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PRAIRIE Grand Spectacles but Forest am Comparatively few, perhaps, of those who may read this have person ally experienced thc dangcrd and often fearful destruction wrought hy thc prairie fires of earlier days in thc West, and which even now frequent ly sweep the vast prairies west of thc Missouri and the rivers of thc North. From earliest childhood to manhood I was familiar with this demon cf the prairies, and no recollection of pion eer experiences stands out so clearly as those couneeted with these fiery trials. From tho earliest settlement of tins TCgion down to perhaps 1S75 or later destructive prairie fires annually vis ited us in northern Iowa, and they were especially severe during tho falls ' ' of 18G2 and 18?7. None of the old 'pioneers will ever forgot those terrible fires. During tho earlier years thc fires were, of course, fiercer and wild , . !er, but not BO destructive, for the reason that tho country then was so sparsely settled. Houses, grain and haystack;!, and sometimes stook and people, wero destroyed by thoss wild fires. Every fall, and perhaps spring, the vast prairies would be swept by the fires, and they kept the settlers in constant fear and dread. More than once did we como near being burned out, or having much property destroy ed. After the first one or two hard < frosts in the fall, and even up until the snow came tho settler looked for and expected these visitation. All the long weeks during the fall the air would be hazy with smoke from tho prairio fires either near by or far away, and always accompanied by that pe culiar odor of burned wild grass. There was a sense of wildness and danger about all this that, in spite of the anxiety and dread which each ono shared, lent a charm to the soeno. The settler would break a fow furrows around his homo, hay and grain stacks, and then a second line of fur rows five or ten roda from thc first' one, and then during a quiet day would set fire to tho wild grass be tween theee two strips and burn it off. This waa hin fire break. But often the fire would come sweeping along at !. . a racehorse gait, jump the fire-break as easily as though it w?a only an In dian trail and destroy everything in its path. The fire gathered wind, and when the grass- was heavy and tall, it waB on the lower ground in esrly days, it was terrible and nothing could stand before it. The fire always burned and advanced in a broad V-shaped form, broadening . Sud widening as it. advanced, and would sometimes jump twenty to forty rods, catch and continue on. A great prairie fire would sometimes advance with the mad rush of the wind miles ^-,'^and miles over the oountry, when the V V ' ? wind would suddenly shift and blow } ' ' -J from a contrary direction, compelling ' it to baok-fire or burn against the wind. This waa watched day and night by the settlers, as they knew only too Well that any momorit the I wind might chango and the fire come j on again in its mad rush, l&M Well do I remember how night after night wo would watch the distant fires, ready at a moment's notice with bundles of hasel bruah, mops and wet rags to begin backfiring to save our or another's property; and distinctly do I recall what fierce times we would have fighting the flames, sometimes all day long and far into the night. The flames would momentarily beoome le?B fierce as the wind died down, and then beecze up again, and only too of ten the fire would spread with re newed fury over the ground w? had gained,and we would all bo compelled to run and wait our chance to fight it sgain. Inoh by inoh we would gain upon it, only to be overwhelmed by ? it and compelled to retreat again? The men, women and children had to fight for dear life. Sometimes wo would conquer, sometimes not. AU were nearly roasted and! blistered by the fierce heat and blackened by the dense smoke. But home and all we held dear de pended upon it, and all must fight < and we did. Beyond the prairies! ; wera b?aek and,, dead, covered with aahea of the Wed grass, and whirl winds pst?ed lither end thither, cat rylng greatblaekcolumna ?fashesfar| Jp?? '? np into the say, ?j Thereat m?pip! ?immer a* ta %??pM K##To FIRES. Terrible to Pioneers. 3 Stream. ling of thc flames ?ia they rushed through the tall grass and thc heavy billows of smoke were indeed appall ing, and only by tlio.se accustomed to such wild scones of danger and de struction could they bc faced. In spite of all elf or ts, soinetiines tin: set tler's home and all bc possessed on earth would be swept away, and all he would have left would bc the few smouldering ruins on th?- prairie. One day, about th*.: middle of Oc tober, 185'J, one of our neighbors, a Mr. Whitney, had observed a prairie firo a few miles away to thc southeast and had anxiously watched it, but as tho wind was in the opposite dircctiou and it was backing against tho wind, they did not apprehend much dangor from it for a few hours, so his family sat down to oat. While they were at tho meal emoko began to pour into the room, and on looking out they found they were surrounded by tho prairie fire and the east part of their bouso was ablaze. The wind had suddenly veered to tho southeast without their noticing it, and tho fire bad como down*on them with terrible speed. They were forced to break tho win dows and olimb out of thom to Bave thoir lives. Everything was destroy ed, together with a pen of hogs and hay and grain stacks standing near. These fires would often burn for weeks in the sloughs where the peat was more or lops dry, and was thus a standing menaoe to the settlor, ready at acy moment to break out again, provided thero was yet moro grass to burn. A prairie fire at night was a wild and grand sight, and one watching it at a distance of a mile or two could easily imagine ho saw scores o?, In dians moving rapidly along tho line an allusion oauBed by the Bwiftly changing height of tho fiamos. Every spring and fall the evening sky would be lit up by the lurid glow of innumerable prairie fires all around and the air would be loaded with their smoke. Tho fires would be started in various wayB. Sometimes people out of pure cussedness and the desire to soe it burn would start them, while sometimes they would be start ed by ? ot ti ns away from the settler as he was attempting to burn a fire break around his cabin, hay and grain stacks, and again the Indians Would start them. Unexpected. The street oar conductor nerved himself for the approaching battle: "Madam," he said, stepping along side the elderly passenger wi\\h the aggressive novo, thin lips and ?harp ohin, "you'll have to pay fare for that boy/' "Certainly]" she answered, open ing her purse and taking out a coin. "I expeoted to pay for him, sir. Do I look like a person that would try to beat the company out of three cents?'* "Madam,** he grasped, "you dol That's what fooled mel"-Chicago Tribune. Something to Brag About. Mrs. Jones a?d Mrs. Brown were bosom friends. It waa astonishing what a lot they knew about other people's business. The conversation turned in the di rection of a Mrs. THtlesay, a new ar rival in the next street, j . "I hear she's suffering from appen dicitis," deolared Mrs. Brown. "Suffering!" eohoed Mrs. Jones contemptuously. "Why, yes, didn't you know tbat?" asked Mrs. Brown. "Yes, I heard she had got appendi citis," replied Mrs. Jones, "but, Lori judging by the way they bragged aboutit I thought it waa some sort of piano player. What ia it anyway?*' -London Answers. - _ (;. .^A.WawM'aloke. It ie fro bc hopea that persona with a ghastly<t&?tt forjokiog may ia some w&y enjoy their knerry JeatB after they ed, played a o joke os her heirs which *o??4 ?ot hs wty possibility kopo aa eajoy i$iWJitioW *?!**2h ?fe?*?? ^w^" ^^ " posited a box with, a Toront? trust tmomfot safekeeping. She men tioned H in her wfl( sad aJW death the lawyers repreaeaUnAT elaim --t? to t*e e^ - Searching for Meteorites Sunk lu the Earth's Surface. A meteorite is sometimes referred to as a "shooting star." So it appears to be wheo its light flashes across the heavens in o for* necondB of time and with human sight. It eau hardly be r>;!!?d a star, though, a? it is without a Axed orbit aud is really a wanderer io thc heav ens, not Anding a permanent location until it comes within the influence of sonic powerful planet which draws it in and Btopd its (light. . Thc most commonly accepted mod em theory of meteorites is that they arc masses of molten matter cast ott from some planet or fragments of planeta which, through unknown forces, have exploded, and the pieces been sent through space at an enor mous rate of speed. As astronomers have been able to calculate the speed of meteorites, a j number have crossed the sky above tho earth at rates of speed varying from r>,(JU() to 10,000 miles per minute, a flight wholly inconceivable by mau, whose highest achievement haB been to produce a locomotive or an electric car which can make two miles in one minute, or 120 miles an hour. That meteorB frequently strike tho earth, there is no question. In faot, the volcanic region of Arizona and New Mexico i& studded with "meteor holes," created by thc impact of these fiery wanderers with the earth's sur face. Near Sunshine station, Arizo na, a few miles from the main line of tho Santa Fe Railway, a meteor which struck the earth in some unrecorded time is buried 1,600 feet underground. Diamond drills have determined that it is looatcd there, and that it is com posed of nickel-iron, olivine, and the other metals common to all meteors. The hole whioh the meteor made whon it struck is 600 feet in depth, and covers 160 acres; tho meteor is 1,000 feet further in the earth than the depth of tho hole itself, and has beon covered by shifting sands and the ages of water woBh of the region. The deprossion made by this re markable fall is on a high plateau or mesa. The Smithsonian Institute at Washington has, iu tho national mu? scum, ono meteorite, found at Canyon Diabolo, Arizona, uncovered in 1891, and whioh weighs nearly 4,000 poundB. At Ash Fork, and in its vicinity, there are several more meteoric holes in the earth. Though not so largo as the one at Sunshiua- they are none the less interesting. Ose st Pine Vota station, eight miles west of Ash Fork, is 300 feet deep and 200 feet aorosB the rim, with perpendicular walls in closing it that pass 100 feet through lava rook, the balance, the lower por tion, being through red sandstone of massive layers. Located OD a level plain, it has startled more, than one cowboy who has ridden ?uddenly upon it. ...TV* The chief nniontifio voluo of meteo rites is the analysis of them which may be had to determino the mineral composition of planets other than the earth, It is impossible to know from what distant worlds they came, but they have been studied sufficiently to show that tho planets whioh whirl about us night after night are but slightly different, if at oil, from ours, in their component parts. Zeb Vaneo Story. Joe Duowortb, a big and genial manager of the Williamston Oil and Roller mills, was in a group engaged in telling Zeb Vanee stories around a 'phone pole here yesterday. '* He con tributed a now one, saying that when the redoubtable Tar Heel Governor was in the United States 8eoate.be was interrupted several times in a v ry annoying way by a Senator from Rhode Island,. who was slight and short of physique. Finally the big Carolinian, exasper ated beyond control, thundered: "Mr. President, I think it's a pretty how dedo when a real man from "aa big a Sute us North Carolina oan't make a speeoh without being nagged ai and worried by a runty man from a runty little State. Why, I oould put him in my vest pocket, sad if I wished I could jump half way aoross his dinky State!" "The Senator from North Gasolina is out of order," ruled the chair. "?es, sir/* replied Vanee, "I know Fm ont of order. If I wasn't I could jump all the away aoross the dratted 8utc,"~QrcenvilloNews. Their Fishing Companion. Two little Southern boyo, who were brought to Washington early in 1872, i having tired of city ?ights, used to wander dtfwn to a pool in the mead- i ows near thc then unfinished mona- i ment and fish for tho minnows that < swam about. A short man with a grayish beard, stooping slightly, used to join them at first only occasionally, but in time HO often that thc lads came co expect him, and became as friendly as chil dren will with persons much older. On one occasion the boys annouueed that the next day they wsre going to Bee thc President, General Grant, ride in procession on his way to bo inau gurated a second time. I They were much excited over it, and cager to seo the President. Their silent f.iend seemed interested, and learned ;hat they and their parents v."".uld Bit on a stand at a ccrtaiu point of the route. "Well, I'm going to see the pro cession myself," he said, with a queer Hinilo, "and if I can, I'll try to see you," ho said as he went away. The next day the lads were in their j placee long bofere there was any need. After military and civic bodies had passed came an open carriage drawn by four horses, and in it sat the Presi dent. He was looking for something, seemingly, for he turned his head in quiringly, besides acknowledging the cheers of tho onlookers. At last he seemed to have found what he want ed. He was looking right at the two fisherboyB. As for them, they were standing up almost bursting with excitement. "Father! Mother! Look! That's the man we go fishing with! Look! The man iu the Carriage with the four horses! Look!" "But that's the President, hoys!" protested the parents, horrified at the statement. | "Wo can't help it! That's the man we go fishing with!'' the boys oriod. And they were right; for as tho o ar ri ago passed their stand, President Grant waved his hand to the boys-a special wave to them-aud bowed to their mother and father. "Didn't we; say so? There now!" cried the boys. "It's President Grant," said their father. "Well, it's tho ra;u that we go fish ing with, even sf it is the President*" And it was. The Prolific Fly. The biologist brushed a fly out of his orard. . ''It is early for these pests," he said. "I wish we could exterminate flies. They are as ?seles and ns harm ful aa snakes. "And how prolificV From June to Bop tomb or the average fly mother ao-* cumulates e famity of 2,000,000 chil dren. J' all the ao children lived, the. flies would crowd mankind off the earth. "But flies, as it fortunately hap pens, are particularly affiioted with microscopio parasites and with innum erable sorts of germ diseases. The BO things kill them off and they are also killed off by birds, bats and toads. ' "An odd fact about flies is that they never sit down. They could if they would-their hind legs would fold under them like a dog's cr ;a horse's. But, no; nb sitting dow?for Mr. Fly. Ho comos into the world on bis feet, and on his feet he de parts. . Think of it, nol to sit down once from; birth to $eathI"~#ew Orr leans Times-Democrat. .; j ' i ' , ! mu m ?ii A ' j YA, A ' V t-Too many spend so much time getting ready that they ruo out of time beforo they begin. j . A.AAA^fftA A-1A Aida m% Great Loas In window Glass. Because of the destruction of a vast imount of business structures in San Pranoisco and also of the entire re serve supply of window glass in that city, the window glass market of the country has assumed a new phase and probably one of tho most unique in his history. Tho demand for window glass bas been on a higher level during tho laBt winter and spring than at any time. Just when the manufacturers were preparing to close factories for the warm weather the San Francisco dis aster came and wiped out a largo re serve stock of glass and opened a great market in thc refitting of thous ands of windows in the stricken city, HORT to meet that extra demand has now become a problem. It was estimated this week that over $1,000,000 worth of glass had been de stroyed in San Francisco alone. With what damage has been done in other cities along bc Pacific coast this total will be much larger. The American Window Glass Com pany, it ia expected, will operate its machine plants all summer to relieve the situation. The Belgian manufac turers, who always enter the Ameri can market when prices get above a certain figure, are said to be casting about for a ohance to send forward a large amount of imported glasB. This feature may keep down prices. A meeting of the window glass job bers and manufacturers is scheduled for next Tuesday in New fork to talk over the general situation and decide como plan that will work out satis factorily for the market during tue busy year that seems to be certain to follow. The reconstruction work at San Francisco willnot be ready for window glssB before fall, but it will be neces sary to get tho Btook in hand before then. Preference will likely be given orders from the coast all summer. Pittsburg Post. Notice of Dissolution of Fart, ne r ship. N otlco ls hereby giren that the part nership heretofore existing between Julius H. Well, A, Leaser and Simon Btrouse. under the firm name of Julius H. Weil & Co, has thia day been dis Boiven by mutual consent, A. Leaser havi ng sold his interest in the business to Julius H. Well and Simon Stresse, who will continue the business under the name of Julius H. Well & Co. AU obligations due to th? old firm moat be Sela either ts Jolies H. Weil or to ?m?? S trou 53. . i'--' i JULIUS H. WEIL, SIMON STROUSE, . A. LESSER. Anderson, 8. C., June 6, 1906 Junel?, 1006 " : 52 <. 4 v. Notice to GfrGfHtOM. AUL. persons .having deman&i against the Estate of J. T. Johnston, deceas ed, are hereby notified to present them properly proven, to the undersigned, within the time prescribed by law, and thosa indebted to make payment? ? . S. M. JOHNSTON, Adm'r. Junee, 1806 51 . 8 Notice of Final getttemenfc THE undersigned, Ex?cutera r of the .Estate of 8. C. Dean , deceased j hereby give notice that h? will on Friday, the 6th dav of July, 1006, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County,- G. C., for a Final Settlement of auld EOLO W7, . pun : m diSCbS7?C fzO- i?? office se'Executor. ? ?. ' ' L. A. DEAN, Executor. Jdno6? 1006V 61 , * Executor's Sale. a Saleaday }n July, 1008,.I will s?l? a* "public auction before the Court Hoaao door to tho hiRheafc bidder for cash, ton (10) shares of tho capital stock of People's Bank, Anderson, 8. C.. par value $50.00 per shareyand one anare of tba ateoM ot Peo pie's Furniture Company, par value $25.00. : -. .? ti \\.< .. $k??*v a. w w i u 1 ford as' Executor of tim ? Will of WY HY WUUfbrJU deo'd. fronet 1006. .: ? ;.. 52 . - 'v; ; : : ' ^.V.-.St - It is ao?r proposed to mske suits of clothes out of paper, which can ce thrown aw?y wheo soiled. . Can a Man L' . en Four Dollars a Month? Washington, June 12.-Can aman livo respectably ou four dollars worth of food a month? The average person would say "No." But there is a man living in Washington, and 74 years old at that, too, who spends less than that amount on eatables in o'ao month, and he is hale and hearty and shows no ill effects of his somewhat limited diet. Not only has he practiced this method for one month, hut has stuok it out for soven long ypars. Tho man in question ia W. A. Kiley, a veteran employe of the Treasury Department, and he performs his duties in the oifioo of the auditor for tho War De partment with entire satisfaction to his superiors. Mr. Riley made this resolution twenty years ago, but did not live up to ib until within eight years ago, since which time he has not wavered in his determination to cat less. Not that ho can not afford to live, better, for he draws a salary of ?1,200 a year, but bcoauoo bc believes it io better for his health to out down his eating propensities. Mr. Riley is well preserved, measuring five feet, five inches in height r.nd weighing about 125 pounds. He ?ias a full grey beard, a kindly faoe and bright blue eyes, and .is of Revolutionary do soent. Mr. Riley cooks his own meals, and the following is the list of articles of food he consumed in the month of Maroh last: Beef, 5 cento; dams, JO cents; fish, 15 couta, bread, 41 cento; oake, 50 cen te; pie, 20 cents; pretzels, oents; milk, 20 cents; butter, 30 cents; cheese, 6 oents; bananas, 5 oents; apples, 35 conti; onions 5 cents; nuts, 18 cents; lunches, 60 cents; eggs, 46 cents; sugar, 12 cents; tea, 10 cents; a total of $3.91.. Ao an attest of his good health, phy sically p.nd mentally, it may bo said' that Mr. Riley in the course pf bis day's duties at the Treasury Depart ment, walks from five to ten miles, and only recently be "footed" it from Washington to the Great Falls of the Potomac and baok, a distance of thir ty-four miles in a course of an after noons stroll. , ? - Women can any exceedingly pretty, things when so inclined. - A man can't help showing sur prise' &hen . big gets au unexpected favor?" ????????????Mim Z?9 Winthrop Cr) lege i Scholarship and Entrance Examination. The examination for the award of vacant ?cholarships in Winthrop Col lege and for the admission of new students will be held at the County Court Houeo on Friday, July 6th. at 9 a. m. Applicants must not be lesa than fifteen years of age. When schol~ arships are vacated after July 6th,. they will be awarded to those making Lie highest average at this examina* nation, provided they meet the con ditions governing the award. Appli cants ibr scholarships should write to Presideat Johnson before the exami aation i or och?la i-ship application blanks. Scholarships are worth $100 und free tuition. The next eeesion will open September lOtb, 1P06. For further information and dialogue, iiddieaa Pres D. B. Johnson, Kock Hui, a c._- . ?__ THE STATE OF 8C?TH CAROLINA, County of Anderson. ' . COURT OW COMMON PT.1EAS. JDO. N.Bleckley, ri? .ntiii', against Elijah royton.. Peter Payton, Joe Payton, Georgia Payton andy Waddy Payton, Defendant?.-Sacunons for Be? lief-Complaint Served. To tbe Defendants, Elijah Payton, Peter Payton, Joe Payton, Oeorgia Payton aud Waddy Paytonr. , YOtT are hereby summoned and required to an? ovrcr tho Complaint In thia action, of -which a copy ia hore with served upon you, and to eerve av copy of your answer to aaid Complaint on the subscribers at their office, at Anderson, H. C., with in twenty dey* after tb? oervico hereof, exclusive* of the day or such servie* ; and tf you fail to an- ? ewer the Complaint within th? timo aforesaid,Uta. :?*:.*' Plaintiff In thlc action wiU apply to the Court for the relief demanded In tho Complaint. BONHAM A WATKINS. PlaluUiPa Attorney?. Anderson, 8. C., May CC, 19u0. -a. t Anderson, 8. C,, May 28.1008. To Joe Pay ton. Georgia Payton and Waddy Pay ton, absent Defendants, whose placee of res!? dence U unknown : Tako Notice: That the Su?non* ?nd Com plaint In thia action were thia day flied iu the office of the Clerk of the Court for Anderson? County,^. Anderwn^O^^^^ Plaintiff* Attorney. May80,190C ? , SO .- . ,6 - . ??l?i4>V?-?adWH?KEV HABITS NJlaiBli cured at horne with rm wi ????BEt^ mum wiBUffimwiHiii n. M. WOOLLEY, M. D AttaVtttf^tSSToffice 101 N.i-ryor ?treeU. j, J. La <SHERARD, AX^O?WWJSTr AT )tiAWpi AHDEBSOH, 8, C. SST Office over Post Office Building Igy Money to lend on Beal E?aje ' .. 1785- ' :loot> Qoltege of Charleston* Charleston, S. C. Entrance examinations will be held irs the County Court House on Friday. July: > G. atfln. m. One Free Tuition 8choiar Bhlo to . each county, of South Carolina* awarded by the County .Supt. of Educa tion and Judge of Probate.: Board ance ; furnished room in Dormitory, $11 a montb. AU candidates for admission? sra permitted. to . compete for vacant ; Boyce - Scholarships, which pay $100 a* : year. For caialcguo and information, address . HARRISON R? NDOtiPH, Pres. j Ui?v?jou decided on that . for the Spring,or probably yen sWsU, we bave them, and to be ca?di^with von wa think vpn will, hm ?MKpg'a mistak* if you do not see onr Ike befoiro yon d?ei^ yon* ^p^that we are up-to-date oiraU kinda of BIGS for, j mico Jmd H to nfado the deouuon; for we know yo^? get lfVaeleoting firom our superb line ?f work, < ~ T" ?tHARNES8^ DUSTERS, &Q BES, CANOPY SHADES, and. a gene ral line of accessories. ?/'^V?M, <?'-'-r,:.-.?. 'OX 1 r.: Si; Beans,