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tumorous Department.
Too Much Influence.
Senator Simmons of North Carolina,
served one term in the house of representatives,
'way back in 1886, and
was defeated for re-election, says an
exchange. This is why:
Simmons had secured a postofflce for
James City, a solid black town, got
at appropriation for a public building
at Newborn, across the river, and an
appropriation for a road to the National
cemetery near by. A negro was
nominated against Simmons, but early
in the campaign Simmons went to
James City and had a big meeting. Allj
the colored brethren were for him.
Simmons' opponent said nothing during
the campaign. He didn't make a
speech until the night before election.
Then he held a meeting, and this is
what he said: "Mr. Simmons is all
right. He has sure 'nuff influence at
??* " * ? ho wont
WasmngTOn. UUC ma n itm mv
up to the White House and he says:
'Mawnin', Mistuh Cleveland.'
" 'Mawnin', Mistuh Simmons.'
-?- "'Mistuh Cleveland, I want $75,000
for a postofflce over at James City.'
"'Go right over to the treasury and
git it, Mistuh, Simmons.'
"Pretty soon he goes up and says:
'Mistuh Cleveland, I want $20,000 for
the road to the National cemetery in
my town.'
" 'Go right over to the treasury and
git it, Mistuh Simmons.'
"He's got plenty of influence, plenty;
but lemme tell you niggers they's
such a thing as too much influence.
Some day Mistuh Simmons will go up
to the White House and say! 'Mawnin',
Boss Cleveland.'
" 'Mawnin', Mistuh Simmons.'
" 'Mistuh Cleveland, I want all them
niggers down In my district put back
in slavery,' and he'll do it, and then
where'll you niggers be, I ask you?"
That settled it.
The Price of a Dog.
A handsome bachelor of Baltimore,
well-known In social and educational
circles, acknowledges the truth of the
following siory:
He was driving with a very pretty
and attractive young woman, when on
the outskirts of the city they met a
lad of about 12 years leading by a
chain a singularly ugly, but finely bred
bull terrier. The pretty girl went into
raptures over the dog, and her escort
determined the animal should be hers.
ha rftllAd. "what Will
oaj f ovuiij | F
you take for that dog?"
"Nawthlng," replied the lad.
"Nonsense!" cried Mr. Blank. "Here
is $5 for him."
"No, I won't This here dog ain't
for sale."
"Ten," said Mr. Blank, and then,
growing desperate, "fifteen, twenty."
But the owner still refused.
All the time the conversation was
going on the youth, although talking
to the man In the buggy, kept his eyes
fixed on the other occupant of the vehicle,
and at last he said gravely:
"I don't want your money, but If
you'll Just give that lady there a kiss
you may have the dog."
Mr. Blank was speechless. He stared
at the boy an Instant and then put the
whip to his horse, starting him off at
a run.
otrtrv that ft mile was srone
over without a word being spoken,
when as the horse's rapid gait became
slower as It turned down a country
lane the pretty girl turned ever so
slightly, and said shyly, "Oh, Mr.
Blank, why didn't you buy that dog?"
?Baltimore Sun.
Negro Eloquence.?Some years ago
one of Texas' widely known statesmen
who Is now dead was passing along a
street In Dallas when an old colored
man who had once belonged to him
approached, took off his hat and passed
a hand over his white wool as he
asked:
"Marsteh, gin de old man 50 cents."
"Dan, you are a robber."
"How?" asked the astonished darky.
opening his eyes, around which roughshod
age had walked.
"Didn't you see me put my hand in
my pocket?"
"Yes, sah."
"Well, you old rascal, you rob me
of the pleasure of giving you money
without being asked."
The old man received a dollar. Bowing
almost to the ground, while tears
came out and coursed through the
aged prints around his eyes, he replied:
"Marster, wld?wld such a heart as
you hab and wid Abraham and Isaac
and de Lord on your side I don't see
what can keep you out of heaven."
A Poor Salesman.?Carey Johnson
Ludlam, the southern philologist, said
at a dinner: "I hope that the sales
man who accosted me on my way nere
this evening will take in one of the
many schools of salesmanship an eight
or nine years' course. I'm sure he
needs it.
"This salesman, shabby young man.
laid his hand on my arm and said:
" 'Say, friend, lemme sell ye a box
of this here patent cement.'
"I shook off his filthy paw.
"'Cement!' I sneered, annoyed at his
familiarity. 'What do I want with cement?'
" 'Why,' cried the man, in apparent
surprise 'ain't ye broke? Ye look it.'"
?Philadelphia Record.
It Depended.?To illustrate the different
viewpoints of manufacturers
upon the question of tariff revision,
Charles Heber Clark, a writer upon
economic subjects, but better known
as a numunsi unuer mc pen nam-. v-?
"Max Adeler," recently told this story
to a gathering of Philadelphia manufacturers.
"There Is a farmer neighbor of mine
In Montgomery county who was the
owner of a very good Alderney cow.
One day a stranger, having admired
the cow, met the farmer and asked,
'what will you take for that cow?'
"My farmer friend scratched his head
a minute and then said, 'Look ahere,
be you the tax assessor or has she been
killed on the railroad?'"?Circle.
r?.,? r\t Onlor Phnmn Clark loves
to tell of how In the heat of a debate
Congressman Johnson of Indiana called
an Illinois representative a jackass.
The expression was unparliamentary',
and In retraction Johnson said: .
"While I withdraw the unfortunate
word, Mr. Speaker, I must insist that
the gentleman from Illinois is out of
order."
"How am I out of order?" yelled the
man from Illinois.
"Probably a veterinary surgeon could
tell you!" answered Johnson, and that
was parliamentary enough to stay on
the record.?Success Magazine.
I^isfrilanrousi grading.
WITH NEIGHBORING EXCHANGES.
Naws and Commant Gleaned From
Within and About tha County.
LANCASTER. s
News, April 17: Mr. Wilson Rowell 1
of the Tabernacle section, who is A
known as one of the largest and most (
successful sweet potato raisers in the r
county, as well as an all-round good
farmer, in addition to bedding out ten
* * * - m * Vv 1>, unrlnrr VlQQ '
I Dlisneis UI puuuwa UIIO oFu..6l |
ordered 10,000 slips from Florida. His *
object In ordering Florida slips is to *
get early potatoes for market In Au- s
gust. From his last two potato crops 8
Mr. Rowell realized a profit of $610. *
Miss Winnie Crawford of York- *
ville, was a guest of Mrs. S. W. In- 8
man a couple of days this week r
At a congregational meeting in the
First Presbyterian church last Sunday 1
morning, a resolution was adopted pro- 1
vlding for an increase in the salary r
of Rev. R a Gillespie, the pastor, r
from $1,200 to $1,500 per annum.? 8
Yorkville Enquirer. That sounds good,
doesn't it? It shows that the Yorkville 1
Presbyterians appreciate the value of 0
I ">~i- ohio faithful nnd labor- S
IIIC1I ^aovui o WW.V, ?
ious services. It is a lamentable fact r
that preachers, generally speaking, are
the poorest paid workers in the vast f
field of human endeavor, except, of 1
course, editors. Now and then you ?
may hear of a preacher's salary being ^
increased, but who ever heard of an
editor getting a "raise?"
CHESTER. 1
..Lantern, April 16: The Rev. C. E.
McDonald is confined to his bed suffering
with a severe carbuncle on
his neck. The carbuncle has been giving
him lots of trouble and he has been ^
a mighty sick man for the past few
days. A message from his bedside
Just before the Lantern went to press
stated that he was some better today.
On account of his Illness there will be ?
nr? nreaehlna- <lt the A. R. P. church On
Sabbath. Mr. McDonald's friends, and "
their name is legion, wish for him a
speedy recovery... .Charlie McElwain, 0
colored, was brought over from Lan- e
caster on Wednesday morning and
landed In Jail by Deputy Sheriff Dye. r
This negro is wanted for assault and 8
battery in Landsford and about a year v
ago escaped from the constable of r
Magistrate Crosby. He will stand trial e
at the summer term of court. Zeke e
Anderson, colored, was sent up from
Fort Lawn on Tuesday night to Sheriff 0
Colvin who locked him in Jail. Zeke n
had been out on a peace bond, Mr.
Young, of that place, going the bond. ?
But It seemed that Mr. Young had 1
been afraid of Zeke keeping the peace ?
and sent him back to Jail so that he
could get rid of the bond. Zeke is also
wanted on a charge of assault and bat- r
tery and will keep McElwain company 8
until the trial of both comes off in the ?
summer.... On Wednesday Miss Mary ^
Cunningham and Mr. A. L. Gault were h
united in marriage at the home of the c
bride's sister, Mrs. R. M. White, a few a
miles below the city. The ceremony e
was periormea oy me ?.c>. vr. ciumi
In the presence of a few relatives and ^
friends. Mr. and Mrs. Gault left on r
the noon train over the Seaboard for 1
their future home In Union county.... t
Engineer C. A. Tennant of Monroe,
fell from the cab of the engine today 1
on the turn table at the S. A. L. de- 4
pot here and severely bruised his back. a
He was taken to Magdalene hospital v
and at this writing is being examined 's
by doctors. It is not thought that his c
injuries will prove serious Wed- d
nesday afternoon a body of men were 1
seen coming up from the direction of a
the Seaboard depot in their shirt r
sleeves armed with shot guns '
and with mud on their shoes telling "
- ? a -a Kf ,.n 8
or travel wnicn tney naa uoue. m<xn.ing
for the postofflce the squad broke, 1
part going up towards the railroad c
crossing and the others heading to- '
wards the Southern depot. Naturally '
people were very interested in finding 8
out who they were and what they were e
up to. Inquiry elicited the information r
they were from the Feasterville section
of Fairfield county and that they were
chasing one Jim Williams, white, who
had that morning entered the residence 2
of Mr. J. W. Lindsay in that neighborhood
and stole some money, a pistol
and one shoe. The amount stolen
was something like fifteen dollars, although
it was reported later that the v
entire amount lost including the value V
- .v. ?? c
oi ine pisiui anu me. snuc naa ?<?.
Bloodhounds had been secured from the
Fairfield chaingang and the fellow had ^
been followed as far as the "Wylie mills,
but there the trail had been lost and
y
although a diligent search was made
all over the city no trace of the fugl- ^
tlve was found. Later it was reported
that a man answering his descrlp- r
tlon had purchased a pair of shoes at
the store of the Wylie mills and had
made off towards the Armenia neigh- j
borhood. The pursuers had refreshed g
themselves with some good food and c
on hearing the latter news they again ^
gathered and made off towards Armenia
in full pursuit of the fugitive.
And they appeared as if they were go- (
ing to follow him until he was captured
though the chase should lead to
- -it-'? - * * U - TKa
I lie uuicr Mue ui iiic iciiiu. 111c maiter
was of course, reported to the police
and the sheriff and they were assisting
in the hunt. Towards nightfall,
Sheriff Colvin and Deputy Dye
were in conference and a little later
Mr. Dye mounted a horse and galloped
out of the city heading towards Armenia.
The information is that the
fellow Williams was serving a sentence
on the Fairfield chaingang and
that Mr. Lindsay had paid him off
sometime ago and he was "working for
Mr. Lindsay. Wednesday morning the
theft occurred and very shortly afterwards
the crowd from the neighborhood
started in pursuit. That section
is over twenty miles from this city
and the men had been following the
criminal all the way, but they didn't
appear in the least tired and struck
out towards Armenia at nignuaii as .
fresh as if they had just gotten out of
their beds. Determination was writ- s
ten large all over their faces and the j
fellow will have mighty little chance ,
of escaping with such determined fol- ,
lowers after him. The bloodhounds ,
gave out before this city was reached, (
but the pursuers pushed on without <
them. The trail had led through (
swamps and creeks, but they were (
hot on his trail. He gave them the ,
dodge here for a while but at night- ,
fall they set out again having picked
up the trail at the Wylie mills. The ,
chase towards Armenia proved fruit- ,
less and the crowd returned to the city
that night. Yesterday morning sev- ,
eral of them boarded the Carolina and |
North-Western train and made to- ,
wards Yorkville as It is thought that
the fugitive has gone in that direction. ;
? I
&'i~ In Paris 49,298 horses were kill- |
ed for food last year. These animals
yielded 26,600,000 pounds of meat.
THE STORY OF RUBBER.
How a Most Useful Material Found Its
Way Into the Commercial World.
Next to copper and Iron, rubber Is
:he most Important material in the
slectrical industry. It is used extensively
as an insulating material, beng
one of the best insulators in the
vorld. Nearly all the wires that carry'
'lectrical current are protected with
ubber insulation. Rubber prevents
he electricity escaping through conact
of the wire with other conducors,
It prevents accidents, fires, and
teeps the electrical apparatus from
turning out and destroying Itself. Beildes
being used for insulating wires
ind cables at the plants of the General
Slectric company rubber Is used in
he manufacture of motors, switches,
renerators, and nearly all electrical
oonli tnoo
The story of rubber is the story of
he conquest of the tropical Jungles;
he fights against disease, poisonous
eptlles and Insects, man-eating anlnals,
hunger and thirst and the danrer
of being lost forever.
Civilisation first heard of rubber in
lerrera'a account of the second voyage
if Columbus in the year 1493, where he
pedks of elastic balls made by the
latives from the gum of a tree.
The first authentic account of its
ractlcal use was recorded in 1745 by
he leader of a French governmental
xpedition returning from South
imerlca who reported that the naIves
secured from the Juice of a tree a
ertaln gum which was very elastic,
mpervlous to water and used in makng
bottles, shoes and squirt guns.
Thirty years later It was introduced
o commerce when an Englishman
irought from Assam, India, a soft
pongy substance which would erase
iad pencil marks and which after
irards became known as India rubber,
lany primitive uses were found for
his wonderful gum, but owing to Its
usceptlbllity to changes of temperaure,
which rendered It sticky and
(lore or less fluid, rubber did not come
nto its own until early in the last
entury. At that time It was dlscovred.
after a great deal of experiment,
hat by mixing sulphur with crude
ubber and subjecting it to a high deree
of heat, these former deflciences
/ere eliminated and a material was
roduced which was both tough and
lastlc, and would retain those proprtles
under varying temperatures,
"his process of curing was called vulanlzation
and is the basis of rubber
iaking today.
So great has been the development
f rubber manufacture since that time
hat its products now exceed a value
f five hundred million dollars annualV.
Contrary to the popular Impression
ubber gum is not derived from the
ap. It is secured from a milky Juice
r latex which is found only in the
ark. The latex contains a substance
nown a caoutchouc (the active priniple
of rubber), together with certain
lbumlnolds, resins, etc., which upon
vaporating of moisture, coagulate
ormlng a thick, spongy, substance,
'he percentage of caoutchouc in proiortion
to other ingredients contained
n the latex, determines the quality of
he rubber.
The regions from which rubber gum
s secured form an irregular belt in
he tropics and sub-tropics extending
round the earth, the quality produced
rarylng greatly according to the
Deeies of plant, the soil and the
llmate. Great quantities are pro- j
luced In Africa, Mexico, Ceylon and
he Malay Islands, but the most desir,ble
rubber for resllency and wear
eslstance Is secured from a tree)
ound In the Amazon river district,
Jouth America. This rubber Is known
s Para, the name being derived from
ts chief city of export." It not only
ontains 95 per cent of caoutchouc,
>ut the methods used by the natives
n preparing it for market are so muchj
uperlor that It Is selected In prefernce
to all others for manufacturing!
mrposes.?Electrical News.
THE TERROR OF THE AIR.
.'eppelin's Airship Gives Cause For
Alarm In England.
In spite of the adverse opinion of
'rince Henry of Prussia as to the
isefulness of the Zeppelin airship as a
^ar machine, says the New York Sun,
ertain British experts are working
hemselves into a pretty state of panic
>ver the menace from Friedrlchshafen.
The situation is disquieting today. As
hey figure it, it will be alarming in a
ear, and disastrous in 1912?which
eems to figure in British eyes these
lays as a sort of year of doom. The
erformance of the airship described
is Zeppelin No. 1 on the first day of
his month, when she weathered a
;reat storm without damage, and her
ater performance of remaining in the
lir all night with a full military crew
>n board, will not tend to soothe the
Iritish anxieties. Indeed they may be
xcused for assuming that Prince Heny's
pessimism is more or less a pariotic
bluff.
As in the matter of the Dreadnought
>anic the English fears grow out of an
inderstanding of the speed with which
lermany is now able to construct
whatever implements of war she may
hlnk needful. If airships are to play
i formidable part in the warfare of the
uture these fears are more justifiable
han the naval scare, for British miliary
ballooning: is still in the same elenentary
state as when the first miliary
dirigible, the far famed Nulll
Secundus, made her seriocomic flight
rom Aldershot to London and as far
jack as the grounds of the Crysta
jalace at Sydenham in October. 1907.
\s against this state of inertia the
leronautieal correspondent of the Lonlon
Times furnishes the information
hat in 1812 Germany will have a fleet
>f at least twenty-four Zeppelin ships,
ill capable of making "oversea ex- urslons"
and "probably speedier than
my naval vessel."
Before the end of this year, it is asserted.
there will be ready four Zeppein
ships, all of them improvements
jpon the vessel with which experinents
are now being conducted. After
his year the capacity of the airship
factory at Friedrichshafen, which the
German government is developing at a
lost of $1,.100.000. is estimated at eight
completed vessels a year. This gives
[lie twenty-four forecast by the aeronautical
correspondent by the end of
1912. even allowing for the retirement
)f this year's crop on the ground of
ibsolescenee.
It is estimated that a Zeppelin ship
>f the present type could reach England
within ten hours and "do enormous
damage In a brief space of time."
The expert ignores the fact that no
Zeppelin ship has yet remained twenty-four
hours in the air. although at
least one attempt has been made. But
lie hastens to say that improvements
will be made with great rapidity, and
he has no doubt that the twenty-four
vessels of the 1912 type could also at 8<
the initiation of a war put at least ten
of the twenty British Dreadnoughts
out of action and seriously damage the tQ
English naval bases. Worse even Q{
than the physical damage would be n(
the moral effect of such an attack.
No dream of a panic monger in this b?
to be derided by the overconfident, &J
the Times man urges. The primitive j
Zeppelin ship is known to have made
unbroken flights of 360 miles; it Is re
known to have attained a speed of 36
miles an hour, and the nearer parts of {
Germany and England are only 250 w
miles distant from each other. The
Zeppelin ship can rise to a height of a
mile; It can carry a ton for explosives (
with a full crew and supplies for a ar
voyage of 800 miles. _
To oppose this terror of the air, It ^
appears, England has a tentative pro- ar
gramme tor the building of "at most j
five small sized, slow, non-rigid air- ^
ships, which, as compared with Zeppe- h{
lin's, would be as antiquated cruisers T]
to Dreadnoughts." In fact there are tr
no up-to-date facilities In Great Brl- ^
tain for building dirigibles, and the ^
best rate of construction that could at ??
as
present be hoped for would be one vessel
a year. No one has any knowledge pc
or experience of value In planning or ar
building them. If the Ave as planned
today were completed and ready they ^
would be fitted only for overland ser- ^
vice and could carry no armament to W(
onne with the German war dirleibles.
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Still worse, there would be no expe
rlenced corps to navigate or fight them, ar
whereas It Is well known that the Ger- vJ
man army already has a competent gr
aeronautic division which Is being con- ot
?-tantly enlarged and perfected In aerial a,
manoeuvres. "Are we wise," asks the
aeronautical correspondent In conclu- m
slon, "to shut our eyes to this steady, of
scientific progress of skilled and se- ^
rlous men and to trust to our theorists hj
when they assert that Zeppelin and his pf
comnatriota are foollshlv strlvlne after
the Impossible?" ^
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Wild Horses In the West. kr
The first horses of the western plains
were probably brought here by the ly
Spaniards. In 1545 almost fifty ra
years before Jamestown was settled, |t
Corondo, the Spanish captain, was m
roaming about the plains of New Mex- tj,
Ico, and he tells of the dogs used by the m
Indians to haul their plunder on lodge T]
poles, indicating that they had no pl
horses at that date. ur
In 1716 the Spanish again worked
their way eastward across the plains, n?
and their letters tell of the astonish- aJ
ment of the Indians at seeing the jg
horses they had with them. The expe- ra
dltlon was constantly losing horses, tQ
and there Is little doubt that the first
droves of western horses originated pr
from these strays. ar
In the early days upon the plains kr
they were as great a pest to travelers
as they are today. Woe be unto the nt
luckless campers who allowed a band bg
of wild horses to get close enough ^
to his gentle horses turned out for the ?
. ? hi
night to sweep them off.
It was almost useless to follow, for
cc
the call of the wild comes to the gent- ^
lest of horses when he is thrown with ^
a band of this kind that have been born
ra
and raised free of all restraint. It is a
well known fact that the hardest one
to cut out, the leader of them all in a
80
mad race across the prairie, Is the old, ^
gentle, well-broken saddle or work
- . - m
norse once ne gfU a mate or aucn ireedom.
m
In those early days various methods pl
of capturing these wild horses were ,n
followed. Men made It a regular bus- al
Iness and were known as mustangers. ^
One of their devices, called creasing,
consisted of shooting a bullet so that It vt
struck the animal on the top of the
neck just In front of the withers and
about an inch or so deep, close to the
spinal column. M
The shock temporarily stunned the
horse and the hunter ran up and tied
the animal's feet together before he re- M
covered. A rope halter was slipped on th
his head; a gentle horse, or sometimes b<
- t..nn 1 f Vva OQ
U w in K HA, n an icu up uiung^iuc
prostrate beast and he was securely Ai
necked up to the gentle animal and
thus could be handled easily. to
Old mustangers say, however, that g?
for one horse caught this way fifty w
were killed, and that as a matter of fa
fact the method was not used very jn
much except In an emergency, when a w
hunter, after days at attempts to cap- m
ture, finally took the risk of success- ca
fully creasing an exceptionally fine an- pj
Imal rather than see him escape alto- je
gether. bc
One of the best cow ponies I ever ga
owned, I bought from a mustanger who jc
had creased him on the plains east of
the Pecos river in New Mexico. There
was a hole in his neck fully two inches th
deep and wide where the fall from the
heavy buffalo gun had ploughed Its way j
through the * flesh just high enough
above the spine not to kill and low ^
enough to stun effectively.?McClure's.
A CINCH FOR UNCLE SAM.
About $9,000,000 Profit From the Mints
Last Year.
While Uncle Sam makes the gold
coin practically without cost to the
owner of the bullion, he makes sufficient
profit (called seigniorage) on
the silver coinage and the nickels and
pennies manufactured at his mints
during the year to do a great deal
more than pay all expenses of maintaining
the mints and assay offices.
He buys the silver, nickel and copner
at its bullion value, which in the
case of silver costs about half the
face value of the coin made from It.
The actual cost of a nickel or five cent
piece at the present price of the metal,
Including the labor and contingent expenses,
is about two-fifths of a cent
each, and the cost of a one cent piece,
including metal, labor, etc., is about
one-fifth of a cent each.
In addition to the profits on silver
and minor coinage, says the National
Magazine, the government has a
source of revenue and profit from
charges for refining deposits of gold
and silver, charges for the alloy used
in making the coin, assaying, making
medals, sale of by-products from the
refining operations and the coining of
money for other governments.
The total earnings of the mint and
assay service for the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1908, was $10,942,900.98.
while tlie total expenditures for the
entire service, including salaries, the
wages of workmen, contingent expenses
and the loss In operations, amounted
to $1,955,843.24, leaving a total
profit of $8,987,057.74. Of this income
for the term above stated the seigniorage
on the silver coinage was $8,713,413.35,
and the seigniorage on the minor
coinage for the same period was
$1,535,029.42. _
X'l'Xn less than 10,000 tons of dy- C
namite will be used on the Panama
carnal within the next twelve months.
MARINE BAD CHARACTERS.
)m? Fish That Are Dangerous to
Bathers and Fishermen.
The idea of fish constituting a danger
i human life or llinb would hardly
:cur to the angler who has never cast
it or line in tropical waters, yet there
e several instances on record of
ithers being attacked by pike, and
1 old writer, Crull, tells of a giant
ke inside which was found the body
an infant. Not long ago a good sized
triever which was swimming in the
hames Just above Chltty's boat house
Richmond was tackled by a pike,
hich bit one of his hind legs so badly
i to sever an artery.
It was another Thames pike which
tacked that well known naturalist
id fisherman, Mr. Cholmondeleysnnell.
He had actually landed the
ih when it sprang from the ground
id fixed all Its sharp teeth into his
g just above the knee. The creature
ing so fiercely to its noid tnat a stick
id to be used to pry Its Jaws apart,
he other British fish which can be
uly called dangerous Is the conger
>1. The experienced sea fisherman
kes care to kill every large conger
i soon as It Is brought into the boat,
he conger has extraordinary Jaw
>wer. It can triturate shellfish, shells
id all.
Ugly and savage brute as the conger
, It is a lamb compared with Its relate,
the green moray of Bermudlan
iters. This great eel Is of an unnat ally
brilliant green and has an eye
hlch Is the very epitome of Intense
id malignant ferocity. It Is voraous
and *savage beyond words. Ne o
boatmen have such a holy horror
It that they absolutely refuse to
low a moray into the boat.
An acquaintance of the writer, a
orHno nfflnor Aohlno* In n omo 11 Knit
f Bermuda hooked one of these Ash,
it aa soon as his boatman saw the
deous head above'the water he whipid
out his knife and made to cut the
je. The officer shouted to him to stop
it had to threaten to throw the man
rerboard before he would put up his
life. When the great eel was pulled
'er the side the negro was absoluteashen
with fright. As for the moy,
no sooner was It In the boat than
doubled upon Itself and Its jaws
et with a clash In Its own side, cutrig
out a chunk of white flesh as
;atly as a scoop would cut cheese,
hat was enough for the officer. He
eked up a boathook and forked the
icanny creature overooara.
The flsh that has a thoroughly bad
ime in West Indian waters and all
ong the shores of the Mexican gulf
the barracouta. Certainly the barcouta
is an unpleasant looking cusmer.
He is long and narrow, shapI
like a torpedo, blue black above and
ay below, and he can swim at most
nazlng speed. Where he lives he is
town as the devil fish, a name cornon
to all marine bad characters. The
(groes have a perfect horror of the
irracouta, which they aver will atck
bathers and Inflict upon them a
utuation impossible to describe.
Another so-called devil fish which is
immon on American coasts from 30
tg. north latitude to about the same
sgree south of the line Is the slant
iy. This fish looks very like a skate,
it grows to an enormous size. It lies
1 the sea bottom, covering: many
luare yards of coral sand, and if
tacked may prove not only nasty but
ost dangerous. It is said to use its
outh like a shark, but its most uneasant
weapon is the toothed spear
its tail. Fishermen aver that it is
>le to drive this Jagged lance right
irough a man's thigh. Such a wound
extremely poisonous and almost Inirlably
fatal.?Chambers' Journal.
GILA MONSTERS.
ore of Them, But Little Known
About the Creatures.
Naturalists who recently visited the
ohave desert in Arizona claim that
lere has been an increase in the num:r
of gila monsters in that region,"
ild Dr. A. B. Cedron of Prescott,
rlz., to a Washington Post reporter.
"These lizards are of great interest
naturalists, for in spite of investlitions
authorities still differ as to
hether the bite of a gila monster is
tally poisonous. I have had several
stances come under my observation
Hppo mon Vinifn honn KU fan Kir rrllo
,,V| ???? ??u T v uwii isabi*;aa uj gaia
onsters, but none ever died. In the
.se of a glla monster biting a guinea
g, however, the poison wag fatal a
w minutes after the guinea pig had
ien bitten. The natives of the southst,
particularly the Indians of Mexo,
sincerely believe that the bite of
glla Is fatal to a human being, and
e lizard Is held In much awe by
em.
"It is likely, however, that this fear
occasioned largely by the repulsive
jpearance of the reptile. The head is
>ry prominent, comprising about one
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fifth of the total length of the body
and like the back It is thickly covered
with yellow and black tinted tubercles.
Its skin Is very tough and, although
the bones of the tall are fragile,
this part of the reptile Is very
strong, It being possible for the monster
to raise Itself and balance the
body on the tip of the tall, thus enabling
It to climb rocks and steep ascents.
There Is no doubt that the teeth lead
to glands containing poison. It Is very
slow In its movements, but it is not
timid like other reptiles. If one attempts
to strike the gHa with a stick
It will grasp the weapon In its Jaws
like a dog does, and when angered It
emits its breath in a succession of
quick gasps. It is supposed that the
breath of the glla has a drug-like effect
on insects and as It can be detected
at a considerable distance It Is believed
that this is the way it catches
Its food."
NOW HE KNOWS.
Solution of a Mystery That Bothered
the Middle-Aged Man In His Youth.
"When I was a boy," said the middle-aged
man, to a New York Sun
reporter, "we used to come across a
pear tree occasionally that had pears
so hard you couldn't bite 'em. Maybe
you've seen 'em.
"They were a chunky built pear, almost
spherical In shape, a very dark
green, almost black In color and ol
about the same specific gravity as cast
Iron. You threw one of those pears
against a rocK ana it migni cmp tne
rock, but it would have no effect on
the pear. These pears never got ripe;
they adways remained of just thai
same hardness. There were no apples
that we could not bite Into, but those
hard pears were proof even agalnsl
the teeth of our youth.
"I used to wonder sometimes whj
those pears grew, what they were for
and what became of them. Now 1
know. I came across some yesterday
preserved.
"There they were In the dish, two
pieces, of one pear, two hemispheres
of pear, looking strangely familial
when In my mind I had reconstructed
them to make one pear; and when after
barely escaping shooting the piece
I tried out of the dish on to the table
in my repeated endeavors to penetrate
It; when, I say, I had Anally managed
to shave a silver off this piece I fell
morally certain, and when I had tasted
it any lingering doubt I might have
had was removed: It was tasteless,
They were beyond all question the
same old pears.
"Boiling and steaming had softened
them a little on the surface, but no!
much, and despite all treatment they
still remained as they had ever been,
without taste. They were the pears,
all right?the petrified pears of oui
youth, and while we couldn't eat them
we smiled as we thought we had solved
at last that long standing mystery ol
what they did with them?they car
'em."
PIRATES OF THE SULU SEA.
Their Attack Upon Fleet of Pearling
Boats?The Leader Jikiri.
Captain Charles Pfort of the steamship
Borneo brought the startling
news from Jolo that the pearling fleet
of four boats belonging to B. HeatonEllls,
had been attacked by Moros
while at anchor near the town of Parang.
The Moros surrounded the pearlert
and began the attack 'at long range
To this Are the crew of the pearlers
responded to the best of their ability,
but having a very limited number ol
arms and a small amount of ammunition
their defence did not amount tc
much. Two of the pearling luggers Immediately
got up sail and were able tc
escape.
As the steamship Borneo was leaving
Jolo a pearler was being towed In
by a launch, but being pressed for
time Captain Pfort could not wait to
hear the details of the affair. However,
the report that he brought Is
that four or five men were killed and
several wounded and one of the vessels
was scuttled and sunk by the pirates.
It Is thought that the attack was
organized and directed by Jlklrl, the
famous outlaw whose band killed the
lumbermen Verment and Case something
more than a year ago.
While it is doubtless true that many
of the crimes committed in the Moro
province and credited to Jikiri were
perpetrated by others, this last ferocious
attack on the pearlers was most
probably the work of Jlklrl's band. It
is known that his followers now
amount to a considerable number of
picked rascals, all of whom are armed
with up to date rifles.?Mindanao Herald.
its Love in a cottoge Is generally the
result of a vivid imagination.
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New Perfection Wick Blue
Flame Oil Cook-Stove as on
the best coal or wood range.
By using the "New Perfection"
Oil Stove, the annoyance
of an overheated and stuffy
kitchen is entirely avoided, even
in midsummer. The scientific
construction of the
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tchen. The "New Perfection"
)P for warming: plates and keepAlso
drop shelves on which to
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sizes* Gin be had either with
t Top. If not at your dealer's,
jency.
) Lamp "JStTOS,
^ finely nickeled
and very handsome. Gives a
is for hours with one filling. Portable,
vhat every home needs,
ealer, write our nearest agency.
ASD OIL COMPANY
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1^" Ribbons, Carbons, Etc.
j $150.00 |i
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A case; therefore will go i
^ with any style furniture. "
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Tim AT. BBTATU
LIST TOUR PROPERTY WITH HE
1 IF YOU WANT TO SELL?
I have more than 100 Farms of va- i
rlous sizes and conditions on my list, .
. and can meet the requirements of al- <
, most any buyer. Come and let me
. know your wants. If not convenient
to come, write me your wants. I will
1 do my best to supply you.
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132 Acres?1 tenant house, In Bethel
township, adjoins Perry Ferguson;
35 acres in cultivation; balance in timber;
a quantity of saw timber.
144 Acres?One house, 2-story, 6I
rooms; 2 tenant houses; land lies level,
in high state of cultivation; 10
acres of bottom land; Joins the land
of C. C. Hughes. ]
110} Acres?Adjoining the lands of ]
! J. W. Jackson, S. J. Clinton and oth- i
era; 50 acres in cultivation; the bal- j
ance In good timber. i
i The late residence of S. O. Carroll?
A beautiful 4-room cottage and all
necessary outbuildings.
110 Acres?One 4-room house, 4 1
i miles of Hickory Grove; J-mile of 1
, Wllkerson High school; 30 acres In ]
. cultivation. Price, $900.
Part of GUI Lands?279 acres, near 1
1 Sharon. *
I have a drawing card ror a mer
chant at a Station on the Railroad . <
i W. J. Engle Home?I call especial <
, attention to this, as being one of the 1
finest small farms in the county; it I
' produces a bale of cotton to the acre, '
and has done so for four years; 61i
. acres in the place; level land; a beaui
tlful, new 6-room cottage; fine new ,
| 2-story barn; good water; plenty of
wood; everything in good shape; four
> miles from Torkvllle, Charlotte road.
one la-norse power ajeuc jbvuomu
, Engine; also a No. 1 deLoach Saw
Mill; fine condition.
1 J. J. Wallace Land?38 acres, Joln
ing lands of J. E. Plexico and J. P.
Blair. Price, $400.
A. E. Love Property?50 acres, 3
miles Sharon; 6 acres in cultivation;
1 44 acres In original forest and saw
timber. Price, $10.00 per Acre.
M. B. Love Property?80 acres; 3
miles of Sharon; all in original forest
Price, $1,000.00.
M. B. Love Property?96 acres; 3
miles of Sharon; 16 acres in cultlva(
tion; 60 acres in original forest; 20
acres second growth timber. Price,
1 $1,600.
J. P. Barnes Land?105J acres; 4
miles southwest of Yorkville; 12 acres
of wired pasture.
John T. Feemster Property?86
acres; 75 acres in timber; about 10
acres of cleared land. Price, $830.00.
Easy terms.
235 Acres?5 miles from Rock Hill;
plenty of wood; rents for 6,500 lbs.
cotton. Price, $5,000.00.
Dennis Whisonant?Residence, at
Hickory Grove, S. C. Painted: 2
siunes. A UHtJ ICIIIUCUVC, I avis tva
The Blfiuun Place?Two miles '
north of Sharon, 6 miles west of
Yorkville; 113 acres of land; 65 acres '
under cultivation. Rents for 1,650
lbs. cotton. Very Cheap. ?
Land of E. M. and Jas. E. Bank- t
head?In Bullock's Creek township; t
465 acres; from 260 to 300 acres In (
open land; nearly 200 acres of bottom t
land?fine for corn; plenty of wood.
110 Acres?Ebenezer township; 60 j
acres in cultivation, very fine land. <
This rents for 2.200 lbs. of cotton.
Price, $1,650.00.
J. C. WILBORN.
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We are carrying in stock CO
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WRITER PAPERS of various kind
the same as desired, in different siz<
in any quantity.
We also handle TYPEWRIT
desired in NEW OR REBUILT MA
L. M. GRIS'
rORKVILLE BUGGY CO.
IMPROVED
FARM TOOLS
The proper preparation of the
oil Is the Foundation of Good Crops.
We have all kinds of IMPROVED
'ARM TOOLS and the PRICE8 ARB
IIGHT.
We have
IUGGIES,
WAGONS,
HARNESS.
LAP ROBES,
WHIPS
tnd everything in this line.
Call and See Us and We Will Do
foa Good.
A Good, Plug MULE for Sale. See <
ilm.
VTorkville Buggy Co.
froJftMJongl Cards.
W. W. LEWIS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
YORKVILLE . . - 8. C.
ciamb# hahoa a?i
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West Liberty Street.
A. T. OABTWRIGHT
SURGEON DENTIST
YORKVILLE, 8. C.
ifBflfc OFFICE HOURS:
9 am. to 1 pm.; 2 pm. to 6 pm.
Office upstairs In the Moore build*
Ing over L W. Johnson's store.
JOHN R. HART
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ATTORNEY AT LAW
No. 8 low Range
YORKVILLE, 8. &
J. S. BRICE, '
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Office Opposite Court House.
Prompt attention to all legal business
9f whatever nature.
GEO. W. S. HART, a
ATTORNEY AT LAW
YORKVILLE, 8. C.
2 Law Rang*. 'Phono Oflloo No. Bt
E>. E. Finloy. Marion B. Jonninga.
FINLEY & JENNINGS,
YORKVILLE, 8. C.
Offioo in Wilaon Building, oppooito
Court Houao. Toiophont No. 128
GLENN & ALLISON.
Mnlpfi nnH Hai*sm ^
We now have the best assortment of
MULES AND HORSES that we have
had at any time during this season.
We invite you to make an inspection
if you are in the market for first-class m
mimals. W
BUGGIES AND HARNESS
Our lines of BUGGIES and HARNESS
are complete in every detail and
ihould you be in need of anything in
:hls line it is to your Interest to see us
t>efore you buy. We want to sell and
If you want to buy we can get together
to our mutual benefit x
We have a complete line of COLE'S
CORN and COTTON PLANTERS and
CHATTANOOGA MIDDLE BREAKERS?Every
farmer should have at
east one each of these implements,
rhey pay their way..
GLENN & ALLISON. '
Refrigerators
It is time you were seeing about a
First-Class REFRIGERATOR for
pour home this summer. A Refrigerator
is almost a necessity?every
family should have a good one. I
tiave a sample Refrigerator at my
store and would be pleased to have
rou call and see it Can furnish Fam-'
ly Refrigerators in Porcelain Lined.
Enamel Lined and Zinc Lined, and ^
he prices range from 915 upward.
of-the ntvles now. make se
ection and let me get you a Refrigerator
at once. We will please you in
Quality and In Price.
See me for cane seed and also ?
jERMAN millet seed. ^
j.vmm A co.'s clothing
If you haven't yet ordered that suit
>f Spring Clothing come and see the
ine of samples I am showing. I will
Guarantee the Fit, the Quality, the ?
ityle and Workmanship, and you will w
>e pleased with the Price.
W. M. KENNEDY, Agent.
AT THE BBATTON FARM.
WE are offering thoroughbred A
Guernsey Heifers at from $10 up
md we have also a number of Berkihlre
Gilts with thoroughbred Pigs
hat we will sell. Will deliver pure,
dean milk at 10 cents a Quart Cream,
>utter and fresh eggs on orders.
Pure Berkshire Pigs at rrom 93 to
:5 each. Pure Buff Orpington eggs at
:i a setting of 15.
J. MEEK BURNS. Manager.
FOB BENT.
DICKSON HOUSE, Kln^s Mountain
street, next Garrison.
C. E. SPENCER.
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