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THE SLY WEASEL. How He Finally Trapped and Killed a Monster Rat. A sawmill in-an Iowa town was in fested with rats which, being unmo lested, became very numerous and bold and played round the mill among the men while they worked during the day. But one day a weasel came up on the scene and at once declared war on the rats. One by one the rats became vic tims of the weasel's superior strength until only one very large. strong fel low was left of the once numerous colony. The weasel attacked the big rat several times. but each time the rat proved more than a match for his slender antagonist and chased the weasel to a hiding place. One day the weasel was seen busily digging under a lumber pile near the mill. He was engaged for some time, but later appeared again in the mill, seeking his old enemy. He soon found him and at once renewed hos tilities. As usual, after a lively tus sle, the rat proved too much for him, and he ran, pursued closely by the rat, straight to the hole under the lNmber pile. He ran in, still followed by the rat, almost imm!diately reappeared round the end of the pile and again dodged into the hole behind the rat. Neither was seen again for some time, -but the weasel finally reappeared looking no worse for the fight. The curiosity of th'e men in the mill was aroused. and they proceeded to investigate the hole under the lum ber pile. They found that the weasel had dug the hole sufficiently large at had gradually tapered it as he pro the first end to admit the rat, but ceeded until at the other end it barely allowd his own slender body to pass. When the rat chased him into the large end of this underground funnel he. quickly slipped on through, and while the rat .was trying to squeeze his large body into the smaller part of the hole the weasel dodged in be hind him and, catching him in the rear and'in a place where he could not turn round, finished him at his leisure. STRANGE TERRITORY. Of Mammoth Bears and Big Eagles Are the Aleutian Islands. The simple announcement that Mrs. Annie Vessey, of Kadiak, Alas ka, had returned to her home after a visit to Seattle, as reported in the so ciety columns of the newspapers. meant little to the average reader, but the visit itself meant much to Mrs. Vessey, for it was the first time she had been outside Alaska. Never before had she ridden on a street car, seen a locomotive, been. within a theatre or witnessed the complex life of a city. All was new and strange to her. Her 20 years were spent en tirely on Kadiak Island and the is lands of the Aleutian group. Mrs. Vessey's father, a descendant of the ancient house of Russia, went to Alaska in 186o. and lived there contin uously in the Russian settlements of the Aleutians. Mrs. Vessey speaks Russian as, well as English and ser eral Indian tongues, and her trip to Seattle was as interpreter for the par ty of Aleutian islanders that went to the St. Louis exposition recently While here the interpreter, with her baby 1 year old, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Sandley. The baby Mrs. Vessey dresses in suits made of squirrel -skins, such as the natives wear. Just before leaving Alaska Mrs. Vessey's mother shot a mammoth bear and forwarded the head to the Smithsonial Institue at Washington. D. C. For the specimen the direc tors of the big scientific-museum sent its slayer $500. In the skull were found imbedded a number of old-time Russian hand-made bullets, carried no one knows how long by the Alaska bear after victorious meetings with his natural enemies. In the Aleutian islands the natives have so long been under the Russian influence that the - Greek church is thoroughly establish ed, and all its festivals and rites are observed most faithfully The na tives are numerous. Eagles grow to an enormous size on Kadiak and other islands, and the government pays a bounty on each ne kied, for they carry off the sheep and are destructive in many 1 ways. Th long days of the summer sea son makes the grass grow abundant, and it grows to a height of five feet, 1 while berries also grow plentifully and entirely without cultivation. On i account of the numerous wild flowers i there are many kinds of bugs and t insects, rare species of butterflies and i bees. Mrs. Vessey's father makes a i good income. Cattle do well, but I must be fed heavily because of the i long and severe winters. Some min- z ing is done. The climate as a whole is most healthful. t t A READY COMFORTER. One of Longstreet's Stories of Pri vate Pat Doolen. Many were the stories of the civil war told by the late Confederate General Longstreet, but none of them were fuller of pathos and humor than his reminiscences of Private Pat Doolen. It was this Doolen who, having c been regaled with buttermilk and sweet potatoes by a withered old r country woman whose cabin he and r his comrades had encountered in a r straggling retreat, made his adieu3 i with: "An' how much do I owe ye. ma'am?" "Nothin' at all, honey, if you all ain't got it convenient," was the hos pitable reply, "and not many of the r boys has these day. I've got three j of my own with Stuart this minute. e if so be the Lord's spared them." t "An' sure," replied Doolen, as ( quick as a flash, "if this isn't the c identical loidv as-the saints forgive me but his name's slipped me moind r this minute, but he told me to sure look out for ye if we come this way. "It warn't Joe Davis, war it?" eagerly suggested the innocent old woman. "The very same, to be sure. Pat Doolen's memory'll never save his soul! Joe sent his love to his mither an' told me to be sure to give h6er I this." He '-rought from a pocket a 1 bulky wallet. The old woman fell on his neck with tears of joy. "An' me jes' a-prayin' the good Lord would send me some word of him, an' somethin' to see me through the next little while. That there dinner we all jes' at was nigh the las' they war in sight!" wept the unsus pecting old woman. "Pat, you liar," said one of his com panions as they walked away, "aren't you ashamed to deceive a credulous old woman like that? Where do you expect to go when you die? You know any Joe Davis and you found that wallet at Manassas." "WVho knows that better'n meself?" asked Pat. "But she'll niver know, barrin' the tellin' by Joe himself, an' she'll be ready to forgive twinty like me if that comes to pass." THE PHILIPPINES. Governor Wright Sends Interesting Letter To Roosevelt. Washington, September 27.-Presi dent Roosevelt is in receipt of a let ter from Gen. Luke E. Wright, gov ernor of the Philippines, in which the governor discusses frankly some of the conditions which he encounters in directing the government of the is ands. Under date of August 15, Gn. Wright wrote in part: "The effect of the continued dis cussion as to the capacity of the Fil ipino for self government and his im miediate or ultimate independence is having its effect here and makes our task more difficult tha~t it otherwise would be. The less a man is equip ped with intelligence and those quali ties for good citizenship the more easily can he be persuaded that he is the possessor of all those qualities. This people have their full share of ambition and vanity, and they also have their full share of reckless, half f ormed characters who are ready for intrigue in any direction which prom ises them profit or power. It is this class which has largely given force and direction to the Aglipayan move ment and has recruited its ranks from the ignorant and dangerous element. "In this general connection I may say to you as a matter of informa tion that the agitation in the United SSa for Filipino independence, andI he spoken and written utterances of )rominent men there who are urging t. are all brought here and publish d in the native newspapers and are >eing made the text for editorials in ;isting that the Filipino people are low ready to become an independent iation. The effect of all this is dis inctly injurious. Its tendency is to -estore influence of the old insurrec ion leaders and make them active in )reaching the old propaganda. This n turn has the effect of demoralizing Lnd weal- ening the most conservative nd thoughtful Filipinos, who fear hat if they speak out as they really hink they would be considered the ,nemies of the people and lose their )restige with them. Those of the nore prominent and best educated, mud who naturally have their ambi ions. are inclined to join in the gen Saluda, September 27.-The Saluda chool opened yesterday morning un ler the most protitious auspices. The ,ttendance was larger than any pre -ious year at the beginnig of a ses ion. Many of the patrons of the chool were present to witness the pening. Saluda is now a cotton market in eality. Arrangements have been nade for a wagon transfer to a rail oad free of cost to the buyer, the cit zens by public subscription paying 11 expenses of hauling. Railroad rices are being paid and business is ooking up rapidly. This town within recent months njoyed excellent telephonic com nunication both with Newberry and ohnston. The Newberry line still ontinues to give good service, but he line to Johnston, since the South ,arolina Telephone company gained :ontrol, is a miserable farce. Promise after promise has been nade to improve the service but as ret nothing has been done. So great s the complaint now that the town nd county authorities are talking of nnuling the license heretofore grant d. Augusta cotton quotations are ow only possible by way of Newber y. Interested citizens heP will at mce put in a line to Jonhston un ess the S. C. Telephone company apidly improves its service. Noah Waded in the Mud. The Baltimore Sun says that at Xesley Grove camp meeting last nonth the subject of 'eternal damna ion' was introduced by one of a arty of ministers and laymen who vere lounging about in one of the -eception tents on Preaches' Row, njoying secular relaxatic . and so :ial intercourse. One gentleman ad Iressed Bishop W., A. Candler of the south Methodist Episcopal church, md said: "Bishop, surely you don't believe hat God would permit anybody to be lamned, do you? Don't you think lod is too good for that?" To this the Methodist with Univer ,alists predilections bishop replied: "I don't know about that. Biblical istory would seem to be to the con rary. According to the theory im lied in what you say all the wicked >eople who were drowned in the flood vent straight to heaven and to eter ial rest, away from the cares of this vord, while the only good man in the vhole world at the time was left wad ng around in the mud." ENSNARING MEN. Irs. Wade Advises the Girls to Be "Stunning," and Tells How To Do It. Baltimore American. Mrs. Lila Ross Wade has 'given iway the secret. The oracle of the >ational Dressmakers' Convention as told "How to Snare a Man." Here is her recipe as given to a class f 25 young women here today: "Be stunning." Then she told them how to be ~stunning" if not beautiful. Here re some of the things she told them: WVear simple gowns, but be sure hey are becoming. Show you!- charms. Let modesty dlictate where to stop. Wear low-cut dresses if shoulders nd skin are good. Pad if you are thuman hatrack: don't show the ooks. Be natural. In desperate cases try red. Don't pull your skirt tight unless let men callers catch you in "dowdy" qttire. To these things Mrs. Wade added: Study man. t Never wear high heels except in the ballroom or on the stage. Don't be mannish. Play to man's hobbies. Don't always smile: be cross and fight occasionally. A Snuff Story. Mrs. Margaret Thompson, of Lon don, who died many years ago, by her will directed that in her coffin sheuld be buried all her handker chiefs and sufficient of the best Scotch snuff to cover her body. This she peferred to flowers, as "nothing co!ld be more fragrant and so re freshing to me as that precious pow der." Further, the six greatest snuff takers in the parish of St. James, Westminister, were to be her bearers. Six old maids, each bearing in her hand a box filled with the best Scotch snuff to take for their refresh ment as they walked, were to carry the pall. Before the corpse the min ister was to walk, carrying and par taking of a pound of snuff. At every 20 yards a large handful of snuff was to be delivered to the bystanders, while at the door of the tesetator's house were to be placed for gratui tous distribution 2 bushels of the same quality of sinuff. Imporant Noilce. The Farmers Oil Mill Offers The Following Exchange Rates Per Ton of Seed. 1150 pounds of No. i meal and goo pounds of hulls, or i4oo pounds of No. 2 meal and goo pounds of hulls. We will not make the No. 2 meal (that is, meal with hulls in it) but we have just perfected arrangements whereby we can furnish it at that rate to persons desiring a low grade arti cle. To further prove that our mill is run in the interest of the producers, we now announce tlat at the end of the season we will su' stract from our gross income the legitimate rnnning expenses of the mill together with 10 per cent. on the capital stock and pay the rest to the people who have either exchanged or sold us seed and that in the proportion to the amount of seed furnished us. This is your op portunity to 'make the mill pay and to share in the profits. All we ask is seed enough to run 8 months. Fur nish them and we will pay a hand some profit to you. You get your share if you bring us but one load ofi seed. Beginn%g today we will pay 25 cents for seed at our gin. Next week we hope to be able to have room for all the seed offered us. We -want to express our apprcia tion of the large business already given us and we regret that we have not had the room to take all the seed] offered. Farmers Oil Mill Newberry, S. C., Sept. 2,3 1904 OF Newberry, S. C. organimect i896. Capital -.- - $50,000 Surplus - - - 19,500 Paid Stockholders since organization 21,000 Paid Depositors in Savings depart ment since or gamnzation - - $9,0 A man working by the de.y is paid o r the time he puts in at work, but when that man saves a dollar for his day's labor it works for him nights, as well as days; never lays off on account of bad weather and never gets sick, but goes right on earn- I ing iiim an income. It's a nice thing to work for money, but it's much nicer to have money working( for you. Try it-open a savings account with us and get some money working for you. Make a deposit in the Savings department today and let it begin to work for you. Interest computed at 4 per cent Tenuary i and July x of each year. Reflections of a Spinster. It makes a girl awfully tired when L man insists upon expiaining in de ail why he is of a certain political )ersuasion when she doesn't under tand it, don't care and only asked im to be polite. Some girls are so artistic that they :an falf in love with a handsome man vithout even knowing how large the nan's salary is. Miss Bessie L. Simmons, Music Studio (Over Pelham's Drug Store.) Piano and Voice. 'erm beginning Monday, Sept. 5, 1904 $3.00 Per. Eight Lessons. 3rick! Brick!! For Sale by C. H. CANNON. Southern Railway. forIffs Fair ---- St. Lois 3est Line, Choice of Routes, Chrough Pullman Sleepers, Dining Cars. 3top-overs allowed at Western qorth Carolina Summer Re sorts and other points. Low Excursion Tickets. 'or full information or World's Fair literature apply to any agent Southern Railway, or R. W. HUNT, Div. Pass. Agent Charleston, S, C.. -Cotton Ginning We are pre pared to gin 125 bales per day at 50 cents a bale. Wil furnish bag ging and ties at market prices. We invite your patronage. Will ouy your seed. ouuhern Coffee Seed 0il Co., L. W. F LOYD, Manager. MOWERS, RAKES, AND Grain Drills. Do not place your >rder for these ma hines untill you get >ur PRICES, we have he BEST MADE. F. A. SCHUMPERT, Sec'y and Trias.