Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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DRO EN FROM PLUMB watch and advocating everything whici great working mass of the people, with the grimy man with a kit of tools. The upper house of the Prussian members of the nobility, great scientis and retired officers of the army and be making body. PAYS $50,000 "Now I want some fun," said Henry E. Huntington, nephew of Collis P. Huntington, a few years ago, when he first contemplated retiring from active business life and devoting himself heart and soul to his passionate love for book collecting. He had worked constantly and strenuously since early youth. He had made himself the street railway king of the Pacific Coast. He had piled up millions of dollars. He was fifty years years old. "Now I want some fun." Mr. Hunt ington started out to get what he wanted. And his pursuit at "fun," as he understands it, has culminated within the last few days in two strokes of sensational magnitude. The first was his acquisition of the famous chuch book collection, one of the most splendid in the world. It cost him $1,300,000. The other was his purchase a few days ago of the celebrated Gutenberg Bible, the chief treasure of the Hoe collection. To owl paid $50,000, twice the sum which, up for a book. n b lover is now 61 Oneonta, ift'A York. His family is of Simon Huntington, who emigrated, in Englan/, but died on the voyage. with his cipher forecast, stud maintains of the disused bridge structure as a 1 * Dr. Owen is working en the property oj rected plainly to this particular spot, h4 left in order to establish after his deatl spearian plays and various works act ~IVATEAT -One of the few surviving generals on the union side dul'ing the Civil war is Gen. Grenville M. Dodge, of Coun cii Bluffs, Iowa, who. has just cele brated his 80th birthiay. In the war he was noted as a brave and skilful general and after th'e close of that struggle he won renown as the en gineer who blazed th'e trail for the Union Pacific railroad. Gen. Dodge is a type of the self made man. At the age - of .10 ho drove a butcher's cart in the town of Danvers, Mass., his birthplace. L~at er he devoted his opiergies to truck farming and earned enbugh to take -the flilitary 'and science .course at Norwich university. At the age of 20 he wvent west, settling at Council Bluffs, and on the outbreak of the Civ 11 war he was made colonel of the Fourth Iowa infantry, which he had raised. He commanded a brigade at -the battle of Pea Ridge, whore three horses were shot under him and though severely wound1ed in the side of the enemy. He was made brigadiei and in June, 1802, assumed command suporintended the Construction of the Gen. Dodge is still actively engage all the energy of a man of 00. He is delivers many Dublic addresses In the the Army of tho Tennessee and'is co olaties. ER TO PEER The United States is the land of op portunity, but even in the European countries under monarchical govern. ments and burdened with hereditary aristooracie it frequently happens that the lowly born succeed in mount Ing weil toward the top of the ladder. This is especially so in Eniland. Ger. many furnishes a recent example of the possibilities of merit and ability. Harry Plate, of Hanover, is a plumb. er. He was a journeyman for many years and traveled about the country with his kit looking for jobs. But Harry had brains and he secured not only an education but great influence among his fellow craftsmen. Some time ago the Artisans' congress pe titioned Emperor William to give it representation in the upper house of the Prussian parliament. He select. ed Harry Plate and made him a peer with a seat in what corresponds to the I-louse of Lords in Great Britain. There he will sit hereafter, keeping i he believes is for the benefit of the always a tender spot in his heart for parliament has coasisted hitherto of ., educators, Merchants, bankers, and come a member of this exclusive law. FOR A BIBLE I that precious volume Mr. Huntington to then, stood as the recbrd price paid years old. He was born in 1850 at English origin, being descended from 1632, with his family, from Norwich, Dr. Orville W. Owen, who is dig. ging diligently in the mud of 'the River Wye in England for manu. scripts he believes were hidden there by Lord Francis Bacon, is . after bigger: game.- than has been sup posed... The .American. declares .that the cipher which is guiding his operationr and regeal's .thuat. Bacon killed Shakes peare ~and 'riedi the' bhrd of Avon's' head -lin, tl1e box wjiich is now beina reclaimed ffoin',the' river bottom. The top of' -"what'-' -the A merican thinks.. is ?t3e hidden" cache . w'as reached by the sounding rods, but there is a considerable layer of clay to ?be removed~ before the logs or plankigg forming the cover can be reived. Despite the contention of archaeolo. gists..tha~t Dr. Owen is only excavating a structure used as a foundation for a Roman bridge, the investigator in. slsts that everything tallies exactly that Bacon recognized the adaptibility lace for the burial of his manuscript. the Duke of Beaufort, having been di says,' by the cryptograph which Bacon that- he was .the author of the Shake 'redited to others. kept ini the field until the final routing general of volunteers for his gallantry of the district of the Mississippi and Misaissippi & Ohio railroad. *d ini large business enterprises and hras a contributor to many periodicals ant course of a year HeT is president o> meoted with various other minimnry sn FARM Ai11 HESSIAN FLY INJURES WHEAT Pestiferous Little Insects BurroW" In to Straw, Weakening It and Caus. ing It to Fall Overi. In reply to a query as to the best method of ridding a fie'ld inferted with the injurjous little Hessian fly the Wallaces' Farmer makes the fol lowing reply: The Hessian fly. severely damaged much winter wheat late last fall, but the pest is not yet done wilth its evil work. These brown objects which Dur correspondent wrongfully calls eggs will turn into little black flies about one-tenth of an inch long, re 3embling small mosquitoes. They will lay more eggs on the wheat, and the maggots which come out of these eggs will, by burrowing into the straw, cause further damage. They weaken the straw and cause it to fall Over. What can we do with a field in rested with Hessian fly? If the infes tation is slight, and but few of the plants are killed, 'we would let the ground stay in wheat, trusting that the wheat will stool out sufficiEntly Hessian Fly (Much EnlArged.) to make a good stand, and that the weather and parasitic enemies will reduce the number of flies and inag. gots of the next brood. If the dam. age is heavy, however, and practical ly all the plants are infested and half or two-thirds of then are killed, we would probably plow up the crop and plant to oats or any crop other than wheat. Dry weather is unfavorable to the development of the little brown objects called flaxseeds, which later develop into flies. It may be, there. fore, if the spring continues dry, there will not be much harm from the spring brood oL maggots. In most cases o very' heavy infestation of wheat by the fly, and where it is Nesired to get the ground down to clover, we Would be inclined to disk at the earliest pea sible moment, and seed to oats and elover. If ou' correspondent seegs fo wheat again in the fall he -ivould ver'y likely be troubled again with Hessiah fly ua less hre plowed the stubble under or burned it off immediately after takingi off the present wheat crop. 1Evenx then he miglit be troubled with flies coming in from adjacent fields. Tc prevent Hessian fly -damage, rotate crops. Hessian fly does not hurt any small grain to any extent except wheat. Late fall seeding also helps to prevent injury. AMERICAN POTATO IS BARRED Shortage of French Crop Being'Filled by Importations From Other Euro. -pean Countries. (By CONSULI (iCNFIIRAL F''. H. MASON.) The shortage in the French potatc cr'op has created a deficit 'which is being filled by large imnportations from other E~uropean .count ries, no. tably Great Br'itainr, Austria, Glermnany and Hlelgium. Importations of potatoes from the United States to France had been pro hibited since the decreeiof 1875, which wvas inspired by fear of the Coloradc potato bug, until that doeeree was an nulled on October 15, 1910, opening ths 1rench iarkets to-potatoes fromr the United States, provided they r cleani, .free fronm the'gi nwhc they-swere grown, and the pa'ckages in which they arec shippedl conrtalir nc sterms .or leaves of the protato plant. As'a result of this long prIohibitiori A~ierican p)otatoes are practically uin known in France,, and French im porters .have no acquaintance or~ es tablished relations wvith American ex porters which would enable the tradc to ho promptly taken up since thre withdrawval of the prohibit ory decree Partly for this reason, and par tly be cause many Freneh--. people have stil a lingering dread of seome p)ossibl< disease in American potatoes and1( dc not even know that the prohibitiol against them has been withdrawn they have not yet ap~pearedl in an) appreciable quantity on the Parir nmarket. Crop Rotation. Crop rotation, in which the legumes such as cow peas, soy beans, vetel and the clovers, have a promnineni place, will build up the soil and plac< an unprofitable farm upon a paying~ basis. ,Plan a rotation that will im pri.-'e the fertility of the soil, and al the same time keep up the Income fromt the farm, This is progressive ag SUPPORT F OfWAGON TONGUE. Iron Rods Arranged to Strengthen Downward and Side Movements to Proventv Accidents. Wagon tongues are often subjected to great strain and it is no uncom mon thing for them to break under it. A Kansas genius has devised a means to support them in both down ward and sideways movement and to a great extent guard against such ac cident. A rod is run through the front end of the wagon body and' furnishes a grip for two hooks, each of which Is connected to a ring by, Iron Rods Share the Strain. yielding rods. Running forward from this ring is a third and larger yield. ing rod which is connected to a clip which encircles the wagon tongue near the middle. The advantage of this attachment will be readily seen. Any strain on the wooden tongue is shared by the iron rods, which being made yleldable by spring parts in their centers give just enough lee way without allowing the tongue to snap in two. HOME-MADE GARDEN WEEDER Handy Little Implement for Work About the Farm Can Be Made of Piece of Steel. A home-made hand weeder for use about the garden is shown In the ac companying sketch. Grass and weeds can be quickly and easily cut or combed from about small plants by means of the sharp saw teeth. The end can be used as an individual weeder, trowel, or transplanter. It is Saw Tooth Weeder. made of a piece of steel of about the thickness of a garden trowel and one Inch wide. Bend it and attach a han die, then file or grind in the sharp teetfi as shown. Peas In Succession. Peas in succession may be had In two wvays: First, by planlting the early kinds in installnents from one to two weeks apart until probably three plant ings~are made; second, by selecting sorts that mature from a week to ten days apart and planting them on the. same day. For instance, plant en the same day Alaska,' Lightning Express and American Wonder-in ditfferpit parts of the garde~n, if you raisoe'your own seedl. Plowing akes mor tie hnn rowingfe tke mri ime thp.an .Don't neglect to plant sweet corn at least .three timnesagix is better. Give the late-sown d+ain a formale ltydd bath, and' raise bet-ter bushei3 and more of themn. "Clover seed is one of the imosi p~roflt able crops the farmer can grow if his la.mIl is suitable for clover. Potatoes should never be planted on lowv, moist 'land, as the potatoek are sure to be soggy when cooked. If you want n'Icc winter beets, splant early beet seed in .July and the roots will mature before cold weat her comtes. D~ry, gravelly soil wvill produce well flavored; thin-skinned, floury -pota toes, and a rich clay loanm the largest yield. Cabbage does not begin to "head ump' until cool weather comes, and early plants do not make as flne head- as those set later. Cabbage needs culivai'ing very often during the summer. This causes it to Put out broad leaves, which will bring big heads in the fall. Most peole set oult their late calb bage lalnts too early inm the season. About the Fouth of July isi a good tme andl early enough. Planmt radishes a few at .a time and often, say about five days apart. Thib' will give a succession all simmer. Rad ishes are good for the stomach. When you planit. canteloui)es sowv a bit of radish or turti st.ed in the lill. Tlhese wvill come up first. and keel) the b~ugs busy till the'v it~cs get a start. Sowv tur-nips in tile row about JhA' 12, hcwing them in r-ows a foot apo. and-. thinning to four inches apis' In the m-nwu nae the ninnta .rat an-.d SHERLOCK KOLM $'< HAS A REAL RIVAL >ETECTIVE WILLIAM J. BURNS IS WIDELY KNOWN AS THE "NEVER FAlt." AMOUS SECRET.SERVICE MAN 3ained Much Fame When He , Ran Down Elusive* Counterfeiters for Uncle Sam-For 25 Years He Has Successfully Tracked Criminals. Los Angeles, O1l.-William J. Burns, better known as "Billy" Burns to se ,rot service operators and detectives all over the country, and whose most recent claim to fame was the arrest of the McNamara brothers and Ortie Mc Mlanigal for the long series of dyna. Mite crimnes throughout the country, Is an Ohio product. io was formerly cutter in a tailor shop at Columbus. Something over 30 years ago Burns earned a imodest stipend as a cutter in a tailor shop at Columbus, where the uniforms for the police of that city were made. John E. Murphy was chief 3f 1)olice. He and Burns became great rriends. Often when Murphy had a hard case he would talk it over with Burns. After the police had worked a wefk on a niurdgr case Burns criti Ised the methods employed. lie told Murphy the men worked on bad lines. Murphy suggested Burns try his hand and the suggestion was promptly ac eepted. One week later Burns landed the man and secured a confession. Hie was taken from the cutter's bench and made a detective, and while he was there made his name a terror to rimninals. After a short experience lie went with an agency at St. Louis. Later he became connected with the United States secret service and han. lied with marked results a great mass of important work. William P. Hazen was chief of that branch of the treas ury when Burns was called into the of flee during the '90s and shown an al most perfect $100 Monroe head silver WIllIam J. Burns. certificate -that had been caught at the sub-treasury at Philadelphia. A few days later John E. WVilkie was made chief of the secret service and he gave Burns the work and told him to use his own methods. It required sixteen months' work, at the end of that period Burns had the two engrav ers, the men who circulated'-the'- bills, the plates, and over a million of the bogus notes. Hie had also dliscovbred th4. a counterfeit equally good was al most ready to be passed.., Soon after this a counterfeit silver certificate $10 bill bearing the head of Hancock appeared at AtlantA, Ga., where the cotton exposition was .under way andl many were'put in circulation. 'Iurns was put on that. A line he picked up led to Kansas City alnd in. volved a prominent man at the live si~ock exchange. Thlie man was wealthy alnd had been in business, known and respected for 20 years. Four weeks Burns trailed that. .man, andl, finally madle the arrest, found incriminating documents in his pockets and caught $20,000 of the counterfeit bills ad dressqd to the man at tle expresa He cleaned up the Gen. D~e Mora and Captain Rlequlesans g'ang that' op eratedl in New Yo'rk 'and muanufac turedl bogus bills5 for cih'eulation in the central American states. le also cleaned up the iBrockway, Ullrich andi liradford crowd of counterfeitdrs tndi captumrcd ald the plati's thiey ijagd in he imanufacture .of $20 silver'certifi cates. Whencm San Francisco citizgns 'deed.: ed On an in vestigation of graft condI tions in .that cif y they went to Wash ington to get advice abolit 'the firnm of detectives to make the' iatestiga tion. Chief Wilkie was asked algout it amnd he said Burns could and would clean It up if they empIloyed' im and le't him alone, lie was loaned' by the treasury dlepartment at the personal request of President Roosevelt, and1 it ia recent hIstory how he riddled th-e gang that lsd~ beein lumnderbIg t~mat city, secured confessionis, snat a nun her *o the penitentiary and upset the Irft conditions, 1mn ..30 years of detective work Blurns~ holds tI o envIable recordi of never hadngim~ lost a hlg case. never h'atving shlot a man t in makinug any of the scoires of impiortant arrests ho ..la inade. No man hna ever shot himin "0 !F "' 'hat fred e that is caused by impure. impov blood or low, run-down cordition of stem, is burdensome and discouragind, Do. not put up with it, but take IIood' Sariaparilla, which removes it as nothinl else does. "I had that tired feeling, had no ap. petite and no ambition to do anything. A ' friend advised me to. take Ilood's Sarsa- 's parilla. I did so, and soon that tired eeling was gone, I had a good appetite and felt well. I believe Hood's saved me -- from a long illness." Mrs. B. Johnson,. Westfield, N..J. Get Hood's Sarsaparilla today. In liquid form or in tablets called Sareatabs. HUNT'S CURE QUARANTEED0 For - Zgs At your ruggst jtch~ Titeor men NATIONAL SURGICAL INSTITUTE 72 South Pryor Street, Atlanta, n. FOR THE TREATMENT OF DEFORMITIES ESTABLISHED 1874, This Institute Treats Club Feet, Di. eases of the Spine, Hip Joints, Paraly sis, etc. Send for illustrated catalog KNEW THEIR PLACE OF ABODE Colored Witness Certain that Princi pals In Lawsuit Had Not Moved From Hawkensvllle. The object of the suit was to deter mine tho ownership of a cow. One of the witnesses was Abram Reese, a colored man who had worked for the plaintiff. "I will ask you, Mr. Reese," said the attorney for the defendant, "if you were present when the ex change In question was consummniat ed?" "I didn't see nuafin' o' dat kind, mistuh." "Perhaps you don't under stand me. Were you there when the trade was made?" "Yes, suh; I wus dah w'en Mist' Hibbs done trade de buggy for Mist' Simmons' cow." "Wasn't there a different understand Ing between them at some later per lod?" "De unde'standin' 'tween 'em wuz all right, suh." "I mean, Mr. Reese. did they ever trade back?" "Not as I know, suh." "So far as you know, then, everythiug remMis iR statu quo?" "No, suh,". a.Td Atf a, Mr With much positiveness, "d'ey's bofa of 'em still in Hawkensville."-Youth's Companion. : Who She Was.. -"Well," laughed Squiggles, ;"some -men never know when they are. snubbed! That lady you juist spokce to was about as dlistant as they make 'em in her greeting." "Well, wvhy shouldn't she be?" re torted .Jabbers. "She's a distant rela tiye of mine." "By marriage?" "No--by divorce. She got rid ofnme at Sionx Falls back in 1898."-Har per's Weekly.- - "When a Wife Is Cruel." -'The husband rushed into the room - where his wife was sitting. "My dear," said lie, excitedly, "guesqs what! Intelligence has just reached me-" ''The wife gave a jump at thid point: rushed t9 her husbandi, and, kissing iimi fervently, interrupted, with - "Welf, thank heaven, Hnirry!~ 'One Cook7 May make a cake "fit for. the Queen," while another only succeeds in making a "pretty good cake" from the same mnaterials. It's a matter of skill! ' People appreciate, who have once tasted.' 'Post Toasties A delicious food made of White Corn---flaked and toa'sted to a delicate, crisp brown -to the." ue' taste.".i" en' Post Toasties are served direct from the package with cream .or milk, and sugar if desired A .breakfust favorite! "The Mem~ory Lingers" Postum Cereal Company, Ltd. Batte Cree.k, M:cL,