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RAISULI'S OWN P""ORY. Moroccan Agitator Tells of His Man Grievances. This is the story by Raisuli, tlh Moorish bandit, written for a corr( spondn.qt of the London Mail, of ho he became an outlaw: "Abdul Rahman, former basha c Tangier was the cause of my fir; quarrel with the government. H oppressed me and seized my propej ty and that of my relatives an friends. "I am of Shereefian birth and hav in my possession letters addressed t my ancestors by sultans who ow their throne to my people, confei ring privileges upon them and a( knowledging their descent from th prophet. These royal letters the pres ent sultan renewed, exempting m; family from taxation and forbiddin oppression of them. Rahman ignore these commands, and was ever intri guing ao-ainst me and -seeking to di prive me of my liberty. Finally h caused me to be arrested on a charg of which I was innocent. I was tak en to Mogador and cast into prisor where I remained five years wit: head bowed before the will of Allal: I lifted my eyes and besought th Most Merciful to hear my prayer. "The days of man are numbered and even chains cannot bind for a] time. The Most Merieful heard m; cry and opened the prison door. went forth to my village. "What did I find? Not a vestige o my possession remained. Even m papers had been taken by the bash and his people. Meanwhile Rahmai had been appointed basha of Fez, an< his place was taken at Tangier b: Sadiek Bargash. I took no measure of revenge, but put myself under th< wing of the government, hoping tha it would do justice. Bargash promis ed restitution. That promise was nev er fulfilled. "Then did I shoulder my rifle an< demand justice. Again the basha sil enced me with fair promises. M: friends advised me to lay aside m: rifle. I consented. Still nothing wa: done. I could not even recover m: private debts. Despairing of justic I went to the tribe Gharbia, sia hours from Tangier, where I had farm. M yintention was to collect few cattle and devote rihyself to ag rieulture. I desired to live in peace But again men spoke evil of me Bargash sent men to surround m: farm, and when they came out the: fired on me. But Allah cast a shielb before me. The men of the villagi came to the rescue, and drove off thi soldiers whom the basha had sent t< slay me. I complained to Tangie and had no reply. Friends wrote tha the government was bent on my de struction. I feared to go to Tangier but went and saw Tores (then min ister of war and a man of grear in fluence). ''I told him I was just releasei from prison at Mogador, and tha there had been another attempt or my life. Torres replied: 'The mar who has no fire may borrow an embe1 from his neighbor. Return to your vil lage. To those who are kind to you be kind; those who are unkind repay ir the same coin.' I. went back to ma village and after a short interval de parted for Arzila, whose kaid, Abol am bin Abdul Sudaek, cousin of Ab. dul Rahman, was my greatest friend He invited me to live at Arzila ani escape the jurisdiction of Bargash. ''I stayed two months at Arzila eating out of the same dish as th4 governor. Then the pretender tools the field, and the basha of Fez was sent to Algiers. On the way he stop ped at Tangier, where he met m3 cousin from Arzila -and poisoned his mind against me. A hundred met were sent to seize me. By God 's mer ey I was not at Arzila, having goni to the country of Gharbia to look af ter my property. Letters from Fez Tetuan and Tangier warned me that the governor of Arzila sought m3 life. I did not believe it; for were we not the best of friends? Soon af terwards I sent men to Arzila to buy provisions. Soldiers refused to permil them to enter unless they laid aside their arms. The men returned and told what happened. ''I was amazed at the conduct of my friend. I received informatior that the governor was plotting witli my cousin to seize me, and sent mer to intercept the servants of the gov ernor. I searched them and found or them letters saying that they were only waiting for me to come to Arzi. la to lay me by the heels. In despair at my continued persecution I lifted my eyes to heaven and exclaimed, 'Wallah Houlah Ullah Koowat-Sair illa Belah' (There is none more sublime, powerful, just and mereiful twon God.) Was ever man in such -9s Fa as turned her face "At this iAle the hili tribes were Y :1 '11v'. I wIt ud 'i i !d thle fire> of their <liscuLnfi, for -:i!! culled -o t,e side of tihe -oV- '!llnleilt. e My recompense was another attempt on my life. Rebellion spread. the roads were closed and Arzila was be sei-ed. With the aid of the shere-fs I indue besiegers to depart. Arzila was saved and peace restored in th. e mountains. This I did, hoping that the foreign representatives would d see that I was a g-ood man and not a violent outlaw. e "What followed? Soldiers camped o near my village. I thought Lhey had e come to ivestigate my claims. No. They attacked my village, took me by a surpise and burned and sacked the e village. That was my reward. I was forced to flee to the people of my an y cestors, the Beni Aros tribe. A re ward was offered for me dead or alive, but none were tempted. Sold - iers moved into the country of the Beni Aros. pillaging. plunderingi and e nurdering. e "When I saw how the people were - oppressed I went secretely it. Tangier and stole a Christian, Perdicaris. 1 This I dJ that Europe might know . how I was persecuted' and hunted e down. I did not want open war with the government. so I thought a Chris ., tian the best weapon. My idea and I hope was that Europe would investi F gate, for I know that Europeans are I just and will see that justice is done." A NEW WHALE. 1 Interesting Discovery Recently Made I By Antarctic Expedition. I -Rumors of an Antarctic whale un known to science have reached this t country from time- to time, exciting - interet tinged with skepticism among Europln naturalists. These rumors have been amply confirmed by E. A. I Wilson, naturalist to the recent dis - covery expedition. On January 28, 7 1902, three of these whales, easily r recognized by the high and narrow 3 back fin, were seen off Ross's great 7 ice barrier, and four others on Feb ruary 8 following. They were not t 1-arge, as whales go, measuring only 1 between 20 and 30 feet in length, with Lshort blunt muzzles, black above and - white bdlow, the eiharacteristic fin -standing three or iour feet above the -back. Mr. Wilson assigns this new r whale to the Mystacoceti-the baleen ror whalebone group of cetaceans Iand considers that it will prove to Sconstitute a new genus. SIt is our grief that,.Sir William Flower is no longer among us to dhare Sthe interest in this discovery. Deep band catholic as was his affection for all living creatures, he made the whales his peculiar~ care, and sorrow Ifully foresaw their approaching ex tinction. For countless. cento ries (he said. in ba lecture to t'he Royal Insti.tution in 1883) impulses from within and the force of circumstances from without have been gradually shaping the whal es into their present wonderful form and gigantic size, but the very per fection of their structure and their m-agnitude combined, the rich supply of oil protecting their internal parts from cold, the beautiful apparatus of whalebone by which their nutrition is provided for, have been fatal gifts, which, under the sudden revolution produced on the surface of the globe by the development of the wants and iarts of eiwilized man cannot but lead in a few years to their partial if 'not complete extinction. While Sir William Flower held that the evidence "was absolutely conclu sive'' that whales represent the adap tation of a terrestrial mammal to an aquatic existence, he was equally firmly convinced that they are not de .scended, like seals and walruses, from the carnivores, but that they exhibit ;affinities with the ungula2tes. True that none of the cetaceans are vege tarian, but Sir William Flower be lieved that primitive ungulates were omnivorous, as terleast modified descendants, the pigs, remain to this day. Treacherous and misleading as is most popular zoology, he consider ed that it was a true flash of intelli gence which caused sailors and fisher folk to give to the commoner and smaller cetaceans such names as sea hog, sea pig and herring hog. The French also, not certain with lending us porc-poisson, to shorten into por poise, have in turn borrowed meersch wein from the Germans and altered it to marsouin to denote pigfish. Panicky Times. 'I'm thinking of buying a peanut roaster. Better holf off. How does Roose vet stnd on the panut business? THE MIDDLE-AGED MAN. Recalling an Old Joke, He is Remind ed of His Own Increasing Years. "No P'tle thing that has happenei it me recentilv,'' said the middle-aged man 10 a New York Sun reporter "ha brought to my mind so strikilnz. Iy as this liht ineident did the dif ference between the old times and th< new. nor has any little thing so vivid. ly reminded me of my increasing years. "One of the standard jokes thai had point in the times when I was a boy and that went the rounds in print then, besides being often brought in to play 'n jocular conversation, relat ed to one's having left his pocketbool a-t home on the piano. Here, say, is a man buying something in a store and when he comes to pay for it he reach. es in his pocket in which he always carriezz h's purse. And it isn 't there "And then. surprised at not finding it there. he pats all his other pockets in sueccssion. and then reaches in each and every one of them in search of it. to discover lie hasn't got it about him anywhere. And then he looksup and says: ''Well, by gracious! I haven't rot any money. I must have left my pocketbook on the piano!'" " This joke in its day was consider ed a good one, easy and plain and yet not without some sublety, a joke ap pealing to many, because originally it was put out not as a joke at all, but as a bluff, as something that was ser iously propounded and perhaps ser iously accepted. "Its original utterer. is- supposed to have been a man who had put up a fair front. but who when the pinch came proved to have no money and who then accounted for its absence in a way to imply that while he had no money with him he was, nevertheless, a man of resources, as this incidental remark, casually made, was intended to show. And, perhaps, it went. He had left his money on the piano. If he had a piano it was a reasonable in ference that he was a man of at least some means, for in those day pianos were, comparatively speaking, rare, and so this man who had left his pocketbook home on the piano might be a man who could be trusted. "So as .to its origin and perhaps as to its occasional early use; but later it was regarded as a joke only, in which manner of acceptance it obtains ed its widest currency, with its hu morous subtlety of meaning. In this later use the man to wvhom ,it was up to pay something and who found, as perhaps he knew and as others had shrewdly guessed, that he had no money sai:d jokingly: "Well, I guess I must have left my money home on the. piano.'' "But times have changed. and the old joke, with whatever significance, no longer goes. "Recently when I went to pay for something in a store wher:e I trade I found that I had actually left my pocketbook at home, and the old joke coming back to me, I said to the young men who kept the store, smilingly: '"'I guess I must have left my pocketbook on the piano.' "But the old joke awakened in them no response whatever. And why should it? They have a piano, I have a piano, everybody in these days has a piano, and so my remark as a joke had no special significance for them. It was simply a statement by me that I had left my- money on the piano. "So I was brought to realize that, except for those old enough to recall it, this once honorable and generally enjoyed joke had now lost its hu mor.' DOG AGENT FOR ICHARITY. Some Railroad Animals Collect $200 In aYear. Among the different funds estab lished by the Great Western Railway company for the benefit of their em ployees, the "widows and orphans' fund' has become familiar to the traveling public through the instru mentality of the company's collect ing dogs. The sum collected by the dogs amount to between $200 and $300 per annum, and provides enough to meet the assistance given by the insti tution to about twenty-five widows out of about 1,500 who are dependent on the fund. Some of the dogs earn as much as 30 pounds or 40 pounds a year; others are not so successful. A g;reat deal depends upon the charac teristics of the animal and much upon the way in which it is train ed. The most famous of the Great Western railway collecting dogs, says the Great Western Railway Magazine, was undobutedly Tim of Paddington, which collected at that station for a numbr of yars. He has been dead a fvw years now. but his preserved remains are to be seen in a glass case on the principal leparture platform. where lie C'.lutilnes t(, appeal to tle public oun behalf of the widows and orphans. In May, 1900, he was by special command of the late Queen Victoria honored by a presentation to her majesty at Paddington Station, and in February, 1901. he was sim ilarlv honored by a presentation to his Majesty King Edward VIL He has earned for the fund considerably more than 1,000 pounds. Another collecting dogi-Jim-was brought to Slough Station when a few weeks old. He was like a ball of wool and could be put into one's pocket. He was very carefully trained. The first thing taught him was to get over the steps of the foot-bridge, and he never afterward once crossed the metals. He commenced collect in when about four months old. Af ter a time he wa- taught to bark when he r,eeived a coin, which little re cofnition caused a ogreat deal of :usrment to his numerous patrons. One Sunday zi hospiltal parade was organized at Southall, and Jim was taken there to collect. When his box es were opened they were found to contain 265 coins. Considering that he gave a bark for each one, this mist be regarded as a rood afternoon's work. He died suddenly in harness in 1.896 and was afterward placed in A glass case on the platform by volun tary contributions from residents in CHEAP RATES Via Southern Railway. Jamestown. Ter-Xntennial Exposition, Norfolk, Va. On account of the above occasion the following instructions will gov ern the sale of round trip tickets to Norfolk, Va. from Ntwberry, S. C. Season ticket-$19.55. This ticket will be sold daily April 19th to and including November 30th, 1907, final date to leave Norflok returning De cember 15th, 1907. 60 - day ticket-$16.30. This ticket will be sold daily April 19th to and includinz November 30th, 1.907, final date to leave Norfolk returning six ty (60) days. from oate of sale and not lated than december 15th, 1907. Fifteen day ticket-$14.30. This tidket iwli be sold daily April 19th to and including November 30th, 1907, .final date to leave Norfolk re tnrning fifteen (15)- days from 'date of sale. Coach Excusion ticket-$8.55. This ticket is not god in sleeping, Pul! man, or Parlor cars, and will be sold on Tuesday of each week during per iod of the exposition, final date to Ileave Norfolk returning ten (10) days from date of sale. For routes, stop-overs, etc., write or call on us. CHARLESTON & WESTERN CAR OLINA RY. Schedule in effect June 9th, 1907. Lv. Newberry(C N & L.) 12:46 p. mn. Ar. Laurens 1:52 p. mn. Lv. Laurens (C. & W. C.) 2:15 p. mn. Ar. Greenville 3:40 p. mn. Lv.: Lanrens 1:58 p. m. Ar. Spartanburg 3:30 p. in. Lv. Spartanburg (So. Ry.) 3:40 p. m. Ar. Hendersonville 6:25 p. in. Ar. Asheville 7:30 p. m. Lv. Laurens (C. & W. C.) 2:00 p. in. Ar. Greenwood 2:56 p. in. Ar. McCormick 3.55 p. m. Ar. Aligusta 5:40 p. m. Pullman 'Chair Cars between Au gusta, Laurens and Asheville, tri weekly. Leave Augusta Tuesdays, Thursday and Saturdays ;Ieave Ashe ville Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri days. Note: The above arrivals and de partures, as well as connections with other 'companies, are given as infor mation,'and are not guaranteed. Ernest Williams, Cen. Pass. Agt., Augusta, Ga. Geo. T. Bryan, , Greenville, S. Ci. Gen. Agt., is asoothing, healing balmn containing no drugs having a narcotic effect It quickly and soothes the con membranes and thru hhes and J Amrnes Valuable not onyfor CA TARRH but relieves colds, throat troubles, hay fever, "stopped-up" nose, etc. We Guarantee Satisfaction. Buy a 50 cent tube of NOSENA from W. G. Mayes & Prosperity Drug Co. andgetyourmoney backifnotsatisaed. Sample tube and Booklet by mail roe. Siouih and thc station staff. Includ in, thiie contributions placed in his bd (in1 hi dr-th is earnings Zn1 4 t 0 Mit? t1 11han 1), Potuind,. How to work an embroidered slip pcr-First eatc,h your by. and then See Here Mr. Music Lover, have you any imagina tion in your make-up, any enthusiasm inside you, any dance in your feet. Well, then, get a VICTOR TALKING MA CHINE, it will hit you all over, for there's scarcely a faculty or an emotion in your entire mental or physical make up but will be inspired by the VICTOR and its records. A record in the morning before break fast will be, by far, the best tonic you could use-for instance "I'm Crazy 'Bout It," by Collins & Harlan-you will "split your sides," or if you prefer Grand Opera-say Rigoletto Quartet, Act III, sung by Caruso, Homer, Gilder and Scotti, or perhaps a solo by Patti, Melba, or the late Tamagno. Anything on the VICTOR from the ridiculous to the sub lime, by a mere change of the records. You may own a Victor by making a small payment down and a small sum per month. We have all sizes for you; $Io.o to $Ioo.oo. SALTER'S Art and Variety Store, Newberry, S. C. TEACHER WANTED. The teacher for Johnstone Aca demy having resigned another elee tion will be held at the school house on Friday, 20th September, at 3 o'clock. School will be run seven months. Salary $40 per month. Lady teacher wanted. J. B. Halfacre, G. MeD. Sligh, W. F. Stone, Trustees. Newberry, R. F. D. No. 5. TE1C,HEE WANTED. For the Maybinton school. One who can teach music preferred. Splary $35 yer month. School to run 6 or 7 months or perhaps longer. Those wishing to apply for the school will please send their application to the undersigned trustees. W. B. Whitney, clerk. .B. H. Maybin. J. L. Thomas, Blairs, R. F. D. No. 1. EEGISTEATION NOTIDE. Notice is hereby given that the books of registration for the Town of Newberry, S. C., are now open, and the' undersigned as Supervisor of Registration for the said- town will keep said books open every day from 9 a. in., util 5 p. ni., (Sunday ex epted) including the 1st day of De ember, 1907. Eug. S. Werts, Supervisor of Registration. PA5' H AT . ricy MIND IS A YoU~ MtE HEAD .ET US PUT THIS ON YoL ['HE HAT SINESS. TI SAMUEL MAUDHEIM HA T. SHINE IN THE HA T BUS! AS THE STYLES oR1d1Na !AVE THEM IN OUR SToR fAT, Do YOU NOT? YOU AN OUT-Or-DATE HAT X& >rT OF T HE FINEST SUiT AND LET US SHOW YoU 'I RESPECTFU.LL EW UP TO T OPERA HOUSE EARHARDT & WELLS, Lessees and Managers Thursday, Sept. 26th. .A. COBURN'S Great Minstrels Bigger and Better tham ever. They always please. Seat sale on Monday at - Newberry Hardware Co., Phone 61. NOTICE. Notice is hereby iven that books of subscription to the capital stock of The Silver Street Warehouse, Company Will be open at the office of B. M. Havird at Silver Street on Wednesday, September 18. 1907. 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