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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-02-03

fired it they Immediately swarmed up
the trees, but finally came back again.
1t was not long before several hundred
had gathered, and they soon made the
five men prisoners. For day they were
treated with some consideration, when
new leader appeared.
Then their troubles began.
Capt Reed shot one of the men, kill
ing him, and during the excitement
which followed the shipwrecked sailors
made off into the woods.
Rival Bands in Battle
They did not dare to go far inland,
and before long fell in with another
band of savages.
The latter indicated by signs that they
were looking for the camp the white
men had just left.
The two tribes were evidently not on
friendly terms, and together they made
their way back to the scene of the
wreck, where a battle was fought ir
which the new-found friends won thu
day The shipwrecked sailors then es-
tablished camp near the shore and fer
nearly week were not disturbed. when
they were again attacked by their first
captOrs, but with the assistance of some
of the members of the other tribe man
aged to beat them off.
Then followed another period of two
weeks of comparative rest and ou.et
when another fierce fight took place and
their friends were defeated and routed
Fought with Poisoned Arrows.
Ellis, in relating their experiences
says the savages fought with lances
made of very hard wood, and with ar
rows, thrown out of the hand by a neat
trick that he had never seen before.
The warriors took the arrows with the
point forward and. resting them be-
tween the two first fingers, with the
thumbs down, and the little finger up.
made sort of a spring out of their
angerS and shot The darts with amazing
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-02-03
Chairman GroSvenor Made Some
Caustic Comments on COndi-
ton OF American Shipping.
FOREIGNERS NOT COMPETITORS.
They Are Triumphant Enemies. Tri-
umphing Over Disaster That Has
Come to American Enterprise.
Great Britain Does the Carrying Trade
To South America and Handles
the Products of South Am
erican Countries.

Washington, Feb. I'm reporting
to the house the bill agreed on by the
merchant marine commission, with
favorable recommendation from the
house committee on merchant marine.
and fisheries, Chairman GrosvenOr
makes some caustic comment on the
condition of American shipping. He
says that foreign shipping competi-
tors are scarcely rivals" they are
triumphant enemies, triumphing over
the disaster that has come to Ameri-
can enterprise and rejoicing in the
utter inability of the American PEG
pie to wisely expend their own
money"
Again he says: This bill has stir
red the sluggish blood in our foreign
competitors and they see it in danger
to their supremacy. Acknowledging
our triumphant rivalry in all branches
Of business and commerce with the
exception of this one, England has
gloated over our weakness in this be-
half England does the carrying
trade of South America England
handles the products of South Ameri-
can industries England crosses the
mighty ocean and carries away raw
material that would come to this
country if we had ships trading to
South America"
Comment on the Naval Bill.
Comment is made on the hundred
million dollar naval bill with the con-
clusion that mo nation was ever DOM
inant on the sea in time Of war that
was not strong on the sea in time of
peace in its merchant marine.
In conclusion the report says:
1--WE applaud the splendid achieve
ments of Japan on the sea and yet
without her merchant marine Japan
would have been powerless to have
delivered the overwhelming blow that
she has upon her adversary. England
is mighty in her war navy because
she is mighty in her merchant ma
rine Russia presents a singular con-
trast. and Russia is weak in her mer-
chant marine.
"If war should come to-day we have
not ten ships in our merchant marine
at to be taken over by the govern
nnept for war DurDOses and we could
not man with efficient sailors one MN
the battleships, cruisers, torpedo
boats, etc, of our splendid navy The
merchant marine is hand maiden Of
the war navy and no nation ever
achieved greatness in one direction
which was not strong in the other"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-02-03

Philadelphia.-Few persons would
relish the terrible but thrilling expert
ence of four sailors, Thomas Ellis, John
Niessen, Thomas Davis and Robert
Macgregor, who recently arrived at
Philadelphia, and many a man less
hearty would have died through sheer
fright had he undergone the ordeal.
To be saved from a watery grave when
their ship was wrecked on the rocky
coast of an island off New Guinea, only
to be washed up on shore of land
infested by cannibals, then to fall into
the hands of band of savages to be
tortured and mutilated at their pleas
ure and finally to be fattened for feast,
is a fate not pleasant to contemplate,
but the victims still live and bear the
scars of their experience to corroborate
their remarkable story.
Wrecked in Terrible Storm.
Last July while the ship Aigburth was
sailing near New Guinea, bound from
New South Wales for Java for cargo of
sugar for Philadelphia, the vessel en-
countered a terrible storm. 1t was a
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-02-03
PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT.
There Was An Increase of $3.50, 298
During the Month of January.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE monthly
statement of the public debt issued
shows that at the close of business
January 81. 1905, the debt, less cash
in the treasury, amounted to s9S9929.
619, which is an increase for the
month of s4,3S0,25o Inis increase IS
principally accounted for by the de-
crease in the amount of cash on hand.
The debt proper shows a decrease for
the month of 81, $685.
The debt is recapitulated as fol-
lows: Interest bearing debt, $685.
1850; debt on which interest has
ceased since maturity slab 40;
debt bearing no interest, 1885. 1856. 434.
Totals, $1,28O, 500, AS
This amount, however, does not in
clude $1,O1O. $3.50, 1863 in certificates and
treasury notes outstanding, which are
offset by an equal amount of cash on
hand held for their redemption
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-02-03
THE KEEPING OF APPLES.
The Market Now Demands a Full
Supply All the Year
Around.

Apple storage has become one of the
most important features of the fruit in
dustry The demand for apples has in
creased greatly, and to meet the demand
large areas have been devoted to or
chards in sections where conditions do
not favor ease in holding or length of
keeping, says the New York Agricul-
tural Experiment Station Bulletin. The
necessary VI uIspOorIE5 -0r---v~-----H---.s
quickly tends to overstock the market
in the fall and early winter. and fire,
quently to reduce prices far below the
limit of profitable handling. According
ly, the ability to hold part of the crop
until the perishable surplus has been G1s'
posed of often means higher prices
easier sales and better accommodation
to the public.
Consumers are also gradually but
surely learning discrimination and de-
handing not only good apples, but an
ample supply of them throughout nearly
the entire year 1t is possible, by some
system of storage, to avoid the glutted
market and to hold the crops with little
loss for sale late in the season, and
make good profits from the practice; but,
like all farm and orchard operations Of
the present time, apple storage must
receive careful attention to insure sue
cess.
The grower or buyer must learn what
varieties are suitable for storage, what
oOr d;tiOrc rouct ho nrOvidod m coouro
the best and most economical manage
ment of the stored fruit and at what
time and under what conditions the diff
ferent varieties must be put on the mar
ket. Apples are exceedingly variable in
length of keeping. Early harvest often
becomes too ripe and mealy for choice
eating, while still upon the tree; while
schodack. in ordinary storage, may keep
well until midsummer of the next year
They also vary in behavior in storage
some varieties scalding, shrinking, los
ing flavor and becoming dull colored and
unattractive, while others, after six
months keeping, come out smooth,
bright, fragrant and crisp. These vari-
atoms in behavior are to a great extent
Varietai characteristics; yet the same
variety grown upon sand or upon clay,
grown in the north or in the south,
grown in a wet season or a dry one, may
show very striking differences.
The problem of selecting varieties and
storing them properly is therefore a
complex one and requires careful study
The efficiency of the different systems Of
storage differ greatly with different va
rieties, but in general storage with low
temperature secured by the use of ice ex-
tends the keeping period from one to four
months beyond the limit in ordinary
storage, and chemical cole storage pro-
longs the life of the variety at least half
a roonth-often much lonser-beyond
the life under ice.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-02-03

storm typical of these parts and rent the
are no uncommon occurrence, but ii
ever an earthquake struck ship the
Aigburth encountered one on this trip.
Capt. Reed, commander of the vessel,
seeing that the ship could not long with
stand the terrible pounding of the waves
and water, ordered the boats lowered.
Ellis, Davis. Niessen, Macgregor, the
captain and two seamen were the last
40 leave the dismantled and sinking
claft. The two seamen were soon swept
ol erboard and were lost in the angry
ws!ers. The rest, after trying expert
encs made their way to the shore.
Only Five Saved.
OF the 81 souls aboard, only these five
were saved. They had hardly left the
tattered hulk before the remains of the
once stanch vessel were dashed to pieces
on the rocks.
The survivors congratulated each
other on their narrow escape from the
briny deep, and thought the worst of
their experience was over. Although
IuCIC WClC OlSuO IuoC IuC 1SluiAu w do
inhabited, they thought that after the
storm had swept its course, they would
be able to rescue enough foodstuffs from
the wreck to sustain them until they
could signal some passing vessel and
make their way to civilization, but the
worst was still to come
Land Of Strange People.
( They had been on the island hardly
eH hour before they noticed swarm OF
natives over their heads, passing from
trxnch to branch among the trees like
mpnkeys, and with hardly a sound
greater than that which might be caused
- q whisper. The shipwrecked sailors
fere considerably frightened by the
sight, but later learned that it was one
Of tribe Of many others on the island
that used both their hands and feet with
eSua eaas in travelling.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-02-03
A Little Flat Breakfast

Come on up and spend the night
in my apartment, said Mr.. ZAP Hal
brook to Mr. Frank Daniels one night
last fall when both had been de-
tanned in the city late. I'VE can put
you up all night and give you a little
fat breakfast in the morning
"A little fiat breakfast" replied
Mr.. Daniels What's that-a girddx
cake Pm. Y. Herald.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-02-03
FoREsT RESERVES.
Bill Transferring Them 70 the Care
of the Agricultural Department.

Washington, Feb. ?. President
Roosevelt signed bill which imme-
diately transfers the administration
of the federal forest reserves. includ-
ing timber sales, application for the
free use of timber and permits for
grazing live stock from the depart
ment of the interior to the depart
ment OF agriculture. By the terms of
the act, all officers and employees Of
the forest reserve service. a force
numbering about $50 men. are trans
ferred 70 the department of agricui-
ture.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-02-03

driven through his shoulder by one of
the cannibals, and Capt. Reed did not
escape his share.
Captain Makes His Escape.
But the rough treatment finally
stopped and they were taken to another
part of the island. Capt. Reed in the
meantime had made his escape to the
inland and was searching for the band
that had befriended them.
The rest were taken some ten miles
from the place of their landing to the
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-02-03

which they might have killed them
selves, had they SO desired.
But life was dear to them and they
proposed to make the savages pay dear
ly for their feast They also hoped
against hope that Reed might come to
their rescue.
1t was a trying experience for the
shipwrecked men. and It is remarkable
that they lived to tell tt q tale
Awful Fate of Others.
They learned from the writings of sail
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-02-03

permanent camp Of the tribe. Here they
learned from the logs Of other vessels
that had been wrecked on the unfriend-
~ coast that they Iced expect no mercy
at the hands of the savages.
More than one poor soul had evident
ly been offered up here as a sacrifice to
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-02-03
Agricultural Appropriation Bill.

Washington, Feb. 2-The agricul-
tural appropriation bill was reported
to the senate b. Senator Proctor. II
carlies appropriations aggrcgating Sc.
7SL170, an increase of s206, 740 over
The bin as passed BY The house.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-02-03
Rescued bv Comrade.

But here their plans were defeated as
the leading force was led by none other
than Capt. Reed, and although the bat
tie was long and desperate, lasting three
days and nights, Reed with his rifle, for
which he had an abundance of ammuni-
ton, was able to inspire the smaller
force with a degree of confidence that
brought ultimate victory.
The captives were then released from
their prison on the island and for sew
eral days rested in comfort in the camp
where their former captors had intended
they should be served as food. A few
days later they made their way back
to the scene of the wreck, where good
ly stock oil the stores of their vessel
was found.
The life boat was still there and in
good condition. and they decided to risk
their lives on the water, rather than re-
main any longer on the island. After
several days of more or less perilous
trip, they were finally picked up by a
vessel bound for an Australian port.
From there they made their way to Eng
land and finally shipped on board yes
sci bound for Philadelphia.
Tales of experiences of shipwrecked
sailors on islands inhabited by canni-
balls are common in works of present
day writer's, but none are more strange
or wonderful than this, which goes to
prove the saying that truth is stranger
than fiction"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-02-03

speed and accuracy The tips were all
dipped in poison, So that only super
fetal wound was necessary to cause
death. These darts were not very heavy.
nor long.
They later learned the welcome news
that they were to be eaten. and that
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-02-03
Prominent chicaaoan Dead.

Chicago, Feb. 2.-WilIiam F. Nc
Laughlin, pioneer merchant of Chi
cago. and proprietor cc the Oldest and
largest coffee importing and roasting
house in Chicago, died here An at
tack of pneumonia caused his death.
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ors who had probably figured In cannibal
feasts in other years, and their fate was
very similar; their situation and daily
life was much the same. But all the
time their ultimate doom was approach
ing, they were fast fattening under the
lazy life they were leading, to the great
satisfaction of the cannibals.
Nothing was heard of Reed, and it
was feared that he had also met an I'M
timely fate.
In the center of the camp was large
and rudely built oven, or rather funeral
pyre, on which some former poor vic
tim had probably been executed. 1t was
a sickening sight for the poor captives
They were later taken to a small islane
some distance from the mainland
where they were kept under a close
guard.
The cause of this, as they afterwards
learned, was that battle was impend-
ing. They also learned that they were
to be served at the dinner which waG
to follow the victory which was antici-
mated
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-02-03
Patriotic Jan

A Japanese porter in a San F-aacises
saloon had saved $ss He borrowed
one dollar from the bartender and sen,
the $40 to Japan for Tia ~al fund
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-02-03
REPRESENTATIVE s. ~ Smith m.

Washington, Feb. q Representa-
tive Samuel ". smith. Of Michigan. is
i'll with pneumonia az his apartments
in tais city His condition is con-
sideIed very grave. Mrs Smith All
son are with Mr.. Smith.
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the cannibai chief. They were some
distance inland. and there were no hopes
of signaling any passing vessel.
Here they were given rude huts to live
in and left to themselves. The canni-
balls, however, kept a rigid watch over
their captives and they were given to
understand that they would be well
treated if they made no attempt to es-
cape.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-02-03
Fattened for a Feast.

Food was regularly brought to them,
and the men at that time had no knowl-
edge of what was in store for them
Their only hope was that Capt. Reed
would in some manner effect their
rescue +h~+- another wreck would
bring some men with weapons ana Doars
to the island.
With nothing to occupy their time,
they passed much of their time sleep
ing, which seemed to greatly please the
natives One big, ugly-looking native,
evidently the chief, kept close watch on
their condition, and soon the terrible
truth dawned upon them that they were
being fattened for feast of the canni-
balls. but they were helpless and alone
and with no seeming hope for escape
from the terrible fate.
There was not weapon of any kind
among them, not even a knife, with
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-10-03
TO BUILD BIG COTTON MILL.
Mr.. VIM. Coleman, Chief Promoter.
Mr.. K. S. Ray Also Interested.

Mr.. William Coleman and Mr. J.
K. S. Ray, both of whom are old Wof-
ford boys, we'll known and liked here,
are making such fine success Of the
big G;enn-Lowry mill at Whitmire
and the Whitmire National bank, etc.,
are to be officers in big cotton mill
to be erected at Fayetteville, N. C..
A Fayetteville dispatch says:
The Flora Cotton Mill company, al
ready chartered, will build soon, a
site having been purchased southwest
of the city. The capital is $500, 900,
the common stock being 100000 and
che preferred stock at 7 per cent of
100000. Mr.. William Coleman, of
the Glenn-Lowry mills, at Whitmire,
S. c., is one of the chief promoters.
The president is Dr. H. w. Lilly,
president of the Bank of Fayetteville;
w, D. Mcneil, general manager and
J. K. S. Ray treasurer. The mill will
use chiefly power from the Cape Fear
Electric Power company.-Sp2rtan-
burg Herald.
We are glad to note the enterprise
and success of our Newberry people.
They ought to have come to New
berry and built that other mill. .
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-10-03

dence of the people in their leaders
and you separate them and you stay
the onward and upward progress OF
the country. We know no more
effectual way of accomplishing such
a disastrous work than by nagging
criticisn-creating suspicion, rails
ing doubts in the public mind and
sowing the seeds of distrust. The
public mind can be unsettled, pub
lie unrest can be created and pub
lie fueds with ruinous consequence
es can also be created, and personal
ly abusive criticism is the method
by which such, regretable things are
speedily brought into existence.
The individual may live to triumph
over the abuse heaped upon him and
see his traducers crushed by the reac-
ton of the evil power they put in mo-
ton, but the wrong to society and the
country Will ABIDE.
The character Of a public man
should be held as sacred as that Of
the private individual, and the public
good should be dearer and more de-
sired than the qualification of person
al spleen.
A patriotic, non partisan press is a
blessing, but a vicious, partisan press
is menace to society, and curse to
men and the country. Malignant vim
dictive criticism of public men is not a
privilege Of even a free press and it
ought to be grievous offense to an
intelligent public and resolutely re-
sisted.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-10-03
Land In New York.
New York Sun.

New York Sun.
Many New Workers will be inter-
ested to compare the record price
for city real estate in London with
that which has been reached in this
town. According to paragraph
which we print from the Daily Mail,
a strip of land at Piccadilly and St.
James street has been sold at the
rate Of "a pounds 3 shillings 4 pence
a square foot, or "the enormous Sum
of 1,48S,3oo pounds per acre" Call
the pound S., this amounts in Ameri-
can money to about $40 square foot
Or $7,441,5oo an acre. More than
double this rate, or $348.o7 square
foot, was paid for land at the north
east corner of Wall and Broad streets
away back in 1872, third of a CEN
tury ago. In June last the Silliman
corner at Wall and Broadway fetched
$58o.22 a square foot, $25,664,423.2o
an acre. This is between three and
four times London's record price.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-10-03
The Use Of Bed Bugs.

Senator Martin, of Virginia, tells
yarn about "Professor Cox,' son OF
Ham, who once did the honors (dust
and ashes) at Williams college, in
that state
"Professor" Cox added to his du-
ties of sweeping and taking up the
ashes the other labor Of making up
the beds of the Students He was wise
in his generation and very much 50
in his own conceit, and was always
ready with a reason or an opinion
whenever he had a chance to put in
his word At one time the beds were
terribly infested with bugs, and one of
the students said to him as he was
pursuing his work:
"Professor, nothing was made in
vain; what were bed bugs made for?"
Quickly and aptly the old fellow an
swered:
"To show that we have no resting
place here below"
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no evil promise of certain hardship.

no evil promise of certain hardship
Moreover, in America we have not
the dull season of mists and storm
which the influence of English litera-
ture, based on the British climate, has
almost forced upon us, as tradition,
in the smiling face OF our Indian sum-
mer. Shelley's poem about autumn is
called "A Dirge," and English poetry
and many American limitations of it
are full of pathetic images about the
"dying year."
Among English and American
poems, that which contains for US the
truest images about the season is
Keats ode, ITO Autumn" He saw not
storm and dusk and the years decay,
but the richness Of fruit and grain.
It is a young mans poem-a poem
for young America singing in field
and vineyard:
w HeiS die lIe SOllSS VI 9p1lliS! ny,
where are they?
Think not of them, thou hast thy
music, too,
While barred clouds bloom the soft
dying day,
And touch the stubble-plains with
rosy hue.
Autumn is joyous for US in visage
and in heart. Year after year it is
the reckoning time of prosperity for
the farmer and the beginning time
for careers of manufacture and in
door industry. Schools open for the
children, and young men and women
who have done with school take up
their first work in the world. Trade
starts anew. Autumn is a new spring
in the lap Of harvest, a reaping and
review of what the land has given,
setting forth on new ways of win
ter enterprise, a crossing through a
golden threshold into deep months Of
energy with mind and hand.