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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-04-11

The fun light streamed in through
the open window; the keen spring air
blew freshly across the housetops, and
on the window sill band Of grimy,
joyous sparrows twittered and preened
themselves. In the middle Of the room
stood Loder. His coat was off, and
round him on chairs and floor lay an
array Of waistcoats, gloves and ties.
For a space Chilcote stood in the door,
way staring at him, then his lips part
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-04-11
CHAPTER XVIII.

III rived at before he reached
Trafalgar square. The facts
~ Of the case were simple. Chill
cote had left an discriminating telegram
on the bureau in the morning room at
Grosvenor square. By an unlucky
chance Lillian Astrupp had been shown
up into that room, where she had re-
NAMED alone until the moment that
Eve, either by request or by accident,
had found her there. The facts re-
solved themselves into one question:
What use had Lillian made of those
solitary moments? Without deviation,
Loder's mind turned toward one
answer. Lillian was not the woman
to lose an opportunity, whether the
space at her command was long or
short
So convinced was he that, reaching
Trafalgar square, he stopped and
hailed hanson.
'Cadogan gardensv he called. 'sNo.
49,"
The moments seemed very few be-
fore the cab drew up beside the curb
and he caught his second glimpse of
the enameled door with it's silver fit
tings. Instantly he pressed the bell the
door was opened by Lillians discreet,
deferential manservant
us Lady Astrupp at homer" he
asked.
The man looked thoughtful. Her
ladyship lunched at home, SIR he be-
gan cautiously
But Loder Interrupted him. ASK her
to see me-" he said laconically.
The servant expressed no surprise.
His only comment was to throw the
door WIDE
IF you'll wait in the white room.
sir" he said, "Pll inform her ladyship."
Chilcote was evidently a frequent and
a favored visitor.
In this manner Loder for the second
time entered the house so unfamiliar
and yet so familiar in all that it sug-
gested. Entering the drawing room, he
mad leisure to look about him. It was
beautiful room, large and lofty. Lux
ury was evident on every hand, but it
was not the luxury that pals or Of
tends. Each object was graceful and
possessed it's own intrinsic value. The
atmosphere was too effeminate to an
peal to him, but he acknowledged the
taste and artistic delicacy it conveyed.
Almost at the moment Of acknowlede-
:nent the door opened to admit Lillian.
Il thought it would be you," she said
systematically.
Aoder came forward. "You expected
me" he said guardedly. A sudden
conviction filled him that it was not
the evidence Of her eyes, but something
at once subtler and more definite thai
prompted her recognition of him.
She smiled. "Why should expect
you? On the contrary, I'm waiting tc
know why you're here?'
He was silent for an instant Then
ne answered in her own light tone
AS far els that goes" he said, 'let's
make 1t my duty call-having dined
with you. I'm an old fashioned ner
son."
For full second she surveyed him
amusedly. Then at last she spoke
my dear Jack"-she laid particula,
stress on the name-"I never imagined
you punctilious. I should have thought
bohemian would have been more tho
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-04-11
TIE PRINCETON UNION: THURSDAY, April" Il 1907

will you drop in at the Arcadian to.
night?" she asked. Its the drama
tized version Of Other Mems Shoes!'
The temptation to make you see it was
too irresistible-as you know
There was pause while she waited
for his answer, her head inclined to
one side, her green eyes cleaning.
Loder, conscious of her regard. hest
tated for moment Then his face
cleared. "Right!" he said slowly. .HThe
Arcadian tonight"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-04-11

"Loaer, qOhot are you going to do?"
ed and he took step forward
''Loder," he said anxiously, "Loder,
what are you going to do?''
LOder turned. His shoulders were
stiff, his face alight with energy. I'm
going back" he said, ito unravel the
tangle you have made"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-23
First Names of Greatness.

Former Senator Call of Florida, who
immortalized himself by taking off a
tight shoe in the senate chamber one
day and hoisting a huge foot clad in
a blue yarn sock, onto his desk, heard
from other senator's, early in his term,
that Superintendent Smith, Of the
Botanic gardens, gave palms and pot
ted plants to statesmen he liked, says
the Saturday Evening Post.
Call wanted some palms and he cast
about for a way to get on the right
side of Smith. Somebody told him
Smith was a great admirer of Burns
and had a fine collection of Burns
manuscripts and editions.
That was Calls cue. He walked
over to the garden, found Smith and
talked about many things. At the
proper time, delicately and unobtru-
sively, he introduced the subject of
Burns.
There was the poet" he said. For
fine sentiment Re has them all beaten.
/ read my Burns every day."
Ken ye Burns?" asked Smith, much
interested.
Il should think 1 did," proclaimed
the enthusiastic Call. why, l know
most of his poems by heart. They
can have their other poets, but as for
me. give me Jimmie Burns
Jimmie Burns!" snorted the en-
ragged Smith. Jimmie Burns! Augh!
Billie Washington! Charlie Napoleon!
Sammie Jefferson! Get out of ME
sight, ye ignoramus!"
And Call never did get his palms.
Cleveland Leader.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-23
Self-Condemned,

A famous scientist, whose early
home had been in a country district
had long promised to visit the scenes
Of his boyhood and deliver a lecture
in aid of the funds of one of the in
stitution3 Of the place. At last he
fulfilled his promise, and the lecture
was given.
When, at the close of his lecture. he
was conversing with some of the prin-
cipal promoters of the affair, they
warmly congratulated him on the ia
cility with which he made his rather
technical matter interesting and clear
to his uncultured audience.
oh" said he, by way of explana-
on that member of my audience who
strikes me as having the least intel
ligent face, and l continue to explain
any subject upon which l touch until
he understands it,"
Almost directly afterward the lead
ing public officer Of the little town
came into the room and made his way
to where the scientist was standing.
Sir" he exclaimed, you cannot
possibly believe how much real pleas
ure you have given me tonight. II
seemed to me all the time as if your
eye was never away from me, that
YOU spoke to me alone, and that youl
whole wish was to make me under
stand every word you said."-Tit-Bits
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-23

to this statement by discovery made
recently by county superintendent of
roads, w. P. Eddleman, who is very
much interested In his find. In the
process of grading along Pasour's
Mountain for the Dallas s-CherryVille
macadam road a vein of rock was un-
earthed in the roadbed and this is the
formation which has set the genial
superintendent to scratching his head
and thinking Attention was first
attracted to 1t because of its hardness.
In this respect it seems to be in a
class with emery. 1t was found that
the steel drills used by the road force
could not handle it; they were cut by
this rock as II the latter were dia-
mond. 1t is almost pure white, is f1ex-
ible and seems to be Of the sandstone
group. Manager H. K. White, of the
Falls House, tried 1t on a new porce-
lain bath tub and found that it cut
the porcelain as If the latter were
wood or some other soft substance. It
is brittle and can be easily broken and
crumble into dust in ones hands.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-23

paper for the use Of either one of
several of the largest New York pa
pers, ten acres Of spruce forest must
be cleared and fed into paper-making
machinery every twenty-four hours.
To increase the size Of one Of these
papers, say from twelve to fourteen
pages, means an increase in expense
for that one edition of at least $3.50. If
this increase in size were maintained
through all the editions Of one week
alone the additional expense for white
paper would be $5,400. Several New
York papers, week in and week out,
use $4,000 worth Of paper a week. 1t
requires seventy tons Of metal to make
the stereotype plates for one Of the big
modern Sunday editions. The total
weight of the paper in the Sunday .edi-
tion Of several Of the larger New York
papers is nearly 800 tons.-Baltimore
American.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-23

THE LAST MJUNcTIoN.-Not long
back a passenger who arrived IN
Bloemfontein from the Cape related
somewhat amusing yarn in connection
with NorvaPs Pont Bridge. He had
not been long out from England, and
while in Cape Town some one, on
hearing that he was going north, pull
ed his leg" with regard to the safety
of the bridge, which, as every one
knows, was blown up by The Beers In
the early days Of the war, and then re-
paired by the British.
He and an American regufee with the
most nasal Of twangs, who was return
ing to the Rand, were leaning out OF
the corridor window, when, as they
neared the bridge, they rolled by a
notice-board which, in letters foot
high, mmanded-"Whitles!"
The train went slower and slower,
and then glided by another notice
board which entreated, Go slow. Do
not touch your fires till over the
bridge"
The Englishman began to feel that
crossing the bridge was undoubtedly a
serious matter.
Then they crept by a notice which
ordered Speed not to exceed "a miles
an hour"
Then they crawled by a notice which
implored, do not stop on the bridge.
Say" drawled the American, nasal
ly, guess 1 know what the next no
tice enunciates." %
What's that?"
Passengers must not breathe
against the girdersr Tilt Bits.
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humorous department.
Taken at His Word.

The conditions under which one per-
son may undertake to correct the hao-
its or reform the manners Of the pub
lie are so varied that II is often
difficult matter to decide what is best
to be done. The author OF "Other
Memories, Old and New" describes an
incident which came under his OBJ
servation in England.
A very full train was within a tew
minutes of starting from Manchester
for London. A gentleman had gone
the whole length of the train and saw
only one vacancy, and this was occu-
pied by Gladstone bag.
In his difficulty he opened the car
riage door, and was about to remove
the bag when the passenger on the
opposite corner told him that it be-
longed to q friend who had taken the
seat.
We'll" said the other, who was evi-
IDENTIFY a man of experience and who
grasped the situation, "the train Will
start in a minute, and / fear your
friend will be too late. At any rate l
must go to London by this train, and
1 will keep this seat till your friend
arrives" He sat down and took the
bag on his knee. Then he took out his
watch and said, There's only half a
minute left I'm afraid your friend
will be too late"
He got up and kept looking out anx-
iously for the belated friend till the
whistle sounded.
We'll" he said, we're off. Your
friend has lost the train, but he must
not lose his bag" and with that he
threw the bag out on the platform.
Here! What are you doing?" cried
the other man, but too late. That
was my bag!"
What a PITY" returned the other,
blandly. Il thought you said it was
your friends. 1t seemed a pity that
he should suffer the loss Of his lug
gage."-Youth's Companion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-23

BOMB In LErTER.-So expert are
bomb makers nowadays that an ap-
parently harmless letter may Kill any
person who tries to open it. A piece
of cardboard is cut to size, which,
when folded over, will fit into an Or
dinary envelope. The four corners OF
this are slit into narrow strips. Full
inmate of mercury is spread over
three of the slits and the sheet Is fold
ed and fastened together.
Projecting from each side OF the
folded sheet Is little metal strip. or
detonator, glued to the card board In
such a manner that the envelope can
not be opened without striking one OF
them. Upon meeting this slight re-
sistance the hand moving the paper
cutter instinctively pushes harder and
the result is an explosion that either
kills or maims.-London Tit Bits.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-23
ARCTIC cREVASSE.
Narrow Escape From Death In Faith
omIess Ice Cavern.

on1leSs Ice Cavern.
Anthony Fiala, in his records or
1.-TWO Years in the Arctic" in Nc
Clure's Magazine, tells Of his rescue
from a deep crevasse on Hooker Is
land. He was crossing an ice cap when
the snow gave way beneath him. He
began a frightful descent and then
lost consciousness.
ION recovering consciousness" he
writes, Il found myself wedged be-
tween two curves in the wall Of the
crevasse. the convex surfaces of which
narrowed sufficiently to hold me be-
tween the breast and back. My left
arm was bent over my breast and had
prevented me from falling through the
neck of the funnel. Beneath was a
great cavern in which l could move
my legs without finding the walls.
Had l stepped three feet further to the
right l should have dropped in depths
unfathomable.
1.-The darkness was intense, but far
above me shone a faint halo Of blue
with rays of light that came part way
along a face of black, CLASSY ice. This
told me where the men were. They
asked how deep I had fallen. l shout
ed that l was about $50 feet down, for
so it seemed to me. Just then l heard
an awful sound in the crevasse. 1t
appeared to come from below. My
first thought was that a pack of dogs
had fallen in with me. Soon the noise
turned into articulate speech, and l
learned that Steward Spencer, who
had tried to save me, had fallen in too.
AT last l saw above me the end of
rope, which gradually neared. My
right arm was free, and at last the
precious line was in my hand. l pain
fully made a bOwline in the end Of the
rope. the fingers of my left hand being
fortunately free. Slipping the moose
over my right foot, l called to those
above to haul away. l called to them
to move the rope to the right and then
to lower me, and after considerable
difficulty in the dense darkness l dis
covered the steward, Dut coulu not res
cue him on account of a projection of
ice that interfered. l told him that 1t
would be best for the men to haul me
up and then send the rope down again
for him. to which he agreed. l was
drawn to the surface just in time.
tainted on reaching the top. The stew
ard was hauled up next No bones
were broken. but a cut on the stew
ards face required stitching.
ION measuring the rope Seaman
Duffy found we had fallen to the depth
of seventy feet into the crevasse, a
providential escape. for If we had
fallen short distance further to the
north, where the crevasse widened, we
should have descended beyond the
reach of help"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-23
STANDARD OF TIME.
How Nations Suit the Convenience Of
the Travelling Public.

TOW NdIIOnS SuiS kTS SSuNChStSS VI
the Travelling Public.
The whole German empire has
uniform time, adopted April l, 1898
the central European time, so called
which is exactly one hour faster thar
the time of the Greenwich meridian
says the jewelers. Circular Weekly
The same standard is in use in Aus
tria, Norway, Italy, Switzerland, Den.
mark, Norway and Sweden-that Is, ir
all the countries which are traverset
somewhere near their centre from eas
to west by the fifteenth meridian east
Of Greenwich.
The west European time Is the time
CT the Greenwich meridian, and is uset
by England, Holland, Belgium, Lux
embours and Spain. France out o.
national vanity holds to the time o.
Paris, both for herself and for hel
colonies in Algiers and Tunis, although
this time is only nine minutes fastel
than Greenwich time. 1t Is a peculial
circumstance that the French, who are
called behind the times" in man!
things, should persist so obstinately II
being a few minutes ahead of the
English on the clock.
The east European time is the same
as the time of st. Petersburg, which
is two hours, one minute and 13 Sec
onds faster than Greenwich time
This standard is used in European
Russia, Turkey in Europe, Roumanit
and Bulgaria.
In Cape Colony the railway STANDARD
time is an hour and a half faster thar
Greenwich time, in Japan nine hour:
faster.
Australia has four different stand.
ards-east Australia, eight hours fast
er than Greenwich; south Australia
nine hours; Victoria, Queensland ant
Tasmania, ten hours, and New Zea'
land, lib hours.
The division of the day into twenty
four hours (from one midnight to an.
other) has been officially established
in Italy, Belgium, Canada and British
India. At present, however, only fol
use in railway and telegraphic COM
munication.
In the United States the railroad
time is divided into four zones, called
eastern, central, mountain and Pacif-
ic which reckoned from east to west
are exactly five, six, seven and eight
hours slower than Greenwich time
These standards have also been off,
cially adopted in Canada
The necessity of adopting a uniform
standard of time with which the 10.
cal time of all places may be com
pared had been felt for many years In
the United States and became urgent
with the increase of facilities for COM
munication. The differences of loca
time arise from the use of solar mo-
tion as a time measurer.
We call the time noon when the sur
is opposite the meridian. Of the place
where we are living, and, as a conse-
quence of the suns apparent motion
from east to west the more easterly
of two places will have the earlier
time, the difference in hours being ex-
actly one fifteenth of the longitudinal
difference in degrees. In other words
Is degrees Of longitude correspond to
q time difference of exactly one hour
as there are $50 degrees in the
earth's circumference, which, divided
by "a hours, gives Is degrees to an
hour.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-23
SOME QUEER PARTIES.
A Deaf Ball, an Underground Ball and
, n,II Ia , Wine Tank

p Deaf Ball, an Onoer9rouhc 6aIl aho
Ball In a Wine Tank.
A few years ago ball was given at
st. Louis by the Deaf and Mute club
of that city. 1t was attended by $50
deaf and dumb persons, as well as a
few invited guests, who used only the
sign language. Everybody was in fam
cy costume, and it was very amusing
to see some Of the couples go dancing
on whether the band was playing or
not. Masks were not removed until
supper, and the scene then was a Gu
rious one. No sound could be heard In
the room but the .clatter of more or
less busy knives and folks.
A very remarkable, ball was that
which was held in the Gosforth coal
mine nearly three quarters of a CEN
tury ago. It took place LOO feet be-
low the surface Of the earth. This
unique ball room was formed in the
shape Of the letter L, and boasted a
tagged floor.
It was lighted with lamps and can
dies, and seating accommodation was
provided along the sides. Guests be-
gan to arrive at the unusual time OF
half-past nine in the morning, and
the festivities did not conclude until
well into the afternoon. Upwards OF
$50 couples attended, and each guest
carried away a piece of coal as me-
mento Of the interesting occasion.
This distinctly novel ball was held to
commemorate the finding Of coal In the
Lit a day or two before.
Perhaps the most expensive ball ever
held in America was that given by the
Bradley Martins in February, 1897.
1t was to have cost fully 100000, and
to have surpassed anything ever be-
fore seen In New York, or even In the
United States. The guests numbered
800, and were arrayed in costumes OF
] the sixteenth and seventeenth centu-
ries. Fifty boys in Tudor costume
acted as pages, while the walters liv-
cries were Of the Louis XIV period.
The sensation Of the evening Is said
to have been the entrance Of one OF
the best-known society women in New
York, who was carried into the ball
room in a Sedan chair, attired after
the style Of Nine. de Sillery, noted
beauty Of Versailles.
More of a novelty in balls was one
held at Asti, in the United States, on
recent occasion. A wine tank had
been built there capable Of holding
500 900 gallons Of grape juice. and be-
fore it was used a very successful ball
was given in 1t. No. fewer than 100
couples enjoyed themselves in this
strange ballroom. There was plenty
CT room for all, the tank being 80 feet
long and "a feet width, with a height
of 90 feet.
There Is at least one spot In this
country where a ball can take place
with the band playing in one county
and the dancers tripping 1t in another.
This is at a public house known as
the Flying Bull, which stands on the
boundaries of two parishes and the
same number Of counties. The inn Is
built partly in the parish Of Rogate,
in the county Of Sussex, and partly
in the parish Of L!ss, in the county OF
Hants. The consequence Is that when
ball takes place at this singularly
situated public house the musical per-
formers play in Sussex and the COM
pany dance in Hampshire.-London
Tit Bits.
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n A smart city hairdresser got rath-
er shock when an old countryman
planted himself down in vacant
chair and asked to have his hair cut,
says London Answers. Never in his
life had the barber seen such an extra
ordinary crop of hair. 1t stuck up in
wild. unkempt tufts of different
lengths. and looked more like half
worn mop than anything else.
HIM" said the man with the scis-
sOrs. "who cut your hair last?"
"Oh. my wife did" answered the
yOkel. with a shamefaced expression.
What did she do it with, eh?"
Snorted the barber, disdainfully, "a
knife and fOrk?"
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GARDENING''
Valuable New Book Just
Out
sy Prof. J. s. NEWMAN
OF CLEMSON COLLEGE.

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grown to advantage in this State and
gives detailed information as to how
they are to be Planted, Fertilized and
Cultivated.
The author has devoted a lifetime
to work Of this kind and Is probably
the highest authority In the South on
the subject of which he treats. No
gardener, whether amateur or profess
sional, can afford to do without this
book.
II may be had at the office Of THE
YORKVILLE ENQUIRER for $1.10
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