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THE INTELLIGENCER ESTABLISHED 1K6Ü. Published every morning except Monday at 140 Weat Wbltner Str. i t, Anderson, H. C. SEMI-WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER Publisned Tuesdays and Fridays Entered ns second-class matter April 28, 1914, at the pout omeo nt Anderson, South Carolina, under the Act March 3, 1879. ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES Telephone .321 SUBSCRIPTION KATES DAILY One Year .$r..'to Six MonthH . 2.50 Three Mnntha . 1.35 One M u.th .42 I One Week .10 I SEMI-WEEKLY Ono Year .11.50 HIx MouthH .76 The Intelligencer la delivered by carriers In tho city. Look nt the painted label on your paper. Tho dato thereon HIIOWB whan tho subscription expires. Not lee dati¬ on label carefully, and if not correct please notify us at once. Subscribers doslrlr* the address of eir paper changed, will please stat« their communication both tho old and new addresses. To insure prompt delivery, cont¬ ains* of. non-delivery In the city of Anderson should be made to the Circulation Department before 9 a. m. and a copy will bc nen', at once. All checks and drafts should he drawn to The Anderson Intelligencer. ADVERTISING Ratea will bc furnished on applica¬ tion. No tf advertising discontinued ex¬ cept on written order. The Intelligencer will publish brief and rational letters on subjects of general tnterer.t when they aro ac¬ companied by tim names nnd ad¬ dresses of the authors and ore not nfl a defamatory nature Anonymous communications will not bo noticed. Rejected manuscripts will not bo re¬ turned. .... In order to avoid delaya on account ot peraonal absence, luttera to The Intelligencer Intended for publication should not be addressed to any indi vidual connected with tho paper, but shu ply ^t o Th o I nt .dil ¿on ce r. TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1915. Borne Hens Waste Half Their Time k In Brooding.-Headline. 8o do some X -u- liegend of Garden of Eden.- ;Hn line. "Yxegend? Somebody's flxltj^HS get smashed. .-O;- S^BSl Hailstones Weigh Hair Pound Bach. -Missouri News dispatch headline. Wei'., we're from Missouri. A rubber concern ls to increase Its common stock to seven million. Thats a bouncing big stretch.' --o- What bas become of the farmer who was going to sell his cotton when it gets to 10 cents and pay his debta? ? p British Battleship Vengeance Set Afire. Headline. Thero will prob¬ ably be retaliation with a vengeance. .-o-' They'll soon be calling King George the beerless leador.-Tho State. And prohibitionists will declare him a bud-wclser. _«- * Don't get sore because lawyers ap¬ pear to have gotten nil thc federal plums. It may be that some of them are. not much lawyers. Q ia The stork la Bald to be hovering over the White Houoe again. Wo are preparer1 for some more bawl dope from the paragraphers union. Greets Husband aa 'You Old Tall Devil.'-Headline. And yet some men oontlnue to marry.-Spartanburg Journal. Still that's better than bo lpg cal!-?d a low-down ono. -o-- We thank Brother Gardner. Jr.. of the Greenwood Journal for the flat t«ry he barded us. and we trust wo shalt P\ways he at peace with him; but, knowing bim aa we do. we do not, for the life of us. see how this will he possible. But ho will have to start the row. We appreciate the kind things our brethren of other papers have had to say about os. We are not reprinting thelv remarks, for a sense of modesty we have cannot be overcome. But their kind words ate tucked away in the storehouse of memory, and some¬ day thia side the Great Divido we shall go rummaging through that stronghold unrt thean good wishes shalt came to mind and affect us like the'faint aroma of lavender that steals vp from the depths of some forgctte* trunk that we find in an at¬ tic sad into of a rainy day. DU. A IM S REHIIJN8 The Intelligencer regrets that An dersou IH to IOHO nr. John V. Vines, who Sunday resigned as pastor ot thc First liaptlal church, tun we agree with him when he expressen thc bó¬ llele that li is best for a pastor t<> learn a ri«*I?! while hit* beat work in being done rallier than remain ami go later. There ii common sense <»r the soundest sort in that, and in this age thc minister who governs lils ac¬ tions on that principle not only pre¬ serves lils own beat Interests hut leaves a lasting Impression upon tho public generally. Wlien vcr Dr. Vines may K<> he has the best wishes ot The Intelligencer. A more courageous minist« r wo nev¬ er expect lo know, nor one who will Impress us an being mon» sincere. Ile has accomplished un immense amount ut good in Anderson, and his work, we believe, will b»: a lasting monument lo him. Ile hit straight from the shoulder und often lils drives wens anything but comfortable for some, hut he ear d on his fight for right¬ eousness i the open ¡ind lie never showed tho white reuther or lill below Hie bolt, As a fighter he commanded the respect of even thone who felt lil» utlacks the moBt. Mis will be a hniM piuco to rill, for there aro not many ministers who pitch into thc right with the zeal that marked hl:» pastorate In Anderson, and his congregation, having formed a liking for this virile manner of carrying on the Master's work, will most probably not bc looking for ally¬ ing less than an active ministry. Tnko him all in all, he IH U man. UK HITt'HIiW A "STAR Ttl HIS WAGON. "Hitch your wagon to * ntur." urged Emerson; but Isn't the name thing to hitch a "star" to your wagon? Perhaps not Invariably, but, In one case at lenst, tho reversal of the In¬ unction brougbt none but thc best icsults. At SO years of ugo William Kockhill Nelson hud collected cer¬ tain beliefB. ideals, und animadver¬ sions. He knew where he wanted to Ito, what Ilia goal should be, nnd only the vehlclo for the trip was lacking. What ho needed was n city, or a com¬ munity, in which ,to aprrnd out IIIB beliefs and Iden?«, lils faith in men. lt may he said that lt was u »ort of wagon that he needed, something to liold these thlngB together, make them live, und keep them from falling out ind getting lost along tho way. Ho picked out Kansas City. It seemed to embody the qualities ho sought, HO ho forthwith adopted the town. That ;ave him his wagon ; it remained to Although lt ls a play unon words io Bpeak of the relation of William Melson to his newspaper In the terms! isod by Kmeroon. tho truth rcmuins hat in tho conception, development, ind management ot thlH paper the highest Ideals wore held, clung to, ind as nearly attained ns it itt given o mortals to attain them. The thirty- Ive years of hin devotion to Tho Stuv were ended by hlH death. April 13. at lin ago of aoventy-four. How Mr. S'elson accomplished tho building up >t so great a paper, a tusk which may JO said to have been performed by i!m8clf alone, is interestingly told in he Star's recent history of the pap«r.-| md Us editor. No man could have tept a closet touch upon his work han did William Nelson. In fact, rou could scarcely nay ho was ah- lent when ho waa out of town. for. IB wo road: Tho letters, telegrams and cable¬ grams ho sent to Tho Star when ho ivaa away were all trumpet-blasts loundlng the onset. Never must Th? Star relax. Never must it feel that mough has been donn. Never must t become Bclf-satteftod and take on lie complacency of aloth. Ho ham nered uway at tho staff of Tho Star is he hammered away at public op- alon. He roused the ono to rouse tho it her, and ho never allowed either ,o sleep. Whether lt was a more lardy variety of climbing rose for a ?ottace wall or a federal reserve lank, he put Tho Star on tho trail of t and never rested until Kanaaa City mt it In lila devotion to tho public rood of bia city, in his Indignation at njuatlce, in the splendidness of hi» .ivie vision, in his works he was ap¬ proached by no man of his day, or if ie waa approached lt was by Kersey 'oates alono. And so, whether lt alienated friends, whether lt threatened the Star's bust- less, whether it brought on him the ibuse and slander of politicians, the mmlty of money-power, or the tn* rectlvA of defeated greed, William Fl. Nelson never turned aside. He tad given himself and his newspaper to the service of Kansas Ctty, and through thirty-five .years of such struggle and Storm da have rarely narked a private career In this coun¬ try he remained stedfast In it to the md. There follow several illustrai lon s if the way In which the paper was nan aged. Perhaps no Journalist has war put more of himself Into the printed columna of a dally newspaper han haa William Nelson. Matter that tho conventional news¬ papers regarded aa "niftier." to be| »truck in when new« failed. Mr. Nai¬ lon considered aa highly important "The mg are pretty apt to find mmoUilng u interest to thea in the tews oa the dullest doy." ho would tay. "But wern»a aren't interested in tcllttcs or sports. We are going to urotah them good reading ao mat-1 er how dull they may find tho news." As the means came, Mr. Nelson de-1 voted nimm it to building up tin* news' departments. ll«; wau Impatient ot thc traditional ways of handling ma¬ terial. "Don't g«-t Ute professional point of viow." be would warn his news men. "A Washington correspondent IH apt lo get to (hiukiiiK >>e IK a atotcsman. Ile imagines Hu- folks hat-k home are Interested in tho details of <'ongr«-s- Blonal affairs They aro a whole lot more Interested in a fuss between the wi ven of two cabinet members, or in some new development lu farming that a congressman from Kennan can tell him about." Ono «f his axioms was that under all circumstances The star ntusl bo a gentleman. His stag knew that he would not sanction the publication of artil les reflecting on thc private life of any person, unless a court proceed¬ ing made such publication Impera¬ tivo. "I am always willing to overlook an error in judgment regarding ncwi ." he would say. "provided lt is made on the side of good taste." At one time a grave scandal came up involving a man who was a pos¬ sibility as presidential candidate There was a division of opinion in the office regarding it. Mr Nelson as he often out lt. "east the unanimous vote" against publication. "The man has been making a gami tight for seif-eontrol," he said "Tin Star Isn't going to make Ids way har¬ der for him." He had no patience with perfunc¬ tory work of any sort, or with adln-r once to precedents. If news wortl while wns in sight he would throw nil the resources of the paper inti gening lt. Hut If he felt th.it some thle^ else than news wns of mort public interest, then that wa« tin thing that concerned him. "I don't enjoy traveling in a well trodden path," he would say. "Tin Star should pioneer." If a poem by Rudyard Kipling or i story by Sam Blythe was tho most in (..resting thing that had come int« the olllcc on a day, his Instruction wore to "play lt up" on the first page He had the greatest scorn for Un suggestion that some other news paper handled material In anotln way. "What the other fellow doe doesn't Interest me," he would say "Newspapers that ar«; edited with view to attracting attention fron other newspapers are failures W< are running Tho Star for «mr ronden not for «>thor nowsj\apers." The ndvent of yellow journalist! never disturbed him, and he made m concessions t«) it in the way of bil headlines or "comic" Bupplcment'f His was one of tim few newspaper tn America that failed to be influent- «.«I by the new movement. Ho bellev od thc movement was vulgar and ba«' Over aud over he declared be woul quit I lio business before, he *.vouli get nut a shoddy paper. Ono night, a few y«;arn ago thor was a meeting of mannging editor and publishers of a group of tim mor important newspapers in the Unite state.;. Ho gavo them a dinner at hi homo. They asked him for a littl talk as they Hat at the table aft«' the dessert. "Well, gehtlemon," bc said. "1 hav ono comment to make about Amer can newspapers. The great hulk « them are allowing Mr. (learnt to ed them. They are copying his paper Perhaps Mr. Hearst had to do wh> he did to attract attention. Hut t long ns I have anything to say ahnt lt. Mr. Hearst isn't going to edit tl: Kaunas <Tty Star." lt was a sacred principle with hi: to give his readers more for (he money than they could possibly lu anywhere else on earth. Tho que tion with him never was what ! could make out. of The Star, but ho much ho could afford to give his rea ere. "Always give better vp.aie than yoi competitor does," was William Nc son's motto, and thus it was that, n after founding The Slur, he issu additionally. Tho Sunday Sar. nnd 1 eluded lt at exactly tho same HU script lon rate as before. Ten cen a week, the original price ot tl paper, became tho standard pr!« even when, later on, tho Kansas Ci Times was bought and added an morning edition to thc evening ai Sunday wervtcc. H'is newspaper w practically the first to give twlc a-day service and. as we read: His reason for doing this illustrât his whole attitude toward his wot The "yellows" w -rc coming then wi their comic supplements. Mr. N son felt that th.-se wcro Imposaib Ho was printing a newspaper, would say, not runnlnr a curlosll shop. But ho realised they wot have a degree of popularity, and proposed to forestall this competitl long In advance Tho innovation was ono of the gr« pioneering acievements of Americ journalism. But thc outcome Ju« fled Mr. Nelson's confidence. Tho same attitude was apparent the founding of The Weekly Kant City Star. lt waa founded, not make money, but to make a contril tion to American farm life. "I took pencil and paper," Mr. N son said, "and figured that we coi i-(ford to print a four-page weel for twenty-five cent a year. Mob« else had ever done lt Hut I felt was possible, that we were in t pc tion lo do lt, and that we ought to it For wo had a Tot to say to farmers, and we weren't vsach them, before the days of rural f delivery, through Ute dally." Mr. Nelson's Ideals of giving reader the rarst possible for money show d In all tho details his managerient. Ho Mt, for instar that the also of typo commonly ú in newspapers was trying on eyes. So he dlcarded lt and had 1 f»tar set In largor type. With large brevier type ho used first style of type face that he felt i artistic. After two or three years decided that lt was not quite as I Ible as a blacker face, so ho tht the handsome type away and orde the other. For a long time he would not tl lustrations In The Star, because felt a newspaper could not do tl well, ¿nd he never was fo. doing a thing he could not do woll. But flt ly ho dei IQV(| on the use of line draw¬ ings.. Other newspapers gradually adopted the mechanical form of re- product iou of photographs known at« "half-tones." This process wus vast¬ ly cheaper than Hi« one Thc Star was using, hut Mr. Nelson never would consider lt, for two reasons: In thu first place, the half-tone ki likely to smear and blur In the rapid printing of a newspaper; and in thc second place, a mechanical reproduction in ver Interested him. ll«- wanted in¬ dividuality. Thc Star was u passion with him. .Nothing hurt him so much .tu to see it do things in a commonplace way Nothing delighted him so much aa n piece of work that showed dist ¡net ion In treatment. Three years ago he wrote his asso¬ ciates, from hi» Bummer home in Magnolia; "I'm afraid I may bc wearying you by writing so much about details of the paper. Hut The Star is my life."-Literary Digest. PALMETTO PRESS. Xo. Greenville Piedmont. There is one bar ¡it Charle .ton that even Gov. Manning can not make dry. Th« Kenn.¡«ni Clinton Chronicle. The old soldiers had a MR time in Columbia last week. Next halt-on to I 'lchmond. They're Hiting! Green wood Index. A woman's peace congress at Thc Hague can't hope to do niue.', until they get a little advice from tho com¬ mencement orators. Bensons They Alliance. Columbia State. A number of American manufac¬ turers who couldn't get any European business have decided to refui'e to ac¬ cept orders f"r munitions for highly moral and human ii arian reason B . Somebody Call the Wagon! Sparlanburg Herald. In ii few Weeks the Mann who Hughes t'» the line and Knox thc chips aside will Borah hole In the tree in the Gardnor'a plot hy tho Lodge on the Fairbanks of the political Ht-'cam and reach the Koot of the matter of thc K'*publican nomination. His Heart's Right There. York News. Wo want to announce, right now that tho first mun to bring the editor a ripe watermelon this Benson wilt get H year'n subucriptlon lo the York New» free. It's a tong way to go but our'» heart right there. Coming- and Going. Barnwell Sentinel. Quite frequently au editor ls criti¬ cised ofr expressing his opinion. And then ho is criticised/for not doing no. Fact ls. ho ls criticised either way- and both ways-«ind jUBt ambles long as blissfully indifferent as a duck in a summer shower. The Colonel mid the Libel. Edgofleld Advertiser. The colonel would rather have tho Publicity which accompanies tho bringing of the suit against Hames than to have u verdict of $:'9,000 with¬ out thc publicity. He just couldn't remain out of the limelight nny long¬ er. Slight Drawback. Spartnnburg Journal. Wc congratulate our neighbor, Col. C. O. H carob of The Herald, upon his appointment aa delegate to the Inter¬ national Press Conference at San Francisco and at the same time oxtond to him our regret.! that the appoint¬ ment docs not carry wit'i lt railroad fare. Study Wilson ls Giving. Vorkvlllo Enquirer. President Wilson ls reported to be devoting much of his Hmo to the study of secret( official reports concerning developments in Europe and thc sug¬ gestion has been made that he ls preparing himself for tho office of mediator In case the same may de¬ volve upon him. lt ls quito a natural assumption that hr would not go Into a things nf this kind without a full understanding of what he ls doing. War Question. York News. We are viorv glad to see the ac¬ tion taken by tho South Carolina dlvi- alon. United Confederate Veterans. In session at Columbia Thursday when the veterans settled once ana for all, tho question nf what caused the War Between thc States. Yhclr resolution stated In no uncertain terma that tho war waa not fought over the question of slavery and tba* the negro question played but a small part in the. dis¬ pute. Aa lt would b* rut by a Veteran. "The damyankees" have often tried to make people believe that the South really fought for slavery. Pleasing Incident Blshopvillo treader and Vindicator. One of the pleasing Incidents of tha reunion was the camp scene Thurs¬ day night in tho theatre, gotten up by Commissioner Watson and the superintendent of the Soldiers' home. Mt. Wardlaw. The old tenta, the cumpMro. pickets on guard, soldiers sleeping, servants preparing' meals- all were very.realistic and revived ead memories of KO years ago. The vet¬ erans were splendidly and tenderly cared for by tho cltltens of Columbia In their fromes, at boarding houses and hotels, so that there was no need ot tents. The old fellows were deeply affected hy this token of care and were protqso In their praises of this splendid hospttality. Three meals each day were served at Craven hall so that the social feature would bs better enjoyed. Altogether it Waa one of the beat State reunions this writer has ever attended and he voices the sentiment of all the old soldiers. Mothers and fathers know that in our Boys' Suits there's nothing but the best material, style and workmanship. Boys themselves don't pay much attention to details; to them a suit is generally just a suit. So we were unusually pleased last week when a boy, with his mother, came into our store and picked out a suit priced at #7.50. His mother kinder smiled and said that the boy would pay for it himself. We saw the reason for the smile when he handed out the money in nickels and dimes, saved one at a time, so that he could have a say where his suit should be bought. Boys' Norfolk and Double-Breasted Suits $3.50 to $12.50. * A special feature in boys' extreme value Palm Beach Suits at $4.50. Athletic underwear, hose, shirts, collars, ties. "The Store with a Conscience" -*. ej« «J» »J« »*. »*« «Ja ..[. .** * * PRESS COMMENT. * | .j. «j« .*. .j. »j. «j» .j. .¡. «j. .:. .:. .:. -:. »j. ?$. ?.* The Unpardonable Sin of History. Philadelphia Public Lodger. When Germany drew Turkey inlo the war it unleashed a beast that a united Christendom has been trying to tame for centuries. Tho crucify- ing and burning of Chrl8tiana in Per- sta by Kurds and Turks is no sur- price; it was'inevitable. If the Otto- man fangs arc not drawn now and once for all by the allied nations the omission will be tantamount to sane- Honing of barbarity by civilization. Future ages may forgive Germany for many thlnga that seem unpardonable today, but lt ts doubtful whether any neutral or importlal historian will ever condone the moral offense and blunder of bidding Islam use tho scimitar without restraint. «What ls PoUlcker f touton Transcript The Transcript sincerely regrets having aroused the wrath of some of its most esteemed Southern contem¬ poraries by a recent light-hearted and offhand attempt to defino one. of Dixieland's famous national dishes, that delectable concoction Vpotlick- er," aa a "houn* dog's ambrosia." Having already mildly. chastised the Columbia State for suggesting that the Transcript hasnt "read" potllck- er, which we maintain ia not the way to become acquainted with thia cele¬ brated " riva! of gumbo aoup and chicken a. la Maryland, we now re¬ gretfully turn our attention, in self- defense, to the Savannah Press. Says the Press: "The New York Herald ts moved to ask, 'What ls potlickerr With char¬ acterise high-browed Ignorance, thc Boston Transcript undertakes to call lt 'the houn' dog's ambrosia.' This ls about as near right aa it Is possible tor our over-lettered contemporary to get anything that cornea from the kitchen, and not from the library shelf;-" to which the Herald adda: flt waa only to be expected that this 'houn' dog' reference would start tho cruel war all over again. "But can it be that Savannah be¬ lieves Boston baked beans-Jual be¬ cause they hold first place In the lit¬ erature of New England-tome from the library shelf?" Evading this clever attempt to draw a pjbt of beans across the trail, and returning to our muttons, that ls. to our poUIcker, we wish to end this argument once for all by stating that our definition of potllcker as a houn' dog's ambrosia ls sabotanttated hy no, lesa an authority on all matters per¬ taining to Southern cooking and folk lore than that noted bon vivant and raconteur, the lota Col. Tom Ochil¬ tree of, Texas, who once laid down the imperishable opinion that a houn' dog's Idea of heaven waa a fleïd wivn a high board fence all around it and fall of lame rabbits sad potllcker. V" Ambrosia is the drink of the gods; potlicker is the drink of dog heaven; therefore potlicker is a houn' daw&'s ambrosia. Q. K D. The Arrival of Prosperity. Montgomery Advertiser. The sudden spurt of increased bus¬ iness in Montgomery and other Southern cities is attributed to the big advance In cotton, under tue en¬ couragement of which thousands up¬ on thousands of bales of cotton held throughout the winter were turned loose when cotton went above 9 cents a pound. While undoubtedly tho advance in cotton stimulated bus¬ iness in the South, it was only one ot the factors which has restored pros¬ perity to the American people. Te begin with the grain raisers and the cattle raisers of the Middle West were helped instead of hurt by tho European war. The wheat farmers this year grew rich. Wheat went to record breaking figures. The cat¬ tle raisers, to a lease'r degree, felt tho Impetus of the new business create 1 by the war and they fared "well. In the manufacturing centers, whero steel, munitions of war and material for araiy equipment are made, the past tfx months have been six months of money making. The rectories havo^been running day and night The men have been receiving Increased wages and the owners have been drawing Increased dividends. The business depression which hss ixl a ted has been in mercantile circles »nd in manufacturing enterprises In the East, which do not cater to any. af the warring armies, and more es¬ pecially tn the South, where cotton dropped below 6 cents a pound for a while. These now sre experiencing the stimulating effect of a restored prosperity. In his letter to the South¬ am .Commercial congress. Secretary yt the Treasury McAdoo writes: "Yon meet under auspicious condi¬ tions. Confidence has been reestab¬ lished in spite ot the grave disturb¬ ances caused by the gigantic Euro¬ pean war. Prosperity has already been restored and ls growing in rolume every day. Peace with honor baa been preserved In the face of tra re international difficulties. The dignity .and rights of our country tisve been upheld with firmness and courtesy ¿md with consideration for the just rights of others.' Our finan¬ çai and économie strength ls great- sr today than that of any nation on sarth and our position Is one ot com¬ manding possibilities. Unless some calamity beyond the control of hu-, nan agency shall Intervene, the only thing that can possibly abide with as is prosperity. Wo can regard the present with thankfulness to God for the infinite blessings ot peace and took to the future with supreme con- Bdence." He: People are laying that yon snly married me because I baa mou¬ sy. She: Nonsense* The reason WM thal I had no .«rr^ty TTSIY ET. ++ * 4> ** 4 * WIT AND HUMOR. * 4. .> ..«.*?..*,....*....»...*.«..*.. A youth io a passenger coach per¬ sisted in sticking his head and shoul¬ ders out of the window. The brake¬ man touched the youth on the back. "Better keep your bead Inside the Win¬ dow," advised the man.- "I kin.look out of the window if 1 want to," an¬ swered the youth. "I know you can," warned the brakeman, "but if you damage any- of the iron work on the bridges you'll have to pay "for lt."- Ute. "I see our traffic with Iceland is increasing." "How so?" , "Leif Erlc8on landed on theda shores, sailing from therein the year 1000." "Well?" "And I noticed last week another ship from Iceland arrhfed."-Louis¬ ville Courier-Jour nal. .Patty-Jack and I have been en¬ gaged for two years and I think ts time we were getting married. Peggy-Oh, I 'dont know. dear. It you really love him you'll let him be happy for- a time longer.-Chicago News. "Old man Jinks ls very slow in all his ways." "Is her "Yes. Instead of planting a run¬ ning vine on his wall he has put there a creeper."-Baltimore American. - It doesn't matter what tho price. Nor where they put the pads; Somehow your clothes don't look ats nice As they did in the ada. . -Cincinnati Enquirer. Utilise all your opportunities. If the bathtub leaks, keep your, pot'ed plants under it.-Pittsburgh Post. A frivolous society girl, lu a small town; made a dully trip to the town library, where she would always get -a book. This being the loafing place of the . young men of the town, ll was quite evident why she came. Cns of the young men, guessing that fact, asked her this question: "Miss Jones, have yon ever read 'Scott's Emulsion ?" ' "OJ Yes, Isn't lt the sweetest book 1 just love lt"-National Monthly. A small boy went up to another tu the street and .said: "Can you tell a feller how to learn a girl to swim?" "Ohl" said the other kiddle, "von goes up to her sentie like, leads her gently down to the water, puts yer arm gently round her waist-" "Ob, go on!" interrupted the boy; "what*- tte â*Ufer with yarr sues ny sister." "Trr sîiUr? Ci. iW*e her in!"- Kicfeango.

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THE INTELLIGENCERESTABLISHED 1K6Ü.

Published every morning exceptMonday at 140 Weat Wbltner Str. i t,Anderson, H. C.

SEMI-WEEKLY INTELLIGENCERPublisned Tuesdays and FridaysEntered ns second-class matter

April 28, 1914, at the pout omeo ntAnderson, South Carolina, under theAct oí March 3, 1879.

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cept on written order.

The Intelligencer will publish briefand rational letters on subjects ofgeneral tnterer.t when they aro ac¬companied by tim names nnd ad¬dresses of the authors and ore not nfla defamatory nature Anonymouscommunications will not bo noticed.Rejected manuscripts will not bo re¬turned.

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TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1915.

Borne Hens Waste Half Their Timek In Brooding.-Headline. 8o do some

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liegend of Garden of Eden.- ;Hnline. "Yxegend? Somebody's flxltj^HSget smashed.

.-O;- S^BSlHailstones Weigh Hair Pound Bach.

-Missouri News dispatch headline.Wei'., we're from Missouri.

A rubber concern ls to increase Itscommon stock to seven million.Thats a bouncing big stretch.'

--o-What bas become of the farmer

who was going to sell his cotton whenit gets to 10 cents and pay his debta?

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British Battleship Vengeance SetAfire. Headline. Thero will prob¬ably be retaliation with a vengeance.

.-o-'They'll soon be calling King George

the beerless leador.-Tho State. Andprohibitionists will declare him abud-wclser.

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Don't get sore because lawyers ap¬pear to have gotten nil thc federalplums. It may be that some of themare. not much lawyers.

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The stork la Bald to be hoveringover the White Houoe again. Wo arepreparer1 for some more bawl dopefrom the paragraphers union.

Greets Husband aa 'You Old TallDevil.'-Headline. And yet some menoontlnue to marry.-SpartanburgJournal. Still that's better than bolpg cal!-?d a low-down ono.

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We thank Brother Gardner. Jr.. ofthe Greenwood Journal for the flatt«ry he barded us. and we trust woshalt P\ways he at peace with him;but, knowing bim aa we do. we donot, for the life of us. see how thiswill he possible. But ho will have tostart the row.

We appreciate the kind things ourbrethren of other papers have had tosay about os. We are not reprintingthelv remarks, for a sense of modestywe have cannot be overcome. Buttheir kind words ate tucked away inthe storehouse of memory, and some¬day thia side the Great Divido weshall go rummaging through thatstronghold unrt thean good wishesshalt came to mind and affect us likethe'faint aroma of lavender thatsteals vp from the depths of someforgctte* trunk that we find in an at¬tic sad into of a rainy day.

DU. A IM S REHIIJN8

The Intelligencer regrets that Andersou IH to IOHO nr. John V. Vines,who Sunday resigned as pastor ot thcFirst liaptlal church, tun we agreewith him when he expressen thc bó¬llele that li is best for a pastor t<>learn a ri«*I?! while hit* beat work inbeing done rallier than remain amigo later. There ii common sense <»rthe soundest sort in that, and in thisage thc minister who governs lils ac¬tions on that principle not only pre¬serves lils own beat Interests hutleaves a lasting Impression upon thopublic generally.Wlien vcr Dr. Vines may K<> he has

the best wishes ot The Intelligencer.A more courageous minist« r wo nev¬er expect lo know, nor one who willImpress us an being mon» sincere. Ilehas accomplished un immense amountut good in Anderson, and his work, webelieve, will b»: a lasting monumentlo him. Ile hit straight from theshoulder und often lils drives wensanything but comfortable for some,hut he ear d on his fight for right¬eousness i the open ¡ind lie nevershowed tho white reuther or lill belowHie bolt, As a fighter he commandedthe respect of even thone who felt lil»utlacks the moBt.

Mis will be a hniM piuco to rill, forthere aro not many ministers whopitch into thc right with the zeal thatmarked hl:» pastorate In Anderson,and his congregation, having formeda liking for this virile manner ofcarrying on the Master's work, willmost probably not bc looking for ally¬ing less than an active ministry.Tnko him all in all, he IH U man.

UK HITt'HIiW A "STAR Ttl HISWAGON.

"Hitch your wagon to * ntur."urged Emerson; but Isn't 1» the namething to hitch a "star" to your wagon?Perhaps not Invariably, but, In onecase at lenst, tho reversal of the In¬unction brougbt none but thc besticsults. At SO years of ugo WilliamKockhill Nelson hud collected cer¬tain beliefB. ideals, und animadver¬sions. He knew where he wanted toIto, what Ilia goal should be, nnd onlythe vehlclo for the trip was lacking.What ho needed was n city, or a com¬munity, in which ,to aprrnd out IIIBbeliefs and Iden?«, lils faith in men.lt may he said that lt was u »ort ofwagon that he needed, something toliold these thlngB together, make themlive, und keep them from falling outind getting lost along tho way. Hopicked out Kansas City. It seemed toembody the qualities ho sought, HO hoforthwith adopted the town. That;ave him his wagon ; it remained to

Although lt ls a play unon wordsio Bpeak of the relation of WilliamMelson to his newspaper In the terms!isod by Kmeroon. tho truth rcmuinshat in tho conception, development,ind management ot thlH paper thehighest Ideals wore held, clung to,ind as nearly attained ns it itt giveno mortals to attain them. The thirty-Ive years of hin devotion to Tho Stuvwere ended by hlH death. April 13. atlin ago of aoventy-four. How Mr.S'elson accomplished tho building up>t so great a paper, a tusk which mayJO said to have been performed byi!m8clf alone, is interestingly told inhe Star's recent history of the pap«r.-|md Us editor. No man could havetept a closet touch upon his workhan did William Nelson. In fact,rou could scarcely nay ho was ah-lent when ho waa out of town. for.IB wo road:Tho letters, telegrams and cable¬

grams ho sent to Tho Star when hoivaa away were all trumpet-blastsloundlng the onset. Never must Th?Star relax. Never must it feel thatmough has been donn. Never mustt become Bclf-satteftod and take onlie complacency of aloth. Ho hamnered uway at tho staff of Tho Staris he hammered away at public op-alon. He roused the ono to rouse thoit her, and ho never allowed either,o sleep. Whether lt was a morelardy variety of climbing rose for a?ottace wall or a federal reservelank, he put Tho Star on tho trail oft and never rested until Kanaaa Citymt it In lila devotion to tho publicrood of bia city, in his Indignation atnjuatlce, in the splendidness of hi».ivie vision, in his works he was ap¬proached by no man of his day, or ifie waa approached lt was by Kersey'oates alono.And so, whether lt alienated friends,whether lt threatened the Star's bust-

less, whether it brought on him theibuse and slander of politicians, themmlty of money-power, or the tn*rectlvA of defeated greed, WilliamFl. Nelson never turned aside. Hetad given himself and his newspaperto the service of Kansas Ctty, andthrough thirty-five .years of suchstruggle and Storm da have rarelynarked a private career In this coun¬try he remained stedfast In it to themd.There follow several illustrailon s

if the way In which the paper wasnanaged. Perhaps no Journalist haswar put more of himself Into theprinted columna of a dally newspaperhan haa William Nelson.Matter that tho conventional news¬

papers regarded aa "niftier." to be|»truck in when new« failed. Mr. Nai¬lon considered aa highly important"The mg are pretty apt to findmmoUilng u interest to thea in thetews oa the dullest doy." ho wouldtay. "But wern»a aren't interested intcllttcs or sports. We are going tourotah them good reading ao mat-1er how dull they may find tho news."As the means came, Mr. Nelson de-1

voted nimm it to building up tin* news'departments. ll«; wau Impatient otthc traditional ways of handling ma¬terial.

"Don't g«-t Ute professional point ofviow." be would warn his news men."A Washington correspondent IH aptlo get to (hiukiiiK >>e IK a atotcsman.Ile imagines Hu- folks hat-k home areInterested in tho details of <'ongr«-s-Blonal affairs They aro a whole lotmore Interested in a fuss between thewi ven of two cabinet members, or insome new development lu farmingthat a congressman from Kennan cantell him about."Ono «f his axioms was that under

all circumstances The star ntusl boa gentleman. His stag knew that hewould not sanction the publication ofartil les reflecting on thc private lifeof any person, unless a court proceed¬ing made such publication Impera¬tivo.

"I am always willing to overlookan error in judgment regardingncwi ." he would say. "provided lt ismade on the side of good taste."At one time a grave scandal came

up involving a man who was a pos¬sibility as presidential candidateThere was a division of opinion inthe office regarding it. Mr Nelsonas he often out lt. "east the unanimousvote" against publication."The man has been making a gami

tight for seif-eontrol," he said "TinStar Isn't going to make Ids way har¬der for him."He had no patience with perfunc¬

tory work of any sort, or with adln-ronce to precedents. If news wortlwhile wns in sight he would thrownil the resources of the paper intigening lt. Hut If he felt th.it somethle^ else than news wns of mortpublic interest, then that wa« tinthing that concerned him.

"I don't enjoy traveling in a welltrodden path," he would say. "TinStar should pioneer."

If a poem by Rudyard Kipling or istory by Sam Blythe was tho most in(..resting thing that had come int«the olllcc on a day, his Instructionwore to "play lt up" on the first pageHe had the greatest scorn for Un

suggestion that some other newspaper handled material In anotlnway. "What the other fellow doedoesn't Interest me," he would say"Newspapers that ar«; edited withview to attracting attention fronother newspapers are failures W<are running Tho Star for «mr rondennot for «>thor nowsj\apers."The ndvent of yellow journalist!never disturbed him, and he made mconcessions t«) it in the way of bilheadlines or "comic" Bupplcment'fHis was one of tim few newspapertn America that failed to be influent-«.«I by the new movement. Ho bellevod thc movement was vulgar and ba«'Over aud over he declared be woulquit I lio business before, he *.vouliget nut a shoddy paper.Ono night, a few y«;arn ago thor

was a meeting of mannging editorand publishers of a group of tim morimportant newspapers in the Unitestate.;. Ho gavo them a dinner at hihomo. They asked him for a littltalk as they Hat at the table aft«'the dessert.

"Well, gehtlemon," bc said. "1 havono comment to make about Amercan newspapers. The great hulk «them are allowing Mr. (learnt to edthem. They are copying his paperPerhaps Mr. Hearst had to do wh>he did to attract attention. Hut tlong ns I have anything to say ahntlt. Mr. Hearst isn't going to edit tl:Kaunas <Tty Star."

lt was a sacred principle with hi:to give his readers more for (hemoney than they could possibly luanywhere else on earth. Tho quetion with him never was what !could make out. of The Star, but homuch ho could afford to give his reaere."Always give better vp.aie than yoi

competitor does," was William Ncson's motto, and thus it was that, nafter founding The Slur, he issuadditionally. Tho Sunday Sar. nnd 1eluded lt at exactly tho same HUscript lon rate as before. Ten cena week, the original price ot tlpaper, became tho standard pr!«even when, later on, tho Kansas CiTimes was bought and added anmorning edition to thc evening aiSunday wervtcc. H'is newspaper wpractically the first to give twlca-day service and. as we read:

His reason for doing this illustrâthis whole attitude toward his wotThe "yellows" w -rc coming then witheir comic supplements. Mr. Nson felt that th.-se wcro ImposaibHo was printing a newspaper,would say, not runnlnr a curlosllshop. But ho realised they wothave a degree of popularity, andproposed to forestall this competitllong In advanceTho innovation was ono of the gr«

pioneering acievements of Americjournalism. But thc outcome Ju«fled Mr. Nelson's confidence.Tho same attitude was apparentthe founding of The Weekly Kant

City Star. lt waa founded, notmake money, but to make a contriltion to American farm life.

"I took pencil and paper," Mr. Nson said, "and figured that we coii-(ford to print a four-page weelfor twenty-five cent a year. Mob«else had ever done lt Hut I feltwas possible, that we were in t pction lo do lt, and that we ought toit For wo had a Tot to say tofarmers, and we weren't vsachthem, before the days of rural fdelivery, through Ute dally."Mr. Nelson's Ideals of givingreader the rarst possible for

money show d In all tho detailshis managerient. Ho Mt, for instarthat the also of typo commonly úin newspapers was trying oneyes. So he dlcarded lt and had 1f»tar set In largor type. Withlarge brevier type ho used firststyle of type face that he felt iartistic. After two or three yearsdecided that lt was not quite as IIble as a blacker face, so ho thtthe handsome type away and ordethe other.For a long time he would not

tl lustrations In The Star, becausefelt a newspaper could not do tlwell, ¿nd he never was fo. doing athing he could not do woll. But flt

ly ho dei IQV(| on the use of line draw¬ings.. Other newspapers graduallyadopted the mechanical form of re-product iou of photographs known at«"half-tones." This process wus vast¬ly cheaper than Hi« one Thc Star wasusing, hut Mr. Nelson never wouldconsider lt, for two reasons: In thufirst place, the half-tone ki likely tosmear and blur In the rapid printingof a newspaper; and in thc secondplace, a mechanical reproductionin ver Interested him. ll«- wanted in¬dividuality.Thc Star was u passion with him.

.Nothing hurt him so much .tu to seeit do things in a commonplace wayNothing delighted him so much aa npiece of work that showed dist ¡net ionIn treatment.Three years ago he wrote his asso¬

ciates, from hi» Bummer home inMagnolia; "I'm afraid I may bcwearying you by writing so muchabout details of the paper. Hut TheStar is my life."-Literary Digest.

PALMETTO PRESS.

Xo.Greenville Piedmont.There is one bar ¡it Charle .ton that

even Gov. Manning can not make dry.Th« Kenn.¡«ni

Clinton Chronicle.The old soldiers had a MR time in

Columbia last week. Next halt-onto I 'lchmond.

They're Hiting!Greenwood Index.

A woman's peace congress at ThcHague can't hope to do niue.', untilthey get a little advice from tho com¬mencement orators.

Bensons They Alliance.Columbia State.A number of American manufac¬

turers who couldn't get any Europeanbusiness have decided to refui'e to ac¬cept orders f"r munitions for highlymoral and human ii arian reasonB .

Somebody Call the Wagon!Sparlanburg Herald.

In ii few Weeks the Mann whoHughes t'» the line and Knox thc chipsaside will Borah hole In the tree inthe Gardnor'a plot hy tho Lodge onthe Fairbanks of the political Ht-'camand reach the Koot of the matter ofthc K'*publican nomination.

His Heart's Right There.York News.Wo want to announce, right now

that tho first mun to bring the editora ripe watermelon this Benson wilt getH year'n subucriptlon lo the YorkNew» free. It's a tong way to gobut our'» heart right there.

Coming- and Going.Barnwell Sentinel.Quite frequently au editor ls criti¬

cised ofr expressing his opinion. Andthen ho is criticised/for not doing no.Fact ls. ho ls criticised either way-and both ways-«ind jUBt ambles longas blissfully indifferent as a duck in asummer shower.

The Colonel mid the Libel.Edgofleld Advertiser.The colonel would rather have tho

Publicity which accompanies thobringing of the suit against Hamesthan to have u verdict of $:'9,000 with¬out thc publicity. He just couldn'tremain out of the limelight nny long¬er.

Slight Drawback.Spartnnburg Journal.Wc congratulate our neighbor, Col.

C. O. Hcarob of The Herald, upon hisappointment aa delegate to the Inter¬national Press Conference at SanFrancisco and at the same time oxtondto him our regret.! that the appoint¬ment docs not carry wit'i lt railroadfare.

Study Wilson ls Giving.Vorkvlllo Enquirer.

President Wilson ls reported to bedevoting much of his Hmo to the studyof secret( official reports concerningdevelopments in Europe and thc sug¬gestion has been made that he lspreparing himself for tho office ofmediator In case the same may de¬volve upon him. lt ls quito a naturalassumption that hr would not go Intoa things nf this kind without a fullunderstanding of what he ls doing.

War Question.York News.We are viorv glad to see the ac¬

tion taken by tho South Carolina dlvi-alon. United Confederate Veterans. Insession at Columbia Thursday whenthe veterans settled once ana for all,tho question nf what caused the WarBetween thc States. Yhclr resolutionstated In no uncertain terma that thowar waa not fought over the questionof slavery and tba* the negro questionplayed but a small part in the. dis¬pute.Aa lt would b* rut by a Veteran.

"The damyankees" have often tried tomake people believe that the Southreally fought for slavery.

Pleasing IncidentBlshopvillo treader and Vindicator.One of the pleasing Incidents of tha

reunion was the camp scene Thurs¬day night in tho theatre, gotten upby Commissioner Watson and thesuperintendent of the Soldiers' home.Mt. Wardlaw. The old tenta, thecumpMro. pickets on guard, soldierssleeping, servants preparing' meals-all were very.realistic and revived eadmemories of KO years ago. The vet¬erans were splendidly and tenderlycared for by tho cltltens of ColumbiaIn their fromes, at boarding housesand hotels, so that there was no needot tents. The old fellows were deeplyaffected hy this token of care andwere protqso In their praises of thissplendid hospttality. Three mealseach day were served at Craven hallso that the social feature would bsbetter enjoyed. Altogether it Waa oneof the beat State reunions this writerhas ever attended and he voices thesentiment of all the old soldiers.

Mothers and fathers know that in our Boys'Suits there's nothing but the best material,style and workmanship.

Boys themselves don't pay much attention to

details; to them a suit is generally just a suit.So we were unusually pleased last week whena boy, with his mother, came into our store

and picked out a suit priced at #7.50.

His mother kinder smiled and said that the

boy would pay for it himself. We saw thereason for the smile when he handed out the

money in nickels and dimes, saved one at a

time, so that he could have a say where hissuit should be bought.

Boys' Norfolk and Double-Breasted Suits

$3.50 to $12.50. *

A special feature in boys' extreme value Palm

Beach Suits at $4.50.

Athletic underwear, hose, shirts, collars, ties.

"The Store with a Conscience"

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PRESS COMMENT. * |.j. «j« .*. .j. »j. «j» .j. .¡. «j. .:. .:. .:. -:. »j. ?$. ?.*

The Unpardonable Sin of History.Philadelphia Public Lodger.When Germany drew Turkey inlo

the war it unleashed a beast that aunited Christendom has been tryingto tame for centuries. Tho crucify-ing and burning of Chrl8tiana in Per-sta by Kurds and Turks is no sur-price; it was'inevitable. If the Otto-man fangs arc not drawn now andonce for all by the allied nations theomission will be tantamount to sane-Honing of barbarity by civilization.Future ages may forgive Germany formany thlnga that seem unpardonabletoday, but lt ts doubtful whether anyneutral or importlal historian willever condone the moral offense andblunder of bidding Islam use thoscimitar without restraint.

«What ls PoUlckerftouton TranscriptThe Transcript sincerely regretshaving aroused the wrath of some of

its most esteemed Southern contem¬poraries by a recent light-hearted andoffhand attempt to defino one. ofDixieland's famous national dishes,that delectable concoction Vpotlick-er," aa a "houn* dog's ambrosia."Having already mildly. chastised theColumbia State for suggesting thatthe Transcript hasnt "read" potllck-er, which we maintain ia not the wayto become acquainted with thia cele¬brated " riva! of gumbo aoup andchicken a. la Maryland, we now re¬gretfully turn our attention, in self-defense, to the Savannah Press. Saysthe Press:"The New York Herald ts moved to

ask, 'What ls potlickerr With char¬acterise high-browed Ignorance, thcBoston Transcript undertakes to calllt 'the houn' dog's ambrosia.' This lsabout as near right aa it Is possibletor our over-lettered contemporary toget anything that cornea from thekitchen, and not from the libraryshelf;-" to which the Herald adda:flt waa only to be expected that this'houn' dog' reference would start thocruel war all over again."But can it be that Savannah be¬

lieves Boston baked beans-Jual be¬cause they hold first place In the lit¬erature of New England-tome fromthe library shelf?"Evading this clever attempt to draw

a pjbt of beans across the trail, andreturning to our muttons, that ls. toour poUIcker, we wish to end thisargument once for all by stating thatour definition of potllcker as a houn'dog's ambrosia ls sabotanttated hy no,lesa an authority on all matters per¬taining to Southern cooking and folklore than that noted bon vivant andraconteur, the lota Col. Tom Ochil¬tree of, Texas, who once laid downthe imperishable opinion that a houn'dog's Idea of heaven waa a fleïd wivna high board fence all around it andfall of lame rabbits sad potllcker.V"

Ambrosia is the drink of the gods;potlicker is the drink of dog heaven;therefore potlicker is a houn' daw&'sambrosia. Q. K D.

The Arrival of Prosperity.Montgomery Advertiser.The sudden spurt of increased bus¬

iness in Montgomery and otherSouthern cities is attributed to thebig advance In cotton, under tue en¬couragement of which thousands up¬on thousands of bales of cotton heldthroughout the winter were turnedloose when cotton went above 9cents a pound. While undoubtedlytho advance in cotton stimulated bus¬iness in the South, it was only one otthe factors which has restored pros¬perity to the American people.Te begin with the grain raisers andthe cattle raisers of the Middle Westwere helped instead of hurt by thoEuropean war. The wheat farmersthis year grew rich. Wheat wentto record breaking figures. The cat¬tle raisers, to a lease'r degree, felt thoImpetus of the new business create1by the war and they fared "well.In the manufacturing centers,

whero steel, munitions of war andmaterial for araiy equipment aremade, the past tfx months have beensix months of money making. Therectories havo^been running day andnight The men have been receivingIncreased wages and the owners havebeen drawing Increased dividends.The business depression which hss

ixl ated has been in mercantile circles»nd in manufacturing enterprises Inthe East, which do not cater to any.af the warring armies, and more es¬pecially tn the South, where cottondropped below 6 cents a pound for awhile. These now sre experiencingthe stimulating effect of a restoredprosperity. In his letter to the South¬am .Commercial congress. Secretaryyt the Treasury McAdoo writes:"Yon meet under auspicious condi¬

tions. Confidence has been reestab¬lished in spite ot the grave disturb¬ances caused by the gigantic Euro¬pean war. Prosperity has alreadybeen restored and ls growing inrolume every day. Peace with honorbaa been preserved In the face oftrare international difficulties. Thedignity .and rights of our countrytisve been upheld with firmness andcourtesy ¿md with consideration forthe just rights of others.' Our finan¬çai and économie strength ls great-sr today than that of any nation onsarth and our position Is one ot com¬manding possibilities. Unless somecalamity beyond the control of hu-,nan agency shall Intervene, the onlything that can possibly abide withas is prosperity. Wo can regard thepresent with thankfulness to God forthe infinite blessings ot peace andtook to the future with supreme con-Bdence."

He: People are laying that yonsnly married me because I baa mou¬sy.She: Nonsense* The reason WMthal I had no .«rr^ty TTSIY ET.

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* WIT AND HUMOR. *4. .>..«.*?..*,....*....»...*.«..*.. 4»^«A youth io a passenger coach per¬sisted in sticking his head and shoul¬

ders out of the window. The brake¬man touched the youth on the back."Better keep your bead Inside the Win¬dow," advised the man.- "I kin.lookout of the window if 1 want to," an¬swered the youth. "I know you can,"warned the brakeman, "but if youdamage any- of the iron work on thebridges you'll have to pay "for lt."-Ute.

"I see our traffic with Iceland isincreasing.""How so?"

, "Leif Erlc8on landed on thedashores, sailing from therein the year1000.""Well?""And I noticed last week another

ship from Iceland arrhfed."-Louis¬ville Courier-Jour nal.

.Patty-Jack and I have been en¬gaged for two years and I think tstime we were getting married.Peggy-Oh, I 'dont know. dear. It

you really love him you'll let him behappy for- a time longer.-ChicagoNews.

"Old man Jinks ls very slow in allhis ways."

"Is her"Yes. Instead of planting a run¬

ning vine on his wall he has put therea creeper."-Baltimore American.

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It doesn't matter what tho price.Nor where they put the pads;Somehow your clothes don't look atsnice

As they did in the ada.. -Cincinnati Enquirer.

Utilise all your opportunities. Ifthe bathtub leaks, keep your, pot'edplants under it.-Pittsburgh Post.A frivolous society girl, lu a smalltown; made a dully trip to the townlibrary, where she would always get-a book.This being the loafing place of the .

young men of the town, ll was quiteevident why she came.Cns of the young men, guessingthat fact, asked her this question:"Miss Jones, have yon ever read'Scott's Emulsion ?" '

"OJ Yes, Isn't lt the sweetest book1 just love lt"-National Monthly.A small boy went up to another tuthe street and .said: "Can you tell afeller how to learn a girl to swim?""Ohl" said the other kiddle, "vongoes up to her sentie like, leads hergently down to the water, puts yerarm gently round her waist-""Ob, go on!" interrupted the boy;"what*- tte â*Ufer with yarr suesny sister.""Trr sîiUr? Ci. iW*e her in!"-Kicfeango.