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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-02-07
Assessment Notice

AUDITORS OFFICE, OCoNEE COUNTY,
TINHIS Office will be open to receiye Re-
l. turns of Real and Personal Property
for taxation for the next fiscal year,
from the 1st day of January, 1906, to the
Goth day of February following, inclu-
sive.
The Real Estate, Lots and Buildings
are to be assessed this year. Taxpayers
will be careful to list exactly the number
of acres. number of lots and number of
buildings on their Returns, as the assess
ment made now will stand for the next
four years.
The Township Assessors are required
by law to list for all those who fail to
make their own Returns within the time
prescribed. Hence the difficulty of de-
linquents escaping the so per cent pen
atty, as well as the frequency of errors
resulting from this practice. BY all
means make your OWN Returns and
thereby save expense and trouble.
Ex-Confederate Soldiers over 80 years
of age arc exempt from Poll Tax. All
other males between the ages of II and
60 years, except those incapable of earn
ing support from being manned or
from any other cause, shall be deemed
Taxable Polls.
Under act of 1904, capitation tax of
80 cents was imposed upon ALL dogs,
and the owners of such property are re-
quired to list their dogs for taxation at
thetime of making their annual return,
and it is made the duty of the County
Auditor and Township Assessors to ne
force the provisions of this act.
For the convenience of Taxpayers
/ will have Deputies to take Tax Returns
at the following times and places:
ID. II. Carter's, Thursday. January 18th,
from 10 q. m. to 8 p. n.
Tugaloo, Friday, January 10th, from
10 a. m. to 8 p. m.
Madison, Saturday, January goth, from
10 a. m. to 8 p. m.
j. T. KEESE,
Auditor Oconee County, s. G.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-02-07
Wants Macadamized Roads.

Union, January 28.-The presentment
of the grand jury, made to the Court
here yesterday, contains this paragraph: !:
We recommend that our Senator Sand
once to have en- election held in Union
county during the primary election, 1906,
for the purpose of voting bonds to the
value of 100000, the proceeds of said
bonds to be used for the purpose of
grading and macadamizing the public
highways of Union county outside and
beyond the limits of any incorporated
towns.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-02-07
ave az sorrowful heart as / have

have as sorrowful heart as / have
a: this present"
Mary was kept prisoner in Holy
road, while the king, of his own
authority, dismissed the Parliament,
which was about to forfeit Murray
and his associates in the late insur.
rection. The plot was thus far sue
cessful, but Mary no sooner per-
ceived it's objects than she set her.
self to defeat them.
The conspiracy was now at an
end, Ruthven and Morton fled to
England, while Murray, by renounc-
ing their cause, hastened to make
his peace with the queen; and the
king, hated by both sides, because
he had betrayed both sides, became
an object of mingled abhorrence and
contempt.
Divorce was openly discussed in
Mary's presence, and darker designs
were not obscurely limited at among
her friends. The king fell ill of the
smallpox at Glasgow. There Mary
visited him and slept for two nights
in a room below his bedchamber.
She spent Sunday, the 9th, with him
and talked cheerfully and affection
ately with him, although she said
one remark that made him uneasy.
She left him about ten O'Clock, and
that was the night that his cell was
blown up, and his lifeless form was
found in the neighboring garden.
Only three months after her hus-
bands death she married the man
whom every one regarded as his
murderer. This fatal step at once
arrayed her mobiles in arms against
her. Nothing was left to her but TO
abandon Rothwell and surrender her
self to the confederated lords. The
people then led her to Edinburg,
where the insults of the rabble and
grief At parting with Rothwell threw
her into such frenzy that she re-
fused all nourishment.
From Edinburg she was hurried
to Loch-Leven.
Escaping from her island prison
on the I'd of May, 1868, she found
herself in few years at the head of
5000 men. The sentence of death
was pronounced against her on the
25th of October, but it was not until
the first of February, 1887, that
Elizabeth took courage to sign the
warrant of execution.
1t was carried into effect on the
9th, when Mary laid her head upon
the block with the dignity of a queen
and the constancy and resignation OF
martyr.
Five months afterward hor body
was buried at Peterborough, whence
in 1912, it was removed to King
Henry YII's chapel at Westminster
where it still lies.
The character of Mary was long
one of history. Her beauty and ac.
complishments have never been dis
puted.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-02-07

It is sin to suffer with baokache and
pains over the kidneys, whom a single
dose of Pino-ules will give relief in one
night. Suffering women should heed
these warnings ere it is too late. Female
troubles may result. Pine-ules will
strengthen the kidneys and bladder,
cleanse the blood and relieve the aches
and pains of neuralgia and rheumatism.
Sold by DIR. j. w. Bell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-02-07

The ohildren's .,oilee of good health
follows the use of Bees Laxative Honey
ana Tar, the cough syrup that expels all
cold from the system by acting as ca
thartic on the bowels. A certain remedy
for Group, Iwhooping cough and all lung
and bronchial affections. Sold by DR..
j. w. Bell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-02-07

Flag stations.
Will also stop at the following stations to take
on and let off passengers Phinney's, James's and
Sandy Springs and Toxaway.
Nos. II and IL, first class passenger, daily; Nos.
and 10, daily except Sunday; Nos. and 6,
Sunday only; Nos. and z, second class, mixed,
daily except Sundays Nos and 8, second class,
mixed, daily.
Al. ANDREWS, President.
j. r. ANDERSON. Snperintendent.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-02-07

BLUE RIDGE RAILWAY co.
BETWEEN BELTON AND wALHALLA.
Time Table No. 9.-In Effect May %, 1906
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-08-16
JAWS AS WEAPONS.
Chief Means of Defense Among All
OLD World Apes


Among all old world apes the teeth
are the chief weapons for defense
against natural foes and for combats
for mates or tribal supremacy. The
CANNES are in most cases enormously
developed. insomuch that i'll Informed
naturaIists have suggested that near
relationship must exist between the
primatcs and the carnivora. As mat
ter of fact, these formidable teeth have
nothing to do with alimentation but
are as purely weapons Of war as are
the bayOnct ana the Ma i'm gun. In
practically every emergency demand
ing unusual energy, obstinacy and
courage they come into play.
In every conflict with the world, the
flesh and the dcvil-as such things are
understood in pithccoid sOcicty-the
temporal ana masseter muscles are the
chief arbitcrS of war. To become a
great ana powerful anthropoid it is alb
solutcly and brutally necessary to have
large ana strong jaw, to give them at
tachmcnt TO the teeth and good lever
age IT, the muscles. That for an I'm
mcnsc epoch our prehuman ancestors
achieved success in life in like man
ncr is as clcar as the print Of "Maga"
to those Whp nave learned to read ma
ture's handwriting
Since those days Of true Arcadian
simplicity car life has become bewiI-
derin@lv complex and our methods for
setlIiu" social difficulties have changed
generally TO-. the better But here, as
of pat age have left an indelble i'm
prcSs on IN" nervous systcm-Black.
woods Magazine
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-08-16
but the hciTeSS"-
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Clad with a coat of oily wool next his
skin. the carbon is covered exteriorly
with a dense pelage Of fine quills Ev-
cry caribou indeed, wears cork jack
ct, and when this is prime the crea-
ture seems on the water rather than In
the water. No other Quadruped that
know swims as high as the caribou.
Their speed ahoat is so great that It
takes the best Of canoemen to overtake
a vigorous buck A good paddler is
supposed to cover about six miles an
hour, 50 the caribou probably goes five.
There are many kinds of woodland and
rough country over which the caribou
cannot travel so fast as this. What
wonder. then. that they are SO ready to
take to the water as soon as they find
it In their course. Mr.. Mum assured
me that several times he saw caribou
swim a broad bay that was in their
line though 4 trifiing DETECTION would
have given them easy walking along
the shore to the same point and with
but little increase of distance.-E Ernest
Thompson Seton in Scribner's.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-08-16
The Terrible Cockntrfce.

The explanation of the origin of that
remarkable organism, the cockatrice,
leaves nothing to be desired as regards
accuracy of detail We are told that
"when the cock is past seven years old
an egg grows within him, whcreat he
greatly wonders We can well imag-
Inc the dismay Of any well conducted
masculine bird of that age on finding
himself in such n compromising pre-
dicament, but how did he communi-
cate his feelings to the historian? That
the embryonic cockatrice had some
mysterious power Of self advertise
ment is evident, for we hear further
that "a toad privily watches him and
examines the nest every day to see if
the egg be yet laid. When the toad
finds the egg he rejoices much and at
length matches It, bringing forth an an
imal with the head, neck and breast of
a cock and from thence downward the
body Of serpent. "-Pall Mall Gazette
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-08-16

Sine" Nucatau. whore the Mayas
built their strange cities. is n coral
limestone formation. it would. says a
writer I'm Records of the Past, have
been q barren desert but for its sub
tcrraucan rivers and the ccuotes. or
water cayorus. which give access TO
them The Mayas noted the courses
Of the underground streams and built
their towns round the ccnotcs. Many
ccuotcS are now found surrounded by
ruins and give Indications Of the meth
DDS employed by the NayaS to reach
their cool waters. In TNmal a ccnote
about forty feet deep is inhabited hy
peculiar species of fish At Bolan-
chen there is a ccnote having five open
ings in the rocks at the bottom Of the
cavern. Ladders made hy tying tree
trunks together lead down a total dis
tancc of HOO feet. but the perpendic-
ular depth from the surface To the wa
ter is not over 800 feet.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-08-16
Tiger and Lion.

"One time. in order to test the cour-
age of Il Bengal tiger and a lion," said
a well known Snowman, 1--WE placed
Chinese crackers in the respective
cages and fired the fuses. AS soon as
the fuses began to burn they attracted
the attention of both animals, but In
widely different manner The lion
drew into Il corner and watched the
proceedings with a distrustful and IN
easy eye. The tiger, on the contrary,
advanced to the burning fuse with a
firm step and untiinchlng gaze. On
reaching tn; cracker he began to roll
it over tho floor with his paw, and
when ii exploded beneath his nose he
did not finch, but continued his exam
ination until perfectly satisfied. The
lion betrayed ~rcat fear when he heard
the report Of the eyp')s. III and for
quite 4 time could NJ; be crl,,ei oUt Of
his dem London Tit-Dits
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-08-16

In a sermon at St Pancras parish
church, the bishop of London gave an
indication of his views as to what the
sensation of death would be like. He
said: at an operation, when you re-
ceive whatever it is that makes you
for the time being insensible, you seem
to be carried for the moment out of
the body. You are, in fact, out of the
body. The body IS for the time dead.
Your spirit your mind, is perfectly ac-
tive. | dare say 1t is the experience of
many others that you seem to be swept
swiftly under the stars toward your
God When you are out of the body.
or seem to be, If only for few mo
ments, you realize what death will be-"
London Telegraph.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-08-16
STONES SET ON FIRE.
Truly Remarkable Action of Sea Wa
ter In ireland.

All the tai, was of the old country,
its marvellous beauty, It's marvellous
happenings ana Casey said TO the
Texan:
The sea setting fire TO tall cliffs
you wouldn't believe that possible, l
suppose'
"Assurcdly not" returned the Tex
an. "Nciihcr in Ireland nor else
where"
"Ey thosn words" said Casey, smell
Ing h.s shamrock tcnderly, you prove
your i-no"aa"c of ireland, sir, and
shoa YOU have never been to Bally-
bmion.
HE tall cliffs Of Ballybunion wade
knee Gecp in th1 rough Atlantic. They
are the bu.W"rks of Erin's west coast
and since tn worlds beginning the
wild Atlantic surGes, breaking against
them, have eaten them out in caves
and ho.low$.
These cliffs of Ballybunion contain
in their depths masses or iron pyrites
and alum Now and then the salt sea
water eats into these masses. and OK
iiiZation at once takes place, and
llamcs burst forth, and the rocks crack
ana melt in the great heat
Once the cliffs of Ballybunion burn
ed for weeks. Like volcano, they
sent up yellow flame and black, foul
smelling, bitter smoke, and the Irish
came from hundreds of miles to see
that wonderful sight.
only in Ireland, only In Ballybun-
ion, sir said Casey, lingering his
shamrock, may you see cliffs set afire
by the salt sea they stand knee deep
n."-Minneapolis Journal.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-08-16
THE HUMAN BODY.
Composition of the House In Which
Mnn's Spirit Abides.


The foundation of the human body
is composed of 2OG bones, covered
with 522 voluntary muscles. The
smaller blood vessels are so numerous
as to be beyond the telling. but we
have no fewer than about 1000 arteries
through which the blood is Always
flowing under the government Of the
heart
The blood is composed Of two constit-
ucnts, termed by Psychologists red and
white corpuscles, numbering some thou
sands Of millions
Our house has something like GOO
tiny telegraph wires, called nerves,
connected with the brain and spinal
cord ana these little wires are always
throbbing with messages which they
telegraph to the main oflice-the brain
Besides these there are the sympathet-
ic wires, or nerves. numbered by thou
sands, which help the former.
The front OF our house, the skin, has
been measured up and found, If spread
out, To cover fifteen square feet
The ventilation scheme by which we
get our fresh air Is built of such fine
porous stuff that If spread out, it
would be found TO cover a stretch of
land big enough TO contain fifteen
roomcd house. We refer to the lungs
which have hundreds of millions Of
air cells
To every square inch of the palm of
the hand are 300 pores, while the
number of sweat glands in the skin
generally IS p 1000 Their function
Is to deposit s.""ctions upon the skin;
hence the necessity Of daily tub to
wash this ST.. away. otherwise it clogs
the sweat gl"DCs aai prevents their
proper workin.,
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-08-16
tanned BY KINDNESS,
The Methods of the Elephant Hunter
In the Far East.


In the Far East.
This is how elephants are hunted in
Neylon: The people begin by clearing
nm open space near a forest, part of
which IS strongly fenced In with trunks
OF trees, with open places for doors,
Then the elephants are found and with
blazing torches, rattling of noisy in
struments and spears are driven to.
ward the open doors.
At last, with Il rush, the great herd
enters, the entrances are barred. and
the poor giants of the wood find them
selves hop@lesSly imprisoned. An eIe-
phantS rage is dreadful to witness, but
the ingenuity Of man has found way
Of subduing 1t. One by one each pris-
Oner is freed again. and tame ele-
plants, remarkable for their sagacity,
come up to him, stroke him with their
trunks and otherwise cajole him until
they lead him on To Il good strong tree
The natives creep up behind, and In q
minute the elephant is made fast to the
tree by his leg.
All the time this is going on the tame
elephants are humOring their deluded
victim, but as soon as he is secured
they go away and leave him. Then
the men bring him cocoanuts and
leaves to eat. which, of course. he re-
fuses, as he is again in a great passion
and struggling to be free
But hunger subdues even the fiercest,
and at last his wild roaring ceases, and
he eats. From that time the tanning
process IS comparatively easy. Again
and again he IS fed, as he requires It,
by Kind hand. and the elephant, sus-
ccptible 10 kindness, becomes at last a
dOcile servant Of the man.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-08-16
A LOBSTER'S LEGS.
The Two Front Ones Are Different
From the other Eight.

a lobster's legs, all told, are ten in
number, but only eight of these are
largely used for walking The front
pair, or big claws, have been special
iZed, as in the crab and most others of
the higher crustaccans, into prekensile
organs for catching and crushing the
prey. Their use is obvious. Lobsters
feed largely Off mOllusks of various
sorts and other hard Shclled marine
animals In order 10 be able to break
or crush the shells of these and so TO
set at the softer flesh within they have
acquired such large and very muscular
nippcrs or pinchcrs. That IS not all,
however Not only have the two front
legs been differentiated and specialized
from the eight others in this manner,
but also. by rare exception 10 tho
symmetry Of the body, the right claw
has been specialized from the left each
being intended to perform a distinct
function. One is a scissors, the other
is q .-ill; one is a cutter, the other is n
cracker
As rule, the right claw is the slen-
'A''lNt anu '.a-''l 1 mas lbblllllht llIO-
inctiyus or so"ratcd edges on its nip
ping faces. and ii Is rather adapted for
biting and scvcriug than for crushing
or grinding. The left claw, on the 9th
cr hand. is usually thicker, heavier and
rouu3cr It's muscles are more power
full ana IN place Of sharp teeth It has
blunt tubcrcIcs, or hammers, of differ
eut sizes. II acts, in fact, more like a
HutGHcEcr than Ike teeth or a saw,
II is "a smashing organ. Nevertheless
you wiz find Fl interesting to observe,
by noting tNo Holsters served to you at
table tnltthis differentiation has hard
Iy rs get become quite constant, for
sometimes fl s. the right claw that dis
plays the hImmcrIikc nutcracker type
and lhc left that acts as nlpper and
bitter. while sometimes no difference
occurs mt all, both claws alike being
sharp toothcd or blunt hammered In the
same specimen.