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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-18
THE PACIFIC CABLE.
II is Over 1000 Miles Long and Weighs
over 100000 Pounds.

An exchange gives the following In
teresting information ABOUT the Pacific
cable that was completed on July 4:
Work on the cable was begun In De-
cember, 1901. The magnitude Of the
task is an impressive one. There were
four great ocean stretches in the route:
From San Francisco to Hawaii 2,276
miles; Hawaii to Midway Island 1854
miles; Midway Island to Guam. 1883
miles; Guam to Luzon, 1,490 miles;
The average depth Of the sea along
the route is three miles. And yet the
stupendous task Of laying the cable
along these 1913 miles Of billowy
ocean, with the chances Of mishap, ac-
cidents, and storms. was accomplished
in eighteen months!
The new Pacific cable Is built es-
pecially to stand the enormous strain OF
it's own weight under such conditions
as those attending It's laying and the
wear of years in its ocean resting place.
In the center Is a twelve-wire strand
copper core, covered with heavy gutta
percha insulation.
Wrapped about this are eight plies
of manila and asphalt, which In turn
are covered by the armor of % L.
gauge galvanized steel wires. Over all
Is a second wrapping Of manila and
covering Of asphalt, making a cable
only -eighths of an inch in diam
eter over all. It's total length is $500
nautical miles.
The quantities Of material used in
building the cable follow:
Iron and steel wires, 100000
pounds.
Jute yarn. 100000 pounds.
Preservative tapes, 5,O9O,OOO pounds.
Brass sheathing, $4,000 pounds.
Copper 100000 pounds.
Gutta percha, 100000 pounds.
Preservative compounds, 4,220,000
pounds.
Preservative tapes measure 3O6,OOO,-
900 yards.
The whole work was completed in
eighteen months after the signing of
the contracts.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-18

and that am sorry that my brothers,
sisters, cousins. aunts and uncles have
been eating all Of his corn, and that !
want to help him to keep them away.
I'll tell him to give me his gun and 60 In.
to his house, and when the other crows
come I will shoot them for him. Then
when he goes away shall hop about
and eat all the corn want and when
he comes back to see how have made
out I'll just fly away and laugh at
him."
The black crow tapped his wings
and few straight In the direction of
the farmer.
Now. it happened that Farmer Brown
did not know one crow from another,
and he had no idea that the black crow
was going to try to play a trick on
him. But the farmer was pretty
smart old gentleman, and 1t would
have been hard matter for anybody
to fool him. When he saw the crow
coming he did not wait to ask any
questions, but aimed his gun right at
the bird and blew him all to pieces.
Moral.-Be careful how you try to
play pranks on people.-Chicago Trib-
une.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-18
BRONCO BUSTER IN CONGRESS.
Oklahoma Sends Bird Mcclure,
Miohty Man, to Represent Her.


The Hon. Bird s. Mcclure Is a man
after Roosevelt's own heart. Mr.. Nc
Guire when he takes his oath in Wash
ington next winter will be known as
the very best all-round athlete and
wrestler In congress. He Is feet IL
inches tall, weighs 1876 pounds, has
chest on him as big as barrel and Is
superbly and gracefully built. He is as
strong and sound physically as he Is
mentally and has never smoked nor
chewed, nor tasted a drop of intoxicat-
ing liquors, and he never uttered an
oath till he became politician, which
was when he became about 10 years
old.
The new delegate from Oklahoma
has been in politics practically since
the day he first began to think. He
was born in Illinois, October 13, 1865,
His parents, while he was an infant,
went to Randolph county, Mo-, where
they lived on a farm until he reached
his sixteenth year. Then they all
emigrated to Chautauqua county, Kan.
But young Bird gave up farming,
went on the range and roamed the
country over as a cowboy from the
Rockies to the River and from Kansas
to the Gulf. This was in the days
when there, were plenty Of bad Indians,
desperadoes and big game, and Nc
Guire developed into as nervy bronco
buster and as skillful a marksman as
ever rode the trail.
But this was q life for business and
not pleasure with MCGUIRE. He put
the money he made in the bank in
stead of in poker and whisky and came
out $1,10O to the good after two and
one-half years Of this stormy career.
Then in 1884 he went to the Normal at
Emporia. Two years afterward he at
tended for a year the law school at
Lawrence, but off and on he taught
school and continued at that profession
until 1885, teaching at Jonesburg and
at Sedan, the county seat of Chautau-
qua county, Kan.
In the spring of 1889 he was elected
county attorney on the Republican
ticket, holding the position for four
years, a part Of which time he also
served as mayor Of Sedan. At one
election he was the only man of his
party elected, and on all other times he
ran ahead of his ticket, and was ia
nous in Kansas as being the youngest
person who ever held the office Of may
or or county attorney in the state.
Mr. Mcclure went to Oklahoma In
the fall Of 1893, and his friends say
that this move was made with the
avowed intention Of running for con-
gress. His home Is at Pawnee. From
1896 to 1902, he was assistant United
States district attorney, and perhaps
has sent more criminals to the peni-
tentiary and the gallows than any 9TH
er lawyer in the territories. He has
over two hundred convicts to his cred
II now serving time at Fort Leaven-
worth. He was largely instrumental,
along with the famous Marshals Till
man, Fossett and Heck Thomas, In
breaking up the Doolin, Green and
Ben Craven gangs Of outlaws.-kan-
sas City Journal
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-18

KIND CoNsIDERATIoN.-Av village cler-
gyman has this ingenious bit among
his records: One day he was sum-
moned in haste by Mrs. Johnston, who
had been taken suddenly i'll. He went
in some wonder because she was not of
his parish, and was known to be de-
voted to her own minister, the Rev. Mr..
Hopkins. While he was waiting in the
parlor before seeing the sick woman
he beguiled the time by talking with
her daughter. II am very much
pleased to know your mother thought
of me in her Illness" he said. "Is Mr..
Hopkins away?"
The lady looked unfeignedly shocked.
mo-" she said, "Oh, no. But we're
afraid its something contagious and
we didn't like him to run any risks."-
Public Opinion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-18
An Apinal Story For
Little Folks
Black Crows Mistake

The crows had been eating more Of
Farmer Browns corn than usual and
the farmer got out his gun and TOOK
his position in his garden patch. His
wife scattered handful of corn about
on the ground. The crows flew all
around and high up In the air and
peeped down at the little grains Of
corn on the ground and wished that
they could get them without being shot
by the farmer.
But after awhile the black crow
thought that he would play good joke
on the farmer and get all the corn that
he wanted without getting hurt.
"I'll go down there" he said to him
self. land tell the farmer that am
one Of the best crows that ever lived,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-18

4S The number of deaths from the
bubonic plague In India during the
first three months Of the present year
amounts to $4,000. The annual NOR
tality for the last six years, due en-
tirely to the pest and not including
deaths from other diseases or from
famine, Is as follows: 1897, $4,000;
1889, $4,000: 1899, $4,000; 1899, 3d.
900: 1901, 374,000; 1892, $4,000.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-18

Gastonia, and five children. The fu-
neral service was conducted at z
o'clock Saturday afternoon by Rev.
Father Merchior Of st. Mary's college,
and his body was laid to rest in the
college cemetery. He was a member
of the Catholic church at St. Mary's
college. Mr.. Mcknight was highly
respected citizen Of his community and
his death is mourned by a large num-
her of friends and relatives.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-18
Saturday, July l8, 1903.

5S All the lynchings within twenty
one years that he: could verify have
been tabulated by Mr.. Cutler, Of Yale
university. In that time 1872 Negroes
have been lynched and 1885 whites.
Since the whites are about six times as
numerous as the blacks, the proportion
Of Negroes lynched is Of course, very
much higher than these figures indi-
cate
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-18

fHr The following little dialogue was
overheard in a far north hamlet:
Mac, I hear ye have fallen in love
WI Bonnie Katie Stevens"
We'll, Sandy, 1 have near-verra
near-daein' 1t. but 1 found the lassie
had nae siller. so said to myself. Mac.
be man. And was a man. and moo
pass her by wi silent contempt
London Telegraph.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-18

TT Jenkins-Then you mean to tell
me l have told a lie?
Chambers-Well, no; don't wish to
be quite SO rude as that, but will say
this-you'd make very good weather
prophet-Chicago Journal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-18

This story will begin in the next issue Of
The Enquirer. While entirely different In
character Abner Daniel will be found equally
as interesting as Graustark, the popular nov
el. which ends with this issue. Read the
opening chapters of Abner Daniel in the
next issue of The Enquirer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-18

Author of "Abner Daniel" Our Next Serial Story.
In this story Mr. Harden at his BEST drawing from life char
acters he has known since childhood
The New York Advertiser comparing the book
with Eben Holden and David Harum, says
really good book has to light book far
ahead 1t will be hard to induce people
believe it. We have gained personal from
reading Abner Daniel novel of this
tcuar type since the days Of David Harum. -
You will agree with the Advertiser when you have
read the story, which will be printed in this paper
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-18

~ The man who Is too busy to go
shopping with his wife will spend any
amount Of time coaxing his new ste
nographer to go out to dinner with
him.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-18

Is When woman Is no longer able
to make man jealous she may as
we'll give it up as a bad job.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-18
Lest We Be Judged.

ILL 4SoISASo q ouAS3 SANJ A1A~~A ~ ~
their attorney for consultation.
The lawyer was a blunt, plain
spoken man, and in sizing up the
sheet of paper, said:
"This is the trouble people al
ways get into by dealing with
third-rate house."
"But," objected the client, "this
firm is not third-rate; they are
worth million dollars"
~ don't care how much they're
WORTH" replied the lawyer, "they
may have ten million dollars and I
would say they are third.rate
in feelings, in character and in
dealings, because their third-rate
stationery tells OH them"
All of our patrons use hrst-rate
stationery, because that is the only
kind we print.
Are you with us?
1t pleaseth us nightly to "get
up" nice stationery in one or more
colors, and if you are not now using
our kind it would please you
nightly to try it.
L. M. Crisis Sons, Printers,
YorkvilIe, S. G..
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-01-01
Cereal Sugar.

In the city of Peoria, Ill.,, &C
well known as the headquarters
of the whiskey trust, another
industr, is now developing,
known as that of cereal sugar.
OF course any sugar made from
grain is cereal sugar and the en-
tire family of glucose sugars
belong thereto. In the present
case, however, ,h :, parties have
adopted the name of cereal sugar,
and perhaps intend to copyright t
it and claim that they have a
secretprocess ofvery great value.
They are said to be now turning
out 10000 pounds of finished
sugar per day, and, with the en-
largements now contemplate d
and already arranged for, they
intend to raise the daily output
to 100000 pounds, making the
sugar out of corn.
A num- Der of by-produots will
also be made, which include
vinegar and whiskey closely re-
semb'ing the Scotch whiskey. 1t
is expected that the factory viii
give steady employment to 400
or 500 men.-Ex.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-01-01

In the last few years the Aber-
deen Angus bas been gaining in
popularity in Harris and adjoin-
ing counties. This in a large
measure is due to w. II. Mathis
of Hockly, who has thoroughly
demonstrated the adaptability Of
this breed to that section. Mr..
Mathis began bree eding the Ar
gus about nine years ago, using
only registered bulls, and by
careful selection he has succeed
ed in building up fine bunch of
high grades. He believes that it
is to the interest of every stock.
man 20 improve his herd when
by doing so he1 derives create :
returns from his capital AMI
labor. AS an example, 81 was
considered good price for calves
in his section last fall while h,
sold his culled calves at $3.50
To be sure, be says, we must
take better care of improved
stock than is necessary for com.
mon scrubs. Above all things
we must guard against overstock-
ing the pastures, and in addition
to this we must provide feed for
winter. He finds that So worth
of feed, such as hay and cotton
seed meal, will carry a COW
through the winter in good shape.
We ought not to begrudge the
few dollars worth of feed, since
we more than get it back in the
increase in the calf crop, and by
keeping the cows and bulls in
condition one can get along with
a less number of bulls. From
sixty-fve cows with one bull he
got sixty calves, and some of the
cows have gotten with calf the
second time in the same year.
Not only this but the calves do
better and grow larger. Some
of his calves at eleven months of
age average $40 lbs.-Texas
Stockman and Farmer,
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-01-01

productions. Where the farmer


is able and so situated to make
hog raising his main crop the
margin of profit is greater, i. e.,
he can devote more attention 10
growing such succulent kinds of
green food aud necessary pastur-
age as will lessen the more costly
ration of corn, wheat bran, barley
and oats. In a successful man
agement of a hog farm there must
be a concentration of effort in
practicing the most economical
plan in the feeding, besides TAX
ing those precautions as to sani-
tation, so essential as preventives 5
of disease. Experience has
taught me that the farmer who
takes special delight in raising
hogs is one who will realize best
results-a practical confirmation
of what Ruskin says in his "Se-
same and Lilies" Flowers only
flourish rightly in the gardeus of
those who love them. The man
who $ averse . learning all the
useful points relating to the
swine industry, is, as a rule, less
successful. Every farmer who
has attended the Texas Swine
Breeders associa ton for the
last ten years ought to be pro-
ficient and posted on hog raising
in Texas, for he has had the
benefit of the hard bought expert
euce of the most practical and
intelligent swine breeders in the
state.
Il. c. Slaugter, an expert pork
raiser in his hog talks before the
Swine Breeders association said
he considered the first matter Of
importance in the production of
pork on the most economical and
safe plan was to secure good,
well-bred boar of any Of the i'm
proved breeds, and the brood
sows, carefully selected as to
their special good qualities as TO
the support of fair-sized iitters
of fall and spring pigs, of pure
strain of blood, yet not necessa-
rily eligible to registry. But w.
A. Smith, who is perhaps the best
all round, up to date, ideal hog
rai> er in Collin county, and who
has raised pork (exceptlng the
current year, at l Ac per pound,
says he prefers that both boar
and brood SOW shall be at least
eligible to registry. 1t may not
be possible for many farmers to
raise pork for less than 2 to 2Ic,
yet we affirm at the present high
prices of $3.50 and S5.S5 no other
farm product will pay as we'll.
Do not think that l am drawing
any fancy picture when assert
that within the next ten years,
Texas will be first in hogs, as in
cotton, cattle and oil. The COM
ing of Swift and Armour & Co. :
big packeries. soon to be erected
at Fort Worth, is one of the best
ver ificatiops of my assumptions
and predictions. With such an
increased demand for all the hogs
the farmers of Texas can raise,
their prosperity will be greatly
advanced "Dy taking the hog by
the ear" and it will prove to be
not only his best friend, but his
mainstay when insects devour
his cotton and grain crops.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-01-01
The Farmers Friend.

Remarks of Aaron Coffee, in d
paper read before the Swine
Bre eders Association at the last
meeting of that body:
The north Texas farmers,
since the erection of packeries at
Fort Worth, Dallas, Sherman and
Mckinney, have begun to raise
hogs on a more extensive scale.
The class of hogs marketed
today shows plain that more care
and pains have been taken in the
'selection,of better breeds because
our 200 pound porkers at nine to
ten months old will com pare
favorably with those raised in the
nor tn vest. In fac, an influx of
pork raisers from Kentucky
Missouri and Tennessee has ac-
celrated the swine industry, and
they are ever ready to affirm the
fact that they can raise in Texas
at much less cost, making the
margin of profit much greater.
An important reason why such
is the case is becouse the amount
necessary in a colder climate in
the erection of costly shelters
and houses is practically elimi-
mated from the cost at the outset
in making suitable preparation
for raising hogs proftably. i'll
Texas, owing mainly TO the mild.
ness of climate. With no inten-
rtion to disparge the capacities of
the southern cotton raiser, yet
will say that the newcomer from
Tenness, Kentucky and other
northwestern states has been
instrumental in fostering and
producing a better and more
economical plan in the raising OF
hogs in my section, Collin county,
Texas. He very naturally was
better posted in the management
of a herd, because the hog was
the mainstay or staple product
where he was reared, just as the
cotton bale has heretofore been
the main dependt nee with us.
In 1898, when cotton sold at ? 1ac
to &c, less than cost of production,
our farmers began to raise hogs,
and while many would not venture
in the business except as by
product, gradually and steadily
practiced it, until today wagon
loads of hogs are more common
than cotton or'grain.
There is great revolution IN
the trade of all kinds of pork
products. Every bushel of
surplus corn when fed judlcious-
ly to hog raised from the stock
of any of our improved breeds
ought to produce fourteen to
fifteen pounds of pork, which
gives s6Ac per bushel. equalling
a profit of 6Ac when pork sells
at 5Ac per pouud-rating the
price of bushel of corn sold in
the ear at 60c. BY feeding there
fore, the corn to the hog at the
increased price the farmer is ir-
duced to use more acreage and
better tillage of his corn crop;
frcm the conceded fact also that t
corn is the main ration in pork
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-03
PRETTY INDIAN GIRL
CHANGES OWNERS
Great Bull Loses His Cree consort in
Gambling Tournament.

Special to The Globe.
LEHMI, Mont. July 2.-As a result
Of a gambling tournament of the
Snake, Cree and Flathead Indians re-
Gently held near Anaconda, Kwe Nish,
one of the prettiest Cree Indian girls
in Montana, has changed owners. Prior
to the tournment the girl was the
property of one of the Cree braves.
who had taken her to wife some time
before.
While the tournament was on this
Indian lost all his belongings in short
order and finally staked his wife
against three ponies. six blankets and
one silver dollar. He lost, as usual,
and the girl departed. apparently none
the sadder, with her Flathead owner.
The gambling was conducted by the
light of great bonfire at the lower
end of Silver Bow canyon, a few miles
from Anaconda. where nearly 300 of
the red men had gathered for the an
nual event. The Crees were the win
ners in the contest. as a rule, all except
Great Bull. the husband of the girl.
The Flathead who finally won the girl
had long admired her and had tried in
vain to purchase her from Great Bull.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-03
LITTLE ONES NEARLY
DROWNED IN BED
Firemen Have to Rescue Them
From Dangerous Effects
of Storm.

The two small children of G. S. john
son, 141S Fifth avenue north. Mime
apolis, had a very narrow escape from
drowning in bed about 10:30 o'clock
last evening.
The family, who live in the basement
of the building. were all asleep and
because of the heat window had been
left open in the room occupied by the
two children. Through this window
the rain poured in such quantities that
very soon sixteen inches of water was
in the room. The children awaking
began to scream and the father hear
ing them tried to open theadoor lead
ing to them but could not. He then
ran into the street and called for help
and soon the fire department was on
the spot. The room was broken into
and the little ones were gotten out
and with them an old woman. Mrs. J.
c. Wachtler. who had to be carried out
on a stretcher on account of her de-
crepit condition.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-03
1T COSTS YOU MORE
| TO SEND BY EXPRESS
All the Companies Advance
Rates and Make Schedules
CraftiIy.
Special to The Globe.


CHICAGO, July announcements
of a heavy advance of merchandise
rates were sent out today to all ship
pers by the express companies. The
new schedule went into effect July 1
by joint agreement and henceforth the
shipper of packages weighing less than
fifty pounds will have to bear the bur-
den of the increase.
While the express companies insist
that they have no association or joint
agreement, the unanimity with which
they have acted in lifting the rates
shows that each knew what the other
was doing. The announcements do not
contain the signatures of the different
companies, but all are demanding the
same new graded scales on printed
matter and freight. Business houses
having large order business will
suffer heavily under the new schedule.
The companies were careful in max
ing UP their new graduated schedule,
because 1t does not show any heavy
increase on the face. For instance, on
100-pound lots, the basis of the grad
uated schedule. the rate is the same
it always has been, but in the gradua-
ton of the small package lots the COM
panies kept under the government
rates, the government being their only
competitor. The government charges
16 cents for the first pound of mer-
chandise while the express companies
charge 20 cents in certain limitations.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-03
DANGER
TO AMERICAN TRUSTS
Energetic Anti Chamberlain
DocumentIssued by British
Radicals.
Special Cable to The Globe.


LONDON, July 2.-American trusts
are In position of great difficulty,
according to a manifesto issued by the
Radical party this afternoon, in con-
Enection with the fight for the preser-
vation of free trade.
chamberlain affirms." says the doc
ument, "that British industry is in
danger of being swamped by the in
f1ux of the products of the foreign
trusts at prices below cost. AS a
matter of fact, the greatest American
financial combinations are threatened
with enormous losses and complete
dfsorganization. Even that prince of
organizers, ]. Pierpont Morgan, is in
the midst of forces he cannot control
and will probably experience crushing
defeat.
1T is obvious that the trust princi-
pie is incapable Of unlimited applica-
ton. Financiers who seek to transcend
reason and to defy economic law court
| disaster. The policy, wisdom, and, in
deed, the necessity of the United
Kingdom is to avoid further increases
in the already high prices of foods and
to leave the trusts to be governed by
the inexorable laws of industry and
trade" - ~ a ssEa -