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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-14

PLANTED BEST "SEED."-The woes
OF the amateur gardener are very
amusing to others. but decidedly real
to the man who has spoiled a suit of
clothes blistered his hands and lost his
temper in his efforts to make things
grow.
A young man, recently married, early
in the spring secured a suburban place,
mainly with the idea of fresh, home
grown vegetables" Every evening he
would hurry through his supper and
rush out to his garden, where he dis
played more energy than skill. But,
alas, When many little green things
began to break the ground in his
neighborS' gardens, his own remain
ed as bare as the Sahara.
1T certainly has got me beat" he
cOnfided to a friend at his office one
day. Il can't understand why not a
blessed thing has come up. | planted
peas and corn and tomatoes"
Perhaps the seed were defective
the friend suggested.
Il hardly think ii was that the
gardener replied, for l got the very
best-paid Is cents a can for them.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-14
NAPOLEON THE GREAT.
IngersoIl's Characterization of the
Monarch.

A little while ago I stood by the
grave of the old Napoleon. 1t is a
magnificent sepulcher of. gilt and
gold, fit almost for a dead deity.
gazed upon the sarcophagus Of rare
and nameless marble in which rests
at last the ashes of a restless man.
I leaned upon the balustrade and
thought of all the career Of the great
est soldier of the modern world. I
saw him walking on the banks of the
Seine contemplating suicide. saw
him quelling the mob In the streets
of Paris. I saw him at the head Of
an army in Italy. I saw him cross
ing the brige at Lodi with the tricolor
in his hands. I saw him in Egypt
in the shadow of the pyramids. I saw
him in Russia where the infantry Of
the SHOWS and the cavalry of the wild
blasts scattered his legions like win
ter's withered leaves.
I saw him at Leipsic in defeat and
disaster, driven by a million bayonets;
CluIcHeu ike d "llu uedSt, udiiiShCo
to Elba. I saw him escape and retake
an empire by the magnificent force
Of his genius. I saw him upon the
frightful field of Waterloo, where
chance and fate combined to wreck
the fortune of their former king, and
I saw him a prisoner upon the rock
at st. Helena, with his arms calmly
folded behind his back, gazing stead
fastly out upon the sad and solemn
sea.
And I thought Of all the widows
and orphans he had made; Of all the
tears that had been shed for his glo-
ry; of the only woman who had ever
loved him torn from his heart by the
ruthless hand Of ambition. And I said,
"I would rather have lived in hut
with the vines growing purple In the
kisses of the autumn sun, with my
loving wife knitting by my side as the
day died out of the sky, with my child
rem upon my knees with their arms
about my neck; yes, I would rather
have been that poor peasant and gone
down to the tongueless silence Of the
dreamless dust, than to have been
that imperial impersonation Of force
and murder known as Napoleon the
Great.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-14
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inhabitants of this planet. AS Ste
phenson said 1t is really the sun which
drives all our engines, though at sec
ond hand, for what is coal but stored
sun power?
According to the late Prof. Langley.
from every square yard of earth ex-
posed perpendicularly to the suns rays
there could be derived more than one
horse power. Thus in less than the
area of London the noontide heat Is
sufficient on a moderately sunny day
to drive all the steam engines in the
world.
One of the first to put this idea to
practical test was NJ. Mouchot, who
constructed a solar engine looking like
a gigantic inverted umbrella. The
parabolic reflector concentrated the
heat on a boiler in the focus, and
drove a steam engine with It, Mr.
Ericsson invented an improved form,
but the difficulty hitherto has been to
lessen the cost Of utilizing the heat
81 hope some day." declared Mr.
Tesla, with an apparatus I have in
vented so to harness the rays of the
sun that that body will operate every
machine in our factories, propel every
train and carriage in our streets and do
all the cooking in our homes, as we'll
as furnish all the light that man may
need by night as we'll as by day. 1t
will, in short, replace all wood and
coal as a producer Of motive power
and heat an electric lighting"
His idea is simple enough, consist
ing as 1t does of concentrating the heat
of the sun on focal point by series
of mirrors and magnifying glasses and
the great heat so produced Is directed
upon a glass cylinder filled with water
This latter Is chemically prepared so
that it rapidly evaporates into steam.
The steam is made to operate
steam engine, which, in turn, gener-
ates electricity. This electricity is re-
ceived by storage batteries and a vast
and cheap supply is generated for all
purposes.
With thousands Of these sun stations
located here and there the whole in
dustrial problem would seem to be
solved for mankind.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-14
His Best Friend.

The following incident, which oc-
Cured at Great Falls, Montana, last
spring, is given in the Pioneer Press:
"The victims of the recent blizzard
that swept over the northern portion
of that state, killing thousands of
lambs and a number Of cattle, are
now being found with the passing of
the snow. In nearly every case the
victims were sheep-herders who were
caught in the storm and frozen to
death before they could reach shelter.
Zone of the most pathetic cases
that has come to light is that Of Will
liam Plumber, an aged man, whose
sole friend, so far as known, was a
handsome shepherd dog which he had
raised from a puppy. This dog could
do almost everything except talk.
When Shep, as he was called, drag
ged himself into the little sheep town
Of Shelby, with two Of his legs frozen,
the fate of Plumber was known. 1t
was useless to prosecute a search for
him without the aid of the dog, and
as the animal was, apparently, too
disabled to make another move, 1t
was proposed to wait several days be-
fore searching for the body Of the
missing man.
"Shep, in spite of his condition, was
ready to lead the party, however, and
although the progress was slow and
painful over the snow-covered hills
and valleys, the faithful dog led the
party to the body Of his master.
Crouching beside the frozen corpse,
the dog, worn almost to shadow by
hardships he had undergone, uttered
long, penetrating wall, and then,
licking the cold face of his master,
expired. Plumber and the dog were
buried in the same grave. Amer
lean Sheep Breeder.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-14
REMARKABLE SAvAGEs.
Progress From Cannibalism to Citi-
zenship In Only Fifty Years.

zenship In Only Fifty Years.
The Maoris are in many respects
the most remarkable savages with
whom the white man has come in con-
tact, says the National Geographic
Magazine.
Fifty years ago cannibalistic feasts,
at which the flesh Of their fallen ene-
mics was served, were not uncommon.
Today several members Of their race
are members Of the New Zealand par
lament, and Maori women, as well as
the white women of New Zealand, ex-
ercise the right to vote.
When the English first occupied the
islands, in the early part Of the nine
teenth century, it is estimated that
there were about 100000 Maoris in
New Zealand They were divided in
to tribes, each having its own un-
written laws regarding lands, cultiva-
ton and other social matters.
The English found that they had a
genius for war, showing unusual abil-
ity in building, fortifying and defend
ing stockades, and they experienced
considerable difficulty in subduing
them.
The Maoris were also skilled In sew
eral arts. They titled the soil with
great care, as carvers and decorators
they were unrivalled in the execution
of rock paintings and in carving the
ornamental figures of their dwellings,
their boats and sacred enclosures.
But the Maoris were also noted for
their remarkable tattooing, which was
designed to clothe as we'll as decorate
the body. The Maori artist knew how
to give endless variety to the curves OF
his drawings; the natural burrows, the
movements Of the countenance, the
play Of muscles-everything was made
to enhance the charm Of the design;
and hale young man certainly pre-
sented fine sight, draped only In this
delicate network of blue lines on the
ruddy brown Of his skin.
Whoever refused to undergo the
protracted tortures of tattooing re-
quired at every important event Of his
life was regarded as a person by his
own consent foredoomed to slavery.
The men were actually depilated in
order to increase the surface to be
covered with ornamental tattooing,
while for young women the operation
was limited to the lips, whence the
term blue lips applied to them by the
English.
There are about $4,000 Maoris left.
These have retired to the northern
provinces of New Zealand, where GER
tain reservations have been set apart
ais their exclusive property.
Schools have been established which
the Maori children attend regularly.
1t is said that such Of them as con-
tinue into the higher branches Of
learning are worthy rivals of white
students. Some of the Maoris have
become large landed proprietors; they
are proud of their right to vote, and
especially Of the fact that their wo-
men obtained this privilege at the
same time that 1t was given to the
white women Of New Zealand, in 1898.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-14
NEVER HANDLED A PENNY.
First Treasurer of Dakota Had Most
Unique Experience.

Unique Experience.
Samuel c.. Irish, who Is residing
here in good health at the age Of nine
ty-seven, says the Whiting, Ia, corre-
spondent of the New York Herald, Is
the only man, living or dead, who has
served as the treasurer of a state or
territory of the Union without ever
coming into possession Of any money
belonging to the commonwealth.
Mr.. Irish was the first treasurer Of
Dakota territory-four times the size
Of New York state-and he got the
office by driving out carpetbag Unit
ed States marshal and getting a new
election. This marshal's name was
Pinney, and as late as one year ago
Mr.. Irish knew him to be still living
in California.
Pinney had charge Of the ballots
during the noon recess, and when the
final count showed many more ballots
than voters, Mr.. Irish, candidate for
treasurer, charged Pinney with fraud,
and escorted him out Of the building.
The result of the new election, which
consisted of balloting in Yankton-the
only settlement Of consequence In the
vast territory-was sent to Washington
with the first, and the government Of
ficials declared the second election
valid. This was during the admins
tration of President Buchanan.
There had been no tax levy made,
and before the collection Of the first
taxes Mr.. Irish was out Of office, hav-
ing taken the field as second lieuten-
ant of Company B, one Of the two has
tily organized territorial troops to
fight the bloody Sioux. He said the
other day that he had never ceased to
wonder why he and his family were
not slain by a band of Sioux warriors
who swooped down upon them while
they were residents Of Bon Homme
county, Dakota, before going to Yank-
ton. He was armed, but knowing re-
sistance was useless, he stood reso-
lutely while the Indians rushed upon
him, his family having fled into the
cabin.
The reds, nonplussed by this action,
after a parley, accepted some small
gifts, and departed to foully slay the
neighbors of Mr.. Irish.
Born in Chittenden county, VT, In
1910, he went to New York when a
young man, and worked as a carpen-
ter and contractor until 1855, and re-
calls having helped to construct many
buildings in the Old Trinity church
district
Coming west that year, he located
for a short time in Allamakee county,
Ia, and then went to Dodge county,
Mimi, where he helped found the
town Of Mantorville, and suggested
the name in honor Of Peter Mantor
one of their party. After a trip into
Missouri and Kansas, he located in
Dakota.
He has seen territory Of 100000
square miles develop into two Of the
greatest agricultural states In the
world. Where there were but a few
thousand acres under standardization
then. there are now many millions Of
acres full of productiveness.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-14
NEGLECTED HIS DUTY.
When Washington Met Martha Custis
He Eoroot Matters of Importance.


He Forgot Matters of Importance.
In the traditions of any members OF
the Washington family the story or
Martha Custis is Of supreme import
ance, writes Cora A. Moore, in the
New Broadway Magazine.
It happened one day that she was
visiting at the plantation Of a neigh
Dor, Major Chamberlayne, when there
came riding in haste an officer in the
British uniform. The business that he
had with the major he transacted
quickly, declining an invitation to stay
because, as he declared, he was on his
way to the governor at Williamsburg
on matters of Importance. But the
host repeated the invitation more ur-
gently slyly remarking that he had also
beneath his roof the handsomest Wild
ow in Virginia, young and charm
ing woman.
All, a lady in the case! That was
different But the plans Of men have
often waited on Cupid. When the Of
ficer bowed low over the hand of the
lady whom he met in the majors
drawing room, he forgot Williamsburg
and the governor. And she, pleased
with the courage Of that colonel,
George Washington, Of whose military
fame she had heard so much, scintil-
lated and sparkled with even more
than her usual fascination. That
evening, long after the rest Of the
household had retired, he and the
charming widow sat by the fireplace
in the shadowy drawing room, with
out a chaperon to regulate the tide
O: swiftly moving events.
Soon there was a resplendent we'd
ding at the home Of the bride. Direct
lly afterward coach and six horses,
guided by liveried black positions
conveyed the newly married pair to
her town house in Williamsburg. Bus
mess interests for some time demand
ed the presence of Colonel Washing
ton at the capitol. Later he took his
bride and her two children, Martha
Parke Custis and John Parke Custis,
to his own estate at Mount Vernon,
where they enjoyed that happy domes-
tic life which Is celebrated in history.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-14
Humorous department.

HELPING THE HELPLEss.-Every-
bodys Magazine tells of a good Sa-
maritan, passing an apartment house
in the small hours of the morning. who
noticed a man leaning Imply against
the doorway.
Whats the matter?" he asked.
Drunk"
yep"
do you live in this hOuse?"
Yep"
DO you want me to help you up
stairs?"
Yep"
With much difficulty he half drag
ger, half carried the dropping figure up
the stairway to the second floor.
What floor do you live on?" he
asked rs this it?"
Yep"
Rather than face an irate wife VINO
might perhaps take him for a compan-
ion more at fault than her spouse, he
opened the first door he came to and
pushed the limp figure in.
: The good Samaritan grouped his way
downstairs again. AS he was passing
through the vestibule he was able to
make out the dim outlines of another
man, apparently in worse condition
than the first one.
Whats the matter?" he asked. Are
you drunk, too?'
Yep" was the feeble reply.
DO YOU live in this house. too?'
Yep"
Shall 1 help you upstairs?"
Yep"
The good Samaritan pushed, pulled
and carried him to the second hoor,
where this man also said he lived. He
opened the same door and pushed him
in.
AS he again reached the front door
he discerned the shadow of a third
man evidently worse off than either of
the other two. He was about to ap-
proach him when the object of his
solicitude lurched out into the street
and threw himself into the arms of
passing policeman.
For heavens sake officer" he gasp
ed. protect me from that man. He's
done nothin' all night long but carry
me upstairs, n throw me down tn
elevator shaf."
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FRIDAY, JUNE IA, 1907.

and of harmonious colors, are pro-
duced in imitation Of the Persian car
pets.
The carpets are made into bales OF
2S0 pounds each and covered with
goatskins. The caravans pass the
night in the open country at the foot
Of some hill, the drivers under tents
and the camels and their loads in the
open air. Very large carpets, too
heavy to be packed, are folded and
thrown across the backs Of the cam
els in the form Of covering. When the
carpets arrive in Smyrna they are
spread out, beaten, broomed and re-
packed in bales weighing 500 or 600
pounds each for expectation.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-14

I9' Il was talking to your wife to-
day"
"Ah. indeed! How did that happen"
How did it happen? How did what
happen?"
That you were talking."-Il Motto
per Ridere.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-14

ri A Wisconsin school teacher had
among her pupils q little boy named
Jackey, who was always late in the
morning. But one day he managed to
get to the schoolhouse before the bell
rang. whereupon he said to the teach
er: We'll, today am pefore at last. l
always was pehind pefOre."
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:
ADVERTISEMENTS

Inserted at One Dollar per square for
the first insertion, and Fifty Cents pei
square for each subsequent insertion.
A square consists Of the space occu-
pied by ten lines Of this size type.
- Contracts for advertising space
for three, six and twelve months will
be made on reasonable terms. The
contracts must in all cases be confin-
ed to the regular business Of the, firm
or individual contracting, and the
must be in the office by
Monday at noon when intended for
Tuesdays issue, and on Thursday at
noon, when intended for Fridays Is
sue.
W Cards Of thanks and tributes Of
respect inserted at the rate Of 10 cents
per line.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-14

IN Animals blush as girls do, but it
is fear and not modeSty that in their
case causes the thrush of blood, says
the New Orleans Times Democrat.
Horses blush in their ears, especially
in the left ear. When q horse is
frightened its left ear will be found
very hot and swollen. This is also
true of rabbits. Cows and all other
cloven footed animals blush just
above the fetlock. Dogs blush in their
tales. When a dog is frightened it's
tail bushes so that it hangs limp, the
dog having absolutely no control over
it.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-14
MACHINE SHOP.

IN addition to having a first-class
i machinist in our machine shop to
make all kinds of repairs to Machin-
cry, Engines, ETC., we also have Mr..
NJ. P. Jonas, a thoroughly competent
Blacksmith. Mules and Horses shod
at go cents round.
NEELY MANUFACTURING co.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-06-22
Springfield
ec g ss
Consolidated
Railway. Time
Table
Time Table of Springfield Consolidated
Railway Co

Time Table of Springfield Consolidated
Railway Co.
Cars for North Fifth street will
leave Fifth and Monroe every IN
minutes from 6:O7 a. M, until $500 p.
m; every 10 minutes from 500 p. m.
until 11:20 p. M; owl cars will leave
at 11:4e p. M, 1907 and 1880 a. m.
Cars for South Fifth street will
leave Fifth and Monroe every IN
Fifth and Monroe every IL minutes
from 500 a. m. until 11:24 p. M; owl
cars leave at HAS p. M. 1900 mid
night and 1924 a. m.
Cars for North Seventh street leave
Fifth and Monroe every IL minutes
from 600 a. m. until 11:24 p. M; owl
cars leave at 11:48 p. m. and 1924
a. m.
Cars for Spring street leave Fifth
and Monroe every IL minutes from
sos a. m. until 1920 p. M; owl cars
leave at 11:44 p. m, 1908 and 1890
e. m.
Cars for East Carpenter street leave
Fifth and Monroe every IL minutes
from sos a. m. until 11:20 p. m; owl
cars leave at 11:44 p M, 1907 and
1890 a. m.
Cars for South Grand avenue leave
Fifth and Monroe every Is minutes
from 6:07 a. m. until 1922 p. M; owl
cars leave at 11:45 p. M, 1907 and
1890 a. m.
Cars for Lawrence avenue leave
Fifth and Monroe every IL minutes
from 500 a. M, until 1875 p. M; owl
cars leave at IL: 90 midnight and 1890
q. m.
Cars for North Ninth street leave
Fifth and Monroe every IL minutes
from 900 a. m. until 1885 p. m.
Cars for East Capitol avenue leave
Fifth and Monroe every IL minutes
from 600 a. m. until 1876 p. M; owl
cars leave at 1900 midnight and 1880
q. m.
| Cars for South Eleventh and Rut-
ledge streets leave Fifth and Wash
ington every Is minutes from 6:07 g.
m until 1122 p. M; owl cars leave at
1852 D. m. and 1922 a. m.
| Cars for West Washington street
leave Fifth and Monroe every Is min
utes from 500 a. m. until 11:15 p. m.
owl cars leave at 11:45 p. m. and 12:07
a. m.
| Cars for Governor street leave Fifth
and Monroe every 15 minutes from
6:07 a. m. until 11:z2 p. M; owl cars
leave at 80 a. m.
Cars for South Eighth street leave
Fifth and Monroe every Is minutes
from 600 a. m. until 11:15 p. m.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-06-22

BY B. Marian Jones
Continued from other issue. J

(ConUlnueu from Otner ISSUE
Suppose see woman lying drunk
in the gutter, might, with propri-
ETY., point to her and say, there is
my mother minus the grace (help) OF
God ia. m sf
AS a people we do not respect the
virtue of our women and girls enough
We look upon them somewhat as the
ancient Romans did. the beauty OF
features. the symmetry of form, the
combination of both, we ourselves as
one, they are our lesser satellites,
plaything sent to afford us passing
pleasure and then to dismiss her
from US, necessary evil, but be not
deceived, God is not Knocked, as
man soweth so shall he reap.
Fathers do not teach their sons to
respect her virtue and to hold up
her character, mothers do not teach
her to respect herself so that she
may demand, nay command, the re-
spect of the stronger sex, brothers
do not look upon their mother and
sisters with enough respect.
Why create and bring them into
the world and cast them as ship
rudderless, upon the sea Of life, to
make voyage to an unknown land.
nor give them chart nor compass?
Tie hard for our women at the very
best. Youag men be loyal and II
you see in that girl one seed OF vir-
tue and integrity uphold. it to the
last. Teach her to keepsher heart
with all diligence fer out Of 1T are
the issues of life.
Think Of it, there are thousands
and thousands of them cast upon the
SEQ of life alone. without chart or
compass, without aim, without pur-
pose, without chance to know vir-
tue or morality, without hope of
present happiness, or future hap
piness in life to come, and oh this
sea OF life is so rough and cruel. In
the angry drowning waves of people
she is tossed and driven about hith-
er and thither up and down. In and
out. cursed spit upon and beat, II
she hasresolution and courage enough
to look toward the light, md nur-
ture little what she knows Of vir-
tue and truth. there comes into her
life one who coils himself down into
her heart and steals from her that
only gem and leaves her to die alone.
ruined, crushed, trampled miserable,
wretched, homeless, friendless, an
outcast, beggar from door to door.
child Of sorrow. dispair and disg-
race. All then if when she is left
| IL when she is left thus, some tender
hand should be placed on her.
ITO be continued
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-06-22

Don't wait to hear what the public
thinks before you express your opin-
ion. Say what you think II you believe
you are right.
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st. Auqustine's Mission.

1870 South Grand Ave-, East. Ser
vices every Sunday. Sunday School,
p. M; Divine services, 7:45 p. m.
All are invited. Conducted by Rev.
Jefferson.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-06-22
Lee Monroe,
N. e. Corner Sixth and Ka
nsas, Avenues, Topega, Kansas.

Calhoun Ave-6 rooms, good cell
lar, walks. well and cistern; $4,000;
$500 cash, bal. SIS and $40 per month.
South Pasfield ST., 3 blocks south of
Laurel ST. room house, good cement
driveway, cement walks, good barn,
good cellar cemented, with sewer. $3.50;
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binary market prices.
WANT TO DEAL WITH PUB
CHASER DIRECT.
Write me for full particulars no
" / can save you money.