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FOUR TUSKERS IN 2 MINUTES. Swift Reduction of the Elephant Herds of Lomagundi. London Chronicle. The wild elephants of Hhodcsia arc peculiarly vicious, and owing to Hie opera! i??: i of extremely stringent game laws llieir numbers have increascd to a formidable extent. So unsafe lias the locality become that the I arms were becoming depopulated, settlers and prospectors gave it a wide berth and the natives are terrorized because ol several men being killed and crops destroyed, especially in the district of rjomaguudi. A missionary, the liev. W. T. (Iraniham. uuidc repeated appeals to the S-uit h African rlovcrumcul l'< > i some relaxation of |hc game laws, and ilow the announcement i> olliciallv made liiat ''His Honor the Adminisl rat or authorizes the destruction o| elephants in the Lomagundi district." Writing home to Lancaster, Mr. ( ranlham speaks of the influx ol 'big ^aiiic" sportsmen into the district and describes an experience of three Dutchmen while elephant shooting: ''At !) a. *i. they came on a troop of seven elephants and killed one bull. They followed on the spoor ol the others and at 'J.'50 came up with them about seven miles east 111 ui v station. |5v this time o| her i elephants had .joined up. and they numhered about eighteen. The hunters fired and the bull dropped. "'The remaining elephants spread themselves out and completely surrounded the men on a small ant heap. To run away was impossible, so they sat tight, kept their nerve and shot straight, with the result that in two minutes they had killed four elephant within a r::dius of from twenty l" f i ft \ yards. The oilers then made oil', live having been killed, and all of tlieiu tuskers. 1 went out to! the scene of the fray, and an interesting sight il was. Hundreds of natives, male and female, had congregated there, and by iiopii nevl day dozens of fires were drviug Ions < I flesh. GUARDING PAPER MONEY. Checks Against Theft of Currency While in the Process of Printing. Chicago Hecord-1 lerald. The paper money of the government is brought in tronbound chests, locked and sealed, from the Itureau of Kngraving and Printing to the cash room of the Ticasury and (here delivered upon receipts to .lames A. Sample, chief of the division of issue, in sheets of lour bills each. They are complete with signature ami numbers, except for the seal, which is printed u),-n litem with power presses in a small apartment under the cash room. These presses are worked by two people, usually a man pressman and a woman feeder, or .issrslant. When the seal has been imprinted upon the bills they are counted automatically, bound in packages of equal numbers In hands of paper, marked, signed bv the persons who have handled them, and passed into the adjoining room, where the sheets are cut, the bills are recounted and inspected, so that i the imperfect ones may be thrown onl. They are I In n bound into ) packages of equal amounts and taken I to the drving' vault, where they lie. upon the shelves for several weeks, until the ink has become perfectly (h'v; * . ( .very safeguard that ingenuity can contrive is placed around these transact ions, and the chief of division can (ell which of his hundred or more subordinates luve touched the dilVerent bills in the vaults'. lie knows w ho received I hem. w ho printed the seal, who wrapped and cut them: for every package is numbered and its history is recorded in an enormous book. The combination of checks is so complete that Mr. Sample would know within twenty minutes if a single bill were missing, but lie has never had occasion to lest his knowledge except twice within fifteen years. Only two attempts have ever been made to steal the money of the government while it is in this stage of its history. On one occasion many years ago a pressman passing a pile of notes upon the table of his neighbor slipped the top sheet under his blouse without being observed and carried it with him into the lavatory, where he was successful in concealing it. The theft wtts discovered witnvn five minutes and it was clearly apparent that he alone could be guilty, although the evidence was purely circumstantial. No one saw him lake lite money. Therefore he was not arrested and was never publicly charged with the crime. Hut he was dismissed from I . the .-ervice and Ik.- knew the reaso why. The hills were never recover e<l. lie probably destroyed them, a they did not appear in circulation. On another occasion eight or tei years ago a colored messenger whos business was to haul the money abou "U a cart slipped a loose sheet inf< his pocket unobserved while passing I).-I ween the printing and the counting rooms. This theft was also unseen but the responsibility was fastene* upon him. The pile of notes \va complete when it left the printer, fo it w;is ciHinled and registered auto mntiraliy in the press. When i reached the colliding room one shec was missing and the package had no been <>wt <d' the possession of the eol j <?red messenger in the nieanliiuc j I'henToie lie alone was responsible i him! "as he could not idler any satis faclury explanation ne too was dis missed from the service hut was no jiroseeuled because there was no di reel proof of his guilt. A MILLIONAIRE HUSBANDMAN How George W. Vanderbilt Makes His Farm Pay. I{roadway Mngazine. At Hill more in North Carolina (icorge W. Vaiidcrhill lias spent ovei $J,(>ilU,00l) in creating the greatesl e.siale in America, lie lias torn dowi a i m < 11 n t; i i 11. built a great castle am owns 17 square miles of uioiintaii country. These miles, however, are al under I lie most careful cull ival ion eil I; r as fanning, grazing or liinbei The owner of llilltuore lias the fa jcultv of pickin*: the right men foi I he right work. He iinlnced a "bool farmer" from Louisiana to come iut? the ('aroliua mountains and tak? j charge of i lie lichls, flocks and herds Thai was II years ago. and until A r 11uu* S. Wheeler begain riding up am down | he hills and through the hot loins he had never known of agricul lure except front I In* printed page. 11? |e>|ed | lie soil of the few little Worn on I plantations on 1 ne estate, he ex j "mined the hill sides. lie hrougll into play his knowledge of fcrtiliz inn the earth, of crop rotation, of th< fodder and grain winch might grow here, and especially ov the live stoid which might thrive and yield a proprofii. lie decided thai high gradt Jersey cattle would pay in milk and butter, also hogs and poultry, am thai the product of (he soil should In lirsl for their benefit. So the ban hills became pastures and lots for (In swine to range, ample shelter being of course, provided. The poullr\ farm was stocked wilh record eg*: 1 iv? rs of high degire, also pigeons for squabs are profitable. Moden incubators hatched cliickens by tin hundreds. Kverythiug. however, wai conducted on strictly business lines Kacli Jersey has her own stall and a1 page in the dairy record. Kvery lime she is milked the number of quart? she gives are marked on the record, a> is also the butler lesl?the quantity of butler which the cream wouh make. All the ensilage and other fodder six' eals in a day are debited against her. When a hen in the poultry house wants lo contribute to tin egg fund she enters a "trap" nesl b\ which slu- shuts a gate which keep? her ; prisoner until the poultry keep er finds her. lie looks at the number "ii I he leather band around bei neck, takes the egg, and then re least1 her, I'.ach hen aho has a record pagt ' We Leo 1 Buy I j We provide easy ter We enable borrower j in Monthly Install men i allowed to meet oblige It is cheaper than pa to save money to buy < Contract, If you want to save r take a Security Contra Call on A. J. Gibson, Treasurer, at office, c( streets, next door to C | I Ollri i" I JStf JELS ii according to her number, and the - number of eggs she lays in a month or s year or her life are noted on the books at the farm office. ti Seventy-five farm hands are needed e for all purposes, including the milkt ing, which is done by hand. The i) creamery has such a mechanical sysl4 tem that in it three men prepare over 1 1,001) (piarts of milk daily in bottle, in i, and in ice cream, the yield of the ' 1 cows ranging from eight to 15 quarts s or more a day. The Asheville people r who boast of having a Vandcrbilt for - a milkman have to pay 11 cents a t quart .us it comes from the shiny yel* t olw wagons bearing the sign Iiiltmore t Dairy, and think it is cheat). I . QUEER RAILWAY CAR FITTINGS ; Window With Royal Autographs? ( Train Roofed with Water, i i Tit-Hits. What use is a balloon to railway carriage? Few of the latter are so ^ lilted, bill there is as least one run- , ning on a mountain railway near Sal/.- ' berg, which lias a fallon attached to it ] in order to assist it up the steepest portions of (he line. At the summit ? a tank below the car is filled wit 1 * ' water sulTcient to counteract the up I ward pull of the gas bag, which the vahicle thus drags dnwn with it upon I the return journey. ( There is only one car in the world j with a window fillet* as a royal autograph album. It is a somewhat aneient railway saloon used in Deumark for the conveyance of royal visitors. It Iijis become the custom for these to scratch their names on one <>t its panes, which now shows the " autographs of King Edward and t^ueen Alexandra among others, ineluding those of the late Czar, the late king of Denmark, t he lute Duke j of Clarence and man * of iters. Another uniquely fitted railway carriage is (hat comarniug the vesti, bule entrance to the train belonging to | ho (ierman Kinperor. This vesti_ bule holds several fine statues?an . I innovation which lias not been copied elsewhere, though many royal train** C , carry superb paintings as part of ? , their decorations ? . A car with a complete veranda is ? another novelty introduced in the ^ , train constructed for President Diaz. I of Mexico, where the drawing room * I portion is surrounded by such a fit? ling. p ? Very* few trains *r?> roofed with > water, and that of the Viceroy of Tn, dia is among the small number that are so. All the vehicles, eight in r number, have double ceilings, which j , are really water tanks, holding about ) live tons of water. This arrange- ' > incut contributes toward coolness ami ( 5 furnishes water for domestic purposes i . mi the train. The trafn carries sixty ! personal servants when the viceroy E > uses it. ? On the long distance lines in Russia > each of the importanr trains has a car above which rises a little belfry con- I I laining a chime of bells. Otherwise J - (he latter vehicles are fitted as chap- ] I (ds, in charge of a regular priest of - the (ireek Orthodox faith. At Italia* ; trow, on the North Somerset iiailway, there is an old railway carriage H > which h:is been licensed :is ;i mission chapel and is lilted accordingly. A woman can figure out from (he ' way her child says its prayers what a smart man it is going to be. d Moneyi ro iomes! rns of payment. 8 to accumulate a fund ts, on which interest is ^ itions at maturity. ysng rent. If you want a home take a Security noney for any purpose \ ict. It pays. Asstant Secretary and >rner Boyce and Adams 'opeland Brothers. , COME TO Anderson 10c Co. 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Thorough teaching and training. Fine work 1 in music and art. Cost reasonable. I Send for catalogue. dfl Headache Helps. [ AN lion I feel a headache coming on, I says a writer in tiro April Designer. 1 I look around for the cause. Usually 1 L loosen my hair. It is not generally ' known that hair <lono up tightly and pinned closo to the head will cause \ headache. Try letting the hair fall ' loose, or hraid or pin it- loosely in a a dilterent. style. Sometimes it is my collar which is too tight, and when J take it oil1 my headache dis- * appears. Again it is caused by tight or uncomfortable shoes, or by higiiheeled shoes, which may feel comfortable but which will cause the trouble. ADVERTISING FOR FEDERAL BUILDING SITES. I Treasury Department, J Olliee of the Secretary, ^ Washington, I). (/., June 5, is)08. JE Proposals will be received, to oe ^ opened ;it 2 o'clock p. m? July 10^ 1008, lor the sale or donation to the I nited States of a suitable site, centrally and conveniently located for' the 1'ederal building (o be erected in Newberry, South Carolina. A corner lot, of (approximately) 120x130 feet, is required. Each proposal must give the price, the character of foundations obtainable, the proximity to. street cars, sewer, gas, and water mains, etc., and must be accompanied by a diagram indicating the principal street, the north point, the dimensions and grades of the lai\d, the widths and paving of adjacent streets and alleys, whether the alleys are public or private, and whether or not the city owns land occupied by sidewalks. The vendor must pay nil expenses connected with furnishing evidences rt title and deeds of conveyance. Improvements on the property must be reserved by the vendor; but pending the commencement of the 1'ederal building tbev may remaih on the land upon payment of a rea- H souable ground rent. The grantor * Kg must, however, remove all improvements on thirty days' notice so to do. The right to reject any proposal is * reserved. Each proposal must be sealed, marked "Proposal for Federal building site at Newberry, South Carolina," and mailed to the Socretarv of the Treasury (Supervising Architect), Washington, P. C. No special form of proposal is required or provided. Ceo. P>. Corlelyou, Secret ;iry. CHARLESTON & WESTERN CAROLINA RY. Schedule in effect February 16, 1908. Lv. Newberry(C N & L) 12:50 p.m. Ar. Laurens 2:02 p.m. Lv. Laurens (C & W C) 2:32 p.m. Ar. Greenville 4:00 p.ni Lv. Laurens 2:32 p.'ii. Ar. Spartanburg 4:05 p.m. Lv. Spartanburg (So. Rv.) 5:00 p.m. Ar. 1 ienderson ville 7 :-!5 p.m. Life Ar. Ashevillc S:30 p.m. j Lv. Laurens (C & W C) 2:32 p.m. M | Ar. Greenwood 3:42 p.m. Kp Ar. MoCormick -1:3S p.m. Ar. Augusta 0:20 p.m. B NVde: The above arrivals and dopartures, as well as connections witl).' 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