Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-05-06

J. Harris Rogers, the inventor and origi-
nator of the Pan-Electric Patents, is the
virtual head of the Pan-Electric and other
companies formed in opposition to the Bell
monopoly. DR.. ]. Webb Rogers, (the faith
er of J. Harris RogerS), of whom so much
has been said in the newspapers, is of a
somewhat "highty" temperament, and,
therefore, not 50 we'll equipped, mentally,
for business, as his son is. 1t was the elder
Rogers who wrote the satirical poem which
caused so much comment and amusement
before the Investigation Committee. The
Pan-Electric Patents are about twenty in
number, and have been issued in Canada
and Mexico, and patents are applied for IN
England and other countries of Europe.
The telephone, on which the present action
is based, is, of course, the most important,
besides this, there is complete. system of
telegraphing, an electric light htapparatus and
a telemorph, an instrument for seeing at
great distances-via wire. The cause for
the action against the Bell Company, to an
null their patents, lies in the assertion that
Bell was not the original inventor Of the tele-
phone; that ere he filed his petition there
had been caveat entered by other parties /;
that Bell, by fraud, gained an insight into
the caveat, previously filed, and thus was
enabled to complete his invention and gain
letters patent. 1t is also claimed that Bell
did not at first know that his invention was
telephone, but supposed it to be new
system of telegraphy. When the Pan
Electric Company was formed the stock was
distributed among various public men,
among whom was Attorney-General Gar
land. TO make the Pan-Electric stock of
any value it became necessary to annul the
patent of Bell, and an action is now in pro-
gress to accomplish this.
THE EAGLE AND IT'S PREY.-In hunting
for their prey, the eagle and his mate mutu-
ally assist each other. 1t may here be men,
toned that the eagles are all homogeneous,
keeping themselves to single mate and
living togetherin the most perfect harmony
through their lives. Should, however, one
of them die or be killed, the survivor is not
long left in state of widowhood, but BAN
ished from the spot for few days and then
returns with new mate. 1t is rather re-
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feed their young by disgorging the food
which they have taken into their crops, the
eagles carry their prey to their nests and
there tear it to pieces, and feed the eaglets
with the morsels. When in pursuit of its
prey it is most audacious bird, having
been seen to carry off a hare from before the
noses ofthe hounds. 1t is a keen fisherman,
catching and securing salmon and various
sea fish with singular skill. Sometimes it
has met with more than its match, and has
seized upon fish that was too heavy for its
powers, thus falling victim to its sporting
propensites. Mr.. Lloyd mentions several
instances where eagles have been drowned
by pouncing upon large pike, which carried
their assailants under water and fairly
drowned them. In more than one instance
the feet of an eagle have been seen firmly
cinched in the pixies back, the body of the
bird having decayed and fallen away.
ssy- have been more and more convinced,
the more think of it, that in general pride
is at the bottom of all great mistakes. All
the other passions do occasional good; but
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