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::-Y S&MS. > & ' y- ?l|f Bamhrrg irralli i ;;y " f > ESTABLISHED IN APRIL, 1891 ,r = v|;- A. W. KNIGHT, Editor, ^ y .v RaTKS?$1.00 per year; 50 cents for . " six months. Payable in advance. \ : x Advertisements?$1.00 per inch for fast insertion, 50c. for each subsequent insertion Liberal contracts made for three, six, or twelve months. Want No|r ; y tices one cent a word each insertion. Local Notices 8c. per line first week, 5c. after?-'h wards. Tributes of Respect, etc., must i-: be paid for as regular advertising. p-v Communications?News letters or on ^ subjects of general interest will be gladly % welcomed. Those of a personal nature Ipi^ no-"he published unless paid'for. I fa Thursday, Nov. 28,1907. - Our New York Letter. Back in olden times, even up to a Ifpfcw years ago, a trip to New York Bgjfrom any of the States except those f^^ifift?f3Drnoiis to the Empire State was >on as an event in the life of In these days of rapid le bqarding of a train and lere next morning, has all this; formerly days, metimes a month or more red to make the trip. Peoile now look on a trip to city as formerly a run to v home city, no more, hotels, theatres, on the ly day one can meet by the 1 and women from every le Union and every quarter be. It is interesting to mix e^with the masses, and he quiring mind can gather se much of interest and onderat; first stopping an IBt&B, lame and limping, who will H&your approach; get his^confiud?the old man, "I was born of Ithy parents in the State of??, ^he benefit of a collegiate course, Bed a profession, practiced it with derful success, the admiring eyes Briny native section constantly is^d on jne and my career. I this city, started under faibie auspices, friends, reputation, and a loving and devoted ily circle, what more could the jpous human heart aspire to? In winkling the vicissitudes of a tt city, all was changed in a night; 9^ without friends; family or ey; and so for years I go in and peeping wherever lean, picking | the garbage cans my food, no 8a love, lean upon, nothing to 0$ if I had no desire to do it, |&r^a brief while, then the potXthe tottering unfortunate moves ^ you turn to another just iting at a great business buildfrom his automobile, clad in s and furs of costly quality; atJt to address him* his footman "AanMv a detective or two to ^ Mwmit getting a word from his Mj^wfejitiness." Here is his story: &^fe^was born a poor boy in a log piSfesi, attended country schools, carp&jg my lunchin a tin bucket, sittfefron a backless bench, studied the ft'1 |?tee black' speller, learned a little, up without prospects, no hope, led an aimless life, by ^%^?iwdent > drifted to the metropolis a dime or an acquaintance, m W&& work ? a menial position, content to continue at six dollars a ifgpfek for life; unexpected success if=^Bes .to me, then other, step by ^ I was wafted on to still greater & WSB**> ^ today without effort on gfHHihpart I am worth three millions, P^those who know me say no man ? ?gfc?city stands higher for thrift, ^ho can explain these strange k^ISk^0118 that do exist and appar.without cause in either ingfjBfrT Thousands of other similar H ^^sMdngiy wonderful careers could | flaborhas sure reward," but in it meets with punIHEat, and idleness gets the prices ip Sfiays, weeks, months, years could ^ b^^fttably put it here, hearing the i^^Hbiing stories of lives of male, fefp$e, successful and failures. .To "Bin' III II i'g rnnrp for thp ! human nature to ponder city of New York than m the globe. a be seen not one, but of cases that puzzle philH. W. Finlayson. dway. New York. Child Burned to Death. n, Nov. 21.?Willie, the 4ild of Wm. Mobley, colorives near Johnston, was ieath yesterday morning ng in the fire while his I gone out for a few mote field. The child was aze by Mr. John Swearin-1 ras ptesing, and put out j clothing, but the little! ired only about half an tt Qive Both Trains. a, Nov. 20.?The railroad l has decided to continue ain between Sumter and the relief of the Pee Dee i has asked Vice President ixtend the train running rangeburg and Lanes on to aking three trains between id Lanes. This train now '.qtiocs at 11 a m and lavs Pi 6:20 p. m. when it reangeburg. Mr. Kenly to do this as an experi>r 60 days, starting durion of the legislature, ion will ask that the new on for the Christmas continue not less than V" v "v -. v%- .; v t OPINION ON BILLBOARDS. Points of General Vaiue Made by a California Judge. Judge Welch of the superior court of Santa Clara county, Cal., in delivering an opinion against a billboard company makes the following points, which must be of general interest. In fact, they are of interest to every citizen of California if not of the nation, says the Los Angeles Times. ' "It is difficult to discover just the line of demarcation that separates the power to restrain an act offensive to the hearing and to the sense of smell from an act offensive to the eye. "A glaring billboard set opposite a man's house in a vacant lot bordering upon a public highway In a country town devoted to homes is just as offensive to the immediate residents as would be the maintenance of a pigsty giving forth offensive odors or the maintenance of a stone breaking machine or the chime of hoarse bells. In nrin^inlo there is no difference between them. It Is, after all, only a difference in degree. Each is an interference with the peaceable and quiet enjoyment of one's property. "There can be no donbt that a board of trustees may not declare an act or omission a nuisance which is not in fact a nuisance and which cannot under any circumstances in fact be a nuisance. But it does hot follow that many acts which are not in themselves nuisances may not be declared nuisances under certain circumstances. There can be no question of the power of town authorities tb declare such acts to be nuisances when circumstances justify. "A billboard may be a nuisance or it may not, and a general advertising business carried on in a community may be detrimental to the general welfare and so become a nuisance. The proper function of the board of trustees is to ascertain and declare the act to be a nuisance. Under the . general laws of the state 'anything which is injurious to health or is indecent or offensive to the senses or an obstruction to the free use of property is a nuisance' (civil code, section 3479). "As applied to the facts here, this section when analyzed must of necessity leave open to some power the de termination as 10 wuai net m muctcui I or offensive to the' senses or an ob[struction to the free use of property so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property, and section 862 of the municipal government act commits to the board of trustees of a municipal corporation of the sixth class this power. "The evidence as recited in this brief clearly shows that the act prohibited was offensive to the senses and interfered with the comfort and well being of the community and fully justified the judgment of the board of trustees that the maintenance of the billboards under the conditions there existing constituted a nuisance and should be prohibited." ' " 'WOMEN WHITE WINGS. Good Work of Auxiliary 8troot Cleaning Forces In Denver. When Captain Phillips and , his small army of street cleaners appeared in the vicinity of Gaylord street and Twentieth avenue in Denver the other day prepared to clean up the rubbish and leaves he was startled to see more | than a dozen women leave their houses and come into the street with brooms. ; It almost took the captain's breath away when they begged permission to i assist his men in cleaning up the street, says a Denver special dispatch to the Boston Herald. At first the captain was a trifle embarrassed to find so many fair women in his employ, bnt when he saw how well they did their work he directed them from his automobile. From the one block the movement has spread until now nearly every block on Capitol hill has a fully organized auxiliary street cleaning force. The women do their work quietly, raking the leaves into very synjmetri^cal piles of various shapes and consider it a fair reward if they are permitted to strike the match that fires them. Captain Phillips is quite pleased with the addition to his force. In fact, it is rumored next season he may consider applications from women white wings favorably. v < The Twentieth Century Park. The up to date neighborhood park of today embraces more than well kept lawns, attractive flower beds, screenin c Rhrnhherv nlantations. shady walks and rest inviting settees, says the Los Angeles Times. One of the most usej ful innovations are the playgrounds, in and out door gymnasiums, wading and swim ruing pools, etc., and in some systems of our larger cities and towns we find libraries, reading, club and meeting rooms, indoor swimming pools, baths and shower baths, etc., and the regularity with which they are visited by numberless thousands year in and year out since their inauguration shows convincingly that they fill a pressing demand and receive thankful appreciation. On. the Right Road. Nortonville, Mo., has received quite a little free advertising recently owing to its neat appearance. People going by on the trains have noticed the beautiful park on each side of the railway, and some of the big newspapers have called attention to the plans of Nortonville for improving and beautifying a community. Strangers visiting the town praise the clean and well kept streets and the flowers in the parks. Nortonville is on the right road and is getting good results from its work. The town and the railroad work together to make the place pretty. The railway's right of way through the town is almost a boulevard. CONVERTCCOURAGE, Chinaman Preaches While He Hangs by His Cue. AROUSED VILLAGERS' IRE. They Suspended Him by His Hair, but For Three Hours He Exhorted Them as He Dangled In Air antl Won Over Every One of Them. The story of a Chinese minister who preached a sermon several hoars in length while dangling from his cue from the limb of a tree was told as an example of the endurance among the Chinese Christian exhorters in an ad CONTINUED HIS SZRHOK FOB THBEE HOUBS. dress by the Rev. C. N. Caldwell, a missionary from China, at the annual meeting of the Woman's Missionary union of the St Louis presbytery at the Cook Avenue Presbyterian church, St Louis. , j The zealous promoter of the gospel began his preaching career in his own town, and while visiting a nearby village to perform the same service for its Inhabitants he aroused their ire and was hung to a tree and used as a mi nail ps TTndannted. he continued his sermon for three hours and ended by converting the entire village, which is now one of the strongest mission poets in China. The faith of the Chinese, the missionary declared, is far greater than mahy of his Christian brothers'. "On one occasion," said the Rev. Mr. Caldwell, "I was solicited by a convert to hold a prayer meeting twelve miles away. When I arrived, after a long journey, I was takeif into the yard and requested to kneel and offer prayers for the recovery of a dying buffalo, which 1 did, notwithstanding my chagrin to 1 find the nature of the prayer meeting." The Rev. Mr. Caldwell is in America on a furlough. He has been stationed for eighteen years in north Kiangsu, once a great famine region. He says the Southern Presbyterian church now has eighty missionaries and 2,000 Christian converts in this region Of the foreign field. QUEER STUNTS OF STAGS. They Assault Wadding Partiss and Jump Into Motor Cars. The Exmoor stag which sought refuge a few days ago in a farm garden and upset several beehives, to the discomfiture of his pursuers, was less daring than one of his predecessors which plunged into Barcombe tunnel in a frantic effort to escape the hounds only to find a more'formidable adversary in an express train which thundered down on him and cut him to pieces. Another deer known to local sportsmen as the Countess leaped through a closed window into a cottage kitchen, butted a girl from her chair in front of the fire and then proceeded to demolish the furniture and crockery, while a fourth deer, hotly pursued, ran into the grounds of Colonel Trant, near Thurles, entered the dining room window and prospected the house for a means of escape. At High Wycombe not long ago a stag dashed through and scattered a crowd assembled to witness a wedding, making its escape through the parish churchyard, and another leaped i into a butchers shop at Burgess Hill, j while a still more desperate fluimai took a flying leap into a motor car at Roumale, near Paris. ? Westminster Gazette. Towed to Sea by a Turtle. William J. Forbes, prominent in Wall street affairs, narrowly escaped death by drowning just outside of San Diego bay on Oct 29 after a spirited en/win tor with n ro? turtle. The New Yorker was out In a small boat fishing when the turtle, a monster In size, grabbed the line and ran with it Forbes was accompanied by a fisherman. They determined to land the turtle If possible, but succeeded In upsetting the boat when they were whisked out of the bay toward the sea. Fortunately the line, which was tied to the boat, broke, and they were able to cling to the craft, the turtle making off with the tackle. They w^re rescued when'almost dead from exhaustion after being In the water two hours. i SELF HYPNOTIZED. Remarkable Case of Anaesthetic Men* tally Administered. Writing to a London paper, a medical man tells this story: "A remarkable incident happened recently at a London dental hospital. A young woman went there to have five teeth extracted. The anaesthetic decided upon by the dental surgeon: was ethyl chloride, and this was administered by the usual form of apparatus. An india rubber cap is placed over the patient's mouth and nostrils, and connected with it is a bag into which a sealed capsule of ethyl chloride is introduced. By the turning of a screw from the outside tonaii la la hmlrAn and tha a naps thetic liberated. The screw was turned, the patient went off gradually into the usual condition of insensibility, five teeth were extracted, and the patient awakened without feeling any part of the operation. "The whole case appeared perfectly normal. Only when the young woman had left the room and the apparatus was being made ready for another patient was it discovered that the capsule of ethyl chloride had by some mischance not been broken at all. The whole condition of insensibility had been brought about by the self hypnotism of the patient The ides that an anaesthetic was being administered was so strong in her mind that she had passed into insensibility entirely by hypnotic suggestion." , v APE'S' TOOTH CROWNED. He Does Not Mind Surgery, but Objects to Napkin Around Neck. Dr. G. A. Savage of Worcester. Mass., has the distinction of being the ? ? i e_ TTT nrst aentai surgeon m Worcester iu have an ape for a patient On Oct 27 the dentist operated on Eoko for forty minutes. Koko is owned by C. B. Barnold of New York. The tooth on the left side of the lower jaw of the ape was capped with a gold crown, and an impression of the corresponding tooth in the upper jaw was taken. This tooth is in bad shape, and it will be necessary for the dentist to treat the molar for a few days before setting the gold crown in place. The ape is eight years old, and Barnold has owned him for\ seven years. He never whimpered during the operation, bat he strenuously objected to the napkin tacked around his neck. CAUGHT ON THE FLY. | Mounted Policeman Save* Woman 8hot Out of Auto. Mounted Policeman Elmer Both of the ^New York force was a very handy man to rlch*Mrs. Paul Putnam when a Forty-second street crosstown car hit her big automobile and catapulted her headlong toward the pavement If Officer Both hadn't eaaght her on the wing in transit toward the hard eement she would not be fhsnirlng her lucky stars now that bo was present and has a .quick brain that some day ought to make him a police commissioner. Mrs. Putnam, who lives with her husband at the exclusive Fife Arms apartment hotel at 261 West Eightyseventh street, wea? out for a ride in BOTH BRACED HUMBLE. her touring car thafs so big that it has to back and fill to turn around in tiie ordinary cross street Right behind came Motorman Fred Tnrke of 806 West Forty-eighth street doing what he could to make the eastbound record on his crosstown Fortysecond street car. Then, with power reversed and all brakes on, he lurched his trolley car into the rear of Mrs. Putnam's big machine and crushed in the back as though it had been made of papier mache. Mrs. Putnam, sitting in the rear, ob" ' ?1 - ? Mloa^ IIVIOUS tU U1C U1 TV CU. UIH5 4. iwovu around her, left the cushioned seat simultaneously with the crash and soared head first through the side doorway of her auto. As Mrs. Putnam flew past Roth braced himself with his legs wide apart, caught her with both arms about the waist, withstood the shock of her weight and tremendous momentum for the breadth of a second and was recovering his balance, while she swung back and forth in his arms. Mrs. Putnam, refusing medical attendance on the spot, went home in a cab, with her chauffeur sitting on behind. Before that she told her rescuer what a splendid specimen of New York policeman he was. * - ' / *"; ; ' :,? J' '*' * ' ' ' ' .f?*'" v? V ' | LET'S GET TOGETHER 1 . . - ' i fn in > NO DOUBT YOU HAVE BEEN PROniSINQ YOUR WIFE A NEW ' v ' . w ?* I . 5 ' rnnviMr. cta\7c n a \ir,c 1\ II ' Vi w ? ^ v/i ^ a long time. There is no better time to 1 ? buy than now. The assortment was. never more complete, the prices never more attractive. Don't put it off. Full line of WOOD and COAL HEATERS just received. 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