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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-05

home 100 of them for distribution
among his friends as souvenirs Of his
trip without paying the usual duty.
Nor could he bring so or 25 or even
10 pins He could bring two or three
or-if he met a liberal minded inspec-
tor-five or six. A woman Is not per-
mitted to bring home two or three
dozen pairs Of gloves as gifts for her
friends without paying the duty. In
brief, the articles must be personal and
not for distribution or sale, even II
the recipients are her sisters and her
cousins and her aunts.
/ The desire to evade the law seems
to be Unborn in most persons. Thought
less passengers try to tip inspectors
when they know that such thing Is
against the spirit and the letter Of the
law, and may even lead to the dismis-
sal of the inspector. The same per-
sons at home will berate the man who
takes a bribe and never think 1t con-
demning themselves for offering It,
shall never forget the Black Friday
in the custom house when more than
forty inspectors were summarily dis
missed for accepting tips-some per-
sons called them bribes. 1t came about
indirectly through the strange moral
perversity Of that class of tourists who
think 1t justifable and clever to de-
fraud the government. have known
presidents Of banks to connive at lit
tie evasions Of the law, and have
witnessed men who pass around the
plate at church when they are at
home trying to persuade an inspector
to mark their goods 80 to 40 per cent
less than the actual value.
We inspectors became very cautious
after that wholesale dismissal. Indeed
I even refused to handle the money
for duties. and compelled. the passen-
gers to go directly to the appraisers on
the dock.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-05
SLANG.
Often Language In the Making and
Best Part Of IL

Best Part OF It
A source Of questionable words, diff
ferent from unwilling corruption and
false analogy, is slang, says the Lon
don Spectator. Slang is often indis-
criminately assailed as though 1t were
not language in the making, and often
the best part Of language. too-its most
nutty idoms. Slang is commonly, in
deed, the expression Of concentrated
vitality. 1t is often metaphor, as In
the case Of much American slang, and
the brain must work at higher pres
sure to produce metaphor than to
produce smile. ITO strike oil" ito
pan out" ito side track" Ito get
cinch on" all these are vivid meta
phors, and emerge directly from the
experiences Of the nation that created
them. A man Is "sidetracked' by his
superiors; we see a picture Of him
derelict and silent on the siding, while
the main stream Of traffic roars sue
cessfully past him. We have the sim
liar "shelved" and "shunted," and
from the South African war that word
of curious analogies, 'Stellenbosch-
ed" But none Of these is so descrip-
tive as "sidetracked." Fed up"
(French soupe) is, perhaps, our best
slang legacy from South Africa.
"cinch" is the girth Of horse and
consequently anything that can be
made metaphorically to grip hard and
we'll beyond the possibility Of Slip
ping. To put 1t in one word, "cinch"
means a certainty. ITO fire out
which latterly has become simply ito
fire." is indisputabfy more vivid than
to sack" or even than ito boot" The
American "rubberneck" is also excel
lent for a prying person. Back, rup-
bernecks!" when calculated by an
American policeman is said to have
an instantaneous effect on an inquisi-
tive but sensitive crowd. They tele-
scope yards" as an American once
explained to the writer. Different.
again. are words which are not meta
phors, but have a native expressive
ness, such as "shyster." A "shyster'
in its first sense means only man
who hangs about police courts (gen-
orally one who was formerly an ush-
er, clerk or policeman) and conducts
cases, though unqualified as a law
yer. But who does not feel that
"shyster" is capable de tout?
Greek and Latin had no slang, un-
less one discovers 1t in Aristophanes
and Martial but in medieval and
modern languages we should get into
sad mess II we did not take account
of it.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-05
MEXICAN RUINS.
Two Villages Are Found, One Being
Built Over the Other.

Built Over the Other.
Leopold Batres, director Of the arch
geological works Of Mexico, reports an
important discovery at the ruins OF
San Juan Teothican, says a writer
from Mexico City to the New YORK
Sun. BY excavation he has found that
there were two villages, one above
the other.
In the corner of one Of the rooms
forming the group Of buildings hrst
uncovered he found the polished
stones bearing the symbolic figure or
the serpent's head. He had them re-
moved and found under them the end
of n gallery with a stone staircase
The exploration was continued along
the stair and the gallery, until he dis
covered several buildings separated py
narrow corridors and forming a real
village. corresponding to that of the
upper floor.
The work has been done very care
fully in order to prevent any accident
The ceiling of the lower ruins is to De
supported by a strong iron frame and
when this is completed it will be possi-
BILE for the visitor to walk among the
ruins The stair that leads to the
lower ruins is barely 100 yards long.
In the upper ruins there was found
some fresco work wonderfully preserV-
ed. Opposite the place where the fres-
Goes were found temple has just
been uncovered.
Magnificent stairs lead to the en-
trance Of the building, the real size OF
which has not been ascertained. In
order to facilitate the work of explor-
alton a railroad three miles long Will
be built. SenOr Batres intends to
have everything ready for the COM
ing visit of Secretary Root and hopes
to have him banqueted there.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-05

S3' The largest passenger locomotive
in the world has just been completed
for the Pennsylvania railroad. The
new locomotive will have six S0-inch
drivers and will weigh 100000 pounds.
The weight on the drivers will be no.
900 pounds. The locomotive will be
used on the Pennsylvania lines west Of
Pittsburg for the run between that city
and Crestline, Ohio.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-05

q The average hen lays eighty eggs
per year.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-16
NEW YORK EARTHQUAKE PREY.
Awful Destruction Would Follow Shak-
ing of Gotham's Foundation.

"Woudn't it be awful if New York
were stricken by an earthquake?' is a
question asked once. at least. by every
inhabitant of New York, since the catas-
trophc mt Kingston. says the New York
correspondent of the Pittsburg Dispatch.
But few persons who have asked the
question have tried to picture the terri
BILE consequences that would follow the
upheaval of the earth on Manhattan,
such as occurred in Jamaica. Gotham :
buildings average seven stories in height.
which includes every dwelling and shack
IN the city. The main SkEScraper belt
extends from the Battery To Leonard
street, and here the average height, TAX
ing into account the old-faShioned shops
and warehouses along the rivers. is not
far from ten stories. If it became neces-
Sary, fox instance, owing To the preva-
lence of earthquakes, to have everything
next to the ground the activities which
are now piled on top of each other in the
cloud tcklerS would spread over hun
dr"ds of square miles. The skyscrapers
in the Broadway district and in Wan
street are the really atitudinouS Struc-
lures, averaging twenty stories. There
are now piles of structural steel and ma
sonry towering to the height of twenty
hve and thirty stories, forty-Story
hNlluIHS iS htlnG erected ana Il nftN-StOrN
tower has been planned. Counting tho
area of Manhattan island as twenty
miles and multiplying the ground space
by the number of stories, allowing for
the nterSecting streets and avenues.
some idea may be reached of how much
space would be required for New York
overhead, provided it were necessary to
place II on plane. Some idea may also
he had of what terrible havoc a severe
earthquake would cause We're the big
/ structures in the business district to tot
/ ter and tumble Statistics give some ex-
| preston 10 the magnitude of the sky
scNperS which have recently been built
/ nr are undergoing constructions The
| Singer building, at broadway and Cort-
! andt street, for instance. which is three
! times as high as the tail spire of old
| Trinity church and more than twice as
| high as the Flatiron building. is To have
/ tortN-one stories The area of all its
| floors combined will he almost $1,000
/ square feet. Naturally the occupants of
! the gigantic buildings are perturbed since
/ the Kingston disaster. The other after
noon n crowd of manufacturers were
/ discussing the quake ut Kingston. \
/ broker said: We'll. | am ON the ground
floor AID | always feel safe" Il am ON
| the nineteenth floor" said an officer of
/ the Crucible Steel company of America
| In the event of an earthonake YOU
would get all the brick ana the roof
while on the other hand. | wnuld he
! Killed too. but the fellow who falls from
/ the fifth or tenth story would surely meet
| the same fate As the man in the Offices
/ next To the roof.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-16
POETRY OF THE FUTURE.

When Peary has found the North Pole,
And the Panama Canal is finished.
And the negro question is satisfactorily an
swered,
And English spelling Is reformed,
And we have universal peace.
And politicians are all honest,
And there really are no trusts.
And coal costs only 10 cents a ton
And life insurance is absolutely square,
And ice is delivered free.
And the city pays taxes to the citizen,
And all men promptly pay all their debts,
And the steam trains and electric ears viii
wait for you,
And the Cape Cod canal project is forgot
ten.
And men get home before 10 O'Clock at
night. invariably sober.
And school children really love their teach
ers.
And the churches are regularly crowded,
Then life will be sweetly poetic
That all poetry can he written
Like this,
Right off the bat
Without thought
Without meter.
Without rhyme. -Somervillc Journal.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-16
LOVES LAST HOUR.


If ever this great loving is to die,
oh, may it never linger in the throes
Of pain. / have not strength TO see 4
close
It's waiting-weary eyes and hear it sigh
For peace to come and wonder when the
sky
Shall ope its arms of welcome and repose.
But. bitterest pang that dying ever knows,
/ could not bear to see your pity try
To spare me long as may be and to seek
TO show me Love can rise and walk Its way
AS in the old strong days and never fall;
Then wipe the tears of weakness from it's
cheek
And turning toward the twilight wait the
gray
Cold shadows heralding the end of all.
But let the last hour be the bravest, dear.
! pray the end, If 1t must come, shall see
Love, like a banqueter, die gitteringly-
The flush of Life at hOodtide; not a tear
Upon its face; within its eyes no fear
Or faltering; in its heart the leaity
That uncomplains because il was to be:
On brave untrembling lips a song Of cheer:
Upon its brow the feast's unwthered
wealth
OF bloom. not falling petals In its hands
A trimming cup, not lees. Thus for n while
Wen drain with cnging lips one last
long health
To Yesterday: and soul to soul we II stand
A space-then front the Silence with a
smiei
Maurice Smiley. in The Reader
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-16
Hogs Strange Behavior.

Hogs over near the good church
Providence are acting queerly here
Gently anyway. One of my grave. d.
ned stewards was telling me about IT
other day.
Brother w said he. "A stra
thing is happening over in our comm
ty.' What in the world is it?'' said
We'll, replied my steward. it,
hogs. They are acting as | never ST
them before. They are actually rub.
their tails OFF. You don't tell Or
rubbing their tails off,
Steward; Yes. sir, its fac,.
seems il is some sort of a diSeaSa
regularly affects that part of the b.
anatomy, and he goes to a pine tree
rubs until the tail is excommunica
We have more bObtail hogs IN my IS
ton than you can shake a stick ar
Southern Christian Advocate
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-16
ANTELOPE HERDS IN COLORADO.
They Are Expected to Gather All the
Sweetness Within Three Miies


Railroad men running into Denver on
the prairie lines from the east say that
antelope are becoming so plentiful in the
vicinity of Fort Morgan. Wray, Brush
and Akren that herds of from 30 to so
are no uncommon sight, ana many of
hem have become so tame that they
race along the railroad tracks for miles
The law against the killing of ante
lope contains a clause allowing their be-
ing hunted from October 10 TO October
% in 1907, for the first time in several
years. During the past few years the an
telope have been increasing rapidly
They frequent the neighborhood of the
smaller towns and many families in
Fort Morgan have captured young ante
lope and raised them as pets They have
also increased in the south, middle and
north parks, although they frequent the
prairies more than the mountains
1t is said that the cactus covered
plains in the counties in the eastern part
Of Colorado furnish the best adapted
place in the country for the rearing of
the young of the antelope The young
are usually born in hollow scooped out
of the sand by the mother, in the midst
of thicket of cactus. In this way the
baby antelope are safe from the depre-
dations of prairie wolves and coyotes
who are not able to penetrate the cactus
thicket. while the mother can jump over
the hedge without iniuring herself The
coyotes are only feared by the young
antelopes, the older animals being able
to protect themselves.
An agitation is now spreading among
sportsmen to have the short open sea-
son for antelope provided for next year
permanent for a week each year. They
claim the animals have increased so in
the past few years that no injury will be
done in short open season. The season
for quail. however. which will also open
in 1907, will probably be abolished by
the coming observation-disclosures Re
publican.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-16

TIE death of Rudolph Koradi Of Phil
adepha is worthy Of mention, because
he was for more than fifty years consul
of the Swiss government there, and il is
claimed for him that he was the oldest
consul in point of service in the world
He was born in Switzerland. came to the
United States in 1850. and -ounded the
Schaefer & Koradi bookstore and pub
fishing firm in Philadelphia, which is
still running. He was a commissioner
of the centennial exposition in 1876.
when TIE representatives. of foreign gov
ernments in the exposition joined in pre-
senting him with an eXquisitely carved
Swiss desk.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-16
Burglars Queer Haul.

While the old adage that beggars can
not be chooSers is usually true. il does
not apply always 10 the men of the deft
fingers and the Jimmy. Burglars usually
have a pretty distinct idea Of what they
are going 10 find in the house they at
tack before they begin operations. some
peculiar articles are taken 10y this class
of individuals. but whether the article
gives any clue to the natural tendencies
of the operator is not determined by
criminal experts.
Among the peculiar things stolen there
was reported to the local police head
quarters recently that Saginaw. Mich.
dentist had been robbed Of 1000 false
teeth In the court. when the thief is
arraigued, he will be charged with con
verting 80 his own use" the 1000 false
tceth.-WaS hingtln Star.
Il Paws 70 AdyertiSn
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-16
Two Eagles at One Shot.

Peleg Pritchard. farmer who re-.
sides on his farm about two miles from
the city. this morning killed two large
bald eas giles at one shot.
The two eagles We're in mortal combat
on the ground from which they did not
desist nj the approach of Mr.. Pritchard
Mr.. Pritchard drew the talons of each
from the body of the other after they
were shot dead. They measure over
eight feet from the tip of one wing to
the tip of the other. They We're the
largest ever killed in this Section.-Eliza-
beth City Cor. Raleigh News 0bserver
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-16

Smith college has its first Japanese
student Miss Tel Hinomiya. She is
studying English. chemistry, mathema-
tics, astronomy harmony and elocution.
She attends an American college at the
desire of her parents, who want their
daughter to have the same advantages
as their sons. Miss Hmomiya speaks
English WELL and wears American dress,
She enters into all the amHsements and
games of her fellow students, plays golf
and tonuis, rows and walks.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-16

William Edwards Cook, who will be
the first American artist to paint a por-
trait of Pope Plus X. is Il antive of indie
pendence, La. He now has studio in
Rome, where he has lived for year,
and previously had been pupil of Julien
at Paris Mr.. Cooks first salon picture,
exhibited in 1904 was lfe-sizc por-
trait OF the sculptor. Pope, of Boston,
and the following year he exhibited an
other life-size portrait. lie also has
done some mural painting, and received
honorable mention at the Lazarus com
petition ut New York in 1905. Mr..
Cooks father is i. f.. Cook of indie
pendencc The artist studied ut the Chi
cago Art Institute and the New York
Academy of Design.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-16

Wales has found its Carnegie in the
young member of Parliament for Mont
gomeryshire-David Davies. Not only
has he given Aberystwyth college col
lection of Sudancse armor and promised
to become responsible for $4,000 the
cost of new laboratories at the college,
hut in addition to this he has set aside
a sum of $4,000 for ministerial educa-
ton in connection with the Welsh Cal
whistle denomination, to which he be-
lcugs. The millionaire is just "A. and is
fresh from Trinity, Cambridge.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-16

The wreck at Waterbury, Connecticut
of train bearing a company of the Ma
tiopal Guard as escort to the Governor
from banquet, is the opening excursion
accident for 1907, and follows in a long
train of accidents which should admonish
care during the real excursion season
that is approaching.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-16

From the cabinets of Naturalist II. w.
Denton of Wellesley. Mass, go sugges-
tons in hucs and shades for Worth
gowns, La Fargo windows and many
other results of artistic excellence. Mr.
Denton is n collector and dispenser of
butterflies. lie has one of the finest col
lections in the world.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-16

published three books of European trav-
ell that are of unusual interest and value.
The pride which Curtis Guild, ST., takes
in the public career of Curtis Guild,
Jr.. is pleasant to behold.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-16

Names entry of a candidate for the
honor Of Oldest hotel keeper is as yet UNI
challenged. Mrs. Elizabeth Murphy, nee
Doran of County Wicklow, keeps the
Carmel house in the town of that name,
and is 90 years Of age.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-16

Chicago is to have an anti-suicide
bureau. There are those who viii cheer
fully affirm that Chicago needs one
rs much as any city on the face of the
earth
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-16

The rule of ''the gun" in Kentucky is
merely emphasized by the fact that he
governor has been compelled to send
troops TO protect the court during the
trial of Il murder case growing out
of a fpud
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-16

Henry w. Blair, formerly United
States senator from New Hampshire, to
whom a pension of So Il month was
voted is T3 years of age and quite fec
BILE. He served for over twenty-five
wears in the Senate and House.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-16

Cbicago's reputation is growing. The
thieves who got away with Hl'j,ooO
from sub-treasury cage have had their
record challenged by another expert of
that ilk who drove away with mail
wagon and rhed the mail pouches at his
lnislIrn
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-16

Rev. Rockwell Harmon Potter Of the
Center Congregational church of Hart
ford. Conn, has received Il call to the
deanship and the chair of homiletics and
practical theology Of the Yale Divinity
school The call was made by President
Hadley in behalf of the Yale corporation
and Prof. Williston Walker in behalf of
the faculty of the Divinity school. The
passionate of the college church is in
cluded i'll the professorship of practical
theology. For the past year Prof. Ed
ward l.. Curtis has been acting dean Of
the school and the chair of homiletics
and practical theology is occupied by
Prof, Lewis Ormond Brastow. who will
be superannuated at the close of the pres
cnt academic year.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-16

Prof j. s. Purdom, an instructor in the
preparatory department of Kentucky
State college. has instituted a new meth
cd of enforcing discipline in the class
room. John II. Hudson, stalwart stu
dent. expressed dissatisfaction with
something the professor had done, where
upon DR.. Purdom invited the young man
to step into the gymnasium. where they
could settle the difference with the box
ing gloves. The professor was formerly
crack football player, and young Hud-
son. remembering this allowed his anger
to cool. Next morning, having learned
further that DIR. Purdom is an expert
boxer. he apologizcd to his instructor,
and So the incident closed.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-16

II enry A. Richardson, United States
senator-elect from Delaware, had the
courage TO give a dinner without wine to
the Legislature which elected him.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-16

y monument To commemorate the man
tho invented and manufactured the first
Sidc-hil pillow will soon he erected in
Peru. Me. according to plans recently
formulated The pillow was first designed
and then cast AT a little furnace ON the
top of a mountain in Peru. seventy five
years ago. by man named Warren.
The invention proved n success, and late
ly one of the inventors sons, wealthy
resident of Philadelphia, visited his
birthplace and made plans for making
a suitable memorial to his father.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-16

Curtis Guild Of Boston, father of the
governor of ssachusetts, who has just
resigned the presidency Of the Boston
ian society. has reached his S0th birth
day in perfect physical and mental
health. He founded the Boston Com
mercial Bulletin in 1859 and under IA
Their and son. that weekly journal has
maintained a high standard in the field of
business newspapers. Mr.. Guild has
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-16

The contemplated steel plant at SUI
nrrior, Wisconsin. will have an advan-
tage in the fact that one OF the raw
product will be near Mt hand, ana that
coal can be secured from the lower lakes
at advantageous rates, rs back
freimht'
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-16
Money in Dogfsh.

The reduction works at CanSo. y
Scotia. handled 1900 tons of dogtiSh
year and produced therefrom 1904
Ions Of hSh oil. besides POO tons nt
scrap, which makes a good fsr..ll2a.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-16

There will be any amount of suspicion
TIM, the Chicagoan who claims to have
discovered a gas which viii make peo-
ple rise like balloons derived his hallu-
cjuation from the same old bottle.