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New-York tribune., 1905-07-16

amaZerlent. We haven the price, SAID Maxwell,
and Fearing and l shook our heads IN confirmation
Got to find it somewhere and somehow, IN
sisted Blake Sell something, pawn something,
beg borrow steal but get the price shall send
out the invitations by messenger in the morning
whats the scheme, asked.
Remember what the sign says at the railway
crossing. Stopl Watch! Listens Lookout Tor
the engine Do that tomorrow night
1T was useless to try and get anything further out
Of him. and we turned in though none OF us slept
wink. The next dav Maxwell sold a landscape he
had hoped to send to the Salonit looked like prize
winner too-ve pawned what clothes we could spare,
and put in the rent money, which / held as treas
urer We borrowed things from friends, got
trusted for more, and were ready for the guests
when they came. Blake and Braggy stuck to Miss
Stetson with the pe-sistency Of a leech One was
on her right and the other her left vice versa
whether she was sitting, standing walking
Mama Stetson almost had apoPlezy, but couldn
get Blake To surrender his position. He was
absolutely shameless about 1t. He and Braggy
gared at each other behind her back like a couple
Of bulldogs in the pit,
Never saw Blake look So small as he did that
night" Fearing would add He seemed smaller
than Tom Thumb. He actually shrank YOU
looked at him"
Yes, and Braggy was swelled up like mad
toad Maxwell would supplement. " II Blake
was intnitesnal, Braggy was colossal"
Braggy, Blake and Miss Stetson,' Faruhau
fCoafiaarI page ~
New-York tribune., 1905-07-16

" Oh, don't be a lot of fools You
know well enough he shouted at
us, mad as a halter Braggyl Mrs.
Stetson has been trying to freeze
me out ever since he made a bid
with that title that he's kept packed
In moth-balls all these wears. She
dOesn L even greet me civilIv. She
watches me as II l had the plague.
II l am talking with Miss Stetson.
mama brings up Braggy and carts
me off or rushes her daughter out
OF my sight. I've got to put Braggv
out of the running. How am l 90
ing TO do it,
We thought for awhile. and
then, staring at each other in the
oneness of Our ideas, we yelled
You must fight him a duel and
show him to be a gutter
The David and Goliath act
mused Blahie-no bad idea. and
he grInned until the corners of his
mouth met his freCkled cheekbOnes.
But how am I going to fight him?
He's got a reputation with foil and
pistol, | can neither fence nor shoot.
| don't want to be spitted like a
brolIer at a clam-bake or perforated
like a shooting gallery target
He's got to fix 1t so that he
viii be the challenged person and
have the choice of weapons, and
then take something he's handy
with, Maxwell told US. \ base
ball bat or lacrosse stick, for
instance. That lacrosse idea is
good one Each man viii try TO trip
up the other, and the one that falls
must submit to drubbing That
would be bullyH
Now talk sense, expostulated
Blake. This is the crisis of my
life. 1t is a situation requiring
diplomacy and tact. for Miss Stet-
sons good name must not be dam
aged by being connected with the
duel, and If l should hurt him it
might become an international
affair
We thought of all the duels we
had ever heard Of; but we couldn't
fnd one of a form to suit the exi-
gencies of the case in hand, until
Blake slapped his knee and jumped
to his feet.
80 We VIII give a studio party to-
night, he told us, and invite among
Others the Stetsons and Braggy.
We looked at each other in
Ne haven't the price, said Maxwell,
| | shook our heads IN confirmation.
! it somewhere and somehow, IN
Sell something, pawn something,
al, but get the price | shall send
1ns by messenger in the morning,
scheme' we asked.
what the sign says at the railway
New-York tribune., 1905-07-16

COoN @ -.l had become well
ac-1e1 IN the LATIN Quar-
-e- l heard about The
Duel e- III. ----ora-s." A9u heard
So much about II that YOU soon
were -l~a with curiosity, and when
you we've invited To- 90 to the Studio
o- The rails 10 hear Il YOU felt
as r4- honor had been con
ter-e- "a -al. On the appointed
day sym went 10 the Studio OF the
INN IN the Boulevard Mont
Ta- not lar from the Closere
des - You found ahead OF YOU
man the students of your a-elIer,
all ed. with an air of expectancy.
Tin umorals We're sedate, and ap-
ra-.---v the least concerned IN what
pending. There had been left
f.- YOU a chair tottering IN senlIry.
Il always has been our custom.
Maxwell would begin. to let Farm
ham tell the story, helping HIM
r -l time to time with such details
~ slip his memory. and as the
-- may require Calculating
which MS mmble wit, skip
200 lightly for our more plod-
c-- --a.-ee-s, may pass over with
or ae regard Tor their merit.
Dee. beloved. let us attend on
Pa
doubtless have wondered. "
F--r would say. as one about
Z. -- a mystery. why we call
our HE Immorals. Being I'm
u.-. ne are within a T. as golfers
II being Immorrals.
-e s are not immortal,
nor Immorals immoral,
tae- both pretend TO be
wa- not Hence. we are
lr al but name In the
1er .a-e were four Imm0r-
-ee now extant, and
t- Is extinct. being mar
He -Ea- short. red-headed
am -r at portraits.
courage of a lion. the
g -.g. the brains OF a
sl-. and a suuJ nose,
fe-- i explain
-rIa--ug IN tins studio
10 .-. modern masters we
n. .eu Miss Ste-son and
Se.r and mater came TO
New-York tribune., 1905-07-16

CooA -.- had become well
y aCel IN the Latin Quar-
-e- - heard about he
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1905-11-22
Town Property for Sale.
II. T.. WYLIE,
AttOruey.at-Llw.

The following lots in the town of
Lancaster, ). c., belonging to the
estate of the late Mrs. Julia A Tay-
lor will be sold at public auction at
Lancaster court house the first Mon
day in December next, to-wit:
The vacant lot corner of Chester
field Avenue and Market street, lying
West Of l.. G. Lazenby's residence,
containing 3 acres-lut capable of
division into several desirable build
ing lots.
Also lot, with commodIous, 2-story
dwelling thereon, south of Lancaster
" chester Ry. depot, formerly occu-
pied by Col. II. G.. McIlwain.
perfect, guaranteed title will be
gwen purchaser or purchasers. The
heirs OF Mrs. Taylor being all of age
VIII join in execution OF titles.
WALTER $. TAYLOR,
MRS. II. q. MCILWAfN.
MISS JULIA A. TAYLOR.
j. Blu RROUGHS TAYLOR,
Heirs OF MRS. JULIA A. TAYLOR.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1905-11-22
MOnroe'S New Hundre d
Thousand Dollar Cotton
Mill Assured.

Monroe is to have a new cot
ton mill, a spinning mill with
five thousand spindles aod a
capacity of six thousand bales of
cotton per year. The name of
the mill is "Icemorlee," named
in honor of Messrs. Charles Ice.
man, of McColl, S. c., r. A.
Morrow and w. S. Lee, of Mon
roe, these gentlemen being the
prime movers and large stock.
holders in the new enterprise
The mill will be located on Mr..
w. H. Phifer's land northwest OF
town. Work on the building @
will begin as soon as it is possible
to get material on the ground. 1t
is the intention Of the stockhold.
ers to have the spindles going
next spring. The capital stock
is one hundred and ten thous-
and dollars. The stockholders
meet sometime the first of next
week to elect officers rs.-Monroe
Enquirer.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1905-11-22
Notice.

To the overseers Of the Public
Roads of Lancaster County.
L again ask you all to warn out
your hands and work each Of your
sections of the public roads, as many
days as the law requires or until you
get your road in good condition.
want to find that each section of road
in the county is worked good between
this and the last day of hovember,
AS You all know you can't do mach
g0od working the clay roads during
the winter months.
The grand jury held meeting on
the first Monday in September last
aud requested me to give notice to all
OF the OverSeers to put four days
work on each section Of road by the
first Monday in Oct and for each of
you to make report to me that day
And | did so, but many of you failed
to work or to make any report. So
kindly ask you all to read the report
OF the grand jury at the last term of
the court. You will see by that report
that they want to have the roads
worked better than they have ever
been in the past, or have the law en-
forced against any one who fails to
discharge his duty. Let every one
do his duty, and the law will not be
enforced against any one. but other
wise, they say it must be done.
/ axe due notice therefore and govern
yourself accordingly.
Respectfully,
NJ. c.. Gardner
CO., Supr.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1905-11-22
Constables Back in Union.

Governor Hayward today, after
receiving a number of reports
from Union county, decided to
order the constables back in that
county. This action is taken be
cause OF the belief that the dis
pensary law is not being enforc.
ed since that county voted out
the dispensary. The policy of
Governor Hayward was announc.
ed several months ago in The
Record. AS soon as a county
votes out the dispensary the con.
stabulary is withdrawn and the
county and town officials are CIV
en- an opportunity to enforce the
law. If it is found that the law
is not being enforced the con-
stabulary is sent back. This has
been done in several countless
Columbia Record.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1905-11-22
Foolish Woman
Burns Fifteen Thousand Dol
lars Because She Believed
Her Husband wanted her
Money.

Chicago, Nov. Is -Mrs. Char
iotte M. Weightman, who recent
ly brought suit against her hus
band for separate maintenance,
told Judge Brentano during the
hearing Of the case that she be.
ileved her husband had married
her for money, and that she
therefore threw the money and
securities, valued at $I5, 900, iuto
the stove and watched them burn.
She afterwards left her husband
and when she sought reconcilia
ton she was told not to enter the
house again. A decree giving
the woman $2S a month was
given.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1905-11-22

stream of water passes over the
cataract and thew do not rival
in grandeur the Falls of Niagara.
While l greatly enjoyed the
trip, | was glad to get back home.
On my return l recalled that
beautiful couplet.
"Where'er l travel, whatever
realms to see,
My heart untraveled fondly
turn to thee"-Home of course.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1905-11-22
MONEY TO LOAN.

am prepared as usual, to negotiate loans
on improved cotton farms, in sums of $500 90
an' upwards for i've years. Interest AT Z per
cent on sums of Sl,OO0.0O and over Under
Ti,OOOOo per cent. interest. No brokerage
or commission chargcd-only a reasonable fee
for abstract OF title.
II. T.. WYLIE,
Attornev.at-Lnw.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1905-11-22

a bee, carrying no burden,
will fly at the rate of forty miles
an hour. Carrying a load of
honey It's speed is reduced to
about IL miles an hour.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1905-11-22

~ OCoioii ou 1u6 lndll
anything L saw on the entire
trip.
From Niagara we went on to
Toronto, Canada, crossing the
Niagara river on one of the mag.
nlhclent suspension bridges that
span the river above the falls.
We passed by the monument that
marks the grave of Maj. Isaac
Brock who was killed in the War
OF 1872. Toronto is a wonderful
city of two hundred thousand
inhabitants. There are more
churches there than any city of
ats size | have ever seen. The
Church of England IS by far the
strongest of them all. Toronto
is noted for it's institutions of
learning. Some thirty colleges
and collegiate institutes are TO-
Gated there.
L had the pleasure of meeting
number Of distinguished men ,
among them that | now remem.
Der, are DR.. Hall and Chief Jus
tlce McLaren of the supreme
court. l was shown through Os.
good Hall, where the different
courts are held. They have all
che state reports in the library
i Of course looked at the S. @. re.
ports.
There were fully three thousand
delegates at the convention. 1t
was indeed notable gathering
of representative men and wo.
men.
AT the Metropolitan church
saw an organ which is played
both In front and in the rear.
Some of the delegates, for lack of
better name, called it an echo
organ. L was struck with the
clearness of the tone and the
reverberations.
From Toronto, We went by boat
down the st. Lawrence river to
Montreal. Before we got TO Mon.
treal, We passed the great rapids
IN the st. Lawrence (I forget the
name.) Montreal is a city of
about three hundred and fifty
thousand inhabitants. 1t is a
Catholic city largely and is not
ed for the number of beautiful
cathedrals that adorn the CITY.
On the top of one of them they
have bronze figures of the twelve
Apostles.
We went from there 70 Quebec
which is quite quaint city. The
place of most interest to US was
the "plains of Abraham" Just
out side of the city limits, where
General Wolfe was killed and
General Montcalm was mortally
wounded. A granite monument
marks the spot where Wolfe gave
up his life in fighting the battles
of his country. The hill which
Wolfe and his men ascended in
reaching the Plains from the
river is very steep and is seventy.
five or a hundred feet high. II
(Poks like it is an impossibility
TO climb it.
Returning to Quebec we went
over the "old town" which was
built right along the brink of the
river. The streets of old Quebec
are very narrow and dirty. We
passed through street leading
from the river up the hill to what
is now the principal city and
' aaw aoma child ron ploy,no -, kh
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1905-11-22
Horse Notes.

~' WV 1NIHh "dlNSt It
the sale horse.
Look at the disposition OF
stallion as well as at his form,
size, ped gree, etc.
Load the team according to
their strength and use the whip as
little as possible.
Colts that are fed high and
grow fast, need more exercise than
those whose rations are limited.
The frog in a horses foot should
touch the earth at every step; il
is constructed for that purpose.
Feed for strength and muscle
rather than fat. Surplus fl esh is
a hindrance to horse that has to
work.
DO not expect young horse
that is taking his first lesson in
work to do as much as a horse
we'll accustomed to it.
In selecting for breeding, it is
well 20 remember that a horse
cannot transmit what he does not
himself possess.
The market will be overstock ad
with cheap horses as long as farm
ers patronize stations because
their service fee is low.
Good strong mares can raise a
good colt each year and still do
about as much farm work as geld
lngs. 1t is easy to figure that
they are more profitable.
There is loss of available in.
come in raising any kind of stock
which is devoid of good quality,
but this is especially true OF
horses.
In nearly all cases the commu
nifty that raises good draft or car
riage horses will be found pros.
porous and progressive.
a farm may be made much
better by farming it with teams
that are able to cultivate the crop
in the best possible manner.
The more gentle and quiet you
can keep colts from the time they
are foaled up to the time they are
old enough to work, the better
for them and for you.
Give the mares plenty of time
70 eat their meals. 1t is poor
economy to take horse from the
stable before he has had time to
finish his meals.
If you want horses that will be
ready sale at good prices, breed
the best of whatever strain YOU
fancy. There are always buyers
for good draft or carriage horses.
BY breeding your grade draft
fillies to the same type of stallion
as their sire, in short time you
will have number of brood mares
uniform in size, contour, disposi-
ton and color.
Both parents should be selected
so that the points OF one may be
adapted to points of the other; for
although both may approach per.
fection individually, the points
which characterize the one may
actually counteract the other.
One advantage, at least, on the
farm, with the fall colt, is that as
the mare need not be worked
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-04-14
WISDOM OF CHILDREN.
Bright Comments That Drop Fro
the Lips of Juveniles

Bright Comments That Drop From
the Lips of Juveniles.
What could be more simple or more
splendidly direct as n compliment to n
pretty girl than the small boys adj
mlring question, Are your eyes new
ones" No "grownup' person could
have thought of that. "a Illuminating
animal Is one that chews her cubs
there might surely be less thoughtful
definitions. As for definitions, no die
donary has ever given anything better
than 20 movable feast-a picnic"
There Is a delightful note Of the night
nursery in the beginning OF girls
essay on boys, 1.-THE boy is not an ami
mai, but they can be heard to n con-
siderable distance" equaled perhaps
In its splendid simplicity by the boys
written criticism to the effect that
most girls are very shy and angry
1t Is the directness of the description
which compels attention in vivid com
ments such as, "Just before it killed
me the tooth came out" and nothing
surely could be more Johnsonian in its
absolute truth than the answer given
to the painstaking schoolmaster try
ing to make the class understand what
might be meant by the subyersiyc
word "antipodes." eff bored a hole
right through the earth till 1 came out
Mt the other side where should L be r.
"On yer 'ead! You can't do itr'-Lon-
don Spectator.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-04-14
THE COTTON GIN.
low ELI whitney, Its-Inventor, Got
His Grcnf Ideu

How ELI whitney, Its-Inventor, Got
His Great Idea.
Eli Whitney, the inventor of the cot
ton gin, got the germ OF his great idea
from seeing through the interstices of
n hut an old negro work hand saw
among the freshly picked cotton stored
within.
The teeth OF the saw tore the lint
from the seed easily and quickly, and
young Whitney 0he was barely thirteen
at the time) realized at once that n
machine working n number OF similar
saws simultaneously would revolution
lie the cotton growing industry.
He said nothing TO anybody, but set
to work building models and expert
menting. His difficulties were enor-
nous, for he not only had to make his
own wheels. cogs, ETC.. but he had also
first TO forge his own tools and even to
manufacture the paint wherewith to
color his many plans and drawings.
But he succeeded In the end, and.
though the outbreak OF war and other
hindrances prevented the invention
from being actually placed upon the
market until many years afterward,
the first complete cotton gin ever con-
structed was built from those very
models and plans and with scarcely a
single alteration.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-04-14
A BAN 300 LAND.
Wide Usefulness OF This wonderfu
l1ont I'm China.

Plant I'm China.
a recent traveller I'm China IMPRESSED
with the wide usefulness OF bamboo
thus states some OF the possibilities:
n man can sit I'm bamboo house.
under bamboo roof. on u bamboo
chair, ut a bamboo table, with his feet
resting on bamboo footstool, with q
bamboo hat on his head and bamboo
sandals on his feet. lie can at the
same time hold in one hand bamboo
bowl, in the other bamboo chopsticks
and eat bamboo sprouts.
When through with his meal. which
has been cooked over bamboo fire.
the table may be washed with bam-
boo cloth, and he can fan himself with
bamboo fan and take 4 siesta on u
bamboo bed, lying on a bamboo mat,
with his head resting on n bamboo pill
low. His child might be lying in a
bamboo cradle. playing with bam-
boo toy.
On rising, he could smoke a bamboo
pipe and, taking bamboo pen, write
n letter on bamboo paper or carry his
articles in bamboo baskets suspended
from bamboo pole, with n bamboo
umbrella over his head He might
then take walk over a bamboo sus-
pension bridge, drink water out of a
bamboo ladle and scrape himself with
a bamboo sweat 'scraper Ohandker-
chieD. The bamboo ingenuity and per-
sistency have produced (bambool Joint
results which exhibit the potentialities
and possibilities of the Chinese people.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-04-14
A aou.n ns nrr.t.--

A house Of mystery has been discov-
cred In the Bots de Boulogne. 1t has
subterranean passages, springing pan
els, hidden trapdoors, secret under
ground apartments. padded and Iuxurl-
ously fitted rooms and entrances closed
by slabs OF solid steel, which glide
softly back when You whisper open
sesame press n button, insert a nee
die into microscopic hole. make the
needful caballstic signs and, In short.
carry out all the stage directions for
effective business" 1t does not ap-
pear that anybody has ever made any
use OF ali these appurtenances OF thrill.
ing melodrama. But there are I'M
doubtcdly tremendous possibilities in
the house OF mystery, though no mys-
terry has yet been wrought within its
fearsome wallis. The melodramatic no
tentiallties seem TO have been engl-,
neered for mere arts sake and for
sheer, love OF the. thing by the tenant
who Is or. was until few weeks ago
Baron Raoul de vaux.-Paris Letter to
London Telegraph.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-04-14

Judge Peter V. Voorhees, has con-
cluded that the world isn't SO large
after all. While I'm Nagasaki, Japan,
on recent tour he aud Mrs. Voorhees,
wished to make some purchases. They
made their way to an English empori-
UNI which bore quite a reputation for
quanty In gents furnishings. The
judges eye was soon upon an assert.
ment OF attractive cravats, and he
made up his mind to lay In good sup
ply. Imagine his surprise when the
clerk who was waiting upon him called
him by name and suggested another
and better style which was more suit
able TO Mr. Voorhees, taste. 1t devel-
oped that the clerk had been employed
In q Philadelphia establishment and
that the judge had been one of his best
Observation-Disclosures Record
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-04-14

hehry Niny ms Irvine Spltcer.
1t has been said that Henry Clay
achieved success so easily that he
quite misunderstood others and over
estimated himself. But he was eager
to learn the best way to do whatever
he had to do. In 'The True Henry
Clay" the author gives an instance OF
this:
At fourteen Henry became clerk In
store in Richmond. whittier the fam
lily had removed. Stories are told of
his willingness to do his duty, al
though the work was distasteful to
him.
Once he was reproved by the store
keeper for wasting too much twinc
Thereafter lac saved every scrap he
could get and tied the pieces together
Again IL was explained that using this
sort of Irvine might be offensive to the
customers, as IL made the packages
look untidy by reason OF too many
knots. So he consulted with n sailor
Mt Richmond. who showed him how 20
splice strings with smooth Joint.
From that time he spent his leisure
hours making short pieces OF Irvine OF
the same size into continuous cord.
When his employer discovered this he
was so much pleased that he had all
Irvine saved end turned the task of
splicing IL over TO young Henry. with
the result that the young mans enthu-
siasm rapidly ahated.