Wonderful Increase In knowledge o
the World.

The blank spaces upon the maps
grow smaller and smaller, and the
forbidden cities give up their secrets
one by one. Until 1903 not more
than half dozen white men had ever
come back alive from Lhasa. The
whole of Tibet was cut off from the
commerce of the world. 1t was dan
gerous to go ten miles beyond the
border, even in disguise. But then
Col. Younghusband of the British
army dragged his machine guns to
Lhasa's gates, and today the mar
veilous old town is about TO become
a free trading place. The Chinese
who claim dominion over the. Tlbe-
tans, started to build a telegraph line
from Pekin to Lhasa early in 1908,
Now they have swept the whole coun-
try with an army of $4,000 men,
driven the Dalai Lama out of his
capital and broken his temporal
power forever.
These exploits indicate that China
lis adopting some of the methods OF
what we call higher civilization. Not
long ago the Chinese, themselves
were being civilized by the sword, and
now they are trying the same weapon
on others. The army they sent into
Tibet was drilled by Japanese officers
and armed with German artillery. II
will remain in garrison at Lhasa fot
a while and will then open and guard
the commercial highways of the coun-
try. In a few years Tibet Will be as
safe a land for travellers as India OIL
Japan. Where the lamas once rat
tied their prayer wheels the sewing
machine will raise its voice; ground
that was once holy and forbidden will
afford sites for Stockyards, SawmillS
and moving picture parlors.
Meanwhile the transport OF Moham-
medan pilgrims to Mecca has beer
systematized and commercialized by
the German steamship companies
Until a few years ago all pilgrims
from the north made the journey by
land and faced constant perils. Now
they go to Jiddah, on the Red Sea
| in comfortable steamships, and II
they happen to be rich, may make
the remaining sixty miles of the triI
| in automobiles. The Mohammedar
clergy rail against all these luXuries
Going to Mecca, they say, is no long
er painful or dangerous, and in con-
sequence no longer an act of piety
land merit Any Moslem with $50 tC
spare may now get his green turbar
and eat three excellent meals a da!
while getting it.
Tiburon Island, in the Gulf Of Cali
fornia, lost its old mystery and hor'
ror last December, when an Ameri
can expedition found its legendar!
cannibals to be myths. There is nov
| an excellent hotel at khartum, where
the khalifa held barbarous court {
dozen years ago, and another at tn
| Victoria Falls, in the heart of dark
est Africa. The next internationa
boat race may be held on the Fam
besi. \ missionary recently reported
excellent bicycling along the Congo
with good roads and no danger from
hostile natives. American steel rail
are being laid in Turkestan. Persi;
has trolley cars and a parliament
Nineveh may soon have RAILROAD
station. One of the poles is conquer
ed and the other will yield, perhaps
next year. The old order changeth
The world grows Small.-Baltimor
Sun.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-15
Defended a Little Boy.

Nine-year- Robert Armstrong
came home from school the other day
with dirty face and a torn stocking
and a generally disheveled appear
ance There was a bump on his fore
head which he was manfully trying
to conceal by pulling his cap dowr
over his face.
Why, Robert, what have you been
doing? How did you get so dirty? An6
what has happened to your face?
asked his mother.
Robert looked mysterious.
"Oh, I've been tryin' to keep a little
boy from bein' licked" he replied
with an offhand air of accustomed vir-
tue.
His mother was delighted.
How fine and brave of you, dear,
she cried. THAT is what you must al
ways do. You must always stand uT
for the little boys. l am sure you are
going to grow up to be a hero; yOl
are a splendid little man, and mother
is proud of you. Who was the little
boy?"
Me" replied Robert Il broke jim
mie Andrews pencil box and he tried
to wallop me. 1t was an awful fight
He won."-Philadelph Times.
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humorous department.
Tenderfoot at Poker.

Poor Pat Sheedy," said Il sporting
editor, used TO entertain me when |
visited his shop with gambling tales.
There was one tale about sand
wich that l rather liked. 1t seems.
according to this tale, that bar
keeper in Tombstone, or Dead Cat,
or some such town, connived with
three sharpers. and God help any
tenderfoot that ever ventured to sit
in u little poker game among that
crew.
"One night the tenderest tenderfoot
imaginable after half dozen drinks
i'm the saloon agreed to take hand
in a dollar-limit game.
Things went along in the usual
way for a while then an amazing Sc
ries of mods and winks began to pass
about. The bartender had signalled
that the tenderfoot held four kings
on the draw. There were more mods
and winks and betting began.
In the midst of the betting wait
er brought sandwiches and whisky
in order to distract the tenderfoot,
and while the poor dupe was tossing
off his drink the sharper next him
slipped sixth card on to his hand
thus, of course, multiplying it.
The unconscious tenderfOot TOOK
I'D a huge sandwich, bit off large
mouthful, and began to bet again
Right and left, of course, they raised
him. He ate on, and bet away calm
". An enormous sum lay on the ta-
BILE.
Then, suddenly, the bartender re-
sumed his mods and winks. He was
terribly excited. Something was
wong. The sharpers, little anX-
ious, called the tenderfoot
The tenderfoot finished the last
bite of his sandwich, took long
drink of whisky and laid down his
original five cards. Then, in silence
he gathered in his vast pile of VIM
nings and with q cool nod took his
leave.
After his departure there was a
terrible time.
What the dickens did he do with
that sixth card?' the sharpers cried
Didn't you see? Didn't you see?
cried the bartender, dancing up and
down with rage. He ate it with MS
sandwich Washington Post.
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MY BOY.


A little crib in mothers ROOM"
A little face with baby bloom:
4 little head with curly hair:
A little tub, little chair:
A little while for bumps and cries;
A little while to make mud pies"
A little doubling wonder when
A little pair of hands are clean:
a little ball. top to spin;
A little ulster" belted in:
A little pair of pants, some string;
A little bit Of everything;
4 little clustering, bOisterous air;
4 little spirit of don't care;
A little trampinS off to school;
A little shrug at woman's rule;
A little odor of cigar:
A little twilight talk with ma:
A little earnest Study;-then
A little council grave again;
A little talk about my girl"
A little soft mustache to twirl;
A little time of jealous fear;
A little hope the way.t clear:
4 little knowledge Of the world;
A little self-cOnceit hurled:
A little manly purpose new;
A little woman. waiting,-true;
A little wedding gay, at eve;
A little pang the home to leave;
A little mother lone at dawn;
A little sigh,-my boy was gone!
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Self Explanatory
Cheraw, S. c., Dec. 81, 1909.
Mr.. NJ. NJ. Mattison, General Agent,
Anderson, S. G..

Cheraw, s. c., Dec 81, 1909.
Mr.. NJ. NJ. Mattison, General Agent,
Anderson, S. G.
My Dear Sir
The circumstance to which you refer
is the case Of Mr.. r. T. Webster. He
had been all his life renting land In
Marlboro county, paying large rent,
and we backed MIN in the purchase Of
300-acre plantation in this county,
right on the railroad, which he got and
put in shape for about $5,000.00. 1 had
him to take a policy for $5,000.00 on
his life with you, and loaned him the
money to make his first payment.
When the second premium fell due, you
took his note for about $250.00. Be-
fore the premium note fell due, he
died suddenly The insurance paid up
the loan on the land, practically, and
paid the note, and left his family In
the possession of a tract Of land that
would bring probably 100000 now,
and they are now land owners and get
ting on well. This Is the case.
Yours very truly,
(signed) W. F. stevenson,
Suppose Mr.. Webster had done as
many men who have read the above
letter from former Attorney General
Stevenson are doing right now-excus-
ing themselves from carrying a policy
in the Mutual Benefit on the ground
that they are in debt-where would his
family be today? What would become
of YOUR family should you die with
out insurance? No company guaran-
tees so much at so low cost as the
Mutual Benefit.
SAM M. GRIsT, Agent.
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nature TELLS YOU.
As Many a YorkviIle Reader Knows
Too Well.

When the kidneys are sick,
Nature tells you all about it.
The urine is natures calendar.
Infrequent or too frequent action;
Any urinary trouble tells of kidney
ills.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure all kidney
ills.
Yorkville people testify to this.
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lnstructive.-A darky minister in a
southern town was much moved by
the grief Of q woman whose husband
had just been inferred.
My sister" came in solemn tones
from the clergyman. Il know dat dis
is great grief dat's overtaken yo'.
All de same. though. you is com
who was yo' companion an partner
in life. consoles yO' wifi de as
surance dat dere is annuder who
sympathizes wifi yo' i'm de arms o
unfailin' love"
The widow looked up at him
through her tears. "Who is he?" she
finally asked.-Harpcr's Weekly.
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r. ]. Mackorell formerly of Main
St, Yorkville, S. c., says: For over
a year l suffered from attacks of back
ache and pains through my kidneys:
The kidney secretions were unnatural
and l at last decided to try a reliable
kidney remedy. Since l began using
Doan's Kidney Pills l have been feeling
great deal better. The pains have
disappeared and I have been free from
that dull feeling. / do not hesitate to
recommend Doan's Kidney Pills as a
reliable remedy"
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Still With Us.-NlrS. StubbS Tem-
inisccntly-Ah. for the good old days.
John,
Mr.. Stubbs-What old days. Maria?
Mrs. StubbS-Why. the days OF our
grandparents when there wcr" :"
many brass knockers.
Mr. StubbS-H'm, Maria. there are
nInnlv of knockers around now and all
of them seem to nave an abundance of
braSS.-ChicagO News.
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For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-DOAN'S-and
take no other.
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DANGER IN TAKING SIDES.
One Is Apt to Be Swayed BY His
Friendships.

One 10 APT " SS SIoS - 49,
Friendships.
\ person should always make up
his mind more carefully upon a mat
ter in which an enemy is interested
than where the personal element Is no
part of it, says the Ohio State Jour-
nal. Unless he does this he Will be
apt to think his enemy is wrong. His
prejudice then, rather than his judg-
ment, will rule.
And the case Is the same If friend
Is interested. That one fact may con-
troll ones judgment. 1t is ordinary
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WALL PAPERS

We would be pleased to have every
our line Of Wall Paper and Border
Samples. We can furnish Wall Pa
pers from one of the best manufactur-
ers in the United States and you will
find our sample line up to the highest
notch Of perfection. Let us show you.
See Us for Indoor Paints, Oils, Var
nishes, Kalsomine, Brushes, Glass and
Putty.
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FLOOR COVERINGS.

We are now showing an elegant line
of Grass Rugs and Art Squares in the
newest patterns, in popular sizes at
popular prices. These Art Squares are
ideal floor coverings for spring and
summer use.
If it is anything in Furniture and
House Furnishings that you want,
come and see our lines and get our
prices before you buy.
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YORK FURNITURE co.
IIME11 I

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Lime is always cheaper than doc
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Good Lime, PIentfulIy Used.
Just remember, if you raise chickens,
that in very short time now, the
weather will get warmer and chicken
Mites and Lice will appear. The way
to put stop to these pests-the best
way is a free use of Lime. Sprinkle
the floors of the chicken house and
cOOps with lime; whtewash the roosts,
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3 feet square and fill it with lime and
road dust for a dust bath for chickens,
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