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jftumatnits JlrpartiHfut. He Won the Waoeh.?A man's curiosity got the better of him In a Back Bay lodging house one day this week and he paid for it, as Is usually the case, says the Boston Globe. He said he hadn't seen the landlady during his stay of three months, the rent being paid to the housekeeper, and a friend to whom he made the remark said that she was around about every day?In fact, he wouldn't be surprised if she was in the house then. To test his confidence he was willing to wager the cigars that she was there, and his doubting friend considered it too easy a thing to lose, so he said, "Agreed. Then the man who was certain proceeded to win easily. Seising a plate from the table he dropped it upon tne noor. ana in ie? than a minute the woman of the house was on the scene inquiring about the cause of the noise. The doubter was satisfied. His Idea of an anonymous Letter. ?A certain congressman from Virginia has long retained in his employ a colored man by the name of Ezeklel. .One morning the master left the house, leaving behind him a letter he had forgotten. Some time in the afternoon he remembered the communication. and, as it was of some Importance, he hastened back home, only to find that the letter was nowhere to be seen In his library. He had a distinct recollection that the letter had been left on a table. He summoned Ezekiel and asked if he had seen the letter. "Yessah. yo' lef It on yo' table." 'Then where Is It now?" "I mailed it, sah." "You mailed it! Why Zeke. I had not put the name and address on the envelope!" "Jes' so, sah! I thought It was one of dem anonymous letters."?American Spectator. A Humorhts Neat Hit.?An English humorist many years ago hit UDon a neat way of scoring against certain politicians of the times. A comic Journal, not being a newspaper within the meaning of the act, was prohibited from giving the news, and so, in place a parliamentary report, the humorist in question reported a few "first lines" from speeches of prominent members: "Sir Charles Wetherell said he was not sensible " "Mr. Hunt was entirely Ignorant " "Lord Ashley said he should take the earliest opportunity of moving " Colonel Sibthrope never could understand " "Lord Lynburst said he must entreat of every one to give him credit " "Sir Edward Sugden was not one of those who thought " "Mr. Croker said he had the fullest assurance " Thought He Lost His Head.?a gentleman while taking a ride with his groom, had the misfortune to have himself and companion thrown violently to the ground by his horse taking fright and running away. The gentleman was not seriously injured, his principal loss being that of his wig, which had been shaken off, but he found Pat in a much worse condition, with the blood trickling from his head and holding his master's wig. which he was surveying with the utmost alarm and horror. "Well, Pat," said-hls master, "are you much hurt?" "Hurt is it? Oh, master, do you see the top of my head in my hand?" Pat in his terror and confusion had mistaken his master's wig for his own natural scalp and evidently thought that his last hour had urrlved.?London Telegraph. A Judicial Phivileoe.?In a southern court one day, says a well-known attorney, one of the counsel paused in his argument, remarking to the judge: "I observe that your honor shakes his head at that statement. I desire to reaffirm it, although your honor dissents." "I am not aware," coldly responded the Judge, "that I have intimated how I shall construe the evidence, nor what my decision will be in the premises. Your*remark is, therefore, entirely uncalled for." "Your honor shook his head." "True," said the judge, "there was a fly on my ear. And I'll have you know. sir. that I reserve the right to remove a fly in whatever manner pleases me."-?Harper's Weekly. Willing to Retire.?A certain prosy preacher recently gave an endless discourse on the prophets. First he dwelt at length on the minor prophets. At last he finished them, and the congregation gave a sigh of relief. He took a long breath, and continued: "Now, I shall proceed to the major prophets." After the major prophets had received more than ample attention, the congregation gave another sigh of relief. "Now that I have finished with the minor prophets, and the major prophets, what about Jeremiah? Where Is Jeremiah's place?" At that point a tall man arose in the back of the church. "Jeremiah can have my place," he said. "I'm going home."? San Francisco Argonaut. Foiled After All.?During the Peninsular war a number of English officers had established a mess In a Spanish village, with native cooks, whose efforts were fairly satisfactory to the keen appetites of the campaigners. They were Joined, however, by a certain peevish. cantankerous major, who bitterly complained that every dish was flavored with sugar, after the Spanish fashion, and quite uneatable. Finally he confined himself to a diet of eggs boiled in the shell. "They can't sugar those!" he cried triumphantly. But his triumph was short lived. Next morning some mischievous subs were at the mess table before the major and emptied all the salt cellars, replacing their contents with powdered sugar. The major soon appeared and with gloomy complacency began upon an egg. with which, as usual, he took plenty of "salt." At the first mouthful his face turned purple with rage. "Sugared, by Jove!" he exclaimed and rushed off to his tent. Trh Voice of Prudence.?Robert, old and black and of no superfluous courage, had allowed his master's fiery thoroughbred to get away from him at the stable door and go careering off across the country. "What was the trouble, Robert?" asked his master. "Were you afraid of Dixey?" Robert shuffled his feet mutinously and muttered something under his breath. "Frald? Ole Robert 'fraid? No sun, I ain't 'fraid er ary hoss eber foaled." he replied, with a great dignl. ty. "But w'en er hoss 'gin ter ramp roun' en pull at >de rope, sump'n hit keeps a-w'tBperin': 'Tu'n 'lm loose! Tu'n Mm loose!' twel I let Mm go!"? Youth's Companion. ittiscfUannms $r?din,q. J IN COUNTIES ADJOINING. News and Comment Clipped From Neighboring Exchangee. J CHESTER. Lantern, May 11: Mr. and Mrs. Mayo McKeown have sent out Invltlons to the marriage of their niece. Miss Mary J. McKeown. and Mr. Thomas J. Royster of Bessemer, N. C., Wednesday, May 23, 1906, at 1:30 p p. m., at home Miss Lena RobI inson, a nurse in the Epworth orIphan&ge at Columbia, passed through * 1 MAtnrn f**om tl yesteraay muming uu n*r? a few days' visit to her mother In tl Yorkvtlle. Master Roy Curry accom- It panied her to enter the orphanage.... h The secretary of state says the Col- tl umbla Record of the 9th Instant, has rr Issued a charter to the Catawba Val- ci ley railway, which on a capital of $45,- si 500 proposes to complete* the railway di started between Catawba Junction ol and Catawba Falls a distance of tl twenty miles. Ten miles of the way qi has been built by the power concern h operating at Catawba Falls. The b: granting of the charter really means a: a Seaboard extension from Catawba T Junction to Catawba' Falls, President b< Fred Walter of the Seaboard, being ei the president of the new company, w N. S. Melvll of New York, V. C. d; Porteus of New York, and R. L. p Nutt of Portsmouth, are vice presi- ol dent, secretary and treasurer and as- vl sistant secretary and treasurer, re- si spectively of the new company. The si charter gives the company the right ci to build from Lugoff, near Camden, to di the North Carolina line In York coun- tl ty, which will connect two Important s? Seaboard points through a territory ai that Is being extensively exploited, si The headquarters of the new company tl will be at Chester Mr. and Mrs. ol L. T. Nichols left yesterday for Hot si Springs, Ark. From there they will s< go to Denver, Colo., and other west- d ern cities and will return by New Orleans. They expect to be gone two a or three weeks Mrs. E. Brooks n ?,._w ~r?mo DuVmhi of New -A Oligil auu iUtoo X/lUt* York and Miss Rena DaVega of tl Washington are guests of their sister, n Miss Leila Da Vega Mr. Monroe s< Minterhacl the misfortune to fall last Friday evening and break his right 'c thigh. The Injury, as might be expected, Is proving very serious with ^ Mr. Minter on account of his age. P He Is resting very easily, but his conditlon ts not at all encouraging M188 Corlnne Falres of Fort Mill, s came down yesterday to visit at the n home of Mr. Thomas Trlplett a few w miles out of town Rev. J. P. n Knox of Columbia, passed through y this morning on his way to Sardis, a N. C.. to assist Dr. R. O. Miller with u a communion meeting. His mother, " Mrs. Knox of Huntersvllle, who went ^ home with him from presbytery, was w with him on her return home a Dr. Q. B. White and Mr. J. M. Bell, a president and manager of the Chester p telephone system, spent yesterday in p Rock Hill with the telephone men of that place looking over their system. 61 They were kindly treated by the gentlemen there but are willing to com- 11 pare systems with them In any re- 'r spect. 01 GASTON. Cl Gastonia Gazette, May 11.?If there Is any man who likes to trade horses. It is Mr. S. M. Morris. Mr. Morris Is " a very popular and successful horse ^ trader, but when it comes to trading g mules, he sometimes makes a bad trade. Tuesday night about ten o'clock he struck up with a frisky ^ little mule belonging to Mr. Forest h Elmore. The swap was made, but Wednesday morning Mr. Morris n thought he didn't have the right mule, t( and went to Mr. Elmore to see If he t< hadn't been given another mule In the b place of the one he had traded for a the night before. Mr. Morris will not w trade mules any more at night The question of granting franchises p to the power companies seems to be sj agitating the city board of aldermen. w The town has made a ten year con- w tract with the Spencer Mountain com- t] pany for power. The Spencer Moun- 8( tain company Is to furnish power to w the town, and the town will do a light- j, Ing business as they have done before. t] By this contract the town will save a something like three thousand dollars annually. But the town will not fur- t] nlsh power for the various enterprises t] In town nearly all of which will In the t( near future use electricity as a motive n power In place of steam. Mr. C. B. i Armstrong, secretary and treasurer of w the Clara cotton mills, has made a y contract with the Spencer Mountain a company for power to run his mill. 0 Many of the other cotton mills In f town expect to get power from the t( Southern Power company. The South- n ern Power company Is coming to Gas- y ton la with power. The board of al- c dermen want It, the best Interests of ^ the town demand It. The manager of tl the Southern Power company claims e that his company does not want to d do commercial lighting In the city, s All they want to do Is to furnish pow- o er to the mills. The Southern Power o company has unlimited capital and p with an almost absolute control of l< Catawba river, will be In a position tl when their power Is fully developed c to compete with the town In commer- t< cial lighting. Some people think the, n town should go out of the lighting tl business altogether and turn the mat- L ter over to some power company, tl binding the company by a contract p which will guarantee a good service tl and make all power companies doing n a business In the town pay a fran- if chlse tax. Charlotte Is lighted by the f< Catawba Power company which is a T branch of the Southern Power com- ol pany. Charlotte gets her lights at tl half the former cost and the town has tl nothing to do with collecting light si bills and the like. What the board of i? aldermen Intend to do is for the town a to do a commercial lighting business a as they have done before, and grunt tl the Southern and Spencer Mountain tl companies franchises to do business here provided they do not compete h with the town in the lighting of pri- tl vate residences and other places b where only a small amount of power p Is required. The Southern Power v company of Charlotte has completed p its plans and surveyed its route to j Gastonia. Work has begun on the tl line which will be built to Gastonia l< on steel towers. Gastonia will be in i] the Charlotte division of the Southern e Power company. The Spencer Moun- V tain company will also build a line ii to Gastonia in addition to town line, si for the purpose of furnishing power ii for cotton mills. d ? II No matter how little a man tl wants here below, he never gets 8I quite all of it. tn It is one thing to possess a Bi- p ble; it is another thing for the Bible & to possess you. w flSTORY OF SOI rrom the First Settle the Rev< IIy REV. ROBER1 'rom the Y^'rkvHle Enquirer of 1876. INSTALLMENT XXXIX. It Is a pity that the history of a naon is so often nothing but a narraon of Its wars with its neighbors; of s rebellions and civil strifes. In the Istory of the human race, war holds le most prominent place, but by no leans the most Important place. The image of a battlefield is an awful ght, but a sight which human eyes esire to see. The shouts of victory ften drown the cries and shrieks of te widow and the orphan. The conueror excites the admiration of the umble peasant, and the tale of his lood-bought victories kindles the mbltion of the humble sons of toll, he fame of the military hero is orne by every breere to the remotit nooks of the globe. School boys tit. ?toll nf Vila rpplrlASS 1 t II spai AI1II5 CJ VO fcVU V* ?..W ? . arlng, and blushing maids sing his raises. Great as may be the worth r him who leads battling armies to Ictory, infinitely greater Is he who ibdues the forest or converts the vamps Into a cornfield. He who instructs a fort from whose walls eath and destruction are hurled into le columns of his country's foe3, de?rves to be held In rememberance by II who love liberty and hate oppreson. We should not, however, let le glitter of the warrior consign to blivion him who, In his rude workhop or on his humble farm, does imethlng which ameliorates the conItlon of society. The first settlers of South Carolina, Ithough often engaged In war, were ot savages. They did not come to merlca that they might satiate a ilrst for blood. It Is true, that for a umber of years, every man was a ildler. This was the case until after ie Revolutionary war. The mechan! went to his shop, the farmer to his eld, and the worshippers to the ouse of God; each armed and equlped as a soldier. The circumstances y which they were surrounded delanded that each man be a soldier, paniards, Indians, French and plites watched them as the eagle atches Its prey. It would not be too luch to say that for more than 200 ears, a people had been undergoing process of training which termlna>d In the establishing of American berty. It may be that neither the rst settlers of Carolina nor their defendants for several generations did 11 they could to beat the sword Into plowshare and the spear Into a runlng hook. Still they desired eace, and never ceased to cultivate le arts of peace. Whilst they werB rectlng forts, they were at the same me decorating the city and subduing le forest. They found the Indians i the country cultivating only maize r Indian corn. Taught by these hlldren of the forest, they also enaged in Its cultivation. Only a short me after the first settlement was lade, rice was planted, and so great as Its Increase that the hunger-rlden nations of Europe soon looked to outh Carolina for food. In less than 00 years, although almost continually ngaged In war, the products of South arolina had so Increased that several undred vessels were required to exort them to the markets of Europe, lice, Indian corn, barley, peas, pota>es, live stock, beef, pork and bacon, >gether with vast quantities of lumer, tar, pitch and turpentine were nnually exported. Charles Town as a busy place. The effort was made, at an early erlod to Introduce the cultivation of ilk Into the colony. The first effort as unsuccessful. The eggs from hlch It was designed to propagate ? ? ? nrVi 11 at f Ho VOfl. lie v\ ui ma, uaiv- iicu niiiiot v**v el which brought them from Europe, ^as still at sea, and no provision havlg been made for their maintenance, hey all died. The enterprise was not bandoned. In dllTerent sections of fie state, some attention was paid to fie culture of silk. Governor Nafianlel Johnson devoted his attention a this subject as early as the beglning of the eighteenth century. In 755, the mother of Charles Cotes orth and Thomas Plnckney, took rlth her to England a sufficient mount of silk to make three dresses, ne of which was presented to the rlncess Dowager of Wales, another 3 Lord Chesterfield and the third relalned In the family. Not many ears since. It was still In the city of lharleston and may be there still. Irs. Plnckney, although the wife of he chief Justice of the state, possessd of considerable wealth and the escendant of an honorable family, till she prepared this silk with her wn hands. In 1742, eighteen and ne-half pounds of raw silk were exorted from South Carolina to Engind. The Swiss at Purrysburg, and he French In what Is now Abbeville ounty, continued to devote some at?ntlon to the culture of silk for a umber of years. The descendants of /mlnnv that aattlpH nn thp .ong Canes, in Abbeville county, coninued to cultivate silk for domestic urposes as late as 1830. It Is worhy of note that European Judges proounced the silk made In South Carona excellent. "It was remarkable ar its beauty, firmness and strength." he fact that the forests of South Carlina were covered with the mulberry ree, the leaves of which constitute he principal food of the silk worm, uggested to the early settlers the lea that the country might be well dapted to the culture of silk. The rst experiment was made within less han ten years after the settlement of he state. Prior to the introduction of cotton, idigo was one of the staple produclons of South Carolina. So fa morale were the soil and climate to the roduction of this dye, and so preat as the income accruing from Its roduction that it became a matter of Inglish legislation. Indigo is a naive of Hindostan, but it was for a ine time Drlor to Its Introduction into fie South Carolina colony, cultivated xtensively in that portion of the Vest Indies subject to France. Wild idigo. a plant which very much reembles indigo proper, and possesslg the same properties but In less egree, grows in all parts of the state, t is found in almost every field. As fie mulberry growing In the forest uggested to the first Inhabitants the robable fitness of the country to enage in the culture of silk, so the lid indigo growing in the fields sug LTTH CAROLINA. ment to the Close 01 )lution. C LATHAN, I>. D. gested to them that Indigo might be cultivated with profit In the same territory. Nothing however, seems to have been done In this matter until the year 1741. George Lucas, at that tlm?> whs eovprnor of thp Island of Antigua. At the same time he owned and had cultivated a plantation a short distance west of Charleston on the Wappoo. Here his family resided. His daughter, Eliza, a young woman of energy and also a great lover of nature, devoted her spare moments from the wheel and cards, to the cultivation of useful and beautiful plants. Her father gave her every encouragement, and at different times, sent her various tropical plants and roots, with which to experiment. Sometime during the winter of 1740-41, he sent her some lndlga seed. Some of these seed she planted with her own hands In the month of March, 1741. They came up, but the young plants were killed by frost. She planted again In April. These also came up, but were cut down by a worm. She did not, as some other girls and most modern boys would have done, become discouraged; but tried again and was successful. The plant grew and matured to the satisfaction of the cultivator and her father. Governor Lucas now determined to make a business of the cultivation of Indigo. More seed were purchased and a practical indigo maker procured from the Island of Montserrat, and sent to Carolina to superintend the culture and manufacture of George Lucas' farm on the Wappoo. The name of this superintendent was Cromwell. He engaged In the work at first with apparent good will. Vats were constructed and everything put in preparation for the work of making merchantable Indigo. Cromwell fear ing, no doubt, that If this experiment proved a success It would be Injurious to the French colonies In the West Indies, declared that Indigo could not be grown In Carolina. To dishearten Eliza Lucas, who still continued to watch the experiment with Intent Interest, he put too much lime In the vats and thus destroyed the Indigo. Eliza Lucas discovered his trickery and dismissed him, and with the assistance of a Frenchman by the name of Deveaux, she went to work and discovered the whole process of making indigo. Other Individuals In the neighborhood now began to cultivate small quantities of indigo for their use. Not long after this, Eliza Lucas married Charles Plnckney, commonly known as Chief Justice Plnckney. In 1746 she became the mother of Charles Cotesworth Plnckney, the man who said, "Millions for defence? not a cent for tribute;" and In 1750 of Thomas Plnckney. Two noble sons of a noble mother. After her marriage her father gave the indigo farm, which she had watched ?%1th anxiety, to her husband. All the growing crop was permitted to go to seed. At the proper time the seed was gathered. Some was distributed amongst the neighbors and the rest planted. Every one became interested in the production of indigo. It was not long after its introduction into the colony by Eliza Lucas until It btKiame one of the principal articles of erport. "It proved," says an old writer, "more profitable to tha Carolinians than gold mines did to some of the other European colonies in America." Indigo continued to be cultivated with profit both to the colony and the mother country. In 1747 the merchants of England, who traded in Carolina, petitioned parliament that a bounty might be allowed on Carolina indigo. Thia petition was favorably received and an act passed in 1748 allowing a bounty of six pence?about twenty cents?on every pound of indigo produced on any of the British plantations in America. It now began to be cultivated In every settlement and its cultivation continued until several years after the Revolutionary war. It was rooted out by cotton. It Is probable that indigo would have been able to withstand Its rival cotton, had It not been for the ingenuity of Miller and Whitney. These men devised a saw gin which enabled the cotton planter more expeditiously to separate the lint and seed. It is probable that even Whitney's grin, as originally constructed, would not have been sufficient to cause cotton to supersede indigo had it not been for the Ingenuity of a woman. Miller and Whitney's gin, when first constructed had no brush wheel. Mrs. General Green while watching the gin in operation saw this defect and removed the lint by the gentle motion of her fan which she held In her hand. This suggested the brush wheel. It was made and as a woman had Introduced indigo into the state, so a woman, by a stroke with her fan, did that which drove It out. It was a proverb once often repeated In the state, that on an indigo farm everything looked as if in a starving condition. The same may be said with respect to cotton, which as a money crop, has taken the place of Indigo. In summing up the details of events which transpired during Governor Bull's administration we must not forget to mention the great fire which occurred in Charles Town in 1740. On the 18th of November, the wind blowing a stiff gale from the northwest, at two o'clock In the afternoon, a fire broke out on Broad street, near its western extremity. With fearful rapidity the flames were hurried in a southeasterly direction from one building to another. Soon it seemed as if the whole city was In flames. The air was full of blazing fagots, carried by the maddened wind. The inhabitants were panic struck. The screams of women and children rose above the cracking flames and falling houses. Property was abandoned to be devoured by the Are. The houses were all wood and the stores were filled with tar, pitch, deer skins and powder, all of which added fury to the flames. No effort was made by the citizens either to stop the progress of the fire or save their property. An effort was made by the sailors, but for six hours the work of destruction continued until the flames were arrested by the Cooper river. At eight o'clock In the morning the wind calmed and the fire ceased to make farther progress. Its work of destruction was done. Three hundred of the best houses In the city, together with vast quantities of merchandise, were reduced to ashes. Only a few lives were lost, but hundreds were without a shelter. Over the scene of desolation a wall of anguish went up. Those who escaped the devouring flames, kindly welcomed the unfortunate to their homes and shared with them their comforts. The British government in the exercise of its love and pity, generously contributed one hundred thousand dollars for the relief of the distressed. TO OiNTINLT&D. THE RE8CUE OF CARLOTTA. If Maximilian Had Listened to Jos I Shelby Things Would Have Been < Different. 1 Three ex-Confederates, two of whom I fought In the command of the late 1 Qen. Joe Shelby, met at the Laclede 1 hotel the other day, and for several 1 hours discussed Interesting events of the civil war period. They told many stories about Shelby, and some of his experiences In Mexico, where he had gone, with many other Confederates, after the affair at Appomattox. Maximilis.n was then In Mexico, partly because of Louis Napoleon's belief that the Confederate cause would triumph. Bazalne was the soldier of the Mexican empire. He was a marshal of France and was covered with medals. He had been taught in the school of discipline, and when the Mexicans began deserting Maximilian's standard he hunted them down and killed them without mercy. Mexico resented Bazalne's work and rebelled. They plotted for the overthrpw of the Invader. Shelby appeared at this critical time and offered the services of himself and followers, all Americans. Through the Influence of officials of Maximilian's army Shelby reached the presence of the emperor. Court rules were not observed at the meeting. It Is said that Shelby stood with his old slouch hat under his arm as he addressed the emperor. Bazaine was present. Shelby's proposition to Maximilian was brusquely stated. His plan was to enlist In the service of the empire: to recruit 40,000 Americans, who were to take the place of the native troops: to encourage immigration and to educate the people with a sense of bettering their condition. The emperor listened attentively. When Shelby had stated hfs proposition he followed it with the prediction that it was only a question of time before the French soldiers would be withdrawn. The emperor asked him why he thought so. "Because," Shelby quickly answered, "the war between the states is at an end, and Mr. Seward will insist on the enforcement of the Monroe doctrine. France wants no trouble with the United States. When I departed from the United States I left behind me 1,000,000 men In arms, not one of whom has yet been discharged from service. The nation is sore over this occupation and the presence of the French here is considered menacing." Maximilian had become deeply interested. Shelby halted in his speech. The emperor asked: him to continue. "The matter of which I have spoken to you," Shelby continued. "Is feasible. I am certain that the American government would! not be averse to the enlistment of an many soldiers in your army as might: wish to take service, and the number need be limited only to the exigencies of the empire. Thrown upon your own resources you would have no difficulty, I believe in establishing the most: friendly relations with the United. States. In order to put yourself in a position to do this, and In order to sustain yourself sufficiently long to fortify your occupation of Mexico, and make your government a strong one, I minx It absolutely necessary to surround yourself with a corps of foreign soldiers, devoted to you personally, and reliable In any emergency. I have under my command at present 1,000 tried and experienced troops. All of them have seen much severe and actual service, and all of them are anxious to enlist In support of the empire. If I have your permission and the authority of your name to Increase my forces I can make good In a few months all the promises I have made here today."' Maury Indorsed all that Shelby said Bazalne could not because of his position. He was still a soldier of two empires. It Is said that Maximilian was entirely favorable to Shelby's plan, but he could not consent to them without the consent of Bazalne. When Shelby left the emperor, the latter's secretary, De None, accompanied him and said: "It Is of no use. The emperor Is firm on the point of diplomacy. He Is of the opinion that Mr. Seward is favorably disposed iowa.ru him. and he still has faith in the Mexicans. He believes his plans are to the interest of the American government and that that government will recognize him. He does not understand the people over whom he rules. He Is an enthusiast, reasoning from the heart instead of the head. He will not give you enployment." "I knew it," Shelby replied. "How?" askeci De None. "From his countenance," Shelby answered. "Not once could I bring the blood to his calm face. He has faith, but no enthusiasm. He will fall in his diplomacy. He will not have time to work his problem out. Before an answer can come from Seward to the emperor's minister of state, the emperor will have no minister of state." When Shelby returned to his friends he said to them: "We are not wanted. I see that you are disappointed and 1 I know the reason why." The men gathered about Shelby and discussed their situation. There was no turning back and they had to live. They gave up their dream of fighting for the empire and went to work. The emperor gave them land in a province where the soil was fertile. The Americans built a. city in a day and called it Carlotta, after the empress. Some of them soon tired of the repose and left, never to return. Some tilled the soil, and a few of them enlisted in the imperial army. Shelby became a freighter. Bazalne soon made trouble. He insisted that the church should favor immigration and progress and the church refused. The trouble grew. Maximillian was oKonilnncul Thttro u/oa nnpn 1 nsil r rection In Yucatan and pestilence came with It. Carlotta went there as a messenger of mercy to help the stricken. Her mission was a failure. She decided to return to her own, tell the story of Mexico, and appeal for succor. She left the capital In 1866 and sailed from Vera Cruz. One who accompanied her to Vera Cruz has left this account of It: "There was yellow fever at Vera Cruz and pestilence on the ocean. Some of Carlotta's attendants were stricken down by her side at Cardova, and others on board the ship that carried her from port. She bore up wonderfully while the mind held out. Nothing affrighted her. The escort marching In the rear of the carriage was attacked by guerillas. She alighted from It, bade a soldier dismount, got upon the back of his horse, and galloped Into the fight." The con file*, was short and Carlotta resumed her Journey to the sea. The guerillas left her track, and finally gathered at a place where some French soldiers were holding their guns. They surrounded the fortress. Shelby, dressed as a common mule driver, was with his train of freight wending his way to the market place. He heard of the besieged French. 1 rhe mules were unhitched from his 1 wagons and his men were turned ' Into soldiers. Some of his former comrades who had sat down to pass the remainder of their days in rew /%oll r-f fKoIr aM IoqH. ^uoc ucaiu me van vi tuvu viu ivuM pr and responded. The story of the fighting to rescue the French garrl- 1 son by this band of Americans led j by Shelby was a piece of warfare the like of which has seldom been recorded. The siege was raised. Shelby return to his work. A little later Maximilian made a land grant to some French colonists In a rich val- i ley. At the emperor's request, Shelby went there as the agent of the colony. The Mexicans Invaded the i valley at night, robbing, killing and riding away. The French became disheartened and left. The lines were slowly closing about the emperor and his few faithful friends. It was at this stage In the drama that the emperor again thought of Shelby and sent for him. He asked Shelby how many Americans were yet in the country. "Not enough for a corporal's guard," replied Shelby, "and the few now left cannot be utilized. I do not know 2,000 Americans who could be got together before the evacuation is complete." "I need 20,00 men," Maximilian rejoined. "Your majesty will pardon me If I speak plain," replied Shelby. "You need 40,000 men. You can not count on a single regiment in your service. There is desertion everywhere, even the regiment of the empress has deserted You can not now rely on numbers?all you have to look to Is devotion. I am at your service." As Shelby finished the emperor looked at him admiringly, took him by the band and said: "It Is so refreshing to listen to the truth. I feel that you have told It to me as one who neither fears nor flatters. Accept this In parting, and remember that circumstances never render Impossible the right to die for a principle." The present was a golden cross of the or* der of Gaudaloupe. Maxlmilllan had worn It on his breast, Maximilian and Shelby never met again. Later Maxmlllian took the field In person. The road led to Queretaro. Here three crosses were erected soon after. The men who died at these crosses were Maximilian Miramon and Megla, June 19, 1887, was the date of their deaths. The night before the tragedy the emperor way told that Carlotta was dead. It was not so, but it was thought best by some tp tell him so. When Maximilian received the message he wept for awhile and then said: "I am ready now. There is nothing else for me to do, and I do not want to live when she Is gone," It has been said and often repeated thai Shelby was the man who sent the message which made the emperor willing to die, Carlotta still survives, but her mind Is a wreck.?St. Louis Globe Democrat. HOW CHINCHILLAS ARE CAUGHT* Little Fur Bearing Animal That 1$ In Danger of Extermination. The chinchilla is one of the very few really valuable fur bearing animals found in South America. Its range Is extremely limited, the little burrowing animal being discernible in numbers only along the higher! altftudes of the Andes Mountains in I Chili and Bolivia, where it has hitherto fairly abounded but is now In danger of early extinction owing to the fashionable favor accorded the fur and the consequent high price of the skins. As the officials of Chill and Bolivia realize the importance to those countries of perpetuating the chinchilla, laws for its protection are being passed. As the little creature inhabits wild and rugged districts, in in stances almost inaccessible to any save those familiar with the Rocky Mountain trails, the chinchilla hunter conducts his operations quite fearless of the game wardens. Unless the demand of the fur wearer and values decline materially we may expect to witness the extermination of the chinchilla within a brief period, says the Fur News. Should this undesirable result be approximated, the demand would cease for lack of supply and the chinchilla would doubtless again multiply rapidly. During the season 1905 the collection reached the total, in round numbers, of 218,000 skins, of which all but about 58,000 skins secured for Paris were shipped to New York for local consumption or distribution abroad. The season for catching the chinchilla runs from January to June and is industriously conducted. The chinchilla hunters go out in parties of three or four accompanied by about half a dozen well trained dogs and nothing else, no guns or traps being used, as trapping' is an industry as yet unknown in that part of the country. The dogs, resembling our fox terrier, catch and deftly kill thorn Thooo rinoM aro an nrsll trnlnod In this work of destruction that they rarely Injure the fur to an appreciable extent. As soon as the chinchillas have been despatched by the dogs the men remove the skins and rather crudely stretch them to dry. After a hunt from four to six weeks hunters and dogs make their way back to the coast with their catch, and the men dispose of the skins, from three to fifteen dozen according to luck, and after a few days spent In town In riotous living the hunters go off on another expedition to some other part of the mountain where they are reasonably sure chinchillas abound and a golden harvest awaits their gathering. | SOUTH] j RAILR( & THROUGH EVERY DAY AI | Hi ? Drawing Room Slec ? ^ am ? SOUTHERN HI ? riVPCT P1DG ^ i 1.1 x-<n i vrsatfc? I % ? Convenient Schedule ? * ? * For Full Informal ? SOFTHKRN RAIL) ? R. W. I ? Division Passe ? Charlesto ? BROOKS N ffi ^ Asst. General Pa ? ? Atlanta ? uuKA?uaiAauaUiiU?iAatA>uauai4ai?i Place Your i INSURANCE [n the CAROLINA MUTUAL TNSTTDANr.R TO A GOOD. STRONG. RELIABLE COMPANY that will PAY A THOUSAND DOLLARS Just as soon as there is proof of death. . T. A. MATTHEWS, Local Agent. $ro|[*ssional partis. : 1 DR. m. W. WHITE, DENTIST Opposite Postoffice, Yorkville, 8. C. ( JOHN R. HART. ATTORNEY AT LAW No. S Law Ran^e Yorkvtlle, S. C. W. W. LEWIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Practices in the State and United 8tates courts, and gives prompt attention to all business. Lends money on Approved security. .Office No. 5, Law Range, Yorkville, 8. C. A. Y. CARTWR1GHT, SURGEON DENTIST. YORKVILLE, S. C. |OFFICE HOURS: ?>ro. to 1 pm.; t p m, to Jj-m. Office in upstairs rooms of Cartwright building next to the Parish hotel burnt lot. irr1 J. S. BUICE, ATTORNEY AT LAW Office Opposite Court Houss. Prompt attention to all legal buslnew of whatever nature. GEO. W. H MAKT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, YDRKVILLE, S. C. i LAW RANOE 'Phoo? Office No. jS 0. E. Finley. Marion B. Jennings. FINLEY & JENNINGS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Office in Wilson Building, opposite Court House. Telephone No. 126. AN ORDINANCE, Fixing the Tax Levies of the Town of YorkvJlJe, 8. C. for the Current Year, 1906. tor Ordinary Municipal Purposes and to Pay the Interest on Sundry Town Sonde, and the Time for the Payment of the Same and the Penalty for the Non-Payment Thereof. BE It ordajned by the Mayor and Aldermen of the Town of Yorgvijie, s, c., in council assembled, and by'authority of the same; Section 1, That a levy of TEN MILLS on eaoh and every dollar of real and personal property, not exempt ttam taxation by law, held, or owned, within the corporate limits of the said town on the flrst day of January, 1906. be, and the same Is hereby made; and from the funds arising from sucb tag levy a sufficient amount shall be used to pay the interest on said Bundry town bonds, and the remainder thereof shall be applied to ordinary municipal pur* pbSes and expenses. Sec. 2, Said tax shall be due and papable on the 16TH DAY OF OCTOBER. 1906, at the office of the town tri&surer, and the books of the said treasurer shall be open for the collection of taxes on said date. Taxes may be paid without penalty up to and Including the 15TH DAY OF NOVBM* BER 1906. after which last date a penalty of twenty per centum shall attach. Up to, and Including the first day of December, 1906, taxes due and unpaid on the 16th day of November, 1906, will be received with the twenty per centum penalty. Sec. 3. After the first day of December. 1906, execution will be Issued against all delinquents for the full amount of taxes due, together with twenty per cent penalty and all costs of collection, Including one dollar cost for every execution issued by the town treasurer. Pone and ratified In council, this 4th day of May, 1906. [jeaj.] W. E. FERGUSON. Mayor Pro Tempore. Attest: P. W. Lova, Clerk, May 8 t 4t COTTON INSURANCE. JAM prepared to write insurance on Cotton stored either in open yard or In outbuildings on farina Farmers can arrange to borrow mofiey on my insurance policies on cotton held on their farms the same as if the cotton were stored in a warehouse in town. Rate S| per oent. Write or call at my office for rates of Insurance and other information. J. R. LINDSAY. Oct 3. tf. tf. MONEY TO LEND. ON Improved farms in York county. Interest: Loans not under 91.600. 7 per cent: under $1,900, I per cent. No broker's commissions. Repay ~ m cinnv merits easy. Appiy 10 u. w. r. orunCER, Rock Hill, or undersigned. C. E. 8PENCER, Atty. \t Law. Deo. 1. Aug. 1. f.t Wr?DlTOT*niT*Y*T*T*T*T*r?? ERN I )AD ! f SERVICE jL the WAY. I Igh Back Coaches pers, -4 DINING CARS. li 'ASTEST TRAINS , * 8 on Local Trains Q Ii Ion, Consult Any ''I Si < VAY AGENT, or f 1 IUNT, 2 I 4 1 nger Agent, ? ( .. s r ^ ! ICRGAN, | j ssepger Agent, sj !J * 4 , YORKVILLE MONUMENT WORKS. (Incorporated.) ?JP5P1 j OUR plant la now in full operation, and we are prepared to make-estimates and All orders for Tombstones, Monuments ang Ornamental Stone work of all kinds. Our facilities are such as easily enable us to meet all competition of y whatever kind, from whatever source In our line. See us near |he Southern depot W. fROWN WYLIB. Secretary and Treasurer. - JL-~ - SOUTHERN RAILWAY SCHEDULES. ^ Schedule Effective April 29, IMC WESTBOUND TRAINS. No, 135, Daily?Rock Hill, ft. C* to Marion, N. C.?First Class. Lv. Rock HU1 100 a.m. Lv. Ttrsah 110 a.m. Lv. Yorkville .30 ajn. Lv. Sharon 1.46 a.m. Lv. Hickory Grove 7.00 a.m. Lv. Smyrna 7.15 a.in. Ar. Blackabury 7.40 a.m. Lv. Blaoksbury ............. 1.56 a.m. Ar. Marten 11.46 a.m. ' jSB No. 113, Daily?Kingvitle to Blacksburg?First Class: Lv. Klnrvtlie 11.00 tm. Lv. Camden .,,.,,,,,,,,,,..11.26 p.m. Lv. Lancaster 2.07 p-m. Lv. Catawba 1.27 pan. Lv. Rock Hill 2,00 p,ra. Lv, Tlryah 2.17 pan. Lv, YorkvlUe ,,,,., 2.29 p.m. Lv, Sharon 2.46 p.m. Lv, Hickory Grove 2,67 p.m. Lv, Smyrna 4.10 pan. , A r. Blackabury 4.26 p.m. Ar. Marlon 7 60 p,m. rastbqunp trains. No. 114, Dally?ftlacksburg to Kingville?fin,-? Classi Lv, Marion 4,20 a,m, Lv. Blackabury 7.40 aon. Lv. Smyrna 8.01 a.m. Lv. Hickory Grove 144 a-m. Lv. Sharon I.H a.m. Lv. Yorkvtlle Ml am. Lv. Tlrsab MI am. Lv. Bock Hill MO a.TOLv. Catawba 0.50 am. Lv. Lancaster 10.26 am. Ar. Camden 1M6 am. Lv. Camden 1.46 p.m. Ar. Klngvllle ..... 346 p.m. No. 136. Daily-Marien. N. C-. to Rack Hill. 8. C?First Class) Lv. Marion '.......... 6.16 p.m. Lv. Blackaburg 1.46 p.m. Lv. Smyrna 140 p.m. * Lv. Hickory Qrove M3 pm. Lv. Shaion 0.31 p.m. Lv. Yorkv|l|e ............... M4 p.m. Lv. Tiraah .,,,,,.,..1040 pan. Kr. Rock Hill 10.30 p.m. For further Information addreaa: BROOKS MORGAN. Asst. Qen. Paaa Agent, Atlanta, Qa, or R. W. HLNT.Dlv. Passenger Agent. Charleston. 8. C. C. A N-W. RY. TIMS CARD. Iffectlve tat April,, 1906. Soutii bound Stations 7 Paaa. 0 Pass. 61 Mix A.M. PM. PM. Chester 0.60 7.40 640 Lowrys 0.36 *7.31 4.11 McConnells v0.36 7 40 M4 Outhrles 0.22 7.06 S.46 Yorkvllle 04 0 6.60 3.06 Filbert 0.03 6.40 2.60 , Clover 8.63 6.10 246 Bowlln 8.46 6.21 2.00 Qastonia 8,30 6.00 1.30 NorthboundStations 8 Paaa. 10 Paaa 60 MJx - P.M. AM. A.M. 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