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their own hands. The close air Of the
vaults reeked with the pestilential
effluvia: most recoiled from these pits
Of death, the more rapacious went on,
breathing death for the sake Of plum
der. At length, reduced by famine,
John and his brethren came forth
upon terms Of surrender; his life was
spared--a very singular instance OF
lenity, If indeed his conduct had been
so atrocious as 1t is described by his
rival Josephus He was condemned
to perpetual imprisonment, and finally
sent to italy.
Thus fell. and forever. the me-
tropolis of the Jewish state. Other
cities have risen on the ruins Of Je-
rusalem, and succeeded, as 1t were, to
the inalienable inheritance Of per-
petual siege, oppression and ruin. Je-
rusalem might almost seem to be
place under a peculiar curse; 1t has
probably witnessed far greater por-
ton of human misery than any other
spot upon the earth.-Milam's His
tory Of the Jews.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-15
their ranks broken now and then at the

their ranks broken now and then at the
creaking Of an old-time ox-cart, with
wheels four feet high, or at the hooting
Of very modern motor car Well-to-
do Montenegrins, in the modern dress
Of red and blue and gold lace, mingle
under the trees with peasants who wear
the old whitish-gray national dress and
carry old fashioned rifles and as many
cartridge belts as they can get round
their waists.
In the soldiers clad in khaki and arm
ed with excellent modern weapons,
lives the spirit Of a bygone age. There
have been many examples Of dash and
audacity that might we'll be the envy
Of any army. But, misdirected and in
some cases carried out in spite Of the
commands of the officers, they have
merely led to unnecessary loss Of life.
All classes of the population are ami
mated by enthusiasm for their, coun-
try's cause, by the pride Of clan, and by
the Unborn hatred Of the Turk. From
all parts Of Europe and from America
have come Montenegrins anxious to
take up arms. t
Yesterday at the little village Of
Rieka found In the temporary hospi-
tai two wounded soldiers who, although
just returned from America after many
years of absence, were as full Of ardor
as II they had lived all their lives in
continual fear of the Turk. At the same
place, waiting for the little steamer
that plies to Virpazar, were old men
armed with rifles, on their way to join
the army, and boy Of fourteen, whom
his mother in vain implored to stay at
home. Somehow he had obtained a
rife and boyonet, and go he would.
The women are not behind the men.
Accustomed as they are to the carry
ing of heavy loads, they transport the
food to their husbands and brothers at
the front.
Arms and ammunition are plentiful,
but there Is almost no provision for the
treatment Of the wounded. Fortunate
ly, the open-air life Of the mountains
makes the Montenegrin hardy pro-
duct s.-.,. .aT
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-15

He Simply couldn't.-It was mid
night when the burglar entered the
house, according to a story recently
tod by Secretary Of the Navy Dan
iels, and though he tried to step SOFT
ly. every step of the stairway seemed
to creak.
Suddenly there came a sound from
one OF the rooms above. The burglar
instantly stopped. Then voice was
heard:
"John," it yelped, what did I tell
you about coming into this house
with muddy shoes. l was listening TO
you and you never scraped them or
wiped them on the doormat one Dit.
You go right back and do 1t, this very
minute!"
Slowly the burglar turned and went
down the steps. Out the door ana
through the night he strobe to where
his pal was waiting.
"I can't rob that house, Jim. he
remarked to the waiting one, I'VE
will have to give it up. =
sWhat's the matter?" wonderingly
queried the accomplice.
.I simply can't do it, answered
the first. 'that house reminds me too
much of home.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-15
THE ISLE OF PATMos
Spot Memorable in Christian History
Loses Interest.

Patmos Is one Of the group Of is
lands called the Sporadoes. 1t Is now
called Patino, and lies twenty-four
miles distant from the coast Of Asia
Minor, a little south Of Ephesus. 1t is
q tiny little islet, compared with some
Of its larger neighbors, and has an
area Of only sixteen square miles, and
at present q population OF 4.C00 Souls.
In Johns time there were still fewer
inhabitants, yet before the days OF re-
corded time the islands were Inhabited
for cyclopean remains are found there,
which show its prehistoric antiquity.
There are not many things or great
interest in Patmos. except as the mem
ory and spirit of st. John suffuses ev-
cry landscape with his gentle spirit OF
love. There Is, however, the Cave OF
the Apocalypse, in which, tradition
tells us, the apostle saw the vision
which he has recorded In the last book
of the New Testament. There Is also
the Monastery Of st. John, founded 800
years ago, which once contained an
important and valuable library, now
removed to the Bodleian library at
Oxford In this library was found one
of the most valuable Of the ancient
manuscripts Of the gospels. 1t Is not
what st. John saw in Patmos that in
terests us, but what he saw far away
as he looked out from his island pris-
on. Looking to the north and east he
could. from the heights OF Patmos,
doubtless see the great mountains OF
Asia Minor to the north, among which
lay the seven churches.
The scenery and situation Of Pat
mos give us a key to much OF the I'M
agery Of the Book of Revelation. Pat
mos was one Of the islands Of an ar
chipelago. High mountainous head
lands could be seen on every side, and
around all, shutting him in from coun-
try and plain and fellow disciples, was
the impossible sea, his real prison
wall, mysterious and dangerous. AS we
think of this situation Of the aged
seer we can more fully understand his
imagery when he tells us that every
mountain and island were moved out
Of their places" that every island fled
away and the mountains were not
found" Everywhere through Revela-
ton we read Of the sea; the things
that are in the heaven and in the
earth and in the sea-" "the mountains
which shall be cast into the sea-" the
angel that stood with his right foot
upon the sea-" "the sound Of many
waters" and at last, toward the end,
the revelation that must have seemed
so joyous to this sea-imprisoned saint
the revelation Of the time when
there shall be mo more sea" LONDON
Chronicle.
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An Expensive Msmory.-He was a

An Expensive Memorys-He was a
furniture remover's man, and his
memory, as he cheerfully admitted
was very convenient" says Pearson's
Weekly.
'No. I can't remember where Mr..
Slyfit has taken his family and furnt-
ture."
Come, now said the debt collec-
tor, "he hasn't been gone week. and
you drove the van."
Did II"
You know you did"
And it's only a week ago?"
"Of course" :,
Funny how easy fellow forgets."
The collector produced half SOW
ereign and rendered 1t.
"That ought to rouse your memory"
he remarked.
"It ought to do so, sir" he ad-
mitted; but, you see, this isn't no
take a deal o. rousing. Why. 1t cost
a sovereign to put it to sleep"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-15

Worth All II Costa man out in
Brownsville, Thaler by name, and a
story teller by trade, is responsible
for what follows:
Thaler had engaged a certain Irish
man of the neighborhood to do some
odd jobs about his garden, prepara-
tory to spring planting. Pat got on
the job bright and early, but later
in the day Thaler found that another
man was doing the work while Pat
leaned comfortably against the fence
smoking his pipe. =,
What's happened Pat?" inquired
Thaler: IT thought engaged you to
do this work" -..... .....
$50 you did, sor. replied Pat. "but
l saw my chance TO subcontract the
job"
"How much are you paying your
man." asked Thaler.
lone dollar twenty-five admitted
Pat. =,
"But I'm only giving you dollar"
said Thaler, in surprise.
Sure it's 1 that knows It," con-
fided Pat, '"but it's worth quarter
to be boss for wan day"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-15
humorous department.
le general beck.

A Modern Hero.-The general beck
Oned to the aid.
Have you found the man who led
the forlorn hope, the first man to
scale the enemy's earthworks?"
He Is here, general
The man came forward. The gen.
eral unpinned the medal from the
breast of his coat and held 1t out to
1.-THE hero.
Take this, my brave fellow" he
said, and his voice shook with emo
ton as he extended his arm.
There was a sudden click.
Thank you." said the stranger.
That ought to be first-class. Easy,
natural dignified. Thank you again.
How is this?" he demanded. Just
as 1 am about to hand to you the
jeweled emblem of surprising bravery,
you draw a camera on me. Are you
not soldier?"
''Me soldierl No, no. I'm not
brave enough for a soldier"
But you led the forlorn hope?"
because it was my duty
1T don't understand"
81 had to do it or get scooped.
"Then what are you?"
I'm staff photographer, general
And just then the headquarters Dand
began playing ''See, the conquering
hero comes''-and the photographer
ran out and photographed the BAND
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-15
THE VESTS LOST CATARACT
Great Natural Wonder That Prehis.
torio DAYS Furnished. ~ 4

That one OF the greatest natural
wonders in the world was lost with the
melting of the okanogan glacier, in the
state Of Washington, Is the opinion of
government biologists, who recently
have studied portion Of the river bed
of the Columbia river in connection
with the Grand Coulee, the great can
yon that at one time was the river bed,
says correspondent Of the Indianapo-
lis News
When the Columbia river flowed
through the Grand Coulee 1t made Nj
agara insignificant by comparison. This
great river plunged from the upper to
the lower valley in a sheer fall of 400
feet over, great cliffs. This district Is
shown in the Moses Lake quadrangle,
one of the detailed topographic maps
Of the survey, made in cooperation
with the state authorities, which car
ries every important detail of the old
and the new river channels.
Moses lake Is believed to have been
at one time part Of an old channel Of
the Columbia river. During the glacial
period, recent, as time is measured by
the geologist, but long before the be-
ginning of human history, the valleys
Of the northern Cascades and Of the
okanogan highland were filled with
enormous glaciers, the largest Of which
reached the plains before they were
melted in the warmer air Of the lower
country.
The greatest of these ice rivers Of
eastern Washington, flowed down the
Okanogan valley, which 1t filled to the
depth Of hundreds Of feet. On reaching
the Columbia river valley, this glacier
expanded and seems not only to have
damned the Columbia, but to have
filled its great canyon for some dis
tance. The southern limit Of the great
Okanogan glacier Is marked by a ter
minal moraine many miles in width.
The moraine Is formed Of dirt and rock
material which was pushed along In
front Of the advancing glacier or car
ried on its surface and stranded where
the ice melted and 1t includes many
huge blocks of basalt and other rocks.
No more impressive scene. the geo.
logists say, can be found in the Big
Bend country than Is presented by the
great cliffs Of black basalt below Coulee
City, over which the Columbia once
poured, but where now desert shrubs
are growing In the ancient channel.
Crab creek valley, which was portion
of the old channel, is plainly an ancient
abandoned stream course, sunken In
the basalt. During the existence OF
this great ice dam, the Grand Coulee
was more deeply carved. Little Crab
Creek valley was much enlarged and
extensive deposits of glacial gravel
were laid down where the town OF Eph-
rata stands and in the vicinity OF
Moses Lake. When the glacier left
the canyon of the Columbia and re-
treated up the Okanogan valley the
river resumed its former channel.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-15

The Climber Upward Turns Her
Face.-Miss Dora Keene, the noted
mountaineer. was talking at tea at
the Acron club in Philadelphia about
mountaineer's enthusiasm.
1.-The frenzy to get higher, higher,
higher" she said, sis quite incredible
to those who have done no mountain
eering.
There's a story. doubtless true,
about a girl who climbed the Schreck-
horn, difficult rock scramble. When
the summit was reached the head
guide, wiping his brow, painted:
"'Well, here we are, miss. upon the
top at last!'
But the girl said fretfully:
"'Oh, guide, can't We go any high
err?
mot unless you climb this alpen-
stock. miss the guide answered,
thrusting it into the frozen snow
New York Tribune.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-15

Significant Lines.-The other Sun
day evening, when church service was
over. a young minister started on his
journey home, accompanied by two
young ladies of the choir, when they
began a conversation about hymns.
What is your favorite hymn?" ask
ed the curate, turning to one OF his
fair companions.
Draw me nearer" she replied
not thinking of the double meaning.
At that moment her companion,
who was walking on the other side OF
the curate, to make matters worse
said, innocently:
THAT is only the chorus: the COM
mencement of the verse is, L am
thine"
At that the curate laughed heartily
and the ladies are always very care
full now when they talking about
hymns.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-15

Unlike the Lawyer Men.-The Mo
berly (MoD Monitor is telling this
little story on a lawyer out there. 1t
happened in Judge TedfOrd's court,
and the witness was a negro woman.
whose reply to every query was Il
think so"
Finally the opposing lawyer rose
and pounded on the desk. Now, you
look here" he roared. you cut out
that thinking business and answer my
questions Now talk"
"Mr. Lawyer Man." said the wit
ness, Mr. Lawyer Man, you VIII
have to 'scuSe me. I amt like you
all terneys. l can't talk without
thinkin'."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-15

Two Good Stories.-A union butcher
workman was suing a packing firm
to recover damages for injuries sus-
tanned in a Kansas City establishment
A colored laborer in the plant was
called as a witness.
Did you work with Jackson. the
plaintiff?"
"YeSSah."
Ibid you know the foreman and
the other officers of the plant?"
"YeSsah.'
What are your relations with
them" continued the attorney.
Now, yo' look-ahere. boss" said
the witness, IFS Skeered. That's
a-why l look so white. Them folks
amt no relations of mine. Rec
ord-Herald.
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IL The old gentleman who came
upon a badly daZed person in by
street of London, inquired the cause
of his agitation:
My good man, what is the matter?'
Matter sir" repeated the con-
fused individual Matter sir! Gen.
mans 'oss run away with a brough-
am. sir-never see anything like it in
all my life-down he comes the Ill
with the sharves a-draggling all about
is legs-knocks a butchers cart into
a linen draper's shop-bang against a
carriage and pair, and smashes the
panel all to bitS-upsets a phaeton
and if e 'adn't a-run again this ere
cab an dashed it right over an
stopped 'isself. blowed If don't think
there'd been an Observation-Disclosures
Mail.
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ESTATE

OH, YES! OH, YESi OH, YESi
Each and Every One having any bus
|iness in REAL ESTATE-whethe
BUYING or SEI.LING-COME Right
In and let your wants be known. II I
haven't what You want / viii get It
for YOU. tG 10 81
LIsTENi You know that Real Es-
tate Is not going 20 be any Cheaper, so
Why Put II on Amy Longer? Let Me
Sell You One Of the Following: 9eF
CITY PROPERTY:
Miss Ida deLoach Residence on Cart
wright avenue. r5 ir 80
M. e. Piexico-Residenee on Kings
Mountain street k-tiel
Dickson Residence on Kings
Mountain street. 8laHt
w. l.. Wallace-Residence on Califor-
MIA street.
Mrs. w. s. Peters-Residence on West
Madison street. isf
NJ. w. White-Residence on Lincoln
street. 95taatsT H'3g - oyht
II. w. Johnson-Lot on East Liberty
street, 1O0x322 feet. Here's your
chance to get In on the ground floor.
Watch this property develop. Bonds
already voted to extend water mains
out here. See me at once.
Kings Mountain Heights-This prop
erLy mas Deeu suD-dlNlutu iutO loao
and Is ideal for a nice home. Eleva-
ton among the highest In town.
And Say, don't let the Spencer Lots
on Broad street, escape you. Just take
"a look. ~ 5Ft
Remember: The Building and Loan
stands ready to aid you. Wouldn't you
rather pay rent to yourself than to
stranger? syS es.r ~
~. COUNTRY PROPERTY:
walter w. Love Place-117 acres. II
you are looking for q good invest
ment, here II Is. m
Walter Rose Place--87 acres. Just
outside of town. It will suit you.
Lowry (Pardue) Piace-212 acres.
You will make no mistake in buying
this. go - ,etrF t-i'.
e. n. Stephenson (Seahorn) Place
|154 acres; 3-horse farm open, balance
in woods; tenant houses: barn;
crib; good well Of water; IA mile OF
school. If you are looking for a bar
gain, see me quick. gEl.s gy
Geo. w. Williams
REAL ESTATE BROKER.
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City Electric Plant
GAINS BIG PROLIFIC CORN

u IELD selected from corn that made
II 20 bushels per acre on ordinary
upland with 900 lbs. fertilizer. Took
1st prize at Boys Corn shows at York
Vile and Rock Hill last fall. so Cts.
peck; $500 per bushel. Address r.
H. CAIN, Sharon, 8. c. 28 1t
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BLOCKADED
Every Household in Yorkville Should
Know How to Resist 1t.

If your back aches because the kid
neys are blockaded,
You should help the kidneys with
their work.
Doan's Kidney Pills are especially
for weak kidneys.
Recommended by thousands-here's
testimony from this vicinity.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-15

Mrs. Mamie Steward, 21S Peachtree
ST., Rock Hill, s. c., says: I know
that Doan's Kidney Pills are very ben
eficial for weak kidneys. was aften
dizzy and nervous and my back acneo
all the time. The secretions from my
kidneys were unnatural and I rested 30
poorly that when got up in the morn
ing, l felt tired. Reading OF Doan's
Kidney Pills, l got supply and they
made me we'll"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-15

For sale by all dealers. Price. 30
cents. Foster -Milburn Co., Bunalo.
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
D.,han +ha norna- -noau,a-and
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INTEREST

There are more kinds Of interest
than the kind you pay for money
when you borrow. from q bank.
There ID . PERSONAL NTER.
EST, the kind that the officers Of
THIS BANK feel in its customers
An interest which prompts us
to do whatever we possibly can
to encourage and to aid those
who give US their patronage.
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Remember the name-DOan's|and
take no other.
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who had died Of hunger; they re-
treated from the loathsome sight and
insufferable stencil. But they were not
moved to mercy towards the living;
in some places the flames were
actually retarded or quenched with
streams Of blood: night alone put an
end to the carnage. When Titus en-
tered the city, he gazed with astonish-
ment at the massy towers. and recog-
which had thus made him master OF
such fortresses without a struggle.
The multitudes of prisoners who pined
in the dungeons where they had been
thrown by the insurgents, were re-
leased The city was ordered to be
razed excepting the three towers,
which were left as standing monu-
ments Of victory.
The soldierds themselves were
weary Of the work Of slaughter, and
orders were issued to kill only those
who resisted. Yet the old and infirm
were generally put to death. The rest
were driven into a space of the temple
called the Court Of the Women. There
selection was made; the noted in
surgents were put to death, except
ing some of the tallest and most
handsome, who were reserved to
grace the triumph ol llluS' VI tilS
rest, all above seventeen years old
were sent to Egypt to work In the
mines, or distributed among the
provinces to be exhibited as gladia-
tors in the public theatres. and in
combats against the wild beasts.
twelve thousand died of hunger
part from want or neglect Of supplies,
part obstinately refusing food. During
the whole siege the number killed was
100000. that of prisoners $1,000. In
fact the population not Of Jerusalem
alone. but that of the adjacent dis
tricts-many who had taken refuge in
the city. more who had assembled for
the feast of the unleavened bread
had been shut up by the sudden for
nation Of the siege.
Yet the chief objects of their venge-
ance. the dauntless Simon son of
Gioras. and John the Gischalite. still
seeemd to battle all pursuit. The Ro-
man soldiers penetrated into the sub
terranean caverns; wherever they
went they found incalculable treas
ures. and heaps of dead bodies
some who had perished from hunger
others from their wounds, many by
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1913-03-28
T0YED WITH FATE roo OFTEN
Snake charmer Met Death From
Fangs Of Reptile Over Whom He
Had Claimed Mastery.

Five hundred snake charmers, sound.
Ing weird notes on their pipes. formed
the unusual yet picturesque, process
sion that followed to his grave Katch
Sarak, man Of big renown In his
business, who died in terrible agony
as the result OF cobra bite received
while practieing his profession in the
neighborhood Of Garden Reach, India.
"Guru,e or god, he had become dubbed
by the people among whom he lived,
such was his influence over poisonous
reptiles. His services were sought by
a neighbor who had missed many
fowls from his compound. Going at
dusk one day, the snake charmer dis
covered a cobra Of unusual size
among the birds, SO formidable, in
fact, that he postponed his attempt to
capture it until daylight, when he was
successful in securing ii. Instead OF
despatching the snake at once, he
took it to the local bazaar for the edi-
fication Of the natives. On attempting.
to extract its fangs the cobra wrig-
gled free and darted at its captor,
who was bitten on three fingers. The
gurus" supposed god-like qualities
proved of no avail CONSERVATION
reigned among the crowd as he lay in
awful agony; the news Of his plight
spread swiftly through the bazaar, and
more than hundred other snake
charmers scurried to the scene, but all
their efforts, all their devices, their
earnest prayers were of no avail
against the powerful poison. Within
ninety minutes Katch sarak was dead
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1913-03-28
MAKE A STUDY or HUSBANDS
Most Complex Man Ia More or Less
an Open Book to His Observing
Better Half.

That the race of husbands knows its
wives may be doubted. That the race
Of wives knows its husbands is UNI
doubted The man goes flourishing
forth on his path of many interests.
The woman sits at home and broods
over her single interest-the man. By
dint Of brooding she absorbs, and ac-
cepts or rejects him. No man can
hope to escape from the serious study
Of a woman, continued for sixteen
hours daily. Every piece Of evidence
that her senses have observed is
scrutinized, analysed, classified Her
mind soaks the man as liquor soaks
lump Of sugar The sugar is dis
solved; the man is solved. Most men,
it is true, are simple enough But the
most complex men become simple
when subjected to the concentrated
and continued scrutiny OF brooding
woman. They are cooked with the din
ner; they are washed up with the
crockery; they are stitched into the
children's pinafores From that pro-
longed dissection no mans anatomy
can hide it's secrets ookfellow IN
S. W..