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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-09-15
VILLAGES ARE TO VANISH.
Three Hamlets to Be Ob1iterated to In.
crease New York's Water Supply.

Three more of the Croton valleys
most picturesque villages are soon to
be obliterated to meet the ever-increas-
ing demand of New York City for wa
ter. The hamlets doomed by the wa
tershed authorities are Croton Falls,
Cross River and a part of the town Of
Somers. The houses, churches, stores,
shops and even the cemeteries are to
be blotted out, leaving only the bare
land, which will be flooded with wa
ter, making two lakes, each about four
miles long. The first of the villages
to go will be Gross River, whe1e New
York has begun the erection of an inn
mense dam to cost $3,OOO.O0O, one of
the busiest manufacturing centers Of
Westchester County. 1t has a popula.
ton Of 500, with a postofice, three
churches, two schools, a cemetery and
a half dozen stores and shops.
The place was founded in revolution
airy times and was famous generations
ago for its paper manufactures. The
people will be paid for their property
at market value" but this will hard
ly compensate them for the loss Of
their homes and the breaking up of
their associations.
About 700 persons in the three con-
demned towns will lose their homes
and business, and most Of them will
be compelled to 60 out in the world
and begin life over among strangers.
In the case Of the old people the cir
cumstances are pathetic, and many sad
scenes are expected when the time. ar
rives for them to bid farewell to the
homes and neighbors they have known
since childhood.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-09-15

sketch 10 vastly more interesting for 1t
suggests, besides, both power and
pathos and nc one can look long on
Mr.. Rockefeller without feeling these
qualities. The impression he makes
on n who sees him for the first time
is overwhelming. Brought face to
face with Mr.. Rockefeller unexpected
~, and not knowing him, the writer's
immediate thought was, "This is the
oldest man In the world-a living
mummy" But there IL no sense of
feebleness with the sense Of age; in
deed there 10 n Of terrific power.
The disease which In the last three or
four years has swept Mr.. Rockefeller's
head bare of hair, stripped away even
eyelashes and eyebrows, has revealed
all the strength Of his great head. Mr..
Rockefeller 10 a big man, not over tall
but large with powerful shoulders and
a neck like that Of a bull. His head
10 wide and deep and disproportionate-
ly high, with curious bumps made
more conspicuous by the tightly
drawn, dry, naked skin. The interest
of the big face lies In the eyes and
mouth. Eyes more useful for q man
Of MI. Rockefeller's practices could
hardly be conceived. They are small
and intent and steady, and they are as
ex~pressionless as q wall. They see ev-
srything and reveal nothing. 1t is not a
shifty eye-net a cruel or leering one.
1t is something vastly more to be
feared-a blank eye, looking through
and through things, and telling moth
ing Of what they found on the way
But II the eyes say nothing the
mouth tells much. Its former mask.
the full mustachs Mr.. Rockefeller has
always worn, is now completely gone.
Indeed the greatest loss Mr.. Rockefel.
Ter sustained when his hair went was
that 1t revealed his mouth. 1t is only
q slit-ths lips are quite lost, as II
by eternal grinding together OF the
teeth-teeth set on something he would
have. 1t 10 at ono the cruelest fea-
turs OF his faee-thls mouth-the
cruelest and the most pathetic, for the
hard, close-set line slants downward a,
the corners, giving a look Of age and
sadness. The downward droop In EN-.
phasiEed By deep vertical burrows run
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-09-15
BURGLARY AS A FINE ART.
No Longer Practiced Safe Blower
Now Mere Tramps.

No Longer Practiced Safe Blowers
Now Mere Tramps.
Not many years ago the bank bur-
glar was looked up to by other GRIM
inals with something like reverence,
says the Kansas City Star. He was
regarded, in fact, as the true aristo-
crat of crime, and was pointed at with
furtive admiration upon the streets
when at liberty and in penal institu-
tions when occasionally deprived of
his freedom. Nowadays almost every
burglary that occurs in the United
States is performed by common tramps
or hoboes.
This situation is what the racing
men would describe as a startling re-
versal Of form, and it shows to what
depth a ace exalted profession may
fall when 1t passes out of the hands of
those associated with Its highest
flights. Indeed, as compared with the
exploits of the old-timers, or "tool
men, as they are technically known,
the burglaries of recent days-or
nights-might be described as petit
larceny, for it is a rare occurrence that
more than $1,000 or $4,000 has been
involved in ~felonious expeditions dur
ing the last dozen years.
In former times, when the bands or
ganized by "the big fellows" went
after the contents of a banking institu-
ton they took pains beforehand to
know that large amounts of money
and securities were housed In the
vaults they had marked for violation,
and they rarely came away without
bringing with them booty worthy of
their enterprise. The records of thefts
by "yeggmen," the bank vault and safe
burglars Of to-day, show that they have
taken desperate chances of being shot
or imprisoned for long terms to blow
open safes containing amounts as
small as $3.50.
Few of the old-time burglars are
ever seen nowadays. Some are dead,
many have retired to quiet and un-
offending occupations, and here and
there-but not often-is one who can't
resist the habit Of breaking into the
penitentiary. Such, for instance, was
the case Of Dunlap, of the once cele-
brated burglar partnership Of Scott
and Dunlap, who participated in the
Northampton bank burglary. Scott
died in prison, and a wealthy New
York woman spent her time and money
in a persistent effort to secure Dun
laps release, in which pursuit she Ill
timately succeeded.
1t was thought that the convict,
given a chance to earn a respectable
living. might take advantage of 1t, and
1t seemed for a little time that he had
determined to do so. But a number
of burglaries in Western cities not far
from Chicago were executed with such
skill that they were obviously the
work Of a high-class criminal, and sus-
picion'soon centered upon Dunlap. He
is now completing a term In the Joliet
~penttenttary.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-09-15
CHAPTER Y


We left the station, invaded a vehicle.
and arrived in twenty minutes before a
shabby looking shanty, where the court
was held.
There was a crowd. The affair had
got abroad. 1t was known that a swind-
Ter had come In a box In a Grand Trans
asiatic van free, gratis, and for nothing
from Tifis to Pekin. Every one wished
to see him; every one wanted to recog-
nize the features of this genius-it was
not yet known that he was a hero.
There he Is, our brave companion, be-
tween two rascally looking policemen
yellow as ounces. These fellows are
ready to walk him off to prison at the
judges orders, and to give him a few
dozen strokes on the soles of his feet If
he is condemned to that punishment.
Kinko is thoroughly disheartened,
which astonishes me on the part of one
l know to be so energetic. But as soon
as he sees us his face betrays a ray of
hope.
Our young advocate was really pa
thetic n amusing. He interested the
judge, he excited the audience with the
story Of the Journey, he told them all
about 1t, and finally he offered to pay the
company what was due to them. I'm
fortunately, the judge could not consent.
There had been material damages, moral
damages.
Thereupen Pan Chao became animated
and, although we understood nothing he
said, we guessed that he was speaking
of the courage of Kinko, Of the sacrifice
he had made for the safety of the trav-
elers, and finally, as a supreme argument.
he pleaded that his client had saved the
imperial treasure.
Arguments were Of no avail with this
pitiless magistrate who had not acQuit-
ted ten prisoners In his life. He spared
the delinquent the bastinado; but gave
him six months in prison, and condemn
ed hin in damages against the Grand
Transasiatic Company. And then, at a
sign from this condemning machine, poor
Kinko was taken away.
Let not my readers pity Kinko's fate.
l may as well say at once that every
thing was arranged satisfactorily. Next
morning Kinko made a triumphal entry
into the house in the Avenue Cha-Coua,
where we were assembled while Madame
Caterna was showering her maternal con-
solutions oD the unhappy Zinca Klork.
The newspapers had got wind of the
affair. The Chi Bao, of Pekin, and the
Chinese Times, of Tien-tsin, had demand.
ed mercy for the young Roumanian.
These cries for mercy had reached the
feet of the Son of Heaven-the very spot
where the imperial ears are placed. Be
sides, Pan Chao had sent to his majesty
a petition relating the incidents of the
] journey, and insisting on the point that
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-09-15
Marriage a Real Lottery.

In some parts of Russia a queer
game is still played which has much
to do with the future lives of the par
Elephants. Some prominent person 10
the village announces that the annual
merry-making will be held at his house.
On the appointed day the young men
and women hasten in huge excitement
to the meeting place.
There are songs and games and
dances, but they are simply a prelude
to the more important business of the
day.
When the time comes the hostess
leads all the girls into one room, where
they seat themselves on the benches.
Laughing and chattering, they are each
promptly muff1ed in sheets by the hos-
tess. The head and hair and figure
are completely covered and when this
is done the girls resemble mummies.
The young men draw lots and one
by one they enter the room where the
muffied girls sit. Helpless so far as
sight or touch goes, the puzzled lover
tries to find his favorite. Maybe she
would help him If her eyes were not
hidden, but she Is as helpless as he.
Finally he chooses one and then he
may unveil her. This Is the critical
moment and disappointment or rap
ture will be the result Of seeing her
face.
1t Is the law and custom that the
man shall marry the girl he has picked
out, and If either backs out a heavy
forfeit must be paid. 1t is said that
this matrimonial lottery is productive
Of many happy marriages.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-09-15
&OUHHMH
%eRNNtNa

Society is fitting the characters n
incidents Of Mrs. Wharton's "The
House OF Mirth" to people and things
in real life. In using the ~chroniqus
scanduleuse of high society Mrs. Whar
ton most admirably sustains an Illusion
Of reality, rather than reality ITSELF
The story is certainly n of the most
striking in the fiction of to-day.
1t was recently stated that HRS
Anne Warner French went abroad for
"a complete rest" She now notines q
friend on this side that during the first
six weeks of this complete rest he
wrote a 10 ,0OO-word Susan Clegg story
and a novelette, Of $1,000 words. It
would be interesting to know Mrs
Mrs. French's conception Of work.
1t is said that the new biography Of
Lady Burton, compiled by Mr.. w. H.
| wilkins from letters and papers left
behind upon her decease, is a fine vim
dication of a noble m from the
detractions and petty scandals Of the
spiteful and malignant. The plain
truth, as told from documents In the
b~iographer's hands, c~ontroverts alb
calumnies.
Robert Nelson Stephens continues
popular as a writer of romantic nov
els, new editions of IAN Enemy to-
the King Q89O, 1.-THE Road to Paris'
qS9S), "A Gentleman Player" QSS9),
and Captain Ravenshaw" Q901) hav-
ing been printed this season. Mr.. Ste
phens has turned over to his publish
ers, L. l.. Page & Co., Boston, the
manuscript of a new novel, "Th5
Flight of Georgiana."
AS illustrating Miss Jeanette Gill
der's recent discussion of the question
docs it pay to be a literary womanT~H
it is significant that the two most
prominent present-day writers Of
short stories In Italy and in Spain are
women. Mathilde Serao is easily the
most popular author in Italy, and no
other modern Italian, with the excep-
ton of the ~dramatist, D'Annunzio, Is
so widely known in other countries. In
Spain a somewhat similar position Is
held by Emilia Pardo Bazan, an au-
thor has been as prolific as she Is
popular. Besides her admirable work
In fiction, she has maintained for sew
eral years in Madrid a newspaper de-
voted to theatrical criticism written
entirely by herself.
#. Hopkinson Smith deals with alb
sorts and conditions of men in AT
Close Range" his new book of short
stories, and one of the most amusing
characters of them all is the courier,
Joseph Hornblend, in the story called
"A Point of Honor" This man is
drawn from life, line for line. He still
lives and travels over Europe and Asia
and Is to-day as amusing and versatile
a rascal as ever. By birth Joseph Is
a Levantine from Constantinople, With
Greek, Armenian, Hindu and perhaps
Turkish blood in him. He also Is q
person of some distinction, having,
been decorated by the Sultan for lead
ing al expedition into Asia Minor.
His control of language includes, Of
course, all European tongues and ex-
tends to Turkish, Arabic and innumer-
able dialects Of the regions around
! Con~stantinople. Best Of all, he has Cd
his bushes cards the words Joseph
Hornblend, Courier to General Nelson
A. Miles, Mr.. Hopkinson Smith and
the Emperor of Germany"
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-09-15
A Sample of the Sea.

On his return to Cordova from q
visit to Mar del Plata, where he had
beheld the sea for the first time, Pedro
brought with him a bottle containing
about an inch Of sand from the shore
and two inches Of salt water to enable
his parents, who had lever seen the
ocean, to form some idea of what IL
was like. We are informed that his
parents were greatly impressed.-Sae-
IA
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-09-15
The Ethics Of tho Umbrella.

Lend me your umbrella, dear. It's
raining, and I've got to 60 to the YES.
try meeting again tonight"
"But, John, why don't you take the
one you've been carrying for the last
week."
"What, to the vestry meetingi Why,
that's where I got Il"
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-09-15

ming from each side of his nose. Mr..
Rockefeller may have made himself
the richest nan in the world, but he
has paid. Nothing but paying eve
ploughs such lines in a mans face,
eve sets his lips to such a melancholy
angle.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-09-15
R~OCkEFELLER'S A c
Ida M. Tar be11's Description of the Oil
Kings Physiognomy.

Study the photograph. the last taken
Of Mr.. Rockefeller, study George vari-
ans powerful sketch from life made
in 1908, and say If 1t be worth while
to be the richest man in the world at
the cost these portraits show, writes
Ida M. Tarbell in McClure's for Au-
gust. Concentration, craftiness,
cruelty, and something indefnably re-
pulsive are in them. The photograph
reveals nothing more. Mr.. Varlan's
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-09-15

1t is all right on a vacation to get
as close to nature as possible, but
we notice that those returning are
mighty glad to get back to the bath
tub.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-09-15
CHAPTER xxx.

If ever the expression sinking In
sight of port" could be used in its pre-
eise meaning, It evidently IAN in this
case. l offer my arm to Mademoiselle
Zinca, and l lead her to my carriage, and
we return rapidly toward the Hotel of
the Ten Thousand Dreams.
There l find Major Noltits and the
C%aternas, and, by a lucky chance, young
Pan Chao, without DR.. Tio-King. Pan
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-09-15

Perhaps one reason every one loves
a little girl is that she will play with
her doll and make no noise about it
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-09-15
BIRD WITH WOODEN LEG,

This etork Walks with Dignity and
Scorns to Limp.
This is a picture of a stork, one Of
whose legs was broken quite close to
his body. 1t had to be am~putated, and
a clever artifcer made for the bird
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-09-15

the artificial limb, which is also shown
separately in the picture. The stork
quickly learned to walk on his wooden
leg, and he scorns to even limp a bit,
as do many men who have but imper-
feet control of artificial members.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-04-05

making the reduction ms pledged
by them, aIn in hearty SYM
pathy with tha Cotton Growers
Association and the movement
that has'heen inangurated looking
to the reduction uf the acreage
and IN increase in the price f
cotton. do not hesitate to ex.
press my belief that the South
Carolina acreage IN cotton will be-
reduced. | also believe that this
movement has dDpe much to en-
courage our farmers IN undertuk-
ing diversified agriculture.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-04-05
HeSter'S Weekly Statement
Movement for March More Than
Doubled That of Last Year.

New Orleans, March 31.-Sec.
retary Hester's New Orleans cot
ton statement issued today shows
the total for March to he 1927.
4SS against 479,9S7 last year.
The movement from Sept 1 to
Mar ch 81 inclusive shows receipts
at all United States ports 1885,
TT against 6,9O9,2 2O3 last year.
Overland across the Mississippi,
Ohio and Potomac river to north.
ern mills and Canada S23,353
against 500, 500 last year; south.
ern mills takings, exclusive of
quantity consumed at southern
out ports, 1,47S, 200 against L.
S95, 900 last year, and interior
stocks in excess of those held at
the commencement of the season
495, 106, against 225,23O last
Year.
These make the total movement
OF the cotton crop brought into
sight during the seven months
ending close of March 10, ,632,2 236
against s,2O6,235 last year.
Foreign exports tor the seven
months of the season have been
6,356,672 bales, showing an in
crease over last season of 1,12I,.
131.
Stocks at the seaboard and the
20 leading southern interior
markets on March 81 we're 1, 193-
12l against, $685. the same
date last year.
Including ports and interior
towns stocks left over from the
Previous season and the number
number of bales Of the current
crop brought into sight during
the seven months, the supply has
been 1O'794,2o3 against 9,374,-
044 last year.
The movement into sight dur.
ing the past week has been 254,-
172 bales against 7s, $50 for the
seven day ending March 81, last
YEAR
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-04-05
Wandered Away and Died.

Mobile, Ala, March 80. AT.
tiacted Ivy the buzzards, tho dead
body of Mrs. Mary l.. Lott of
Graceville, Fla, was found on
the edge of swamp yesterday
morning 13 miles from Yellow
Pine, Ala, where she was visit.
ing her daughter, Mrs. j l. Raw.
Mrs Lott wandered away from her
daughters home ten days ago,
while suffering from dementin.
She was II years old.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-04-05

For letterheads, noteheads,
billheads, circulars and all kinds
of printing neatly and quickly
printed, send your work to this
office. Roy S Strs1t.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-04-05
Notice to the Public.

will hold all inquests in the
county. Phone 10 my residence
at Pleasant Hill for me when
needed.
J. Montgomery Caskey,
ept. 20-tf Coroner l. g.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-04-05
Chronic Bronchitis Cur. ii

"For ten years had chrome
bronchitis SO bad that ut times l
could not speak above whisper,
writes Mr.. Joseph Coffman, of
Montmoronci, Ind tried all
remedies available, but with no
success. Fortunately my en- ploy-
or suggested that | try Foley's
Honey and Tar. Its effect was
almost miraculous, and l am now
cured Of the disease. On my Iec-
ommendation many people have
used toley's Honey and Tar and
always with satisfaction - Sold
by Funderburk Pharmacy.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-04-05
Cabbage Plants

From the best selected seeds.
Now ready for shl pment. large.
strong. healthy, these plants are
grown In the open all and will stanI
severe freeze with out injury. Early
Jersey Wake field. Large Type or
Charleston Wakefield which are the
best known varieties o early cabbage,
also Henderson's Succession. the best
Large. late and sure header, Augusta
Early Trucker, also fine type of late
variety. Neatly packed In light bas-
kets. $3.50 per NJ, For five thousand
or over $i.25 per thousand F o B Ex
press office. Chas M Gibson.
youngs Island, 8 &.
Dec 20, I904-3m.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-04-05
CABBAGE PLANTS
$3.50 PER THOUSAND

$3.50 PER THOUSAND.
l am prepared to fill amy aud all or
ders with the best varieties of Cabbage
Plants Orders filled for any amount
and varie'Ies, Write for prices on lots
Of 3 .0C0 and over. Adire orders to
w II Carr,
Megget'c, = I
Zee 20. 19O4-3m
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-04-05

CONTINENTS oFEvI M YgITE
unity, LIST and Sd Sabbath.
dilis reek, I'd and 4th sabbath. II
IN.
Pleasant Hill. I'd and 4th Sabbath,
D m.
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. n s+O III
asas,as. ssss. til. 'A' Kind You Have Always s''s'
signature Of &x2zzZx
Notice to Road 0VerSeerS

All overseers of the public
roads of Lancaster County who
have not worked their section of
road will please warn out their
hands and work same at once, as
the roads have now dried off 50
they can be- properly worked. If
there is any section that has not
an overseer, please report same to
me at once and l will appoint one.
M Q Gardner,
4t. Co Supervisor.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-04-05
PILES! PILES!

pr. WilIi4n's' Indian Pile Ointment
will cure Is I'D Is ~"ding, liberated,
and Itching Pills II absorbs the tu-
mors ALA, The ,'c!ing at once. acts
az A. "ritire. giv"s insiEnt relief. DR..
Williams ludin Pie Qintn ent is
pr pared only fur Pms and itching Of
,he private part4 AID nothing Else.
every U x, gI. rantep0 Sold by
ui ugH l. u anri ,N MO, fer 5Jr s,iT
81 @ per tx VIII iAMs E'T&
GO Pmr's. ~, veland, Ohio.
So!l by F"nderhurk Pharmacy.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-04-05
Died in His Boat.

Charleston, March 80. Karl
Mass. a German ship carpenter :,
was found dead in his boat with
bis head hunging over the gunwale
into the water this moruing at the
foot of Pinckney street. 1t is
supposed that be died of heart
disease or apoplexy.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-04-05

Chastity is to woman what
veracity is to a man.
The Ledger, The Atlanta
journal, Sem; weekly, and The
Southern Cultivator, II three
one year for So, but must he
paid for inadvauce.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-04-05
Negra Mute Arrested.

Spartanburg, March 20 -Har.
mon Boyd, IL colored mute, was
lodged In Jail to day. He will be
tried IN United States Commission
ernie Gowan' + court tomorrow ON
charge of breaking into tho mail
boxes on the Clifton rural route.
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Notice.

My regular office days will be Sat-
urdays and first Mondays. All other
days you will find me at my office
near l. & G depot Will keep school
books at b' tn offices and will be glad
to wait on you any day in the week.
w NJ Moore,
Co Supt Of Education.
Jan l6, 1905.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-04-05

Foiey's Honey and Tar is best
for Group and whooping cough,
contains no opiates, and cures
quickly Careful mothers keep it in
the house. Said by Fnnderhurk
Pharmacy.