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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1905-04-19
CARRIE MUST BEHAVE.
Or She vii Be Sent 20 Jail For Six
Months, With $3.50 Fine.

Wichita. Kan, Special-In district
court. Carrie Nation. Myra McHenry
guilty of destroying property. Mrs.
Nation was fined $3.50 and four
months in Jail. Mrs. McHenry two
months and $3.50 and Mrs. Wilholt %
days and $3.50. The sentences were
suspended, pending good behavior. The
of1ense was committed September last,
when the women broke windows OF D
wholesale liquor house.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1905-04-19
Conspiracy Charge Dismissed.

New York, Special.-Thc Indictment
charging Nan Patterson with conspi-
racy with ]. Morgan Smith ana Mrs.
Smith. wrongfully to obtain money
from Caesar Young was dismissed in
the court of general sessions at the
request of Assistant District Attorney
Rand.
The court reserved decision in the
Smiths case.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1905-04-19
Bio Deal in Oil.

Beaumont, Tex. Speciai.-The lag-
est deal in oil ever made in the Souh
took place Friday. Messrs. CarnG,
Bass & Benckenstein. of BcaumoI
purchasing from Messrs. Laertel 3
Cafferty, of Franklin, 1.750.0O0 barres
of. oil in storage at Jennings. tt
sale gives the purchasers a total {
100000 barrels in storage at Jel
nings.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1905-04-19
WON'T ARBITRATE
Castro Declares He Will Not Come TO
Terms With The Uuited States
PRESIDENT DEFIANT IN MS REPLY

Venezuelan Secretary Of Foreign AT.
fairs Says the Asphalt Case Will Not
be withdrawn From the Courts, and
the Olcott Case Will Not be Re.Sub.
mittcd to Arbitration "if the Whole
American Army and Navy Come to
Venezuela"
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-10

and sold. while the rest OF the stun. in
Guiding the base metal, such as dies,
starlps. etc. is taken either to the navy
ward or to n foundry and there de
stroyed in the presence of secret serv-
ice officers, who make affidavits OF the
destruction to the Secretary.
There has not been house-cleaning
of this kind since November, 1902.
Valuable Counterfeiting Machinery.
At present the contraband includes
in addition to counterfeit notes, coins,
postage ald revenue stamps, valuable
and costly tyPe. by means of which
countcrfeiters print the Latin numerala
on queer" notes; inks, paints. acids,
photographic apparatus. dies, molds,
stamps and other accessories Of the
art of making fictitious money.
This year a large batch of the John
son-Hancock notes will be burned.
They are known as the Hancock Is.
They were made by the celebrated coun-
terfeiter johnson of Detroit and Were
so nearly perfect that the government
suspended the issue of this note. No
doubt many of these counterfeits are
still in circulation and performing the
functions of real money.
A number of notes made by the no
torious but now reformed" counter
feiter Brockway will be destroyed.
Even Pennies Counterfeited
In the store room of the Secret Serv-
ice Bureau are many boxes of bad coins.
Every coin of the United States from
cents to $50 gold pieces has been i'm
itated, counterfeit nfckles being found
more frequently than silver or copper
coins.
In the collection is some gold coin
that has been sweated. Sweating is an
ancient and simple trick, long practiced
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-10
A SINGULAR COMBINATION.
RIDER HAGGARD, WEIRD FICTION
WRITER; MODEL FARMER AND
POLITICAL ECONOMIST.
Makes Official Report on Salvation
Army Colonization Work. = Would
Direct the Waste Forces OF Be-
neyolence."

Fl. Rider Haggard is q man of gen
ius. At one time, he Is writing sucn
impossible creations as she ana
"King Solomon's Mines" calling INTO
play a most vivid Imagination ana
settings, in weird and unreal color
ings. MT another time, he is actively
superintending the work on his mag
nificent 2oO-acre English farm; next
he is studying over some new lilaSli
atiye creati wandering about ms
home, and not speaking to the mem
bers of his family for a week at
time; and again he is making an eco
nomic study, under government
commission, OF the social conditions
of the poor in America. In short
interview with him, as he passed
through Washington this year, ON his
way west, | found that he possessed
eminently practical bard sense, WINE
the imaginative streak of his charac-
ter did not manifest itself in the
least, and / see now, that he has
just made his report to the British
Secretary of State for the Colonies,
on his inspection of the three land
settlements, which have been estab-
lished in California, Colorado and
Ohio respectively. by the American
branch of the Salvation Army.
Colonization Work of Salvation Army
At these three points the Salvation
Army has established rural settle
overcrowded cities, furnishing them
money to get Il start and make homes
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-10
THE MEPGANSER WILD DUCK.

One Of the most beautiful of wild
ducks, with its dark, glossy green head,
rich, salmon colored breast and strong
ly marked wings, its voracious fish
eating habits make the Merganser use-
less for food and thus an object but
little troubled by sportsmen. A large
number of local names such as the goo
sander, the shelldrake, saw-bill, diving
goose, the weaser have attached them
selves to this large, handsome swim
mer that studiously avoids man, even
though no sportsman would trouble
him, and that eludes pursuit by the
most remarkable feats of diving and
swimming. Eating is the chief object
in life for the Merganser. who fire.
Quently swallows a fish SO large that
it can not descend into the stomach,
but must remain partially in the dis
tended throat until digested, piece
meal. But this process is so rapid as
to always leave the bird with a vora-
cious appetite and drive it to desper-
ate rashness to secure its prey.
Swift currents with deep pools whore
the fish hide and foaming cataracts
where they leap are the delight of the
Msrganser, whose marvellous diving and
swimming enable them to take heavy
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-10
A Dress Made of Postage Stamps

An American lady wore a ball dress
at ball in Bermuda recently in which
10000 stamps were used. Years We're
spent in the collection, and the dress
was covered with stamps of all ma
tions. An eagle made entirely with
brown Columbian stamps was the CEN
tre of the breast. Suspended from the
talons was a globe made of very old
blue revenue stamps. On either side
of the globe was an American flag.
the stripes of blue and red stamps. A
collection of foreign stamps was past
ed on the back of the bodice in the
form of shield. A large picture hat.
covered with red and blue stamps,
a mask and a very pretty fan GOV
cred entirely with pink, completed the
costume.
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toll from the finny tribes. Cold has
no terrors for these tough creatures
and they swim as nimbly in the icy
rivers of the north as in the waters
of the caribbean. They dive at a
FASH" and are as difficult to kill as
the water witch" itself.
Only the most guileless housekeeper
will look at any saw-billed duck in
market-the serrated mandibles indi-
eating that the organ is used as a fish
chopper. and fish food never makes
good game meat.
The drake is gorgeous but vain and
selfish bird and Immediately deserts
the neighborhood when the six to
twelve creamy buff eggs are being
hatched. All the domestic duties then
fall upon the devoted mother. II once
padded after n brood" says Chamber
lain in the Nature Library, "and
though several times they were almost
within reach of my landing net. they
eluded every effort to capture them.
Throughout the chase the mother kept
close to the young birds, and several
times swan across the bow Of the ca.
noe In her efforts to draw my atten.
lion from the brood and to offer her.
self as a sacrifice for their escape"
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by the Chinese and presumably intro
duced into this country by them. 1t
consists in taking a bag of gold dol
lars and shaking them violently about
for hours at time. the result being
that they are taken out badly worn and
with small deposit Of gold at the bot
tom of the sack.
The government also has in its pos
session numerous counterfeits of for
eign currency, principally Italian, Ger
man and Austrian, though there is
soma English and French. The gov
ernment holds that it is as great a
crime to falsify or counterfeit foreign
obligations as it is to counterfeit our
own.
One OF the features of this curious
collection is the number of advertise
ments SO closely resembling money or
stamps that the government officers de-
termined to take charge Of them.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-10
Ancient AduIterafions,

Adulteration laws appear to have
been quite as necessary in the good
old days as in the sophisticated
Twentieth Century. Even the adul-
teration of feather beds and holsters
had to be provided against. October
Il, 1io5, is the date of statute pro-
hibiting the sale in English fairs or
markets of these articles, or of pill
lows, Except they be stuffed with one
denounced the use of such "unlawful
and corrupt stuffs'' as ''scalded
feathers, or fen down. The last sub
stance is the same as cotton grass, and
was evidently in great demand as a
fraudulent substitute in bed-stuffing.
In the Eighteenth Century, again. we
find complaints Of people who bought
fen-down at halfpenny pound. and
sold 1t among feathers at sixpence.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-10
CHARGES ADMISSION FOR
CHARITY.
European and Diplomatic Gossip.

James j. Van Alan, the expatriated
American millionaire, has taken a hint
from the Duke of Westminster, who
has for some time past charged all
tourists or excursionists who desire to
explore Eaton Hall and spend a day
among the beautiful scenery on his
Cheshire estate, IL cents a head. So
great has been the influx of tourists
to Rushton Hall, Mr.. Van Alan's his
toric place in Northamptonshire, dur
ing this season, that, commencing with
January /, he proposes to follow the
Dukes example with a condition
lightly changed. The income derived
from the Dukes visitors is divided
among local charities. Mr.. Van Alan
will charge a maximum of % cents
to all visitors from abroad and u
cents to excursionist parties other than
those who may come from the county
of Northampton, to whom the grounds
will be free on Mondays and Satur-
days. The income derived from all
sources will be divided between the
local infirmary and au institution for
social intercourse and educational i'm
provement which he means to estab-
lish in the neighborhood for the bene-
fit of workingmen. 1t is estimated that
next year when the house and grounds
may be seen at the best, the income
derived from this project will not fall
far short of $4,000.
King Leopold of Belgium, who is Of
ten mentioned as business partner of
/ homas S. Walsh of Washington and
Colorado, possesses considerable real
estate in the French Riviera. His de-
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-10
Il. RIDER HAGGARp.

Gov themselves. repayment for the
cost of which is provided at low rates
Mr.. Haggard expresses himself as
extremely well satisfied with the re-
suits seen at the Fort Romie settle
ment in California, and the Iort
Amity settlement in Colorado. Inc
Ohio settlement he leaves out OF con,
siderat ton, as IT Is principally devoted
TO the redemntlon OF inCbriates, and
the CARRYING out of agricultural expert
ments. At both Forts Romie and
Amity, he found the settlers healthy,
happy, hopeful and almost without
exception doing well. Beginning in
nearly every case with nothing, in the
course of about four years at Fort ko-
ME he found these settlers worth
about $1,000 per head, above all their
debts and liabilities to the Salvation
Army and others, and at Fort Amity,
IN average of over $1,000 head,
which he thinks is more than they
could have possibly accumulated dur
ing the same period as day laborers on
the land or in the cities.
Reason For Wide Encourage cment.
1t is true that, although the set
tiers themselves are doing well the
Salvation Army, for the reason that
unexpected difficulties in the open
ing up of the land We're encountered,
was called upon to pay some $4,000
for its experience. Mr.. Haggard de-
clares, however, that under all the cir
cumstances, and in the face of the
principles demonstrated, and the sue
cess won in every other direction, this
experience has been very chcaply
bought.
Further" he says. "I cannot see
any cause to fear repetition of that
loss In the future application of these
principles. 1t is therefore totally in
accurate to say, as has been done
widely in press summaries of my re-
port, that these settlements are finan-
cially failure
Would systematic Philanthropy.
Mr., Haggard proposes a scheme.
1. e." TO combine n judicious use of
the public credit, with that of what l
have called, the waste forces of be
nevolence,' and by means of these
two levers, to lift some of the mass of
human misery, which demonstrates
itself in the great cities of civilization
20 new level of plenty and content
ment"
He believes that if settlements are
carried out on these lines, and espec-
tally If they are located upon good
land, which has cost the controlling
authorities little or nothing, there
should be, as is indicated by the ta-
bles furnished in this report, no loss.
but even considerable gain.
e. NJ
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DESTROYING THE QUEER
LARGE SUNS OF CAPTURED
COUyTERFEITS BURNED UP
AND MELTED BY THE
GOVERNMENT.
Coin. Stamps. and Other limitations
Accumulate in Uncle Sans Strong
Box in Large Quantities.-Yaluab
CounterfeitinR Machinery.

The periodical destruction OF coun-
terfeit currency, spurious coin, post
age stamps, revenue stamps and other
contraband material captured from
colnterfeiters by the secret service.
has been ordered by the Secretary OF
the Treasury. The accumulation of this
stuff in the treasury is larger than
usual. Three clerks in the cash room
of the treasury have been delegated
a committee to see that this queer
money is done away with.
Every two or three years SO much
counterfeit money and counterfeiting
tools and implements accumulate in the
office of CHIEF Willie, of the secret serv-
ice that it is necessary to destroy it.
The chief notifies the Secretary of the
Treasury, who issues an order which
sends the coin to the assay office, where
all the silver and gold is melted or re-
duced from the mass. run into ingots,
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-10

mesnes are at Villefranche sur Mere,
near Nice. They are called the Col du
Caire, and the Passaple. Both have
been enlarged some few years ago.
notably the Passable, to which has
been added the whole of the western
side of Cape Ferrat. In this portion
Of the newly acquired property small
port has been constructed for the
Kings yacht.
Lady Henry Somerset, who is well
known in this country from her great
work in the interest of the temperance
movement, has woman footman,
female butler, aud women in charge of
her stables,
Members of reigning families,
princes as well as princesses of the
blood, have to obtain permission from
the sovereign before they can leave
the country. They are always expect
ed to notify the monarch when they
intend to absent themselves from the
town or city where the court happens
to be in residence at the time.
The late King Humbert of Italy on
one occasion called his niece, Duchess
Helen of Aosta, to severe account for
having left Italy to visit her mother
in France without previously obtaining
his sanction.
This rule. which Viceroy Lord Curzon
also introduced in India, caused almost
open rebellion among q number Of the
more powerful maharajahs and gaek-
wars Of the empire, who on a number
OF occasions disregarded the Viceroy's
rule and left the empire not only with
out his sanction but against his strict
est instructions.
The wealth of some Of the Russian
churches in costly gems, jewelry and
precious stones is proverbial. Some
churches in the United States, notwith-
standing they are not supported by the
government, as they are in Russia and
other countries. are gradually acquir-
ing rare paintings, statuary, stained
glass windows and costly vestments.
For instance, the most costly mitre in
the United States, a mitre which rep
rescnts $4,000 worth of jewels and
precious stones, is worn by Bishop
Horstmann of the Cleveland diocese of
the Roman Catholic Church. Most of
these jewels were presented to the
church by Mr.. Gordon, who also donat-
cd to the city of Cleveland his magnifi-
cent Gordon Park. Mr.. Gordon was
a father of Mrs. Daisy Hanna, wife
Of Dan. Hanna, son of the late Senator
Hanna. VAN CALAVA.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-10
SOUND ADVICE FOR MEN.
The %oman's Side of It-Converse OF
the Proposition That the Wfe
Sho Id Not Burden Husband
With Household Duties.

Beginning away back with st. Paul
who admonished the women to keep 81
lent in the churches, the so-called
weaker sex have been exhorted, ad
vised and ridiculed; and long list
of conduct of the negative sort mappsd
out beginning with DON'T. and an
equally lengthy array of the positive
sort, starting with DO.
And all this sage advice applies IN
turn to maid and wife, debutante and
dowager.
Now what's sauce for the goose Is
sauce for the gander. Why not some
advice to men?
Are you one of those men who con
tinually leave their personal belong
ings, their hats, canes, coats or slippers
wherever they've happened last to use
them?
Do you smoke your cigar in the par
lor and let the ashes fall wheresoe'er
they will, and that, too, after the regu'
lar Friday cleaning? And you en-
deavor to placate your wife with that
superior sophistry about cigar ashes
keeping out moths.
Do you bury yourself in the morn
ing paper, even reading while eating,
while your wife sits silent at the head
of tn table? Do you exclaim. or
chuckle, or swear softly at the latest
news, without sharing your informa-
ton with her?
Do you compliment the little wo-
man when you are enjoying one OF
your good dinners, or do you find fault
If the morning coffee is just the least
bit below standard, though the pre-
vious twenty-five mornings you have
drunk the amber liquid of SURPRISING
excellence?
Do you notice the new gown that
has cost her days of thought and ef'
fort? Or do you say You women
spend a whole lot of unnecessary
thought and time upon clothes" and
then take your new tOp-coat back to
the tailor the sixth time because "It
doesn't set just right?"
DO you surprise your wife occa'
sionally by getting seats at the theatre
and giving her surprise party oil
two? Or do you say Jaw, go to the
matinee II you want to see the show
I'll go to the ball game?
Do you tell her of your plans, your
work, your perplexlties? Do you
share with her your hopes and fears
Do you let her know of the real life
you lead so many hours each day
Or do you turn her questions with
DTle1 women KNOW HOtuluS doou
business. 1t will only worry you."?
DO you sometimes take her in youl
arms and say Little woman, you are
good wife-a real help-meet."? Dc
you ever tell her the things you did ir
the sweetheart days? Or 90 you le
it go. thinking She knows that any
way"
The woman's field of labor, big man
is narrow and ClrcumscTibed. II Is
bounded. ordinarily. by the walls OF
the house and the needs OF the chill
drcn. This is her province and She
glories in 1t. But know that she
also longs for contact with the big
world, for the mental stimulus that
comes from daily association with men
and affairs. for the joy of recognized
compensation for serslces rendered.
Because she is your wife. because
she has entered into the domestic life,
these things are denied her.
Can't you be generous to the little
woman? Can't you welcome her into
your larger life? Can't you make her
your real comrade-your true help
meet?
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-10
A SEQUOA GIGANTEA.
Restoration In Government GROUNDS
of Tree Twenty Feet Thick.

This picture represents the biggest
tree in Washington and one OF the
sights" of the National Capital. II
has strong attraction for strangers
from afar and especially from the
east and the south. This piece OF
tree stands in the grounds of the De
partment of Agriculture, east OF the
Administration building.
The giant came from the Sequoia
National Park in California and was
exhibited at the Worlds FAR at ohi'
cago. At the close of the fair it was
brought to Washington. 1t is twenty
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-10
LmDroVising.

'I admire that last piece you
played. professor, immensely" said
Mrs. GasweIl. 1T had a kind of wild
freedom about it, you know, sort of
wierdness that touched me. Was 1t
your own composition|
Madam" coldly responded the EN-.
inent musician, who had been hired
for the occasion, 81 was putting new
string on my VIOLIN"
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-10
Rockefeller Scores In Japan.

The British steamer Monarch sailed
from Philadelphia recently for Japan
of lubricating oil and 1900 cases of
wax. This is the greatest oil cargo
ever shipped out of the United States.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-10
sod ProbabiIiiics'' In Japan.

While Japan has had meteorological
stations on some of her very high
mountains since 1899, these were only
in use during the summer. An all the
year station will now be opened ON the
summit of Mount Tsukaba, near Toxic.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-10

feet in diameter and is called The
General Noble in honor of the Secre-
tary of the Interior under whose ad-
ministration so much good was done
for the big tree reservations of the
Pacific coast. The cost of its trans
portation to Chicago was $4,000.
The interior is hollow and a spiral
stairway leads to the platform at the
top.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-10
Longest Bridge In the World.

The longest bridge in the world is the
Lion bridge, near Sangong, China, sup
and extending five and one-quarter
miles over the arm of the Yellow Sea.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-08-25

II you want dwellings, churches. tents or
houses OF any description built write 60 w, n,
Jesse, contractor, Etwalton. Va. Estimates
Wav down; mills located In Lancaster county